One moment a high school girl could be seen chasing after an adorable white bunny on school grounds, and the next second she was falling down a large rabbit hole, a terrifying scream ripping from the girl's throat as everything around her turned into a sparkle galaxy space full with color as if she was soaring through space.

"Wait a minute...! What on Earth is going on?!" screamed the girl, who was suddenly engulfed in a bright, blinding light before everything went dark.

In the darkness of her subconscious, the girl heard voices calling out to her, voices that for some reason felt familiar to her despite this being her first time hearing them. Heavy eyelids opened themselves only to see a cute boy, between the ages of nine and ten, standing next to her bed, holding her hand. Seeing this unfamiliar face, the girl on the bed though to herself,

'Who's this cute boy? ...And why does he seem so familiar to me?'

"I can't believe that tyrant actually pushed you into the lake! If you weren't saved in time, you could've drowned!" ranted the teary-eyed boy, who was obviously upset about something.

Deciding to sit herself up, the girl did just that, only to feel that there was something different about her body. Looking down at her hands she noticed that they were smaller, not only that, but her body also felt as if it had shrunk. Instantly the girl threw the covers off her body and ran to the nearest full-length mirror in the room. Her actions shocked those who were present and worriedly raced to her side.

"Sister, what's wrong? Are you hurt somewhere?" fretfully asked the boy, though the girl paid him no mind, too stunned to even notice his concern.

In the reflection of the pearl-encrusted pink mirror there stared a girl between the ages of five and six, soft cinnamon brown tresses touching her waist. Eyes, the color of emeralds, displayed incredulity at the new situation she had just found herself in. 'Oh my god...'

The little girl's face blanched, raising her shaky pair of hands, cupping her chubby cheeks. 'I actually transmigrated into another world! So cliché!'   She exclaimed before promptly passing out on the floor, causing all those in the room to panic once again.

"...aria... Maria... Maria!"

Once again, large emerald eyes revealed themselves, something which brought relief to those in the room. Rushing to the bed where the girl lied was the same boy from last time and the girl noted that unlike herself, this boy had dark blonde hair but shared emerald eyes just like her own. Her eyes linger on the boy for a few seconds when suddenly memories begin filling her head, memories that most likely belonged to the original host of this body.

The memory that stuck out the most was that of a girl, the same one whose reflections she saw in the mirror, attending a party, and pestering another smaller boy who the original host seemed to be infatuated with. It seems the boy in her memories got fed up with the girl constantly pestering and rashly pushed her into the lake nearby. The poor girl would have drowned if she wasn't saved in time.

'That jerk!' frowned the little girl on the bed. Seeing such an expression on his cute little sister's face, the boy once again reached for his sister's hands.

"Don't worry, Maria, your big-brother will make that crown prince pay for hurting you!" vowed the brave boy, who was clearly upset that someone dared harm his precious little sister. Despite hearing such brave words, Maria almost fell out of her bed in shock to hear the person from the memories she receives was actually a crown prince?!

'Stay calm! At least you're not dead.' Maria constantly told herself, placing a fake smile on her face, grateful that this host had such a caring big brother.

"Thank-you, big-brother, but there is no need to take revenge for me. It's best that we just forget about this situation. Besides, I was the one at fault." The girl on the bed smiled, unaware of how her reply shocked those in the room.

'Besides, it was the original host's fault for pestering a freaking crown prince! Jeez, that spoiled little girl reminds me of that annoying ojou-sama character from that reverse harem light novel I didn't get to finish reading.' 

Maira couldn't help but think back to one of the characters of the reverse harem story she was in the middle of reading before she got transported into this world. The name of the light novel was called, A Fairytale Romance, set in a fantasy magical world, where those who have magic and nobility were sent to a well-renowned and prestigious school that taught students how to hone their magic and become outstanding individuals.

The story started off with the heroine, the daughter of a baron, entering the middle school division of Diamond Academy. In the beginning, the heroine was registered as a light magic user and was hinted to be a member of some type of rare ancient race. Of course, the story wouldn't be a reverse harem without extremely attractive guys who all fell in love with the heroine.

Upon entering the school, the heroine encounters the male lead for the first time in a very cliche fashion scene, creating a bud that slowly bloomed into romance. Along the way, the crown prince wasn't the only one to fall in love with the heroine, but there were three others who fell under her charm.

Besides the crown prince, there were three other male characters who were introduced in the novel and came from influential noble families and were always lending a hand to the female lead whenever she was caught in trouble created by the long list of female villainesses who despised her.

