Chapter 1: Claire De Lune/ Moon

Claire de Lune, the daughter of a successful businessman, an Inheritor of a company, and an icon of the teen
modeling agency. A perfect life that anyone can imagine. But no one knew what used to take place behind the
curtains. Claire was raised by babysitters and nannies because her mom left her when she was just eight years
old and her dad was always busy with foreign trips for business. Her life was just as usual until one day it took
a wild turn when she met a strange spirit guy.
April 23, 2018,
It was a pretty cloudy day. The clouds were moving quite fast with the breeze. The air blew through her hair
stands. She closed her eyes and imagined herself on the verge of a cliff. She heard the leaves crackling and
smelled petrichor. The wind kissed her eyes and brushed over her cheeks. Claire was submerged in her world of
fantasy when the bell rang. She opened her eyes and came into the real world. The teacher stood up from his
chair.
"Okay, class. The rest of the topics will be discussed tomorrow. Don't forget to review today’s topic", the
Teacher said leaving the class.
She was about to leave the class when one of the class bullies blocked her way. "Claire my friend, can you
clean the class for me.", She said looking straight into her eyes with a narcissistic look on her face.
"And why must I do it?", Claire replied looking back into her soul.
"Cause I told you, you little bitch.", she said with a high pitch in her voice.
Claire slapped her face hard so that the earning she was wearing fell off and her lower lip started bleeding. She
knew what she did was wrong but she deserved it. The bully was about to pounce on her but Claire dodged her
attack, pounced on her, and started throwing punch after punch on her recklessly. Her minions tried to stop
Claire but she was unstoppable. Claire finally stopped when her teacher came into the class because some kids
reported to them. In the end, they both ended up at the detention center.
In the detention center, the bully sat beside Claire. Claire couldn’t help but think about the consequences. She
pressed her hands between her thighs, she was biting her underlip, her hands were cold as ice, Her legs kept
trembling, and sweat covered her forehead.
Claire’s dad entered the detention center looking anxious. "Where is my daughter?", he asked the police officer.
"There is your daughter", the police officer said pointing at her. The bully was sitting beside her. He came
towards Claire looking super worried. "Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere", her dad asked.
"No Dad. I'm fine. It was not my fault. I swear", She replied reluctantly not making eye contact with her dad
"I know darling. I know it wasn’t your fault. Did she hurt you?", her dad asked her glaring at the bully.
Claire was about to answer when the mother of the bully entered the detention center. Claire thought she was
going to throw a tantrum and yell at her for hurting her daughter but instead, she apologized to both Claire and
her dad.
"I apologize for my daughter’s behavior. I'll make sure that this doesn't happen again. Please forgive her.", her
mother said looking at Claire’s dad.
"But Mom why are you apologizing? It was not my fault. She was the one who hurt me.", the bully said to her
mother with a look of rage in her eyes.
Her mother didn't listen to her and kept apologizing. Claire’s dad said that it was okay and warned her that this
type of thing should never happen again and then let the bully go off with her mother. Her Dad knew the police
officer so he settled the matter. Their driver drove them back. On their way back home Claire’s dad didn’t talk
to her, he didn’t even look at her.
Once they entered their enormous mansion. Her dad came to her face.
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She knew what was going to happen now. She was apologizing to her dad ."Dad, I'm sorry I was-". When he
slapped her on her face. It was so painful. Her cheek turned red. She made a fist with her trembling hand to
lessen her heartbeat.
"You want me to be humiliated like this? You little brat.", her dad said
"Ahh…fuck I was in such an important meeting but I came just because of your rubbish. I don't even want to
talk to you.", Her Dad yelled.
He turned back and walked towards his room upstairs, leaving her alone. She was just standing there rubbing
her cheek trying to hold back her tears, but the tears started rolling down her cheeks as she tried to wipe them
off.
(Stop crying! This is all your fault.)
She started heading towards her room. Her shirt school uniform was ripped from the bottom while the fight.
Her eye was swollen. Her hair was messy. Her socks were covered with dust.
She opened the door and was about to throw her bag on the bed when she realized someone was standing in
front. A boy around her age, with broad shoulders and ebony eyes, was standing in front of her wearing a black
blazer. She was about to scream when he pulled her inside the room and locked the door behind me. He
knocked her against the wall covering her mouth with his hand. All she could see were his pupil dilated. She
could hear his cold breath with a sense of comfort in it. He smelled like a garden filled with lavenders.
