1—not a monster

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"You monster!"
"So unfortunate for her parents for bringing such a curse to life!"
"She's possessed, dear lord!"
"Leave this village for good!"
"Such a shame, you demon child!"

Such are the words Mirae has grown up hearing.

It is quite ironical to find that the abilities she has, the abilities most people dream of possessing, have come to become the reason why she has to bear with all this discrimination, curses and insults.

She has been given the title 'The Demon' by the villagers, yet she, now, doesn't give a damn.
It has been like this since she was a child.

She was scared then, but now she is all used to listening to people praying for her death.

Some call her possessed, some, a lunatic, some, a demon, and the others, that she was anything but a human.
But here is Mirae, still unfazed by all ill-feelings towards her, and continues her walk home.

This is Mirae, a simple, ordinary girl, with rather extraordinary abilities. Abilities to have a control on anything, to reach any place in a matter of seconds, and to just foresee a glimpse of the future.

"I am not a monster." She keeps mumbling to herself, but stops in her tracks when someone catches hold of her wrist.

"Mirae-ah, are you okay?", a girl asks, a sense of genuine worry in her tone.

Eunbin.

Mirae smiles inwardly.

She turned around, a blank expression masking her face.
She stares at the girl who has been through all her tough time, with an unreadable expression.

Then, she hugs her out of nowhere.

But, this is nothing new to Eunbin.
She knows what it is to live like that.
After all she has been with her for as long as she can remember.

She knows everything about Mirae, what people call her, what people think of her.
But she doesn't care.

Since she can feel her pain and agony.

After all she is an orphan too.

Being the only friend of 18 years old Mirae, she knows everything about Mirae's powers (as much as she knows about herself).

They are more than friends.
They understand each other.
They are sisters.

"Now, now, girl, don't get affected by them. You know how they've been, right? You know how cruel they can be right?" Eunbin was used to comforting her.

Mirae nods.

"Don't ever mind their words. They don't know what kind of an angel they're missing on. It's their loss." Eunbin said in a soothing tone.

They stayed, for a moment in each others' arms.

"Thank you a thousand times, for always being there for me, by my side, Eunbin." Mirae whispered, after calming down.

"No need, Eonnie. You know I am always here when you need me. Now, go home before they get annoyed, okay? Go now." Eunbin said.
She's well aware of how cruel Mirae's foster parents can be.

"Okay. Bye Eunbin. Take care." She said, smiling.

"I will, bye." Eunbin said, returning her smile.

Mirae turned around, and started walking towards the house.

She never considered it 'home'.
She never felt the connection and comfort there.

Once she reaches, she's met by loud cursings, thrown towards her.
She knew this was coming.

"Where were you, you imbecile? You know you are not supposed to be out there, you thankless brat. I agreed to keep you in this house, and you, you are ruining everthing for me!" Her said father shouted at her.

"I thought you could've been of some use but no, you were born useless!"

"Calm down, please, don't waste your precious energy on someone as insignificant as her. Just kick her out already. 'Been saying so since forever." Her so-called 'mother' said, hate so obvious in her voice.

She takes him away, while Mirae stands there, with tears in her eyes.

But there is nothing she could do, nowhere she could go.

She goes to her room, a store room.

She settles herself on the mattress.

Thinking about the future.

Suddenly, a siren is heard. It echoes through the air of the house.
They've finally done it.

They've called for them to take her, to take her to the lunatic asylum.

They think she is crazy.
And they want her away.

So she decides, to go away herself.
Whatever happens, will happen, and she will deal with it.

So she does it, she runs away.

She escapes through the window.
Just as her feet touch the ground, the door of the storeroom slams open.

"She's escaping, get her!", someone shouted.

She starts running, with all that she has.
But soon she is cornered.
There are too many of them.

Just as one of them were about to catch hold of her, they all witness something unbelievable.

"W-Where the hell did she go?! She was right here!"
"She a freaking witch!"

This is all that she hears before she finds herself in an unknown place.

She knows she is still in that old village. But where in the village, she does not know.

So, she starts to wander around, in search of some kind of shelter.

Mirae really has nowhere to go now.

She is walking on the sidewalk, when she hears yelling and curses.

Those come from a nearby alleyway.

She decides to ignore them.
This village has been a home for crime.

But those never ending yells get to her curiosity.

"Stop right there!"
"Kill kim!"
"You messed with the wrong guys, you bitch!"

"Leave me alone !"

She advances towards the alleyway.
Just as she reaches the mouth of the alleyway, some boy bumps into her violently.
Somehow she manages to keep her balance.

"S-sorry!" Apologized the escapee.

"Get her too, she's seen us!"

"Oh fuc- run !" The boy takes her wrist and starts running.

The boy, along with her, hides in the nearby alleyway.

The boy peeks to check outside before glancing at her again.

"Ssh." He says, putting his pointer finger over his lips.
The girl nods in agreement.
Silence follows.

"Hah! Found you! You can't run now!"

"Oh, no! Go! Now!" the boy exclaims.

He dashes towards the end of the alley.

But now that they're at the end of the alley, they easily get cornered.

The unknown people start advancing towards them, knowing there was no way the pair could escape now.

The criminals start withdrawing knives and guns from their pockets.

Mirae's eyes widens in fear at the sight, hyperventilation activating itself due to the adrenaline.

Those people are now dangerously near to them.

"Kill them both." One of them order the others casually, as if he's asking them for a minor job such as cutting vegetables.

another one lifted his gun towards them and...

  Lifting a gun towards them, one of the criminals switches the safety off of it. He aims it at the pair,

Bang!

"W-What the- How did we end up here?! What in the name of —?!"

"Please don't freak out!" Mirae interrupts him quickly.
She had panicked.

And she had teleported,
the both of them.

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