She looked around, she knew that she was in that place, then how come she was in her classroom, maybe it was a dream? Or an allusion?
Maybe...she thought about different things until her mind hit a typical explanation, that place must have possessed some kind of power.
"Was that place magic?"
"But what kind of place is that?"
"My, my wish, did my wish come true?"
Her mind ran wild with questions but the only answer for this situation was if she went back to the place. At least to check if it was true.
She ran back to the place and then she looked at the wall examining it like her eyes were going to find the answers instead. She walked towards the wall and then she touched it expecting the same event to happen as before but then her hand only hit a hard rock.
That's funny, she thought and tried once more but it didn't change what it did before.
Was it a dream? Or an imagination?
No, no, no.
As she stood there in wonder, from behind three girls walked towards her. As she heard the footstep of those girls, she knew who it was, smelling the cologne they had.
"Hey, ugly duckling. What are you staring at?" Prudence asked and then Mira turned around with a lowered head not to stare.
"I...I... I'll...was," she stuttered.
How could she tell them what had happened, she knew that she'll probably get insulted.
She raised her head to look them in the eyes with a courageous face but it was to see if her idea would work, maybe if one of them tries to enter the wall instead then it would be a confirmation if she was asleep or if it was real.
"Why are you asking me? Is it bad to stay at a place?" For the first time she spoke rudely to them but her entire body was shaken.
"You little brat," Belina snarled as she moved forward to give her a knock on her head but Mira ended up dodging it making her punch her knuckle on the wall painfully.
"Ahhh!" Belina wept as she fanned her knuckle.
The other two turned to give her a frost glare, how could she behave like that?
But Mira was dumbfounded about what happened, she didn't enter the wall.
"She didn't enter the wall?" She mused but then she figured that she was going to die at the hands of these girls.
She unhurriedly stepped backward and then made a run running as fast as she could, the trio came after her running like wild cheetahs.
Oh no, Mira couldn't stop chastising herself for her crazy idea, she was doomed.
As she ran, she noticed Justin, she thought about the wish, maybe she could give her a check, and maybe he would notice her.
"Justin! Justin!!" She yelled his name.
Justin who was talking to someone turned to the back where he heard someone call his name.
His eyes first laid on Mira, and he smiled jogging towards her. Mira couldn't believe this, so she wasn't dreaming, the well thing was real?
She stopped as she chased her breath, standing at her spot she didn't care about the cheetahs that were after her, Justin was now hers.
She stood with a smile on her face though her mind was thinking of what she was going to say when Justin comes towards her.
"Hel-" she was about to greet him as he came in front of her but then he passed her like she was a ghost.
She was speechless, so this was all a dream.
She turned around to see where he was heading, of course, how could she be so stupid? Why would he head towards her when Maddie was there?
"Baby," Maddie spoke cutely as she hugged him.
Mira stood at the scene, she was so stupid, what made her think that it would be possible that she was the one he was heading towards?
She's an ugly duckling that doesn't fit Maddie's region.
She heaved a deep breath feeling the urge to cry, she moved as fast as she could away from the place then she went to her private place to cry secretly.
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Mira stared at the gates of the mansion, it was time to enter another nightmare, her life was full of nightmares, it never seemed to stop and just what she thought was true didn't happen.
Is better to wake up than daydream.
She entered the house about to get to the stairs of the house but she saw another torturer staring at her with a lethal glare on the stairs.
She stood tall, dressed in a mini white jacket dress, and wore white heel boots.
Is so amusing she's standing there like an angel, it would only be more interesting if she was just an angel but the devil in her heart had taken over.
Wow, the devil decided to be the angel, fair-skinned, with long silver hair, she packed most of it to one side, blue eyes, bridged nose, small lips, her face was adorned with a light make up that made her look interesting.
She stared at Mira with resentment, she felt like killing the girl though it was only going to be fun if she does it in action instead of thinking about it.
"And look who's here," she spouts scornfully, taking steady steps down the stairs.
"Ma'am..." Mira shivered in speech when the woman was just a step from her.
"Raise your head, I'm speaking to you. Where have you been?" She asked coldly.
"Ma'am..."
"Honey!!!" She cut her yelling.
A tall man came towards the stairs dressed in a black tuxedo, and black trousers and wore Italian black shoes. His caramel skin glowed with an expensive cologne that was perceived just far away, his curly hair was let to lay down it reached to his neck, he had glasses worn though it couldn't conceal his bright brown eyes, bridged nose, v-shaped face, his appearance was more like a model than a powerful entrepreneur in the country.
Handsomeness mixed with power.
"Honey, could you believe that once again, she's late? I wonder what she's doing these days, she's just a little girl. No matter what, I think she just doesn't want to accept me. I'm trying to be a mother, your mother," her voice changed to a concerned stepmother who was trying to make her way into her child's heart.
"Mira, I think this behavior would become a leech on you. Mira, I don't want to feel as though the training I'm installing in you isn't working. You're better than this, you're an amazing kid. I know that..." She stepped the last step, first using the heel of her boot to step on her foot.
Mira was about to wail in pain so she stopped and looked at her with a mischievous smile.
"Mira, you know what's going to be your punishment. You'll do the entire job in this house," she scorned.
She stepped away towards the door as her father hasten his footstep and just like his daughter wasn't there, he passed by her without a word of comfort.
He got down as her stepmother entangled her arm in his hand.
"Where are you going to?" Mira spoke softly, her stepmother turned to her and looked at her with a smirk.
"We'll be back, once we're done with the event, okay? Be a good girl, your sister will be back, don't make this house a mess before she arrives." She gestured her finger to the house.
Mira sighed when the couple was out, her father who says he's her father couldn't protect her after all. Neither in school nor at home, no place was worthy for her.
Even if the helpers were in the house, she was the one who was to take a kind of position to be treated lesser than a maid.