All characters belong to Ms. Rowling, except the Rickstens, but she can have them and Christine who is mine and I'm not sharing.
Chapter 1
Christine sat twirling a stand of her hair thinking over the day's events.
1. Brittany, her cousin, had shown Christine her new Pink bathing suit.
2. She had called Brittany a slut.
3. Her aunt yelled at her.
4.Christine was called a slut and Brittany was not yelled at.
And of course being the quite girl she was had not said anything about how unfairly she was treated to her aunt or uncle.
She had lived with her aunt and uncle as long as she could remember. Her mother had died in labor and her father had died in a car crash. Christine was thirteen now, but was not allowed to go to Salem witches institute like her cousin, though she was very good at magic (She had bean steeling her cousin's books and home schooled her self). She was of medium height and quite pale. She had black hair and green eyes that turn red when she is angry.
The branch she was sitting on hung out over the lake (though she couldn't swim she loved the lake.) and was her favorite place to sit on when she was angry at her 'family'. She was often quit alone because out of the 3 houses that surrounded the huge lake only 2 of which had kids and the other family that had kids had just moved in.
Suddenly as tall blond boy who Christine had recognized as the next-door neighbor walked out of his house and dove in to the lake. She had rarely caught a glimpse of him because the school were he received his magical education in Europe were the family stayed sometimes. Christine's cousin had developed a crush on him and she couldn't see why, but her cousin had a crush on every boy that was within a light-year of her.
He dove into the lake and began to do laps around the lake. After about three laps she pulled out from behind her and immersed her self into the world of Nicola and the Viscount. After reading a good five chapters she looked down at her watch. It was 3: 45, and about time to head home. Christine began to slowly back up when she felt the branch giving away beneath her. Before she could realize what was happening both she and the branch fell into the lake.