Ariadne and the Tales of Heroes

Chapter 12: October 1st, 1899

He was reborn as a girl. It took him time to adjust. Fureax was at first shaken up as he realized what he was and how his world was made upside down now. His new name was Daiyu, born from a medium wealth family. The home was dilapidated, having two rooms, one for her and her sister and the other for his family. It was a struggle for the mother to take care of the place while raising a family. Daiyu lived in the outer edge of Peking outside the main wall that led inside to the European controlled areas. The walls led to another series of walls that was the Forbidden City.

"Seven years old," Daiyu quietly said to herself. "I might not have forgotten who I was, but there are times my brain can't make sense of everything. I look at my body, and I see that of a little girl. I remember the day that I was shot and the day that I died, but how does one make sense of reality anymore? I had to learn the Chinese language, and I still am learning it. I feel that I am seven years old, but I am not. How does one identify themselves through such a change as this? My name is Daiyu, and I am determined to learn more about my surroundings and possibly make my escape from my family."

Daiyu had one sister, and that was Biyu, an annoying older sister that often made fun of her wherever she went. Her mother was named Lanfen, and her father Liu that lived in this place you would be called home. The home consisted of a small living room connected to a kitchen and two bedrooms. Toilets were in outhouses in the street or worse there were bedpans.

"Nǐ shì shén​​me......doing sister?" Asked Biyu. Daiyu was posing in front of a mirror as she took a good look at herself.

Daiyu ignored her sister as she continued to look and spin around. She wore a simple dress that she spun around to see what it looked like around her. She had a devious smile on her face as she knew that she was annoying her sister. She often got aggravated if her sister ignored her for too long.

"Like being in front of that mirror, huh?....well, it is my mirror, and you can't stand there forever."

Biyu grabbed Daiyu by her arm and shoved her to the side. That was more than enough that Daiyu needed. Biyu being seven, started to look at herself in the mirror as Daiyu gave a staunch deviant look at her sister.

She nodded as she charged at her sister and tackled her to the floor. Daiyu went and grabbed the hair of her sister and forced her head down.

"Mom!" she tried to call as Daiyu was holding her down.

"Ha, ha...." She thought to herself. "I may be younger than her, but I still have control in the end. I am more powerful than her. I also have something she doesn't, and that is intelligence from my past adulthood."

Daiyu holding her sister's hair like a leash inflicted a massive amount of pain on Biyu. The little girl held lifted her head as she was slamming her fists down in pain and frustration. Daiyu said a few words as Lanfen was in the kitchen making food.

"In the end, sister, I always win," She whispered to her. "I am smarter than you in every way possible."

"Mom!....Mom!....my sister is beating me up," Biyu yelled.

"Ha, ha," he thought to himself. "Even if I get punished, I got to stick it to my sister. She means well, but she is still too young to make a friend of."

Lanfen sighed as she put her utensils down. She left the kitchen and walked to her bedroom to see Daiyu and Biyu fighting each other physically.

"Daiyu, let go of your sister this instant!" their mother replied.

Daiyu gave a mischievous smile to her mother as she slammed her sister's head to the floor and released her as she got off of her. Biyu grabbed the back of her own head in pain. A small tear ran down her head. She might have been almost nine years old, but she had to admit to herself that Daiyu was a capable fighter.