Hiya this is my first story so don't say anything bad :l i am a beginner here:

main characters:

Charli 14

Leo 14

Mike 17

chapter 1:

"oi! give it back!" Charli yelled.

"is there something in here you are hiding?" teased Leo. Leo started to open the note pad.

" NO don't look in there!" Charli screamed. Charli punched his twin brother in the stomach. The notepad fell out of Leo's hand. Mike ran into the room. "What did you guys do now?" he moaned.

"nothing" they both replied in sync.

"Good, well get into bed and sleep! Just because mum and dad are on holidays doesn't mean you do what you want!" Mike slammed the door behind him. Charli jumped at the noise.

The notepad he was concealing from his brothers was a diary of his thoughts. he didn't want his brothers to see because he was sure they will tease him until he died if they found out. it also had drawings and small tales on mythical creatures he wished would actually existed on earth. He could only ever see them in his imagination and his dreams at night though.

The next morning he woke up to the light shining through the blinds and the smell of waffles wafting into his room. A wonderful Sunday morning! Charli walked out into the kitchen. "hi M-" Charli started. Mike turned around with a smile.

"thought i was mum ai?" he questioned. Charli looked at the ground. " they rang last night saying they were held up. So they won't be back until this afternoon." He smirked afterwards. Leo woke up and walked out of his room. " 6 more hours with you and with out mum or dad! This is horrible" Leo moaned. Charli picked up the burnt waffle and sat at the table. " So you are taking us to the footy then?" Leo asked. Mike did his smirk was a bad sign." nahh i rather not."

" but you got your P plate!" Charli exclaimed.

"I know but the oval is only 10 mins away driving, so... You can run there and that will be your warm up" he chuckled. Charli and leo sagged their shoulders and walked outside. Charli thought to himself ' Might as well tell mum and dad, but then i would we called a names again by Mike...' Charli put the thought aside and started to run to footy with Leo.

They arrived at the footy oval. " You look puffed!" said the coach.

" Mum and dad aren't home so we are left with our brother..." Leo sighed.

" I thought they were suppose to be back late last night" He replied

" nahh they were delayed, so they will be back this afternoon" Charli puffed.

"So he obviously didn't drive you here?" the coach asked

" nop! He made us run" They both replied. The coach sighed in remorse. They didn't have to do a warm up session because they ran to the oval so they just laid on the oval and stretched. They also had to sit out the first quarter. The team didn't go so well in that quarter. Charli and Leo were one of their best players. In fact they were their top players. The team would be a wooden spooner team if it wasn't for Leo, Charli and a few others...

The game ended and they lost. Leo wasn't a big fan of footy but since Charli was playing he 'had to'.

They walked back home. BEEP! BEEP! They both jumped and turned around. It was Nick. They sagged their shoulders and stared at him. He stopped he car next to them. " how are you doing LOSERS?" he asked

" piss yourself" they both replied and started to walk off again. Nick was one of Mike's mates. None of Mike's 'mates' liked them. It was Mike's jealousy about the twins that made his friends tease them. Okay so they were better looking than Mike and different hair and build to their mum and dad, but nothing else was different. Well they weren't dumb unlike Mike.

They arrived home to find Mike standing at the door. He had that face on which scared the hell out of them. "Okay! who's notepad is this?" he demanded. Charli looked at it. His heart sank. "You know boys don't keep diaries." Leo looked at him. Charli gave him a face that Leo only knew what it meant. Leo and Charli kept quiet. " If you don't tell me i will read it" Mike teased. Charli was about to confess it was his but a car pulled up into the driveway. Leo ran to the car " MUM! DAD! Mike is being mean again he stole Charli's notepad and won't give it back!" he yelled. Their dad stepped out of the car.

" Mike give it back to Charli" he scolded. Mike dropped the book into Charli's hand.

" Better watch out, you don't want it to be in my hands" he said and walked away. Charli ran to Leo

" Thanks bro" He said.

"no problem, but what is in that book you would like to keep secret?" he asked. Charli stood there for a bit. " Tell you tonight" he replied and walked off into the house.

