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Age: 0
Anastasia was born and became the center of her parents' world, who devoted their life to the newborn child. -
Age: 3
Anastasia almost dies of excitement when she receives a jersey from her favorite sports team, and signed by her favorite player, as a birthday present. -
Age: 3
Anastasia's parents hand her $20 simply because she asks for it; Anastasia learns she can persuade her parents to do anything for her. -
Age: 4
Anastasia's first day of kindergarten, she isn't frightened or worried; she looks forward to showing off to her peers. -
Age: 4
Anastasia meets her first "friend," though minion might describe her better as she follows Anastasia's every word and never dares to show her own opinions. -
Age: 5
Anastasia's cousins come to visit and she isn't the center of attention anymore, she responds by locking herself in her room for almost the entire week. -
Age: 6
Anastasia learns, through her "friends," that younger siblings are annoying and she begins to see her peers, who they themselves are younger siblings, as annoying. -
Age: 6
Anastasia is bullied by another student because of her thin frame and retaliates by slapping him, she is then escorted to the principal's office but refuses to apologize and does not see what she did wrong. -
Age: 7
Anastasia participates in her first debate, she takes a position the contradicts practically the entire class and yet she still ends up "victorious." -
Age: 7
Anastasia is forced to work with others for a group project for the first time; she takes command of the group and does most of the work although the others want to help because she feels she is the only one who can do "right." -
Age: 8
Tanuj becomes somewhat of a teacher's pet and is always helping the teacher pass out worksheets, and to nobody's surprise, this annoys Anastasia. -
Age: 8
Anastasia and Tanuj are put in the same group for a school presentation and Anastasia assumes her usual bossy attitude, telling everyone else exactly what parts to work on and how to do them. -
Age: 8
Anastasia receives a 95% for the project, along with the rest of her group, and blames each one of her peers in turn for not doing the very best work. -
Age: 9
There is a fire in the kitchens at Anastasia's school while the teacher is in the bathroom, Tanuj steps-up and shows his classmates the true leader he is by keeping the class calm and directing them towards the exit. -
Age: 10
Anastasia's class begins to see the true person behind the frame and they all, including Tanuj and her old "friends," avoid her. -
Age: 11
Being ignored seems only to infuriate her further, Anastasia's resentment and hate only increase and begins to boil over. -
Age: 13
Anastasia's mother dies; her father is heartbroken and won't come out of his room. -
Age: 14
Anastasia begins to formulate dark plans in the solitude of her room, one of which includes harming Tanuj's family. -
Age: 16
Anastasia becomes the topic of many rumors after she was spotted kicking another girl down the stairs for no apparent reason, at least according to the witness. -
Age: 18
Anastasia graduates and vows never to set foot in the foul school again.