Today is the weekend my parents said we would travel. I got ready pretty quickly, being that my bags were already packed.

...>Airport outfit<...

...(Imaginative liberty is not opposed)...

This is the outfit she is wearing.

I was a little tired because I spent most of my sleeping hours on the phone with my best friends, Emily and Liana. They were teasing me non-stop about my crush Oliver Mack. But I really don't blame myself for liking him. He's really handsome, and his last name sounds nice. I trail of almost forgetting I had to be downstairs, mentally slapping myself at how gross I sound. At this point I'm cringing at myself daily.

Before I could make my way downstairs, I could already hear my name being yelled by my brother Minoru.

"Mirai!" he yelled, sounding annoyed, "Get your slow ass downstairs!"

I laugh when I hear him exclaim in pain, probably being slapped by my dad for his use of profanity. He is only 1 year older than me, but he acts like he's way older, and always touches my stuff- I'm getting frustrated just thinking about it. In conclusion, he's very annoying.

I'm very excited about our trip to Peru but I dread airports, it's not like I'm running low on money or anything, but I know I'm not the only one who thinks everything is overpriced.

\~\~ On the plane... \~\~

I wish Emily and Liana were here with me, but they had their own plans for the last 2 weeks of summer. Emily was staying with her boyfriend's family at their lake house in Georgia, while her parents where on a business trip in Vegas for one of their larger hotels. Liana was visiting family in Venice, Italy, first time she's visiting her dad's side of the family in all her 17 years of life.

.....

After a while we landed at the airport there. My mom and dad were talking about how happy they were for making the decision to take a vacation here. Minoru had his arm around my shoulder, while he texted his best friend, Brealynn, laughing nonstop. He honestly looked creepy. I don't why in the world the girls at my school thought he was handsome. I mentally laughed at the thought. I felt safe at the thought of my brother being here. After what happened, I gained a lot of trust issues. My therapist said to take my time meeting and trusting new people, and whatnot. But I just bought a keychain taser, a rape alarm, and a few rings that where really sharp. My mental health would be damned if I let anyone take advantage of me again.

.....

After a long 2-hour drive, we finally, got to the hotel. The ratings were pretty good, staying at an average of 4-5-star reviews.

We all checked into our rooms, our parents deciding to get separate rooms, but happily leaving me and my brother together, I thought, rolling my eyes. I didn't want to wake up in the middle of the night to catch him beating up his meat, to the sweet and pretty Brealynn.

I mean it so obvious he has a crush on her. Me and her are pretty good friends so she's slept over a couple times now and then. Then my stupid brother came in and was like,

"Wassup, baby girl, let's be besties, cuz I'm catching good vibes.... dude." I thought while trying to mentally imitate brother.

....

"Do you want anything?", My brother asked as he ordered room service.

"Umm, I'll take 1 large pineapple and sausage pizza, with garlic dip." I answered after a moment of thought. "Oh oh, and a large bottle of sprite"

"Will that be all?" He said in an obnoxious frat girl voice. "Yes, thank you" I said rolling my eyes.

"You eat more than a black hole, Mirai" he said not surprised. "Fat foods for a fat ass." I said, quickly finishing my sentence before he had the chance to cut me off. I was laughing at his reaction, when he plopped down on his bed and turned on the TV to watch Stranger Things. A show we were watching together. It took a while to log into Netflix though, being that we had to to call our parents for the login info, by the time we were finally able to log in, our room service had come, and my pizza was down to 7 slices.

....

After a long time of laughing, crying, and getting frustrated over Stranger Things, I finally decided to go to sleep. Minoru was still busy texting Brealynn, but I was just happy I wasn't witnessing anything I wasn't supposed to see. She had posted some really cute bikini pics the other day soooo... anyways, our beds lay side to side from each other, I wished they were farther away. But as if that would help me not listen to my brother laughing and internally fangirling over Brealynn.

But slowly enough I drifted to sleep after playing my Spotify playlist 'Daydream'.

....

