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Crimson Red Envelope

Bloodshire...

My father's hometown and they say that it's one of the most peculiar place, even the name sounds peculiar.

I grew up here but we moved that's what my mom said to me but the problem is, I don't really remember much...

Everything in my past seems so blurry, nothing's clear. Maybe going back here would be good decision after all.

I smiled at the old lady but why do I have this odd feeling about her?

Baka kulang lang ako sa tulog. She looked nice but I don't want to be fooled by someone's appearance, like they always say don't judge a book by it's cover.

Some people can be a wolf in sheep's clothing.

"Lola, saan po ba yung-" I couldn't even finish my sentence because she already started talking.

"Are you Eleanora's granddaughter? May pagkakahawig kasi kayo," sabi ng matanda. I nodded, Eleanora Lavoisier ang pangalan ng lola ko sa father's side.

The old lady told me the exact location of my grandmother's house nakalimutan ko na kasi hindi na ako nakabisita dito sa Bloodshire.

This place gives me the chills yet I'm also excited because of the wonders that I'm going to explore soon.

As my mom was driving to my grandma's house, I looked outside the window.

Bloodshire is so different than Denville. I thought I was only going to see trees and small houses but I was wrong because there are so much more here.

There are also huge, elegant and luxurious houses and buildings. Everything seems to be somehow old fashioned.

At the middle of Bloodshire, there's a big statue of a cresent moon that is colored in bloody red. Some people looked at us but I really have a feeling that they're not humans.

They're something more...

Bloodshire is creepy, cool, amazing and I just currently run out of words to describe this place.

Then I saw a boy who was hiding behind the bushes but he suddenly disappeared from my sight. He's somehow familiar to me.

I closed my eyes and I started to remember some of my vivid childhood memories.

But it wasn't one of my happy childhood memories...

"Close your eyes, cover your ears and stay inside the closet."

"Naglalaro ba tayo Dad?" I asked him as I looked at those hazel brown eyes and I saw a hint of fear in it.

"Y-yes, don't make any noises. Gawin mo lang ang mga sinabi ko at magpi-picnic tayo bukas."

I gave him a smile and I followed everything that he said to me but a few minutes later I got bored...
So I decided not to play the game anymore.

I slowly got out of the closet, I was careful not to make a single noise. I was smiling when I got out of the closet but my smile slowly faded when I saw my father's t-shirt was covered in blood.

I stood there, frozen like a statue. I'm just too scared and surprised at the same time.

"D-dad?! What h-happened?" I was stuttering while asking him.

He looked at me but I knew it wasn't my father because of his eyes, they weren't brown. He was slowly walking towards my direction, I couldn't move and-

I opened my eyes, I realized it was all just a memory. I'm breathing heavily and mom looked at me, asked me if I was okay.

"Okay lang ako ma, maybe I just need a little bit of water."

I don't want to remember it again, it's a memory that should be buried a long time ago but it still haunts me up until now. I closed my eyes again, gusto ko kasing magpahinga napagod siguro ako sa pakikipag away kahapon.

But then again, some blurry memory flashes back right in front me.

"You have to kill me now or I'll be the one who will kill you," said the voice of a man.

"I c-cant Lux! I can't k-kill the man that I've been l-loving for all these years," said the woman.

"I said kill me!"

The woman just stood there and cried. She couldn't do it and everything around them is a wreck. There are a lot of shards scattered all over the floor, roses are withering and everything's a mess.

"If you can't kill me, then go run!"

The woman didn't run instead she came closer to the man, caressed his cheeks and said, "I'm so sorry..."

I suddenly saw blood dripping on the floor.

I opened my eyes again and I realized that there were tears falling down on my cheeks. Why am I hurt?

It just feels like that the two of them are so close to me. I quickly wiped off my tears para hindi makita ni mom. Ever since I entered this place, some of my memories are coming back but it's still blurry...

