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Chapter 2: Great dance night

Finally, when it was time for the party, Hana and Sarah were personally brought to the ball by Xenia, and when she left the house, she did not forget to look at Clara threateningly:
"You stay at home to prepare to receive guests."
Clara knew she said that on purpose because she was afraid that she would escape to the party. Tonight, she went to her friends' house to play cards until late at night. The two girls went to the party, so Clara would be free, just for tonight was enough.
Clara returned to her room and sat at the table reading her unfinished book. It's strange! why couldn't she concentrate today, sitting for less than five minutes, Clara yawned from sleep. Just like that, she collapsed on the table, having that dream again, this time with Xenia's sweet voice appearing:
"Clara! It's almost time, hurry up! Open the cupboard behind the curtain."
Clara was startled to open her eyes, she was bewildered by what she dreamed, looked at the swinging curtain, involuntarily she stood up and walked over, reaching out to push the curtain aside. Behind it there was a wooden wardrobe, she did as she was told in her dream and opened it with her hand, and was surprised to find inside there was a Blue dress, a pair of glass shoes and a mask, everything like that. with her dream, what surprised her was how similar it was to the dress her mother used to wear.
What is this? A moment of bewilderment before she put on the costume. Looking at herself in the mirror, Clara didn't think she would fit it so well. She smiled amused, but then her face fell again when she saw the birthmark. Clara sadly sat down on the bed, she dejectedly took it off, accidentally the mask fell to the floor, as she struggled to take off her dress. Clara bent down to pick it up, suddenly remembering this was a masquerade party, no one would know who she was, if she wore a mask. Thinking like that, her smile reappeared on her face.
"But I can't talk." Clara sighed again, more worried, sat down on the floor, fidgeting with her dress in confusion.
On the roof, there are two girls sitting and talking, they are Clara's guardian angels. When Clara was born, she, unfortunately, received a curse from an evil woman, that woman was abandoned by Nathan - Clara's father. The curse says that when Nathan gives birth to his first child if it is a girl, the baby's left cheek will have a birthmark, as the baby grows, the birthmark also grows, making the face look Ugly. If someone truly loves the baby, a sincere kiss will break the curse. When she was alive, Clara's mother had met an evil woman, she begged that person to let her and Nathan go, but on her parents' wedding day, the woman appeared with a declaration of the curse. Of course, her parents didn't believe it, until she was born, they were really shocked when it happened. Since then, her mother has always prayed that she will meet someone who truly loves her, she always reminds her to believe in it.
"Is Clara going to the ball?" The blonde angel spoke up.
"I do not think so!" Martha sighed, dejectedly replying. "Clara looks uninterested."
"Are you sure, Martha?" The blonde looked at you suspiciously.
"Come on Bertha, our mission is to help Clara find someone who can break the curse."
"You mean it'll affect if Clara doesn't come to the ball?"
Bertha realized what her friend was referring to, and cried out in panic.
"May!" Martha smiled slyly, while her partner sighed in frustration.
The two girls watched Clara for a while, not moving. Impatient, Martha is ready to carry out her intentions. The brown-haired girl raised her hand, but before she could do anything, she saw Clara standing up, wearing a mask, Putting her feet in her shoes, pulling her hair up, and wearing a necklace her mother gave her around her neck, she looked very much like Cinderella. So Clara has decided, she will come to the party.
Clara left the house, maybe she was late due to thinking, Clara wanted to catch TaXeniai but there was no stopping. Two angels shook their heads, a snap of Martha's fingers, immediately a Car stopped, Clara happily climbed into the Car.
"Duke University! Please!"
Clara spoke up, strangely she opened her mouth to speak, perhaps wearing a mask gave her confidence.
Clara adjusted her outfit again before entering the party, looking at herself in the bathroom mirror, then exited when she was satisfied. Just out of the bathroom door, she was unlucky when she hit someone, lost her balance, and almost fell, if that person did not catch her in time. Clara regained her balance, looked in front of her, it was a guy with a Lion mask, looking very strong.
"Sorry!" Clara raised her voice, then quickly lowered her head and entered the party.
The boy with black hair and amber eyes looked up at her, with a strange feeling of wavering.
"No one seems to recognize me."
The boy muttered, then entered the party, but stopped short when he heard the conversation of two girls, standing outside the entrance.
"How do you know who is Zane?" One of the girls asked.
"Easy, the whole school is the only guy with the lion mask on." The girlfriend excitedly replied.
"How do you know?"
"The whole school knows, rumors spread that Zane wears a lion mask so no one dares to wear that mask."
The girl confirmed to her friend and the two entered the party. Zane stepped out of the wall, extremely angry when he heard about it, he didn't want to come but the idiot Arlo insisted on pulling him, otherwise, he would stay in Thomas's house and refuse to come back.
His clothes were all prepared by Orla for, in fact, a hidden party, and yet he was so different than everyone noticed.
Zane turned to leave, this time he ran into another person, a boy.
"President!" The man exclaimed and bowed his head. "I'm sorry!"
As rumored, everyone recognized him, not only female but also male, he was even angrier. 
Seeing Zane's attitude, the young man wanted to escape quickly but was caught by him.
"Stop!"
"Is there anything?" The opposite person trembled in fear of offending him, his voice was like an order.
"Remove the mask."
Zane did not change his tone.
"What?" The other man opened his mouth, not understanding what was going on.
If everyone thought he was wearing a lion mask, he wouldn't, so he returned to the party with a cat mask, not majestic like a lion but that was enough for him, at least no one bothered him. and he was present at the party as he told Arlo.
