Author note

I know it's been a while and I'm sorry for the long update. I'd just like to thank Drago-Kai, That One Monster, Eslam's Angel, Dudet, Babybluelunarstarangel (Wow, what a long name!), Mickee and my first reviewer EcuaGirl. Now that's done, lets move on to da story!

Chapter 2

Sakura felt as though she had landed on something extremely soft and silky. Her eyes though were still firmly shut, remembering that she had fallen into blackness and the little golden coin she'd found. With a sudden realisation that she had survived unscathed, she opened her eyes. Sakura gasped in disbelief at what her eyes were showing her.

She found herself in a room the size of a small football pitch. The walls were enveloped in light pink, glossy paint and were scattered with cherry blossoms, which were painted in gold. Her eyes struggled to take in the plush white fur carpet that covered the floor, which was made out of sparkling white marble and the 15ft tall windows, draped in white lace curtains. Confused, Sakura looked down and realised that she had landed on a bed, the size of three king sized beds put side by side together. She let her hands run through the satin, snow-white sheets and rested her back against the vast array of cushions, which were of every shape and colour.

"Where the hell am I?" She whispered.

"You're in your bedroom Sakura,"

Sakura turned abruptly and she saw that by the furthest window, there stood a silhouetted figure. She could tell the voice belonged to a woman and straightened up to get a better look. The woman was tall with dark skin. Her eyes were ebony black, just like her curly shoulder length hair and she wore a white gown decorated with elaborate gold patterns. Sakura noticed that flat on the woman's right palm, reflecting the light that crept into the room though the windows was the gold coin she'd lost.

"This isn't my room. What do you mean?" Sakura asked. "And how do you know my name," she added suspiciously.

"Well honey, after you made that wish -"

"What wish?"

"- The wish that your life could be different. That wish has come true and as a result, you're here."

"You're fucking messing with my head!" Sakura said incredulously.

"If you don't believe me, look around you," The woman replied calmly.

"But h-how did this happen?"

"Do you remember when you picked up this coin?" The woman asked, thrusting the coin towards Sakura, whose quick reflexes allowed her to catch it just before it hit between the eyes.

"Yes..." Sakura answered slowly, not understanding how this was relevant.

"It heard your wish and answered it for you."

Sakura quickly stifled a snort of laughter.

"What is so amusing about what I just said?" The woman demanded. "Do you not believe me?" she continued, by now rather affronted.

"Well, I was under the impression that coins couldn't do anything, let alone hear you," she argued, her voice dripping with sarcasm.

"Ordinary coins can't," The woman countered. "But mine can and they also grant wishes for those who are lucky enough to find them." "But why it chose you, I'll never know," The woman muttered with a little resentment.

"Who are you exactly?" Sakura pressed on, choosing to ignore her comment.

"You could say I'm a kind of fairy god mother, but that sounds so cliché doesn't it? No, just call me Maria."

"Ok. So I have another life?"

"Exactly."

"So what happened to my old life?"

"That honey, is up to you."

"What does that mean?"

"It means that you now have a choice."

"What choice." Sakura asked with a growing sense of foreboding.

"You have a choice. Either you go back and continue living the way you've always lived, or -"

"Or what?"

"-Or you can start a new life, this life and live a way you never imagined was possible. Either way, whichever decision you do make, you must live with the consequences. The choice my dear, is yours."

Sakura thought hard about this. She knew that she couldn't stand what was happening to her at the moment. She hated the fact that she was made to leave England and the thought of having to adjust to a completely new environment. Her thoughts drifted momentarily to Madison, the super bitch she'd met earlier that day and sighed miserably at the thought of her old and loyal friends back in England. On the one hand she had an opportunity to change all this and judging from the look of her surroundings, this had to be better than what she had before. On the other hand what if it all went wrong? But nothing could be as bad as what she'd had to go through, she reasoned with herself. 'Surely nothing could be worse.' Sakura had made her decision.

"I choose to change."

Author note

Thanks everyone for reading this chapter. Pleeze, pleeze, pleeze review!!! I'd be really grateful, plus they inspire me to continue updating. Thanks people. Ja ne!