So the start of another fan fic so you know the drill...
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Chasing the Sun
Prologue
Dreams and Destiny
As I stared out across the open land, I thought about how far I had come in my relatively short life... the differences between the life I was born to and the one I lead now. What I thought the outcome of my life would be through all those lives.
Being born a rich, nobleman's daughter betrothed before the age of ten. I had every material thing I could possibly need, or ever would need. I had a good friend, who was my betrothed. All that high society could offer was mine for the taking. All the knowledge my thirsty young mind could want, provided by the extensive library and endless tutors at my disposal.
Then my life as a poor orphan, unknown, about to be turned out into a cold and cruel world with nothing but a ragged fourth hand dress and shoes with holes in the bottom. The best I could hope for in that life was to secure a position in a factory and a mat in a relatively clean boarding house, with the daily prayer that I wouldn't fall ill and end up on the streets. This would inevitably would happen, we all know this. That path led to a fork where one choice was death and the other the destiny of all the desperate girls out there.
This final outcome isn't what I ever even dreamed of in either life. It was something completely out of my consideration, but had I known about it. About the freedom to venture west and see what my future could hold. The freedom to try new things, meet a different kind of people. To learn, to teach, to learn about community and real family about true love. To realize that in that simple, hardworking life I would make an impact that would help change the world.
Yes, I still missed some of the aspects of my wealthy life that was so harshly stolen from me. Mostly my endless supply of books. However I wouldn't change a moment of it. The hardship I went through, the test of the dread of what would come, prepared me for what was my true destiny. In my early life I wouldn't have had the most valuable treasures a person could have, ones I would willingly sell my soul for to keep safe.