Origin: Part 2- Chapter 1: Mary

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Once upon a time, many hundreds of years later in modern society, was a young girl named Mary. She still had plenty of youth and playfulness that could perhaps last a whole lifetime. Right now, she was in school with her friends Freya, Fitzgerald, Angelina, and Eve, who were all eating lunch together. All around, many students were enjoying their lunch, talking about many of their hobbies and playing simple games with each other.

Freya was a rather talented artist, in which her art was rather impressive for her age. She's also seen wearing a panda hat occasionally, as pandas are her favorite animal, after all.

Fitzgerald is a well-known child actor throughout town, and his destiny is already set for acting on stage. He may come out as passive-aggressive, but is still a rather trustworthy friend.

Angelina can be well described as someone who loves ornithology very much. Sometimes, she's also known as the girl with the glasses.

Eve appears to be a rather shy girl, but once you know her, she is very eccentric and excitable.

What was happening wasn't usual today. Mary was rather depressed, but it doesn't seem like there really was a reason why she was this way.

"Mary?" Angelina asked as she put the chocolate milk she was drinking down, "You look sad. Why is that?" 

"Mama and Papa are never home for me," Mary answered, "They're always away and I have nothing to do."

"You have Cottonball, though!" Eve said, pointing to a plush unicorn sticking out of Mary's backpack.

Cottonball was Mary's favorite stuffed unicorn, sporting a pink mane, baby blue fur, and lavender colored hooves. He was from a television show Mary watches a lot called Pretty Pastel Ponies. It's a very popular show, with lots of merchandise being sold, mostly plushies and books. Lately, it seemed that Pretty Pastel Ponies has a fan following with older audiences, possibly because of how adorable the little equines are in general.

Mary picked up Cottonball out of her backpack and looked at him. The stuffed unicorn showed signs that it was loved very dearly and would probably never leave Mary's sight at all. It was as if Mary had a best friend she could carry all around with her, despite her having real, human friends.

"You could invite us over, you know," Freya suggested,

"I don't know if Mama and Papa would allow that," Mary answered back gloomily

"We could be outside, though." Fitzgerald butted in, "Being outside is good for you."

"But Mama and Papa want me to be at home until they come home."

"Come on Mary, you have to be a rebel sometimes! Even I have to be a rebel with Mom, Dad, whoever is directing whatever show I'm in. But in the end, you can't always get what you want."

The bell rang, indicating that lunch was over. Many went outside for recess, but Mary didn't feel like going outside today. Instead, she went to the school library, looking for something to take home to read when she's bored.

Inside the library, there were all sorts of books all around. The librarian, Mrs. Hartford, was surprised Mary wasn't at recess today.

"Oh, hello Mary!" the librarian greeted, "I'm surprised you're not out at recess today! What brings you here?"

"I'm just looking for a book," Mary said, "I read every book Mama and Papa let me read at home. They have books I can't read because they say I won't understand them."

"Well, that's good! Reading will make you a very smart person in the future. Perhaps some of those books that your mother and father won't let you read are very long books or really scary ones. Go on, go find something you'd like."

Mary wandered through the library, crossing through the many shelves packed with books. There were so many books to choose from! Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fiction, Non-fiction, Fantasy! In this library, anyone was free to pick out any kind of book, depending on their reading skills.

That was when Mary looked over to see one book standing out right in front of her eyes. It stuck out like an eyesore, but it seemed rather...different.

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