The Final Exam

She stood on a neatly cut lawn near the edge of a rocky cliff overlooking a choppy gray ocean *the sky overhead was overcast but bright to the point of blinding. It was a little after mid-day and the sky was heavy with a light rain soon to come, as it usually was. The smell of the salty ocean mixed with the smell of freshly cut grass, mossy stone, earth, and the light fragrance of roses tumbled in the breeze, blowing off the ocean. A pair of arms locked around her shoulders from behind. She affectionatly patted the owner's hands which were clasped together over her collar bone. she breathed in the scent of a delisheous mixture of herbs like rossemary, tea leaves, cinnamon, and nutmeg; it always changed with her.


"We're gonna miss you so much, Blake, we all will! You have to promise to keep in touch!" Her best friend's voice said next to her ear. Blake gently broke Ronnie's grip and turned to see her freckly face among their group of closely knit friends in their Yuledridge uniforms of navy plaid pleated skirts, flowery white blouses, deep navy blazers with the Yuledridge crest, and a crazy assortment of footwear from Mary Jane's to Army boots, they nodded encouragingly though sad to see their friend go. Blake smiled at them, she loved them so much--they were the only reason she wouldn't want to leave.*


"Dont worry about me, and I will, I promise." Blake laughed, "I'm not really sure if I'm allowed to come back or something just for a trip to stock up on something or other during the year--I highly doubt it--but there are plenty of other ways to see you guys while I'm away without leaving."


"I guess so," Ronnie sighed. "But I have something for you." She held her hand out to the side and twirled it, the ground below twisted open and out came a basket covered in a cloth. She knelt down and picked it up, it clinked slightly when she handed it to Blake. "I hope it'll come in handy, I know you have a spot of trouble with it and all, and I doubt the human world has to offer the array of herbs available like we have here..."


Blake took the basket and lifted a corner of the fabric and saw several dozen rows of little vials of different liquids and colours, "Woah, what's all this, you did this for me?" she asked incredulously. It was typical of her in a way, Potions Master that she was, but she had really outdone herself. Blake wondered why Ronnie hadn't been chosen for the Final Exam, she was clever, and even mastered her element and Potions before any of them did, or anyone in their year.


Ronnie shrugged and smiled shyly, "Sure, why not? I thought it would *be useful to you during your Exam. And don't worry, I labeled them as well." Blake grinned.*


"Wait," one of her friends, Scarlet, ran up. She pulled a necklace out of her pocket, a simple silver chain and a pear shaped tanzanite pendant. The colour seemed to reflect in Blake's eyes, making her pale-ish violet eyes become a vibrant shade of purple. Scarlet put it around her neck, and as soon as the stone touched Blake's skin blue inscriptions *glowed as if they were carved in and light shone under it. The light faded and the stone was as flawless as ever, not a scratch in sight. Blake cocked an interested eyebrow at Scarlet so she went on to explain, "We heard the Exam gets tough and that fights break out between the examinees to secure a pure heart, even if it means sabotage. So I enchanted this necklace so it will keep you safe from dark or negative magic. We all put our blessings on it, so it's more powerful than a regular charm. And it's an antique, you know how old things are, old and wise, these things get stronger over the years." Blake's cheeks hurt from smiling so hard, knowing how much her friends cared about her. She hugged them both, it turned into a group hug and soon Ronnie was saying, "You better get to the portal, do you have everything?"*


She sighed, "You're right, much as I rather not..." Blake went over to her gear. Abenzio, her Savannah cat, was curled up napping on her backpack, and taking up almost all of the space available. She stroked his head and he perked up in a bit of a daze, "Time to go?" he asked in a gravely voice. Blake nodded solemnly, and with that Abenzio climbed off. She shouldered her bag and picked up her broom that had two other smaller traveling cases attached to it. She tapped the basket of potions with her finger and it shrunk to the size of an eraser, Blake packed it away in a plastic box with many compartments often used for craft supplies. The box had many other things she had shrunk like school books and things. Abenzio hopped on her shoulders while she was bent over and rested his bottom on the top of the backpack while resting his front paws on her shoulder.