"It seems ojou-sama no longer has a fever,"

Maria was brought out of her thoughts when she felt a hand touch her forehead. Looking at who that hand belonged to, she saw a pretty girl in a short maid dress with short black hair and matching cat ears that stood on top of her head.

"But just to be on the safe side, ojou-sama should try some of the medicine that the house doctor prescribed for her."

Standing on the opposite side of her bed, holding two blue tablets in the palm of her hand, was another pretty maid, yet this one had long white hair with matching cat ears on top of her head. Looking at the two maids, Maria was once again reminded of that same ojou-sama character from, A Fairytale Romance.

In the novel, there was a long list of villainous characters who tried to compete with the heroine to win the male lead's love. Yet there was one villainess that stood out and wasn't because she ruthlessly and vicious, but because she was an idiot, a comic relief character than an actual villainess.

Always at her side were two neko-maids, who always comforted her when one of her plans either backfired or caused the male lead to become angry with her. After taking the pills, Maria searched the room and realized how big it was, filled with nice and girly pink furniture. Even the four-poster pink European bed she was lying on was huge. The type of room that belonged to a rich noble daughter who hailed from the upper-class of society.

'Seems I transmigrated into a rich girl,' Maria told herself when once again the door to her room was slammed opened as bursting into the room was a gorgeous busty beauty, who dashed over onto the bed and engulfed her small body in a tight warm hug.

"My darling little Maria! Are you okay? Don't worry, mommy will watch over you and make sure you get better!" tearfully proclaimed the gorgeous woman, who had long wavy cinnamon brown-hair that went past her waist and bright emerald eyes.

In the midst of her mind, Maria couldn't help but think. 'Wow, okaa-sama's got some big oppai!'

"Don't worry, my darling little Maria. Mommy and Daddy will get you justice! Tonight that crown prince went too far. How dare he do that to my daughter! You could've lost your life!" fussed her angry mother, whose emerald eyes screamed vengeance.

Smiling softly, Maria placed her hands on top of her mother's and said, "Mother, please calm down. It was me who was at fault. I kept pestering the crown prince even though he doesn't like me. So it makes sense that he would get mad. Both of us are at fault, so let's just drop this matter. I do not wish to bring harm to anyone."

Once again, those in the room found themselves shocked, usually, their young lady would be bawling tears or throwing a tantrum. Meanwhile in the mind of Maria, 'The dude already hates me, don't make it worse by trying to get revenge. I want to live peacefully in this world before I can find out how to get back home. Please, mom and big-bro don't make it hard on me.'

Both mother and son couldn't help but stare at the young girl on the bed, before sharing a look with each other, reaching some sort of understanding as they looked towards her again."Okay, if you don't want this matter brought up again then we won't bring it up." Her mother ran a reassuring hand through her daughter's cinnamon-brown tresses.

"You must not want to make things hard on yourself before entering the Elementary School Division at Diamond Academy. With the crown prince's attitude and reputation, he would no doubt try and bully you if we pressed harder on this matter. Don't worry, my little cub, Mommy will go talk to Daddy."

Her mother smiled and kissed her forehead before leaving the room. 'W-Wait a minute, did she just say Diamond Academy? No way, I must be hearing things,' Maria tried to reassure herself that she heard wrong, only to have her brother speak up and crush all her hopes.

"Don't worry, lil sis, your big-brother will definitely protect you. I won't let anyone at Diamond Academy bully you." Her brother smile was truly charming and could probably attract many noble girls and women, despite his young age. Yet Maria paid no mind, seeing how she was in the middle of a mental breakdown.

'Diamond Academy! The same name of the academy in, A Fairytale Romance...?!' Ignoring the maids and her brother who were in the room, Maria buried her face in her hands.

'Crap. I got transmigrated into, A Fairytale Romance... as the comic relief female villain. Life, you are too cruel!' mentally wept Maria.

After hearing her big-brother speak of Diamond Academy, the next day Maria laid on her bed depressed, seeing how she just confirmed that she somehow had transmigrated into the reverse harem light-novel, A Fairytale Romance. Once that was confirmed, it only took connecting the dots to know which character her soul transmigrated into, which was that of the comic-relief female villain, Maria Rosendrey.

'At least my first name is still the same, but usually, when stuff like this happens, the soul is transmigrated into the main villainous boss, not a sub-villain, who no one in the series took seriously,' emerald eyes dejectedly stared up at the ceiling of her four-poster bed as she reflected back on the story.

