21 Hui Yin Wake Up! (1/2)

”Hui Yin! Hui Yin! Wake up sleepyhead!”

Elise woke up bleary eyed as she found herself in an unfamiliar room, she looked down and saw the strange uniform from the mysterious dreams. She was lying down on a plain wooden desk with a small backpack on the ground beside her. There was a young girl in her late teens staring at her and giving her gentle nudges.

”Hui Yin why would you sleep through the afternoon classes? Sensei saw you and gave us extra homework to do tonight,” the unfamiliar girl grumbled.

Elise sighed slowly, ever since she had left the capitol these strange dreams had not plagued her for quite some time. Yet the moment she returned to the castle, she was once again trapped in this foreign place when she closed her eyes.

Suddenly she froze in shock, why could she now understand the language?

She gazed at the unfamiliar girl and drew a sharp intake of breath, the girl's face and details were now visible. The girl was slightly plump with a cute face filled with baby fat, her hair was long and glossy, and her eyes were sparkling with cheerful emotions as she talked.

”Who...Who are you?” Elise stammered out.

The girl was now visibly confused and replied, ”Are you okay? I knew you shouldn't have spent the night reading that ridiculous novel.”

A spark entered Elise's head and a wave of memories assaulted her, she saw herself in another life. A little girl grew up in a city with enormous buildings that towered all the way to the heavens. She had a loving family with two brothers, her dad and her mom as well as a family dog.

She had an ordinary life and childhood just like the people around her. She was called 'Hui Yin' and was a student at this school. This other version of her was well liked by the students and teachers of the school and was fairly popular.

”Novel? What novel?” Elise hurriedly asked.

”Oh. I'm talking about that fantasy novel that you read it all the time. Well I'm not the biggest fan of it but I hate what happened to the villainess, I don't think she deserved...

The world around her slowly faded to black and Elise could not hear what the strange girl was trying to say.

”No! Let me hear it please!” Elise begged and pleaded but soon sank back into unconsciousness.

(Ashley's POV)

Ashley was being tightly hugged by Elena who warded off the jealous maids who tried to grab the little girl from her. None of the fear the maids showed when they were in the presence of Elise could be seen when they interacted with the little girl.

She was just too cute!

Ashley was truthfully a little bit shy among the strangers as the servants of her parents' mansion used to ignore her very existence. Here in her mommy's castle it was the opposite, these big sisters kept on trying to hug and kiss her.

”My lady are you hungry? Should one of us go into the kitchens and fetch you a snake?”, a maid asked.

Ashley shook her head sideways to say no but her stomach betrayed her and let a couple of growls out. Her cheek flushed bright red as she tried to cover up her embarrassment.

The maids picked up on this and let out a series of small smiles at their adorable little miss.

Elena laughed and said, ”I'm feeling pretty hungry why don't you get me a snack from the kitchen and bring some extra food for the miss.”

Ashley looked at Elena with a pout, she was not a fool and could tell that Elena was just trying to save her some face. A couple maids left the back of the crowd and quickly ran to the kitchen to bring out a few platters of snacks for the young miss.

There was a small window on the one of the walls that overlooked a flower garden beneath. The flowers were a variety of shapes and colours almost like a dancing rainbow. Ashley stared utterly transfixed at the beautiful sight before her eyes.