Blake mounted her broom, "Until next year, I bid thee farewell," she told her friends then pushed off the ground. She watched Yuledridge Academy grow smaller as she flew, the place that had been her only home for so many years, she had not parents or family to go home to during the holidays. She was glad she had her friends, the only people she did have. Now was the day they had dreamt about for years since their first arrival at the Academy, and now Blake was the one living it. She glanced back at Yuledridge, it was definitely a place to be admired with it's rolling green lawns, the manicured topiary mazes and hedges, along with the famous rose gardens, the cobblestone paths, marble fountains, statues, and reflecting pools, and not to mention the gorgeous ivy covered white and gray stone Tuscan like style castle in all of it's glory sitting picturesque on the cliff side, with a white gravely-sand beach below; it was the main attraction, it was what made the magnificent castle Yuledridge Academy. Blake was proud to be one of it's many privileged students and hated to see it go but she forced herself to think that she would see it in a year, whether victorious or not--the latter she hoped.


Blake stood before the portal to the human world with a smirk shining on her face. She enjoyed herself a challenge, and this would be no different--except maybe the biggest one in her life. She was confident in herself to come back a hero with a pure heart in her possession. She stepped though the portal, with her familiar on her back and her broom at her side, she was ready to execute years of training.*


Now she just needed to find a nice city to settle in, if not only for a little while. She wanted something exciting.*
 
At his directions, Hope trailed into the door to her immediate right and peered around the kitchen; only to head through another door. The next room was a dining room, a big table set up with a dusty centerpiece and candles complimenting it.


Tristan had just answered the door, so she head back in the hallway to try and see who had come knocking. A girl stood on the other side of the door, and she saw her lips move but couldn’t hear her from where she was standing.


With a sigh, Hope headed down the hallway; peering into the washroom and living room before approaching two staircases. A decision made, she headed down the stairs and peered around the basement’s hallway.


Meanwhile, in the hallway upstairs, Scuttles rolled out of her owners’ knapsack and sniffed at the ground. He chittered before quickly darting towards the door and climbing Tristan’s leg, managing his way into his hoodie. Continuing the climb, he clambered his way out of Tristan’s hood and hissed at the girl standing in the doorway.
 
Blake floated above a busy city, shining brightly through the darkness. "Hmm.." she mumbled to herself uneasily, "It was a little after noon when I left, could the human world have this much of a time difference?" She observed the darkness that had already decended on the city. "Do you know what time it is?" Abenzio asked her from bhind her, he had settled on sitting partly consealed in her backpack with his head sticking out. "Time for you to get a watch." she said not bothering to look up from the cry scape. "Aww, come now, have you seen any kitty watches?" Abenzio told her in a sarcastic tone. "I'll find you one...It looks like it's too late to do anything tonight, let's familiarize ourself with the area for now, then we can start fresh in the morning. The time difference is a drag but I'm too anxious to sleep now." Blake stated, Abenzio nodded in agreement. "Let's go fly around." Blake said decisively. Then turned her broom around and began to zoom off.*
 
Kimberly saw the girl look at her, and smiled a little. Something darted towards her in the hallway, but disappeared up Tristan's leg and into his hoodie. "Uh... something just-" A little creature popped out and hissed at her. "AAA!!!!" Kimi jumped back and fell to the floor.
 
Tristan nodded to the person, confused. He didn't understand why a person would knock on the door this late at night just to introduce themselves. He looked back towards where he thought Hope still was and saw she had disappeared. He hadn't even explained where everything was and she started wandering, a mental twitch made him quickly look back at the girl at the door.


"May I-"


Interrupted again by something crawling up his pant leg into his hoodie. Tristan stiffened, going completely silent. When the girl screamed he blinked seeing the ferret next to him.


"What are you doing??"
 
