Chapter 1

Hi guys! This is my second Fanfiction story so I am not an expert at this. Be sure to try to check out my first story "Battle of the Bands" Enjoy! :)

Disclaimer: I don't own The 39 Clues only the OCs and plot.

Alice POV

My name is Alice Rose Kabra. I am going to tell you a story about my strange life. How about we back it up a little first. First of all let me tell you about me. I am 11 years old and I live in Atlanta, Georgia. I have pale skin and cherry lips. My eyes are soft dark brown colored. I have long, wavy hair, which is dark brown. I'm average height. I am said to be very nice and smart. I love to read, mainly fiction, but I also love singing and listening to songs. I am an orphan but I really don't mind, only because I never met my parents and I got used to the orphanage. You might think "But don't you want a family?" You bet I do, I always imagined and thought I would definitely have a nice safe family and I will be happy. I was so wrong, this was not how I imagined my life would turn out. How about I start from the beginning, it sure will make more sense.

It was a warm, sunny morning that day. I was at the park sitting on the poorly-constructed bench. The birds were out chirping and the flowers were blossoming,since it was a few days after spring started. I was calmly sitting there reading my book and listening to music. My black hair was blowing in the wind. I was having a wonderful day. I thought nothing could ruin my day. I was mistaken, this was the day when my whole life turned. I was deeply into my book and wasn't paying attention to my surroundings

Then suddenly a hand grabbed my shoulder. I let out a small shriek and jumped. The hand belonged to a beautiful woman. She was about middle-aged. She had wavy dark brown hair and bright blues eyes. She had fair skin and wore light make-up. She was wearing a white skirt and a soft pink blouse. The woman behind me let out a small laugh.

"Sorry to scare you but are you Alice, from the orphanage?" I hesitated

"Umm…. Yes but may I know why you need to know that?" The woman then said

"Oh how rude of me, I didn't introduce myself. My name is Lily Brown and I am the new assistant of Miss. Cherry. She is asking for you." Well, I thought, that was expected. Probably fired her because she was so nice to us, I snorted. You might be wondering why I am so against Miss. Cherry. Miss. Cherry is a plump looking woman. She has short, white hair and short herself. She looks and is old enough to your grandmother. She may be a sweet angel but underneath that mask she is a devil. I fell for the same trick when I first met her. She told me nice things and made me feel at home. I thought I love it here, blinded by her sweet nature. After some time, she became nasty. She starved us sometimes, made us do all of the chores and also hurt us, mentally and physically. In other words, how a typical orphanage carekeeper acts in movies.

"Do you know why she asked me to come, if you don't mind me asking?" I asked. Ms. Brown told me

"I think you are getting adopted" I squealed

"Really?!" but I didn't wait for her to answer, I ran off in the direction of the orphanage.

I stopped running when I saw the orphanage in sight, breathing heavily. I was still breathing heavily from the long run as I gently knocked on the door. Miss. Cherry opened the door and ushered me in.

"Where were you, we have guests."

"Is it true, am I getting adopted?" I was so happy. Miss. Cherry scowled.

"Did that Lily tell you that?" I nodded

"Yeah you are getting adopted, but these people are strange, not that I care." I started squealing again.

"I don't care, I am finally getting adopted!"

"Stop squealing you sound stupid, and I don't want you ruining our chances of me finally getting rid of you. Well what are you doing, just standing there, go on in and be polite!" I nodded. Miss. Cherry went ahead and started mumbling to herself. Then suddenly the mumbling stopped and she stopped walking and I, being the clumsy me, bumped into her and landed on my bottom. Miss. Cherry turned around and gave me a look of annoyance.

"Sorry" I mumbled and looked besides her. I realized that we were at the adoption office. Sitting there were 3 people. a middle-aged man and woman and an elder woman. I quickly scrambled up and dusted myself off.

Miss. Cherry then switched her personality to a sweet angel.

"Oh, I am sorry we kept you waiting, I was telling Alice how I was going to miss her." I almost snorted but quickly changed to a cough. Miss. Cherry flashed me a quick glare.