In the light-novel, there was a character named Maria Rosendrey, a spoiled and bratty noble girl, who was so deeply obsessed with the male lead, a.k.a the crown prince, that despite how many cruel words he threw at her, she still chased after him. It was at this point that most readers labeled her for having a masochist fetish.

Throughout the story, Maria constantly chased after the male lead, only to fail time after time, and when she tried to attack the female lead, she failed at that too. None of the other villainous love rivals saw her as a worthy rival and competitor when it came to trying to steal the male lead.

Who, in Maria's honest opinion, wasn't worth that many girls fighting over him. Heck, she didn't even like the male lead! So what if the guy was handsome, wielded great powers, and was a prince! He wasn't her type, seeing how the guy was rude, arrogant, and expected everyone to fawn over him. Yet the fans ignored these flaws and sung praises for him!

Maria lost count to the number of times he had fallen for one of the evil plots set up by one of the love rivals, except Maria's, that always led to him breaking up with the heroine. And despite the female lead risking her life for him, explaining things to him with added proof, but not once did he ever listened to her.

Which would then result in a long arc of them trying to reconcile their romance with the help of the other male leads who were in love with the heroine. It happened so much in the novel, that Maria remembered her original self stating that the heroine deserved a better male lead than the one given to her.

"Wait, usually in this type of situation, shouldn't I be worried about my bad ending?" Left alone in her room, Maria pondered over these things.

"Then again, now that I think about it, I never finished the story so I don't know if Maria gets a bad ending. Crap, this is bad! I don't even know my own bad ending!" The girl sat up on the bed and started to panic. "If I'm not careful, I'm gonna die! At a time like this, I need to come up with a plan!" Closing her eyes, a chibi Maria stood in front of two miniature versions of herself.

The one in the white dress with angel wings was Light Maria, the reasonable and positive part of her inner conscious while floating across from Light Maria dressed in a black leotard and devil wings was Dark Maria, the negative and evil part of her inner conscious.

"At a time like this, you must remain calm and not do anything too rash," calmy said Light Maria, only to have Dark Maria scoff at her words.

"Bull crap! I say we go find that little punk of a prince and show him that we are not someone to be messed with. Revenge! Revenge!" chanted Dark Maria, wearing a psychotic smile on her face.

"I'm not a genius doctor with peerless abilities or a badass assassin who can kill people in a matter of seconds. Sadly, I'm too much of a coward to go chasing after revenge. I want a peaceful and lazy life if I'm stuck here," Maria instantly denied Dark Maria's suggestion.

"You're also not that smart and more of a dumbass than anything," mockingly added Dark Maria.

"I resent that!" angrily yelled Maria.

"Violence is not the answer!" interjected Light Maria.

"I haven't even thrown the first punch yet. But she is a dumbass! Remember that time she tried to cheat on a test, only to still fail it in the end," Hearing Dark Maria mention a dark aspect of her past made Maria cringe from embarrassment.

"Such a thing never happened!"

Suddenly a knock on the door brought Maria out of her thoughts and back into the real world. Walking through the door was her beautiful mother, who was escorted in by her two loyal maids. "Maria, how about we go and sit under the gazebo in the garden and have some tea," suggested her mother. Wanting to get out of bed and stretch her legs, Maria agreed.

Allowing her two maids, Shirone and Kuroka, to pick out her clothes and style her hair before going out. Half an hour later, Maria was presented in a full-body mirror,  and saw herself wearing a cute bowknot lace dress with a tutu style skirt; the hairstyle the maids had given her consisted of bun pigtails with the rest portion of her hair left hanging down behind her.

In all, Maria found that her appearance was cute, yet not overly cute. She had somewhat of an average appeal, which was a deep contrast compared to most of the heroine's love rivals who were all described as enchanting and drop-dead beauties.

'Poor Maria, you just can't win.' The soul trapped within couldn't help but pity the poor character. Once dressed, her two maids escorted her to the garden, which was filled with a varied range of vibrant and lovely flowers.

In the middle of the garden, sitting under the gazebo was her mother, enjoying some cake before she noticed her cute daughter making her way over. "Maria-chan! Come and join Mommy and her guest!" announced her mother; it was only when she got closer, did Maria notice the figure of a woman sitting across from her mother.

The woman was gorgeous, silky strands of crimson pooled down her shoulder blades and extended farther down her waist like a blood river.  A glittering pair of sapphire hooded eyes peered in her direction and smiled gently at her.

