Chapter 1

2016.03.24

It was a rainy evening. Everyone were busy getting into their bus, cars, or finding place to hide from the raining. Meanwhile, a teenage girl who was around 5'7 tall, sitting in a class room while looking at the window.

« Alice. Aren't you going home? » A girl asked her as she was putting on her backpack as everyone ready to leave the class after a long day of study. She turned to the girl.

« I'm going but I waiting for my dad to pick me up. » She replied. The girl nodded.

« It's raining outside. Let's go and wait at the entrance. He can pick you up from there. » The girl said. She shook her head.

« No. I'm prefer sitting here waiting for him. He is going to take awhile to get here. I don't want to stand awkwardly down there. » She replied. The girl nodded again as she understood.

« Alright then. Be careful. I'm going home. » The girl said. She nodded.

« Emm~ Let's see each other tomorrow. Bye~ » She said as she waved goodbye.

« Me too~ Bye! » The girl said and left. The class was silent as she was the only person left in class. She turned to her book as she was reading a novel.

« If only I can get into that fantasy~ » She groaned as she laid her face on the book.

« Real life is too boring~ » She groaned. She closed her eyes as she listened to sounds of rain.

Suddenly, she got dragged into something without realizing...

[ Few moments later ]

« HEY!!! YOU AT THE BACK!! WAKE UP!! » A mid-age man who seemed like a teacher shouted at a girl who was sleeping at the back of the class. It was Alice. Alice woke up and brushing her eyes.

« Teacher... Isn't it the end of class today? » She asked. The teacher hit his desk.

« What are you saying, Isabella?! It's 1 PM in the afternoon!! See me after class!! » The teacher said and left the class. Everyone started to whispering around as the teacher left. Alice was confused.

« That's not my name. I'm Alice... » She said as she petting her head. A boy walked up to her with some lollipop.

« Yah! Isabella! You never sleep during class before! You pulled an all night stand? » A boy asked. Alice was confused and turned to him.

« I'm not Isabella. » She replied. The boy laughed and tapped her shoulder.

« Wake up. You lost your memory after a night stand? Don't joke around! » The boy said in disbelief.

« Seriously, I'm Alice Francesca. Not Isabella. » She said to defend herself. The boy laughed.

« You had gone insane. Hahahaha! You are Isabella Regina!! The only daughter of chairman's Quorum Entertainment!! The smart ass in school!! Not Alice Francesca!! » The boy said to her. She laughed as she remembered that it was a female lead's character name in her novel that she read awhile ago.

« Isabella Regina? Hahahaha! That's a fictional character name! I'm Alice Francesca! Not Isabella! » She replied after she laughed. The boy turned to another seat next to her and took a mirror from that desk. He put it to face her.

« Look at yourself! You are Isabella Regina! Not Alice Francesca! Alice Francesca isn't exist! » He said. Alice looked to herself in the mirror and was stunned to see herself in a complete make over. Her black hair turned into brown silky hair, her eyes went from black to grays hazel eyes, and her face went from full of acnes to none. She was stunned by her appearance.

« Isabella Regina! You are Isabella Regina! Did you hit your head yesterday? Alice Francesca is a fictional character that you read in fiction! You aren't her. » The boy said. Alice turned into a complete different person.

« Yah... I'm serious... This isn't me... I'm not Isabella Regina who was perfectly drew in fiction. » She said softly while looking at herself in the mirror. The boy was annoyed by her weird reaction. He put the mirror down and took out his phone. He googled something then showed it to her.

« Look! This is you! The only daughter of chairman's Quorum Entertainment! You are a Chaebol* !! » He said. Alice took a look at his phone. It was picture of her and unknown people in some sort of higher class people's events and a Google research of her info display on the screen. It was exactly like what she read in her novel. Isabella Regina, the perfect female lead. Isabella Regina, the mixed Korean and Spanish daughter of the chairman of Quorum Entertainment. Isabella Regina... The perfect definition of woman that every female's dream of. Isabella Regina... The unbeatable woman.

