shattered stars

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She banged around as she woke up. She concluded that she was in a box or a coffin. Thoughts were racing through her mind. Where was she? Was she alive? Did someone trap her? The mirror was openly suspicious. Or this could be another one of her lucid dreams. She hummed a lullaby her mother always used to sing. She had to hope she could get out. She banged on the box. BANG! BANG! BANG!

"I better hurry up and find that uniform before someone spots me... Urgggh... This lid weighs a ton! Try this on for size! Mya-ha!" [REDACTED] said. It sounded like a weasel, she loved weasels. On a winter's eve, she'd always go and feed them the left overs of her dinner. As hard as that was while being blind, it felt like she developed an emotional bond with them, like they were her friends.

She felt around for her guide cane. And it was a different shape at the top. It was the wand that she had described the main character in her little story to have. But here it was, in real life. By her side. Her cane takes the appearance of a silver staff with golden star designs along the handle. The diamond-shaped base is golden in color, and a large crescent moon of a similar shade is attached to the top. Between this are two silver connecting pieces and a deep blue orb. A translucent 12-sided three-dimensional star with aquamarine edges is suspended by a golden hanger within the curve of the moon.

"Um, excuse me? The voice that sounds like a weasel? Can you help me get out of here?" She said very politely. Y/N's parents raised her with manners. Not to disrespect people.

"How... How DARE YOU! I am no WEASEL! I'm Grim, sorcerer extraordinaire!
Tch. Whatever. You...human! Just gimme your uniform, and be quick about it!" The talking weasel in Y/N's imagination. She didn't know if it was a talking weasel or not, and to be frank, she would never know.

"Excuse me? What do you mean about my uniform? I'm wearing my pajamas-"
As she felt her clothes, she didn't have her pajamas on. She had an extravagant black silk robe draped over her clothes, it had accents of gold and purple on. This wasn't what she was wearing when she came here.

Once Y/N emerged from the coffin with her cane, she had to tell Grim.

"Excuse me? I'm blind. And I.. um.. I'm sorry but I don't know where I am."
She said to Grim. Grim just gave her a look, but she didn't realise that.

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