The one I had feared most

The Fairy Tale
I have been told that I'm like Cinderella. A girl trapped in a home filled with demons. A home where the evil mother is the boss. Where cruel people are the nobility. Am I really like that girl in the picture book? A girl with dreams and hopes? Am I strong like her? Can I love like her? Can I still be kind like her?

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Mimic
Take a look at this. It's my family photo. See? There's my mum, there's my step father, there are my cousins, my siblings and my grandparents. Oh. I'm not in there. I was told that I had to take the photo. No, not by my mother, not by my cousins or siblings. By a woman who was talented. Talented in mimicking.
Everyone calls her 'Mimic'.

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Puppets
She was a woman of pride. She loved to delve in and out of shadows. Even though I can't see her, I know she's somewhere nearby. Watching. If I look carefully, I could see the strings she had tied around mother. Like a puppet mother was. Moving. Listening. Without realising, obeying the force of persuasion.

Persuasion of words.

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Spiders
I hate spiders. They trap you. They trap you and they destroy you. That was what she did. People wanted her skills. She wanted their money. I wanted nothing.

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First meeting
Chosen. Everyone whispered that word to me in aghast. I don't remember how old I was. I was very small. I know that I wasn't liked. Why? I didn't know. My fairy great grandmother had made magic. She made me special on the outside.

I saw a string crawling my way. It was sneaky. I saw bad. I was too scared to move anywhere.

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Change
I'm much older now. I'm twelve years old. Soon it'll be time for me to say good bye to everyone. All of my friends at school. All of my teachers. My neighbours. Everyone. Life is going to change. I don't care.

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The Party
Everyone is excited. They're at a party. My party. A party for me and for my rival. People want to dance. There are many dances. Dances called, 'charm', 'seduction', 'greed' and 'persuasion'. They invite me. I shake my head. There was one dance I had to be careful of. A dance that had come just for me.
A dance called 'Mimic'.

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Facades
When I wanted kindness from mother, she was my mother. When I wanted to play, she was my sister. When I wanted to cry, she was my father. When I wanted to laugh, she was my brother. When I stood tall, she stood higher. When I was lower, she fell lower. She was attracted to the outside me. The Chosen me with the Magic. She hunted carefully. She stalked her prey. But she wasn't patient.

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Caught
The sun wasn't shining. No light. I couldn't see. I didn't see the spider weaving her threads. She took something as she worked. My body is hurting. The body is looking for something that I lost a while ago. It's hurting. The heart is hurting. No, not my beating heart. My second heart.

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Doll
I'm broken.
Broken by words.
Broken by strength.
Broken by anger.
Broken by heart.

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The Prince
My life was a song called 'Lament'. It was lonely. It was sad. The Prince didn't like the rain. He tried to bring Spring. He showed me the Genuine. I shake my head. He shouldn't be a prince. Where I came from, princes never talk to dolls like me. We can't give an answer. I ran away, leaving behind a piece of something.

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Haunting
Her steps follow me. Always follow me. Until I turn around to look. Nothing seems to stop her. The fear I feel is what she feeds on. I am like food to her. Never ever getting away. Getting away would make me find everyone's hate.

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Searching
Someone is looking for me. I want to look for them. I open many doors in the dark. Are you there? Where are you? Can you hear me? Can you find me? I can't find you. I want to find you. When will you come? Who will come? Will you save me?

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Midnight
I hide away with pieces of broken thread. Silvery, harmful thread coated in sweet poison. The clock marks twelve. It rings. She is looking for me. It rings. Her voice is calling to me like a Siren. It rings. I won't let the threads get me again. It rings. Where is it? It rings. My missing part. It rings. Who will find me? Will they help me? It rings. A knife sits on my lap. It rings. I cut the silvery thread. It rings. It's over. It rings. It's done. It rings. I'm finally free. It rings.

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Jigsaw piece
There was a lesson to learn. I was never broken. I was incomplete. Mimic took those pieces and threw them out. They were important pieces. They helped complete the image. The full understanding of 'me'. I will never know what they look like. I will never know the whole 'me'. The Prince came with one piece. He didn't know what to do because it joined nowhere. It was a lonely piece in middle of a hole. He was lost. He felt sad. I was happy.

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The Genuine
I wanted to fix myself up. Some parts weren't real. They were made up. Others didn't match up. The Prince helped me. First he filled up the hole. He carefully thought of how to fix it all. Then he touched other parts. Carefully he found the 'mimics' and took them away. He gave me a piece of clean paper and said, 'You paint it'.

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Statement of Intent: Based on a true story. This is a story that expresses the feelings of a girl who grew up in an environment where one's reputation and position was by far, more important that one's own thoughts, feelings / morality.

In such a world, you're bound to come across those who have the ability to speak smoothly and manipulate those around them in order to rise up in the ranks. Such as the character Mimic that plays a role in parts of the girl's life.

The story is told in pretty much a succinct style. It's divided into small sections with quite obvious time jumps here and there. The sentences are short. However, to make up for the limitations when it comes to using imagery, the short sentences often carry different innuendos. Therefore, upon first reading, the reader may not understand the meanings that have been hidden in the words of the story. In order for the story to be fully understood, there are certain sections that will need to be thought of carefully.

The purpose of this story is not to teach any lesson but rather, to express the emotions of the girl that had been involved.