「CHAPTER 1」 NEVER ENDING DREAMS

"And click!" The shutter sound goes off after i pressed the button.

"Gosh. Look this two lovey-dovey couple right here"

And now I finally caught him in action. His girlfriend would totally love this picture of him and his other girl. They had no idea what kind of hell that I've been through just to get this picture. His girlfriend had to beg on her knees just for me to agree to this and of course, she offered me thrice the price if I spied on her boyfriend for a week.

I am popular among the students who had issues, 'illegal issues' that weren't allowed in our school. for example sneaking into teacher's offices to change their grades, plotting revenge on someone, and some more. I can run errands too. I went through hell for all of that but it was worth it cause at the end of the day they will pay me the right price. Though the school never knew about all that.

"I'll just send it to her and then my job will be finished" I opened my phone and popped my screen sending her the picture that I took. I sent a couple of pictures and then charge her the fee.

"Y-YOU! What are you doing here?!" The guy shouted across the Plaza causing the other people to look at us.

"Are you talking to me, Mister?" I pointed myself staring at the raging guy.

He headed towards me stomping his feet and clenching his fist leaving his other girl on the side dumbfounded.

"I KNOW YOU!"

"Yeah. I-I know I'm popular at my school. Do you perhaps w-want my autograph?"

This is useless! He's still coming at me.

"Don't go any further! I learned karate and I can beat you!" I warned as I have taken steps backward.

"Hey! I'm giving you a warning! Stop there!"

"You dirty frick! Does my girlfriend sent you here?!"

I took a glance behind me and noticed that I'm almost at the edge of the plaza's lake.

I reached for my bag to use it as a weapon against the raging man but i lost my balance and my heels slip on the rock quickly sending me down the lake.

The cold water shook my entire body as I struggled to keep my head above the water. The water is cold yet my body feels on fire. I keep kicking my legs and flapping my hands as hard as I can. I reached out only to grasp nothing. I found myself sinking towards the bottom of the lake. I let out a deep breath making a tiny air bubble in the water ascend. The more I struggle to get back the deeper I sunk. The water is weighing me down deeper and deeper as the seconds' pass.

Despite my dire situation, I let the water embrace me. I let the force of the tide pull me under. Finding it pointless to do anything. I knew there was no point in fighting. My limbs felt heavy and my body started to go numb. The last amount of air escaped my lips watching a few air bubbles escape my mouth once again.

I heard the water splash and notice that someone else entered the water. The sound of water crashed as she went under. That was when I saw a woman wearing a white long dress. She swam directly towards me. I felt a soft fingertip trying to grasp me but it was far too late. My mouth instinctively opened gasping for air. The water rapidly pushed its way into my mouth and trickled down my throat.

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"They say dying in your sleep is the most peaceful way to die. No pain...No suffering. It's an unexpected death. You will never finish what you're intended to but you died...peacefully in your...bed. Everyone will be crying about your death the next day. But all you did was to sleep...for eternity. That's what I wanted..." He rest his chin on his palm and turn his head into my direction.

"Sol? Do you believe in heaven?" he continued.

"No. So if i were you, i wouldn't spend my time helping others since it's useless and no one appreciates it"

"How about Gods? Do you believe that they exist?"

"No. But I believe in you and i appreciate every bit of your help"

"And If Gods did exist you would still be here..."

"I believe in them before, I prayed and prayed so that you didn't have to go but you still died because they never did. Gods didn't exist"

"Forgive me for leaving you alone...Forgive me for making your death not peaceful just like what you dreamed"

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A flashes of bright white light pass over my eyes.

Is this the after life?

Where am I?

Am i dead?

my eyes twitch. I tried opening my eyes but the surroundings are too bright.

What happened to me?

I felt the soft cold sheets all over me. A slowed and low volumed music are being played in the background. An old music that I've never heard.

I opened my eyes and My gaze swiveled across the room.

What happened to me? Did I drowned? No. I saw Someone helped me.

"Is there someone out there?!" I yelled helding up a single pillow getting ready for a fight.

No one response to my call.

"Hey! T-this isn't funny anymore!"

It doesn't take long before someone burst into the door.

It caught my attention and immediately get on the top of the bed

"Y-you! Who are you?!" I yell while tossing the large pillow on the girl.

"My lady, please calm yourself" the female uttered trying not to panic.

"Who are you?!"

"My lady please get down on the bed. You will hurt yourself if you keep standing up" she begged as she runs up to me.

Everything was foreign to me. Everything just doesn't make any sense.

"H-Hey! Don't come to me! Do you know who am I?!"

"I am! I am the leader of the most famous MAFIA in the world!"

"And i know karate!"

There's no way this childish excuse would work.

"My lady, Please calm down" she fiddled on her sleeves and is bitting her nails.

"Wrong idea?! It's so clear that you kidnapped me here dressed me up in a nice dress and...put me in a luxurious room..."

Wait! This doesn't add up. Did I miss something? I fell into the plaza's lake while following an order. I fell and then...I woke up in here.

"Where am I again?"

"My lady, you were brought here at Duke Cylesti's manor after the accident that happened in celebration banquet in the Palace"

"No, No. That didn't answer my question. Where a-"

"Wait- Wait, What was that? Did I hear it right? Duke Cylesti? Celebration banquet? And...palace"

"Yes, My lady"

I've heard that word somewhere. Hmm?

"No! that is absurd."

"WHAT IN THE WORLD IS HAPPENING?!!" I Exclaimed ruffling my hair rapidly.

This doesn't look and feels like a dream to me. Everything that is happening is real...

"You! What's my name?" I run down the bed and shake the female that was trembling and has tears threatening to flow out of her eyes.

