"Did I just hear you say that all those years of agony was as a result of the curse that cruel lady incurred on herself?" Stephanie asked. She really wished that the woman would show herself. Then she would have strangle her to death for the words she just uttered.
"It was a price you had to pay no matter what so it isn't unfair like you assume," the voice said meekly.
"A price I had to pay? Are you kidding me? Why should I be the one to pay the price for her cruelty? Why on earth did I have to suffer for 11 long years because of another person's mistake?" Stephanie shouted angrily, hot tears tickling down her face. She remembers her childhood like it happened yesterday. Whenever she remember the excruciating pains she went through, she had always wished she wasn't so different from other children. She had always wished she never had a big scar on her face. Her childhood would have been a lot better if she didn't have the scar.
"Like I had said, you are Princess Michelle Sampson. After 2,000 years, she was reincarnated as you so you aren't paying the price for another person's viciousness. You are paying the price for your past mistakes," the voice corrected calmly.
"I reincarnated as her after 2,000 years?" Stephanie asked laughing maniacally. "So you mean that my life has already been programmed 2,000 years ago without my knowledge. This is the most hilarious thing I have ever heard in my 26 years of existence," Stephanie said feeling so unbelievably weak. She found it heard to believe the revelation she just heard.
Just when I thought that I am finally going to find my happiness, I realise that my 26 years of living was all a joke. I wonder whether not being able to find Young Master V was also programmed too.
Stephanie thought dejectedly.
"Michelle, have your seat or you are going to fall down and get hurt," the voice ordered sounding worried.
"I said don't call me that damn woman's name? I am not her" Stephanie warned furiously.
"Instead of looking so dejected you should be happy because everything worked out. It's is true that you suffered because of the curse but because of the cosmetics you launched you have fully redeemed yourself from Melody's curse. Even though you are reincarnated once again you won't experience the same pain you went through.....,"
"Did you just say that I should be happy? Does being redeemed take back the pains I went through? Has it taken away those horrible memories from me?" Stephanie interrupted sharply.
"I have always thought that you loved me since the day you gave me a new face but I have now realise that you've never loved me. Despite not seeing what you looked like, I have always loved you but not anymore. Knowing that you were part of that conspiracy 2,000 years ago, I hate you."
"I can see you are not in your right frame of mind. You can go back now and rest. Come back again when you feel better," the voice said ignoring the last comment she made.
"I hate you and everyone who made me go through those horrible times. I don't want to ever talk to you," Stephanie said angrily as she slowly made to leave the room.
"One more thing, since your curse has been totally lifted you have gotten back all your powers so be careful so you won't get found out by the humans. And lastly, you are a vampire by nature so avoid anywhere that blood is spilled or else you might lose control of yourself and bite a human," the voice advised.
Stephanie who didn't believe in the nonsene that she was a vampire rolled her eyes when she heard the voice warnings. She continued walking but just when she was about to step out of the entrance back into her dressing room she recalled something.
"What about V? Is he dead or alive?" Stephanie who acted earlier as though she will never talk to the voice again asked curiously. She turned and face the empty room.
"He is alive and he is back wicked like he had vowed," the voice announce to the delight of Stephanie. She momentarily forgot the truth she just learned and focus her mind on V.
"He is alive?" Stephanie repeated beaming.
"The moment he helped you in the amusement park back then, he had kept his promise so now it is your turn to find him," The voice informed.
"What do you mean by keeping his promise? I have never met him before that day in the park so what promises are you talking about?" Stephanie asked, her excited expression turning to a confused one.
"You will know what I mean by that when you watched the remaining life story of Michelle..."
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's watch the remaining video now," Stephanie interrupted sharply.
"It isn't the right time yet to know what happened to her. Everything that was set in place will be ruined if you see what happened to her now. I will tell you the remaining part of the story when the time is right," the voice said, instantly sending her out of the Mansion.
"What kind of cruel fate is it that after you find him, he will still lose you? If it was up to me Michelle, I will make sure you don't ever get to meet him in this lifetime but all this is beyond my power," the voice said sadly.
Inside her dressing room, Stephanie walked dejectedly out of the dressing room. She headed straight to her huge bed whose bedsheets was in red and white and lied down her face facing up. She stared into empty space.
"I wish that when I sleep and wake up I will forget all those heartwrenching and ridiculous things I just heard today," Stephanie said as tears trickle down her face.
As she shut her eyes tears continue flowing down from her eyes. Within ten minutes she slowly drifted to sleep. While sleeping she dreamt about the childhood she had battled to forget for so long. The dream was a long one but for the first time in her 26 years of existence she did not dread her childhood because in this dream, she was a vampire girl with powers. Anyone who dares to mock her scarred face, she either suck their blood dry or use her long fangs to disfigure their faces.
Be it young and old, she did not spare anyone who dares to taint her.
One day her sister sent her on an errand. On her way back, she encountered her schoolmates who has always called her the devil's bride. The girl who has heard about how vicious the little demon was took to her heels on sighting Stephanie. She did not run far before she bumped into Stephanie whom she had left behind earlier.
"How is this possible," the terrified girl said falling down in fear. Stephanie grinned wickedly when she saw the girl's terrified expression.