At first, she struggled to get out of his trap but he calmed her down just by looking into her eyes. Then he
slowly removed his hand from her mouth.
"Who the hell are you?", She quietly asked.
He stayed silent for a few seconds but finally spoke in his euphonious voice. "I'm Ren. I'm a spirit knight. I'm
not going to hurt you. Trust me. I'm here to take you."
"What? Where? If you're here to steal anything. Let me tell you one thing. I'm a boxer and I also know Thai
muay, so think before doing anything.", She said, placing her fists in front of her face in a boxing position.
"Why would I want to steal anything from you? You're my princess. I mean... our princess.", said he.
"Look if you have a crush on me or if you are some romantic stalker, you can say it but don't just break into my
house", She annoyingly but curiously said.
"Why would I have a crush on you? You're not even pretty, shortstop.", he said with his poker face.
"What??? How dare you call me short, “she said and was about to punch straight into his handsome face. When
he teleported behind her and started choking her with his arm in a way that she could breathe.
(What???? How can he teleport? Maybe he wasn't lying. Maybe he is a spirit knight.)
"heyy...Stop it. I'll kill you.", She said, struggling to get out. It was the first time that She was being attacked
like this cause before this, every time someone tried to hit her or bully her, she knew how to fight back but not
this time because he knew how to teleport and he was also better at self-defense than her. She was so demented
by how he could teleport.
He immediately let go of her.
"Now tell me how did you teleport? Or I’ll call the police", She asked curiously.
"I told you I'm a spirit.", He said, full of himself.
"What? How is that possible", She was just talking to him when she heard her dad’s footsteps.
"Claire! Whom are you talking to?", Her dad shouted.
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"My dad is coming you have to hide somewhere. There hide in my closet.", She quietly said to Karen, pushing
him inside the closet and closing it just in time. Her dad opened the door.
"Claire, what are you doing with the closet? And who were you talking to? Her dad asked looking quite
suspicious.
"No Dad. I was just looking for my pajamas. And who would I talk to? She said with a nervous smile on her
face.
"Then why are you sweating? ", He said and at this point, he knew that she was hiding something. She took a
big gulp. "Let me check your closet."
"No Dad... It's nothing." She said, knowing she was doomed. He didn't listen to her and pushed her aside. Her
heart just stopped for a second but nothing was inside when he opened the closet.
(what where did he go?)
“See Dad there is nothing.”, She nervously said.
“Then why were you acting like you were hiding something?”, her dad said doing eyebrow asymmetry.
“Oh, that. It…it’s nothing.”, She said stuttering at her words.
“Uhh…Never mind”, her dad said, rolling his eyes. “I came here to tell you that my company is having a
networking party this weekend. I want you to come along with me 'cause I want you to meet someone.”, he
said.
She knew he was up to something new. “Okay but whom do you want me to meet?”, she almost whispered.
He said as he was leaving me. “My business partner’s son.”
When he left, she immediately turned back to her closet. “Where the hell did he go???”. She lay down on her
bed.
(What the hell is happening with me? Am I hallucinating or am I going crazy?)
She lay on the bed. Closed her eyes. She woke up with a gentle touch on her cheeks. It was her dad sitting
beside her on the bed.
“Sorry, Claire I never meant to hurt you. I know I’m not a good father”, Claire’s dad said as he pulled her in a
comforting hug. He patted her back gently like a father.
Claire whispered into her dad’s ear as they hugged “No Dad, it’s okay. I forgave you.”. She hugged her dad
tightly.
Her dad pulled back and said, “Let’s go downstairs and eat breakfast.”
They went downstairs. Claire’s dad baked her, her favorite cheesecake. Her dad told her about his high school
days and how he and his friends used to bunk their classes and skip lectures. He told her how he and her
mother met, and how they were high school sweethearts. They ate the cake. Chuckled, giggled, laughed, and
talked for hours.
After that, her dad kissed her forehead and told her that he was leaving for the office.
Suddenly she heard a sound of a beep coming from somewhere. She opened her eyes and realized that it was all
a dream.
(was it this hard, Dad?)
The next morning, she woke up and grabbed her phone to check what time it was.
“08:50”
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She was late for her class. She dressed up and rushed outside where her driver awaited her. “I’m so sorry. I
forgot to set my alarm.”, She said to Mr. Hubert. “No Madam. It’s okay please don’t apologize.”, he said as he
opened the car door for her.
