"Are you being vigilant, or do you also have a weakness?"
Under the full moon and cold night, questions that were hard for me to answer continued to haunt my mind.
"But I also don't know my classmate very well. All I know is that we're in the same class and we're not that close. We don't talk much and barely know him. But what's more upsetting when he didn't even know himself," she said.
Could it be that my classmate didn't even know himself or his name too? We tend to know others who are not closely related to us but not the ones we are the closest to.
"Hello. Um... can I join you?" the modest girl with a twin brother asked us. She brought some fruit and handed it to us one by one. She wears a white blouse, a green ribbon with stripes, a green skirt with stripes, and black shoes for her school uniform.
"Of course! The more the merrier!" the bubbly girl replied happily while biting the guava that the modest girl handed. Her joyful vibe gives off the unpleasant mood that we have right now.
"Pardon me. It looks like most of them have formed into groups already." And then she smiled at us. She's petite and cute.
"No problem. You can never be wrong choosing us to be your group!"
We were enveloped in fear and worry about what was happening to the boys, so the talkative and bubbly girl invited the two of us into the conversation. The three of us just kept on talking and laughing as if we were forgetting that it was not the time to rejoice but somehow, this vibe made me feel at ease. I'm glad to make friends with them. But I noticed something confusing.
"Ah, how did you know that he is your brother, the one you're always with when you can't even remember your name?" I asked the modest girl. It got me curious.
"Well, the truth is, I don't know if he's really my twin brother or not. We just noticed in each other that we're very similar. And we both feel like we have a twin sibling, so we just considered ourselves as brother and sister."
They don't remember anything significant as well. I am also relieved because I am not alone in this crazy situation. As the conversation continued, everyone was surprised when another boy—out of breath ran towards us.
"Oh, what happened to your patrol?" my bubbly friend asked.
"G-Get out of here. The monster is chasing us!"
"What? So, it was real?" my bubbly friend was in disbelief, and so was I.
"Let's get out of here. Run!" the boy pushed us to run away.
"Wait, where are the others?" I asked him.
"The leaders are planning something. They'll take care of it. We must ensure all of you are safe!"
"Come on!" my two new friends called me, so I immediately ran as well. We just ran and followed the guy.
It is dark with only the moon as our source of light. It is secluded and full of trees. After the race, we rested first. It looks like the monster couldn't catch up with us. I don't know what it looks like but it's probably scary from the looks of the boy who dragged us to run.
"Are you serious? We're staying here all night?! I mean there are bugs, and I'm starving!" complained the pretty girl with long light brown hair.
"Yeah, how about the others?" a girl with a shoulder-length hair and bangs asked.
My stomach is growling too. I only ate fruit a while ago so that wasn't enough.
"Let's deal with this first. We have no choice. If you don't want the monster to swallow you then shut up." the boy with spiky fern green hair answered in an ill manner. "Besides, this is the order of the leader, we have no choice."
"Then they're nothing but nuisance leaders." The pretty girl rolled her eyes. "I'm starving to death."
"Here!" my friend threw an unripe mango at me. "Let's eat."
The three of us ate the mangoes that had fallen under a mango tree. The other girls are also forced to eat fruit. I've seen some mango trees, coconut trees, guava trees, banana trees, and many more that I am no longer familiar with. We might be living in a tropical place but we still lack the resources to have the food that we want. I'm still glad that at least we have this. The three of us just talked again and so did the others. The lone boy slept soundly. The investigation of the monster must be rough.
"Hahaha yeah! It looks fun," The modest girl laughs modestly while the talkative one cracks some jokes.
They just kept talking while I remained silent because of the weight of my eyelids.
"What are we going to call each other if we don't know our names yet?"
"Hmm, you have a point. What if…"
I fell asleep completely. I did nothing much, but I fell asleep. I may not be physically worn out, but my mental state is draining me.
Where am I? Is this a school?
The happy faces of the people. There are students, teachers, and parents everywhere. I saw my classmates. They were laughing while I was confused. Someone pulled my hand. We went to a place filled with trees, plants, and flowers. He hugged me and said words that I didn't know what they meant.
"Wake up! The monster is chasing us!" Someone is shaking my shoulder.
"Huh?" I opened my eyes even though I didn't want to. I'm still dreaming about something that I need to finish.
"Let's go!" I got up and I pulled by the two of them.
"Hurry up!"
"Rawrrr!"
"What's going on?" I questioned the two as we ran, and they were still dragging me. They were looking behind them, so I turned around.
"Ahhh!" I shrieked out in fear.