The woman's looks were truly breathtaking, though what captured Maria's attention the most was those long and silky crimson strands. 'Her hair is so pretty~! I wonder if she would let me touch it?' Maria could never help herself when it came to long, pretty, shiny hair, resisting the urge of running over there and instantly began playing with the woman's hair.

She was so busy staring at the woman's hair that she wasn't paying attention to her footing and almost fell face-first to the ground until someone raced over and saved her. "Are you alright?" asked a concerned voice.

Looking up, Maria was met with a pair of sparkling sapphire blue eyes staring down at her. It was only then that she noticed holding her was a very handsome boy, who seemed at least two years older than herself. The boy's face had a slight feminine touch as soft crimson hair barely came to his shoulders.

'Hair the color of crimson and eyes that glitter like sapphire jewels... Wait a minute! This is the male lead's villainous cousin!'

Maria remembered that in the book the male lead had a villainous older cousin, who was determined to avenge his family, who was tragically murdered via one of the Empress evil schemes. At first, Maria recalled wondering why would the Empress murder his family, only to find out later that the Empress's first love was actually the Emperor's brother, who instead had fallen in love with a mysterious crimson-haired woman.

It seemed that even after she married the Emperor, the Empress was still upset that she couldn't be with the man she loved, so she plotted a scheme that would get the man she loved, along with his wife and child killed.

It was only thanks to the family's loyal butler that the son survived the tragic event, but afterward, he was never the same again. Since then he wanted nothing more than revenge and honestly, Maria couldn't blame him. She was quite sad to find out from spoiler forums that he died in the middle of the story, unable to fulfill his wish and was killed by the male lead.

Maria was so deep in her thoughts, that she was unaware when her large emerald eyes began expressing deep sadness that caught the boy by surprise. Maria was brought out of thoughts when she realized how everyone's attention was directed towards her. Even back in her own world, Maria was never fond to be in the spotlight.

Looking towards the crimson-haired woman, Maria blurted out the first thing that came to mind.

"I-I really like your hair!"

No one was expecting this to be her response; the crimson-haired woman herself couldn't help but laugh at such an honest response. "Maa, why thank you. I like your hair as well," she complimented the blushing little girl, who was drowning in her own embarrassment, unaware that her actions caused her savior to think she was quite cute.

"My clumsy, little Maria. This is Archduchess Raina Scarlet and her son, Richard," her mother introduced the two people, who would soon have tragic fates.

"Maria is quite adorable. I can't believe Alan would actually do something so harsh." It was evident that archduchess did not approve of the crown prince's actions, but Maria really didn't want her to do something that would most likely make her a target for his anger.

"Please do not worry about it. I'm also at fault. For now on, I promise to stay away from the crown prince as he wishes." In other words please, do not make things worse for me, archduchess. Yes, the crown prince is a jerk, but he is a jerk with a lot of power,' mentally voiced Maria.

"I really don't get why the crown prince would be cruel to such a cute girl." The archduchess shook her head, though Maria didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The 'real' Maria or the one in the book was very spoiled and bratty, always pushing her affection onto the prince. So it made sense that he would detest her strongly.

'Step number one to staying alive, stay far away from the crown prince. He would only make my life worse,' Maria told herself.

"I know right! My Maria is the cutest girl in the empire yet he dares treat her so cruelly. Hmph, that crown prince definitely doesn't deserve my cute Maria-chan's affection." Maria could only sweatdrop at her overly-affectionate mother who was grumbling and pouting her lips like a child.

"How about Maria escorts me around the garden? I would like to spend more time with her," politely asked Richard, who really took after his mother in terms of appearance, inheriting both her crimson hair and sapphire blue eyes, wearing a sweet gentle smile on his face.

'It's such a shame that he ended up with such a cruel fate,' depressingly thought Maria. After making their way towards the rose garden, Maria exclaimed when she saw a beautiful large pink rose.

"So pretty~! This would make a lovely hairpin for mother!" exclaimed Maria, who excitedly began thinking of ideas of turning the rose into a hairpin to give to her mother. Back in her own world, Maria remembered how she was fond of crafting DIY jewelry as a hobby to pass time. Now that she thought about it, if she was going to make a hairpin for her mother, she should probably make one for the archduchess.

Shyly looking at the boy beside her, Maria asked, "Does your mother have a favorite type of flower?" The two maids standing close by couldn't help but wonder what their young miss was planning.