Mirai: "You can have my Barbie doll if you'd like"

Adrien: "And you can have my Hulk action figure, cuz he's way stronger than Ken"

Mirai: "Thanks Riri, you're so nice"

Adrien: "Hey! I thought I said not to call me that, you can't even spell your own name right"

Mirai: "Can too!". "Anyways wake your parents up when the big clock wand is at 7, and not the-"

Adrien: "Yea yea, and not the short one, I got it, okay, don't always have to remind me."

Mirai: "Yea, actually, I do. Last time you woke them up late and I had to let Holly and her sister take the swings, cuz mommy says to be nice."

Adrien: "Now that we've traded toys, we're gonna be best friends forever, Alright?"

Mirai: "Okay Riri, I promise, we'll be best friends till we have gray hair, like my granddaddy."

Adrien: "Wayyyy longer than that, my daddy says forever's longer than we could ever imagine. Yea we're stuck with each other, I like it that way"

Mirai: "Me too Riri, we could watch Barney forever, let's go downstairs now Teletubbies is playing, and we don't want Addison hogging the TV to watch football."

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...Mirai Asami Monet....

...Liana Bree Barone....

...Emily Belle Johnson....

...Minoru Akashi Monet....

I had woken up in cold sweat, accidentally hitting my head on the wooden backboard. A result of sitting up a little too abruptly after the dream I had. I'd just started to get used to the bed, so I forgot about the backboard placement. My dream was about my childhood best friend, Adrien. His death anniversary was coming around, which made me miss him even more. I felt like crying but I held my tears back and chose watered eyes. I had been lying in my bed for probably about 2 hours now, since I woke up at 7, and it was 9am now, lying here just reminiscing memories with Adrien. It hurt to think about good memories with someone that you can't have them with anymore, but I didn't want to forget.

The sun was shining through the half-closed curtains, creating an aesthetic vibe throughout our room, but we had to wake up to go to the beach with my mom and dad. So, I got up from my comfortable queen-sized bed, and unto the hard carpet, to fully open up the curtains.  Minoru finally woke up after a few minutes of me yelling and trying to drag him out the bed.

We decided to order breakfast first. I went to shower, taking off my pajamas and putting them aside. I decided not to wash my curls today because that just took too much time. I put my hair in a waterproof cap, while I lathered strawberry pound cake shower gel onto my brown skin. After a birthday shopping spree, I fell in love with bath and body works. It just smells so good- I smelt so good.

Strawberry Pound Cake was my favorite scent so far. I got out the see- through glass shower and put on my bathing suit. I stared at the wide mirror for a while before deciding to put on my pink strapless top, and a floral skirt as a bottom. I hopped on the marble sink top and put on some sunscreen, before deciding to put some fake pink flower clips in my hair, because some aesthetic beach pictures would be really nice. I put on a few sharp rings and walked out the bathroom so I could finally eat my breakfast. If I could marry food I would.

....

After a while Minoru got out the shower, and we finished our food.

We met our parents down at the hotel lobby, with our tote bags and what not. "Akashi, Mirai!" My mom yelled "What took you so long!" She asked, but it was more of an angry statement, I thought she was about to start scolding us in Japanese, but she just sighed in annoyance and said, "Let's just go.". My dad put his arm around my mom, before glancing back at me and Minoru with a stern and warning look. My dad was standing at 6'3, with short curly hair, he had dark skin, and a muscular build, so he was pretty intimidating when he was angry if you ask me. My mom was about the same height as me 5'5 or so, she had olive skin, and daring eyes, she was really beautiful, but she still scares me even though she so short. My mom was just brushing off me and Minoru pissing her of we could relax and have a good vacation, so I have thankful that she was trying to stay in a good mood.

