Hope From Love's Memories - Chapter 5

'Ano'ng ibig niyang sabihin doon? Just because he wanted to? Bakit naman?'

Hindi mawala-wala sa isipan ni Ilsie ang mga katagang binanggit ni Francis sa kanya mula nang huling beses siyang magtungo sa mansyon ng mga Guardians. May tatlong araw na rin ang nakalilipas mula nang mangyari iyon.

Pero siya lang yata ang nagbibigay ng pahiwatig sa mga sinabi nito dahil sigurado naman siya na walang ibang ibig sabihin iyon.

(poem) Hope From Love's Memories

Even when their love became a feeling once forgotten

And the paths that connected them before vanished with no trace,

Destiny paved way for their hearts to fulfill it once again

He searched for something for a long time before realizing back when.

Memories that seared their way in his mind can never be erased

Even when their love became a feeling once forgotten

She knew her fate would change as her sealed powers finally open.

Even so, she never felt fear as she learned more, making her feel amazed.

Destiny paved way for their hearts to fulfill it once again.

As the battle that once separated them disrupted everything ever so sudden,

The fire of hope that remained after her death retained its blaze

Even when their love became a feeling once forgotten

That day, they both found out the truth and the feeling that remained.

Regardless of the pain it caused, the hope of them loving each other again stays.

Destiny paved way for their hearts to fulfill it once again

With all the fate had thrown to test their hearts, one thing felt so certain.

Their love surpassed the trials of life and time, choosing each other for always.

Even when their love became a feeling once forgotten

Destiny paved way for their hearts to fulfill it once again

Hope From Love's Memories - Chapter 4

Hanggang tingin lang ang kayang gawin ni Ilsie sa walang malay na si Stephen ng mga sandaling iyon. Naroon siya sa mansyon na kasalukuyang tinitirahan ng mga Guardians dahil doon na ito dinala ni Alexander gamit ang kakayahan nito --- teleportation.

Or at least, she knew that it was one of the two skills that he had. Alam niyang ang mga napipiling Guardians ay nagkakaroon ng dalawa hanggang tatlong kakayahan on the day of their induction as the selected Guardians. Minsan nang nabanggit iyon sa kanya ni Alexander nang magkasama sila sa isang laban sa Eight Portal.

Naroon sa kama si Stephen at kasalukuyang inaasikaso ni Francis nang makarating sila roon. Aalis na dapat siya pagkatapos nilang matalo ang grupo ng mga Draohin at Agorion. Wala naman na kasi siyang dahilan para manatili pa siya roon.

And yet, Francis took a hold of her hand and pulled her from there. Hindi siya pinakawalan nito hanggang sa makarating na sila sa mansyon. Hindi na siya nagtanong pa kung bakit dinala siya nito roon. Wala naman siguro itong masamang plano sa kanya.

Hope From Love's Memories - Chapter 3

There were two strong energies present in the area. Sa bagay na iyon ay sigurado si Ilsie. Kahit na nasa fountain area ng mall siya naroroon nang maramdaman niya ang dalawang magkaibang enerhiya na iyon, hindi maikakailang madali lang para sa kanya na maramdaman iyon.

She was a Wind Caster, after all. A White Wind Caster, to be exact.

And since the wind helped her sense it, naging madali na lang para kay Ilsie na malaman kung saan nagmula ang dalawang klase ng energy na naramdaman niya. Agad siyang nagmadaling umalis sa mall para marating ang pakay na lugar --- at isang park iyon.

Habang tumatakbo palapit sa park, hindi niya napigilang humingi ng paumanhin sa ginawang pag-iwan doon kay Francis na hindi man lang nagpapaalam dito. Sana lang ay magawa niyang ipaalam dito ang dahilan kung sakali mang magkita sila nitong muli.

Hope From Love's Memories - Chapter 2

Wala ngang training ng araw na iyon si Ilsie, pero hindi pa rin siya pinatahimik ng mga 'di maipaliwanag na mga panaginip. Ang resulta, hindi na naman siya nakatulog ng maayos. Kaya hindi na nakapagtataka kung hindi na naman maganda ang mood niya dahil doon.