At her scream, Scuttles hissed again, digging his nails into Tristan’s shoulder after the question was voiced. He pounced at the girl who had just fallen over and sniffed her form, clambering all over her body before darting back into the house. Although the ferret was usually quiet, he was making a ruckus on his descent down the stairs to find Hope.


The girl in question still remained in the hallway, lingering at the doorway for a big room; Scuttles bit at her feet and she was quick to turn around. Just as he was about to begin his frontal assault, her fingers twitched to life and the wind flipped him over. Hissing for the third time that day, Scuttles remained on his haunches, ready to pounce.


“That wind was meat to hold you up! Count yourself lucky there are no windows down here” she chided, before reversing her spell.


“Finally!” Scuttles proclaimed,


“Well, I can’t exactly let you talk in the human world” she noted, before finally entering the room.


“I could keep quiet!”


“Pfft, you, keep quiet?” they bantered


“In potions class I kept-” he started and she sighed


“…Look if all you’ve come down here for is-”


“No! The Heart!” he interrupted, chittering despite his human vocals.


“The Heart?” she questioned,


“The Crystal heart! I smelled it! At least, I think I did...” he explained,


“You smelled it? …With your nose? Remember Herbology whe-”


“NO! I’m sure I smelled it, I even double checked!” he cut her off again.


“Have you ever smelled a crystal heart?”


“No but-”


“No buts, you have nothing to compare it to. For all you know you’re smelling a aquamarine heart”


“The boy has an aquamarine heart!” he complained.


Finally peeved with the ferret’s antics, she muted him again and gave him a ‘push’ out of the doorway with the non-existent wind. Hope then turned around to the room she was standing in and sat on a couch, sighing to herself.


Aquamarine…


Scuttles continued making loud noises at the door, but she was enveloped in her own thoughts; if he doubted her in the slightest, it would be better to leave…and soon.
 
As expected, the ferret ignored him and ran off. Only having jumped onto the girl, scaring her more, and running off. It was just a pet after all. Tristan sighed and offered the girl his hand. "Need help up??"
 
After the incident with the ferret Tristan had offered her help. The girl accepted his help. Tristan then apologized, not knowing what had just happened, he was left in an uncomfortable position. Luckily the girl thanked him and left nervously.


Tristan closed the door and walked towards the basement. Walking past the game room he noticed Hope. He wanted to go to sleep, hungry or not, but she looked stressed by something.


"Are you alright??" He asked.


@sweetpiepenny


*Sorry Pie, but I haven't even seen you for about 2 weeks, I had a different idea, but I wanted to do the least amount of Bunnying possible, and I didn't want to just ignore your characters existence.*
 
Hope looked up at Tristan and frowned, shaking her head no, before rubbing her hands together and continuing to look at the ground. Her fingers twitched, as she contemplated seeing the heart for herself, only to find her fingers couldn’t make the proper shape. They shook, and she realized she was shivering and quickly stood up, shaking off her nerves before glancing at Tristan again.


“I’m fine now” she noted, forcing a smile


For reassurance, she hugged the boy, squeezing him a little when she had her arms around him. The truth was, she was tired, and even though Scuttles had told her his heart was filled with doubt, she needed sleep.


“I guess I should head to a motel” she laughed, heading for the door.
 
[MENTION=37]Ranmyakki[/MENTION]


*I appreciate that you did that. Thank you. I've been busy lately so yeah.*


Kimberly got helped up and thanked Tristan. After the ferret attack and all, she had gotten pretty shaken up. Soon she left nervously and walked towards the lake. "I am such a fool." She whispered to herself as she saw her reflection in the lake. Her hair was tattered and she had scrapes on her face from the ferret walking on her. The girl reached at a comb hidden between some rocks and combed her hair.
 
Tristan walked over to the couch, leaning on it. He had been about to speak but she stood up "I'm fine now" He looked at at smiling. Tristan turned to walk out of the room, but was suddenly hugged, tightly. Shock hit him. He didn't know how he kept standing but he had. Everything seemed like it was spinning, he couldn't understand what was going on.