"I-Is it possible that My lady has lost her m-memories?"

"Tell me. Am I...Sollane...Cylesti?"

She nodded trying to calm herself down and keep wiping her tears with her hands.

Sollane Cylesti, That name!

The adoptive sister of the main character's love interest in the book that I wrote. The girl is known for her unsympathetic personality and menacing face. A girl who only exists to make the main character's love interest insecure.

She's my self-inserted character but she's far more different than me. We just have the same face and physics.

Dammit! Why do I have to write a self-inserted character that is like this?! I could've written a good character.

Am I in her body?! "Mirror? Where's the mirror?"

She hurried and open the drawer beside the bed. She pulled out a circular mirror and hand it over. "Is this what you need, My lady?"

I hold the mirror and focus on it.

the scar on the left side of my cheek is still there. I check out my hands and glance at my veiny hands and the black nail polish that I got last week was still there.

What? I don't understand. I'm in Sollane's body then that means I shouldn't be having these old scars from my old body.

Wait! Does that mean...?!!

"Oi! Do I have this scar before?!" I pointed to my left cheek.

"No, My lady. You didn't have that before. That scar suddenly appeared after the accident. By the way, where did you get those? It will surely affect your chances of getting married" she replies as she picks up the mirror from my hand.

"You keep talking about the accident. What happened in there?" Then that means...this is my real body, not Sollane's. But if this is mine, where did Sollane go.

"Do you really not remember anything, my lady?"

"Yeah. That's why I wanted to know what happened in the accident. Please tell me everything"

Does the accident that happened to Sollane is connected to mine?

"Please don't miss a single detail"

"The thing is...You fell into the pond near the garden and the investigation said that what happened to you was just an accident but...there is a rumor that is going around the manor..."

"That is suspicious to think about"

"My lady, should I continue?"

"Yeah, Yeah. Just continue. What is it about?"

"Uhmm...it said that you falling onto the well isn't an accident" she hesitated before getting on the point.

"What do you mean is there anyone else to blame?"

"...you may not recognize her but the rumors say that...young lady Rio, your sister is the ones at fault..."

"Her?! You mean Rio?!"

"Y-yes. My lady"

Rio, the love interest and the fiancee of the main character did this? That's absurd. She would never do that. Even though She's a witty and messy person.

"Hey, Say it. Do you notice any difference in my body?"

"I noticed a lot of changes, My lady. You become thinner, and your complexion has gotten worst"

"What do you mean 'worst'? My skin is not that bad"

The real body of Sollane that is living in this world isn't here anymore. Did we switch places after we got involved in an accident at the same time?

"That is complete bullshit!"

"Oh my! My lady, please be careful. that is not how a proper lady talk"

"Wait...Is there any weird thing that happened on that well?" I bring my face closer to hers and whispered.

"What do you mean, my lady?"

"Like a corpse or something?"

There has to be a corpse on the crime scene.

"C-Corpse. No, My lady the investigators never find anything"

"Ohh Actually, My lady They notice this weird specific detail..."

"Stop beating around the bush and just tell it to me straight forward" I complained.

"It is that other weird and complex items were found in the same well too..."

"...Up till now, the items were still unknown. No one has a clue about how that item ends up in there"

"Where're the items now? Did they already get rid of it?"

"Oh! I remember now! I sneak in a single item because I thought you might ask about it" She pulled put a black circular thing under her white apron.

"Here, My lady"

"This! This is mine!" I recognize the item that she handed to me. It was the Camera lens that I use.

"Where're the other parts?!"

Nooooo no-no! I spend a huge amount of money on my dream camera! Why are my precious camera is in here! Did they cross dimensions too?!

"Where are the others?!"

"The only thing I know is that the investigators didn't find any clues on the items so right now they were in the hands of first prince Hades who was currently residing in this manor"

"What? Who?! H-Hades?!"

"My lady you can't just spat out a royals name without any proper-"

"Get out for a moment"

"But...my lady?"

"Wait, before you get out. Don't go telling everyone that i forgot my memories. It's our secret"

She bowed her head and franktically get out of the room .

Hades. One of the brothers of my main character. The firstborn and the next in line for the throne. He can't have those items! He's way too terrifying!

The brothers are currently residing on the duke's manor. Those darn princes!

The main character in the novel that I wrote was a...prince. The second-born Louis, The oddest among his brothers when it comes to name and his family's origin. His mother being the first queen and not being able to bear a child resulted in the King having a second wife who gave birth to Hades but the first queen soon got pregnant and gave birth to Louis making him the second. A prince that was competing with his brothers. His past molds him to become ferocious.

The first prince, Hades. An emotionally unavailable person and the main antagonist of this story.

The second prince, Louis who was determined to have the throne by himself but unfortunately a soul from a modern time posses his body.

The third prince, Zeus. An unpredictable man that exceeds in his studies and was identified as a genius. He was the little brother of Hades.

The fourth prince, Achilles. The greatest swordsman in the kingdom. The king decided to married a lady from a strong household to strengthen his influence on the eastern part of the kingdom. The third queen soon gave birth to the fourth prince Achilles.

The fifth prince, Eros. He was the son of the King's sister. A playful young man who can make all the ladies fall in him in one snap.

The king assigned them announce a special announcement and to held a second banquet.

"This world is really desperate to kill me"

"Out of all times! Really? Universe? Is this what you want?"

There's gotta be a way to go back to my world. Let's start by retrieving my camera. Even if the brothers reside in the same manor, we wouldn't see each other unless we intended to.

I'll retrieve my camera by any means.

There's only one thing that will surely work.