He drove her to her school. She entered her class and sat at the seat next to the window. She looked back
looking for the bully and realized her seat was empty. When the teacher entered the class one of the bully’s
friends asked where Kaysha was and the teacher told her that she has transferred school. Claire that it was her
fault that she had to change schools. She attended her class.
She went to the ground during break time to get some fresh air and think everything through. She sat on a
bench under the shade of a tree. It was so chilly and refreshing under the shade. The wind was blowing She
grabbed her mechanical pencil and sketch pad and started sketching the guy from the night before. She could
remember all details of him, the hair stands falling on his forehead, the mole on his left cheek, the silver
earrings he was wearing, and the small scar on his left wrist. It was not that she had fallen in love with him it
was just that his facial features were so uncommon that she couldn’t help but sketch them out. She was just
sketching him when she heard a familiar voice from behind her. It was Ren.
“Umm… You’re good at drawing.”, He said with a smug look.
She was so surprised that she almost jumped out of her skin. “What the hell are you doing here and Where did
you go last night, Ren?”, she said with a question mark on her face.
“I can teleport. remember”, He said as he sat beside her on the bench.
She had a thousand questions in her head. “What? but how?”
“I’m a spirit.”, He said.
“So am I dead. Am I spirit too?”, She said pitching her cheeks.
He stopped her. “No, you’re not dead. You have to listen to me patiently. Okay?”, He asked.
“Okay”, she replied.
“I’m from the spiritual realm. It’s the place between this world and the world of dead spirits. The spiritual
realm is the kingdom of spirits, which is filled with magic, powers, and enchantments. It was created way
before humans were born. The spirits there were bestowed with some powers. Such as… the Power of wind or
the power of destruction… The most enchanting and rare powers were given to only three knights. The power
of healing and growth of plants was given to the earth knight, the power of fire and explosion was given to the
sun knight, and these powers were only supposed to be used for the well-being of humanity~”, Ren was still
talking when Claire interrupted him.
“What about the third knight?”, Claire asked curiously.
“What third knight?... Oh, so you’re asking about The moon spirit. No one knows what is the power of the
moon spirit but some spirits say that it’s the only power needed to destroy the whole world of dead spirits.”
“But why would anyone want to destroy the world of dead spirits.”, Claire asked, confusingly tilting her head.
“Oh, I forgot to tell you the most important thing. The king of the dead wants to destroy the spiritual realm. He
said.
She interrupted him, “But why does he want to destroy the spiritual realm? There must be a reason behind it”
“Um, There’s not a specific reason. I don’t think that villain ever needs a reason to be evil.”
“So, I was telling you that there’s only one portal and the only way that dead spirits can enter the spiritual
realm. The portal is called ‘Forever portal’.”, “For centuries it was guarded and the only way it could was when
the queen wanted it to be opened. One day our queen received a message from the guard that the king of the
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dead wanted to make a deal for peace of both worlds. For some time, the deal seemed like a good idea and in
that time the queen fell in love with your human dad. She got married to him but didn’t tell him that she was
not a human and she gave birth to you. After some time when the queen came from the real world to the
spiritual realm, our queen started seeing the real face of the king of the dead. He wanted to rule both worlds.
The deal was not for the peace, it was for only the benefit of the king of the dead. When he heard the news that
the queen got married and had you, he went insane. And tried to harm your mother. He couldn’t hurt your
mother so he tried hurting you but your mother saved you and trapped the king of the dead in the world of dead
spirits. Everything seemed fine for some time but then the queen started becoming weaker and weaker. Her
powers were also gone. And on your eighth birthday.”
She interrupted him and said, “My mom is a spirit but Dad said that she left me when I was just eight years
old.”. Claire’s eyes were filled with tears.
“She had to leave you and your dad because of sacrifice”, he was saying when She again interrupted him and
said, “What sacrifice?”
“Anyone who does the sin of falling in love with a human has to sacrifice their lives to close the portal and
protect others.”, He said with a look of sorrow on his face. “Your mom closed the portal but day by day its
power is becoming weaker and weaker. It needs to be fixed because the king of the dead wants revenge and
he’s preparing his army and if he is successful to enter the portal, the spiritual realm will be destroyed. That’s
why I came here to take you because you can fix that portal with your powers.”
“But I don’t have any powers. I’m just a normal human”, She said looking confused. “You do have powers
because you inherited them from your mom. You just have to get to know them.”, He said hopefully.
They were just talking when her friend approached her and said “Claire are you ok?”, Austin said looking
worried.
