PHANTOM EVENING

I reached the evening together my classmates at the end of our trigonometry project. It was past 8:30, and it was close to nine o'clock, so we might still have curfew on the road. Fortunately, Roseann took us home: Noel, Carlito, Bojo and Ava.

We turned the other corner while Roseann went straight to the other corner when the streetlight suddenly turned off and the dogs tied outside a bungalow-type house near my grandmother's house barked loudly. .

"AwoooOOOOoooooooooooooooooooo !!!!!!"

Simultaneously the dogs barked around, did not dance and almost broke the cords around their necks especially when they noticed our presence. I think we were even mistaken for house-climbing gangs and still wanted to bite us.

"Oh, Lea, we're ahead of you. My brother texted me that Mama was looking for me. " Noel was still moaning a bit as he was uncomfortable with his position. I kept thinking he was afraid of being bitten by a dog or afraid of seeing a ghost?

"Ah me too," Ava replied.

"Yeah we are too. I'm sorry." Carlito and Bojo responded at the same time. I could feel their voices trembling.

I just frowned to one side.

"Hmptt !! Alright. Be careful when you go home. " I said.

"Awoooooooooooooooooooooooo !!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Suddenly the streetlight blew hard and killed the light again.

Then, I just heard the four of them running away from where I was standing.

Turns out, they were gone.

"You are all chicken cowards. " I shout. I was so annoyed.

I just faced the two corners before reaching our house. The streetlights at every corner were dark and there were no people on the road, so I just accelerated my walk, so I just confessed to my grandmother's house when the light suddenly turned on in front of her.

She called me.

"Grand daughter, come quickly, I have a lot of picked chicos. You bring it with your mother and father. " My grandmother was overjoyed as she gestured to the ken.

I was glad that even before, I was overwhelmed by fear.

Grandma is kind and thoughtful, so I couldn't stop her and I obey her especially from eating ripe chicos, and he even remembered that I would give mother and father fresh fruits.

I entered the gate and was startled by the colorful roses, chicory trees and other medicinal plants in her yard. But as I looked away, I noticed that she had disappeared from the balcony. Maybe she didn't wait for me anymore, so I went inside the house.

"Grandma?" I called her to the whole household suddenly...

"BOOM!"

The electricity went out.

There was still no moon that night.

Darkness reigned all around. The fear I had felt before flashed through my mind again. It's as if someone tripped me up to scare me, so he thought of this prank.

But I took it out of my mind, maybe the power cord is being repaired, so it's brownout. I took another step when suddenly I stepped on something slippery.

"Argh !!!!"

And there I was out of balance until I stumbled. I fell on the floor and almost drowned my face thankfully new floor wax.

I slowly got up even though I was a little hurt. By the way, I stepped on chico. What misfortune did I have today? I need to talk to Grandma, so I can say goodbye and go home. I'm definitely looking for someone in our house.

"Grandma? Grandma, I'm going home. "

"Grandma?" I stand. I noticed on Grandma's dining table a long candle with light on the saucer. Next to it is a book.

I thought maybe Grandma put that, but where is she?

I looked around, but there was not a single bulk moving anywhere in the corner. Furthermore, I went to the left where her room was, but grandma was not there as well as in the CR and kitchen.

Where is Grandma? Did I just get distracted before? I asked myself as I stood near the long table.

There was no wind around, the crickets were chirping and the windows in the living room were open but all her belongings were neatly placed in her hiding places.

There are no thieves.

I looked at the candle on the table and a book on the table. The book is a bit old but not dusty. I tried to read its cover.

Phantom Evening

Suddenly my nape hairs rose, and my head seemed to grow. I sat down properly and opened the book.

Exactly when I opened it, my attention to the content was aroused.

MIRROR

To obtain the request of the heart, look in the mirror and there you can see the love you dream of.

Eternal love with the man of your dreams. This is the fairytale-like belief of teenagers like me. But of course I also want to experience being in love and be loved that way.

Honestly, I want to be like my mom. Her first and last love are none other than Papa. It's hard to follow like that, but I think it's also a mystery of love.

So here I am carrying a lighted candle with my cousin Janna. We are currently facing the mirror. We bravely tampered with Aunt Aurea's love spell book in case the magic it brings is effective so that I can see my prince charming in front of the mirror.

"I'm so excited. Hopefully we can see Patrick in the mirror. Handsome !!! Haha, " replied my K-pop Fanatic cousin.

"Ah, Patrick is your campus crush?" I will ask.

