1 Introduction

Stacy Courtbell was an arrogant teenager who thought the world praised her as if she was a priceless artefact. Being very wealthy was one thing but being popular and the golden child was a completely a different thing on its own.

She sees anyone who doesn't wear designer clothes or Gucci bags as something beneath her, something that could be played with and not to be respected. Her house wasn't completely a house but a mansion standing at the edge of the city hovering over smaller buildings like a predator.

Stacy's family is well known for their wealth but also the secrets that hides behind their pride. All in all this isn't the world you know, this is a world where you have a mark. A mark that appears on your left wrist when you turn eighteen.

It is your duty to find out who you are before the clock strikes, otherwise, you might end up with the wrong mark. Nothing is more of a burden than having the wrong mark, for it is a bad omen to you and your family. Not to mention the fact that, you stand a chance to be banished forever.

It is by law that anyone who posses the wrong mark should under go a test. For this test is harder than you think it is, it is a test of survival and wit. The person would be banished to the wild for two weeks and then return to prove the strength the mark has given you. If you do not return, everyone is expected to return to their lives as if nothing ever happened.

You are probably wondering why? Why would they sent you to the wild for the beasts to eat if you have done nothing wrong? Well, let me tell you the story of the Forbidden mark...

As Lemor* began to progress, one group of people outshined all the others. Heartstrings. Their ambition , wit and thirst for adventure became overwhelming to anyone who came near them . Their mark was a dragon breathing a coloured flame according to your personality .

*Lemor is a place where wizards once roamed, that is, until something happened to take away their magic. Luckily, they did not lose all of it.

Although the sight of the mark was pretty, it had a dangerous meaning. Rebirth yourself in the doubters blood. What a dangerous meaning indeed. They lived up to their name, plucking out anyone's heartstrings if you dared to doubt in their ideas.

One day the other marks made a rebellion against the Heartstrings and drove them away into the woods never to be seen again. Some say they hunt the outcasts in the woods and some say they're planning their revenge. Either way, both sounds scary.

Soon, order was restored and the other marks lived in peace, somehow forgetting the Forbidden mark. That was, till one peculiar little girl was born...