Death, for Zhen Hua is not something to be feared but something to be expected. She didn't fear death and gladly welcomed it.

She was supposed to be dead 3 years ago. So even now that she has truthfully died, she was not scared for she was prepared for it.

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Feeling light like a feather, she explored the dark space. There was no light except for herself since for some unknown reason, she was brightly glowing like a star.

Zhen Hua wandered alone in the desolate space, wondering why there was no one here to escort her to the Netherworld or to the purgatory. She slowly became scared, thinking that she had to stay at this place forever, with nothing to do or to eat.

She continued to float at the void, expecting to see an end of the space. She wandered and wandered....

She floated and floated....

An uncountable number of days have passed--even though there was no day at the space-- and she have finally rebuked the gods!

She became mad and delusional. But who would not? Even the most toughest person wouldn't be able to take silence and darkness for a very long time!

Zhen Hua was singing like there was no tomorrow--well, there was really no tomorrow-- to satisfy her quench of loneliness.

Sometimes she would laugh like a mad man,  then cry silently while hugging her knees.

She continued this lifestyle until the time she saw hope... A light at the horizon.

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Laying at the floor of an exquisite room was the lifeless body of a malnourished beauty.

If you'll stare at her, you would only think that she is in a deep sleep, but the truth was she is already dead.

Several hours have gone since the girl's death and now, the sun have already set. As the moon peeked at the horizon, it's light traveled to caress the land.

The door was still open, giving way for the cold wind and pure white light of moon.

The moonlight inside the room have concentrated on the top of the lifeless  girl, forming an orb of light. Slowly, the concentrated moonlight fell toward the mouth of the deceased beauty.

What happened next was extraordinary, the girl shone brighter than the moon as her body elevated from the ground.

Countless tiny glittering fairies flew around her while singing ancient song and dancing ethnic steps. They were jolly and excited, they happily sang and danced while giving off different kind of colors.

Some were red, orange, yellow, green, and cyan but the majority was purple and pure white.

Inside the room was like a disco, the lights and sounds of the fairies could be seen and heard by the nearby servants.

The servants stared at the origin of the lights and sounds, the central courtyard, the prohibited land. Even though they were curious about the occurrence, they could only bury their curiosity in the depth of their mind.

After the fairies finished their song, all of them entered the enchanting girl’s pores. They disappeared like they were never there before.

But even though they left without a trace, they left behind miracles. The once void body now have a new resident. The heart that once have stopped to beat was now beating and the skin that ceased to emit heat have started again.

As the moon hid at the horizon, the  girl's radiance started to fade, and when it all disappeared, she harshly fell on the floor.

"Ah!"