We started walking towards the rotational doors so we could exit. I was looking around the hotel admiring the interior design, and the welcoming beige walls. Seeing as I didn't get a good chance to look around yesterday. We got in the car and started driving, it was going to be about a 2-hour drive or so, and I felt carsick for some reason. I had been feeling weird since last week. Felt like I'd been seeing things, and having really weird dreams, and a lot of back pain, it actually getting annoying. I told my mom about it, and she booked us a relaxing Spa Day here, which we will be seeing to, tomorrow. I love my mom she always knows what I need.

I think the back pain may be from my work, and work outs. I work as a model for Vogue and Chanel right now. I didn't want to apply and audition for more brands because of school right now, because I already miss a lot of days. When I was little, I wanted to be famous cause I could sing well, so all I need was to take dance classes. I'm taking Ballet and hip pop at the moment. I know, they're quite the contrast. But now I just take them because I love dance. After some years of life, I realize that being famous is not all that, so being successful, that would be enough. I was suddenly broken out my train of thoughts by my dad saying, "We're here!".

We all got out the car and began to make our way out the beach. We layed our towels and mats down after setting our umbrellas up. My dad was putting sunscreen on my mom, and me and Minoru just couldn't watch. We went for a long walk across the shoreline, to better enjoy the good weather. I forced Minoru to take some picture of me, and this rude ass bitch was rolling his eyes the entire time. I'd lost a lot of weight after the incident; I just wasn't feeling up to anything, eating, working out like usual, getting out of bed unless it was to shower and use the bathroom. But after a few therapy sessions, I realized that I can't let the bad moments in my life define me, because I always have to try to be better than who I am yesterday. So, I gained a healthy amount of weight, I went from 99 pounds to 118, and I'm proud of myself. My doctor said it wasn't really healthy for my body type to be that skinny. I was thinking about modeling at the time, since I was skinnier than usual, but I just wanted time to work on myself, and I'm glad I did.

It was really hot, so I decided to walk over to the ice slushie stand and order something. As I was drinking my slushie, I felt that same slow paced back pain, that had been occurring now and then since last week. This time it was more intense, and I think my mom noticed because she rushed over and asked if was okay. After a couple minutes the pain started to dull, at this point I was ready to make an appointment with a chiropractor after our vacation was over. "You're like an old woman!" Minoru said laughing. He was so immature, so I just ignored him, because I wasn't the one who would give him the light of day.

After a while of taking pictures and playing in the sand and water, we decided to go back to the hotel. It was about 5pm, The sun was still up, and I was still bored. I decided to force Minoru to watch Ginny and Georgia, and let me tell you, I wish I didn't. I swear I saw him drooling over Georgia.

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After a while of watching Ginny and Georgia, Minoru decided we should check out some local stores in our area. I was up for it, cause vacation was nice, but being cooped up in your hotel room all day gets boring.

Minoru took me shopping for whatever I wanted, I bought a few outfits, some bags, bathing suits, and tourists souvenirs. I tried to stay off designer things, cause I've been buying a lot lately and things are more expensive overseas. Minoru looked so pissed it made me want to laugh. I mean I was using his credit card after all.

"Thank you sweetie," I say to Minoru while trying to kiss him on the cheek. "Back the fuck up with yo crusty ass" He exclaims while tryna push me away. "Thats why your broke" I give him back his credit card laughing at his reaction while rolling my eyes. We walked out the store and I sat in the passenger seat of Minoru's rented car, while he put my stuff in the trunk. I had taken a few photos and videos to post while shopping. I'd already forced Minoru to go shopping with me for some clothes for him. He needed better style.

After about twenty minutes of driving around we found a store that sold mainly men clothes. We got down and entered the store. My mom kept texting us to check if we were okay. Me and Minoru we're getting annoyed but we knew she was just worried. I'd started picking out some outfits for Minoru, and he liked all of them. He wanted to try them on so I waited outside the men's changing room. After about 2 minutes of waiting, some middle aged man came up to me. I tensed up.

