/authors/hephaistos-fnord/ Recent content in Hephaistos Fnord on Utopia Stories Library Hugo en-us /stories/83318/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /stories/83318/ <p><strong>Chapter 1</strong></p> <p>I&rsquo;ve always been something of an overachiever. Competitive gymnast since I was four. Ballet. Competitive acro dancing. Academic Decathlon champion three years running. Tae Kwon Do blackbelt. Girl scouts. Candy stripers. Top fundraiser for our church&rsquo;s donation drive. Weekend volunteer at the veterinary clinic and an assisted living facility. Absolutely anything to prove I was the perfect little girl. That I wasn&rsquo;t useless, and worthless, and fat and ugly and unlovable.</p>