Prologue
Life is like a mountain. The best day of your life is the peak. The mountain goes up to the peak, right? So, that means your life got better, then it got to it's best. Let me give you an example:
The boy of my dreams asks me out. I feel great the entire day. Nothing bad happens to me. I don't get caught for putting tacks in the teacher's sandwich. It's perfect.
Sadly, I'm sure most of you have heard the saying "It's all downhill from here." In a mountain, once your at the top, you don't go UP. You go DOWN. Sadly, it's a fact of life. Especially mine and my good friends- and, in some cases, not-so-friends- lives. So, yeah, there are some places in a mountain that juts out, going higher. Good things that happen in the midst of the bad things. Forming sort-of cliffs. But, you know what?
People tend to fall off of cliffs.
As you can tell, my life isn't a happy one. My story isn't a fairytale. One of the few good things is the fact that I'm not dead. Yet. My story is still unfolding, waiting to be finished.
But so far I can count on my hands the times I've been truly happy in my life. Most of them were before I learned the truth.
Close this book. Put it down, leave. Never look back. Or you might learn the truth. Leave. I'm telling you.
Okay, I can see you stuck around. Well, let me warn you one more time. But I'll give you a taste of what's going on.
My name is Rue. Rue Galeson.
Here's a few things that have happened to me since I learned the Truth.
1. My dream boyfriend died.
2. My niece almost got slashed to pieces by a huge axe, and lost her left ear in the process.
3. My favorite eight year old ever was nearly burned up by a fire breathing metal dragon's head.
4. I was thrown off a cliff to see if I was 'useful.'
5. I almost died from some chocolate and green grape drink.
You sure you want to read this now?
Okay. You're persistent. Bold. Idiotic. I'm good with that.
Get ready. Your life is about to turn into a steep mountain. The best day of your life just ended.
It's all downhill from here.