“yeah, I’m okay. Why? Do I look like I’m not okay?”, She asked him confusingly.
“Look if you’re stressed you can talk to me.” He said, patting my shoulder.
“No, I’m not stressed, why are you talking to me like this and why is everyone laughing at me???”, She said,
tilting her head quizzically.
“If you are not stressed then who are you talking to?”, he said. She could see that he was creeped out. I pointed
at Ren.
“No one can see me except you.”, Ren said to her.
“and you are telling me this now?”, She quietly said to him.
“Claire I think you are seeing ghosts or maybe you should get some therapy.”, He said, looking puzzled.
She tittered and said “I was just talking to myself ha-ha. You thought I was talking with my ghost. Silly. Let’s
go to class break is almost over.”
“ok… I guess”, He hesitated.
“You go first. I’ll catch up with you. I’ve to go to the library.”, she said.
“Okay as you wish.”, Austin said as he turned back and went back to the class.
“Who was that butt faced?”, Ren said, laughing mockingly.
“Don’t talk about him like that. He’s my friend and look Mr. Knight I cannot go with you because my life is
here.”, “And I don’t know what my dad is going to say about it”, She remarked.
“You don’t need to tell him. It’s just a matter of two to three days. You can tell your dad that you are going on a
trip or maybe at your friend's house.”, ren said persuading her.
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“What? How could I not tell him? He’s my dad and even if I don’t tell him about that. He’s going to find out
because neither do I like going on trips nor do I have friends whom I can trust”, Claire constantly denied to go
with him.
“But~”, ren was about to pursue more when Claire interrupted.
“No buts”, “Find someone else for this task”, “I’m sure I’m not the only one”, Claire mocked.
“I’m sorry for your spiritual realm and your spirits but there’s nothing I can do.”, I said as I turned back and
went back to my classroom. I turned back and went back to my classroom.
Even though she refused to go with him, he still kept bothering her. From appearing in her class to bothering
her while her piano practice.
“Come on Man. It has been 5 days. I already told you I’m not going. Why do you keep bothering me.”, she
said, irritatingly.
“Maybe you’ll change your mind someday. ”, he said.
“I’m not going to change my mind. Keep trying”
My dad entered the room. “Are you ready Claire?”, My dad asked.
“Yes, Dad I’m ready. Just give me five minutes.”, she said, putting her shoes on in a rush.
“Okay I’ll be waiting in the car.”, Dad said as he closed the door.
“Where are you going?”, He asked
I said “Network party.” As she closed the door.
He teleported beside me. “So when will you come back?”
“Why do you want to know?”, she asked, tilting my head.
“Well… So that I can continue pursuing you when you come back.”, He asked.
She rolled her eyes and said, “I also don’t know yet.” As she sat in the backseat with her dad.
Mr. Hubert drove them to the villa where the party was held.
Claire’s dad introduced her to his business partner and his son. During the whole party, he kept following her
around and trying to flirt with her. It was not like he wasn’t handsome it was just that she was not someone who
was going to do whatever her dad asked her to do.
“Look if you are going to keep following me like this, I might punch you.”, She said to Richard.
“Okay, baby girl. I won’t follow you around I’ll just stay with you. Is that fine?”, Richard said with a flirty
smirk on his face.
“Richard look. I’m not interested in you. I’m just here because my dad told me to.
“What? Don’t you know what our parents are thinking about us?”, He frowned.
“Yes, I know that they want us to get engaged. There are so many better things I want to do than to get married
with a butt faced .”, she turned back and was about to leave when he grabbed her arm and start dragging her
forcefully towards her dad. “What the hell are you doing? Let go of my arm”, She said as she struggled. “hey
stop…stop. I said stop”
She was in a fit of rage. She didn’t know when a wild spirit inside her came out and she threw his head over the
table. He instantly fainted. Blood was all over my hands because of the broken wine glasses. My hand was
bleeding.
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(What the hell have I done.)
She was afraid of herself. She just stood there blankly and tried to understand the situation.
“omg, my son. Mr. Edward, what has your daughter done to my son? She is eccentric. Oh lord…”
“Oh lord Claire what have you done? Are you out of your senses?”, her dad said as his voice trembled with
outrage.
Richards’s head was bleeding unstoppably. “Someone call 911.”, Richards’s dad said.
A wave of fear passed from her body and she ran away from there as fast as she could as far as she could go.