"There's a couple of rooms upstairs if you want to stay the night, you can use the couch too if you want. I-I need to go to sleep. Long day."


Tristan's confusion only spread further. The action she took didn't seem natural to him, he started walking towards his room just down the hall.


"Night"
 
When the sun arose the next morning Lydia didn't feel very rested despite the night seeming especially long than usually. Rubbing her knuckles against her eyes she yawned softly, brushing the sleep away. She peeked over at Stratos and smiled despite herself before getting out of the bed. She crouched down at the foot to pick up her leather pouch and pulled out a small comb that looked like it were meant for a Barbie doll. After mumbling a few words it grew to regular size and she began to brush her hair.


After she had tied her hair back she shrunk the comb back to its previous size and then placed it back in the bag. She dressed promptly after this, wanting to be be finished before Stratos got up.
 
Blake and Abenzio stood atop a metal girder far in the air, above the slowly bustling city. They watched the sky grow lighter as they munched on what the humans called 'dough-nuts'. She didn't particularly understand why they were called that, though consisting of dough, she saw none of the 'nuts' in any of their namesake. She even asked the clerk who replied with a noncommited shrug. Blake came to the conclusion that some humans where unpleasant in the mornings after she ran into several ill-tempered ones on her way out of the venue.*Blake looked at Abenzio laying precariously along the beam in perfect balance with his front paws crossed neatly. He licked his chops hungrily, she hadn't let him have more than one doughnut for fear of all the sugar, and he refused to eat any bread. "Hmm, maybe they have something for you at their food market or a pet store, Ab?" Blake suggested, and Abenzio frowned. "It's worth a chance bud." Abenzio gave a groan but stood up.*Blake cast a cloaking spell over them and they flew down to an alley. She glanced down at the large wild-looking cat at her side. With a wave of her finger Abenzio transformed into a German Shepard. "I thought this might happen, so I prepared. You might not like this." Blake pulled one of the storage boxes out and removed a bundle of strings. She touched it with her finger and it grew into a dog harness. *"Oh, no. No way am I getting into that thing." Abenzio whined. Blake put her hands on her hips and sighed, "If only there was a spell for this,"Blake and Abenzio strutted through the doors of a large pet surplus store. Abenzio looked subtly unhappy but compliant nonetheless. "Let's see what we can find," Blake mused. They walked along and Abenzio sniffed along the shelves with his long canine snout. She stopped at a shelf that was labeled with different kinds of dog food, she skipped it and went a little further down the aisle to look at cat food. "Can't we just by meat at the grocer, or how about I just eat what you eat?" Abenzio grumbled softly so not to heard. Blake sighed, "Pick something and I promise you I'll mix it with some real meat. You better choose or I will for you." Abenzio starred at her for a moment with puppy eyes, when he saw it no effect he gave up and went back to sniffing the shelves. He pointed at several with his nose and Blake stacked them in her arms. When he was done he looked back at her and began to walk to the front of the store. Blake followed close behind and dumped the cans on the counter of the check out. The clerk looked at Blake curiously and then Abenzio and then the cat food, "Aren't you buying anything for your pooch?" Blake looked at her, "My what?" then she realized the woman was talking about Abenzio. "Oh, yeah, my dog. He, uh, likes cat food." The woman raised an eyebrow but nodded and continued to ring up her purchases. Blake waiting, observing the odd store, it was different yet so similar to stores in her home world. Then she noticed a sign in the storefront window. "So you guys are hiring?" Blake asked conversationally. The woman nodded again and replied, "Yes, would you like an application?" the woman finished ringing the items up and told her the cost. Blake pulled her billfold out of her back pocket and pulled out a fifty out of the one thousand her academy had given her, and she was reminded that this grant would be in limited supply--from what she heard from others, the human world can be quite expensive--she would soon have to get a job. "Yes, actually. Thank you,"*The woman gave her the bag and the application. Blake hung the bag by her elbow and looked at the paper. She frowned. 'Job experience'? 'Referances'? Blake bit the inside of her cheek, how was she supposed to have all of that. She turned around and went back to the counter and picked up a pen. She turned around against the woman didn't see her wave her hand over the pen and mutter a short incantation. Blake held the pen, but it moved on it's own. It scrawled information in her neat handwriting for about two minutes, then with a flourish it finished with a dramatic period. Blake murmured something else into the paper and it shimmered slightly daydream like, she had put a confunding charm on it so people would think nothing of the 'truth tweaks' (lies). Blake handed back to the woman and she looked over it with a slightly unfocused gaze, "Everything looks good, you start tomorrow, you have to take care of the animals. *My name is Marisa by the way, I'll be your boss." Blake had a subtle smirk on her face, "Great! See you tomorrow then!" Then she and Abenzio walked out the door.*"What to do, what to do..." Blake mused as they walked down the now crowded street. It was around 9 o clock, Abenzio had eaten, she had a job, and now they were free for the day...almost. Abenzio nudged her leg and murmured through his teeth, "We still have yet to find a place to live." "Quite true, but let's deal with that in a bit..." Blake said as she saw an fascinating advertisement for a new exhibit at a local museum. She pointed at it, "How about we go there first, it'll be fun!" and Abenzio shrugged. So they changed course and headed towards the address on the sign.*
 
