Ch. 1 Am I That Attractive [bad intro]

The Sun was beaming down into her room. She breathed a heavy sigh as she woke up. "Another work day? I don't wanna~~~!" She rolled over off her bed. "Ooph; oww that hurt", and she went to her closet to go change. She chose a pair of plain black pants and a white t-shirt with a black jacket. She worked as a software designer who mostly developed the GUI's for games. She left her apartment. She walked down the crowded street. As she was thinking about her favorite show, she suddenly remembered that there was supposed to be a slight chance of rain. She thought to herself, "Well, I really should have brought an umbrella with me." Then out of nowhere, like a cliché, a burst of lightning hit her. By the time the paramedics arrived it was too late; her last words were, "Well, that was shocking!"

She saw a bright light through her closed eyes. "Did I just get hit by a bolt of lightning? I mean, am I that attractive?" She then felt herself slowly fading away. Just as her hope of life was slipping away, she felt something pulling on her. It was like a cord was attached to her chest.

She opened her eyes, and saw a large room. The room was white with pink floral designs. The windows were large glass panels with large, red drapes. When she went to sit up she found that she was stuck and could barely move.

She thought that she was chained down, but when she saw her reflection in the window she realized the horrifying truth, she was a baby. When she saw this she thought one thing: "Fuuuuuuuuuccck".

From that moment onward she discovered several things, she was from nobility, her name was Filia Atmos Strondom, and her mother and father were Mary Strondom and Johnathon Atmos.

After two years she was able to crawl away out of her crib. At night she would explore the mansion. As she did so she thought, "Is this a house or a damned maze?!" She crawled over to the the ginormous library. When she tried to read the names of the book she realized that she could not read the language. And yet again she thought, "Fuuuuuuuuuuccck". She had to wait patiently until she grew up to read the books.

After another year she was taught the basic characters. She quickly mastered the language, and when night came she went to the library. One book in particular caught her eye. It was a black book that looked like it would fall apart at any moment. As she wobbled over to it she saw that it seemed to have an aura around it. She pulled the book out of its shelf and the book flew open and flipped madly through the pages.

A sudden flash of light filled the room and blinded her. When she recovered from the shock she saw an aura around everything. The auras all ranged from red to violet. red being dull and violet being bright. When she focused she saw floating colorful string. She stared in awe at the sting, and without realizing it reached out to touch it. When she did she felt a wave of energy. It was like a warm summers day. This made her remember an odd memory. It was of the maid lighting the fireplace. The maid bent over and reached towards the firewood, and suddenly there was a rush of fire. Filia had simply assumed that she missed the maid striking a piece of flint, but now she realized what had actually happened. The maid had used magic.

Filia had realized what the book actually was. it was a grimoire. A book of magic. She was now able the see magic auras and leylines. Inside herself she felt mana flowing throughout her body. It flowed like blood throughout her body. Filia imagined the mana only in her right palm. She thought of a sink and controlling the water to only flow out a small amount. When she opened her eyes she saw a ball of cyan mana in her palm. She imagined that it was turning into methane and was igniting. The mana lit up into a small ball of beautiful blue fire.

She closed her palm to shut off the flame. She felt a rush of adrenaline. She said in an exhausted voice, "That's enough for today." When she went to turn around her vision blackened and she passed out.