Struck Reality

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Struck Reality

She was finally there, that was it, after all that time, Sophia had brought herself to go there. Glancing around it looked like such an amazing place to live. Just perfect with the snow glistening in the tree tops, with the huge Christmassy trees towering over her, the branches like the gnarled arthritic fingers of an old lady welcoming Sophia to the little cottage of Sunnybrook. It was a very quiet, fairly small village. Everything with such exquisite detail. Even the snow looked like it had been personally placed there by somebody, not a single indent in it, just her own footsteps printed in the fluffy pure white snow, walking into the tiny drive. All that could be heard was the faint whistling of a robin chirping to his friend. She could feel the breeze tingling her nose and the lobes of her ears which were not covered by her warm pink hat. This was what she had been waiting for her whole life and was exactly the way she had imagined it... just like a fairy tale! She knew that this was going to change her life forever. Nothing could stop her now. Sophia didn't even give a thought for Maria and John, they were just people that got in the way of her future. Ten whole years they had stopped her from knowing the truth. The real truth about what happened when she was born...

... 'Soph darling, come downstairs, Mummy and Daddy have something to tell you' Sophia didn't think anything of these words, why should she? After all, her parents were always saying phrases like it, never anything of importance though. That day, this was all going to change. 'Honey, sit down, we need to talk' She did as she was told and listened to them both rambling on about something or the other, half concentrating she was more interested in 'The Rugrats' which had just appeared on the television screen. She could just about see the screen through the reflection of the kitchen mirror above the sink. '... are not your real parents' she heard a familiar voice say. 'But I've seen this episode before, and there is no way Tommy's parents aren't his real parents, I even remember when she gave...' 'WHAT?' Sophia had finally realised that this wasn't anything to do with the TV, this was reality. The words repeated over and over her head. 'we are not your real parents' 'we are not your real parents' Mum wasn't her mum? No, surely she must of misheard it. She could feel herself trembling and raising from her seat, starting to back away Sophia felt her mother gently touch her arm. 'Get off me' she screamed and flung her arm into the air and ran upstairs. Jumping onto her bed, she sobbed into her pillow. 'why would my parents not want me?' 'what did I do wrong?' 'when did these monsters that call themselves parents take me away from my family?' there was an endless amount of questions Sophia was dying to know the answers to. 'Soph, Sophia wake up, you've been asleep for hours and we need to talk'
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She opened up her eyes to see Maria gently smiling. For a split second, it seemed normal, life seemed normal, but suddenly, that days events caught up with her. Sophia startled as she saw Maria's eyes looking into hers. She was no longer her mum, she was just Maria, an evil creature who wasn't worth looking at. 'I'm still you're mother, not by blood, but who has been here for you these last 10 years? Who has looked after you when you've been ill? Who has kept you safe? Me, honey, me and your father John. We have ...

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