"A favorite type of flower? That would be the Royal Passion." After hearing that, Maria told Kuroka, the neko-maid with the black hair, to find the flower and bring it back to her. After instructing Kuroka, she turned to Shirone, the neko-maid with long white hair, and request a shortlist of items she needed. Once Shirone had left, Richard turned to her and asked,

"Just what are you planning to do with those items?" he curiously asked the young girl, who shot him a secretive smile.

"You'll see,"

Once all the items she asked for were brought to her, she set them all out on the white small table and began getting to work. Using old spare jewelry parts, she began crafting a hairpin for her mother first. Those standing behind her watched with awe in their eyes at the young girl's craftsmanship.

Gluing the large pink rose onto a plain gold hairpin, she added three gold chains onto the bottom of it. Dangling from each chain was a small pearl heart that she crafted together. Picking up a bright lavender camellia breed flower. She repeated the same steps as she did for making the one for her mother, yet dangling from the bottom were amethyst gems in the shape of diamonds.

Once she thought of the tragic fate which awaited the archduchess, she wanted to add a little something more. On either side of the flower, she included a feathery lilac and dark purple feathers to one side and adorned it with several tiny sky-blue and indigo gems. Seeing the finished product of the archduchess's present, those standing behind her couldn't help but gasp.

"Ojou-sama, it's beautiful," complimented Shirone.

"Mother would definitely love it," said Richard.

"Thank you, though now that I think about it, I should probably add some more detail to mother as well." Maria didn't want her mother feeling left out, so she also included a pink feather that fades into white and adorned it with several tiny pink gems. Once each hairpin was finished, she made her way towards the archduchess and her mother and presented both of their gifts.

"Maa, what a gorgeous hairpin~!" gasped Archduchess Scarlet, marveling the young girl craftsmanship. Meanwhile, Maria was suffocating from her mother's overbearing hug.

"My darling Maria actually made Mommy such a beautiful present! Don't worry my little darling, Mommy will wear it to show off your amazing craftsman skills!"

'Mother, I can't breathe!' wailed Maria, who was being suffocated by her mother large bosom. Making her way in front of the little girl, Archduchess Scarlet patted Maria softly on the head. "Thank you, Maria, for making such a lovely gift for me. Seeing you in person, I can tell that you are a pure-hearted and sweet girl. I will definitely repay you for giving me such a lovely present."

Staring up at the archduchess, whose smile was more beautiful than a fairytale princess, Maria thought that this world was unfair for the tragedy that awaited her. 'This nice woman does not deserve to die.'

"The archduchess does not deserve to die!" shouted Maria, once again having another discussion with the two fragments of her inner consciousness, Light Maria and Dark Maria.

"Such a nice woman definitely does not deserve to die," Light Maria sagely nodded her head in agreement.

"Saying that she's a nice woman is not going to help us. I mean, how did she die in the novel?" questioned Dark Maria, who was floating in the air, eating a hamburger for some reason.

"Hmm, if I recall correctly, both the archduke and archduchess publically died in a tragic fire that randomly broke out in the manor but we later found out that the archduchess died from poison first before the fire started,"

Maria was duked out in her Sherlock Holmes costume, recalling how the story mentioned that during the middle of a tea-party, hosted by the archduchess. A fire suddenly broke and ruined the event, the archduke who was returning home was mysteriously attacked on the road and during the battle was poisoned. The poison could've been cured if it had been treated right away, but the archduke wanted to hold out on it until he reached home.

Only by the time he reached there, it was siege under raging intense flames and after hearing how his was wife was still somewhere in the premises of their home, rushed in to go save her. The ending results were both of them dying and the only thing left of their corpse was ash.

"If the manor was going to be set on fire in the first place, why was the archduchess poisoned?" lazily questioned Dark Maria.

"To hide the true matter of the crime, which was the archduchess did not die by an accidental fire but was murdered! Murdered by one of the empress evil schemes, cause she knew if ruled out as an accidental fire, an investigation would not take place!" proclaimed Maria, clearly convinced with her theory.

"The jealous heart of a woman can be quite scary," sighed Light Maria.

"So we somehow have to save the archduchess and her family, but... just how much time do we have before she meets her tragic end?" asked Dark Maria who for some reason was sunbathing now, sipping on a tropical drink.

"In the book, they died on the fourteenth of August, two weeks before the Diamond Academy Welcome Back Banquet," Maria remembered in the book that every year, Diamond Academy hosted its Welcome Back Banquet to welcome its returning and new students.