Tears of fear were running down her face. She could hear her heartbeat. She was panting so hard that her lungs
started aching. Soon she was out of breath and after that, everything went blurry. She fainted in the middle of
nowhere.
When she opened her eyes, she found an alluring woman sitting beside her. Her smell was like the moon. Just
her existence made the whole environment so bright. She had never seen her before but somehow she felt like
she was someone very close to her. She closed her eyes because she knew it was a dream and when she opened
them again, she found Ren staring at her. She startled.
“What the heck are you doing Man?”, She asked him confusingly.
“I was just waiting for you to wake up.”, He said, awkwardly chuckling.
“Where am I?”, She said as she sat from my lying position.
“You are ‘Home’”, He said with a sparkle in his doe eyes.
(Why do his eyes always catch my attention?)
“Is my dad home?”, She asked, hoping that the answer would be ‘no’.
“No, he went to the hospital with his friend because you smashed the head of his son.”, He said with a proud
smile.
“What would I do now? Dad is going to kill me. I’m dead meat.”, she said putting my hand on my forehead in
frustration. “But wait. How do you know that I smashed the head of my dad’s friend’s son.”, she asked him
ambiguously.
“I was with you the whole time.”, He said with a cheerful smile.
“But how couldn’t I see you?”, she asked tilting my head confusingly.
“You only see me when I allow you to see me.”, He said. “I have an idea that can save you from your dad. Do
you want to hear it?”, He asked.
She knew what he was going to say but still, she said yes.
“You can escape with me to my world.”, He asked me as he reached for my hand with the bandage on it. He
pressed my hand between his hands and closed his eyes. I felt a warmth in my hand. He slowly opened his eyes
and started removing the bandage. All the scars were gone. Her hand was healed.
(All of this seems like a dream, someone healing my scars.)
“Yes I’ll escape with you.”, She said with hope.
“Yes I’ll go with you but first I need to pack some of my stuff.”, She said with a big smile.
“My charger, My air pods, My sketch pad, Fluffy~”, She was just packing when Ren interrupted.
“Why are you taking this stuffed toy”, He said, examining Fluffy.
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“He’s not just a stuff toy, he’s fluffy.”, She took fluffy from him.
“Okay but you won’t need all this stuff there.”, He said looking at her stuff.
“I’m packing them in case~”
He again interrupted “You’ll have everything you need, there. So, don’t pack all your stuff toys, and things.”
“HIS NAME IS FLUFFY.”, She yelled.
“Whatever.”, “We have to go now.”,
“Okay… But where’s the portal?”, She asked him, confusingly.
“Inside your basement.”, He said.
“What! No! How?”, She said puzzled. “There’s no portal inside my basement. I know.”
“oh really? How do you know that?”, He said, mockingly.
They went into the basement. Everything was dark.
“Can you turn on the lights?”, He asked her.
“Ohh…ohh… You are a spirit. Can’t you see in the dark?”, She said ironically.
“I’m a spirit, not a bat”, He said. “Now please turn on the light. I can’t see.”
“Okay…okay”, She said.
She tried turning on the light but it was fused.
“It’s not working.”, She said.
“If you are afraid You can grab my hand. I won’t mind.”, She said, chuckling inside.
“Why would I want to grab your hand? I’m not a kid.”, He said.
Suddenly she felt the cool air coming from the wall. She touched it and a portal started opening.
“Oh you opened it.”, Said he. The portal was emitting light. There were lavender petals on the In that light, she
saw that Karen was grabbing her hand. She smiled. They both entered the portal.
When she entered, she saw the most beautiful sky she had ever seen. The sky was filled with gems, not stars.
The air was so fresh that when she took the first breath into the spiritual realm It felt like she was breathing,
The plants and herbs were all sparkling like glitter in the sun, and she was surrounded by gems and flowers of
all kinds, She had never seen. The hay was moist and pure. The odor of lavender filled the whole atmosphere.
She was still holding his hand when he said “Umm. I think maybe you should let go of my hand now.”
“I was not holding your hand. You were holding my hand.”, She said, awkwardly.
She was just standing there awkwardly when a man with long hair and pale skin approached her. He looked
like he was in his mid-40s.
“Your majesty! You are here.”, The man formally addressed her. “I’m Mathew. The trustworthy advisor of our
late queen and also her loyal confidant.”, He said as he bowed.
Ren just quietly left.
“ohh…I see. It is nice to meet you Mr. Mathew.”, She chuckled awkwardly.
