Hey guys! New story for ya! Now this one..might get a bit complex. It's gonna be quite a complicated plot and..I don't even know what is going happen yet but I have the basic jist of the plot : ) So hope everyone likes this and enjoy! :P

"Drew..people are starting to arrive now. Come downstairs."

I get up from sitting on my bed and follow my caregiver. I arrive to the main foyer and see all of the other orphans running around trying to get attention of their maybe – future parents. I go and stand in the corner like I do every year when these adoption days happen. Every single year, I have to go through this hell. Every single year, parents looking to adopt children walk straight past me and go straight to the young, cute orphans. Face it. Parents only want the young ones because they are small, cute and that they feel sorry for them. They don't pay attention to teenagers like me. They never have. Every single adoption day, for the past 10 years I have had to stand here and not get picked by anyone. Do you know what that does to a person?
I see that a couple of people have taken interest in a couple of children. Andrew has been picked by someone. So has Alex.
1 hour later and nearly everyone has cleared out of the foyer with their new kids. There is a couple of straglers left, who are looking at the children who are still left. They decide they don't want anyone so they walk out the door and the owner of the orphanage (Charlotte) locks the door behind them. She rounds up all of the children who are still hear, walks them upstairs and sees me.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Drew. Maybe next year?"

"Doubt it."

"Don't think like that. Now help me with these guys."

I take the hand of one of the little children called Zach and walk him to the main bedroom. I start to get him ready for bed when:

"Hey, Drew? Is someone going to take me home soon?

Oh no. I hate it when they ask me this kind of stuff. I feel so sorry for them.

"Yes! You will be going home soon. One day, someone is going to come in here, see you and fall in love with you instantly. And they will want to take you home with them and then you will never have to come back here again. You just have to have faith."

"Then why hasn't someone come and picked you out?"

"Because I'm not a cute, lovable, adorable little tyke like you." I flick him on the nose and instantly he smiles.
Hmm.. Nice to see that someone is smiling around here

"Hey, let's get you into bed. It's getting past your bedtime." And I tuck him into his bed.

I walk towards the door and as I do this, I turn around and say:

"Good night everyone. See you all in the morning."

"Good night, Drew." All the children say in perfect unison. I smile to myself and turn the light switch off. I head up the stairs to go into my room when I bump into Charlotte.

"Hey, Drew, can I talk to you?"

Here we go. The yearly 'someone will pick you next year' talk.

"Sure."

"I'm sorry you didn't get picked this time. Maybe next year huh? I just know that someone is bound to pick you next time!

"Charlotte, you know I will never get picked. It's like a law. All they want is the small ones. They never go for teenagers like me. I see it happen every year."

"Don't think like that. You just have to believe in yourself."

"I stopped doing that years ago." And I continue to walk up the stairs.

"Oh, Drew." I hear Charlotte say behind me.

I reach the top of the stairs and enter my room. Well technically, It's the attic. I'm in here because It's the only room which has a bed that is big enough to fit me. But I don't mind. It's nice to have a bit of private space. I used to hate sharing a room with all of the other kids.
I get undressed out of my fancy clothes and get into bed straight away. I'm so tired. I don't know why but I find myself falling asleep instantly when my head hits the pillow.

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"DREW! WAKE UP!"

I open my eyes and see Charlotte right in my face.

"Drew, there's a fire. You have to get out now! Leave all of your stuff behind and get out!"

She rushes back down the stairs. I can hear all of the other children screaming outside and downstairs and I my room is staring to fill up with smoke. I grab the picture of my parents from my nightstand, put it in my pocket and run downstairs when I hear:

"Help! Help me!"

I follow the sound of the voice and I see that it's coming from the main bedroom. I go in and see that the whole room is filled with smoke. I go searching around to see who was in there.

"Help! Is anyone out there!"

It's from behind me. I turn around and see that Zach was standing on his bed, trying to get something from his shelf.

"ZACH! Come here now!"

"I just need to get my bear."

"Oh, for God's sakes." And I run over, get the bear from the shelf, give it to him, pick him up and run outside. I see that that everyone was outside and unharmed.

"ZACH! Oh, Thank god, you're ok!" Charlotte says while rushing over, taking him from my arms.

"Thank you so much, Drew, for saving him." She says to me.

"Thanks for getting my teddy!" He yells at me.

"It's no problem, little buddy." And I shake his hair.

Charlotte puts him down and pushes him to run over to everyone else.

I look back at the orphanage and it looks like the fire-fighters have put out the last flame. Too bad they didn't get here sooner. The whole place is burnt and looks like it might crumble down any minute.

"OK, now everyone! We have been given the town hall to sleep in tonight! And then tomorrow, everyone is going to be re-located to a different orphanage. Now move it along. There are buses here to take everyone there."

Everyone starts to move towards the buses and they pile onto them. I'm the second to last person to get on, last being Charlotte, so we have to stand.
While the bus takes us to town hall, I begin to wonder. Where will I be re-located to tomorrow? I hope I get a nice place to stay in.
We arrive to the town hall and I see that people are taking beds into it. We all pile off the bus and walk into the hall. All the beds have been shoved in a random order so it's looks pretty messy. But no one cares. I can just tell they they look thankful that they have a bed to sleep in.

"OK, everyone just find a bed and set some sleep. We are all going to need to it for tomorrow."

Everyone rushes to get to the first bed they can find. While searching for one, I feel someone tugging on my shirt. I turn around and see that it's Zach.

"Hey, Drew, can I sleep with you tonight? I don't want to sleep by myself."
"Sure you can, little buddy."

So I pick him up and we find a bed. We get into it and get comfy. Straight away, Zach falls asleep and slowly, I start to drift off as well.

So there is chapter 1 for ya! I know that nothing much has happened yet and nothing has really been explained but don't worry. Everything will come out all in good time : ) Hope everyone has a great day! And can't wait to hear everyone's response :P