Reborn From Ashes
(Short Story – Chapter 1)
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The students laughed.
"Ugly."
"Stupid."
"Why don't you just disappear?"
No one helped her. Not even the teachers.
Lina walked alone, sat alone, cried alone. Her notebooks were torn, her food stolen, her soul slowly crushed.
That day it rained.
She stood on the edge of the school rooftop. Heart broken. Eyes swollen. Clothes wet.
"Maybe… they'll be happy if I'm gone."
And then she jumped.
Darkness. Silence.
But death was not the end.
A cold voice whispered in the black void:
> "Child of sorrow... Do you wish to be reborn?"
"Yes," she whispered, barely breathing.
> "Then rise… with power beyond their dreams."
She woke up in a strange world.
Her hair now shimmered like silver. Her eyes glowed with fire. On her hand, a black mark pulsed — the Seal of Vengeance.
> [System Activated: Rebirth Complete]
[Skill Unlocked: Echo of Pain]
[Quest: Return to the world that broke you]
Lina was no longer the weak girl they laughed at.
She was death reborn.
And she was going back — not to forgive, but to make them remember her name in fear.
To be continued...