act one; the Phoenix

phoe·nix
/ˈfēniks/

𝙰 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚞𝚕, 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚋𝚒𝚛𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝟻𝟶𝟶 𝚘𝚛 𝟼𝟶𝟶 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚒𝚝𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚎, 𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎: 𝚊 𝚜𝚢𝚖𝚋𝚘𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢.

"Smiling

doesn't

always

mean

you're

happy.

Sometimes

it

simply

means

that

you

are

a

strong

person."

— Elena Gilbert

"I feel like I'm slowly losing my mind."