My memories are vague yet it also familiar, an arm holding me tight while the other hand touching my face. a silhouette of a face of a person with a tear and a smile looking at me feeling me relieve. as I blink my eyes a ray of light colliding to my eye realizing it was a dream. This dream repeating to me almost a year, it's also give me a bother and question to myself why is it happening to me.
I sit down to my bed and looking to my hand shaking, I give a sigh to myself and getting ready to this important day. I check my table and saw my letter of recommendation to the academy.
I pack my things and grab my sandwich walking to my door looking to the sky and hoping to have better luck.
"Here we go"
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This is city of downstream, called ILI-gan city where lots of resources and much more cultivate in nature. a nature city with lots of fresh water around it, it can called the bless city in the entire planet. this entire city are so large that people living in it are approximately 1 billion. This city is so high regard that it can be the central of all trading, many industry and association build in this city that it cant be invaded easily, for now.
I took the train calm and walking slowly looking while reading the manual of the academy regulation. I sit down and look to the mirror which the sun getting high up. Raising its hit to the city, reveal the beauty of the land and civilization which can only be seen here in ILI-gan. Suddenly a emergency brake has been made which the train instantly stop. because the sudden motion of my body goes forward without a control makes me look down.
It calm down a bit, I look to the window and saw nothing but a smoke coming from the front. I slowly standing while the other still confuse, I walk slowly entering the second room of the train, focusing my eyes. What I realized then as I saw a violet aura spreading the light inside the train, I panic and could not move.
Before I realize, a sudden attack from the left side of the train that makes us stumble. the train flip over instantly causing more damage to the area. I don't know what happen after that as I open my eyes with a fire around me and bodies of people who unfortunately didn't survive. I kneel down and look to my hands full of someone's blood trembling and causing me panic.
-sob sob-
I hear cry and notice not far away, a small child holding on her bag tightly producing more cries. I clench my fist and forcibly making a choice to calm her down. I slowly crawl to her and making waves of signal to notice me yet suddenly a loud unknown roar coming from the outside of the train. we both stop for a moment and thankfully she notice me simultaneously. I smile at her and gesture to not make a sound. she nod and she began to close her eyes, then I search to where it could be.
Then the light above us suddenly disappear fading from its existence. I slowly look up took a big courage to it, its eyes looking at us widely. it froze me but I suddenly remember the girl near me, immediately roll to the side so that I can get out fast. I stand up and pick something like pole ready to stab it. As I look closer to the monster I immediately recognize this species,
"tsk, the Exocoetidae" most common known as the flying fish. A 3 meter fish with a wings that can constantly fly cause of unknown energy. it has a four legs that can fast enough to catch a running human. It is also a carnivore that their favorite meal is... us human.
I throw the metal rod and stuck to its body, luckily this fish is soft just like the book say. the fish notice me after it feel the pain. it can towards me to catch. obviously I immediately run while a glimpse the girl watching at us.
"it should be better right?" right my ass, this monster chasing me mindlessly. I look specific way to attack him. and saw a soccer ball and sharp metal beside it. I quickly turn and grab the rod while the ball kick so high so it can be distract even if it just fraction of second. when the fish confused I ran below the fish and slide, I stab it while moving the opposite side. fortunately it seems I killed it.
The monster fish slowly down with its blood flood out. I didn't let my guard down and quickly stand up clench my fist in case, but then I remember in specific page I vividly remember the words and realized that this kind monster doesn't go solo. My back became back as the shadow of multiple monster appearing.
"shit" I didn't look and run away to it yet it reach me, an attack that I don't know where make me knock up. I almost lost consciousness thankfully I still breathing, my vision got blurry but I have to move. when I move a sudden pain I felt, I look at it and saw my left side gone with a bite mark.
the pain feels more hurt the more I realized it get me, my body aching while controlling my voice because of pain. while I see there shadow in the corner approaching me I slowly crawl back yet the blood will leaked out every time I move. The fish saw me immediately run towards me intent to eat me.
"shit so this is -"
I close my eye cause it might be not painful yet fives seconds have passed, it's still painful of my left side.
"you okay?" I hear a sound of a girl with a crack in it that it might unusual. I open my eyes so that I know what happen and saw the girl standing up looking at me down with her emotionless face like she didn't care.
I look around and saw the other monster obliterate their bodies.
"it?" I continue my phrase while looking at her with her face still don't have emotion.
"How about the child in the train? ouch!" I ask the question with almost hanging to my consciousness.
"the authorities are here there's no need to worry" before she finish the sentence, my consciousness fades away. the girl wonder why did I ask the question then she saw me holding a paper on my hands and look.
"this is?" letter of recommendation in the academy.