Chapter one

"*Knock" A knock was heard at the lady's door, but she remained silent since she wasn't fond of speaking with the house people. "I know you're in there, open the door" her mother shouts while banging on the door. 

Yet the girl still stays on her bed staring out the window. Ever since she could see these ghosts she saw the real intention of people. There is a ghost with everyone that would tell her what they actually feel and when they lie they speak the truth for them.

Ever since that day she would stay in her room locked up, and would be mean to the servants. Sometimes they'll come out of the room with bruises the rumors would say. In all honesty she just didn't trust anyone since they would all lie.

Her mother, some would call her, wanted her to benefit the family with her gift/curse. The poor lady wasn't even allowed to leave the house since she was out casted as a "freak".

Even her siblings, a boy at the age of 20 and a girl at the age of 17 would give her nasty looks when she actually did leave her depressing room.

She didn't really care since she knew their true intention anyway. All Aurelia wanted was to leave, to cry out to someone, to have a person who was genuine to her. She knew there was no point in these kinds of thoughts if her own family wouldn't do that much for her.

She gets up feeling empty, and goes in the direction of the door. She was sick of it, she was sick of everything. Aurelia then opens the door to say " Why do you even bother, can you just leave me alone you're nothing more than trash to me" before slamming the door in her mothers face.

'Why won't everyone just leave me alone' she says sitting on her bed crawled up in a ball. 'I hate this, I hate everything.' She wondered and wondered why no one genuinely liked her, had she done something wrong? Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard whispers outside her door.

It was probably the maids talking about her again. This was something that sucked about having better hearing than normal people. She could always hear people talking about her here and there, but to her surprise they were talking about a different topic this time. It was about a festival? 

Apparently there was going to be a festival held tonight in honor of the crown prince from another country being engaged to a person of this empire. This was done in order to make and maintain peace with both our empires. No one knew who the fair lady was yet, it was gonna be a surprise for all when she is revealed. 

It couldn't be the two princesses of the emperor since they were already married or engaged. The chattering stopped once they were ordered by the head maid to stop their bickering and continue working. This time I was laying in bed wondering if I should attend the festival. Anything would be better than hanging out Here wouldn't it?

I put on some simple clothes and not too expensive jewelry while thinking of a way to jump out the window. That's right, I have some rope in my room from that one time. Hmm… thinking about it you could say wasn't my best time. I tie the rope onto one of the furniture and tightly secure it to make sure I wouldn't fall due to the rope coming off.

I climb down slow by slow making sure I don't fall. Would people even care if I did? The only reason I probably haven't committed suicide yet is to maybe one day get revenge on the people who did me wrong, or was just holding onto some fate that someone would save me from this hell hole.

It could be both at this point. When I finished climbing down from the window using the rope it wasn't night yet, but the sun was going to set soon. The sight would most likely be pretty. I haven't been outside in soo long that the breeze felt refreshing.

I couldn't help, but smile for the first time in a long time. I thought I forgot how to, but I guess I always had it in me. Perhaps, It just wasn't worth making me smile. I'm depressing I know, but is it really my fault that I'm like this?

I couldn't help but  enjoy the only freedom I had at this moment. It felt nice not being weighed by your family, being ridiculed everyday. Not having to face people who were fake. She didn't have to worry about any of that now did she. 

Not a lot of people knew how she looked besides the house people and her family and few others. That is gonna change soon since she is gonna have to attend her debut ball. More like forced to, but she wanted things to change, she wanted to leave her depressing life and start a better one.

She would have to get rid of this curse now would she. The thing that ruined her life, but helped her see the fake people in her life and opened her eyes. Aurelia was enjoying herself and bought some food she had never seen before.

She may be an outcast, but as a noble she has never eaten anything below the status of a maid, but she didn't eat the best either. She got something that was currently trending with the common folk, it was known as potato chips.

Little did she know it was gonna be her new favorite snack. Of course nothing was gonna beat the steak she got from time to time at the house. 'Are you supposed to pop it open?' I say not sure. I push the bag for there to be a loud popping sound. "Ahh" I screamed from the sudden noise that came from the bag.

It opened? I pulled apart the part that opened to take a chip out of the bag. 'It, it tastes…. AMAZING!' I say while having a face with satisfaction written all over it. I couldn't not like it, it was nothing I tasted before. It was salty, but crunchy and had a nice touch to it all in one.

I eat the bag of chips while looking around the other food stands to come across a place where there was slow burn music playing and people dancing in the center. I couldn't help but want to dance as well, but I'm not sure if I want to*.

^^^   To be continued^^^

Author's note: I'm not very good at describing things so I apologize now for that. Since I have pictures that would look similar to the ml and fl I will be posting that somewhere else. I will be putting those on wottped (ik I spelled it wrong I don't want any copyright claims) my username is the same as it is here MissLovesickgurl. Also I apologize if the book progresses too fast.

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