DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN BEYBLADE OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS. THIS IS JUST A FAN-MADE STORY!
It was a beautiful morning, despite being winter. The sun shone unhindered by clouds, and only a slight, chilly breeze characteristic of the current season was present. Within the majestic mansion of the Howard family, a young girl of fourteen was comfortably seated in her velvet bedroom chair, having her perfect nails painted pink by her personal servant, who was another girl of her exact age, older by only a couple of months. However, there was a tremendous difference between these two fourteen-year-olds. The girl having her nails being done was the only child of the Howard family, and their pride and joy. Her name was Ming Ming, and her extravagant beauty was marred only by her stigmatised personality. To begin with, she was spoilt rotten, as expected from the daughter of a rich family such as hers. Secondly, she was unbelievably sarcastic, further enhanced by her pride. She took joy in being mean to others, and was extremely selfish and rude. She also showed tendencies of being a crybaby, when getting what she wanted proved difficult. But worst of all, worse even than any of these nasty traits, was her cruel hatred towards her personal servant.
This servant girl went by the name of Mariam, and she was entirely different from the nasty girl before her. She was kind and gentle, and had a funny sense of humour, which often cracked Ming Ming's mother up, much to her rage. Unlike Ming Ming, Mariam originally came from a tribe known as the 'Saint Shields', however, the elders abandoned her when she was a mere baby, and left her on the doorstep of the Howard family. Leo and Gracia Howard had heard the childish wailing coming from outside their front door, and were more than a little shocked to find a baby girl swaddled in brown cloth lying there! Luckily though, they had succumbed and taken her in, deciding to raise her as their daughter's personal servant, who at the time was also a baby.
Leo Howard was American, whilst his wife, Gracia Yadomaru was Japanese. Since Leo was rather dark-skinned, Ming Ming had obtained the same skin tint, but had the glorious pearly blue hair colour as her mother's. Her eyes also resembled her mother's, which were a dark orange colour. She enjoyed wearing make-up, which usually consisted of light green eyeshadow and pink lipgloss. In contrast, Mariam had creamy white skin and midnight blue hair, which shone spectacularly and fell down her back. Her eyes were a magnificent jade colour, an ocular hue shared by all members of her former tribe. However, if Ming Ming was beautiful, it was nothing compared to Mariam. Her heart-shaped face was so beautiful that it made Ming Ming burn with jealousy.
What angered Ming Ming and fuelled her hatred towards Mariam was the fact that Mariam, though being a mere servant, was very well taken care of by the Howards. Leo and Gracia treated Mariam like their own daughter, and granted her the privilege of owning several fashionable outfits, which she could call her own. Mariam delighted in choosing and donning the clothes, as well as trying to put on make-up as Ming Ming did. She secretly admired Ming Ming, and was deeply hurt that she hated her unconditionally. Throughout her childhood, Mariam had always hoped that she would somehow manage to befriend Ming Ming. She had always hoped that perhaps Ming Ming would abandon her hatred and jealousy towards her and begin viewing her as a sister, but unfortunately there was an enormous gap between hope and reality. Even when the two were small children, Ming Ming always wanted the toys that Mariam had, because in her eyes, Mariam had no right for them. Mariam had no right for anything, she didn't even deserve to be here, in her own house! But here Mariam was going to stay...
...and Ming Ming didn't like it one bit.