chapter one

My name is Maria Aurora.. I'm twelve now..no school records and no parents either and i don't even have any friends..my parents were so poor and they barely had enough to survive, but after i was born, their problems doubled , they had to provide food for three.

When i was three, i collapsed and was rushed to the hospital and the doctor said i had a heart problem..i was only three but i knew how cruel the world was.."wgy do I have to cause them so much pain",i said to myself.. my parents struggled to pay hospital bills, house rent and all sorts of debt and after a year,dad passed away..mom was devastated,how in the world would she take care of both of us and all the debts not to mention the hospital bills... four months later, she died.. I was all alone..

...Today's my twelve years birthday and the nurses planned something big for me..they bought me a cake..I laughed and played around as i said to myself "if only they were here,if only my parents where here,if only i could see them smile one more time..i wanna go to school and make lots of friends and then we'll play together and then I'll come home and mom would pat my head and say maria darling, look what you did to your...

Uniform and then I'll laugh it off, and she'll go give me a bath

I started crying and the nurses all surrounded me and warmed me up…

Four days later, it's nine o'clock at noon…I was gasping for breath...I just couldn't breathe…no one was around "is This how it ends is this how my life is just going to end"I said as I gave up my struggle… this is the end

Everything turned blank and dark...i slowly opened my eyes and saw a man and a woman staring at me,i raised my hands up and to my greatest shock"aaarhhh,why are my hands so tiny,"the woman carried me and stood in front of a mirror "look at yourself, aren't you just the cutest"she said and smiled.."what is this, what the heck is going on!i look like a toddler,,no I'm like a new born baby or something! and can't they hear what am saying!so that means this must be my new mom and that man must be her husband making him my father...is this really happening."honey ,i thought of the perfect name for her,, we're gonna name her KAORI! that's right, from this day your name is Kaori Aizaka... "that's a beautiful name, our baby is gonna grow big and beautiful just like her mother.." "don't be absurd, she'll grow strong like her father "....."I've got a new family, but most importantly, where in the world am i?!

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