Alright guys! So I started this today, and I'm already halfway through the second chapter, and still writing. This chapter is basically just an intro so you can get to know the character and where she comes from and what she's like, Next chapter is when Twilight gets in the mix.


Haylie's POV

"Haylie, can you come down here please?" Miss Shaw asked from downstairs through the closed door of the room I shared with Macy.

I quickly walked out the door, and ran quickly down the stairs. "Yes?" I asked stopping in front of her.

She was smiling down at me. "Go pack your bags sweetheart. Someone has decided to adopt you." She told me.

I looked at her confused. "Where are they?" I asked.

"They live on a reservation in Washington. They asked for a girl that was your age, and I told them about you. They decided to adopt you."

"Great. Why though?" I asked.

She frowned. "Their son is never home anymore. He's a few years older than you." She told me.

I sighed. Wonderful, I'm just a replacement. Although I guess that's kind of fair since they'll be my replacement family. I nodded. "Alright, I'll go get packed up then I guess. When do I have to leave?" I asked her.

"Your flight is for tomorrow morning. Better get working." She said smiling as she walked away toward the kitchen, presumably to start making dinner.

I sighed and walked upstairs.

"What happened?" Macy asked as soon as I walked through the door. She wasn't one to beat around the bush. She just said things straight out. Didn't spare anyone's feelings or anything like that.

Basically, she was the complete opposite of me.

"I was adopted." I shrugged walking over to my drawers.

"Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!" Macy screamed excitedly as she ran over and basically tackled me in a hug. "I'm so excited for you!"

I smiled a little and hugged her back. "Thanks. I'm moving to Washington. Miss Shaw said it was going to be a reservation." I said shrugging.

"Perfect! Oh my gosh, I bet it'll be by a forest." She said grinning.

I nodded smiling wider. I loved forests. They were calm, and peaceful. "I should probably start packing." I told her as I started to turn back to my stuff and put it into the duffle bag. I knew from experience that it would all fit just fine. I didn't have a ton of stuff, but I had just enough. Enough for me at least.

She nodded. "Alright. Well I'm going to miss you! Make sure you call all the time. Everyone's going to miss you. Especially Emma." She said.

I froze for a second. Emma. She was five years old, and I was basically her older sister. We weren't actually related though.

I sighed and continued packing. I'll tell her after dinner today. "Yeah, I'll miss her."

She didn't say anything after that, apparently she understood that I didn't really want to talk about it.

With a pang of guilt, I realized that I had promised Emma something a long time ago that I would have to break.

I'd told her that I'd always be there for her.

I sighed and put the last thing in my bag. My diary.

I looked into the mirror on the wall and stared at the necklace I was wearing. I've worn it everyday since the day my parents died.

It was my mom's, and basically all I had left of her. Plus it was black, so it went with any outfit I wore.

It wasn't long until we were called down to dinner. Everyone in the orphanage was already seated and quietly eating when I got there because Macy and I had the room farthest away.

I smiled softly when I saw the meal. Chicken noodle soup, mashed potatoes with gravy, and carrots. My very favorite meal that Miss Shaw makes.

I caught her smiling at me and I smiled back and nodded in appreciation.

We ate with everybody talking, but I was almost silent. I'm usually a pretty quiet person, but today I was even quieter, thinking about how I was going to be leaving.

Leaving. To where? Some place in Washington with a family I don't know? WHat if they don't like me? What if I don't like them?

This is almost as bad as when I first came here.

Almost.

Someone tapped my shoulder. "Haylie?"

I jumped a little and turned to see one of the older girls here, Trinity standing behind me with a look of confusion on her face. "You okay?"

I nodded quickly. "Fine." I muttered.

Trinity frowned. "Meet me in my room at ten." She said. Trinity was one of the few who had a room to herself.

I nodded and noticed that everyone else had finished eating. I hadn't really touched my food, but I wasn't feeling that hungry today anyway. I had a feeling that had something to do with my anxiety over moving.

I stood up and took my plate into the kitchen to wash the dishes. It wasn't my job, but I usually did it anyway. It made me feel good that I was doing something.

When I got there though, Macy was standing there with my pill bottles in her hand.

I sighed. "Right. My bad." I said taking them from her and setting them down getting them out one by one.

Oh, did I forget to mention? I have a couple minor mental disorders, but I'm basically a normal person. As long as I take my pills constantly at least. Basically, whenever I don't, I just have a really hard time concentrating.

All my mental disorders have to do with behavior, and being social.

