Genius School

Perfect Princess

It felt like I had floated in a haze for years, but it turned out to be only a few hours. When I awoke, it was like I was in another world. In a way, I was. After falling in gym class, I was unsure as to what was happening around me. I heard people saying words like "Princess" and couldn't tell if I was awake or asleep. But it turned out I was more awake to the world around me than I had ever been before.

When I fell, I hit my head pretty hard. That jarred my brain and caused the cerebrum to hit my skull. Instead of doing damage, the results were quite magnificent. Let's go back to when I first woke up, and you'll see what I mean.

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"Where am I?" My voice came out as a rasp. What happened to me? I wondered. Then it all came rushing back- climbing the rope. Falling. Something purple.

"Oh, joy. You're awake. Well, looks like babysitting the royal brat just got harder. How can you be a princess if you don't even know what your palace looks like? Every Seelie schoolchild knows what this place looks like, and you don't. Go figure."

I could see a hazy outline of the speaker next to my- bed? Hammock? Flying carpet thing with pillows? Now that I was more awake I could see that I was on some sort of fabric hanging from the ceiling. The room I was in was quite beautiful, except for the insulting person in it.

"Well, excuse me, but if I'm going to be ridiculed, could someone at least tell me what for? I really don't see a reason to be so rude," I snapped. Normally, I'm nice. But this person was taking things to far by insulting me when I didn't even know where I was.

"You're pathetic!" the hazy form sneered before storming out the door.

What the heck was that all about? I wondered.

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I stayed on the bed/hammock/carpet for another minute or two before getting up to explore. As I sat up, I felt a sharp pain in my back. "Ow!" I yelled as I rubbed it. Wait- what the heck? Is there something on my back? It felt like... feathers. Like what I imagined a bird's wing would feel like, only bigger and more muscular. I craned my head around to look. No. Freaking. Way. I had purple wings!

I got out of bed the rest of the way and saw a mirror on the other side of the room. It the kind you sometimes see in fitting rooms, with three sides so that you can see your back. The wings-my wings-had feathers in all different shades of purple and dark blue. The edges of the feathers were iridescent and created a cool shimmery effect whenever I moved them. After staring at them for a good ten minutes, I noticed I was in a hospital gown. Unlaced. I tied it up in the back as fast as humanly possible (Was I still human now that I had wings?) and started looking around the room. In one corner was an ornate dresser, with drawpulls that looked like ferns. In one draw I found undergarments that worked with wings. In another, I found a selection of racerback tanks and hoodies with zippers in the back. Also in the dresser were plain black leggings, socks, and sneakers.

Now that I had normal clothing again, I explored the rest of the room. It was, like I said, beautiful, just a little odd. On the bookshelf, which was painted with flowers, there were several books: A Complete History of Seelie/Unseelie Wars; Disguising Your Wings In the Mortal Relm; What To Do If The Wild Hunt Awakes; and Getting To Know Your New Wings. Eagerly, I grabbed the last book and began reading. Even for someone with my IQ (Did you forget I'm a genius?) it was quite confusing.