Self-pressure is the last thing Luna Autumn Delacroix wanted herself to go through. She has been a consistent top student-- one who demonstrates exceptional academic abilities, disciplined, and is focused on achieving her goals. She look up to her parents who both came from the family full of child prodigies. Despite having the capabilities to excel in prestigious schools abroad, Autumn is contented studying in the Philippines. Contrary to her own decision, her father wanted her to study in his alma mater which is one of the top schools in France. This made Autumn want to exert extra effort to her studies so she can stay in the country, especially when she was forced to transfer to another school in Iloilo City where she feared losing the rank 1 to her former classmate in grade school in Paris-- Zylan Jaxx De L' Aquila. As a result, Autumn starts pressuring herself to push everything she can to the limit. She can not lose, she can not be defeated. Even as a top 2, she will never accept it. Horror rushed all over her when she realizes she is transforming to a kind of person she greatly avoided. To make things worse, she think she is falling for her academic rival and love is distracting her from reaching her goals. She is much horrified of failure than death. Seems like, fate has no plans to stop giving her obstacles and difficulties until she finally gives up. But, she is built strong; she can overcome anything. She is determined to drive all over the avenue towards success. She will pass through every corner of the busy city road and will make it to the cul-de-sac, and finally pull over to fulfillment. [This story is written in Filipino-English]

Escaping from the chaotic reality was always been a choice of Asrah "Ashley" Valerie Andrada; may it be through writing or painting. She loves writing a lot and she would spend more time sitting with her phone on her hand or with her pen and notebook than other things. In short, she is making her own world. She never expected that someone would ever come to her life and bother her sleeping heart. She was never the type who was confident with her looks yet she has accepted that she doesn't fit the beauty standards of majority. She knows that loving him is forbidden. But love isn't something you just can tell yourself to stop and it will. To make things not complicated, she tried to avoid it--but she couldn't. Following her heart means being ready to face the consequences. In love but hidden. But there is this one of the many things that scares her the most...what if by choosing this love will make her loose it all? Her dreams that soars higher than a mountain? Her hope? And what if those dreams fade slowly before her? Still, she will continue to strive for her goals. She will fly high even if her dreams are surpassing the skyscrapers. Ashley built those dreams, she has known her goals and she will rise above the skyscrapers.

Having a holy name that doesn't go well with the attitude is really Zephaniah Angela Cloud. She was born in a highly modernized world and was raised with all her needs and wants given- spoiled by her father, in short. Having a brain but with a not-so-good manners isn't a big deal for her. Still, there is someone who appreciates her and believes that there's good in her. Will she ever change? Or will she stay in her mindset that she was just being herself? | This story is written in Filipino-English with some French. |