The man clapped his hands twice and said “Cherry, Berry” and suddenly two spirits appeared in the air.
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“they’ll lead you to your room. Please take some rest. We’ll provide you with everything you need. Let me
know if you need anything.”, Mr. Mathew said, pressing his hands with one another in a polite way.
“Ahh…Okay.”, She said, confusingly.
Cherry and Berry grabbed both of her hands and started taking her over a way that looked like a bridge but was
a tree.
“Soo…Are you guys’ spirits, too?”, She asked *She didn’t know how to start a conversation*.
“Yes we are spirits but we are not guys, Your Highness”, They both looked at her with innocent smiles on their
pale faces while walking.
“ahhh…Okay but can please not call me ‘your highness’”, She said.
“But why not? Your Highness.”, they both said in sync.
“cause it’s way too formal.”, she said, shrugging her shoulders.
“We call you that because you are our princess and our succeeding queen.
“wait what? Succeeding queen? What do you mean?”, she said, complexly.
“Succeeding queen means next queen.”, Berry said, explaining.
“Oh please! I know what succeeding means. I’m asking how am I the next queen. I didn’t sign up for that.”, I
said with a question mark on my face.
“What do you mean by signup?”, They both said in sync with an innocent look.
I groaned, annoyingly, “It’s nothing”.
They were almost in the front room when I accidentally bumped into someone. She was about to fall when I
held her by her waist and saved her from falling.
“You can let go of me now.”, she said with an awkward smile.
Claire immediately let go of her waist and she fell on her butt.
“You didn’t have to drop me like.”, She said rubbing her butt.
“Are you okay? Your Highness.”, Cherry and Berry said in sync.
“No, I’m not okay. Can’t you see I just fell on my butt.”, She said, annoyingly.
“We weren’t talking to you Akumi.”, Berry said with a poker face.
“How’s this girl ‘your Highness’? I thought we only used to call that to royal members.”, She said as she glared
at me.
“She’s the daughter of the deceased Queen and Our princess and Our succeeding queen.”, Cherry said as she
folded her little arms confidently.
“Look, I’m not going to be your succeeding queen. I’m just here because of Ren.”, She said, annoyingly.
“Who is Ren? Are you talking about the Knight spirit, Karen?”, Akumi asked confusingly.
“Ummm… Yes”, Claire replied.
“Wow… No one ever dared to give him a nickname before. You might be the only one who gave him a
nickname.”, Akumi said, being impressed.
“Am I supposed to say thanks?”, Claire said, confusingly, rubbing my head.
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“No, you are not supposed to say thanks because it was not a compliment.”, Akumi said mockingly.
There was complete silence for a minute.
“Maybe I should go to my bedroom.”, She said awkwardly, pointing at the room behind me.
“Please let us know if you need anything.”, Cherry and Berry said in sync.
“Okay. I’ll let you guys know”, She shut the door and what she saw next made her head over heels for the
beauty of nature. There was a chandelier of purple emeralds. The whole flower was covered with lavender and
leaves. The bed was the coziest of all. She laid down.
“Dad must be looking for me by now. After all, I’m his daughter”, She asked herself.
She closed her eyes.
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“Why did you send me there to get her? She’s so annoying. I can’t stand her.”, Ren complained.
“But I don’t think she’s annoying. She’s just new here. It will take time for her to adjust here.”, Mr. Mathew
explained. “But Why do you care about her being annoying?”, Mr. Mathew teased Ren.
“Ughhh…”, Ren rolled his eyes as he blushed.
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Everything was dark, not a single ray of light. In the darkness, she saw a vivid woman lying down on a watery
surface. Her feet were all soaked. The water made her feel so uncomfortable.
“Hello! Can you hear me? Mia! Is that you?”, Claire’s voice echoed in the black glass room. She could
recognize her from her back.
She ran towards that woman with cramped feet. She fearfully turned around that woman with trembling hands.
It was her nanny who used to play with her when she was little. Her memories flashed before her eyes. Her
eyes were closed, She was not breathing, and Her heart was not beating Claire freaked out and she fell back.
She started running in the opposite direction. Voices in her brain tried hunting her down. Water splashed, She
hear the heart monitor beeping. She ran, ran, ran, ran. Until she slipped onto the watery surface. She slowly
started drowning. She struggled but all her efforts were in vain. The more she struggled the more she drowned
in the babble.
“Someone! Help me! I’m drowning! Help”, She screamed out her lungs but no one cared to listen.”