"You listen to your brother, Kimi," Terrance told me. I nodded as I stepped onto the bus after giving my cousins one last hug goodbye and was ready to join my big brother in Angel Grove.

"I'll call you as soon as I see my brother," I called out of the window before the bus pulled out. "Thanks for everything guys."

I waved until I could no longer see my cousins. I sighed as I sat in the seat and pulled out my laptop to work on the first entry of my e-diary. I was dreading this since I was going to be the only 15 year-old in the class of 18 year-olds and starting halfway through the school year. 'Oh, well; better get started before the battery dies.'

I can't believe that I finally get to see Tommy after two years! My cousins thought that it would be a good surprise for him to see that I was better, but he never called or come to visit. I finally got tired of waiting for the last of our family to come back for me.

I was in the hospital for about three months due to a really bad boating accident that left me in a coma for three weeks and the other two months were for therapy and recovering from a bout with the flu. We lost everything just before that. I guess Tommy couldn't stand being in the same town where we had lost our parents and where he was afraid that I would be next. He said that when I got better, I was going to live with our cousins for a while. Terrance finally got tired of my moping around and said that I should move to Angel Grove.

I was so excited. I begged them not to tell my brother until I saw him first and they agreed, knowing that he would tell them to keep me there. I figured that he wouldn't be able to send me back if I planned things right.

*^*Low Battery*^*

I sighed and saved the entry before my laptop powered down. I decided to catch up on my reading and pulled out Eragon after replacing the computer in its case. Before I opened up to my spot, I checked my watch. 'Two and a half hours left.'

I set my watch to go off about 45 minutes before we reached our destination. I had planned to use this time to locate the nearest community center on the map.

One Hour & 15 Minutes Later…

My watch went off, waking me up. 'I must have dozed off while reading. I should have brought a package of batteries so that I could play a few games.'

I stretched and put my book away, switching it for a map of Angel Grove. I located a community center not far from the bus terminal. I smiled to myself, 'I love walking and this will help me to find things on my own if Tommy lives near there.'

I had located a few different high schools, but only one was near a community center. An announcement from the driver snapped me from my thoughts, "We are pulling into the Angel Grove Bus Terminal. Please gather your personal belongings and prepare to exit the bus once we are stopped."

I double checked my stuff and kept the map out in case I needed it later. Once the bus was parked, I slid my backpack on and pulled my roller-bag behind me. I glanced at the map and headed east.

Thirty minutes and about a dozen asked people later…

I found the community center and entered it. This place was way better than the little thing they called a community center back home! It even had its own snack bar! I smiled and headed for the counter, but was cut off by two weirdoes in blue shirts.

"Where ya goin, little girl," the chubby one questioned me.

His scrawny companion echoed, "Yeah little girl, where ya goin? Ya runnin' away from home?"

"No, but I do believe that I observed your common sense retreating that way." I retorted, pointing to the door. While they were trying to figure out what I just told them, I resumed heading for the counter. "Excuse me, sir," I said to the man behind the counter. "Would it be possible to get a peanut butter, banana, M&M, and chocolate shake?"

He nodded, "Of course. I haven't seen you here before."

"I'm new here," I admitted.

As the man handed me my order, a group of six teens came in talking to each other. "Hey, Ernie," the one wearing mostly blue called out.

I paid and headed out the door to try and locate Tommy's place from the last known address that we had on him. I spotted a park and decided to take a short break and sat on a bench in the shade to finish my shake. I pulled out my maps and flipped through them, trying to get an idea of where to start looking.

I sighed and folded the maps and took a sip of my shake. I packed them away into their former pouch and was just standing up to resume my personal quest when I heard screams and spotted around a dozen people running from the park. My curiosity got the better of me and I went to go check it out. I peeked out from behind a cluster of bushes and saw a bunch of people in…Robot suits?

They were terrorizing a small group of kids that were around ten or twelve. Two things really upset me: People picking on kids and people hurting my family. I quickly removed the rope that I always kept in my bag in case it ever ripped and took off towards the children.

I tied one end to my backpack and set it on the nearest see-saw. I pulled down on the opposite side and sent my bag flying into the nearest tree. As the rope stretched to its limit, the bag wrapped itself around a branch. I held onto the rope as I jumped and swung at the bullies. I struck two of them down as five people in some sort of strange costumes arrived. "We'll take it from here," one of them told me.

I nodded as the kids took off. I decided to try and retrieve my pack from the tree. The only problem was that I had a thing about climbing trees ever since I fell out of Tommy's tree house when I was eight. 'It's time I try and faced my fears.'

I looked at my rope and decided that that would be the best way up. I pulled myself up the rope and once I was on the branch I unwrapped the bag and tied the loose end of the rope around my waist and carefully dropped my backpack off one side and eased myself off the other side. I kept a firm grip on the opposite rope and gently lowered myself from the tree.

I was halfway down when the rope snapped…