Young Forever

Chapter 1

Angela Wang was celebrating her 20th birthday. Her friends had set up a surprise party for her. They sang for her, played games, they talked, they laughed- it was a momentous occasion. It was her 20th birthday, of course they would go all out. For Angela, it may be the best day of her life. Her friends didn't leave until late into the night.

Once all of them left, Angela sat down and sighed. She'd had a great time. She'd made all these friends who loved her and would go all out for her.

If only she could've experienced this as a teenager.

When she was younger, Angela thought she never needed friends. She never made an effort to talk to anyone. As long as her grades were good, things would be fine, she thought. The closest thing she had to friends were her cousins.

She graduated from school, and managed to get into a good college. It was a whole new world for her. She managed to make some friends and realised that having other people around her could be fun.

Every now and then, Angela looked back on her teenage years. They were full of regret. She wished she lived her full life as a teenager.

If only there was a way to go back to that time.

If only she could redo her teenage years.

When Angela was sleeping, that day, she heard someone call her name. She awoke and found it was a butterfly- but not any ordinary butterfly. This butterfly had the body of a human girl, her hair was long and black and she had antennas on her head. Her hands outstretched onto her wings, which had red and purple patterns on them. Angela rubbed her eyes.

"Who are you?" she asked.

"I am Rosalia, the spirit of youth" the butterfly responded. "And I heard your call."

"What call? What are you talking about?" asked Angela.

"I can tell you have a lot of regrets. There are things you wish you did in your youth. I can give you that."

"You.... you can?"

"Yes. I can make you a teenager again. You can do all the things you wished to do. You can have another chance at your youth."

"How do I know this is not a dream?" Angela asked.

"It isn't a dream," Rosalia said. "Just tell me what age you want to be and I can make you that age."

"Um.... make me thirteen years old again. I want to redo all of my teenage years."

"Then your wish.... Is granted."

A bright flash of light appeared and everything went white...