AN: This is my first fanfic, so sorry if it sucks, and sorry if it's too close to the original. Oh yeah and Abbi is short for Abbigail. I know that Alyssa is just a one letter difference from Alyss, but the characters are based off of my friends and family, these are their names and it just would sound right to change them.
Disclaimer: I don't own RA
"Abbi, Ethan you two need to eat", Abbi's best friends Emma and Alyssa said as they tried unsuccessfully to convince her and her brother to eat their food. "Abbi we know you and Ethan are worried, but it's going to be okay", whispered her friends. Samantha, Christopher-John, Daniel, and Nicholas nodded in agreement. Andrew just smirked.
'Easy for you to say', Abbi thought, Alyssa and Emma were already promised places in the Diplomacy Service, Christopher-John wanted to go to Horse School, Daniel and Andrew, like the twins, wanted to go to Battle School, Nicolas wanted to go to Scribe School, and Samantha wanted to go to Cooking School.
Emma was a tall, graceful, brunette, with brown eyes, and could solve any problem; Alyssa had the same qualities except she was a blond and had blue eyes. Nicholas was a short, wiry, brown haired, brown eyed boy that loved to read. Samantha was short, dirty blond, brown eyed girl her cooking, was amazing. Christopher-John was a tall, red headed, blue eyed boy that loved horses, and had just enough muscle to handle them, but not enough to be eligible for Battle School. Daniel was a tall, muscular, logical, compassionate, boy that had short black hair and piercing blue eyes. Abbi and Ethan were both brown haired, brown eyed, short, and always seemed to be the ones who got picked on. Andrew seemed to have everything the Battle School was looking for these days, he was tall, blond, brown eyed, muscular, arrogant(but knew when to hide it), and seemed to have no brains.
"Are you two still going to be applying for Battle School? Ethan might make it if he could grow a foot by tomorrow, and get some muscle", she squeezed Ethan's hand to tell him not to listen to Andrew, and to keep from throwing herself at him. "But do you really think they would accept a girl?"
'That's it.' Abbi thought as she looked at Ethan, he nodded in agreement, he knew what she was thinking. Instead of letting herself fly, like she so desperately wanted to do, she simply said, "Don't they want you to have brains so you know how to hold your own sword without killing yourself?"
Before Andrew could react Abbi and Ethan were already out the door and up the ancient fig tree in the courtyard, but that didn't stop them from hearing the last insult Andrew called out to them, "That's right run away you little Wanta-Bes neither of you could be knights, and any ways you don't even know your last names!" Abbi and Ethan both winced at the last comment. They had been left at the Ward's door step with a note that said:
The boy is Ethan,
The girl is Abbi,
Take care of them.
They didn't even know if their parents were even alive. Emma Alyssa, and Samantha came outside to try and find them, but Abbi and Ethan didn't want any company. Finally the three girls gave up their search and went back inside. Abbi and Ethan both thought to themselves 'Out of three people you would think at least one would look up.' Not wanting to face Andrew and their friends until absolutely necessary the twins decided to stay in the tree until they were sure that everyone was asleep. They were so nervous about the Choosing Day tomorrow that they didn't notice the green-gray clad figure a few branches above them.
AN: If I ever say Sam or Sammy in the story it's Samantha. Please R&R!