In a small town there lived two sisters. One was considered the beautiful, achieving one, while the other was considered a loser. The loser of the two was jealous of the other and kept a journal about everything she hated about her sister. One day, the beautiful sister was invited to a party, one that the loser sister really wanted to go to. She wished so badly for something to happen to her beautiful sister that she wrote down, “I wish she would grow pimples all over her face.” And lo-and-behold, the next day, the beautiful sister now had pimples all over her face. But, instead of staying home, the beautiful sister mustered the courage to go out. The next day, all the pimples had disappeared, and the beautiful sister was now beautiful again.
At school, there was a boy the loser sister really liked. He was the handsomest of them all. But he would never focus on her. She was ugly, through her actions; no one ever gave her the light of day. One day, as she was walking to class, the loser sister caught sight of her sister with the boy she liked. “I like you.” Said the boy to the beautiful sister. Filled with rage, the loser sister left. When she got home, she got out her journal and scratched in a patch of black with her pen. She hated her sister. But she realized something. If she were to dress as her beautiful sister, maybe people would like her more. And so, she did. But people still recognized her as the loser. So, she decided to not only dress as her sister but act like her sister. People loved her! Sure, her face wasn’t as pretty, but she got a lot of attention for being charming like her sister. It was always a comparison to her sister, never to herself, but still, she was satisfied with the attention. However, the boy she liked still didn’t notice her.
One night, as she was sleeping, she had a nightmare. One where her sister attacked her for being prettier and better than her. She sat up in a cold sweat. How could her sister do that to her? Fine, she’ll get back at her. She opened her journal and wrote, “I wish my sister would get in a horrible accident. I wish her face would get ruined.” There, she thought, she can’t hurt me now.
The next day, nothing happened. Neither did the next day or the next. What was wrong with the journal? Nothing. Actually, the journal didn’t have special powers; the first instance was that of coincidence. The loser sister didn’t accept that the journal was not special, that her sister was better than her, and that the boy she liked didn’t like her back. So, she decided to take matters into her own hands. When night fell, the loser sister grabbed a knife and went to her beautiful sister. See if you’ll be better than me now. She stabbed her sister and ran the knife down the sides of her face, making the sister scream in pain.
In the hospital, the now deformed sister was devastated. How could she ever show her face in public again? When she was discharged, she went to her sister to discuss what had happened. “I don’t hate you. If anything, I hope that you can forgive me for making you feel lesser than me. I love you.” She said to the loser sister. But the loser sister didn’t want anything to do with her. How in the world could she still be so nice and perfect? What can I do to make her the loser? The loser sister went back to her room without a word and wrote in her journal that she wishes her sister would die. That same night, her sister hung herself. This time, the journal worked its magic, she will never be above me again!
“You are so different from your sister.”, “Your sister was so nice.”, “I’m going to miss your sister.” There was no end to it. Even though the beautiful sister had died, she was now truly above the loser. No matter how hard the loser tried, her sister was always the talk of town. She lived in this hell, always trying to be one step above, never achieving what she wanted. Now she would never know the truth that her beautiful sister had declined the boy in order to give her sister a chance. That she never asked to be above her, that she was just being herself. If only she realized that by being her true self and by changing her actions, she would become her own person. Turns out that the loser sister was now a true loser, cursed to live forever as the lesser of the two.
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