The orphanage was not a happy place. I could tell right away, the pink paint, yellow shutters. The inside was nice though, it was dark and mysterious, like a gothic church, but the orphanage person was insane, literally. She was one of those people who were all 'one with the world', what's the word for it? Oh, hippies, not that I have anything against hippies, it's just goths and hippies don't mix well. Ok, enough about the orphanage, more about me. My name is Clover I have naturally black hair and don't say I don't and I just have super dark brown hair, it's black. As I said before I'm a goth. I live in an orphanage with my best friends Flame and Alexis who are 16 and 6, I'm 8. My favorite animals are Kangaroo's, I also really like poetry, though I try not to show it. Here's our story, the story of The Phosphates.

We were sitting in Lafayette Square, trying to raise money for the orphanage, we never really got any, everyone supported The Time-Turner Orphanage not ours, The Sunny Dayz Orphanage. Flame decided we should go back, so we packed up our things and trudged home. We knew Ms. Spring would be mad, though she never stayed that way for long.

Oh! Before we continue I should tell you all how we got here. When Flame was about five she was washed up on the beach, taken to the hospital, and then here. She does not remember why she was washed up or anything before that. Alexis's parents died and she had no family or close friends besides them. And me, my parents could not deal with me, my rebelliousness, my disobedience, everything about me, so they sent me here. I hate them. Well on with the story.

"Ah, yes, your back my children," Ms. Spring said.

"I'm sorry Ms. Spring we only got 5 dollars," Flame said.

"No matter"

"What!?" Flame asked

"We have some people hear to see you, Elizabeth and Michael Cunningham. They want to adopt you."

"What! All of us!?"

"Yes, isn't that nice come on I'll show you to them," Flame looked shocked, I was thinking this was not going to end well, and Alexis was running around us exclaiming YAY! and YIPPEE! and YAHOO! We followed her into the room. Inside there was two people, Elizabeth and her husband. When I saw her my inner brain stuff started telling me EVIL, EVIL, EVIL, DO NOT TRUST HER, SHE IS EVIL, LET ME REPEAT, EVIL!

"Hello, my friends, I'm Elizabeth and this is my husband Michael, we have adopted you." I narrowed my eyes.

"So your Elizabeth Cunningham from Cunningham Corporations," I asked.

"Yes, that is I." I could not believe it, the leader of Cunningham Corporations, adopting us.

"What's Cunningham Corporations?" Alexis asked.

"Cunningham Corporations is a place where the best scientists in the world go to work." Flame explained.

"Well, go get packed, you have a long drive ahead of you, through rush hour traffic in the middle of down town DC," said Ms. Spring.

"Joy." I said sarcastically and rolled my eyes.

We rushed up to our room and started packing. The room was small, we did not have much, only cloths and some other stuff. I shoved it all into my black backpack and put on my leather jacket and waited for the others.

"I don't like her," I said

"We don't have much choice, were still minors" Flame said.

"She seams too nice, and thats coming from me," Alexis said.

"Why would she come here to adopt a child?" I asked.