Saint-Hubert Airpor
A mysterious man in a business suit waits patiently for is his very important guests.
Man:" It's about time for them to arrive, let's just hope that they'll awaken before the meet me. ~Sigh~ Fingers crossed everything goes as planned."
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West wing:
Caihong traveled the world, looking for a place to "settle down" and to start over again.
She traveled from China to Malaysia, from Malaysia to Lebanon then to Denmark, Turkey, Ethiopia, Niger, and then finally to Canada.
She stayed in these countries only for a few weeks all ways depending on the money her father put in her bank account.
When she arrived in Canada she was shocked at how different everything was. "A lot more people from different backgrounds," she thought to herself.
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As Caihong makes her way through the airport she starts to feel uncomfortable. She notices all these Georges, skinny and trained people walking around as if it's fashion week in Paris. Having partners equally as Georges making out and holding hands. She hadn't even kissed a boy nor even had a real conversation since they always thought that she was weird.
She feels all these eyes on her.
Small people, tall people, skinny people, old and very young people, trained people, business people, people who work at the airport even people her size making fun of her, giving her the side-eye, taking videos making fun of her and judging her. All of these people have come together to make this girl's life even more miserable than it was before.
Caihong puts up the hood of her hoodie not only to try and ignore the staring but also so that they won't see her tear up. She keeps her head down.
She thinks to her herself trying to get her mind off things:" Just imagine if that man lets his drink fall and that lady slips and falls on it all the attention would be on her...."
She shakes her head "Ha, what are the odds of exactly that happe-."
Right at that moment, Chinese characters saying "awakening" appear on the ground and a beam of yellow light appears from it with a gush of wind.
She freaks out things that it's some sort of prank. She looks around frantically-nobody seems to notice. She doesn't know what to do. As she tries to walk away a pair of earrings appear in the beam of light. She instantly feels drawn to it. "They look so majestic and beautiful, like a painting"
She reaches out for the earrings and then the beam of light suddenly gets brighter to the point where she has to look away. She shouts "What's happening?".
The beam of light then suddenly disappears and a faint outline of a sun appears on her forehead. She almost falls to her knees.
~Heavy breathing and sweating~
" What was that? A dream?'" She touches her ear lobes. "No. The earrings, I have them on. So it wasn't a dream." She is in disbelieve. She looks around, everybody seems normal, the attention is still on her. As she looks at the man with the coffee she remembers what she had thought about before. Right before her eyes the exact thing she had thought about happens.
The coffee slips out of the man's hand spills on the floor and the woman slips and twists her ankle.
The lady screams in pain and suddenly all attention is on her.
As all these people go to help the lady Caihong just stares from the background. "no...no...NO! This couldn't have been me, right?" She looks in disbelief and fright at her hands. She can't believe her eyes, it all seems like a crazy dream.
Suddenly starts to cry. The whole day has been a roller coaster and she is just really confused. She starts to walk trying to forget what just happened... then she starts to run, she is looking for a less crowded place to cry and collect her thoughts. Then she spots a bathroom, she rushes into it knowing full well that she is going to look like a mess.
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~Meanwhile on Roses flight~
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After the illusion of her perfect life fell apart she felt lost and after knowing that she was going to be sent away, she cracked.
As she boards the plane she feels confused at first but with time the overthinking makes her paranoid.
She has a huge fear of being abandoned and being judged by others.
~Anxyity kicks in~
She starts to breathe heavily, then she starts to sweat and frantically looks around, then she starts to shake and hyperventilate.
The passenger next to her alarms the flight attendant who tried to calm her down.
~She takes roses hand~
"It's going to be okay, don't worry we are safe here, there is nothing to worry about"
All of a sudden Rose stops shaking and hyperventilating, it seems as if her voice calms her down.
~The passengers and the flight attendant look relived~
All of a sudden Rose's eyes roll back and she passes out.
She appears in a dimly lit room.
She looks around, she asks herself where she is. The room is empty, but she can faintly hear the melody "Für Elise?" She starts to follow the melody while holding her hands out fearing that she will walk against something. She reaches a room. The music stops. The only thing in it is a barely functioning lamp and a circle drawn with chalk. "This is creeping me out. I should leave" She turns around only to find out that her path is blocked by a wall. "What is going on," she says frightened. Frantically she searches for an exit to no avail. Für Elise starts to play again. To her horror she notices that the circle has grown in size. "That must be the exit," she thinks while reluctantly going up to the circle. She looks into the circle, that was when she realized that the circle wasn't made out of chalk but rather out of Chinese characters saying "Awakening" over and over again. As she looks into the circle she realizes that it is a dark bottomless pit and that the music is coming from down there.
A gush of wind from the circle makes Rose lose her footing
"What is going on?" She is scared.