As sunlight cracked through the small window in the attic, it flitted over Rhys' eyes causing them to open. The night had seemed terribly long, and that suited her just fine, as she had gotten one of the best sleeps she had in a long time. Glancing across the room, over towards where the floor stopped forming and there was just support beams, she looked into the old mirror stored up there. Her black eye was going down, rather than puffy, it was just a dark bruise.


Forcing herself to get up, she snuck down the attic stairs quietly, grabbing a quick shower before going back upstairs to get dressed. Checking a calendar, she sighed, another day she was going to have to beat feet away from here. It was understandable, really, they were proud people, why should they have to admit to doing such a silly task as fostering her? She didn't want their family to look down on them at all, so if ghosting for the day was what it took, she'd do it.


Glancing at her stand, she looked at the cellphone before smiling softly. Maybe she'd call the guy today, actually get his name this time. The thought made her a mood increase, she might actually make a friend here. Putting it on her person so it didn't show, she grabbed a pair of sunglasses, locked her room's door, and crept into the kitchen. Grabbing a slice of raisin bread, she took a water bottle and darted off down the street, smiling to herself in the cool morning air.
 
"Our savior has returned!"


"No way, he actually did it!"


"Our lord and master!"


Cheering could be heard throughout the village as a heroic young lad on a shining white horse had returned from defeating the evil overlord that constantly terrorized the village with his minions. Feeling roused by the cheers of the townsfolk, he waved to them as he entered inside the village.


"Oh noble knight, please bless my baby!" an older woman shouted holding up her baby. Smirking, the handsome knight stopped his horse for a bit before dismounting. He gently carried the baby and kissed its forehead before handing it back to the woman, who almost fainted from happiness. Winking at her, he mounted his horse and continued riding, hearing the jubilant shouts of the villagers and church bells ringing as he set off to marry his beloved....





"Mmmmmmm, I do...." the young man mumbled before feeling his alarm clock hit his head, jolting him awake. "Dang it....and I was just about to marry the princess!" Turning the old fashioned alarm clock off and setting it back on the table, he started to stretch and yawn before getting out of the bed. Heading towards the bathroom, he looked at himself in the mirror for a bit. With his wild-looking brunette hair and his tired expression, you would think that he had just came back from a party...or a fight. Brushing his teeth for a bit before heading to the shower, the boy wondered what sort of day awaited him as he finished his shower and got dressed. After completing this morning ritual, he made some waffles and ate them with vigor before grabbing a bottle of water and headed out, wondering if he should check out the orphanage or simply take a walk around town.
 
