1 I wonder...

I wonder... why my morning seemed so funny and had possibly the gravest ending you could imagine. Like... WHO BUILT A WELL NEAR THE ROAD?! Since you don't understand what I mean with this, let me explain.

I.... woke up late. That's all there was to it. I did this stupid thing, where I set the alarm time and put my phone on 'Do Not Disturb'. That too absolute silence. So I ultimately missed breakfast. I left in a hurry after dressing up. The train had left a few minutes ago and since I couldn't wait for the next train, I ran. I was crossing the road when I realised a truck coming straight at... ME! I jumped to the side and missed it. Then I realised I was tumbling down a small, VERY SMALL hill and then fell into a well, hit my head, broke every bone in my body due to the speed×time.... YOU GET IT. Even though all this sounds very intensified, it ACTUALLY HAPPENED. Then I blacked out, even though all I could see was white. Yes. I.... didn't die.

I woke up like 5 to 6 days later, and realised I was in a full body cast. Ughhhh... I hated how hospitals smell... Then a man called a doctor came in and shouted

"HALLELUJAH!!!"

Yeah, even I was surprised that I want dead. Then he took a syringe from near the hospital bed and insert it somewhere, God knows where. I couldn't feel anything. Then...

I DIED. Yeah. I'm pretty sure.

THAT BLOODY DOCTOR KILLED ME BECAUSE HE....!!!

Wait... why though?

Oh. Then I remembered my line of work. I was a lawyer who lent her car to her cheating boyfriend and had been sitting at home for a few weeks. NO WONDER. See, it's not like my life ended because he cheated on me... my life ended because.... I LENT MY CAR TO THAT BLOODY CHEATER!!!

Then, a thought hit me, don't know how though... 'How could I think when I was dead?'. Yes. That's the thought.

Then I felt something on my head ( do I get to have one after dying? ), or rather my forehead. It felt like someone's lips. Did I become... SLEEPING BEAUTY?! No... Then I would have felt those lips on MY lips.

You know...There's this thing... where children can't open their eyes for a while after birth. Why am I bringing this up? Because, the first thing I said after opening my mouth was...

"Waaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!"

Yes. THAT. Surprise surprise! I thought I was surprised that I was making such a sound. Therefore, I opened my opened my mouth again to say, ' What? '

That also came out wrong.

"Wah?"

After a few more tries I gave up.

"Awwwwwwww... She's so cute."

"Of course, she takes up after you after all."

".... You're making me blush...!!!"

"That just makes you look cuter, honey."

"SHOPH."

That last line was me trying to say stop to those cringey couple, who, unfortunately, seemed to be my parents. I mean like, only people who were downright stupid would not know that. Like me, a BABY. Emphasis on the baby part.

"Mama! Did she just say 'stop'?"

"Just your imagination Elise."

Elise? That's a cute name.

"Aaralyn Grace Havdila. The woman with the song. That shall be her name."

Aaralyn... Aaralyn... I remember that name from somewhere... Where though? That is definitely not a common name. Wait. 'Her' name? By 'her' do they mean.... ME?!

Then I heard a very faint voice which sounded like a melody.

"Aaralyn Grace Havdila. Or rather.... Wait. I forget your name. Sorry. You have been given a second chance at life. Though I'm pretty sure you're not going to like what I'm about to say."

"I already don't like what you said. So, go on."

".....Ehm. More kindly please."

"...."

"I said kindly. Don't keep quiet instead"

"Oh! The Great whatever you are!!! Please explain the needful!!!! I'm DYING to know!!! Oh, wait! I'M ALREADY DEAD YOU PRICK!!!"

"PRICK?!"

"It's not like I asked YOU for rebirth you BLOODY SKUNK!!!"

"SKUNK?!"

"Just get on with it."

".... Ugh. It's not like I have a choice so I'll tell you. This is the world inside the novel, 'Graced by the Gods'. Now that I've said it I'm pretty sure you understand what comes after. So at least this time... Survive. I can't wait to meet you next time! TOODLES!"

"Hey!!! Where are you?! Did I just talk to you using my mind voice?!"

"That's.... NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS. Bye."

"Waaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

"Here, you can try to get her to calm down. After all as a brother you must learn that."

"But Papa... I'm scared I'll drop her..."

After that I couldn't hear anything, since there were too many thoughts running wild inside my tiny head. Like 'why here of all places?', ' So I was reborn' and last but not least....

WHY HER?!

IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANYONE ELSE. WHY HER?!

I should've known when I heard the names Elise and Aaralyn.

Elisio Adalric Havdila. One of the many male leads in 'Graced by the Gods'. Aaralyn's brother. He was more of the serious type. Must have been cute as a child. Wait first let's think about MY OWN SITUATION.

Aaralyn Grace Havdila.

Killed by her own fiancée, the archduke, for going against the female lead, who was loved by the four most influential men of the kingdom of Edgardia( and more influential men in other kingdoms, mind you ). All of the make leads despised Aaralyn, all because of Bertha Hergin, the female lead. Archduke Leon Harchen, who was engaged to Aaralyn, decided to behead her ( Aaralyn ) who he thought of as a nuisance when she tried to poison Bertha during her tea party. This was a decision made by all the male leads, and since they were all the helpers or sons of the emperor, the emperor naturally went along with it. Since the emperor agreed with it, Aaralyn's parents couldn't do anything about it either.

Yes. I'm pretty sure you all realised which character Aaralyn was in the novel.

A VILLAINESS.