Ice Queen

by izzysfanfiction

Jeanine Matthews. The sole representative of Erudite, and the most intelligent according to the Erudite intelligence quota administered to all adults. An accomplished woman, despite her many faults. She's climbed the social ladder, summiting at her current position. Impressive, of course. She's garnered much respect and reverence. The question is, however, where did she begin?

1. Introduction

Humble beginnings.

A term often used by a portion of those who have reached the top of the social ladder, or at least, have come close.

Personally, I find such a thing to be rather ridiculous. Someone of a lower class background and someone of a higher class background should be treated no differently, especially when it comes to measurement of accomplishment.

Though, perhaps I say this out of bias. I simply cannot stand to hear someone being praised for how far they've come from the lower class when I, a woman with an upper class background, have worked just as hard if not harder.

I digress.

Ramblings aside, I wouldn't say that I have humble beginnings. I do, however, find myself now almost incomparable to the child I was.

Everyone wonders if someone who has monumentally messed up like myself had some sob story for a childhood. I really did not. My mistakes came out of stupid decisions and lapses in judgment, not because my father left or anything of the sort.

I suppose, however, that my beginnings are that of interest to anyone who finds my ambiguity intriguing.

That is why I have decided to do this. Record my own history to the best of my (impeccable, if I do say) memory.

I'm not a sentimentalist.

I am merely a recorder of history.

But in the name of having a somewhat cliche start, I will state the following.

My name is Jeanine Matthews, and this is where it all began.