Chapter 1(Lost in Starlight)

Between the flashing of lights, the shutter of thousands of cameras, and the screams of the crowds in excitement, the screeching wheels of a Bentley was unheard as a slender figure slipped out of the car with splendor and style as the crowds rushed in and the photographers stationed their cameras to get a better view of the "most famous and the arising sensation of the year"- Larcia Grace.



At the young age of 25, Larcia has made enough name and fame all across the world to last her a lifetime. For the past 6 years she has been listed under Forbes 30 under 30 most influential people and arose as the richest person on the list. After almost 7 years in the entertainment industry as a singer, Philanthropist , and as a heartthrob Larcia has made herself a renowned personality throughout nationwide.



At the red carpet she started waving with a perfect smile plastered onto her beautiful face. Her dark hazel brown hair which almost seemed to be black shone in the lights, her green eyes with flecks of black shimmerd like the dazzling of crystals, her moles also played a huge role in her beauty. She wore a navy blue bodycon dress with glitter which absolutely looked straight out of a movie, everything about her was just perfect and almost........unreal.



After the award ceremony was over, she bid her fans goodbye and again tried her best to put the perfect 'her' in front of them, got into her car and let out an exasperated sigh.



As the car started revving up, through the tinted windows she saw her fans trying to get another glimpse of her. Even after all these years she wondered to herself that, her fans never cease to surprise her. When the car turned at a corner and the view of the crowd was blocked by debris she realized how much she loved those people.



After getting completely exhausted Larcia fell into a slumber as the commute from the venue to her house took almost 2 hours. As she fell asleep, through a cluster of clouds as they departed, a little girl was visible, lying on a hill with her hands resting behind her head, basking in the sun and gazing up at the sky.



She didn't seem much older than five, her long hair splattered in every direction as she laid on the ground without a care, her eyes had a striking resemblance to an ocean. The weather was the most sunny it had ever been in a while. Mostly the sun was never out at where she lived and it almost seemed like a miracle that day.



But suddenly she sat up as heavy wind started blowing and a woman's shriek was heard at a distance. She bolted towards the house, while going downhill she felt a droplet of water trickle down her spine. She got a weird feeling......something that she was very familiar with.



She bust through the door and saw a woman standing in a corner with a girl not more than nine wrapped in her arms. The woman held a pan in her hands and the girl held her little barbie doll as tools to protect themselves. Both of them looked at her pleadingly and then suddenly a hissing sound was heard. It sounded...angry. The little girl knew very well about what it was. A slithering, scaley, and a creepy reptile always associated with evil and treason. It was a snake that looked like a young adult, almost 7 feet and curled up into a ball. It's width was about the size of an adult's thigh, raised itself to the eye level of the little girl and looked at her.



The little girl was never scared of snakes (or reptiles) but was never much interested in them too. She looked back bravely at the snake which seemed like a boa constrictor, straight into its eyes without blinking and started repeating to herself in her mind, "LEAVE. PLEASE. LEAVE. FROM. MY. HOUSE. MY. FAMILY. IS. SCARED. OF. YOU. PLEASE ".



It seemed to have no effect on the snake at first but then again it broke off their eye contact and looked at the woman and the child in her arms, whimpering at a corner. With a last look at the brave child, it lowered itself and started slithering away into the outside without any harm.



As the snake slipped outside, the girl in her mother's arms burst into tears as her mother sat there comforting her. The brave little girl ran towards the woman, put her arms around her neck and embraced her but the woman swatted away her little hands, a faint frown visible on her porcelain face with hints of freckles. She completely ignored the brave girl and started comforting the crying girl.



By this the brave girl was quite hurt and ran outside with tears in her eyes. It's always been like this, as tears threatened to fall she thought to herself, they never care about me. All they ever care about is their "baby girl Lenna" but never her. It was completely pouring outside. The brave girl sat down on a big Boulder at the backyard of her house and wondered about the snake.



Though she was never afraid of snakes but at that moment, she couldn't deny she definitely thought that if this doesn't work out then she will be snake-food pretty soon. It wasn't the first time that they saw snakes in the place she lived, I mean what can you expect if you live on a hill in the middle of a forest.



As she sat there looking onto the view as the rain blurred the lines of tears and rainwater , she felt something like a long thick wood beside her feet. When she looked down it was the same snake, the boa constrictor from the kitchen! She jumped to her feet and was about to run away when the snake suddenly.............spoke.