chapter one
Dory looked in the mirror. "Who is that?" She asked her father. "It's you!" Charlie answered. "Wow! Really? I'm pretty!" Dory cheered. "Yes you are dear!" Jenny agreed. They were giving a free home in a hospital for children with disorders. Dory had many talents! She could read University text books at the age of four, speak italian, and could always look on the bright side! Unless she was looking at herself.
She could speak Italian because of her Vent Pal Destiny. Destiny was a blind girl whose parents were from Italy. She lived quite a way from Dory's room. So they talked through the vents. Dory always wore blue because her room was in the blue section of the hotel. The Blue Section was for patients that had mental disorders. So if you saw someone wearing blue there you had to be patient with them. Dory could read because when she read something she always remembered it. So she read everything she could! She often found herself saying random facts to people, because there was a Fun Fact board near her apartment.
"Mommy! Can I play with them?" Dory asked, seeing some men who were working on the Elevator Shaft that had been broken. "No! No! Honey! You'll fall in sweetie!" Her parents quickly stopped her. "Now... Remember that little rhyme we learnt? We see the deep hole and we say?:" "Let's go!" Concluded Dory. "No... It's heck no!" Dory nodded. "Okay honey, one more time! We see the deep hole and we say:" Dory's father repeated. "There's the Elevator!" Dory pointed out. "Up and down... lalala!" Dory hummed the song her parents taught her about what the Elevator does. She then noticed her parents looked upset. "Did I forget again?" She asked. "No! No! It's okay cupcake!" They told her.
"ciao Destiny" Dorry cheered. "Come stai Dory?" asked Destiny. "Come stay?" Asked Dory. "That means, How are you Dory?" Destiny explained. "Oh! I'm good!" Dory replied. "Come stai Destiny?" Dory asked giggling. "Well, I got some new braille books!" Destiny cheered. She was blind and couldn't see. "Hi Destiny! How are you?" Dory asked again. "sto bene!" Replied Destiny. "That means I'm good!" She explained. "Cool!" Dory replied. "Who are you talking to cupcake?" Charlie asked. "My vent pal Destiny!" Dory answered. The vents were very big and would echo Destiny and Dory's voice to each other's apartments. "Would you like to go see Destiny?" Her mother asked, knowing it was in another building but still a short walk. "Okay!" Cheered Dory.
"Now remember Dory! If we get separated and you get lost, follow the blue shells back home!" Jenny told her. Dory nodded and followed her parents. "Hi!" She cheered when she saw someone who was visiting a patient. "I'm Dory!" She introduced. "Hello Dory!" The woman greeted. "How are you?" She asked. "I'm good! Look Mommy! A butterfly!" She cheered. "Aw! Your daughter's so cute!" The woman cheered to Jenny. "Hi! I'm Dory!" Dory said again. The woman stared at Dory. "I-I suffer from S-sh-short term memory loss." Dory explained. "What is that!?" The woman laughed. "Hi! I'm Dory!" Dory replied. The woman laughed at her and walked away. "Did I forget again?" Dory asked. "Let's go home." Charlie decided. "Hey! I live there!" Dory told them when they reached her home. "That's right dear!" Jenny sighed.
"Charlie... Do you think she'll make it on her own?" Jenny asked in tears that night. Dory was talking to Destiny and heard her mother crying. "I'm sure she'll be fine!" Charlie assured her. "Don't cry Mommy!" Dory cried. She saw the men outside and decided to ask them where the gift shop was. She had some money from helping out at school. Maybe she could get something for her mommy to feel better! She focused carefully as she climbed the ladder to talk to the men. "DORY!" Her parents shrieked. "Mommy? Daddy?" Dory asked. She lost all concentration and fell down the elevator!
To Be Continued!