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One or two things can change the outcome in a person's life: their attitude, how they live. Everyone is important in the outcome, not only of their life, but in everyone else's.

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I was 8 years old when news of the princess broke out. Not many news was heard around here, in the orphanage. This was big, and we all knew it.

        There was an entire festival, and this day became a holiday in Corona. Lanterns were released and the kingdom rejoiced. Until that night.

        There was a scream that could be heard from anywhere on the island. It came from the castle. The Princess, was the first assumption everyone had. Could it be? Had she been harmed? All we could hear from the orphanage window was the pounding of the guard's feet. They ran, as if they were being chased.

        Immediately, that night, posters were hung up everywhere: on trees, homes et cetera. They read, WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE - (NAME - UNKNOWN) KIDNAPPING. It displayed the picture of a shriveled old woman wearing a dark hood.

At the small age I was, I had no clue, how big of an impact this event would have on me and my life. But it was huge.

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