Disclaimer: I do not own Newsies, or the characters, or New York. However, I DO own Rif-raf
This is my very first fan fic! I hope it gets better after the first 3 chapters…
It was about a week after the strike. Rif-raf had seen what the newsies had done and was in aw. He knew just what to do.
"Jack, the kid has his heart set on being a newsie." Racetrack had said. Rif-raf had been hanging around Racetrack for a while and really looked up to him. When Rif-raf became a newsie, not a lot of the other boys in the group looked to fondly. After all, his story was a bit far-fetched, but it was true. Rif-raf had gotten the news of the gathering in the square in front of the world building from his friend. At the time, Rif-raf had worked at a factory. He went to see what would happen. When he saw how brave the newsies were, he decided he wanted to be one of them. Although the story Rif-raf told was true, not to many of the other boys believed him.
"Why wouldja leave dat job, huh?" Skittery had asked "didn't you get good pay?" This was not true. In fact, the factory he worked at gave little pay.
"So why wouldja give up the wonderful life styles of a factory boy to life the rough and tuff life of a newsie?" Kid Blink asked him. Rif-raf gave a small laugh at that. His life had been any thing but "wonderful." He was constantly on the run from the cops because of the antics he pulled on them. He was a real prankster. The only newsie that really seemed to trust him was Racetrack. After all, he had been the one who approached Rif-raf first when he was outside of the newsboys lodging house. They really hit it off. Racetrack seemed surprised when he learned that Rif-raf played a mean game of cards. After a week or two, the newsies seemed to start to trust Rif-raf. He actually became close to some of them, Les in particular. Rif-raf was only two years older than he was. He and Les would sell together (under the watch of Les's brother, David) and when they weren't selling, they were playing. Sometimes they would have sword fights with the other young newsies, but most of the time, they would play cards with Racetrack. Yes, Rif-raf had finally fit in, but what he did not know, was that he was going to make the biggest mistake of his life.
So yeah… it should get a little better
