During the Taiping Civil War in, China, 1850. A girl named, Casandra Wu, 19 years old, a young girl with a beautiful long black hair hid in the underground, trembling out of fear as she saw her family get slaughtered in front of her eyes pitifully.

One of the rival enemies found her and yanked her on the hair mercilessly as she screamed in pain.

"Leave me, leave me.. please!" "Spare my life", she begged, frightened with a trembling voice. "Ha ha ha.. look at this beauty, it's sad that we have to kill her" the man yelled laughing disgustingly, he spat on her face and threw her on the hard wooden floor, she hit her head on the wooden pillar leaving her head bleeding wildly.

Cassandra, held her head with one hand weakly, trying to lessen the pain. Slowly, her eyes became blur while the last thing she saw was, the rival enemies pointing at her and laughing hysterically, some even kicked her on her stomach while she was clenching to her dear life. At last, not able to bear the pain she passed out....

"Casandra! Darling! wake up, you're gonna be late for your first day of University!" shouted a woman from down the hall. She woke up abruptly and looked around her surrounding, "Where am I? " ,"I was dead.. Wasn't I?" mumbled, Casandra, with her widened shocked eyes and husky voice. "My parents.. My parents were dead..."

"Ahem! Hem! hem!" she coughed, trying to clear her throat. "What's wrong with my voice, and who was calling me?" she thought while she slid out of the bed confusedly.

She looked around muddled headed, pacing up and down. Suddenly, she saw her reflection in the mirror, "Aah! Who are you?!", she screamed looking frightened as she moved away from the morrow.

"Did I just see a ghost?" she whispered. After minutes of contemplating, she gathered up her courage and looked into the mirror again.

"Is this.... me?", asked, Cassandra, to herself, rising her arms up and down just to make sure that it was her. "My hair, My face, My body... It all changed" she thought out loud, she stroked her red short hair, her slimy figure body, her beautiful smooth face.

"Where the hell am I? What happened after I passed out..." she slumped down the floor not knowing how to react, staring at the wall blankly.

"Cassandra... what the hell are you doing? You're gonna be late" her mother dashed opened the door looking furious.

"Why are you sitting on the floor? You haven't even wash up?" questioned her mothe, her mom walked in and helped her up from the floor.

"Mom?" called, Casandra, softly staring at the woman in front of her, on the verge of crying.

"You're not dead..." "What the hell are you talking about? Do you have a bad dream?" asked her mother looking concerned.

"This is not the first time you tried something like this. Stop the act, you're not getting away from my scolding." she patted, Cassandra's, head and flicked her gently on the forehead.

"Ouch, mom!" Cassandra, rubbed her head and pouted childishly. "Get in the washroom and wash up, your friend will be here anytime " her mother pushed her towards the washroom.

"Oh and don't let me come back here and repeat myself, young lady!" exclaimed her mom, while she shut the door closed.

"Is this a second chance... I will make sure to make a good use of it" "My mom face, structure is same than why my face is different.." whispered, Casandra, to herself in the bathroom humming.

"Wow.. this is amazing.. " "How come we never got something like this, to bath in before?" said, Casandra, with a looked of surprised as she laid down the hot tub.

"Hey, Cassie, how was your vacation?", asked, Cassandra, best friend, Monica, while trying to catch up with her. "Vacation?",asked, muddled, Cassandra,in a surprised tone as she stopped her tracks abruptly. "Winter Vacation! Remember??".. "Or do you forget everything after spending your whole vacation with, Calvin..Leaving us your friend behind",she said teasing her with a grin. "Calvin?" thought, Cassandra, while trying to hide her confusion red face from her friend. "Your'e becoming really strange, its like I am talking to a new person"said, her friend, Monica,softly with a disappointed look all over her face. "'Are you feeling okay, Cassandra?" asked her friend looking at her worriedly.

"Whose body is this? I thought I was born again but clearly I am not. Am I occupying someone's else body?", thought, Cassandra, panicking, she covered her mouth in shocked "Cassandra Martini Wu!" yelled, Monica, furiously, her sharp tone voice pulled ,Cassandra,out from her thought and she turns around rapidly to realized,Monica, glaring at her furiously. "What... what happened?", she asked."What happened? You happened,Cassie,you have been ignoring me.. What the hell, Cassie!" exclaimed, Monica, in a low stern voice and stomped away furiously.

"Calvin, you better go and talk to your girlfriend" screamed, Monica,as she talked to a guy in a distance."Are you okay, Cassie?" asked a tall handsome man as he approached her hurriedly wearing leather jacket and torn jeans. "Who is this good looking guy? Is this the way all the boys dress in this place" asked,Cassandra, to herself in a very low voice.

Cassandra, looked up at, Calvin, who was approaching her, not knowing who he was, she just stared at the guy with her mouth wide opened , waiting for him to say something.. "Ahh.. Casy, you're acting really strange and creepy", whispered the guy as he  leaned down close to her ear, feeling awkward.  "Yeah.. Yeah a bit sick" answered, Cassandra, stuttering not taking her eyes off from the guy standing right in front of him.

"Shall I asked leave for you and drop you off with my car?" asked, the guy with a concerned look. "Leaves? Why is he asking for me for leaves?" "No No.. No leaves, lets go in" said, Cassandra, looking flustered, she ran towards the University building leaving,Calvin, standing alone and confused in the University Campus.

"I thought she was dead..." mumbled, Calvin, as he watched, Cassandra, running inside the building. "Is this why she is acting strange? Does she thinks that I tried to kill her?"Calvin, continued to mumble to himself, his head filled with questions.

