His Beautiful Mystical Possession

Prologue

Aurora Bell

My name is Aurora Bell Reid, and I'm 16, soon to be 17 years old. I'm only 4 feet 11, and I've got long, bright red curly hair. I also have heterochromia, which is two different eye colors: one is aqua blue, and the other is sea foam green.

And I am a foster kid who has been alone for most of my life.

I've got birthmarks on my body in the shapes of animals. I've got a dragon on my back, and the head comes up around my left shoulder and onto my collarbone, and the tail goes down my right leg. I've got a snake of some kind on my left leg, and it wraps around my whole leg with the tail ending on my foot. I've also got a Phoenix on my chest and stomach, and 3 hummingbirds down my right arm.

I've spent my life in foster care, and have no clue who my birth family is. When I was old enough, my worker told me that I had been left outside of a fire department. The only thing in the box with me was a pink blanket with the initials ABR and a note with my name and the date and time that I was born. The only other thing the note said was that I was born at home, and there was no birth certificate for me.

The cops tried to find out who dropped me off, but they never could find anything. Growing up, I was in and out of so many foster homes that I lost count of them. It got to where I never unpacked my stuff; I always kept it in bags because I knew I wouldn't be there long. No one wanted the freak with the weird eyes and weird birthmarks on her. So I got used to being alone.

Now that I am 16 and have graduated from high school, I have filed to emancipate myself from the state so that I can go to college. I got a full-ride scholarship for all 4 years to the University of Limerick for art. I love every kind of art and have always been good at it. I can draw, paint, sketch, and take pictures with a camera.

For the past few years, I've worked part-time jobs so that I could save up money. I've also sold some of my artwork to bring in extra money, so I'd have it. I've now got a good nest egg saved up, and I will hopefully be able to get a part-time job outside of school, also. I'm getting an apartment close to the school so I don't have to live in the dorms. I've already found a cheap one and can move in as soon as I get over there.

As soon as I am emancipated, I am getting on a plane out of here. The landlord for the apartment that I found said she will pick me up from the airport when I get in. I just need to let her know when I'll be landing. I already paid the first month's rent and a deposit, and she's not going to start charging me until I get over there and get moved in. She's such a sweet lady.

I can't wait to get out of this place, and once I'm on the plane, I'm not looking back. I'm so excited to start the next journey of my life, and I'm really hoping that it will be so much better than the first part.

To the past that I want to forget, screw you, and to the present that I'm about to embrace, please be better, brighter, and happier than ever. I have a feeling that it just might do that and more. Big things are waiting for me, I can feel it.