Then again, it wasn't like she could actually put a stop to it, considering that she'd been dealing with that for 15 years now. Ang tanging magagawa na lang niya para matakasan iyon ay ang hanapin ang sagot kung bakit hanggang sa mga sandaling iyon ay patuloy pa rin siyang pinagpapakitaan ni Elysriel sa mga panaginip.

Nakikita niya ito roon, pati na rin ang Guardian na sa pagkakaalala niya ay Francis ang pangalan. Though she was aware na may Osmerth Guardian sa Human Realm na ganoon ang pangalan ayon kay Stephen, hindi siya sigurado kung ang Francis na nasa panaginip niya at ang kaibigan ni Stephen ay iisa.

At this point, she had no way of knowing.

Hope From Love's Memories - Chapter 1

HINDI NAMAN sa gusto niyang magreklamo. Pero kung si Ilsie ang tatanungin, mas gugustuhin na niyang matulog na lang sa bahay kaysa ang mag-training nang araw na iyon. Hindi niya alam kung bakit ganoon na lang ang nasa isip niya ng mga sandaling iyon.

Sa pagkakaalala niya ay hindi naman siya napagod sa training na ginawa niya kahapon kasama ang iba pang mga Power Caster na kapareho lang ng ranggo niya at nagsasanay din kagaya niya. Pero bakit parang tamad na tamad siya na tila ayaw na niyang bumangon pa sa kama niya?

"Himala, 'insan! Ano'ng nakain mo at hindi ka sumama sa training ngayon? Meron ka?"

Bago pa man siya tuluyang makasagot ay agad na hinablot ng kamay niya ang unan na nasa tabi lang niya at inibato iyon sa kadarating na bisita. Ilsie smirked when it landed straight to the guy's face.

Hope From Love's Memories - Prologue

KATATAPOS lang ng kauna-unahang combat training ni Ilsie. Pero hindi pa rin siya makapaniwala na naroon na nga siya sa Shiasena Temple at nagsasanay kasama ng mga pinsan at iba pang kasamahang napili rin para magsimula sa opisyal na combat training ng mga nilalang na katulad niya.

Ang combat training nilang mga magiging active members ng Power Casters.

Bagaman kinakitaan na si Ilsie noon ng kakaibang kakayahan, hindi pa rin niya inakala na mapapabilang siya sa pagsasanay para maging isang active Power Caster. Kadalasan kasi ay iilan lang talaga ang nakakatagal sa training, lalo na kung combat training bilang paghahanda sa pakikipaglaban sa mga Draohin ang pag-uusapan. Pero hindi pinanghinaan ng loob ang kanyang mga magulang at ang kuya niya na mapapabilang rin siya.

At narito na nga siya.

Hope From Love's Memories - Story Description

Mula nang makakitaan si Ilsie ng kakaibang kakayahan noong bata pa siya, alam na niyang hindi na magiging normal ang takbo ng buhay na kanyang nakagisnan. Nasiguro niya iyon nang mag-umpisa ang pagsulpot ng kung iba't-ibang imahe sa kanyang isipan nang marating niya ang Shiasena Temple para sa unang combat training niya bilang isang Power Caster. Isang babae at isang lalaking parehong may kakaibang kakayahan ang lagi niyang nakikita sa kanyang isipan at maging sa mga panaginip. 'Di nagtagal ay nalaman din niya ang totoo tungkol sa kuwento ng dalawang iyon, maging ang dahilan kung bakit naputol ang kuwentong nagbibigay pa rin sa kanya ng 'di maipaliwanag na sakit ng kalooban para sa Guardian na si Francis.

