The oldest tree in the Philippines – more than 500 years old, fell down. What was surprising, is a writing on it about 400 years ago "You will always be in my heart." "I will always protect you".

FATE

I. A FAMILIAR FACE

In a peaceful place of Kalinaw ruled by Datu Ali and his wife, their two beautiful daughters lived Princess Kali and Princess Kina. It is a prosperous kingdom and there are a lot of other kingdoms doing their business and paying respect to the Datu.

In the port which is the centre of commerce, many ships dock. Once in a while, at a certain day and event, all the ships open their doors to everyone who would like to step on their ship. With the festivities, abundant food and drinks, camaraderie among natives and foreign are established.

Here starts the adventure of our young Princess Kali who went aboard on one of the ships and pretended to be a commoner. She is a free-spirited, jolly and fun young lady who often than not, gets herself into trouble, and she wants to explore the world. But in truth, she is just looking for a place to belong because deep inside she feels that she belongs somewhere, somehow but not where she is right now, even though her royal family loves her so much.

She was roaming around the ship when she got lost and entered into a room. She called out but no one answered. Curiosity got the best of her and she decided to take a peak. She was amazed with what she saw- maps, compass, and other stuff that of a sailor. She was so engrossed she was about to touch the map, she didn't notice someone already entered the room.

A man grabbed her wrist and pulled her to turn to him. She was so surprised to find herself so close to a man almost like being hugged. Her heart beats furiously as she saw the man's face.

Inside the Princess' chamber, Kali and Kina were talking about her yesterday adventure. The man, who turned out to be the owner of the room, was so angry at her and almost dragged her out. She pretended she didn't understand any word that he's saying. Somehow, she is not scared at all, and thought that the man looks familiar. Where did she saw the man before? The man almost dragging her out, stopped abruptly upon seeing her and bewilderment was seen on his face. They just stood like that as if in a trance.

"And then, what happened?", Kina asked

"That's all", Kali replied.

That night, in Kali's dream, she saw herself smiling next to a man whose image looked blurry. The next morning, some high-ranking officials of Kingdom Yolie went to the palace to pay respect to the king. The place of Yolie has always been a dream place for our young princess. She had always heard of sea farers adventures to that beautiful kingdom. She hurriedly went to the grand hall and saw the man again. Her heart beats fast again. What's wrong with me?

That night, she made a decision. She would go to Kingdom Yolie and she made a plan for it. The next day, the princesses are supposed to go the learning school where all other royalties are being taught. She made it to look like she was in the palace so the learning school would not look for her and the palace had thought that she's in the learning school.

Dressed as a man, she secretly boarded the ship that would take her to Yolie the voyage would take a month but she had no difficulty with travels. She used to go to different kingdoms unbeknownst to her parents at first, but eventually she was discovered. She was just 11 years old when she tried to go about with her adventure and the last time was when she was 15.

"I'm sorry father, mother. This will be the last time", she said in the air the ship started to engine up.