Lick lick lick. My eyes pop open to see my little dog yipping playfully in my face. Hmm, I should introduce myself first. My name is Mia Lee, and I am an outgoing seventeen-year-old. It is a pleasant Sunday on summer vacation to just stay inside and relax, so I am not unhappy to wake up. The day doesn’t seem unusual or out of the ordinary at all. I mindlessly change out of my pajamas and put on jean shorts and one of my favorite casual shirts. My dad usually doesn’t go to work on Sunday, so he is still with me at home. As we are reading our different books, my father suggests that we should visit my grandparents today, since we have the time. I look up from my book, thinking about my plans for today, until I agree with a shrug. Soon we are getting into our car; my dad takes the driver seat while I slide into the seat in the back. Suddenly, my eyelids begin to feel heavy, and I slowly drift off into sleep.
When I wake up I find myself sitting in the back of the van, parked outside of my grandfather’s house. I must’ve fallen asleep on the way here, I think. I quickly get out of the car and knock on the house door. My aunt opens the door. “Hello, Aunt Thitram, can I come in?” I ask. She gives me a puzzled look. “There’s no one here except my niece and nephews, but I guess you can come in,” she answers in a voice that sounds like a confused, high pitched cat. I walk in and move to the room where my cousins and I would always play. As I reach towards the door, I see her. There is a girl who looks exactly like me playing Pokemon on the 3DS. She sounds like me, talks like me, even moves like me. I start to panic; instead of going in the room, I advance to the bathroom. I close the door as a way of hiding and look at the sink to make sure I am not delusional. As I glance at the mirror, I gasp. Where I expect to see a girl with black hair and brown eyes, I see someone else’s reflection looking strangely back at me. I examine my face closely, only to see a girl with long blonde hair and deep blue eyes, eyes that are as blue as sapphires. Instead of wearing shorts and a shirt, I am wearing a simple white dress. How can this be?! Why do I have blonde hair and blue eyes? I try to say my name, but it comes out as “Destiny Kim”, as if that is my name and Mia is just an alias. As I announce the name, a bright, white light suddenly fills the room and blinds me.
When the white light finally disappears, I notice that my surroundings have changed. I am not in the cramped bathroom from a few moments ago, but in the middle of a large room filled with gleaming iron machinery. Then something catches my attention and I find myself walking over to a long conveyor belt. When I see what is on the conveyor belt, I feel my blood turn to ice. Staring back at me are dozens upon dozens of girls who look exactly like my strange new appearance, all with blank looks in their bright blue eyes. “Welcome child,” a woman with a nasally voice says. I turn around to see a woman that looks like the ones from the conveyor belts. “You are the most special one we have created so far,” she continues, “although you had been disguised as someone else. Look no further, we are what you call home. We will offer the utmost attention to you.” The way she snarled made the last word sound like she is going to keep me in jail, I thought, but not until someone behind me knocked me unconscious.