« Seriously? You got too attached to that fiction book?! Alice Francesca isn't real! » The boy said. Alice was too stunned to respond. She gave him the phone back.

« I-i'm going outside. » She said as she stood up. The boy was confused.

« Isabella! Where are you going?! The class will start soon!! » The boy shouted as she left the class.

( In the hallway )

Alice was so confused as she was walking down the unknown hallway of unknown school. It wasn't her school. She was never knew about this place before.

« Did I get into fictional world or I hit my head on something hard? I'm not Isabella. » She asked herself whisperely as she was walking down the hallway.

« If I remembered clearly, I was waiting for my dad to pick me up from school after class. Why am I here? It's still in the middle of school day. So confusing. » She asked while walking. She bumped into a tall boy who was walking in the opposite direction of hers.

« I'm sorry. » She apologized withouts looking.

« Be careful next time, Isabella Regina. » He said and walked passed her. She was surprised by someone called her by full name like that. She turned to look to see who said to her like that. It was a tall teenage boy with a headphone around his neck.

« Who is he? » She asked then shook her head as she realized that she had nothing to do with a boy like him. She turned to her direction and continued her path.

[ After school ]

( In front of the school )

« Isabella! » A boy called her as she was walking out of the school. She stopped and turned to the boy. It was boy who showed her identity awhile ago.

« Oh! Woo-joo! » She called him. It was Woo-joo, another character in that fiction that Alice read. His character was Isabella's childhood best friend.

« You seemed like you got your memory back~ Wanna hang out in the mall? » He asked as he put his arm on her shoulder. She thought a bit.

« I don't think so. I want to rest. It's a long day of school. » She said and stretched her back. Woo-joo laughed.

« A long day? You slept half of the day. You don't have the right to say that! » Woo-joo said and rolled his eyes. Alice turned to him and hit his chest.

« Get lost! I studied too! » She said.

« Study, my ass. You were zone out today. Tonight get a full 12 hours sleep. Sleepyhead! » Woo-joo said and messed her hair.

« YAH!! YOU CRAZY JERK!! » She shouted after Woo-joo messed her hair. She ran after Woo-joo who was ran to hide from her. Woo-joo... Alice had never know about Woo-joo before she entered this some sort of fictional world. She was still adapting the life of Isabella that wrote in fiction while she didn't know how long she will stay or disappear because her character... wasn't a main lead... just a side character who supporting the story. But Woo-joo... He was the main male lead, dumb but smart. He wasn't prefect as most of main lead character should be. He was clumsy, clingy, childish, street smart but book dumb, the walking red flag, like who would make a main lead being a red flag like that? Overall, everything is in the author's hand. They had the power to either make a character successful, alive, in love or dead with regret, sacrifice... They held that power.

While they were chasing each other, a tall teenage boy who bumped into early that day in the hallway was watching them from the school gate.

« Are you sure that girl is your fiancee? » Another boy asked him as they were watching them chasing down each other.

« It had been decided since we were kids. I can't just ignore the fact that she is mine. » The boy said then sighed.

« You can break the engagement. You did that as a kid. You don't know what's good or bad. » Another boy said.

« I don't want to think about it. She didn't remember that at all. It doesn't matter anymore. She can be the one who called off the engagement. » The boy replied. Another boy looked at him in shock.

« Are you...in love with her already? for real? » another boy asked.

« Shut it. There is no such thing as love. I'm leaving. » The boy said and left the scene. Another boy was still in shock.

« Hey! Wait for me! » another boy said and ran after.

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To be continued...

* Chaebol ( direct translate : rich family ) = is a large industrial conglomerate that is run and controlled by a person or family in South Korea. A chaebol often consists of many diversified affiliates, controlled by a person or group of persons whose power over the group often exceeds legal authority. { Sort : Wikipedia }