I smiled as I woke up; the sun burned my eyes slightly. Today was my 14th birthday, also known as my parent's death date. I walked over to my mirror and noticed I've been tearing up. I shake my head and wipe the tears off. The birthday girl can't be crying now, can she? I quickly got ready and changed into the satin purple dress my Aunt insisted I wore. It was half-way down my leg and lavender with a black sash. It was ruffled on the bottom with a V-neckline. I tie some cloth on my foot and leaped onto the stair railway. I giggle as I slide down smoothly. If my aunt saw me, I'd be dead. After I slid to the bottom, I removed the cloth and threw it in the trash. They were dirty and old and needed to be thrown away anyway. I jumped in surprise as my aunt suddenly opened the door behind me. She was holding a cake in one hand and a present in the other. How did she open the door again?

"Happy 14th birthday, Kaylee."

"Thanks aunty." She put my Oreo cake down safely on the table before handing me my present. She winked and went to the kitchen to grab some candles and the lighter. I looked around carefully before grabbing an Oreo from the cake and quickly eating it. I wiped my mouth with my hand to hide the evidence. I sat down properly on a chair as my aunt came back with a...giant knife, candles and a lighter. She placed the candles on top, fourteen to be exact. All of them were lavender, black, pink, sky blue or white; which were my favorite colors.

"Make a wish, sweetheart." I smiled and closed my eyes. I wish...I wouldn't have to dream anymore. I quickly blew out all the candles in one go. They say that's good luck.

She sliced the entire cake in half, and gave me one half on a plate. I stared questionably at her.

"Will you be able to finish that all?" She chuckled,

"No, but I bet you would be just as happy to have mine as well." I laughed and chowed down. The cake tasted delicious. However, I kept stealing a few peeks at my present which was in front of me. My aunt noticed every time and also laughed every time. After I was finished and threw the paper plate in the garbage, I started opening my present. I tried to slow down, but I couldn't hide how excited I was. I gasped as my present finally came into view. It was...the Second Life game I've been hearing about! They say you put the helmet on at night and you can play in the virtual world. They even say it has ninety-nine percent reality, major cool! This is my first game of this fancy sort. It's not that we're poor, just...we live in a small city you could say. We're usually always last in receiving the newest things the other cities would've already grown tired of already. I have...wanted something like this for a long time now. My aunt smiled sadly at me.

"This...was your wish, right?" I nodded and frowned. My parents were never found when they died, so it's not like I could go to their grave or anything. Even if they did; I still wouldn't be able to. I used to live in a huge city that was where I was born. My parents were killed somewhere in that city; my aunt was my favorite relative and the only one who agreed to take me in. The other either, hated me, had children that would've been jealous of me, or too lazy or old. Everyone always told me I should be thankful for my genes. I gained my 'good-looks' from my mother and my 'smarts' from my dad. No worries, I hate them too. Whenever I went to visit them, they would shower their kids with compliments to try to make me feel bad. Which never worked since I just didn't care. I thank my aunt and hold the headset to my heart; I guess some wishes do come true.

"...Come on sweetie, let's go for some fun." I nodded my head. A much as I would love to play it now, I had to be tired or required sleep to do so. My aunt led me to all my favorite places. The park where lilies and lavender would grow, the buffet where I could eat and never gain weight, and the movie theater re-watching my favorite movie again. At last, it was finally night. I brushed my teeth and put on my nightgown. I quickly and skillfully assembled my Second Life headgear and gingerly placed it on my head.

This is going to be awesome! Within minutes, I opened my eyes to appear in a dark room. There was not a speck of lighting, the darkness looked eternal. After a while, the room instantly lit up. I had to shield my face to block some of the intense light. After a while, I removed my hands reluctantly. I looked up to notice a pretty girl in a floating chair. She was wearing a helmet, which covered half of her face and all of her head. She had long, straight red hair with black highlights. Nice and cute petite lips, and a heart shaped face. Other from that, I couldn't really tell how she looked. She was smiling, however, so I imagined her eyes to be big, wide and a deep amethyst red. I looked to my right and jumped a little from surprise. It was me. The girl staring at me sweetly had intense black eyes, which were softened by her long eyelashes. She had a little darker than ivory skin. Her lips looked small, but still plump and sweet. A 'just came back from outside, which was snowing' blush flushed her delicate face. Her black waist-length hair was straight, but had corkscrew curls on the end. Her chest was noticeable, but not balloons. Her structure was about 5,7. Yuppers, that was me alright. While I look stupidly fragile, I'm not, and I'm actually rather tall for a 14 year old. I looked back to the girl in the hovering chair. I guess I should try to talk to her or something?

"Um, hello?" I stood silently, waiting for her answer. She could talk, right?

"Hello. Welcome to Second Life! It seems like this is your first time playing. Please wait as the system will proceed to scan you. Please wait a moment." I nodded slightly. Hovering machines scanned me from every angle. After what seemed like forever, they finally left.

"Alright, scanning is complete. You are now ready to make your character! Please be aware that you can't change your name, class, and appearance after, to maintain reality." I nodded again.

"Which race would you like to be?" I tilted my head in confusion. She laughed gently at this.

"There are many classes available." Soon after she said that, what seemed like dozens of weird forms of me appeared. There was me with wings, in elf form, demonic form, and many others. It was overwhelming. I stood fazed and looked around everywhere.

"Haha, do you see a class you taken an interest in?"

"Hmm...What's the most popular race?" She looked a little confused, but answered anyway.

"Ever since our spokesperson, Prince, was created, the Elf race." I nodded. Then elf was definitely out. I quite liked the celestial race.

"May I see myself as an angel and demon?" She happily nodded. With a flick of her fingers, the other 'me's' disappeared, and staring at me was my angelic and demonic form. The angelic form smiled sweetly at me, while the demonic one was smiling too, but was scowling. I thought that was funny.

"The demon race, please." She nodded. I smiled evilly. I stared at the demon me before me. Her complexion looked satin ivory, her eyes were black as night. However, not black enough to make it hard to look at her. There was this certain shine in her eyes; perhaps that's why it's not so intense. No offence, but she looked a little vain as well. Like that rich and elegant type girl aura sorta. The other features were nice; but I definitely liked her eyes the most. They looked slightly evil, but still not lifeless at least. Her hair reached a little more than her waist. For some reason, she didn't have any wings, horns, sharp claws or anything to distinguish herself from a normal human. ...I like that fact.