"So, we have two weeks before we can save the archduchess. That's not a lot of time." Light Maria said the exact words Maria was thinking.

"There's also the problem of what poison killed the archduchess. If she was killed with a certain type of poison, then only a certain type of antidote can cure her," said Dark Maria, adding more to the discussion of things they needed to think about if they were going to stop that tragedy from happening.

"If I remember correctly, in the book, Richard's investigation on the death of his parents revealed that his mother was killed by {Lux Brumalis} poison. The type of poison that's made by mixing two low-level ice-class toxin ingredients. Once it enters the body, it will freeze all of the victim's internal organs. The antidote to {Lux Brumalis} poison is {Aestas}, which is made by brewing a petal of a Summer Flower and Lemon Grass. Lemon Grass should be easy to find, but I don't know about the petal of a Summer Flower. I'll have to look up that later."

Maria was brought back into reality, when Shirone knocked on the door, "Ojou-sama, everyone is waiting for you downstairs for dinner." Once Maria was escorted out of her room, she was brought into this large and elegantly decorated European-style dining room and was escorted to her chair. Once seated, Maria recognized both her brother and mother at the dining table, but she did not recognize the handsome man sitting at the head of the table

The man looked to be in his mid-thirties, dark blonde hair, fairly attractive yet one was unable to admire it thanks to those cold dark brown eyes of his. Sheepishly shooting a few glances at him, the man gave Maria the impression of being very strict and uptight, the type who expected nothing but the highest of expectations from his children.

Seeing this, Maria couldn't help but gulp; she wasn't good with these types of people. Though she completely missed when the man looked towards her way, a feeling of dejection flashing through those dark brown eyes of his. "Maria, I'm happy to see you're feeling okay." Maria couldn't help but jump at such a deep and authoritative voice, almost dropping her silverware, yet she still managed to nod her head, too afraid to speak.

Sorting through the original Maria's memories, it seemed that the poor girl always held a sense of fear towards her father. First off the original Maria's father was a busy man, so it was kind of hard to form a father and daughter bond due to the man being away most of the time.

Then there was also this commanding and authoritative aura he gave off all the time. Things only got worse, when one day Maria was about to visit her father's study room, only to hear him harshly scolding someone; that only made the young Maria's fear of him increase.

While Maria was too busy in her own thoughts, she completely missed the brief look of gloom that passed through her father's eyes, receiving nothing but pity looks from both mother and son. After an awkward silence, it was Maria's mother who decided to break the silence, cheerfully beginning to speak about her day.

Maria was chewing on a piece of delicious steak when she heard her mother say, "Ah, I just remembered! In order to thank you for the beautiful present you gave her, the Archduchess has invited you to attend a play with her family!"

Maria didn't know whether this certain predicament was a blessing or a curse. Silently thinking to herself, 'If this is a blessing, then I must save the archduchess and her family. I really hope in this life, they will achieve happiness and not despair like before,' 

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After dinner, Maria made her way to the library located inside the family manor. Trying to dig up information about the Summer Flower, a voice close to her ear startled her and made her scream. After dropping the book, Maria turned around and saw that it was big-brother who had frightened her.

"Brother, what are you doing here?" Maria asked, trying to get her heart to calm down.

"That's the same thing I should be asking you. If you wanted me to read you a bedtime story, you could've just asked you know.?" It seemed her older brother thought that his cute little sister wanted to read a bedtime story, but once he saw the cover of the book that had fallen out of her hands, he grew confused.

"Why are you reading a book about plants?" he asked as she began flipping through the pages again.

"I'm looking for information about the Summer-Flower," stated Maria, hoping that her big-brother could maybe give her some clues on where it was located.

"The Summer-Flower? Why do you want to know about that?" He asked, holding her book and began flipping through the pages.

"I'm just curious about it since I want to make another hairpin, using a Summer Flower this time," innocently lied Maria, only to wonder why the answer she had given him caused her brother to chuckle?

"Maria, a Summer-Flower is not just any regular flower, it's a plant-monster." After saying that, he walked over to the bookshelf and pulled out a book. Opening it, he began flipping through the pages before finding the right one and presenting it to Maria.

"You see this is a Summer-Flower. They're only active during the months of June and July before going into hibernation," explained her brother, showing her a picture of a large sunflower-like plant creature, which had razor-sharp teeth and several thick green limbs. Looking at the picture, Maria thought one thing,

'I'm screwed!'