As she gets back on her feet a bright blue beam appears from the circle within it is necklace.
She can't take her eyes off it. She is drawn to it, it is as if it is calling out to her. She hesitates at first but then she reaches for it.
As she reached out to grab the necklace the blue beam becomes brighter and brighter until she...
Gasp. She wakes up to all the people on the airplane looking at her.
In her mind, they looked pissed and annoyed
Rose: "Where am I?"
~Paramedic rolls eye~: "We are at Saint-Hubert Airport"
Rose: "We have landed?"
Paramedic: "Obviously."
Flight attendant: "So can you take her off the plane? We have another flight to board, time is money you know."
She seems very annoyed. The same sweet lady that had comforted her before looks as if Rose's existence is a nuisance.
Paramedic:" Pulse and breathing are stable, eyes look good and reflexes are decent. So listen, we can take you to the hospital or you could sign these papers so that you don't have to go with us. It would benefit all of us if you didn't come."
Rose feels stressed, she doesn't know what to do.
~She starts to hyperventilate~
Paramedic/flight attendant: "Ahh shit here we go again".
The person to her right takes her hand " It's going to be ok, you're not alone. I'm here."
Rose: "This voice... it can't be...Cleo!.
Cleo: "It's ok I'm here. Just sign the papers then we can go."
~Rose is in tears, she thought that she would never see her best friend ever again.~
Rose nods in agreement, takes the papers, and signs it.
Cleo all excited shouts: "Hell yeah, let's go!"
~Cleo grabs Roses hand and they run off the plane together~
After getting the luggage they decide to go eat, on Roses dime of course.
After lunch, they started to just walk and talk "catching up" and talking about the latest celebrity drama.
Usually Rose is a quiet person but with Cleo by her side, she suddenly feels invincible, and her personality blossoms.
Cleo jokes: "You haven't felt this happy in a while, huh. I wonder why."
Rose jokes back: "Yeah, I wonder why."
~long pause~ She starts to think. She is trying to remember why she was so sad, and what lead up to it.
Cleo looks over to Rose: "Hey, are you alright? You look kinda upset.".
~Rose stops right in her tracks~
Rose:" What's going on here? Something doesn't seem... no, it doesn't feel right. Where is your suitcase?"
Cleo: "What? Why are we talking about my suitcase"
~Memorys come flooding back~
Rose: "I Remember now. It... It was you."
~She starts to look at her surroundings~"
Rose: "This, all of this... it's not some fun trip with a friend, this is me being abandoned by my parents... and betrayed by my FORMER best friend!"
Cleo: "What are you talking about, you sound crazy, here have some water."
~Rose slaps the water bottle out of Cleo's hand.~
Rose:" I DON'T NEED WATER! Who even are you?"
Cleo: "I'm me. Obviously"
Rose: "No no no nononono, something doesn't add up. If you're the reason I'm here then who are you?"
Cleo: "Who I am? I'm me right? Right?If I'm the reason you are here then, why am I here?"
Cleo starts to realize that all of this doesn't make sense. She is having an existential crisis.
Cleo:" I don't know who or WHAT I am. Rose What am I? Please, you need to help me."
~She is having a full-on meltdown.~
Rose:" I don't know what you are and I don't care! But what I know is that YOU are the reason why I've been abandoned left to care for myself, I'm only 16! Do you even know how much this hurts me?!, why am I even asking you wouldn't even care if your life depended on it. I know for a fact that the Cleo in front of me is not the real deal. The Cleo I know is an arrogant, selfish annoying brat. And what I see right now in front of me is the illusion i've created, a friendly, loving person. But it was all in my head"
Cleo:" What do you mean?"
Rose:" What I mean is that you shouldn't exist!"
Rose grabs Cleo's wrist firmly who at this point is sobbing.
Cleo begs:" PLEASE STOP, I'M SORRY FOR WHAT I'VE DONE. PLEASE LET GO OF ME!"
Even though Cleo doesn't know what Rose means she apologizes.
Rose shouts:" YOU AREN'T REAL YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXIST AND NEITHER DOES YOUR OTHER SELF! DISAPPEAR ILLUSION!
Cleo: "NOOO-!"
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Cleo disappears into thin air and Rose is left standing there.
~Heavy breathing~
Rose looks at her hand:" I... I have killed a person?"
She looks to the window next to hear, the reflection she sees is exactly what she never wanted to become."What have I become" She had promised herself that she would never let emotions control her.
She starts to laugh and cry at the same.
Rose says:" I have at last lost my mind."
~Laughter~
She starts walking searching for a bathroom. She spots a bathroom . The closer she walks towards the bathroom the more her laughter turns into sobbing.
She opens the door ready to cry her soul out.