Anyway, I swallowed them dry and Macy took them back from me. "I'll pack these in you bag for you so you don't forget to take them with you." She said laughing a little.

She's right though, I would do something like that. Another thing that the disorders affect. My memory.

I washed the dishes, humming "Tomorrow" from Annie. It's always been one of my favorite songs. I just like the message.

To be honest, it's one of the things that will get me through a hard day. Something my mom used to tell me when I was upset at night was that everything would look better in the morning.

She was right too. Every time.

After drying the last dish and putting it away, I checked the time. About eight.

I walked to the window at the front entry. The orphanage I lived in with these girls wasn't the greatest. It was worn down, but it was what I'd called home for almost four years now.

I looked up at the moon in the starry sky.

I wondered if it looked the same here as it would in Washington. Would I see the same stars that I saw here?

I sighed and silently asked my parents for some help. Some guidance. I was completely and utterly lost about how I would be able to adjust to a new home.

I felt like they were watching me. Maybe they'd sent a guardian angel down to watch over me. That's a nice thought at least.

I softly started singing Tomorrow. I needed a bit of confidence, and this song always helped.

"The sun will come out, tomorrow. Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow, there'll be sun. Just thinking about tomorrow, clears away the cobwebs and the sorrow, till there's none. When I'm stuck in a day, that's gray, and lonely. I just stick out my chin, and grin, and say oh. The sun'll come out, tomorrow. So you gotta hang on till tomorrow. Come what may. Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya, tomorrow. You're always a day away."

There was soft clapping from behind me.

I turned around surprised to see Emma standing there with a big grin on her face.

I couldn't help but smile back and walk over quickly to pick her up and swing her around, which of course caused her to giggle like crazy.

I smiled too and walked to a chair and sat down setting her on my lap.

"Hey girly. I have some bad news." I told her softly and seriously.

She turned her innocent eyes to me. "What's wrong Haywie?" She asked me.

I smiled for half a second at that. I was going to miss it. "Emma, I got adopted sweetheart. I have to leave tomorrow." I told her looking right into her eyes.

She began to frown and it just broke my heart. "When wiwl you be back?"

I sighed and chewed on my lip before deciding something. "I'll be back for you in three years." I told her. "I'm going to adopt you when I'm old enough, alright?" I asked her.

She kept frowning though. "Tree whole years?" She asked with slight disbelief, and obviously hoping that I would change my mind.

I nodded and she hugged me tightly around my neck. I just sat there rubbing her back, trying to sooth her for a while.

Eventually I felt wetness on me. Another pang of guilt.

"Oh sweetheart, it's alright. Miss Shaw will take care of you." I told her.

She didn't say anything, so I started to sing a song that she always asked me to sing when we were alone. I didn't sing in front of others. This was the song she found me singing about two years ago and she loved hearing me sing it.

"I want a mom that will last forever. I want a mom to make it all better. I want a mom that will last forever. I want a mom who will love me whenever. I want a mom to take my hand, and make me feel like a holiday. A mom to tuck me in at night and keep the monsters away. I want a mom to read me stories, and sing a lullaby. And if I have a bad dream, to hold me when I cry, oh I want a mom that will last forever. I want a mom to make it all better. I want a mom that will last forever. I want a mom that will remember whatever, forever. When she says to me she will always be there, watch and protect me, I don't have to be scared. Oh when she says to me I will always love you, I won't have to worry cause I know that it's true. I want a mom when I get lonely who will take the time to pray. A mom who can be a friend and find a rainbow when it's gray. A mom to read me stories and sing a lullaby. And if I have a bad dream, to hold me when I cry, oh I want a mom that will last forever. I want a mom to make it all better. I want a mom that will last forever. I want a mom that will love me whenever, forever. I want a mom that will last forever. I want a mom to make it all better. I want a mom."

She sighed and looked up at me with teary eyes. "Are you going to be my mom?" She asked.

My heart almost broke in two, butI nodded. "Yeah, in three years I will." I told her.

"That's too long!" She complained.

I frowned. "It'll be over before you know it. For now though, just look on the bright sides. You're started school in a few weeks!" I said cheerfully.

She nodded.

"Everything will feel better in the morning." I told her, just like my mom always said.

"But you'll be gone in the morning." She whispered.

I hugged her. "No I won't. I'll always be with you. I'm a phone call away, and I'm always right here." I said poking her in the chest on her left side.

She smiled a little. "Will you put me to bed?" She asked yawning.

I nodded. "Of course sweetie." I said smiling and lifting her up as I stood.


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