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A Second Life Inside My Novels
Huling Na-update : 2021-12-13
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Her name was Cathedra. Leave her last name blank, if you will. Where normal people would read, "And they lived happily ever after," at the end of every fairy tale story, she could see something else. Three different things. Three words: Lies, lies, lies. A picture that moves. And a plea: Please tell them the truth. All her life she dedicated herself to becoming a writer and telling the world what was being shown in that moving picture. To expose the lies in the fairy tales everyone in the world has come to know. No one believed her. No one ever did. She was branded as a liar, a freak with too much imagination, and an orphan who only told tall tales to get attention. She was shunned away by society. Loveless. Friendless. As she wrote "The End" to her novels that contained all she knew about the truth inside the fairy tale novels she wrote, she also decided to end her pathetic life and be free from all the burdens she had to bear alone. Instead of dying, she found herself blessed with a second life inside the fairy tale novels she wrote, and living the life she wished she had with the characters she considered as the only friends she had in the world she left behind. Cathedra was happy until she realized that an ominous presence lurks within her stories. One that wanted to kill her to silence the only one who knew the truth.
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Volume 1 - Chapter 0: The Storyteller's Beginnings
"Welcome! Welcome to my world. My name is Cathedra. Leave my last name blank, if you will. In this book, I shall present you a question: What if the villains in our stories are not actually evil as they're shown to be, and the good people in fairy tales are not as good as they seem?
You don't believe me? Well, let me show you the truth. Let me show you the lies in the fairy tales that you all have come to know and believe. Just open the first page, and I'll tell you the true story . . ."
By: Cathedra _____
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A Second Life Inside My Novels Volume 1 - Chapter 7: The Voiceless Storyteller
It's been a week since then. Only a week has passed, yet to Cathedra it was an eternal nightmare that replayed over and over. She could still see the scenes unfolding freshly in her mind, as if her life was a broken movie that was stuck at that moment, repeating that nightmare over and over. "Miss, for the hundredth time, what happened inside that abandoned building? Who locked you inside and murdered the two victims?" Every day, Cathedra would find herself inside a room that was bare and empty except for the lamp atop a single table situated in the middle of the room and two chairs where she and the kind police officer sat on at this moment. Day by day, he would question her politely but persistently about the crime that occured that day. Day by day, Cathedra would stare at him blankly, not uttering a single word. If her thoughts could speak, they would be screaming at the officer. How she was held by the two delinquents and forced to watch a
Huling Na-update : 2021-12-13A Second Life Inside My Novels Volume 1 - Chapter 6: Laughter That Brings Despair
Cathedra followed the two delinquents and Diane all the way to an abandoned building in the middle of an unfamiliar neighborhood. The ramshackle old building was situated miles away from the orphanage and Cathedra was getting worried that she would get in trouble for not being back by dark because she delayed setting her course for home right this moment. Nevertheless, Diane's out-of-place petite figure in the midst of rough, unruly guys strengthened Cathedra to never waver in her resolve. The man with dragon tattoos and the dude with the man bun snuck out in the back, and ushered Diane in. All three of them disappeared from Cathedra's view due to the abundance of litter and refuse that has piled up all over the years. Cathedra waited for a few minutes before following after them, for fear of being discovered. The overgrown weeds barricaded the entrance, which worked in Cathedra's favor of concealing her. Crouching low enough to avoid being seen, she peeked a
Huling Na-update : 2021-11-27A Second Life Inside My Novels Volume 1 - Chapter 5: A Friend's Promise
"What is that?" Diane repeated the question more forcefully this time since Cathedra just stared at her dumbfounded. "Uhh. . ." Cathedra averted her eyes and extracted herself from the close proximity she had with Diane. "It's my homework." "Hmm, I never heard of homework that asks us to make our own novels, though." Cathedra blushed. There was no going around this. Diane read what she wrote and she's just asking the question in hopes that Cathedra would respond honestly. Cathedra couldn't bear to look at her friend in the eye from guilt weighing in her chest. She fiddled with her fingers while staring at the ground, bottling up the tears that were threating to fall." I-I'm sorry, Diane. I-I lied. The truth is that it's a novel I was writing." Diane's face lit up when Cathedra finally decided to tell her the truth. She stared at Cathedra, urging Cathedra with her eyes to explain further. Doubts filled Cathedra's mind. After all
Huling Na-update : 2021-11-13A Second Life Inside My Novels Volume 1 - Chapter 4: The Day of Miracles
From that moment up to high school, Cathedra was pretty much alone. Word of that little scene she made in kindergarten seemed to follow her wherever she went. Even the orphanage staff, who were usually so kind to her, now avoided her like the plague. She went to school alone, ate lunch alone, went back home to the orphanage alone, and spent the rest of her time in her room alone. That pretty much summed up Cathedra's life. Until Diane came along. It was one summer's day when Cathedra was sitting underneath one of the trees in the courtyard, eating her lunch alone, as usual. She loved it here because the tree's angle hid her from sight. No one usually went here because it was near the teachers' lounge, so students could not go about their mischievous businesses without running the risk of being caught. If she ate lunch somewhere else, there was a high chance of running into bullies who had no other definition of fun but to pick on her.
Huling Na-update : 2021-11-06
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A Second Life Inside My Novels by elstar1358 is a reincarnation alternate universe story. Cathedra aspires to be a writer. She aims to tell the truth about fairytales. However, many readers do not like this theme. She becomes the subject of ridicule and hate. Feeling unloved and fed up, Cathedra attempts to cut her life short. However, Cathedra finds herself with a story she wrote. In this world, can she finally be the protagonist and live happily ever after? Or did she wake up into another nightmare?
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