王 Wang (King)

蛱 Jia (Butterfly)

隆 Long (Dragon)

I wrote out the characters that were supposed to mean my name. Leanne, Michelle, and my tutor Mr. Braginski was making us learn our native languages, that meaning Mandarin for me and French for my classmates. My mom was supposed to help me, but she was to busy taking care of the farm.

The farm, that's just what we call our home. We don't raise animals or crops, just kids. Or more specifically, the illegitimate offspring of wealthy and powerful business and company owners. Michelle was too young to know why she was here with her mother, but mom had told me when I'd asked that infamous question 'Where is daddy?'. I was fairly certain that the others didn't know why it was called the farm. I knew for certain that none of knew who our real fathers were.

I sighed.

"Is something wrong, Leon?" Mr. Braginski asked me, his strange presence making me uncomfortable.

"No." I told him

It was good enough. He walked away.

"Psst." Michelle, only seven said to me

"What." I said looking at her blankly

"Did you know that the French word for butt is derrière?" she asked

I shook my head no.

"It's so funny!" she giggled

Mr. Braginski walked up to her now.

"Problem?" he smiled his creepy smile

"N-no Mr. Braginski. Just learning some silly words." She whimpered

I could tell she was trying to avoid bursting into tears, but she was still trembling like a small, hairless dog. I stared at him until he left the poor girl alone.

He eventually left.

"He's scary." She whispered to me.

Leanne was just studying, as usual. She was such a snob, but a snob with a crush on me nonetheless. I tried to ignore that when she began staring at me.

Jia. I drew it again.

My mother told people it meant to mean sword, but the way she always wrote it, it meant Butterfly. I had always wondered why.

I took out a journal I had found among my mother's things and began to decipher it from characters that I found in the English to Mandarin dictionary I had.

Entry 1

Today I finally got a job! Finally I help Mei get her medicine so she will get better.

Mei? I asked myself I've never heard of Mei before in my life. Possibly one of the people mother left in China.

The pay isn't what I'd hoped and the work is hard, but it isn't too bad for a twelve year gift. I changed that to twelfth birthday gift. I got to make plates and pots today. I was so proud! They were so beautiful. Yong Soo was crazy and excited as usual, but when he came home from his factory, he brought Tea! Apparently the people at his factory decided it wasn't good enough to sell, so they left it for workers to take! I didn't know what was wrong with it, because it tasted really good.

There was also this boy. He looked like the owner's son. He comes to the factory sometimes with his father. I think he watches me, but it's probably just my imagination.

Entry 2

I got to make my first glass bracelet today! I was so proud. I hope that whoever wears it loves and cherishes it for how much work I gave it. Mei has also gotten much better, she is able to walk and play again! The owner's son was here again, and he actually said hello to me -

I gasped and shut the journal as I realized what this was. This was when my mother still lived in China.

Where she met my father.

This is what I had to do during these study periods! I had to find the bastard that knocked up my mother and then sent her to the farm! The boy she was talking about must have been him. The little information I got from her about my father was that she met him while she still worked in China while she was still just a girl. She had only been seventeen when she had me, so she probably wasn't much older than fifteen when she wrote this. I also had to find out who Mei and Yong Soo were. Family maybe?

"Alright girls," Ivan said clapping "Time to move onto Algebra, except for you Michelle. Your lesson is over until tonight."

And so we learned about functions and all that fun stuff.

After we finished learning, Leann grabbed my by arm and began babbling. I had begun calling her Brooke because of her chatty nature. Whenever she was like this, all she talked about was herself too, which made it even more unbearable.

"Oh, Leon, I was getting up and I heard the other help around the mansion talking about the family that is coming on vacation here over the summer."

"Mm." I replied

"Apparently it's the Kirkland family! It's master Kirkland, his wife, their youngest son, his wife, and their two daughters! They around our age, and you don't know how nice it will be to have a girls my age here to hang out with! Oh, but I bet they are complete snobs!" I resisted snorting "Oh yeah and my mother told me that she heard some great gossip! Apparently Michelle's father is Francis Bonnefoy! You know, like the Bonnefoy clothing company? Yeah, he is a complete party boy, I hear. He loves to drink and make tablet headlines you know?"

"Mm."

"Oh and I found out that Gilbert is coming back to help out at the farm. He's had no luck finding an actual job and he tried to start a mechanic thing, but it went under in a few weeks." She stopped abruptly "Hey Leon?"

"Hm?" I looked at her

"Do you ever wonder who his dad is? I mean, well all of our fathers. Other than Michelle's now, of course."

"Yeah." I looked at my shoes, she kept talking.

"Braginski almost ate Michelle today! That was so hilarious. The girl looked like she was going to pee herself! Oh my gosh, that was so FUNNY!" She began cracking up, in which she let go of my arm and held her stomach.

I took this chance to escape, so I walked away while she re-gathered herself, back to my room in the basement.

We all slept in the basement. The main kitchen and all of the rooms for the help and kids of the Farm slept in the basement. Of course we had to work as servants when family or friends of Master Kirkland came to stay in the vacation resort. It was a real paradise in the summer, the reason it was in so much demand for the rich with to much free time to spend their time and money here.

My mother was sleeping in her bed, we shared a room. All of the Farm kids shared a room with their parent.

It was a perfect time for me to return the journal, she never would've known it was gone. I slipped it into the drawer I had originally found it in.

She would never know it was gone.

"Jia?"

"Yes mother?"

"What are you doing?" she asked, half asleep

"I saw a bug. I was trying to catch it."

"Alright Sweetie. I saw that you are running low on sanitary napkin need more?"

"Mother!" I blushed

"I just wanted to know." she yawned

Oh yeah, one more thing. I'm actually a girl.

Thoughts? Hate it? Hope not! This idea's been floating around in my head for a while now, but I've finally been able to get it down on paper. This chapter was pretty boring, it should get more interesting in the next few chapters. Reviews are always appreciated!