Chapter 1

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It was another day grinding away at examples of her work.

Grace sighed as she finished designing posters for her portfolio. Although, they wouldn't actually go in as official because she was using her skills of graphic design on images that weren't important. If she could land a freelance gig to design something for someone, then she might get more gigs in the future.

Her portfolio consists of projects finished from school assignments. Her college had her doing pretty easy assignments, much to her dislike. Her teacher in middle school back in America always gave her a challenge in each assignment to bring out the best of her abilities. And she enjoyed that challenge. But switching over to the UK and finishing secondary school and starting college wasn't easy.

The teachers didn't challenge her and that frustrated her. She would end up finishing her work before everyone else and be stuck waiting on everyone to finish. This soon led to her requesting to just finish school online and her parents saying no.

Just because of that, Grace started to make animations and get popular on YouTube. She would have around 4k subscribers by her third year in college. And she was especially keen on the monetization she earned from YouTube to start saving for better equipment for her graphic design career. Every now and then, she'd go live on YouTube with a casual talk about what the viewers wanted her to work on next. A lot of them would suggest anime that she has seen and she'd write the suggestions down.

Her viewers were always very positive and encouraged her just as much as she encouraged them to never give up on their goals. They kept her from giving up on creating her portfolio so that she could excel in graphic design.

Her exhaustion is interrupted when her little brother Clay bursts into her room, backpack still on from school.

"Mom and Dad said you need to take us to the park." He states. Grace frowns in response.

"Of course they did." She mutters. "Alright, do the twins know already?"

"Yep! They were talking about people they watch on YouTube and Twitch. They mentioned someone named Dream and then there were two I couldn't understand."

A few minutes later, the four siblings arrive at the park. Grace sits on a bench to keep an eye on the three while she works on a project for school. It was peaceful to the point she stops for just a few minutes to enjoy the gentle breeze blowing about. Off to the side, the twins had YouTube playing through their device while sitting in the shade. And they were watching a TommyInnit VOD. Clay on the other hand was playing tag with his friends as they ran around the playground equipment.

Grace resumes her work until she feels someone behind her. Turning to see who it is, she is met with a tall boy with blonde hair and baby blue eyes. She raised an eyebrow as the boy pointed towards her iPad.
"That's pretty good."

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