New beginnigs

Authors' Note: This fic is co-written by Natz and Christi. We are terribly proud to be posting their joint fic on FF net. Please review.

DISCLAIMER: "Newsies" the movie is owned by Disney. Neither I nor Christi own it (even though we wish we could buy Spot and Skittery for a day). We are not making ANY money from it. This is a work of pure fan love. However the characters of Christi and Estha belong to us and if you steal them, we'll send the Delancy brothers after ya.

^o^ nut_natz

New Beginnings: Christi and Estha

Chapter 1- CHRISTI

Christi walked down the dimly lit street as fast as she could. It wasn't good to be in this part of town late at night. In fact, it wasn't good to be in ANY part of the city at night. Especially by yourself, which Christi definitely WAS. She was clutching her drawing folder and small pack when she heard footsteps behind her.

"Oh no, oh no, PLEASE don't let it be a mugger... PLEASE!" she prayed silently, almost running now that she was walking so fast.

"Stop." a voice commanded. She was contemplating whether to obey or bolt when she felt a strong hand on her shoulder. Okay, it was REALLY not best to try to run now. She stiffened. "Look, I ain't got nothing valuable," she said in her drawling Texan accent. Whoever was standing beside her gave a short laugh. "We'll see about that."

When Christi came to, she was lying in a dark alley. It was still dark, but she could tell that the sun was just rising. She vaguely remembered being hit in the back of the head with something EXTREMELY hard. Now, with a throbbing headache, she tried to stand up and remember what had happened. She saw a few things scattered at her feet. Her sketchbook lay near a mud puddle, and her coat was close beside it.

"Oh no! Oh no! They took my locket!" she yelled out loud crawling over to her coat and searching the pockets over and over again.

"No! No!" she cried, as if someone could hear her. She suddenly felt dizzy and blacked out again. She wouldn't wake again for hours.

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