At his offer, Hope stopped in the doorway, Scuttles easily climbing her frame and nipping at her ear before she swatted him away. Although it was a warning to her, not to stay, she had no qualms about staying in the house. The two of them had just met, yet she still trusted in him…and it was just as he said, they had a long day….


“Night” she responded,


With one look at the stairs, she decided she would be sleeping on the couch she was recently leaning against. As if on cue, her knapsack floated through the open door way and she caught it as it almost flew right past her. Opening the sack, she reached inside, her complete arm disappearing inside the bags’ inner working before she pulled out her green pyjamas. She found the invisible extension spell much more safe than any shrinking spell, so had settled with it when packing her small bag.


The door closed with a soft click, and she changed quickly; leaving her old clothes, including the unmentionables, on the floor. Sprawling herself out on the couch, Scuttles quickly found her abdomen to be a great pillow and the two slowly fell into a slumber.


~~


Hope woke to a furry mess, Scuttles had gotten the idea that her neck and face was his next bed, and he always enjoyed nuzzling in his sleep. Not that she minded, but right now it felt like she was about to cough up a fur ball. Picking her friend up, she placed him down next to her as she slowly sat up; brushing the fur off her being before looking around woozily.


Forcing herself up, she shook herself off, drudging off to the washroom with knapsack in hand, leaving the door an inch open in her lazy state. Scuttles could stay asleep while she showered; she just hoped Tristan didn’t mind her taking one…
 
Blake was grinning ear to ear, she loved this museum. She had just exited an exhibit about rock sediments and nature and stuff, and it had a simulation 50-ft rock climbing wall. And she was on her way to the planetarium to watch a star show and what not in the middle of the day in a big dome thing. Though she had passed her Astronomy exam with somewhat flying colors, it would be interesting to see what the humans had to offer. So far the humans had impressed her, she had barley made it through the first floor, the museum was quite entertaining. Even Abenzio was having a good time, she put a confunding charm on him before they enter the building so people wouldnt pay attention to an obviously-nonblind girl with a Seeing-Eye dog. She had even momentarily turned him back into a cat to climb the wall with her--putting a second confunding charm on him first of course, so when people saw him they would dreamily think, 'Oh, look a big kitty,'--*which made Blake happier that Abenzio could enjoy the place as well.*"You know, I wonder what you would look like in human form, Ab..." Blake mused on their way to the Planetarium.*Abenzio shrugged his now large shoulders, "I don't know, I would be as old as you make me. Though if you turned me directly to human I would be roughly ten years old I presume. However, I would suggest you make my age in the teenage years if I would be *accompaning you, it would look more natural in the human world." he told her wisely.*"Well said, I'll have to check in my books. That could be really cool, and something different since I'm good with transfiguring and charms and stuff...Remind me tonight, you always do." Blake said, she absentmindedly flipped her white hair. "Come on, let's see the Planetarium thing..."
 
Ending up in the park again, she sat down on the swing she had two nights ago, remembering faintly the strange boy with the ice pack. Rhys had found him nice too, and hoped that wherever he was, he was doing well for himself and was happy. Or, at the very least, in good company and living.


Taking a sip of water, she pushed against the ground a bit, sending her swing into a rocking motion. Looking up at the sky, she held the water bottle up, looking at clouds through a distorted image. Slowly, she stopped the swing, pulling out the phone and turning it on. Finding the photo option with ease, she took a picture of the sky through the bottle and saved it as the phone's background. She didn't really know why, it just looked pure to her, and that for some reason, made her happy.
 
Tristan woke up an hour later than usual. At least he found himself in his own bed this time. He sat up, put on his clothes and glasses, then quickly moved on to his computer. He had new ideas on how to 'tinker' with the history. Having no clue as to what inspired it, he worked on refining the magic system in his game, dividing it into categories. Explaining how each are used, their pro's and con's. Tristan even went as far as to put 'fluff' in each.


