Lilrose's POV
Ah, why the headache? I opened my eyes and adjusted to the light. Wait, what? Didn't I just take the laced drink from Pricy? Vans Pricy, my step-sister. My mom didn't know that my dad, that man, had an affair and the daughter of his mistress was the same age as me. And she moved in immediately. My mom's family took her away to where, even I don't know.
Pricy pretended to be that good sister to me and brainwashed me till my downfall, and she became the top model in the fashion industry. I will make sure to reverse all these wrongs since I've been given another chance. First, I'll have to kick off that man called McCall Roder. He was the one you'd call a teen's first love. He and Pricy used that on me and made sure I didn't pay attention to any other person, and they worked together and he took over my father's company.
And there is someone who protected me till I still fell. He is Stuart Astor, the man every girl wants to be with and every man wants to be like, the current CEO of the Stuart Corporation, the family's second to, not even second but on par with the Government of country Y, the family every other family wanted to have a little connection with.
I can't even recall how Astor and I met, but the cold man, many people feared because he had a reputation of a cold-hearted beast and devil, I was the only girl he wanted, but I always made sure not to accept him, the only man I saw was McCall. I was very stupid. He tried stopping me from taking the laced drink, but because it was my amazing sister and my lovely fiancé, I took it and drank. Very foolish.
Let's check myself. She walked over to the mirror. Wow, my slender figure, smooth skin, long legs, smooth long hair which she made me cut, even though I'm not too beautiful, but I still look good. Thank God those horrible tattoos she made me get were gone.
"The time hasn't gotten, and I won't get those again," I said, putting on music and going to have a bath.
After soaking in the refreshing tub, I came out, brushed my hair, tied it up, and put on my fluffy slippers. Today, I'm going to school as a different personality, not the dumb, ugly weirdo.
Author's POV
Walking up to the mirror, Lilrose pulled the mirror, revealing a hidden compartment filled with pretty clothes, jewelry, and makeup products, which were all packed away while she was following Pricy's guide on what to wear and what not to.
Checking the wardrobe, unseen tears streamed down my face. Oh, how stupid of me. Clothes which were shoved away till some of them are now out of trend, well, some are still good. I will manage what I have here until I'll be able to make enough money to get new ones.
Turning to the table with boxes filled with jewelry, thank God some of them wouldn't have faded and rusted away if they weren't original products. She exhaled gratefully.
What's that glow? I noticed a light coming from the deepest part of one of the boxes. Feeling my hands inside, I brought out the thing that was glowing. Ah, this is one of my mom's. She said it's one of her family's precious heirlooms.
A translucent pink bangle shaped in a zigzag form. It feels like there are tiny pink and white particles glowing inside it. While admiring it, I felt my fingers touch a rough area inside it. Why would this area be rough among the whole smooth surface?
I turned to take a closer look at it. All I could see was... darkness... Then... blinding light.
Streams of information rushed into my head. Pink jade planet? I could rotate the time however I want? What fairy?
In a matter of seconds, I could see faces of many ladies flash before my eye and then my mom's, then me. What's all this? Is something wrong with my brain after being reborn? Huh? What fairy?
Countless question marks filled my head. I felt a light tap around my leg. I adjusted my eye in the brightness. Ahh, I could feel my mouth drop on the floor.
Stunning was all I could think about. Fluffy pink clouds, white and pink birds chirping and flying about freely, trees with white and pink leaves everywhere. Pink fields and shrubs, one could say the pink is too much, but big NO, everything was beautiful.
I felt another tap, this time harder. I scrowled, looking down, and I saw an angry-looking... baby, I would say. Her angry face looked so cute. Baby pink hair with a transparent water-like halo floating on her head, cute clothes, all about her screams CUTE and ADORABLE.
"Who are you calling cute?" a little voice rang out.
"Huh? She floated up to my face.
"What are you..."
Her voice came out again with a bright, blinding smile, like she wasn't frowning a few seconds ago. "I am the almighty, most beautiful, most amazing... most excellent Pink Jade Fairy, Great Guardian of the Pink Jade Queendom."
"So, you're the guardian of this place?" I asked.
"Yes, Lilrose, I am. Any other questions?"
"Yes, you even know my name. I need an explanation. What's all this about?"
"Sit," she ordered, and I obediently sat down on the pink fields. She waved her hand, and a screen appeared, then she began the lesson.
After a period of time, maybe an hour, the lesson ended. All I could mutter was, "Wow..."
So, I am a descendant of one of the blessed ancient queens of pink, and the bangle is a portal which is handed to all the female descendants. All the women that flashed in my face were the former queens, and there are other planets out there, with different people in the main world as their planet kings and queens. Most people who use the power from their respective worlds become big and successful, and if not used well, they become doomed from not being able to handle the load of the main world and this division.
This is so cool. Stars were shining in my eyes.
Until I heard her voice again, "So, when is the coronation taking place?"
"What coronation?"
She looked at me like a dunce and shouted, "You, taking your crown and role as queen of this division!"
"Oh, but where are the people I'll be ruling?"
She turned and pointed to the other side. "That's the main kingdom. We are currently in the Pinky Forest, known as the Queen's Garden."
"Okay, that will be done later. For now, what I'm thinking about is acing my final exams in school and getting into a good entertainment company and..."
"Lazily, she said, "Easy peasy..."
"How are they easy?" I felt like strangling her neck. How could she call those easy? My CGPAs from each semester were all low. If I don't get a very high, like very high, one this final exam, I don't think any big, good company will be able to take me.
"That's why there's the Queen's Garden," she said. "The fruits and veggies here all have special effects."
She pointed to a tree. "That's an I.Q. tree. Its fruits boost I.Q."
Then the air and the fluttering breeze and grasses make your mind at ease, and you understand and focus on whatever you're doing while here.
"The other is the..."
Before she could finish the explanations, I was already munching down fruits from the I.Q. tree. I really need the intelligence for progress this last school semester, then to the beauty/charm tree. You see, I wasn't that beautiful. I could be rated just average. I was thinking about going for few facial treatments, but now all these were solved.
I was so engrossed in my business that I couldn't hear her shouting I should take too much so that the effects wouldn't be that suddenly and too much, but it was a little bit too late because I couldn't even stand straight due to my bloated stomach.
I leaped to the stream there, asking her if I could drink.
Fairy: (exhausted) "Yes, but don't get into the stream. It'll be much..."
SPLASH!
Fairy: (unseen tears run down her face) "Now it can't be undone."
Ahh, I gasped for breath as I came out of the stream. Trust me, it wasn't my plan to fall into the stream. I slipped.
With a red face, she said, "Save the explanation for yourself."
I didn't think much of that as I remembered that I'll be going to school. I'm late for school.
"Don't worry about that," she replied.
"How do I leave?"
"How did you come?"
This fairy is prideful. I thought as I touched the rough area of the bangle.
As I drifted away to my room, I asked, "What's your name?"
"Anything you call me," she said.
"Pinkrose, then..."