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Chapter 1
Sometimes I wished for a different life. One where I had everything. One where I was well normal. A life where I wasn't getting looks of pity mixed with hatred. One where I wasn't a cyborg.
And if you're a cyborg, you are accustomed to the harsh looks. Just like I am.
So as I walked down Main Street in Magix I tried to the ignore the looks people were giving me. I had forgotten my huge gloves that conceal the metal hand of mine back in my hover. Without my big bulky gloves, people thought I was another stupid cyborg. I just shrugged it off. I was used to it.
I don't remember exactly how I became a cyborg, but my stepfather told me that I was in a horrible hover crash where both of my parents died. I was only eleven at the time. I was slowly dying so the doctors had to find a way to save my life. They gave me a metal right hand, a metal left foot, and replaced parts of my brain. I have no memories of my life before I came to live with my stepparents. However, my stepmother thinks of me as a curse because as soon as she took me into her home, my stepfather died from an early heart attack. She really hates the idea of having a cyborg in her home because at my stepfathers funeral she cried and cried. But not because of her husband's death. No, she is so self-centered that she cried about having to take care of me...a cyborg.
I hate her. I curse the day she was born.
Yes, I know that hate is a strong word but it applies here nicely. Especially since the she treated me like I was nothing. Like I was just another damn robot littering the streets of Magix. Even though without me Anna would have nothing. Without me she wouldn't have a home and she and her daughters would be living in the gutter. Only because she recognized my ability to fix technology and just about any other thing that was broken. She used this to her advantage. She made me work in a small store where I fixed anything broken.
My eyes fell upon a small television playing the news in an old cafe. THe reporter was inaudible but I slowly read the words scrolling under him. Queen Electra of Zenith will come to Magix for the 80th annual Gala.
I reread those words dozens of times. Queen Electra. In Magix. I quickly remembered the rumors that I've heard of her. She killed her entire family to obtain the throne of Zenith. She kidnapped and put in prison anyone that would interfere with her ruling of the kingdom. Some say she found a half Solarian half Magix baby who had the most beautiful golden hair and cut it off to keep for herself and then sent the baby far away from Zenith and The Magical dimension. Others say she had a stepdaughter who had a lovely voice and she felt a pang of jealousy towards the girl so she took her voice and sent the girl to live in the poorest parts of Zenith. But these are only rumors. I'll bet all of this was just a made up story to frighten children.
Then, I heard a crash and it broke my concentration on the television. I turned towards the crash to see a scattering of some parts of a hover. But the rest of the Hover was intact. The only problem was that the hover stood suspended in the air, unable to move. The driver crawled out and examined the damage.
Then, me being the technology genius I am ran over to him.
"Dammit. I can't believe this old thing finally stopped." He mumbled.
"I can help you. Um...do you have gloves that I can borrow?" I said to him, hiding my metal hand behind my back.
"Take these. They were my daughter's. She hates these gloves. You can keep them. And I don't mean to be rude but...You're a girl. You can't fix a hover!" He handed me a pair of purple gloves and I slipped them on behind my back. They fit perfectly. Even better than the gloves I left in my hover.
"I'm not just a girl. I'm also a mechanic." I said to him, my voice full of pride. "I'm also cyborg but that doesn't matter." I said under my breath.
I lifted the top up and peeked inside the hover. Oil leaked everywhere, and the magbelt was frayed. Compared to some of the other things I had to fix, this was nothing.
Yanking the magbelt out, the man looked at me with an eyebrow raised. Yep, I told you so. I know what I'm doing.
"Get me the spare magbelt. Oh and I wouldn't mind a towel for all the oil." I pulled my short magenta hair into a short ponytail and he handed me the magbelt. I put it back on and reached for the towel he had in his hand. I wiped all the oil off and plugged the hole that the oil leaked out of.
That's when I noticed a crowd had gathered. They were watching with amazement as I continued to repare the damaged hover.
I closed the top and opened the door to the hover. Sitting in the front seat, I started the ignition. It worked like a charm.
"Here you go!" I said tossing the man the keys and I walked away wiping the sweat off my forehead.
"How did you learn that?" Said someone from behind me. I quickly turned around to be face to face with someone who I never thought I would ever meet.
"Dammit. Blew my cover." the guy said.
"Your Highness."I whispered. He wore a black and orange hoodie with the hood up and covering half of his face. I wondered why he wore that hood.
I curtsied and met his gaze. "Sorry."
He blushed slightly. "Sorry about what. C'mon don't call me your Highness. I hate that. Call me Timmy."
Wow. I am talking to the prince! If I could, I would be blushing now!
"Are you the famous Tech the mechanic?" He looked at me intensely. "I need an android fixed."
I was at a lost of words. "Sure! Do you have it with you?" Suddenly an android flew out of his pocket on his hoodie. "Yep. This is Laui. She's been malfunctioning every hour. Then she reboots and malfunctions again. I've tried fixing her myself but I couldn't. So someone suggested I'd find you."
I took the small android who looked sort of similar to my Digit. Her metal eyelids flipped open. "Rebooting in 5...4...3...2...1..."
Suddenly she flew up in the air and then shut down crashing to the sidewalk below. "I can fix her." I gave a small smile.
"Good. Can you fix her by next week?" He said with hope in his eyes.
"Yeah. I'll try. Thank you." I said bowing to Timmy.
"No. Thank you." With that he turned around and walked in the direction of the palace. I gently picked up the small android.
"I'll bet Digit will love the story of how I met the Prince." I whispered and started to walk to my hover with the Prince's android in hand.
This chapter has been revised. Review and tell me if you like it better than the old chapter.