In the Capital, the capital of the richest country on the planet, in a remote corner, a dark alleyway, a girl ran as if her life depended on it, which it really did. Panting, she sat down on a chair in a night restaurant after confirming that the pursuers left. She had no fear in her eyes, only sorrow.
Her name was Selene, a 16 year old girl. She was just as beautiful as her name suggests, like the full moon shining in its glory. She was kind, way too kind, introverted girl. Having learnt all kinds of martial arts and fencing from her grandfather, the Sensei of a world famous martial arts dojo, and carrying a flexible sword as a belt, she wasn't exactly defenseless.
But her excessive kindness doesn't allow her to use her skills or sword on others, prompting her to run away, rather than fight, worrying her grandfather endlessly.
Ordering a glass of juice, she slumped over the table, obviously sleepy.
" Hey, look at her, she is so beautiful, but her droopy eyes ruin all of it. " " She is the infamous Selene, my daughter who attends the same school as her told me about her. She has so many rumours about her floating about but never bothered to answer even one of them. "
Selene, despite being able to hear them, simply chose indifference. Sipping her juice, she brushed the gossips around her off and walked back to her home, or a place to lick her wounds clean.
17-05-2044
Slumping on her bed, she thought back to her initial days, when her parents were on her side. I HELP A BLIND MAN CROSS THE STREET AND PEOPLE CALL ME A SHAMELESS GIRL WHO ASSOCIATES WITH BAD PEOPLE, I GIVE A CANDY TO A GIRL AND HER MOTHER STARTS SCREAMING 'DEVIL, DON'T COME NEAR MY CHILD' WHILE DRAGGING HER AWAY. I GREET EVERYONE IN CLASS WITH A SMILE YET THEY ONLY SEND COLD GLARES AT ME. MY OWN PARENTS LEFT ME WITH MY GRANDFATHER WHO ONLY TRAINED ME SO THAT HE WOULDN'T NEED TO LOOK AFTER OR FEED ME. I HAVE GONE PAST THE DEPRESSED PHASE, THE SELF MUTILATION PHASE AND AM CURRENTLY IN THE INDIFFERENT PHASE. I AM DEAD POOR (GRANDFATHER IS RICH BUT DISLIKES EVEN SPENDING A PENNY, OTHER THAN MY SCHOOL FEES AND UNIFORM EXPENSES, ON ME) AND LONELY. BUT, I DON'T CARE. JUST LIVE ON, TILL I DIE, OR SOMEONE KILLS ME.
24-05-2044
Her wish almost came true a week after that. She was chased by a gang notorious for capturing and selling slaves. She disarmed them with her sword, without causing a single injury to them, but many to herself in the process. One of the goons somehow got to a fallen gun near him and shot her in the spine, fatally so. The gang left her dying body in a remote corner, disappointed.
SO, AFTER BEING HATED BY THE ENTIRE WORLD, I AM LEFT TO DIE ALONE. ATLEAST, I GET TO DIE IN PEACE. She resigned herself to death and closed her eyes after curling into fetal position.
" Wake up, sleepy head, or you'll be late to school, ~~sigh~~ why do I get to wake this abomination up, everyday? " Selene woke up with her butler's usual banter as the alarm. Walking to the bathroom bigger than a single BHK flat, she washed her face while thinking, WHY DO I GET A FEELING THAT I MUST SOMEHOW NOT BE ALIVE RIGHT NOW? WHAT IS THAT FAINT VOICE OF SOMEONE RINGING IN MY HEAD, FADING AWAY GRADUALLY? She bathed and left to the school as usual.
The date displayed in her watch as she ran to her school was ...
17-05-2044
' Wake up, my love, you still have life left to squander' were the faint words spoke in a tone so indifferent, they might just be spoken by the devil, that kept echoing in her head till she reached school, somehow fading away from her memory completely after that.