1 Prologue

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"He was soon borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance."

-Frankenstein, Mary Shelley

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It was one of those stormy days....

Me and bestfriends, Risa and Nicole, forgot our umbrellas so we just stood by the main building's covered patio.

The storm was too strong that day that even peering through the curtains of rain seemed like an impossible task.

All you can hear was the rush of raindrops against the pavements, dropping incessantly and wildly against the howling wind that rushes by minutely.

It all looked like fogged for me that covered the entire view of the campus. Everything was hazy on sight... no, not even hazy— it was more like just a blurred white vision from the down pouring and relentless rain drops.

"I called my mom but she can't leave out soon. Sorry guys, I tried" says Risa, as she walked towards us. She just hanged up from her phone.

"I doubt my parents will pick me up so might as well wait for your mom" replied Nicole in exasperation.

"Same here" I said in defeat.

My parents are workaholics, I doubt they will pick me up just because of a storm.

Work goes first because it brings food to the table, so it seems. Especially for mom...

That's true though, I thought to myself as I gaze sightlessly at the campus.

"The rain—!" I began, as I turned to look at my best friends, "...is just water anyway! So... I'm going in first. Bye guys!" I said with a wave and then took off without looking back.

I don't want to see or hear their reaction against me, charging head on to the storm, because I very well know they will. But I figured if we all stayed there, we might be stranded for several more hours.

Classes ended two hours ago and we were stranded there ever since. Unlike them, my house is just near by. I can simply go back home and then return here to bring them umbrellas, yeah that's a good plan. That way, they will forgive me for leaving them like that!

And so...

I went on sprinting against the heavy pouring rain.

In a distance, as I emerged further and further to the vague scenery of the campus before me, I can hear them calling my name.

I went running incessantly.

Going on and on to what I think is the right way towards the gate and out to the streets.

All I can here now is the deafening noise of the wind brushing pass my ears like sounds of plastic being crumpled. That and the sound of my panting breath as I gasp for air with open mouth.

I squint my eyes to peer through my path—

Suddenly a ragging honk emitted on my side.

I stopped dead in my tracks and end up staring to two bright lights heading toward my way.

The ringing of my heartbeat against my ear races.

My breath snagged

and I was frozen in place.

Everything went slow for a second

and then

suddenly went black.

All the sounds ended

and all was silent.

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Huh?

So what happened?

I'm hyper aware of my breath...

The rising and falling of my chest as I inhale and exhale on a cycle.

And that my body feels so light....

I know my eyes are close and I have no idea what is happening,

—the sense of unknowing leaves me feeling so vulnerable and exposed...

It's agitating.

so, I opened them...

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I was left with the realization that I was back to the familiar view of my bedroom. With the blue and white canopy that welcomed my sight.

A woman crying by the side of my bed had those white blonde locks that shined in a blush of pink when light hits on them. I wonder who she...

In a flash, something dawned in me.

My head ached and everything suddenly became clear.

I felt nauseous and weak but I wanted to stay up, fighting against the heavy feeling that keeps me in a trance-like state.

I turned my head to study her and realized I do know her. She is the Duchess Leingod of the Dukedom of Greenrun, a Southern Nation.

She lifts her head when she hears me shuffle in my bed. I slowly sat up but she sprung from her chair, almost throwing herself to me in a tight embrace.

"Darion!!! She's awake" she yells, turning her head over her shoulder, looking at the door where a butler stood by.

"Mama?" I called her. She beamed at me and rubbed my back as she held me tighter.

"Yes, my darling... I'm here."

That's right... She's my mother

So that makes me— a highborn.

A nobleblood.

But back then— I was only an ordinary high school student.

I'm sure that wasn't just a dream.

And this, right now, isn't one either.

That is when I realized I had the memory of my past life.

All of it— I remember Risa and Nicole. My school, the storm...

I remember everything.

And yet here I am now...

Only an eight year old girl in this entire different world.

Wait... How did it come to this?

Oh yeah, I fell from a tree... Hit my head and everything went blank.

Now, it feels weird

...having this consciousness of an eighteen year old me from back then, inside this young child.

I guess this is what you call

reincarnation...

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