Chapter 2 (1/2)

She scrambled to her feet and clambered to the small pond not too far from her.

The person who stared back at her was someone she did not know.

Aside from the color of the hair, there was nothing that resembled her old body, the body she grew up with. Before her was someone who spent a long time in a salon to glam up for an event. Her voluminous hair made her already small face smaller, more dainty, almost elfin. Her peach-blossomed eyes narrowed as the face drew closer to the water, inspecting every side and angle. Lia bit her lips, the person on the water did the same. She made face, the other did too.

Lia pulled back.

“Oh damn.”

She tentatively peered at her reflection again. Yes, that was her alright. She looked away at the water and then looked back again, with the hopes that every time she did, the face reflected on the water would change back to the person Lia had been looking at for the past twenty-six years.

But to no avail.

No matter how many times she moved, how many times she caused the water to ripple, it was the same dainty face looking back at her, doing the same things.

She took in a breath and tried to sort out her feelings. Which did not really take long because there was not a lot to sort out when she was feeling…nothing. There was nothing inside her. No panic, no surprise, no anything.

Or maybe she was surprised for a different reason. She was surprised at her own calmness when she thought she ought to be more panicky than this.

She sat on the ground and thought of her situation. She seemed to be in someone else’s body. If that was what they call transmigration or soul switching, Lia did not know, much less bother to understand.

It was not like she was believing in her new world either. It was unbelievable alright. But there was not much she could do. She laid back on the grass, arms wide and closed her eyes, feeling the air on her skin.

“What now.”

She guessed she could accept this. In the other world, her life was wrapped up in the modernities required in the times, but it was also chaotic. Fewer woods even. Unlike in this world where she was now, where there seemed to be no other person in the area.

A small smile escaped her lips. She could live like this, away from everyone, spending her days in solace. That would be ideal.