Melanie's POV

"Wake up! Breakfast is ready! " Mom woke me up.

"Uhhhhh. " I opened my eyes.

I am Melanie Leyva and I am 5 years old. My sister is Jennifer. Mom is Julia and Dad is Henry. And we are the Leyva family.

Mom said we are a loyal family, because we rule this kingdom.

So I got out of the bed and get dressed up. I was wearing a dark blue dress, 'cause mom said it fits me. Am I dark or what? Maybe because I have a pale skin, black hair and red eyes. They said I am different but in the bad way.

I didn't have a big room, like my sis had but mine wasn't tiny. I had a bed, a desk with a chair, a wardrobe which wasn't that big, a dollhouse and a cat plushy. I had a few books on my desk, if I get bored of playing.

So I went downstairs to have breakfast. I ran down to my family. The chief made pancakes! I was in love with pancakes. But the bad things started here.

I got a plate of pancakes and walked to my family. They were eating their pancakes on the dining table. I walked to them to sit down next to them.

"What are you doing here? " Jen asked.

"I-I came here to have breakfast with you." I said.

"Go to your room and eat it alone. You are not gonna eat it with us. Just look at yourself. Disgusting. " Mom said.

She said these things since I was born. I didn't understand why they hated me?

So I went up to my room to eat my pancakes. I sat down on my chair and I put my plate on my desk and I ate the pancakes. I asked Fanny if she want some. Fanny was my cat plushy.

After this delicious meal I went down to put my plate into the washing machine, but mom stopped me.

"Wash it yourself. " She said.

I hated it when they told me what to do. I know that parents do that, but in every second?! They didn't told Jen what to do.

I washed my plate amd put to the others. There was a maid called Bellatrix, but we called her Bella for short. She was the kindest, she cared about me. Like, she played with me, helped me with learning and other things. She was a mom to me. Maybe it was too much.

After breakfast everyone went to do their thing. Mom went to do yoga, Dad went to make some laws, Jen went to school. And me? I supposed to go to kindergarten but my parents said that I can't. They didn't say any reason. So I went up to my room to play with my dolls. It was a castle like ours, I mean it looked like ours. Even the dolls looked like us. I created stories in my head and I played it with my doll family. For example : the family went on a vacation or me and Jen went to school together or my family loved me.

I was always jealous at Jennifer. Mom and Dad cared about her, they read her bedtime stories and they helped her. This was not fair! I thought that parents care about the little child more than the big child.

Dad came home and he brought us something. How did I know that? Mom shouted it. I ran down to see what he brought home. He brought a present!

"We will open after Jen came home." He said.

I went up to my room, because I thought that he brought for us including me. I cleaned up my dollhouse and grabbed Fanny. I was so excited about that gift. I decided to draw. Because when I am happy or excited about something my mind is a mess. So many things are in my head. I grabbed a paper and pencils. I drew about that gift, what could be inside of it? I drew a cat, a puppy, a big cake, toys, dresses, candys, lollypops, shoes, books, jewelry.

The time was going away quickly. I heard my sis came home from school. I ran downstairs to see what was the present. Everyone was sitting in the living room and the present was on the table. It was opened!

"Oh, hi." Jen greeted me.

"Mom, I saw Dad brought home a present for us! " I said happily.

"Oh yes. For three of us." She said. The smile disappeared from my face.

"And what was it?" I asked.

"Well dresses of course, with some jewelry. " She smiled. " What did you expect? Candy? Hilarious."

I went up to my room, jumped onto my bed with Fanny. I was crying, again. Mom hated when I was crying, even when I was a baby. I whiped the tears away from my eyes and cheeks. My stomach growled. I was hungry. Since the castle had three floors, the kitchen was far away from my room. The kitchen, the dining and living room was on the first floor, my parents and Jen's room was on the second floor and mine was on the third.

So I went down to get some snack, but Jen was in my way.

"What are you doing here rat?" She hated me the most.

"I'm hungry." I said.

"Then STARVE!" She said and ate the last snack.

"What are you doing here?" Dad appeared.

"I am hungry." I said.

"Did you ask for permission to go out of your room?" He said.

"N-No." I said looking at my feet.

"Then go back or you get punished."

I ran up as fast as I could. What is the punishment? The last punishment that he gave me was indescribable. He was touching my woman part with his hand. I didn't tell Mom about it, because she wouldn't care.

I went to my dollhouse to play another story. 'The eccentric child.' I named it that because it was about me. I was playing with my dolls when I heard something from my door. I stood up to check it. I tried to open the door, but it was locked! Someone locked the door! I was knocking the door hardly.

"Please open the door! Somebody!" I was yelling, but since I was on the 3rd floor nobody heard me. I sat down, my back was on the door and I was crying. And why I was crying? I don't know. I got used to it, but it still hurt.

"IT'S DINNER TIME!" Mom yelled.

I knew if I beat the door it will change nothing. I smelled, I had to go to the bathroom and I was hungry. But the rule is, they close my door after 8 pm. I had a clock in my room and I looked at it. 7.30 pm. I was sobbing.

So I changed into my pajamas and went to bed. Before I fell asleep, I was reading my book, Cinderella. It was my favorite.

After reading it, I was really tired so I decided to turn off the lights and sleep.

"Good night Fanny."

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Hi!!
So i will update more because summer break (that was very good English) but i will go to a Dance Camp next week so i will prepare some chapters and i will write at the beginning of the chapters that how old is Melanie.
But I hope you enjoyed this chapter and don't forget to Vote-Comment-Share!
And I will see you in the next chapter!
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