“I’m a 13 year old albino boy; I was poisoned and then abandoned by my parents, the Earl and Countess Rodin. I have been called a hero by some, and a coward by others...I’ve been bullied because I look different. Now I’m trying to make a decision on my future...

The year is 2021.... I’m standing alone in a classroom, my two pet mice sitting on my shoulders. A miraculous gift-giving portrait of me and my two mice is hanging on the classroom wall. My portrait has been hanging there for the past 130 years. Nobody can remove it....

My story ends where it started, in 2021. I have a choice to make... go back in time to 1890 where it all started, or stay in the here and now. I’m still standing alone in that classroom... Snowflake and Raindrop sitting on my shoulders.... The portrait is still on the wall... I must make my decision.... One that will change my existence forever............ What will it be?”

Illustrated by: Skender Lauren