Under a mango tree is a teenage girl sitting on a bench holding a magazine in her hands, the size of the magazine is enormous that one could barely see her face from a distance, she held the magazine in a manner of way giving the full attribute of her personality, A girl full of courage and confidence... Aurora is a sixteen years old teenage girl with ambition and talents, due to her personality she is well known in her community unlike her twin sister Gabrielle, who is the exact opposite of her, while Aurora is an extrovert and loves to party and be at social gatherings, Gabrielle is an introvert who is always idle and does not like involving in any outdoor activities, Aurora being the talented one is not always available at home to do the household chores, every chore was left for Gabrielle to handle, which makes Gabrielle hold grudges against her, for some reason Aurora is the favorite child of her parent, she is always given the attention she needed and never lacks anything, while Gabrielle is always ignored and treated harshly, Gabrielle grew up envying her sister due to the amount of affection and attention she received both from her parents and in school.
Every day Gabrielle wakes up two hours earlier than everyone in the house, she would walk down to the basement and lock the door behind her, while every other person is sleeping, Gabrielle is practicing and mastering every talent that Aurora has, she has always wanted to be better than her sister and to be known and respect, but her effort is always in vail has no one has ever given her attention to prove her abilities. Whenever Gabrielle wants to do something, she is often discouraged by her parents, they believe the only thing she is good at doing is household chores, there is no day that Gabrielle does not go to bed with a heavy heart, she always cries herself to sleep and call herself useless. Despite all the harsh treatment and discouragement, she receives from everyone Gabrielle never stops going to the basement, she wished to be like her sister or even better than her sister.
Aurora has never received any special treatment from her twin sister despite getting it from everyone else, she has always tried to be closer to her sister but she is always given the cold shoulder by Gabrielle, right from a child Aurora has always wanted to carry her sister along in whatever she is doing, when she won a prize for her abilities and talent, she makes sure to share it with her sister. When everyone discourages Gabrielle, she has been the only one motivating and supporting her but Gabrielle never sees that the envy and hate she has for her sister has blinded her so she can't see any good in Aurora. Aurora being a free-minded and carefree child never holds anything against her sister, she has never spoken any bad against her sister, but always defended Gabrielle and spoke highly of her whenever someone in her circle criticized Gabrielle. But Gabrielle when given the chance always condemns her sister in public.
The mayor of the town who just arrived from abroad, organize a show which would be held during the town carnival, the show was all about fashion and design, anyone with the best fashion taste and skill is eligible to apply and the winner would be sponsored abroad to a fashion school with a full paid scholarship covering both tuition, housing, and feeding... Gabrielle after hearing this ran to her parent and request for money for the application fee, but her parents turned her down saying that she doesn't even know how to operate a machine talk less of sewing, 'What do you know about fashion?', her father added mockingly, 'mom I promise I can sew, please don't let this opportunity pass me by', Gabrielle pleaded crying. Just when the parents were about to walk away Aurora came and pleaded on behalf of her sister, 'How can two sisters compete, didn't you hear that there is only going to be one winner, and besides, what does she know about fashion and design', their mother added, 'Mom please let her just try, who knows she might win', Aurora pleaded more. 'Okay if you say so', their father said giving the both of them the fee for the application. Gabrielle was so excited, she was so confident that she is going to win, even though her sister is far more talented than her, there was this confidence that runs through her vein, is the first time that the world is going to see her display her abilities and skills, that thought alone was what made her happy...
It was seven days before the competition and both sisters were already putting all their effort into it, Aurora who is already talented didn't find it hard but Gabrielle despite their parents buying her own sewing machine, always goes to Aurora's room in excuse to use her sewing machine, just to see what she is up to. Gabrielle while in Aurora's room saw the journal Aurora uses for her drawing, she skimmed through it and saw a lot of nice drawings of dresses, Gabrielle was full of jealousy at that moment, she searched around where Aurora keeps her stuff and saw the dress Aurora was working on, she was sad and bitter because no matter the time given to her, she can never make a dress as beautiful as that, confused about what to do, she took the journal and left the dress behind, thinking Aurora won't be able to complete the dress without her journal. After coming back from the party her friends invited her to, Aurora went straight ahead to her sewing machine to complete the dress since the competition is only a few days from now, she couldn't find her journal, so she ran down to the living room to rant about her missing journal, while their parents were trying to look for it for her, Gabrielle blamed her from being careless and playing too much, at that moment the parents knew it was Gabrielle who took the journal, to avoid problems between the two sisters their mother asked Aurora to continue without her journal. 'All my drawings are in there mom, I can't do anything without it', Aurora cried and ran back to her room...
Three days before the competition, Both sisters finished their dresses and design, in excited the two sisters went downstairs to show their work to their parents, their parents were surprised when they saw Gabrielle's handwork, 'did you do this my child', asked the mother, 'yes mom', Gabrielle replied happily, it was at that moment that the parents realized they have underestimated her and has looked down on her, Gabrielle dress was indeed beautiful, more beautiful than Aurora's but the design was not from her.
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