~Chapter One~

Kylee Baise groaned as she opened her eyes to see her mother leaning over the side of her bed, trying to wake her.

"Just a few more minutes, then I'll get up, I promise," Kylee begged as her mother pulled open the curtains.

"Absolutely not, Kylee! It's the first day of school and you have to be at the train station in an hour! You're lucky I made you pack last night or else there's no way that you would be ready in time," her mother replied.

"Alright, I'm up." Kylee knew that once her mom took "that tone" there was no arguing.

"Good, breakfast is in ten minutes," her mother replied cheerfully.

Kylee drug herself out of bed and grabbed the only pair of clothes she had left unpacked. She quickly got ready and ran downstairs to eat breakfast. When she walked into the kitchen her mother and father were already at the table.

"Morning dad," she said as she kissed his cheek.

"Good Morning," he replied as she sat down.

Kylee's mom set a plate of pancakes in front of her after she had settled in her seat.

"Are you going to come with us to the platform," Kylee asked her father as she dug into her breakfast.

"Um, I can't, Kylee. I'm really sorry, but the Ministry needs me to come in early to help with a problem that just came up."

"Oh, well, that's ok, I understand," she replied while trying to hide her disappointment.

"Well, I think that we'd better be going. Are you finished eating," her mom asked as she was getting up from the table.

"Yeah, let's go, I want to get a good seat on the train."

Kylee, her mom, and her dad all walked out to the driveway. Kylee and her mom got into the car while her dad put her trunk and owl in the backseat. After he was done he leaned into the window and kissed her mom goodbye.

"Have a good time at school. I know you'll make friends in no time," he told Kylee while he kissed her cheek.

"OK, I will, Bye," she replied.

"Bye," he called while they backed out of the driveway.