Author's note: Thank you for clicking into this story. It's quite different...but good. The main character, as you will read, is very self conscious of herself. And that then will lead on to an interesting plot...that may make anyone change their mind about wanting to be so beautiful. Anyway, please read and review. The more review the better...and it will help me make this story better. Thanks.

Chapter one

The king sits upon his verdant throne and gazes forth among his fellowmen.

He is a selfish king...a king that is obsessive in every aspect about himself.

And yet he remains selfish and heartless,

only longing for the most preeminent in the world that he reigns

And he calls among his men...and he orders

that they shall find him a wife;

but not any wife...but the finest and most beautiful,

that any man has ever clasped his eyes upon.

And they listen...

and they know not one woman in the world could suit their king.

But he orders...

And they listen...

And they depart from their king,

in hopes of finding this woman.

A woman whose beauty surmounts any beauty that God himself could ever create.

And there is one

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Beautiful

Esriella sat reluctantly among the monotonous elders in the masque. She was a tall and seemly girl, but not quite considered elegant. And she was the least beautiful among her three older sisters. Her sisters all had soft, golden hair with emerald green eyes just as their mother had. But, Esriella had none of these. She had dark, brown hair with dark eyes to go along with her hair. And she hated it. Ever since she was but only a small child, she had hated her looks. She would arrive at parties with her hair covered any way she could have covered it in. A shawl, maybe, or just tightly in a bun with a cloth wrapped evenly around it to keep the wandering eye from noticing how different she was from her three beautiful sisters. But, all could tell how she resented herself. Even the master Rolir's servants knew it...and they would constantly bicker and daunt her about it. And she, herself caused her to remain isolated...isolated from anyone who dared to speak to her. And she remained alone...in her thoughts and envious ways towards all those who were prettier than she. And her thoughts then soon began to poison her ...and had always kept growing in her mind.

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"Esi." A young, sweet voice called from the dancing room. A girl soon entered Esriella's room. She was a beautiful girl...with golden hair and eyes that anyone could tell belonged to one of the Rellmay daughters. She smiled once she caught sight of her sister. "Esi! What are you doing in here?" She asked, her voice full of deep concern for her younger sister.

"I'm sitting." Esi answered quietly. Her light face sulked as she hung her head down so her eyes stared desolately down at the polished floor. Her sister sighed.

"We just arrived...you can't already be bored out of your wits." She explained. She stood before her miserable sister and after a moment of no answer, she sat closely by her. "What's wrong now?" She asked. She seemed aware that there were many eyes of the elders drawn to her sweet appearance...and she began to become impatient with her sister's stubbornness.

"Nothing is wrong...nothing at all." Esi replied. She looked up at her sister, and once she saw her sisters beauty once more, she began to feel hot tears form in her eyes. "I just don't like parties...and masques. I don't like to be around all of the people." She answered. Her voice started to crack as she spoke, and she seemed almost incapable of speaking. Her sister sighed beside her.

"Well, if that's the case...you just need to meet the people, and become acquainted with them." Her sister replied. "Come....I'll show you to them." She stood up immediately and took her sister's cold hand. Esi mumbled something under her breath, but her sister seemed not to have noticed.

"Pearl. Maybe I don't want to meet anyone. Maybe I just want to be left alone." Esi replied. Her sister winced. Pearl knew that there was something different about her younger sister...something that neither she nor anyone else could understand. And Pearl had tried to help her sister, but to Esi nothing seemed to appeal to her, and it was as if she had given up on herself entirely.

"Why not?" Pearl asked. She had a sense of despair in her voice. "Is it because of Father?" Pearl asked impetuously. Her sister looked curiously at her.

"No." Esi replied. "I don't care about him."

"Yes you do...you must care something about your poor dying father." Pearl cried to her sister. "You can't be that coldhearted." But her sister sighed and stood up beside her.

"He brought his fate onto himself....He deserves to die." Esi replied. But she had no answer to the cold selfishness that grew in her darkened heart. Her sister only cried sobs before her, and before the sullen eyes befalling them.

And Esi walked quietly away from her desolate sister. She did not care of the misfortune that had come upon her family. She didn't even care about her sisters. She only cared about herself...and of her unbeautiful face that cried only for the mourning of her beauty. And yet Esi kept walking...away from her sister and away from all humanity. She did not want to live among these people...these people who judge you only by your appearance. She wanted to live among her self and the ugly creatures of the world who cared only for your beauty within. But, there was no place such as that...for even the ugly creatures looked among themselves for only the most beautiful...and that-she was not.

***End of chapter one.*** I'll post chapter two very soon. Please read and review!And here are a few character definitions.

-Esriella(also know as Esi)-the youngest of the Rellmay sisters. She is the least beautiful of her sisters and she wants to find a way to change that.

-Rolir-a wealthy merchant who is called by everyone-Master Rolir. He has many servants who run errands for him and run into the Rellmay daughters many times.

-Pearl-the second oldest of the Rellmay daughters. She is also one of the most beautiful. She has a sweet and caring heart and is the only one who truly cares about her sister, Esi.

-Father Rellmay-the dying father of the Rellmay daughters. He was once a very wealthy and happy trader, but now lies helplessly in his bed, ever since an unknown sickness overtook his body. He had always loved all three of his oldest daughters...but had never taken a good liking towards his youngest daughter, Esi. The reason is unknown for now.