"¿Qué haces sola cosa linda?". ("what are you doing alone cute stuff?"). "Sorry I don't speak spanish." My Spanish was pretty good so I clearly understood what he was saying, but I wasn't planning on having a conversation with him, especially if I was young enough to be his daughter. I tightened my grip over my taser. He started walking closer to me and I was getting uncomfortable. I did not have time for this. I began to walk faster the other way since there were more people over there. But I saw that none of the people were paying attention. I was near the cashier's now, thinking the guy would fuck off by now. That's when he grabbed me by the waist. I swung at his face and hit him square in the nose. It set him back a little. "Apuntare a tus bolas la próxima vez!"(I'll aim for your balls next time!) I said while running up to a woman and someone who seemed to be her friend and ask her for help, when he grabbed me and pulled me closer to him. Why in the world was nobody noticing I was in danger, and why isn't Minoru out by now?!?

"Lo siento, esta es mi novia, acabamos de discutir. No te preocupes por ella. Ya sabes cómo se ponen las chicas jóvenes." (I'm sorry this is my girlfriend, we just had an argument, you know how young girls get.) I started shaking my head while begining to tell the women otherwise, when I heard one of them say "Mira lo bonita que es, probablemente sea su zorra." (Look at how pretty she is, she is probably his slut.). I just shook my head in disappointment of the conclusion they had came to. I was thinking about tazing him but what if he pressed charges and said I was just randomly attacking him cause I'm black and "ratchet". Stereotypes go a long way, trust me. I had punched him already so I was about to tase him before he had the chance to drag me anywhere.

I tased him and he attempted to slap me, but I tased him again, this immobilized him for a little while, then he began to roll temperately. I was out of breath from all the struggling. That guy was strong. I felt like yelling at everybody that saw and just stood by, but I knew people that dense weren't worth my time and whatever ounce of energy I had left. I saw a panicked Minoru running around yelling my name, when our eyes finally met I started crying uncontrollably. I didn't want to but I did. Minoru ran up to me and hugged me tighter by than ever and said, "I got you, あなたは大丈夫です、私はここにいます." (I got you, you're okay, I'm here.).

At this point everyone was looking in our direction and saying things like "Poor Girl", "What a shameless man". I felt good that I protected myself, but also scared. I looked over to the man and saw a tag that read "Manager" on his dress suit. Someone had called the police apparently cause they arrived pretty quickly. We called our parents and I didn't want to because at this point they'll never let me out of their sights, and I had to cut of a day of piano lessons for therapy so I'm not trying to double it.

At The Hotel...

I layed down in Minoru's bed next to him while he snored lightly. I didn't want to be alone. I'd already facetimed Liana and Emily about this and they made me feel so much better. I lay awake not being able to sleep, thinking about all the reasons this could've happened to me. The last thing I would do is blame myself though. I was about to cry again when I came to my senses and realized that staying on it won't help me with anything. I was stronger than any shit I was going through. I reminded myself of this everyday. Being mentally strong will do you wonders. But we are only human. Get over it Mirai, tomorrow is a new day with a better sunrise than the last. After a while of closing my eyes and clearing my mind, I fell asleep.

In the Morning.....

My dad decided to take us out for breakfast to lift our minds of last night's incident. Minoru had already gotten ready and decided to wake me up after he was done. I guess he knew I didn't sleep so easily last night. I got ready and put on my outfit. After breakfast my mom and I would go to the spa and my dad and Minoru would go check out some nice golf courts and other places that would be nice to spend our vacation at. I talked to my mom last night about talking to my agent about opening my schedule up back to normal. I wanted everything to go back to being as normal as it could be.

...>Mirai's Outfit<...

As we got in the car, my dad put on one of my favorite songs. I know I'm the favorite child... But this too much. My dad doesn't like my type of music. But after awhile of the drive I think he started liking it. I mean it's Ed Sheeran, my dad was in his right mind. At some point he even started singing along to 2step. We finally got to the restaurant.

My dad checked in with the person at the reservation stand, then a nice guy led us to our table. I'm just hoping it there isn't any awkward conversation. The restaurant had really good design. The floors were a nice wooden brown. The walls were a cool tan brick patterned design. The whole place decorated with beautiful painting; abstract line art, and thought provoking landscapes. I think the food would be even better. The whole place smelled delicious, smells of pastries and well seasoned foods filled the air. We had come to the right place. I heard Minoru's stomach growl, I was hungry too.