Coincidentally, Clara was also wearing a cat mask, she was standing in a corner, at a table near the end of the hall. Looking around, really overwhelmed, everyone is gorgeous in evening gowns. Clara sat on the chair with her hands touching, the music played, then the voice came from the loudspeaker, the host announced the official dance time. Everyone quickly found a partner to dance with, a lot of girls walked up to him with a lion mask, and they thought it was Zane.
Zane glanced around, there were a lot of girls surrounding his substitute, he smirked, so no one knew he had changed his mask, not even the members of the guild, except the lucky ones. fortunately, receiving blessings or misfortunes from him is still unknown.
In the distance, there are two guys talking loudly.
"Ready Done yet?" One of them leaned close to his ear and whispered to the other.
Loud music makes the conversation not clear, but the content needs to be communicated to everyone.
"Done! I will proceed immediately." The other person announced and left.
A sinister smile behind the fox mask.
The music is getting busier and busier, everyone invites each other out to dance. Clara still stood still in a corner without moving, breathing evenly, sipping a glass of water in her hand.
"Come on Clara, ask someone to dance." Martha stood next to urge.
"Are you crazy, Clara can't hear you," Bertha spoke up annoyed, annoyed why she had to come to this boring party.
Zane glanced around and suddenly stopped when he noticed the girl he bumped into in front of the toilet. For some reason, he lifted his leg and walked over to Clara.
Martha rolled her eyes when she saw someone approaching Clara.
"Hey! Someone finally recognized Clara."
Martha with a mischievous smile nudged Bertha with her hand.
Bertha turned to look at the person walking towards them.
"Are you sure, what if it's not?"
"Why do you keep haunting me?" Martha, with her hands on her hips, looked at Bertha with slight displeasure.
"I only said if. Why are you reacting like that?" Bertha innocently replied.
Clara, who was looking down at her hand, was surprised when a hand reached out in front of her.
"May I ask you to dance?"
The low voice made Clara look up, Martha who was arguing with Bertha also glanced over to expect Clara's reaction.
"Ano!...I..."
Clara was so surprised that she didn't know how to react, so she should or shouldn't accept while her hand was still extended and waiting.
"Come on girl," Martha said and nudged Clara lightly, Clara put her hand on the open hand.
When the two entered the dance floor, Clara calmly remembered that she was a bad dancer. Before long, the son had already begun. It was a strange feeling, she felt confident, moving her legs to a rhythm that matched the person. Beautiful rotations, suddenly the light shining where she was dancing made everyone's attention. Clara immersed herself in the music, her movements were light, flexible, delicate, and unusually beautiful.
The two ends in a beautiful movie, where she falls and the person picks her up, claps as the music stops. Clara smiled through the mask, she didn't think she would be so confident, didn't think she could dance. It's like that body isn't under my control.
Clara returned to her old position, while Zane approached the counter, he wanted to get her water. Clara received many invitations but she refused. Immersed in the music, she unconsciously looked at the clock, it was time to go home. If Xenia knew she was hiding, then... Shivering at the thought, Clara hurriedly pushed through the crowd to leave. Zane turned around and didn't see her anywhere, looked around, he saw her walking towards the door, hastily put two glasses of water on a chair, and chased after her.
When Clara left at the party, there was a small accident. The person wearing the lion mask suddenly vomited continuously, then fainted in front of everyone. All panicked, Arlo and the rest of the guild approached.
"Zane!" Arlo screams when he sees his friend Fall.
Taking off the mask, everyone froze, seeing that the person behind the mask was not Zane. Everyone looked at each other without understanding.
"Take him to the hospital." Neil's voice was urgent, two other people came to help the less fortunate when carrying Zane.
The reason is that someone put drugs in a glass of water, which that person thinks the real Zane will drink. Unexpectedly, the collision with the girl behind the cat mask, helped Zane make the decision to change the mask with someone else. A fist hit the wall when the plan failed, the shadow turned away with anger.
Clara ran with her hands on the bottom of her skirt and ran, wearing high heels, so she had to be careful or she would fall, which helped Zane catch up with her.
"Wait a minute," Zane called out, Clara continued to run.
An arm held hers.
"Didn't you hear me calling?" he asked as he caught up with her.
Clara turned to look at him, four eyes met, she was slightly confused by the situation.
"Sorry I have to go.
Saying that Clara took back her arm. Clara continued to run while Zane stood dumbfounded for a moment, before asking to know her name.
"What's her name?" He said loudly, unfortunately, Clara did not notice, there was no reply, he had to turn his back and leave.
"Wait a minute, it's not like the Cinderella story."
Martha's exclamation startled Bertha, who was standing beside her, as she stared at Clara.
"What do you mean?" Bertha asked suspiciously.
"Ah!" Martha suddenly exclaimed, "I remember when I left Cinderella left a shoe."
"So then, what are you going to do?" Bertha wondered.
Looking at Martha's smile, Bertha seemed to understand: "Don't tell me you did it? Just crazy."
Martha nodded her head, smiling mischievously: "After all, it was thanks to the shoe that they met again."
Bertha gave up on Martha, and as soon as Martha finished speaking, she snapped her fingers back in time, when Zane held Clara's hand.
"Sorry I have to go."
Clara said to take back his hand, he slowly let go of her hand. When Clara turned away, another snap of Martha's fingers, the necklace around Clara's neck fell to Xenia.
A mischievous smile appeared on Martha's lips, Bertha beside her could only shake her head, not reacting to her partner's mischievous tricks.
After Clara disappeared, he turned to go but stopped when his foot accidentally stepped on something. He stepped back and looked down to see the necklace on the floor. Zane bent down to pick it up, suddenly smiling.
"We'll see each other again, Cinderella!"

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    Pricess Pastores

    thanks you for reading

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    good

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    JannahLee

    Love it it's a 10/10 for me

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