Heroes/Peppy

Lore
Peppy doesn't remember her parents, as she was raised by her sister Jill since the very first days. Both girls lived in an abandoned mansion, overgrown with web and ivy through the roof, and maple leaves littered the windows. Every morning Jill left for work, strictly forbidding her younger sister to even look outside.

First years staying at home didn't bother Peppy at all. There's no need going outside when there are so many interesting things: soft light coming from oriental lanterns, the smell of fresh buns made by Jill and... books. What a fascinating world opened up before her in the pages of dusty tomes, forgotten in the mansion by former owners! Brave knights, doing good deeds, and faithful ladies risking for the sake of true love – everything was beautiful in books and the good always won. Often captured by another story Peppy put on a skirt and posed in front of a mirror, grinning to someone or bending arms dramatically. Years passed and Peppy's acting skills were growing along.

And then the time has come when the girl wanted to see the world outside the house. One day after her sister left. Peppy grabbed her most beautiful shoes, wrote a note and ran outside. Where are all the princes, broughams and laughter? Why are there so many sad people begging? The world Peppy saw around her really differed from the books.

But the world fell completely apart when the demons on huge black horses came to the city square. Behind them walked the people of Dominion, thin, gaunt and captured into slavery. “No, the world can't be that bad”, – Peppy thought. She stepped towards the monsters and started the performance.

If anybody could see Peppy that time, they'd call her a witch. Stunned monsters looked at pink flashes of her weather vane, catching every gesture and sound, imitating the actress's mood. And when the show came to a climax, on top of every monster a theater mask lit up. Ta Da, the finale! But instead of applause there was only a sound of dead “spectators” falling from the horses. Peppy not getting upset calmly pulled the keys out of her pockets and undid the prisoners' shackles.

Now she knew the real power of her art and was ready to make the world like the one it was on the pages of her favorite books.

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