Displaced Myth （Revised）

The story takes place in a modern high school of America called Cawdor. Mary was an ordinary teenage girl who was enrolled in honor classes and was involved in all sorts of activities. Mary's cute face and kindness have won her some popularity at school. However, she could never be as popular as Tia, the cheerleading captain whose mother was the mayor and father was the richest man in the city. She was so pretty that boys from other schools came in crowds to see her sight. Even though sometimes Tia was too haughty, everyone in school still treated her like a queen.


Mary was one of the few people who Tia actually trusted. Although Mary never wanted to hurt Tia, she was secretly in love with Tommy, Tia's boyfriend.

One day, three girls stopped Mary as she was walking out of her chemistry class. Mary looked up and recognized they were the quiet emo girls from her English class. What do these emo girls have to say to me? She thought.

"You are going to become the formal queen this winter." One of the emo girls said.

"No way!" Mary laughed, "Tia is the formal queen every year, no doubt!" It would be nice to give other girls some chances, but there is no way Tia won't be selected as the queen, Mary thought to herself.

"And after that, you will replace Tia and become the cheer team caption." Another girl sounded.

"What?" Mary did not hesitate to hide her confusion.

Three girls looked at each other, and finally the third girl said, "At that time, everyone in school will love you more than ever, and all the boys will turn to you, all boys including Tommy."

"Stop kidding me." Mary waved her hands to state she is leaving this absurd conversation, but the blush on her face betrayed her action. At the moment, Mary felt like she can do anything to have Tommy, if that anything will help her to reach this goal."Well, the winter formal is in two days," Mary said to herself, "we will find out if that bull crap was true."




Two days later in the prom night, Mary almost couldn't help her desire to scream when the host announced her as the formal queen. But she did cry out loud deep inside: they were right! I CAN replace Tia! I am pretty and smart, just as much as her! I WILL become the new cheerleading caption and I WILL get Tommy!

She felt as if her chest is fulfilled by courage and ambition.




The next day, Mary challenged Tia for her position. In order to win with a hundred percent probability, Mary drugged Tia's drinks so she couldn't come to this competition. Mary's dirty tricks caused Tia to stay home for a week, and naturally helped Mary to become the new team leader.




Tia's confidence was crashed and she never showed up again. On the other hand, Mary became the student president and started dating Tommy. She was not so good of a cheerleading captain, though. She was overly strict and always yelled at her team members. In fact, she was so afraid of being overthrown like Tia that she became very rude to the girls around her.




Soon, all the cheerleaders decided to leave the team because they couldn't bear how mean Mary has become. Looking at the empty gym, Mary still couldn't realize what she did wrong. She noticed that even after she has been selected as the formal queen and become the new cheer team captain, people did not begin to love her more. No one talked to her anymore, and now she has no friend at all.