Disclaimer: I do not own Race to Witch Mountain. This is a story I have been inspired to write; I've seen a few stories on here use the idea of Seth meeting his Soulmate while on this adventure and It kind of got me thinking of this story….Hope you enjoy.

I sighed, stepping out of the casino/hotel that was currently being used for the upcoming scoff convention of the year. I was still in my cadet costume. I was drenched in sweat from all twelve hours of non-stop movement underneath harsh stage lights. My backpack was lying on the floor beside a closed up booth for a popular science comic book. Several people dressed from Starwars characters to Star Trek Characters were running around. A couple kids, one dressed as Boba Fett, and the other dressed as Captain Kirk, were caught in a heated argument.

Nevada was so close to California, yet so far away. I grabbed my backpack and headed off to the restrooms to change. I stared at my reflection in the mirror, noticing where my stage makeup was caky and running. I never thought I'd be eighteen years and running around Las Vegas of all places, playing Cadet #4 in a stupid little show at a convention center. I took off the cadet outfit and stuffed it into the backpack not caring what happened to it. I wore my comfy leggings and an oversized red hoodie. Far cry from where I was last year at this time. I was at orientation for a top notch university to study medicine, go to pharmacy school; My parents had seen to that. Both of them were doctors, medically my mother and academically my father. My older sister, Kirsten, was now studying to be a doctor. Two weeks after dropping me off campus, I left my pretty east coast life for one thing, Hollywood. I dreamt of being an actress; my parents dreamt of successful medical daughters.

I received phone call after text after email with "You're ruining your life! There's a billion to one change you'll make it! You're better off heading back home and getting a practical degree." I didn't care as I made it Vegas and got cast as an ensemble member in a small murder mystery theatre diner. I roomed with my best friend, Bailey, who had followed me out to the California. Trying to explain to your parents that you didn't want their dream was heart wrenching, especially after they listed the numerous sacrifices they made for me over the years. How was I supposed to convince them that the medical field just wasn't for me? I feinted at the sight of blood. I barely passed chemistry and biology when I was in high school. There was almost literally no way I was ever going to be accepted into a med program anyway! If I hadn't gotten the little opportunity to move out west, I probably would've switched my major over to theatre ( which my parents had forbidden).

My love for acting began back in elementary school when I played one of the background orphans in Annie. By the time I was in high school, I was part of the drama club and starred in several of the school productions. My roles included: Cheerleader 2 in High School Musical, Jack's Mother in our pg version of Into the Woods, Glinda in the Wizard of Oz and finishing my senior year strong by being cast in the lead role of Mary Poppins. I thought my acting career would take off moving out west.

I attended several acting camps and classes. There were auditions after auditions. Eventually I left the Mystery diner to another dinner theater show, being cast in a more prominent role on the stage. I left the dinner show after auditioning for a couple local commercials and worked as a waitress for a small pizza place. I was recently fired; not because I was bad at my job or anything but because my manager's girlfriend was jealous and paranoid about any girl that was within a ten feet radius of her boyfriend. While my manager and I never did or said anything that wasn't work related, She had gotten it into her head that I was going to steal her man away from her and convinced him to fire me to keep their relationship in tact.

After several failed auditions, I was finally picked up for a stage show at a scifi convention. The script was bad and even though the ten of us who were in the play were all decent actors, we couldn't do anything that was outside our director's vision. And the vision of his script was dreadful.

If luck decided to be kind to me, then I would succeed in my latest audition for an upcoming science fiction television series for Freeform and be able to quit this ridiculous thing. I kept glancing at my phone, hoping to receive the call that I was being considered for the part.

Stepping out into the cool night air, I hailed a taxi. The driver did not look happy, probably because he had been driving alien fanatics throughout the night. His license read Jack Bruno. Other than telling him to drop me off at my apartment building, we didn't exactly speak to one another until it was time for me to pay.

I scrambled out of the taxi cab and headed into the run down building. I waved at the night manager and hurried up to my room on the third floor. Before putting my key into the lock I noticed a small sticky note on the door that was barely hanging on.

Astrid,

Spending the night at Cameron's

-Bailey

I sighed because this meant my love struck roommate would be gone for the next three days. Bailey and I had a pact not to bring any dates home, so she usually spent the night at their place, since she and Cameron started dating, she might as well have moved out entirely if it wasn't for all her dirty clothes that were scattered across our living room.

I cleaned up what little I could before heading off to my small bedroom. I laid down, praying that something would happen to change the direction of my life. Maybe I would land the part, or maybe get discovered my a great Hollywood agent. Maybe something greater? I could only hope.