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Chapter 1

End of Ms. Goldenray, Long Live Amberlynn!

Hey, the name's Claire. Claire Ilva Goldenray. And I thought I'm the most unfortunate girl in this world. Goldenray is the most powerful family in this Middle Continent, the Mineral. We support political attitudes, economic policies, managing exports, and we are having a relation with Eastern Continent, the Horizon. This Mineral Organization, called The 7 is actually led by 7 leaders. And my dad is the one who now become the common leader of this organization. You think I'm a happy daughter, but as I said, I'm not.

I WAS actually a happy and nice girl until my mother, whom passed away since I was ten, was replaced by a damn mean woman named Anna, with her damned daughter, Mary. I don't know what was inside my father's head but he married to her to maintain his position. And he didn't even ask his only daughter how she thinks about it.

Anna Ritz Sullivan was the wife of General of Mineral Army, Basil Sullivan, but now is a widower after his death in a Division 3 War, a war between Western Continent versus Middle Continent. She is really mean to me and made me miserable. She always use high voice to me plus her hands also slap me often. Mary Diana Sullivan actually was a polite girl but changed 180 degrees after her father's death. Moreover, she hates Goldenray family, which the ones who commanded her old-man's troops to defend Middle Continent, so she wanted to take my father's place and have revenge on Goldenray.

Two years I live my miserable life. Real busy dad, mean step-mother, and stubborn step-sister, I couldn't take it anymore. So I left.

I wandered through the dark woods to the west. My heavy backpack was on my shoulders too long so I took a rest, in the middle of the dark, unsafe woods. My cellphone was dying, and since I didn't want to waste it, I turned it off. Then, I heard a voice, man, no, two men, talking. I couldn't hear them clearly and I didn't want them to find me, but they caught me off guard. Their flashlight helped them to find me. Startled, I ran to nowhere. I heard one of them said; "Wait! You! Come back here!"

My legs felt numb, I fell on the dried leaves, and they found me once more. I just closed my eyes, the flashlight ray aimed at my face. A hand rest on my shoulder.

"Hey, what are you doing in the middle of Western Forest?" he called me.

I opened my eyes, I could barely saw his face. His chocolate milk-colored bangs in front of his forehead. And big brownish topaz eyes stared at me.

"Hey, girl, I'm talking to you! What're you doing here?" he repeated.

"I think she won't say anything now. You scared her, Jack." The other man said like he could read my mind. He has a blue cap with 'UMA' on it and big deep blue eyes. I stared at both of them. I tried to reply but my voice won't come out.

"Nah, what should we do now? She won't talk to us." The man named Jack asked the other man.

"Hmm." He knelt beside me and stared at me. He was so close that he could made my heart skipped a beat. "I think she needed to come with us, Jack. Would you come with us, blonde?"

I nodded.

"Come on." The capped man offer his hand to help me up but my legs were so tired and I fell back. I hid my face behind my bangs in shame. I startled when he swoop me up and carried me on his back. I blushed a bit and rest my head on his shoulder. Not in a minuet, I fell asleep.

As I woke up, the pain and dizzy feeling were swirling inside my head. I rubbed my temple then slowly opened my eyes. I'm defenitely not inside that dark forest anymore. The sunray blinded my eyes, I blinked a few times until I got clearer image. I was in somekind of room, with three single beds? My backpack was beside me.

The door creaked open and a girl, maybe in the same age as me, entered the room. A grin on her face made me feel relieved. She was in a blue overall and her orange long hair was braided high. She ran to me and sat beside me.

"Hello, there, welcome to Mineral Town! You've got up! I was worried that you might sleep longer! Oh, sorry, I haven't introduced myself. My name is Annabelle Redd Smith, but you can call me Ann. It was my brother who rescued you from that forest. Do you feel better now?"

Why she is a nice but loud girl?

"Oh, yeah. Uh, my name is Claire, Claire..." oh no, I can't tell her my family name. If so, she'll... "Claire Diva Amberlynn."

"Oh, Claire, huh? Ahaha, my brother was really curious about your name. I bet he'll be happy to see you awake now. He came back from a stroll with Jack, carrying you on his back in the middle of the night. Well, that was what my dad said, though. You know I'm a heavy sleeper that I won't wake up even my brother opened my door and placed you on this bed, just beside mine! Now, it's already afternoon, of course you're hungry as a bear, so it would be nice for a late lunch? What would you say, Claire?"

"Uh, sure."

"Alright! I'll be back in a minuet! Make yourself comfortable!"

With that, she disappeared from the room. I could hear her footsteps running down the stairs. I glanced up to the window again. 'Will they look for me? Especially... Dad...' my mind was cut by the sound of the door which opened again. A tall man with blue UMA cap entered my room. He slowly looked up but hid his face quick with his cap. But he hesitantly approached me.

"Uh, hey. You... awake, already..."

"Yeah... thank you, for saving me. If it's okay, may I know your name?"

"The name's Gray. Gray Smith. And you... are Claire Diva... Angus?"

"It's Gold- I mean, uh, Amberlynn."

"Yeah, of course." He chuckled. His laugh was the smoothest voice that had came through my ears. I loved it. Then a long pause came, it felt awkward. But Ann broke the silence.

"Claire! Your meal is done!" she froze for a while as she watched me and Gray. "Ah, David. You already know her well, now eh?"

A faint blush was on his face but he quickly cover it with that cap. "Don't call me that way! I'm outta here."

"Ahaha, don't be so rude now, David." She called him slyly. He scoffed and closed the door hard with a bang. I flinched by his action at the moment. But Ann just stick out her tounge at the door. "Sorry, my brother always do that way, but I love to annoy him once in a while. Ahaha! Here is your meal."

She placed the tray on my lap. It was a simple and warm meal, mashed potatoes with pumpkin, medium steak, and other veggies. Goddess, it smelled good! "You made this?"

"Mm-hmm!"

"Wow, it sure smells delicious." I took a bite and I loved it! She just watched me as I ate my meal little by little. Then it hit me.

"Ann, why did you call Gray David?"

"Oh, ahaha, his real name is David Gray Smith. I don't know exactly why he doesn't like that given name, so he called himself by his middle name instead. But I love David more than Gray, because what little sibling do is annoy the older one!" she said with a big grin.

Sure you have done great, Annabelle.

To be continued

Well, this story is already in my laptop for Years! So I decided to upload it. I hope you like it. Corrections and suggestions are welcomed!