"What was that?" asked Ms. Celine. She watched a rose appear out of nowhere. Suddenly, a burst of sparkles shot out of the rose and entered her newborn baby's body. She yelled for the doctor.
"This-rose-appeared-out-of-nowhere-and-then-it-shot-sparkles-into-my- baby's-body!"
"We will take her and run a few tests on her..." replied the doctor.
After a while, the doctor brought the baby back to Ms. Celine. The doctor explained that the shot of sparkles had sent part of the roses soul into the baby's and the baby now has a condition. Whenever the rose's petals fall, part of her heart will turn into stone. This will affect the lifespan of the baby. When the last petal falls... Even with the condition, the mother loved this baby and named her Diana.
One day, at the age of 5, her mother noticed that Diana bright green eyes' pupil was in the shape of a rose. The mother called the doctor, but they couldn't help her. So Ms. Celine covered Diana's eyes with a blindfold that Diana could barely see through.
At the age of 13, Diana was known as Diana Cry-anna. This made her furious. And cry. She immediately told the principal, and he sent the bullies to detention with the janitors for 2 days.
At school, she was always bullied. Her hair was cut short like a boy's, because the faux friends messed up cutting her hair stylishly. Everyone knew about her eyes, now. But, it never stopped her from going to public classes to learn a lot more than 15 years old! Everyone knew that she was smarter than one of our teachers, though they never wanted to admit it.
One day, in college, Diana realized that the rose... had ONE petal left. That was why she was always sick. Out of fear and anger, she dropped the rose on the floor. It was lucky that the rose's last petal was hanging on tightly. Slowly, Diana picked it up, and showed it to her mother. She was shedding tears on the outside, but inside it was more than POURING her eyes out.
Her mother decided that Diana didn't have to go to school anymore. Instead, she spent her last days with her friends, until she fainted on the beach. The day was drowned with the cold darkness. Everything was blurry. It felt like nothing was true. Like her life was a lie. In fact , it might have been. Why did the flower happen to appear in the first place? She couldn't think anymore. Then, there was a bright light replacing the darkness. Was she in heaven? She saw two rows of angels. Then something between them came closer and closer, every second. She couldn't see, her eyes were still adjusting. Then, a loud soft voice boomed in her ears. "You are in heaven. We can answer all your questions, before you go. Do you know why you have the soul of a rose inside of you? This is no curse. This is a gift. The flower can last for 18 years. Then it dies. But, it is the flower we are talking about. The whole rose can live for 1,000 years. You will be reborn with the memories you had in your past life. Now, I am afraid you can not enter heaven, because you will be sent back to earth, but this is a gift, not a curse. Go back to earth now, go. Spend the few more minutes with your family and friends before it is too late."
"Come back!"
"We can't go on without you!"
"AHH!"
"You're not dead right? Wake up!!!"
"If you are gone, we can't, we just CAN'T do ANYTHING!"
"Why did you have to go so early?!"
"We will remember you..."
"Why is it you that is cursed?"
"You are a hero!"
Everything went black. Then she really wished she was with her friends, and... Well, she was a lucky girl!
THE END
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The Last Petal
General FictionThis story is about a girl who was born in a critical condition, and is trying to make her life work. She only has a limited amount of time to figure out things, and enjoy life.