Majestic-Pigeon
"Your best isn't enough. Do better."
Six words Bianca Colombo was tired of hearing. She knew she was her parents' greatest creation. After all, if not their perfect pride and joy they had worked so hard for, what else was she? What more could Bianca be?
A better fighter pilot? Her parents said she was made to be the best one there is. "It was in her blood," they said. Whatever that meant, considering her family had been scientists for generations.
A better fighter? They made sure she was the best at that too. She had become the most dangerous she allowed herself to be, to the point where she had to hold back on her instructors every once in a while.
A perfect soldier? Bianca was great at following orders. It's all she ever did. She ate the nutrient cubes, got the monthly checkups, went through the daily training, worked with the rare full six hours of sleep, and handled everything else she knew other cadets at the Galaxy Garrison dealt with.
A top student...? She was already top of her class, so that's not really something she could aim to be. And as much as she loved learning, Bianca wanted more.
A good friend? Hell, just a friend in general? A person people relied on to always have their back?
But Bianca would do it. (Do what?) She had to. Because if she wasn't the best pilot, the best fighter, the top student, the best anything she needed to be... she was useless. She was nothing...
And Bianca was tired of feeling worthless. She was tired of always having to be the model others compared themselves to.
Its a shame it took her 17 years and a snarky boy with a mullet to finally realize she was done being her parents' prefect daughter.
But hey, better late than never.