"Alice, that is your new father and mother, Ian and Amy Kabra" pointing to the two middle-aged adults. "And that is your grandmother, Hope Cahill" pointing to the elder woman.

"May I borrow Alice, I am so sorry but I am going to miss her so much." Miss. Cherry then pulled out a handkerchief and dabbed her eyes. I have to admit she is a good actor, I would believe her if I didn't her true nature. She pulled me out stopping her act and threatened me.

"You better be good so I don't have to see you again." I, being a goody two shoes, nodded.

"Okay" She let me go into the room. I can be shy, so I gave them a small wave. They smiled warmly at me and told me.

"You don't have to be shy, we don't bite." They still had to fill a few more pages of paper work so I decided to pack. As I entered I told everyone goodbye and gathered my stuff. I didn't have much though. I had two books, both my parents and a picture of my parents. I would never leave those, they mean everything to me even if I never met them. I walked out of the room. I got there right when they were about to leave.

"Bye, have a good day" Miss. Cherry called out. Once we got to the parking lot the only cars I saw was Miss. Cherry's car and a black limousine. Wow, I thought, didn't see that there.

"Umm…Mrs. Kabra is that your limo?" I asked.

"Sweetie, we are your family now, you can call me Mom and yes that is our limo." My expression made all the adults laugh. When we were in the car I took time to look at everyones features. They looked nothing like me so it is obvious we are not related. Mom had long, reddish-brown hair. She had jade eyes and had light-toned skin. She was also about medium height. Dad has black silky hair and dark skin. He has amber eyes. He is tall but not that tall. Grandma, or Granny Hope, is very pretty. She looks almost exactly like Mom. She has long reddish-brown, but it is turning white, and light-toned skin. She also has. She is also medium height.

We finally arrived to our home or in other words our mansion. I was so excited to finally have a family but I had so many questions. It was like they read my mind because they told me.

"You probably have lots of questions, we do too, but why don't you settle in first then you can start asking questions." Mom said. I nodded, still too shy to respond to them.

When I got inside I was memorized. It was grand but it was also cosy and family-like. We decided that we could talk at dinner so they led me to my room.

Since dinner was a few hours away, I decided to explore. I always was the curious one. I went around two floors in the whole house and looked through many rooms. There was one more floor when I went up the steps. As I was going through the hallways I bumped into a boy.

He was about my age, maybe a year older. He had blond hair and light skin. He had some startling green eyes that felt like they could read everything about you. He was very handsome.

"Sorry about that I wasn't looking where I was going" I said quietly.

"It's okay, but you look new, are you Alice" I nodded.

"Well nice to meet you, I am Jacob Sparkle. I am visiting, since the Kabra's insisted I come. Our family's are old friends." I gave him a small smile.

"You don't have to be so shy you know" I nodded.

"If you ever need someone to show you around just ask me"

"Thank you" I replied. We both turned to leave when he suddenly told me.

"Wait, can I tell you something," he asked. I nodded.

"You're very pretty you know" I blushed so hard and then he walked off. I just stood there speechless. I then turned around and went on with my exploration.

After a while I was standing in front two wooden doors. I had a feeling it was off limits but my curiosity took over. I opened the huge doors and was amazed by what I saw. It was a library, a dream come true for me. I saw a huge book in the center of the whole library and me, being the book lover, went to it. It was dusty and seemed like it wasn't opened in a long time, but it looked modern. I opened it and gasped. It was a journal. It didn't have writing all over it like in movies so I thought what's the harm and started reading. Then I made mistake of pressing my hand onto the book and while reading. I realized something was happening to me, I felt I was getting sucked in it but I wasn't moving. My eyes widened when I figured it out, I was getting sucked into it, just not my body.

"Ahhhhhhhhhh!" I screamed. I thought I saw Dad, Mom, Granny, and Jacob at the last second. Then everything blacked out.

I am so happy. My first chapter a success! I am proud of my work so far. Please review. Bye!

~ Alice