To Be The Empress

The Reflection

She woke up to the soft white glow of the new day and the sweet chirping of the birds but also a sharp pain on her wrist and hands
The dream of the previous night still haunting her upon her wake . normally waking up comes real slow and relaxed to Eliana, as if the day was kind enough to come softly into focus.
She rarely woke up on the wrong side of the bed , but today wasn't just the day
From dreaming of her death to waking up with sharp pain on her hands . "How much worse can it get" she thought annoyingly
After a lot of procrastinating , and moaning to herself , she decided to get up even though her alarm hasn't gone off yet ,and make herself a cup of camomile tea and get to work . "Be a little proactive and useful for once in my lifetime . Make ma and da proud of what lazy cow they have made" she thought to get herself a bit more motivated and excited about life
She opened her eyes , adjusting her them to her surroundings , she noticed that the room and the bed she was in looked nothing like hers , no small messy bed , pizza boxes everywhere and with no room for anybody to sit down , but instead a humongous bedroom with an appropriately sized bed , it was just tidy enough to show that whoever lived here cared about the space and just messy enough to show that she/he was able to let their creativity roam free. "So classy" Eliana thought as she turned around to see a woman with ginger haired woman with emerald green eyes and freakles all over her face , holding a two inch needle in one hand and her left hand in another .
Eliana snatched her hand away , screaming on top of her lungs .
"Who the hell are youuuu?" Eliana yelled backing up
She calmly got up , hiding the small pin into the perfectly brushed up bun she had , and said "please mind your language miss , I have prepared a bath for you " she indicated at the small bowl of musty cold water and a cloth and left without another word.
Eliana looked over to her aching hands , covered in bruises from the needle pricks .
"What the hell is wrong with that lady ? She called me miss ! More importantly, where the fuck am I ?" She thought , nothing was adding up to her, she couldn't figure out any of the answeres to her endless questions no matter how hard she thought and tried to figure things out , but not before long , she gave up. "But really , these things doesn't and shouldn't bother me at all, I got myself into some kind of trouble and if there were concequences , I just have to deal with them in silence , just like ma and da said." She told herself as she started to calm down
Leaving the thoughts aside, she got out of bed to take the 'bath' the young lady was talking about.
She needed it.
Eliana reached out to take the small towel , and then the reflection of what was supposed to be her in the musty , icy cold water caught her eye
The turquoise blue eyes got her locked in , They say the eyes are windows,she can see through them. She can see the pain and sorrow behind these eyes and the gentleness just the same. She sees
how every emotion comes together to form the art of their soul. It forms a picture and Eliana comprehends with full depth. So, she sees their life , the person's life she was reincarnated into, she does. Their eyes are beautiful , it's not about colours or shape, it's about the loving sweet essence that is so clearly there but she sees that it's broken , from the unfairness and misunderstanding of the world.
The acrid strench from the water was too strong , it put her off from bathing in it , "I'd rather die than let that water touch my skin" Eliana thought in disgust , trying to imagine from where it must've come from
She explored around the room getting her thoughts together , Eliana noticed that the room was filled with expensive jewelries and clothing , the old miss didn't lack anything but love and affection , just like Eliana back at home . These two young ladies had similarities , and maybe , it was fate that brought then together ,
The accident wasn't a dream and the wish , the wish came true. Now she was in another person's body , living another life.
"I wonder what ma and da are doing right now , that I'm gone " she let her minds float around random thoughts to ease her nervousness . Eliana knew that she couldn't just live like everyone treated her, she needed to get justice for this beautiful woman's body she in right now . whatever she has done to deserve this  Eliana needs them to know who she really is and treat me accordingly , just like the real lady of this household. "I am not willing to die a second time this easily" she thought
The door abruptly opened , disturbing her thoughts ,when the same ginger girl came in again with what looked like breakfast
Eliana went over to her and sat down on a small moderate round table next to the window.
The ginger girl handed her stale molded bread and some cold soup. It stank but Eliana forced herself to chug it down without another thought .
She looked over to the girl who was quite astonished ,
" was she expecting me to throw over a tantrum , just like the old lady probably did? Well ,little girl , she is gone and I am here . A whole new person in your previous masters body " she thought , laughing internally at her surprised expression
the door opened again , and there was silence as the person who was about to enter the room was watching me from afar in shock
" like seriously , there is no manners in this household " Eliana thought while she was still eating the horrendous muck.
The footsteps of the man approaching Eliana echoed through the entire room , so powerful that it let everyone present in the room let know who is in charge
In a flash of a light , he slashed the 'breakfast' from the table onto the floor.
Eliana looked up, quite surprised , seeing his face for the first time . He was fairly good looking ,with bleached blonde hair and crystal clear blue eyes
but anger and confusement all entertwined together onto his face made it into an ugly scowl
"Why the hell are you eating this? are you trying to kill yourself ?, why don't you throw over a tantrum like always?" He yelled , bombarding her with questions
Eliana didn't reply , knowing that was the best thing to do
"Whatever , it's not like I care if you get food poisoning or whatever" he said softening his expression and lowering his voice at the same time " I will arrange for you to have a different maid , a maid that will treat you better" he looked at the ginger girl in disgust and stormed out of the room , not even bothering to close the door behind him
The poor ginger girl looked terrified , she was shaking so hard while she was cleaning the mess young master left
And before Eliana could open her mouth to say anything , the ginger girl bowed politely , without making eye contact and was on her way.
And for the rest of the day eliana was searching the entire room , looking for letters and diaries , itching to know more about the old young lady of this household and this peculiar family.
Finally ,after a few hours,she found something useful at the very back of the closet . It was a diary that belonged to Anastasia Adair.The diary was a simple earthy hued cover, warming to the eyes, comforting. it was soft to the touch and the edges had a similar look to some beloved teddy bear. Inside the pages looked as if they had bathed in golden rays and taken them in, so softly golden were they. And the letters took their places as if by a composer's hand, one who was accustomed to the sweeter notes of beauty . Luckily for Eliana it was full of writing , and as if it was predicting the future , she read about all of the things that happened today in the exact same order but slightly different ." If this diary actually predicts the future , I can change it for the better just as I did today " Eliana thought , but little did she know that fate wasn't going to make that this simple
The Adairs were a very rich noble family who were very important to the crown as well as the kingdoms economy , many years before Anastasia came into this realm , the real lady of this family went missing .
Anastasia was small when they scouted her from the streets as a replacement . She had nobody so she willingly went through the doors of hell but she had no idea of what's going to come...
Her naivety and hope for change slowly turned into agony and regret until it was time for her to go away forever and never return...