Awaken

Before her stands a man whose back is facing her. He slowly turns to face her and his handsome face flashes her a seductive smile. His cold aura turns gentle as he slowly reaches his hand out to her. Unknowingly, she also reaches out to him. Who is this man? Why is my heart beating so fast? Why do I yearn for his touch?

Suddenly the vision of the man begins to disappear and fade into nothingness.

"WAIT. Where are you going? Come back … Huan …"

Jing Ling opens her eyes and takes a look at her surroundings. There is a small wooden table not too far from where she is lying down. In fact, everything in the room is made of wood and only the minimal necessities were present. Simple yet elegant, it looks like she's in a traditional Chinese bedroom.

A young girl dressed in a plain pink hanfu enters the room. "Young Miss you're finally awake! Quickly, I need to let Master and Lady know."

Before Jing Ling could even make a sound, the girl rushes out of the room. Miss? Who is she talking about? There's no one else but her in the room. Glancing at her clothes, Jing Ling notices she is also wearing a hanfu but a light purple one with an intricate floral pattern. "Eh? What is with these clothes? I should be at the hospital and why are my hands so much smaller?"

Looking down at her body, Jing Ling notices she's a lot shorter as well … it's almost as if she is in the body of a 10-year-old child…

"Impossible! I am supposed to be a modern day, 18-year-old girl how can I suddenly shrink? Did I die? Wait, no, but then why am I in a 10-year-old's body? Maybe I traveled back in time? OH MY GOSH, did I really time travel to the past? What's going to happen to mother? Will I be able to get back to the future? Aw man, I never got to eat my favorite peaches that mother bought for me either T^T."

Before Jing Ling could make heads or tails of what was going on, she was suddenly pulled into an embrace by a beautiful woman who looked oddly familiar…

"Jing Ling! You're finally awake. Oh, how could you make your father and I worry so much, please don't scare us like this again!" Lady Jing Ying cries.

"Dearest, calm down, you don't want to startle Jing Ling when she has just woken up." Master Jing Jun reminded his wife.

"Oh yes, sorry dear..."

Jing Ling couldn't hear the rest of the conversation nor react because she was shocked to see who was before her. Jing Ying? Isn't that her mother name, and why does this woman in front of her look exactly like her mother? The face may be a lot younger and not a wrinkle in sight but YES that is her mother face! All she could do was stare with her eyes and mouth wide open like a fool.

"Mother, Father! How's Jing Ling?" Two charming young men yell as they also barged into the room. They both had a tall, sturdy build that wouldn't be possible if they didn't train on a daily basis. In fact, the two were identical twins and if it weren't for the fact that Jing Cheng always wore blue and Jing Zheng: always wore white, no one would be able to tell them apart.

"Shut it you two fools. If you two weren't trying to show off your mediocre martial arts to your sister, she wouldn't have gotten hurt in the first place." Master Jing Jun shouted. The two quickly cowered and crouched into the far corner of the room like two frightened bunnies; afraid that they would further anger their father.

JUST… JUST WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE!!!!