Li looked out of the window of her bedroom and sighed. Being a koopa girl with a toad mother and father is very confusing. Li, now sixteen, never understood why her birth parents gave her away. She had no birth defects and was very pretty, strong, thin and tall. She loved music, science, make-up, sports, and art and had a beautiful voice that was as sweet and soft as honey, but got loud and bitter when she was angry. She had long, straight fuchsia hair that she kept out of her delicate face with a pink headband, and she had bright green eyes that were full of life, Li also liked to wear fushia shells to match her hair, and fushia sneakers to match her shells. All that Li could remember about her birth parents was that her mother's hair had many different colors, and her father was strong. She also remebered somebody else. He was the person she had the most memories of, he was Li's unidentical twin brother. She didn't remember much more of her brother then she did her birth parents, but she did remember more of what he looked like and part of his name. She remebered that his name started with an "L", but that was it. Because she only remebered the "L" part of his name, that was what she called him. Li remembered that he looked like her, except she recalled "L" having blue hair instead of fuschia hair. That was all of her memories, aside from one vague little memory she had of herself and "L" as infants.
L: Li! Li!
Li: Brudder!
L: Pway! (They go into a blue and fuschia colored playroom and play with a toy piano)
Li: Brudder! Pway me a song!
L: I'm not good at it... I'm the wowrst pianow pwayer ever!
Li: No you're not. Pway with me, I'll helwp you. (They play "Ode to Joy" perfectly)
L: Thank you sisder.
Li: You're welcom L-
And that was where Li's memory ended. No matter how hard she racked her brain for details, she couldn't remember "L's" full name. Li collapsed onto the bed, landing on the soft pink blanket. "Who is "L"? I remember what he looks like vivdly!" Li muttered, frustrated with herself. "Li, it's dinner time sweetie!" A feminine voice cheered as a pink toad with red spots entered Li's bedroom. She was Li's adopted mother, and Li was almost three times her height. But Li loved her foster parents anyway, no matter how small they were. "Okay mother." Li said a little sadly. "What's wrong Li? Are you ill? Did you lose something? Did you break a bone?" Li's foster mother panicked. "No mother, I'm fine. It's just I had another vision of "L" and me." Li exclaimed. Her foster mother and father knew of Li's frequent visions of her and "L". They came mostly when Li was thinking very hard and when she was dreaming. "Oh, well don't let it get you down. I'm sure that "L", whoever he is and wherever he lives, is living a fine life like you." Li's foster mother comforted as the two walked into the kitchen where Li's foster father was eating dinner. Dinner that night was Shroom Steak with Peachy Peach Juice and Heartful Cake for dessert. Li's father, a white toad with orange spots, smiled as he saw his adopted daughter walk into the kitchen and begin eating her dinner. "So, tommorow's the last day of school I hear." Li's father commented as the family sat down to eat dinner. Li, who was chewing a mouthful of Shroom Steak, swallowed her food and answered her foster father. "Well, unfortunatley it is. Everyone in my gifted class, including me, is annoyed that school is out for the next three months. The kids in the regular classes are happy, but they need to study more because they all get C's, while us gifted children who love school and like learning get straight A's." Li explained. "I see. Well, try to make it a good day and don't be bummed out. All day's a party tommorow, right? The last day of school celebration. It marks the end of your junior year." Li's foster mother stated. "Yeah. And at the party, we get to draw, write, dance, and eat! I'm going to eat cake and cookies and work on writing new songs!" Li said, more cheerful now. "But you have homework tongiht, right?" Li's foster father questioned. "Yeah, for science class there's a model of mitosis due tommorow. I'm going to finish the model now." Li confirmed as she gulped down the last bit of her dinner and ran off to her room. "That Li, she's a nice daughter." Li's foster mother remarked. "The best daughter we ever had." Li's father added. Li spent thirty minutes putting the finishing touches on her mitosis model, she brushed her teeth, changed into her pajama's for sleeping, and got a clean fucshia shell out of her closet to wear tommorow. Then, she crawled into her bed and fell asleep. In her slumber, Li dreamt of "L".
L: Li? Is that you?
Li: L? You're grown now, not the infant I always dream you as.
L: We are twins, aren't we?
Li: Yes, but we're unidentical.
L: You're funny. I have to leave now, but I will see you really soon.
Li: No, L! Don't leave L! L!!!
Li woke up screaming and sweaty. "Why did I dream of "L" as a sixteen year old like me? Where is he going to see me again, if he's still alive after all these years. Oh no! I just remebered, I need to get ready!" Li thought as she glanced at her clock. She had woken up ten minutes late, and she was now in a hurry to get ready. She didn't think about "L" again until she was on the bus heading to school.