Episode 1

In a fetid and grimy basement, a woman was shackled to a wall along with eight girls, ranging in age from 9 to 17, who were in the same plight as her. The woman looked at them with sadness and worry while the girls wept incessantly.

"Stay calm, my daughters, all will be well," the woman said with a wide smile on her face, trying to comfort them all.

"How can we be okay if he's locked us in this disgusting dungeon?" the voice of the one who hadn't been crying out pierced the air. Her voice was sweet but filled with much resentment. Despite being the youngest at only nine years old, she was very mature for her age. "If only I could use my powers, we could escape from here, but he sealed them before locking us up," said the little girl, annoyed while moving her hands trying to break the chains that held her prisoner.

Suddenly, the sound of a door opening and the sunlight pouring in was heard. At that moment, all but the youngest hid behind the woman who was their mother. Footsteps approached—she could see and feel the fear and anger in the atmosphere—when suddenly, a man dressed in black with a sinister smile on his lips appeared in front of the cell. It seemed as if he took pleasure in seeing those poor souls trapped in that place.

"You'll soon be free from suffering, you'll see," he said, laughing. "Though it's a shame, I would have loved to see you writhe in pain and agony."

"How can you do this to us?" the woman asked with pure hatred in her voice, and the man just looked into the cell where we were, laughing even louder.

"You mean nothing to me, just trash," he said with disdain. "I should have killed you long ago. I only used you to get everything I wanted," he spoke, then turned and walked away.

"I swear that one day you will beg me to kill you, and believe what I say, I will make it as slow and painful as possible," said the little girl with venom in a whisper. The man, having heard her despite the whisper, just laughed heartily.

"You think you're very brave, don't you?" said the man, turning around to enter the cell with a firearm in his hands. He approached the youngest girl and then pointed the gun at her head, disengaging the safety. The mother began to scream and plead for him not to do it. The man placed his finger on the trigger.

"DON'T DO IT!" I shouted with force and opened my eyes, realizing that it had all been a terrible nightmare. I had woken up very agitated, scared, and sweating all over my body. "It was just a dream, nothing more," I said, trying to calm myself, but the nightmare had been too vivid.

I sat on the bed attempting to forget, but I couldn't, so I got up to shower to calm down. After a few minutes, I left, changed, and went down to my dining room for breakfast. Going downstairs, I prepared a nice meal to start the day.

When I finished eating, I left my house and headed to university. Although I was only 19 years old, I was in my final year at university and was taking some advanced courses to finish my degree in medicine.

As I was on my way, I couldn't get that horrible dream out of my head; upon arriving at the university, I was startled when someone placed a hand on my shoulder and in a swift move, I knocked him over to see it was my boyfriend.

"I'm so sorry, my love," I said genuinely sorry.

"What's wrong with you, Amy?" he asked, looking annoyed as he got up from the ground.

"I'm really sorry, Teo, I'm just a bit jittery," I said, apologizing.

"I get that, but what happened?" he asked.

"I had a terrible nightmare, and I can't shake it off; it was so scary."

"Don't worry, it was just a nightmare," he said, taking my hands. He looked at me, "I have to go, my love," he said before leaving, which I found strange. Something was bothering him, and I wanted to find out, but before I could follow him, my best friend stopped me.

"Girl, why did you come to university?" she said, surprised, and hugged me.

"What do you mean?" I asked, very confused.

"Friend, today is June 30th, today is the anniversary of your parents' death," she said.

At that moment, I realized it was the mournful anniversary for me; my parents died three years ago in a traffic accident, and my sister, after the accident, distanced herself from me and left me to my fate because I was not her blood sister.

My parents adopted me when I was ten; as they told me, they found me in a forest very weak and close to dying, they took me to a hospital, and there I was diagnosed with amnesia, as I could not remember anything from my past, not even my name, they felt pity seeing me alone in the world and decided to adopt me.

A year later, the couple had a daughter, and as she grew up, she developed resentment toward me; she hated me more and more, although I didn't understand why, as I had done nothing to deserve it.

When I turned 15, my parents had an accident, and they died, but since they did not leave a will, everything went to my sister, as she was their biological child while I, being adopted, was left nothing. With no adoption documents found, I did not want to fight with my sister, so she kicked me out onto the street after the funeral. I lived on the streets for a few months until a woman found me and took me to her home, but she only wanted to prostitute me, so I ran away as soon as I could. Soon after, I found a job as a waitress, and the owner of the place helped me continue my studies; since then, she had become a mother to me. Nevertheless, on the anniversaries, I visited my parents' grave to leave flowers and talk to them.

After realizing the day, I decided to go back home, but while I was leaving, I saw Teo enter an alley; I looked in and discovered him kissing and about to make love with a woman. I was disgusted to see that the woman he was cheating on me with was my own sister. I stopped looking and left there as fast as I could, took my phone, and called my friend.

"I'll come with you tomorrow," I stated seriously and hung up.

The week before, Alice had invited me to go with some of her friends to Glavas, a beautiful city known as the city of lights and sin, because many things could be done there, both legal and illegal.

One of Alice's friends was getting married, and they decided to throw her a party and a bachelorette there. Alice and her friends were 22 years old and were with me in the last year of university. They were very nice to me and kept me company.

As soon as I got home, I began to prepare my bags to leave as soon as possible. When finished, I went to the cemetery, and upon arrival, I saw Arthur, the family lawyer. I approached him and greeted him.

"Hello, Arthur," I said.

"Hello, Amy."

"It's the first time I've seen you since they passed away."

"I'm very sorry for everything that happened."

"You don't have to be, what are you doing here?"

"After your sister kicked you out, I couldn't find you and thought you might come here; I have something to give you."

"I don't want anything," I said firmly.

"I'm sure you'll want it when I tell you what it is."

"Fine, what is it?"

"It's a letter from your parents," he revealed, and I looked at him for the first time since I'd stopped beside him. "They wrote this some time ago and told me to give it to you when you came of age."

"Do you know what the letter says?"

"They didn't tell me anything about it, just that I had to give it to you when you were older."

"Thank you," I said after taking it.

I chatted a bit with Arthur, but suddenly my sister's screechy voice was heard asking what he was doing there. I really didn't want to fight with her, so I turned around and walked away, not without seeing who was beside her. I passed by her side and paused.

"You're made for each other," I said expressionlessly.

I walked back to my apartment, and when I got there, I sat on my couch, took the letter, and opened it.

"To my dear daughter:

As you must know by now, we are not your biological parents. As we told you, we found you in a forest close to dying, and it was true, but what we didn't tell you is that you had a very serious injury on your neck as if someone had tried to assassinate you. We took you to the hospital, and they saved your life. Nobody knew who you were, but we found out that you were holding something in your hands. The police got involved, and when they investigated what you had, they told us you were in great danger. So your father and I decided to adopt you and did everything possible so that you wouldn't be recognized. We put a spell on you to change your appearance, and what helped was that you had amnesia.

We took you out of the country with us so you could live peacefully. If you want to return to your true appearance, all you have to do is take off the necklace you wear around your neck.

We love you, and we always will.

Sincerely, your parents."

After reading the letter, I stood in front of a mirror, seeing a woman with long, clear red hair down to her waist, bright green eyes, and pale skin with blushing cheeks. I looked at myself and removed the necklace. As I did, my head started to hurt a lot, and when I looked again, several memories flooded my mind. I couldn't believe who and what I was; finally, my memories were returning, but the recollections were too much for my mind, and I fainted.

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