Tristan noticed the sound of water starting to move. Looking over to the boiler, he assumed that Hope must have stayed the night. Now taking a shower. He stood up and sighed. "I forgot, I need to make some food." He mumbled to himself, still more asleep than he thought. With that he walked to the kitchen and started making waffles. One of the few morning foods he could cook.


A thought flew into his head... "What DO ferrets eat?!"
 
Kimberly's eyes cracked open. The girl looked around dizzily and soon found a dark red flow in the water. Kimberly set her hand upon her head to find that it was on a rock, bleeding. She must have fell over into the water and hit her head on a rock. The girl tried to get up, but felt dizzy. "Help.." She tried to cry out, but her throat was dry and she couldn't yell to loud. The farthest it could probably reach was to where the swing set was. "Help." Kimberly cried again, hoping someone could hear her.
 
The shower made Hope feel less groggy but the pile of wet hair on her head was a lot heavier trekking around. She’d have to deal with it for a while, as dressing was usually the first thing done after a nice shower. After finally declaring herself ready, she left the bathroom, with her bag, and went into the room she had slept in.


Scuttles was gone.


Her bag dropped, and her eyes widened as she rushed towards the stairs, knowing he was much more agile then her. Clambering up the steps two at a time, she caught sight of him; following his nose towards the kitchen. It smelled like Tristan was making breakfast, and knowing her magic…Scuttles was also able to talk at the moment.


“Verbrosa Incapis*!” she shouted,


The ferret rolled from the shouted spell, whining as it landed poorly on its back.


“Sorry Scuttles” she muttered,


Coming to the hallway’s corner, she pets him, who lazily nuzzles her hand after a moment. Picking him up, she placed him in her overall’s front pocket and realized where the two were standing. There was no way that Tristan didn't hear her incantation, but there was also no way for her to back out now...


She would risk a peek in.


[[OOC:* I blame Harry Potter >BC. Chh, It's stops Scuttles from talking human-like 8D]]
 
Rhys heard a faint noise, and looked up stopping her swing. Suddenly, she looked at the time on the phone and bit her lip. Hoping off the swing, she took off running. She wanted to see one of the orphans she had spoken too many times off, knowing today was the day the little girl was getting adopted. Hoping the fence with ease, she cut down a back ally tucking the phone away, she dropped her water.


Not having the time to go back and grab it, she just hoped with all her heart that someone didn't trip on it and get hurt. Cutting a corner, she looked up at the dim building with a small child in a pink dress sitting on the steps.


"Rhys!" A voice yelled, and she broke into a smile, running faster as she got into the court yard, jumping a flower bed before meeting the smaller child mid way and picking her up in a hug and spinning her.


"Hi, Alice..." Setting the child down, she smiled proudly, "Today's the day, huh? " The little girl nodded, blonde curls bouncing. "You ready for this? It's a big step you know."


"Mhm, I got to meet them yesterday, my new mommy is really pretty." Alice seemed very happy, and that made Rhys smile. Patting the child's head, she kissed her forehead and guided her back to the steps so they could sit and talk till the car showed up.
 
Kimberly heard a noise... A clanking noise. Something started to roll towards her. A water bottle, filled with fresh water. The girl grabbed for it, but couldn't reach. Her face was growing pale, and she prayed that someone would come and help her.... fast. Kimmi's eyes filled with tears.
 
Walking through several traffic intersections, the young man decided to head to the orphanage, so that he could let the children play his PVP and check out the newest games he brought. After all, video games are an important asset in a kid's life... that, and running around outside! As he merrily walked, jumped, and skipped towards his destination, he wondered how much fun he would have with those kids today and when they would be able to go to kind, caring parents. After a few minutes, he almost tripped over a plastic water bottle that was on the ground. "Man, people sure like to litter!" Grabbing the plastic bottle before throwing it in a recycle bin. Continuing onwards, he finally reached the orphanage's courtyard. Noticing two people walking and sitting on the stairs, he slowly walked towards them and waved. "Hey there ladies!" the young lad known as Jasper Rooke said to the two girls.
 
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