Buong akala ni Francis Kieran Reyrieth ay nabuhay siya ng mahabang panahon na hindi itinutuon ang sarili sa ibang bagay maliban sa trabaho niya bilang isang Guardian mula sa Osmerth. Pero hindi iyon ang nararamdaman niya. For 400 years, his heart kept on finding the one reason why it felt so empty. Hanggang sa makilala niya sa isang 'di inaasahang laban ang Wind Power Caster na si Ilsie.

Kahit sabihin pang tadhana na ang naglapit sa kanilang dalawa, sigurado si Ilsie na wala na siyang dahilan para hilinging may patutunguhan pa ang kalauna'y pagtinging meron siya para kay Francis. Lalo pa't hawak niya ang dalawang sikretong nagsilbing dahilan kung bakit binura ni Elysriel noon ang alaala ng leader ng mga Guardians. Hinding-hindi siya mapapatawad ni Francis kapag nalaman nito ang totoo.

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Hobbies in WIP.

I'll be featuring 2 of my WIPs here.

(1) For "Project Memories", the FL liked to play her flute as a way to clear her mind. But only a few people actually knew about this. As for the ML, he REALLY liked reading -- a lot. This is his way of clearing his mind and also to help him focus when it comes to his divination.

(2) As for Project 23Y, the FL -- at least at the start of the story -- could be seen watching the sunset by the bridge. It was her way of making sure that she was still going down the path that she set to herself after her mother quit being a detective. The ML usually focused on photography during his free time -- mostly in his day off. Then again, he never thought that he would cross path with someone who would soon become a special person in his life because of this hobby of his.

What books have inspired your writing?

For PROJECT MEMORIES, it was actually the Wattpad story-turned-published book "Wizard's Tale". Well, at least part of it. The concept actually came from a writer friend @azelphr and we were supposed to have a collab on a fantasy-romance series that she had thought of, but didn't get to do it. But I just want to continue writing it. And this is actually the first book of it. I'll just tell her about this story once it's done. 😁✌️

As for PROJECT 23Y, there is no book that inspired me to write this. What inspired me were TV series. The Japanese drama "Himitsu no Hanazono", Korean drama "The Girl Who Sees Scents", American drama "Cold Case", and its Japanese remake "Cold Case: Shinjitsu No Tobira (Door of Truth)". But maybe I can find books that could give me inspiration and clues on how to write a crime mystery story.

Settings.

There are two major settings existing in HFLM—the ones located on Earth (1st picture) where the majority of the events took place and the other one is on Osmerth (2nd picture), the world where the Guardians originated. The most prominent one to appear in the story is the Shiasena Temple on Earth where Ilsie's life had started to change. While in Osmerth, the lives of the Guardians changed upon the disappearance of the Gatekeeper who was supposed to perform the Sealing Ceremony at the Shrine of Perception, where the mystical Lunar Wing Mirror was kept safe.

Two of the characters I mentioned in "Hope From Love's Memories" were the Mizusawa siblings from the Correia clan, Yukiya and Tomoha. Both were powerful Wind Casters in which Ilsie took advantage of since she would always train with Yukiya and Eldrin would train with Tomoha. The siblings were also the few of those chosen to use the powers of the dangerous Memory Scrolls of the 16 Cloud Clans, with the other known chosen users were Ilsie and Eldrin. I'm still thinking if I should write their respective romance stories. But for now, they might appear in HFLM sometime soon.

Character zodiacs.

I chose the exact zodiacs of these characters to that of the visuals I used to this story. But the date of their birthdays will be different and still fall within their zodiac signs.

Plot twists.

In "Hope From Love's Memories", I could mention about two or three plot twists surrounding the main characters. There was one that involves the two similar paintings of a couple that Ilsie saw in Shiasena Temple and in Francis' mansion. And the other was about the powers hidden in Ilsie's that could cure one of Francis' Osmerth Guardian comrades—but there was a catch to that power. Third was about the real connection surrounding Elysriel, Ilsie, and Francis. One clue—reincarnation was not involved, after all.

Antagonists

The Osmerth Guardians in which Francis was a part of were dealing with the Darkans from Agorion for ages. While the Power Casters were dealing with different enemies since they found a home on Earth 10,000 years ago. But the ones that the Power Casters in the Philippines had been focusing on defeating were the Draohins.