Janna blushed with excitement when she agreed to my question.

I assume that she really admire him because of his good-looking appearance.

I took a deep breath and began to recite the oration.

"Mirror... .mirror! Show me the lucky man who will love, and I will be with you forever. "

I repeated the oration but to no avail. Nothing comes out of the mirror.

But I did not despair. I repeated the prayer.

" Find out...mirror! Show me the lucky man who will love, and I will be with you forever. "

At the last utterance I felt a strange occurrence.

The whole household was filled with a cool breeze. I can't explain the appearance of the big fog and I don't know where it came from.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!"

Janna cried out so loudly, I didn't care that the strong wind was blowing her away.

"Janna ...... Janna !!!!" I gripped his hands tightly but with great force, his hands slipped and in the blink of an eye the wind pushed him away until I could no longer see him. I ran in either direction and called his name but no one answered. Likewise, I was left alone in the room where the mirror was.

Soon I heard someone whispering.

I was alarmed.

"Who is that?" My voice trembled with fear. I looked around until I noticed a shadow inside the mirror.

I stepped closer to the mirror and there I realized that the shadow created the volume of a creature. Man with two horns. His eyes glazed and blazed, he had a long tail resembling that of a wild beast.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!! '

I cried out almost breaking a tendon in my neck. I was exhausted by the excessive volume of my voice. Furthermore, I can't believe the demon is inside the mirror and now Janna has suddenly disappeared.

My prince charming is a demon. I was terrified and in a panic I lost consciousness and fell on the floor of our house.

A few minutes later, I opened my eyes. And in a flash I saw a man standing in front of me. He was wearing a white polo shirt and black trouser. He was very handsome and looked like a young man not far from my age. I was a little confused, but he erased my fears as if my heartbeat quickened when he held my hands. Suddenly I heard a song in the distance. Ed Sheeran was thinking out loud about the music which made the two of us even more excited.

When your legs don't work like they used to before

And I can't sweep you off of your feet

Will your mouth still remember the taste of my love

Will your eyes still smile from your cheeks

And darling I will be loving you 'til we're 70

And baby my heart could still fall as hard at 23

And I'm thinking 'bout how people fall in love in mysterious ways

Maybe just the touch of a hand

Oh, me I fall in love with you every single day

And I just wanna tell you I am

So honey now

Take me into your loving arms

Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars

Place your head on my beating heart

I'm thinking out loud

Maybe we found love right where we are

When my hair's all but gone and my memory fades

And the crowds don't remember my name

When my hands don't play the strings the same way, mm

I know you will still love me the same

'Cause honey your soul can never grow old, it's evergreen

Baby your smile's forever in my mind and memory

I'm thinking 'bout how people fall in love in mysterious ways

Maybe it's all part of a plan

I'll just keep on making the same mistakes

Hoping that you'll understand

But baby now

Take me into your loving arms

Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars

Place your head on my beating heart

I'm thinking out loud

That maybe we found love right where we are, oh

So baby now

Take me into your loving arms

Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars

Oh darling, place your head on my beating heart

I'm thinking out loud

That maybe we found love right where we are

Oh baby, we found love right where we are (maybe)

And we found love right where we are

We danced to the accompaniment of the waltz and because of that my heart and soul came alive to fall in love. Awesome, love and first sight. The whole surroundings were filled with pleasure and light caused by the sunshine.

Overjoyed and like I was floating in the cloud especially when we kissed on the lips. I'm so excited, I could die at that time. I closed my eyes to savor every moment.

"Dianne Lyn ...... . Dianne wake up, you better get hurry, or you will be late to school !!!!!" Janna shakes me to wake me from a deep sleep.

"How was your Valentine's Day? and where did you get the ring on your finger? do you have a boyfriend?" he asked as I yawned waking up to a strange dream.

I looked closely at my finger and a glowing ring was exposed in front of me. I just smiled, and hummed a song thinking out loud while thinking about my beautiful dream.

Demon or Prince Charming? Whichever of the two. I'm sure he loves me.

I looked in the mirror again and stared for a long moment.

Coalition is carried out to stop the rain. According to old traditions it is accompanied by ritual and song:

"Every day where are you? Here it is, the rainbow is here. "

After singing, it is necessary to draw the sun and rainbow on the ground with blood.

Narrator: Junaia Fritz H. San Jose

"Ring!"

In a moment that my cellphone rang as I was crossing the stretch of Kennon Road.

"Hello !!! Chen called you ah...