Charli opened his notepad. No damage, PHEW. A picture of a dragon flying around a tall tower and a phoenix floating on top. He loved this pic. He was somehow good at drawing things like this. He was thinking if his brother liked mythical creatures like he did. Probably not. They were twins ( identical in fact) but they were nothing a like in Charli's mind

Leo walked into the room "Are you going the show we what you are hiding in that notebook?" He asked. Charli turned off his computer screen and turned around.

"ah yer... sure" he opened a side cupboard and took out the notebook. "you will laugh at this" opened the book and showed it to Leo. Leo took another step to get closer and took it out of Charli's hand. "dragons, phoenixes anthro... You know they aren't real" he said. Charli nodded and said " everyone believes in something. I know they don't exist, I wish they were though, life would a better adventure" He sighed and turned back to the computer and turned the screen back on. "Don't be down about it! I wish for an adventurous life as well" Leo exclaimed.

Charli looked up at him. Leo smiled. He turned around, put the notebook on the desk and put his thumb and his pinky up. Charli smiled. Leo had just given him the sign that he promised he wouldn't tell anyone. Charli was a bit puzzled though. Leo didn't seem a bit surprised about the whole thing, as if he expected the whole thing... AS IF...

Charli turned off the computer and stormed into Leo's room."You weren't surprised did you read it before?" Charli questioned.

"NO! As i said I wish my life was adventurous too!" Leo exclaimed, all red in the face.

Their Dad's head popped around the door. " Follow me we have some people you need to meet" and the walked out.

Charli and Leo followed quietly. They entered the family room and saw a family of four sitting around the table. There was two adults a boy around Mike's age with dirty blonde hair like theirs and a girl around their age with brunette hair and a faded red fringe. " This is the new family that live next door. They are the Goldhutan family. The girl over there is Dilka and the boy is Haze her older brother." He said. " Nice to meet you" they both said. Dilka bounced out of the chair full of energy. "Nice to meet you too! WOAH you are identical twins!" SHe exclaimed. They both went pale. " Boys what about you go and have sometime with Dilka?" Their mum said.

" okay..." they both said.

" We will go to Charli's room"Leo said with a smile. They lead her to his room.

" WOAH a cool room. My mum and Dad don't like me having dragon posters up!" She said. Leo leaned closer to Charli and whispered " She is a very energy bound person ai?"

" yer she is"

She turned around and her eyes focused on something on the desk. Charli and Leo looked at what she was looking at. They both went paler. She was looking at the notebook. Charli ran to the desk but he was too late she had picked it up. " What is in here?" she questioned looking at Charli. Eyes big and innocent.

" Nothing for you to worry about" He happily replied and put on a fake smile.

" I can tell your lying" she said with a frown. Charli sagged his shoulders in defeat.

"WOAH! those drawings are SO COOL!" She looked at him with gleaming eyes of admiration. Suddenly she fixed her eyes on this arm. This wasn't a good sign. "What's that?" She asked pointing at the upper part of his arm. Charli looked down at what she was pointing at. "It's a birthmark" He said.

" no it ain't!" she said all serious. "I have seen it in a book before" She came closer to him and inspected it closely. " Leo has one too! it is the same but flipped around! It is on his back though" Charli said. Leo frowned. He knew he was trying to get Dilka away from him and inspect HIS back. Dilka turned around. "You are the first two people i have ever met with abnormal birthmarks. I have one too but it is different." She said. "I believe I got it in another world in another life" She said and pointed at her fringe. " I have had it ever since i grew hair. People make fun of it though..." She said looking at the ground. Charli and Leo knew why she was teased about it. It looked like her fringe has been stained with blood.

"That isn't really a birthmark though" Leo said. She stared at him. It made him shudder. That stare had something to it that scared him. " OH I have a birthmark. She showed them her palm. It was Three triangles conjoined a bit like a ven diagram was and it had a circle around it. It was different to their one though. Theirs' was a swirl with a fish tail shape at the end and a dotted circle around it. " Why do you believe it is from another world?" Charli asked.

" Because no-one else on earth know it and i look different in a way to my family and i have really good fighting skills" she said smugly. This made the boys think she was a very strange girl.