Dreame - Stepping out of the shadows.A girl who finds her self confidence through challenges and those around her.Please read for more...
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Stepping out of the shadows.A girl who finds her self confidence through challenges and those around her.Please read for more...
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Mercy Akinyesi
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ABSTRACT
Talia was a girl born into a poor family .she and her parents always struggled to make ends meet and provide her tuition fee. Talia was very timid,shy and had lack of confidence in herself.she was constantly bullied and picked on by her peers and even her neighbors. Despite all these,Talia had an amazing talent, she was a genius and she had passion for broadcasting. Because of Talia's brilliance,she was given a scholarship to gain admission into a prestigious college named Bradford high,a school which only had rich heirs and heiresses. On her first day entering the school,she was met with mocking and sarcastic looks from the students.As she entered her class, she became the target of a rich and spoiled girl named Claire. Claire was the heiress of a rich family and because of her status,she bullied and tortured poor students. Claire stood up from her seat and walked up to Talia saying,"Welcome loser" before looking at her with disgust. Talia was very embarrassed and didn't dare to look Claire in the eye,she just hurried to her seat and took out her book . Then the teacher walked in and began the lecture. The teacher pointed out a question and asked claire to answer it. Claire wasn't brilliant and couldn't answer the question. The teacher then called Talia unexpectedly and told her to answer the question but Talia became shy and nervous and couldn't pick up the marker to solve the question. The teacher saw her and patted her back saying "I know you are new here,so you can go back to your seat".She then told Claire to stand at the back of the class as punishment. Claire became embarrassed and blamed everything on Talia and swore to teach her a lesson. At lunch time, Claire and her friends went to meet Talia and dragged her to an abandoned room near the cafeteria. Claire looked at Talia and said "a poor nobody like you does not deserve to be in this fancy school". She instructed her friends to lock Talia in the room and after that,she left with her friends wearing a smug smile. Talia began hitting at the door with all her strength but it was of no use.She started looking for tools to use when she accidentally stumbled upon a old and dusty door. curious,she opened the door and saw it was an old abandoned broadcast room for the school. Excited,she sat down and thought to herself ,"maybe I can fulfill my dream and become a broadcaster". She took the mic and began her speech,unaware the students were listening to her,intrigued by her pure honesty and commitment. After the speech,the students started talking about the anonymous broadcaster. One student said,"She is very passionate and straightforward" and others said similar things too. Meanwhile In the broadcast room,Talia felt proud and decided to give the students motivational speeches without letting anyone notice. Nearby the broadcast equipment,Talia saw a large metal stick and she began using it to hit the door with all her strength. After some minutes, the lock broke and Talia ran to her class. In her class,she started hearing lots of positive comments about the mysterious broadcaster.As she passed Claire to her seat,she saw Claire staring at her with a vicious look.She was so scared that she almost fell. Claire had planned to kill Talia again after school.After some hours,the closing bell rang and everyone ran to their houses. claire quickly called the thugs to get ready. As Talia was going home,she noticed two strange men following her,she panicked and started running while the thugs ran behind her. Fortunately she saw an open car parked nearby, left with no other choice,she ran inside,locked the car and held her mouth as the men ran past the car. She was relieved and wanted to go out when a voice coughed behind her.She saw a man looking at her confused. Left with no other way to explain,she told him everything that happened.After listening carefully, the man said "you don't need to hide your passion,be who you want to be regardless of those around you". Talia didn't take his words to heart but thanked him and got out. When she got home,the man's words echoed in her head but she brushed it off and slept. The next day at school,Claire forcefully dragged Talia to the school roof and pushed her off the building turning deaf ears to Talia's pleas. Unfortunately for Talia,she began bleeding severely and was rushed to the hospital and was admitted. Talia had planned to give up on her dream when the man's words echoed again in her mind,she became determined to continue her dream. After her recovery,she went to school and revealed her identity to her classmates and the school.They cheered for her and they all supported her and became her friends. Claire was imprisoned for attempted murder and was sentenced to death. Years later,Talia became a famous broadcaster known worldwide.During an interview,she told her viewers, "Believe in yourself regardless of those around you,be who you want to be because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind at all"