Her slow steps, a little bent over, with her face bent over, as if she had nothing more to lose, that has always characterized Rihanna, since she was a little girl she was lucky not to fit in, not to impress, she simply didn't show off, she was unnoticed even at school, she was an only child, and yet her parents were not the loving type with her.
Rihanna was returning from school, accompanied by her only friend, Fiona, who had given her a card for Rihanna's birthday. The two of them were a pair of cowards incapable of facing their own fears to achieve the best dreams of life, adolescence.
They said goodbye, they had to take perpendicular roads to get to their homes, on the way to the main street that was always crowded Rihanna suddenly heard a bell as if it was so close but so close that she immediately turned towards the store where that sound came from, she entered and did not observe anyone, on the shelves she saw different containers of very funny shapes, and she started reading the labels that each one had on the front, She read "to be more sociable", "to be successful", "to be more sexy and provocative", "to be wealthy", "to be fun and sporty", "to be more spontaneous" "to be more loving" "to be more intelligent" and there were many more containers, and she saw on top of the main shelf a bell and some burning incense, she took the bell and rang it several times.
Rihanna was surprised with what she saw, a woman came out to attend her with a kind of disguise, she was wearing a dress with frost that shone beautifully and many butterflies in her hair, the smile of that young woman was unique and so natural, she looked like a real Fairy, that's what Rihanna thought when she saw her.
Rihanna asked the young woman to sell her a ticket from the jar that said "to be successful", the woman smiled and congratulated her on her birthday, Rihanna could not understand how she knew about her birthday, but everything there seemed a little mystical to her, and she preferred to buy quickly.
"Baby this is my gift to you, you don't owe me anything" said the young woman.
Rihanna didn't want to accept it that way, but thought that otherwise the young woman wouldn't allow it, so she reached out and took the ballot.
"The product is guaranteed, don't vote on the packaging, in case you change your mind," said the young woman.
Rihanna took the pill before she went to sleep as the woman had told her, she fell asleep crying thinking that her fifteenth birthday had been like always and the worst thing was knowing that when she woke up she would still be the same loser.
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Rihana woke up feeling so different, it was an energy that ran through her body, enthusiasm, the desire to win and win, even her body stood up straight, she took a singing bath, put on one of the usual t-shirts with the new detail of a knot on the side and looked like another person, like the outgoing twin sister, she felt glorious herself as if everything was in her favor.
She arrived at the school, and at recess she sat down with complete confidence next to the group that was recognized for being talented and high qualified, in a natural and surprising way she was accepted, and she was invited to meet with them that same day after class to elaborate some academic projects, and she accepted gladly.
As Rihanna's life went on, she became more and more distant from her friend Fiona, so much so that she did not speak to her, ignoring her completely.
But success doesn't always come together with the right thing, she realized that this group got their exams early and they studied them in advance, but she had to stay quiet in order to stay in such a well known student group, and she noticed that most of the work was done with other people and so they had time to get great scores in all areas, but frankly she was able to follow the shameless rhythm of the progress of that group.
It was everything she had dreamed of and she always remembered that young woman with the butterflies in her hair and mentally thanked her. One of her current friends was named Zahara, she was the leader of the group, she always knew what to do and when, but she had no regrets and was the cause of the fracture in Rihanna's friendship with Fiona, in short, could become ruthless.
Zahara invited Rihanna to her house and it was there that she showed her cruel essence, she had planned to pay with Rihanna the note of the final project, in that place were the group and the teacher of the subject, the teacher looked different than usual as if he had taken liquor and by the way of speaking he was already used to that evaluative modality; Rihanna could not believe it, they tried to grab her but she threw herself out a window and got up quickly and ran from there.
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Rihanna looked for her friend Fiona and told her everything, Fiona forgave her and accompanied her to take the ticket to the young woman's store, while there Rihanna burned the ticket with some incense and repeated some words that the young woman made her say, while they did that, Fiona walked curiously looking at the different containers and suddenly hid a ticket in her old jacket.
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