We sat at a beautiful four chaired table and picked up our menu's. I ordered an Apple tart, French Toast, Lumiére's Chocolate Muffins, and an Avocado toast with bacon by the side. I was about to order something with eggs and some fries when Minoru snatched the menu from my hand. He had his own menu. I was a big eater and just let people believe I was on my period or some other shit. I'm happy I have good metabolism cause if I didn't I promise you I would be overweight from how much I eat. Everybody else ordered and waited for their food to come. A brown haired girl came with my Mom's and Minoru's food, and soon enough my dad's. Mine's was the last to come and everybody found it funny. I pouted as my dad said, "You know you can order some more if you want," he chuckled, sliding the menu over to me. "彼女を放っておいて, she eats well" (leave her alone, she eats well) my mom said trying to maintain a scolding tone while laughing through her words. Minoru was just looking at me worriedly when I snapped him out of his trance. "Hey, are you good?" I asked him feeling concerned. "Yea, I am." He said with an awkward smile while poking at his French toast. He seemed to be worried about me, but I wasn't gonna bug him about it anymore, I know Minoru and that wasn't the way to go around it.

After Breakfast......

"I don't eat that much, you guys just eat too little" I argued, trying to reason with my mom as to why the restaurant bill came out to be a little over $300. We were on our way to the spa and I was up for it. People from my school keep on texting me, and I didn't feel like making awkward conversation when I didn't have to. The scenery on the way was beautiful, and calming. After a while of me and my mom conversating about the random things we talk about, we finally arrived at the spa. The building was gorgeous and the architecture was ravishing. The gardening was well kept and exquisitely displayed. It gave off a coquettish aesthetic. I immediately face timed Minoru only to be met with swooshing of clubs and golf clapping. Him and my dad were at a golf court. He turned the camera over so I could greet him. I showed them around the exterior of the spa, as a valet came around to park our car. My dad and Minoru were fangirling over how fun the golf court was, and that we should come here tomorrow, when a guy with blinding blonde hair and pitch blue eyes served them their drink. And I meant it, his hair was so shiny that from an angle it looked like it was glowing. Maybe it was Minoru's camera giving the glory. The guy seemed oddly familiar. Maybe we knew each other in a past life, I thought being serious as to how familiar he seemed was feeling unreal. We were inside the spa now, my mom was busy talking to the recipient to confirm our reservations. I had said bye to Minoru, as the as an employee led us to our changing room. Her atmosphere was welcoming, as she tried her best to speak English. It had been maybe a little over an hour now, me and my mom were in our robes with cucumbers over our eyes and a natural seaweed based face mask that relaxed our face muscles. Music of our choice was playing, as our feet were being rested in orbeez filled water. We had ordered something to eat, as we were about to take off the cold cucumbers and face mask to get our face and neck jade rolled. Some employees were busy massaging our shoulders as my mom told me stories about when she met my dad.

I was now looking over the videos and pictures I took when we arrived at the spa, I would post them and tag the spa's official Instagram page. Maybe they would contact me for more advertisements for their spa. Maybe. Great even now I was think about business, I just need to relax. Our food came in and it smelled delicious, I looked up, so I could sit up straight, only to be met with shock. Maybe fear. or both. The same guy at the golf court was now here to serve our food. Maybe he had different shifts and jobs or something- wait - why was I even scared? I calmed myself down and addressed him appropriately as I took my food, I think I saw him smile. This vacation has just been overall weird. Weird dreams, weird people, I mean at least the spa was nice. I closed my eyes and breathed in and when I looked up I was met by a completely different person. Like completely different. Different gender, hair, eyes height- I knew it. I was crazy. It started with those crazy dreams. Maybe I had schizophrenia or something. I didn't care at this point, I thought, watching,  as the girl in front of me walked away.

