Life is a story
A beautiful one indeed
There is joy and sorrow
Happiness and sadness
And...Everything is possible
But are all stories the same?
Well....no
"Every fictional world is the home to a unique casts of character
While every character, whether they are main leads or the cannon fodders or even the side characters or the passersby, have their own stories to tell"
Here is another short story here:
The Tragedy Of The Fox, A Walking Disaster:
When she, Selene, the nine-tailed fox, was born, many catastrophes happened.
Her siblings died, her twin brother left home
Her country was engaged in a war
And people were mercilessly killing each other
And.....Selene's parent blamed her for it
And so did everyone.....
But Selene wasn't convinced
She wasn't
Though she was a young and ignorant
She matured earlier than others
So, she understood everything what was going on
But she didn't understand why would they blame her
Will blaming her solve anything?
Her parent hated her
Hated her so much that they could kill her any moment
But they didn't kill her at the end.....only tortured her....which was worse than dying for her
They starved her
They locked her into a dark-windowless rooms
They didn't allow her to meet anyone
They didn't even let her sleep sometimes
They even tried to cut out her tails sometimes
Ohhh, and they say that her being a fox was another disaster
Ohhh, look how many disasters are there
Could it be she was disaster herself?
No....she didn't believe
She didn't and she never will
She resisted everyone's torture and abuse on her
And ran away to a faraway land
And never returned again...
And finally, she got some peace in her life
But is peace long-lasting?
It never was
When she thought everyone accepted her there
They were just brewing up a conspiracy
A terrible conspiracy at that
She then tried to run away again
But it seems this is where her life ends
And there she laid
In the form of a nine-tailed fox
Cold and bloodless
Unmoving and emotionless
Her nine tails each represented a different colour
There were beautiful and they represented her lives
But....
Those lively tails now were covered in crimson blood of the fox
She had died
She was gone
Her life as a disaster ended
Or this is what she and everyone else thought so
Selene's body was covered in golden halo
As her holy spirit flew away to another world
She was reborn once again as a child
And she freaking hated it.....at first only
When she opened her golden eyes once again
It was full of disdain and mockery towards the world and the human
But slowly she changed...
No
Her father, mother and brother changed her
Their love changed her
The warmth and courage they gave her changed her
And though Selene hated to admit
She liked it very much
But once again, she wasn't lucky enough to have a good life
One day, her family went on a camping trip to the dark forest
As the name sounded, the dark forest was completely dark and....spooky and turning point for Selene
In the forest, they encountered a Magical Beast, a Wolf....
He was familiar to her.....his green-emerald eyes and his white-silk fur
But that's not important
The wolf was hungry and his hunger will only be gone after eating humans
And which he did
He ate her family
And she just helplessly watched it
She today lost the meaning of her life
Her family was gone
They didn't deserve it at all
They deserved better
And she will AVENGE THEM!
Somehow the wolf left her alive and was deceived by her seemingly innocent person
So he took her with him to the land of Magical Beasts and he turned out to be the ruler of the Magical Beasts
.....It was also Selene's home before.....
...So it will also be her home from now on....
As time passed by under the wolf's care,
Selene grew up as a fine young lady
Though her thirst for revenge was getting stronger day by day
Finally, one day she killed him
Tortured him until he wished for death instead of life
Made him felt the same pain she and her family felt
Though she will admit that, she felt a pang of pain in her heart as will she killed him
But
What is done is already done
So let it be.....
Afterwards, she became the Enchanting Fox Queen Of The Magical Beast Land.
But was this she wanted?
No
Selene sadly smiled as a she cried, "Mom....dad...and brother.....please....please come back. I don't any of these things.....they don't hold any value in front of me....
But you guys are my entire life....so please come back..."
In her first life, she died in vain and in her second life she lived in vain.....
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"Yes…this is my sister," the boy hesitated for split moment but saw that Yu Meng had no bad intentions, so he pretended that Yu Meng was his sister.