"Oh.. I am so sorry!" apologized, Cassandra, lowering her head feeling embarrassed. "Don't worry, Cassie, that was an accident. You didn't collide with me on purpose.. do you" replied a beautiful girl as she giggled and covered her mouth elegantly. The girl was so beautiful like some celebrity, she was wearing a short skirt, crop top pair with jeans jacket and a pair of sneakers. "Only she would be able to pull off this kind of clothing" thought, Cassandra, as she was filled with awe in her beauty and elegance.

"Cassie, I am celebrating my 21th birthday last week this month in a club........Would you like to join us?" asked, the girl with her eyes filled with anticipation. "Of..Of course..Where is that place?", responded, Cassie, excitedly, confused but excited.... "Amnesia Club... Don't worry I will send a car to pick you up, that day night at 7pm" whispered the girl as she patted on, Cassie's, shoulder lightly while she passed by her with a grinned on her face.

"See you, Cassie!" the girl said and walked away.. "I am going to a place called, Club. Where am I exactly..What is a club? Let me try to find it out the exact place I am in" "I am going crazy" she mumbled with full of confusions... don't know where to start.

"Patricia, where are you?", asked, Ryan, holding phone over his ear. "Ryan!! I.. ah..I..I am helping some of my juniors solving math.... equations", replied, Patricia, at the other end of the phone nervously stuttering. "Okay.. I will meet you tomorrow in the class than" he hung up the phone. "Hmmm.. This, Patricia, has been acting weird recently.. Is she preparing for our graduation gift hi hi hi hi" Ryan, giggled making a funny sound as he mumbled something under his breath and hummed along the way happily.

"Sigh~Ryan.." Patricia, sighed deeply in the balcony wearing a lingerie, she turned around and climbed up the bed where a man was sleeping soundly. Patricia, slowly slid towards him in the bed, the man noticed it, pulled her closer to his bare chest and hugged her half asleep. Patricia, grinned lightly and hugged him back as she fell a sleep on his chest gradually.

"I am home!" called,Ryan, as he enters his house. "Ryan! So have you thought about it?" asked his mother popping out from the kitchen smiling with anticipation. "About what, mom?" asked, Ryan, pretending dumb. "Oh.. Dear, for your further studies" his mother replied handing him a glass of water. "If you have good qualifications, there will be great chances for you to get a well paid and respectable job" said her mother excitedly while she started imagining his future.

"Mom......I want to get married" announced, Ryan, in a low voice,lowering his head not daring to look at his mother. "What! I just imagined you saying you want to get married,, ha ha", replied his mother with a forced out laughter. "Mom...." he called again almost in a whisper and before he could say anything else. "Go to your room!" ordered his mother sternly avoiding to look at him, she turned her head to the other side to show her disappointment.

"I have to get married someday anyway.. What difference does it make if I get married now?" "Patricia, is the love of my life and I have been together with her for almost two years now, I am gonna propose her" Ryan, thought out loud while staring at his loving girlfriend,Patricia's,  photo on his phone screen and smiled cheerfully.

**      LATE AT NIGHT... ** knock! knock! knock! The sound of the door constantly knocking woke, Ryan, up. He stood up and opened the door drowsily. "Father, what brings you here late at night?" asked, Ryan, looking surprised. "Can I come in?", asked, his father. "Yes, yes..." replied, Ryan, and let his father in.

His father walked into his room quietly and sat down on the chair "Sigh~ Ryan, what did you said to your mother?" asked, his father after a moment of silence. "Father, I am sorry if I said something wrong and hurt my mother" he apologized as he knelt down the floor. "Hush...Stand up, son! I am just here to have a normal conversation with you" explained his father while he stretched his hand towards, Ryan, lovingly.

Ryan, looked up with a smile, holds his father's hand as he stood up and sat down on his bed as an obedient son.

"Soo, you are 21 years old now and you want to get married.....Are you ready for all the responsibilities you will have, It is not easy being a husband, a brother in law and a son in law of the family" "And a FATHER years later, your marriage".. "All the expectations, will you be able to handle the pressure?" asked his father as he stared at his stubborn son helplessly. "Father..I love her so much, I just want to make her mine" answered, Ryan,looking down the floor.

"If you're sure about your feelings for her, then why the rush, Ryan? Are you scared of losing her, son? Aren't you sure about her feelings for you?" his father bombarded him with one question after another, leaving him flustered and confused knowing that he had no answer to all his father's  questions.  His father main aim was to wake him up from denial.

"Son, you were brought up in the martial world by your uncle while your mother and I worked day and night for you...." "We love you so much but in order to give you a good future, we have to leave you when you were at the age of 5 in your uncle place so you can grow stronger and protect the people around you, when we thought we have save enough  for your future, we came back for you, not realizing how you had grown,  you were, 17 years old then."..........narrated his father with a hint of smile as the feeling of nostalgia hit him.

After a short pause, his father continued, "And... now you want to get married throwing your future away, throwing the hard work of your parents away for a girl....." "To add.... you're not  even sure about her feelings for you" "So, what do you expect from us, son?" his father said,  tears were pouring down his face as he sobbed softly, staring at, Ryan, while his hands were busy wiping his tears. His father stood up to leave while, Ryan, lowered his head in shame not daring to looked up.

"Fall in love and also get married, son! I don't mind but not like this"  "The right one for you, the one who will love you as much as you love her is just around the corner" "Paved way for her"  declared his father and walked out the room leaving, Ryan, alone with his thoughts while his father's voice echoed through his ears.