"Mom- did you not just see that, Mom!" I said trying to catch her attention. "What Mirai, I'm tryna relax, and yes I see the food it smells delicious" she said as she opened her eyes. Great she just had to close her eyes at the moment when I needed to prove to myself that I was sane.

I closed my eyes and began to fall asleep, I heard that people could hallucinate due to stress, so maybe that's why- maybe.

Then it was that same dream.

I was getting tired of falling asleep and dreaming of "memories" that don't exist. Memories that were happier than I actually was. It was obscure. I couldn't see anyone's face but mine, mine in a place more beautiful and unreal than any place any human being could ever see.

"\~Come on, Charlemagne, it's not that hard I promise you\~" The dream version of me said, in a tone of familiarity.

"I can't, Mirai. I was cursed by the God of Power. It felt like I'd been watching too much TV, this dream seemed so surreal .

"Don't worry, I can help you love. Take my hand-" who was this Charlemagne, my d/v seemed to care much about him

"My liege I can't-" 'my liege', okay yea I need to stop watching fantasy viking shows with Minoru.

"It's okay, I bless you", "You do not deserve to be punished by the fallacy of those before you. You are faithful, You are kind, You are blessed." d/v me said this with manifestation in her tonation, she seemed inspiring, and soul lifting, that's exactly when I knew this was nothing more than a dream. She wasn't me no matter how surreal it seemed. Charlemagne's wings began to move as he flew through the air.

"Your will be done, my liege."

"See isn't it beautiful, take my hand and be free. Your forever exists but live life while living" d/V's wings that I'm apparently just noticing start moving through the air alongside this- Charlemange. She's beautiful, and I can't even clearly see her wings, but I could hear her beauty in her demeanor and nuance.

"You're a treasure, my liege" Charlemagne said emphasizing the word treasure as if it had some underlying meaning.

"I'm afraid you've forgotten yourself, I haven't a clue what you mean" "Come over here to   where things make sense" d/v said, laughing and playing dumb as to what he said. Then she led him somewhere, to a big beautiful building, or tree,..... anyways it was beyond the realms of my imagination. It was hard to describe.

And that was when I saw his face,

Charlemagne.

..........

I thought I would wake up feeling great the way I did after these funny, and adventurous dreams, but instead I woke up in cold sweat, because I saw his face. In my dreams I can't remember seeing anyone's face but mine, it like my brain could imaginate anything but that. My mom popped up and saw me bathed in unexplained anxiety and began to calm me down

"Mirai, what's wrong we were so relaxed a moment ago, what happened?, I asked you who Charlemange was and you said in a funny accent, 'I haven't a clue what you mean', then you started hyperventilating, your scaring me, what's wrong?!" She said rubbing my back. I quickly realized, that something was seriously wrong with me, that same agonizing back pain had come back and it came back worse. I bit my tongue to focus on some other pain, and replied to my mom;

"Something's wrong with me- I-" I started, but got cut off.

"Mirai, there's something I need to tell you." she looked guilty, she looked scared. Did she know I was crazy and planned on sending me to an asylum?! I mean who has a whole intricate dream, and it turns out they were "sleeping" for 0.5 seconds?! I started breathing heavily due to anxiety, and the menacing fact that my back pain wouldn't go away. I looked around the room in uneasiness as my mom walked slowly over to my massage bed. I was nervous, and she could tell.

She began talking. "Mirai, you're actually a-" She quickly got cut off, by an employee walking into the room, and without knocking. It was a little too obvious that it wasn't coincidental. I frowned, as the employee asked us if we wanted anything else.