The lady didn't believe it at first and unreasonably started to question the authenticity. Yu Meng charming face was if covered with frost and gave that woman a last warning glance. Frightened by Yu Meng's sudden fierceness, the lady moved away from them as she felt a cold chill running through her spine. 'I swear, I am not ever going to tease these young people anymore from now on!'
When the woman was nowhere near sight, both Yu Meng and the boy sighed in relief. Hesitatingly the young man thanked Yu Meng for what she did.
"Oh…by the way, I am Fang Ying, you are?" She introduced herself as both of them found two empty seats at the back of the bus and sat down there.
"I…am-….-Jiang Mingxiao," Jiang Mingxiao said as he shuttered.
Jiang Mingxiao?
Surnamed Jiang?
Yu Meng narrowed her phoenix eyes slightly.
'But it can be that I am overthinking as well…So, it is better to ask…..'
Nodding thoughtfully, Yu Meng appeared as if she remembered something, "Wait a minute….Jiang Mingxiao? Do you perhaps know who Jiang Baixuan is?"
Yu Meng carefully noted down Jiang Mingxiao stiffing at the mention of Jiang Baixuan and then slightly lowered down his head and his bangs prevented Yu Meng from seeing his expression. Lightly nodding, Jiang Mingxiao quietly spoke up, "I know him…..he is my brother….."
Yu Meng expression didn't change when she heard as she was already expecting this though her deep eyes lit up brightly. Yu Meng turned to look at him and smiled, "I see." Suddenly, Jiang Mingxiao raised his head up and looked directly into her eyes, his burning gaze could literally make holes on Yu Meng, "But how do you know him?"
This time there was no shuttering or shyness instead there was power inserted in his voice and as if he completely changed into an entirely different person. While, Yu Meng being Yu Meng, curled the corner of her lips into amusement in an angle which Jiang Mingxiao couldn't see from and her bright smile never faltered as Jiang Mingxiao continued to smile at her.
"I heard of Jiang Baixuan from my parents and I heard my friends in school gossiping about. Ahh…he is also famous in the business world for his talents and his also has good-looks, so it is kind of normal for girls like my age to know about him," Plainly, Yu Meng replied. However, if own noticed, there was clear indifference and irony in her voice as well.
'Though, I want to pretend to be the ML's saviour, I have no feelings whatsoever for the original host's murder. And the away I said...sounds like that I have crush on him….that's just….weird….'
Xue Yun: Why would you say that host? Do you know that you sounded really cringey?!
Yu Meng: Did I?
Confused, Yu Meng said in her sea of consciousness.
"Anyways, I am kinda curious about Jiang Baixuan's brother.
No offense but remember, he….looks like the unwanted kid from the anime I watched before starting this mission. I am pretty sure he is supressed by Jiang Baixuan but there was no mention of him in the storyline. Urgh, who cares anyways!"
"The anime kid? Which one?
Ohhhh….I remember!
The unwanted kid from the anime where there were two brothers, one was loved by everyone and was famous, while the other one was always compare to his brother and was very quiet and shy….also his parents didn't like him and didn't want him. But at the end, they liked the same girl….who was the female protagonist, right?" Trying hard to remember about the anime, Xue Yun family remembered everything about the anime. (Author's note: The anime is just fictionally made up by me, so please don't mind if it's just too rubbish for you to bear).
Yu Meng: Yep, I guess so. I liked the female lead very much. She wasn't bad at all, I wish every world had good female leads but I wouldn't have got a mission if all the female leads were good, so I think it is probably fine.
Xue Yun sleepily nodded as her purple fluffy hair swayed a bit. "You want to sleep?" Yu Meng asked. Yawning in reply, Xue Yun magically made a princess pink bed appear and start to sleep soundly. 'Wait a min….she did used to sleep before, then why would she start to sleep now?
My lovely braty system never slept probably in her whole life then...why is she now?
I have noticed that she is hiding something from me, hope it is nothing bad though…..' Yu Meng felt that her system was being way too mysterious these days, which, she is not used to after all her system told every single thing she did, she knew and so on. But even in Xue Yun is a system, she still deserves respect, so Yu Meng let this matter be for the time being.