AU Eva's mother died when she was five but her father didn't dump her at the Stern Boarding school. Instead he throws himself into work and building Wei Enterprises leaving Eva to herself most of the time. She never goes to Oban or Alwas but she does get into racing to her father's ire. This is Eva Wei's life as a normal girl.
The two were neck and neck as they rounded the final lap of the final race of the Interplanetary Championship. I take a deep breathe, the scene is too familiar. I've been here before and a part of my thinks I know the ending to this scene. I try to close my eyes to block what I know is coming but they won't move. It is as though the world is frozen as they come closer to the finish line. I gulp down the lump in my throat. An explosion flashes across the scene and I see the star racer crash. The flames dance around the wreckage and the paramedics come to the pilot's aid. The crowd cheers.
Then the scene changes. There is no wreckage; no scorch marks were fire had burned the pavement. The two racers are again nearing the finish line. At the last minute one pulls ahead and crosses seconds before the other winning the race. The crowd bursts into cheers. The winner gets out of the cockpit of her racer revealing a young girl. Another flash and it's a woman with pink hair. Mommy. Then the flash is over and I'm face to face with the winner, me. My own red eyes stare back at me as though I was standing before a mirror. Eva.