I hate it when nothing's clear and I have to dig deeper to find the truth.

After a few minutes of driving we finally arrived at my grandmother's place. That ride was exhausting!

A tall black gate opened in front of us and a man in his thirties greeted us it's grandma's butler, Heiro. He smiled at us and helped me carry my bags.

I can smell the scent of roses everywhere, then I suddenly remembered something. My name wasn't supposed to be Hyacinth Red it was supposed to be Rose pero hindi pumayag si mama sa gusto ni Lola Eleanora. Natawa nalang ako dahil naisip ko si Jack, ang boy best friend ko. Jack and Rose.

My grandmother loves roses so much to the point that the whole garden is filled with roses, only red roses.

"Mademoiselle, your grandma is waiting for you inside," said Heiro. I just nod at him as a response. I waved goodbye to my mom, since she's already leaving. Ayaw niyang makipag-usap kay Lola Eleanora it's obvious that they aren't in good terms.

I don't know but it just seems like mom has been avoiding my grandmother. Ano kaya ang ginawa niya?

And there's also one thing that I want to know, where's my father? Palagi ko itong tinatanong kay mama pero wala siyang maisagot but I hope that all of my questions will be answered here.

"Hyacinth, nandito kana pala. Akala ko mamaya kapa dadating, come on let's have breakfast sweetie," sabi ni Lola and she gave me a big warm hug. I missed her so much!

Her hair hasn't turned to grey and she just looked so young and lively. My grandmother always had a black hair and those beautiful beady eyes sabi nila ganoon din yung features ni dad but I don't have any of those...

My hair is golden like the sun, my skin is white like porcelain, I have lips redder than the roses here in grandma's garden and I have dark brown eyes.

I guess nagmana ako kay mom.

Ngumiti lang ako at tumango. Habang papunta kami ni Lola sa dining room, I looked around I have so many memories in this house.

This place hasn't changed a bit there are big bright chandeliers that brighten up this place, the floor is shiny, so shiny that it can be used as a mirror and you'll see your own reflection, expensive paintings and furnitures can be seen everywhere.

It's a big luxurious house but it kinda feels so lonely....

Habang kumakain kami ay tinanong ako ni Lola kung bakit ako na expelled sa school ko and I told her everything. I can't lie to her because I can feel like she will know the truth no matter what.

"So, she finally realized it," bigla sabi ni Lola.

"She? Sino po lola? And realized what?" nagtataka ko na tanong sa kanya. I have a lot of questions since I stepped on this place.

She just gave me a faint smile and said, "It's nothing."

"The word nothing is so useful isn't it? It can mean something, anything, everything or just simply nothing. I have a feeling that when you said nothing, you're hiding something."

"Why did they give me a cunning granddaughter?"

Tumawa nalang ako dahil sa sinabi ni Lola. It's a fact that I can be cunning sometimes.

I heard the doorbell rang so I rushed outside to see if it's someone I know. I open the door with a wide smile then I saw an man wearing a black suit and his hair is somehow similar to Albert Einstein's hair, it looks like a bird's nest. It's like the thing called comb doesn't exist in his world.

"Are you Hyacinth Red Lavoisier?" he asked and then I looked into his blue eyes it's blue like the moon, oh wait, like the ocean.

"Yes, what do you want sir?"

"This is for you."

He gave me a crimson red envelope, I was about to say something when he suddenly disappeared. That man was gone in an instant! What the what?! Ghoster yung peg?

I opened the red envelope and the first thing that I saw was a cresent shaped moon pin and there was a letter inside it. Para saan kaya 'yung moon shaped pin?

I slowly opened the letter, it suddenly felt like there was magic and adventure waiting for me. A bloody adventure in an archaic, elegant and magical academy.

There were too many words so I just skipped reading them but there were words that caught my attention, it was the one that's in bold and italic.

You've been accepted in Cresent Bloodshire Academy!
Where wolves, vampires and humans are together in harmony.

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