"No thank you." I have a pique in my voice as a reply to the man. My back pain was getting more intense, I softly exclaimed, as the slow waves of pain suddenly became sharp and fast. I lost my balance and hit my head square on the edge of the massage bed. Great. My ears started ringing, and I was struggling to see my mom, or hear what she seemed to be yelling out. I lay back when my back muscles seem to give out. I couldn't even manage to avoid the pain for a little while. Sleep wouldn't let me catch the peace I was longing for at this moment. The heated wooden tiles didn't seem to help ease the pain, in fact it seemed to make it worse. I cried out in pain, my ears made my voice sound muffled. Some underlying personal demon wanted my body to be awake for this moment. I closed my eyes, and waited for the next scene of my stressful life to unravel.

Next thing I know, my mom is holding me in her arms with tear filled eyes, and starts saying words that my eyes don't recognize. I watched as her lips moved vigorously, as she said these words with determination in her soul. I was so confused as to what was going on. My brain was struggling to process basic things around me, like oh 'I'm on the floor, and it's made of wood', but yet it seemed to stay so vividly awake. Then, I could see clearer than I could before. My mom was,- her eyes were glowing a surge of colors, as she looked up at me. I could hear her now. She was chanting something. And I was smoking something fierce. A red smoke left my body, and I felt good. I was soon engulfed in a hug. I didn't ask and I just hugged her back. What did the red smoke mean? Stress? Pain? Both?, But I wanted to ask, I needed to ask, I needed to know why, for all the reasons for my "what is".

"Mirai you're a half- fairy,-" my mom began, my brain couldn't bear me being stupid right now, so I didn't dare to interrupt.

"I know, I know you're confused but I am too. I don't understand why you're getting a transformation, I don't know-, basically half fairies aren't supposed to have wings, so your back pain is inexpiable to both of us. We were going to tell you-" I just threw courtesy to the wind, and decided to speak. I mean what in the world is she saying and what just happened?!!

"We? What transformation?" I said simply with a query in my voice.

"Yes. Me, Your dad, and Minoru-, we didn't want to land it on you so roughly, but something seemed wrong. Minoru didn't tell you, because I asked him not to. I mean we thought the gene skipped you." She began spiraling, I could tell she had much to explain.

"Mom, somethings wrong with me." I started off saying this. I needed to tell her everything. I feel like I just realized that all these weird scenarios have been heavy on my back, and I needed someone to talk to. Not a therapist, someone more personal.

"No sweetie, nothing's wrong with you, you're just a late bloomer, I mean signs of being a half fairy are supposed to show a little earlier, but that doesn't mean anything, you're perfect the way you are, you are loved." My mom said, with comforting words.

I was already feeling better but I still needed to tell her.

"Mom, It wasn't about that, I've been having weird dreams, of me and people with no faces, they seem so familiar but my brain won't allow me to see their faces, and it seems like these dreams are mirroring my memories, but the dream version of me is nothing like me, she's so powerful, and beautiful, and when I was talking in my sleep about a guy named Charlemagne, he is actually from my dreams, but this time, in this dream I saw his face and it scared me. And everybody in my dreams calls me my liege, and we go to some crazy fun places that I wish were real but it's all just a dream. Except I saw this big huge tree/building/magic world thingy, and it's beautiful. And I thought I was crazy, cause I swear I saw Charlemagne walk through that door and bring us our order, but then moments later there was a girl carrying that same food tray, and theses dream they seem so happy, but there's an odd and scary feeling I get after having them, But I always seem to forget and only remember how happy it all was, it's all just too much to explain!"

I had just vomited my stress into my mom's ears and was out of breath. But I felt like I had just let go of a breath I didn't know I was holding.

"Umm, wow okay, thank you for telling me," My mom replied, with a look of surprise on her face. "I think today has just been a long day. We will meet your dad and Minoru at the hotel. So, what show do you want to watch when we get there?" I know we didn't say it but, acting like we were more than okay was our way of coping with the stress and gravity of the information we knew and was yet to know. I don't think my mom realized that I wasn't angry at her for anything because she still had that guilty look on her face. Nobody's perfect, we're only human- whatever.

"The Ritual." I replied watching horror movies made me realize that some people's lives just weren't as okay as mine's was, and that made me feel better about my situation, knowing that my life would never get that bad.

At least that's what I thought.