Ryan Leonard Beaumont's (Rye's) POV
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I woke up suddenly with an aching pain ontop of my head, on my back and on my forearms. As I forcefully drag myself out of bed at it-is-still-dark-outside-and-nobody-should-be-awake o'clock and walk towards the bathroom in my room I realize the fact that it's my birthday. Great, I think sarcastically, It's my 19th birthday and my whole upper body is in infuriating pain, just what I wished for as my birthday present.

I stumble into the dark bathroom and turn on the light, helplessly squinting my eyes against the sharp light. Walking towards my so called cabinet - which was more like a closet without clothes in it - and opening the door I look at my Rimlous (soulmir backwards - short for soulmate mirror) where my soulmates reflection is standing, blankly staring back at me with his beautiful, capitating eyes.

I can't help but sigh, it's been officially four years since I first saw his adorable face and I still haven't met him nor talked to him, I don't even know his name! I just pray to everything that's good in this world that he at least lives in the UK and that I'll meet him one day seeing as some people never even meet their soulmate.

I grudgely close the cabinet door and walk towards my mirror which actually shows your own reflection, I look at myself in the mirror and my eyes widen at the sight I see. At first it's all my normal self, the first thing I notice is the extremely red lines going up my forearms, I didn't have those last night and i certainly did not selfharm... then I realized it, my soulmate had made these. He had cut himself, how could he do such thing? Now I just have the urge to sit next to him and hold him tight, protecting him from all harm even though I don't even know him.

The next different thing that I notice is two small, pointy, blue and orange striped horns ontop of my head. "WHAT?!" I screech out, the echo flowing through the whole house and unfortunately waking up my Mum whom sprinted into the bathroom only two minutes later.

In the time between when I screamed and when Mum ran into the room I managed to notice another thing, a pair of tiny, white, angel wings attached onto my back. They were beautiful, yes, but how did they get there? And when?

When Mum walked to me she noticed me staring, shook, into the mirror. Shining me her signature smile - although now it showed worry - she placed her hands on my shoulders in the most gentle way ever and ran a hand through my hair, "What's wrong Ryan?" She asked her eyes glistening with concern.

"What do you mean 'what's wrong'? Can't you see the horns on my head and the wings on my back?" I cried out and the worry in her eyes faded, "Oh honey, that's normal, you see when-"

"NORMAL?!" I cut her off, "HOW CAN THAT BE NORMAL?!" My Mum let out a soft chuckle and pulled me close to her chest, hugging me with wary hands, "You didn't let me finish, Sweetheart."

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Third person's POV
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Rye listened intently as his mother explained why and how this was normal, he was now seated on the toilet seat and she was crouching infront of him.

The thing is that if you haven't met your soulmate and the universe sees how much the both of you are struggling and how much you need each other, the universe will make the one who is the most capable to find the other see themselves in the mirror with either one of three; Two horns - which changes colours depending on how close you are to the person on the map - and white wings, Two cat ears - also depending in colour on distance - and a cat tail OR two antlers - which as well depends in colour on distance - and a tail that splits in two and is almost like a snake tail.

His mother said that black and white is really far apart, red and green is relatively far apart, purple and yellow is within the same country or close and blue and orange is really close, maybe even within the same city.

There was no doubt that Rye was shocked about this.

"But Mum, mine are blue and orange, has he been that close by all along?!" Rye asked, he was starting to get some hope by now. "Yes, honey, it does, or at least he is now."

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That was the day Ryan Leonard Beaumont finally had hope again and he felt overjoyed and optimistic for once.

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