Chapter 2

"Happy birthday, happy birthday. Happy birthday, Astra!" Chanel sung in her lovely mellow voice.

"Thanks, Nel. I appreciate it." I said gawking at the beautifully designed birthday cake.

"Appreciate it? Astra, you love it!" She exclaimed as she gave a me a huge box. The box was covered in a purple wrapper. Exactly my favorite color.

"What's this?" I asked whilst opening the wrapper. Chanel didn't answer instead she gave a soft giggle.

I carefully opened the box and saw a red dress. It has a slit in one of it's side and it looks backless.

"Surprise?" Chanel timidly mumble.

"You made this?"

She just gave me a slight nod And I gave her a tight hug. It's not that everyday, you get to turn 18 and be gifted by one of the most popular fashion major students which happens to be my bestfriend with one of her rarest design.

"Thank you, Chanel."

Even though I'm not a fan if dresses, Chanel's design is really hard to get. People are dying to kill just to have one. So I'm thankful.

"Anytime, Astra. I got to go now, Class is starting. Meet me at lunch." State as she bid me goodbye. Then she began walking away.

I was there left alone in the classroom, everyone staring at me like I was some sort of a curse. I don't blame them, Chanel is really popular and a head cheerleader. And I'm nothing compared to her, I'm just down in the dumps eversince mom died and I was forced to live in an orphanage

Sometimes I would ask myself, Why would Chanel befriend me? But it didn't matter cause my thoughts were cut off when Comet walked in front of me.

Ah, I really hate this guy. He was bullying me eversince 9th grade when things didn't work out with me and his brother Archer.

"Now look at that, The princess gave the beast a gift. Hahaha!"

The whole class then laughed, but I ignored it.

.......

It was after class when I saw a little black cat.

"Here, kitty." I whispered while gesturing at him to come near me. And surprisingly the cat did but I wasn't expecting it to bite me. So I retreated and then ran away from the cat.

As I was walking I began feeling ill, like I was about to throw up but I didn't. I don't want to make a mess in the school, not now when I was also being abused by my classmates.

I headed back to my dorm feeling bad, my vision became blurry when suddenly I stumbled and I fell into two warm arms.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean that to happen—"

"It's fine." The voice said, I looked up and saw a guy with blonde hair and jade eyes. Looked at me with worry and I could see him unable to look straight at me.

I managed to stand up and thank him and he gave me a soft smile before bidding goodbye.

A few steps away, I was now in my dorm. I changed my clothes and decided to lay down in bed, Thinking about the good things that might happen to me until I cried myself to sleep.

....

I woke up in a little forest, it was dark and scary. But I heard then saw a cat beside me. It was the same black cat that bit me.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" I asked the little cat but it didn't bother looking at me and began walking away.

I decided to follow the cat. And it lead me to a little cabin.

I was cautious at first but then began knocking in the cabin. Then the door opened revealing a guy, his eyes are shining green and he have this black hair. He wasn't confused seeing me and invited me inside.

Inside his cabin was alot of jars. He made me sit down ti one of the tables and he began grinding coffee. I observed the whole view. The cabin was neat and nice, it was alot more cozy than grandma's. Too bad I couldn't inherit grandma's cabin because I was too young, I was lost in my thoughts whn the man finally turned to me and smiled.

"Happy 18th Birthday, Astra." He greeted which made me confused.

"How did you know that it's my birthday? How did you know my name?"

"That's not important." He murmured while sipping a glass of coffee in his hand.

I gave him a very disappointing look and he sighed.

"Made your first wish yet?" He asked.

Then it hit me. 12 years ago, when I was 6, I met this man.

"Y-you're—"

"That's right, you can call me Azrael." His stoic expression crumbled when he saw my face.

He inched closer and touched my skin, I couldn't look at him straight in the eyes. He looks like he was scanning my while face, I could feel his breath fanning through my nose and I couldn't help but look away.

"Were you crying?" He asks.

I didn't have the guts to answer back but I heard a small growl coming from him.

After that, he let go of my chin and drastically he held my wrists and pulled me outside the cabin.

What I saw was a completely different view. It wasn't the forest anymore, it was grassy field full of daffodils and there was a door standing in there.

He pulled me until we reached the door.

"Don't Cry, Astra." He whispered.

I tried to look away but I could hear him giggling. So I turned to look at him and he was there staring at me.

"Remember to write your wish." He said.

Then he opened the door and pushed me inside, and all of my senses left me defenseless and All I could remember was waking up at 7 am sharp and I saw a little black cat sleeping in my bedroom carpet.

—End of Part 2—