The Blue Bookmark - Prologue

Eila Adair Watson woke up, her eyes hadn't even adjusted to the light when she squealed and ran to the living room. Her father and brother were waiting for her and the rest of the family to come and open all the Christmas gifts together. The eleven-year-old girl walked to where her brother was sitting at and slumped down beside him, taking a glance at the gifts beneath the tree.

Eila was the youngest sibling and the only girl in her small British family. She was quite short and thin, with the slightest ghost of curves that one could tell, would develop beautifully. Her dirty blonde hair fell down to the middle of her back in loose curls, not a single stray hair even though she had just woken up. Eila's grey eyes shined with excitement and the specks of green and hazel just became more noticeable, while her soft pink lips widened, making a beautiful smile. Her teeth were a little crooked, but that just made her smile the more contagious.

Her brother, Colin, was the only sibling she was close with, since there was a small age gap between them and their older siblings. He was a lot taller than she was, standing almost three inches higher than the petit blonde. Colin was very similar to his only younger sister, he had the same eyes and smile, but his hair was bright red and completely messy and curly. He had lots of freckles on his cheeks and shoulders that Eila didn't have, and his skin tone was lots paler than hers.

She was the only girl in her family, which was a challenge by itself. No one ever understood her or knew exactly how to help in difficult situations. Like when she got her period the year before, her father didn't know how to deal with the problem, so he gave her some contraceptives and told her that she would be alright with that. She had obviously told him that those wouldn't help and that she needed pads. Her brothers were even worse that her dad, they always knew how to cheer her up, but they weren't the best at doing it. They once tried to give her hot chocolate when she fell and broke her ankle, and they 'accidentally' spilled it on top of her.
She wondered what they would give her this year. Her two oldest brothers already had money to buy Colin and her gifts and had decided to do so. Eila wasn't always the one that got the best gifts, but she didn't dislike what her brothers had chosen for her either. She just wanted to know as soon as possible. The youngest member of the family had been so concentrated in her thoughts that she hadn't noticed all of her brothers walk in and sit on th floor beside her and Colin until...

"Eila... Eila!"
"Yes, dad?!" she exclaimed back.
"I was asking if you would like to open one of your gifts first?" Ethan, her father, asked her, pointing at the pile of gifts that were positioned right beneath the decorated Christmas tree.
Eila quickly nodded and dragged herself to the tree. There were lots of gifts there, but, obviously, the only ones that belonged to her were the ones wrapped in pink. Because all my family knows that my favourite color is blue, she thought to herself, while picking up the biggest gift in pink wrapping paper and going back to the place she was sitting in before. She carefully opened it, without tearing the wrapping apart and pulled out a white crop-top with the words 'Geek' written down on it, she smirked and looked around, "Brandon, is this your gift?"
Her older brother just laughed and nodded, while Colin took his gift and opened it.

So on went the morning until there were four small gifts left. They had already opened all the gifts from their family members and friends, so no one expected there to be more gifts. All four siblings stood up and took their own gift. Eila's was actually wrapped in blue this time and she was really happy about that.

"On the count of three?" her older brother, Trevor, asked the rest of them.
"One?" Brandon started.
Colin smirked, "Two."
"Three!" Eila exclaimed while ripping the paper apart and finding a plain blue bookmark with a light blue cord attached to it at the tip. It had no trademark or drawing that could set it apart from any other blue bookmark, but it felt special, different from any other bookmark she had.

Her brothers had all received gifts similar to hers, things they would use, but they didn't even think about anymore, they just used them unconsciously. Colin had received a pair of earphones, Trevor had received some shin pads for playing football (soccer) and Brandon had opened a gift with some blue and red dyes for pranking.

Eila wasn't exaggerating, the bookmark was something different from anything anyone has ever seen, but all good comes with a price...

The eleven-year-old suddenly felt the strange urge to re-read Harry Potter. She ate her breakfast as fast as she could and ran upstairs, to her room, where she kept every one of her books. Harry Potter was sitting there, just waiting for her to grab it and binge-read the complete series.

And so, she began...
'Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much...'

She was already finishing chapter three when her father called, "Eila, Trevor, Brandon! Come down, we need your help!"
Eila left her new bookmark where she had finished reading and opened her bedroom door.

Hello! It's Maria Paula, the author; I hope you understand my idea with this story. I'm basically gonna choose a group of books and Eila will be kind of visiting them if you get me. Please review; tell me what I did wrong and what I can improve!