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The Darkans and the Draohins were both portal-wreckers and Arcanix (beings with no powers whatsoever) kidnappers in which the Osmerth Guardians and Power Casters living on Earth were trying to prevent. One particular Draohin, however, seemed to have something to do with Elysriel's death 400 years ago—an event that could repeat itself now that a certain truth about Ilsie's hidden power is starting to come to light.

MC friendships

The eventual lead pair Francis and Ilsie had their set of friends that helped them in their respective journeys and their battles. Francis always had Alexander and Stephen to help him find their other friends who disappeared during a disaster more than two decades prior. While Ilsie, though guarded because of the incident when she was only starting to train to become an active (and full-fledged) Power Caster, didn't come of as someone lonely. Her cousin and best friend Eldrin would be there for her whenever her brother would go on missions. Yukiya was her training partner whom she befriended during her second year of training.

Main characters

These six people were the visuals I used for the characters of "Hope From Love's Memories". I did mention that this story is EXO-inspired so don't be surprised if I used three of their members as visuals. But the focus of this story is the main character inspired by EXO's leader Suho.

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🦋Katherine Mcnamara as Elysriel Clearmane, a Power Caster residing in Europe that lived 400 years ago and the woman that Francis once loved before dying. Her death, however, seemed to have held more secrets than anyone could think of.

🦋Suho/Kim Jun Myeon as Francis Kieran Reyreith, the leader of the Osmerth Guardians having the ability to manipulate water and use it as means of his divination/clairvoyance. He made it his task to save his comatosed comrade, find the missing Gatekeeper and his other comrade responsible for the memory erasing incident more than two decades prior.

🦋Yuzuki Nagisa as Florence Ilsevel "Ilsie" Liaris, a Wind Power Caster of the Treharne clan and the only female Power Caster of her generation proficient in wind magic archery. But despite being known as such, an incident when she was ten years old made her unable to fully control her powers and let her realize her connection to both Francis and her identity in her past life as Elysriel.

🦋Kai/Kim Jong In as Alexander Matthew Pernelis, an Osmerth Guardian who accompanied Francis in their mission to find their missing comrade. His powers involved teleportation and electric-based barrier creation.

🦋Sandeul as Eldrin Samson Leozana, Ilsie's cousin and a Sound Power Caster who designated himself as her bodyguard from time to time. He also belonged to the Treharne clan.

🦋Oh Sehun as Stephen Kian Aerona, the youngest of the Osmerth Guardian who was known to be proficient in wielding the powers of the wind and use it to increase his combat speed, as well. He accompanied Francis and Alexander in finding their missing comrade.

This is actually an aesthetic I created for the next chapter of "Hope From Love's Memories" involving the lead pair Francis and Ilsie. Ilsie still have a lot of questions about the contents of the two Memory Scrolls used in relation to the event she experienced 15 years prior. Her cousin and a comrade both kept the contents a secret from her. Even Francis have questions about the mystical scroll, but he was more interested about the mystery of the two almost similar paintings that appeared to have something to do with unleashing Ilsie's sealed healing powers. In turn, he still used the Seraphic Mirror to check on one of his Osmerth Guardian comrades who was still in coma even after more than two decades had passed since the incident that rendered that person unconscious.

Introduce your WIP

This is actually four of the old aesthetics I created last year combined into one with regards to the story I'm going to introduce here. Out of all my WIPs, I chose to introduce this for the reason that it's about one of my EXO biases that I used as a visual inspiration.

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This is the story description of the story "Hope From Love's Memories" that I placed on my Wattpad account.

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🦋A love story between a Guardian from the world of Osmerth and a Power Caster descendant from the Cloud Dimension.

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A love was formed 400 years ago. But the war and a secret linked to their missions destroyed it. To the memories removed before one of them died before, was there even any hope left that it would return the love tested by time and magic?🦋