"Hello! Junaia has bad news, I had nightmares one night about you made blood paint by your friends, so I went to the monks in Thailand. Today is the first day of the Ghost festival and all those who sang about stopping the rain when they were young will die. " Chen sighed as he spoke on the other line.

"What? My heart almost popped out of my chest. That's how I felt that day. I can't believe what my fate will be.

"What are you talking about?" stunned I'm already driving.

"You have to be able to go back to the last place you went with your friends who were involved in singing, light a candle around the road and wait until midnight until at the end of the first day so that you may be saved from death and evil spirits. "

I thought for a moment and my eyes twinkled.

"I need to get back on Director's set and be with my friends."

"Junaia, one thing... avoid the red car you will encounter you may have an accident while traveling. This is a vision.... "

"Ok! ok thank you, Chen, I call you back...bye !!!! "

Fast I want to dial Murdock's number on my cellphone...

"Ring!

"Hello? Junaia?

"Yes! Hello! Dude can you take a moment on Director's set I have something important to say...

"What? Why? Hello!

"I'll...

Fell under my seat the cellphone, I punched it for a moment but when I drove again I could no longer control a red car that crashed in front of me.

"BLAGGGGGGGGGGG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BOOMM ............. KRASSSSSSSS .....................

"Hello? Hello ??? Junaia. Are you there ??

Narrator: Murdock Rodriguez

I was still talking on the cellphone but Junaia disappeared on the other line. I turned off the phone and I looked at the dashboard there was a rushing truck crashed in front of our car. Furthermore, I couldn't dodge then because the impact was strong and even if I dodge, it's too late. Our van plunged into the ravine of Kennon Road and our vehicle was almost flattened, we sustained various injuries and fractures to our bodies.

"AHH!"

The windshield of the vehicle hit the tall trees, shattering and destroying in large part until it rolled and fell into the lowest part of the ravine.

Our heads hit the hard objects inside the car and that is why abundant blood came out of our bodies until we lost consciousness.

(Inaudible in the distance the heartbeat and smoke of a car.)

We slowly blinked shivered several times and frowned at the excruciating pain we felt caused by our highway accident.

No. I already know how many fractures we have. How else can we survive it?

We feel something in our body had deviated and for a moment our heads swelled.

"Arggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!!!

Slow downing blinked, we moved our hands, and we made our way out of the wrecked vehicle.

We almost bumped to the various objects surrounding the interior as well as the car door.

I have shaken and hold my friends in my arms while calling their names, so I know if they are still breathing or not.

Several times I also called them and shook them before they even responded immediately. Perhaps it was only then that they became aware of the loud burst of the freak vehicular accident that happened to us.

My colleagues and I woke up to an accident on the side of Kennon Road in Baguio. Our vehicle fell into a ravine along with a dilapidated truck. Fortunately, an old man selling fruit and vegetables helped us. He put us in his truck and ushered us into his house.

"Oh no! There is no telephone here in my house. You better wait for me tonight, I'm leaving now to go to town and call on the phone give me the numbers of people I can ask for help about you and where they can be found. " Gentle language of the old man.

We introduced ourselves to the old man one by one. I am Murdock Rodriguez with a lot of beard Duncan Marquez, long hair Lucas La Madrid, muscular Felix Romero and the brown skinned and handsome Vladimir Cruz, we are the crew and staff of director Alfredo Manansala, and we are with our model friend Junaia Fitz San Jose on our trip to Kennon Road. There was a shooting that day and everyone was busy, Junaia was confused and called on her cellphone to meet us at the venue of the director's set but when we were close to our destination we didn't see him, but we were hit by a big truck. and the van we were riding in fell into a ravine.

Until now, it is still a mystery where our friend Junaia is.

The old man said goodbye to us and left us inside the house.

We stayed indoors until nightfall and something strange happened.

We were in the bedroom with a growl and a loud knock on the door.

"Who is that?" Duncan asked but no one answered.

We were silent for a moment and thought and at the same time clung to the door. Duncan slowly turned the hinge and quickly opened the door to expose in front of us a woman standing in the distance, her head bloody and her body in many bruises. Creeps climbed into our entire system.

"Ahhh"

We shouted at the same time and worked hard to close the door.

"Junaia ......... Junaia... is dead .what are we going to do?" trembling tongue of Luke.

"We should not be afraid of him. We need to talk to him. " Vladimir said.

"Right! do not be afraid. " A faint and rasping voice we heard.