'This's great. Just great! Ah knew this was a bad idea.' Anna Marie thought to herself as she sat at the edge of her seat waiting for her punishment. 'Why did ah let Pietro talk me in to this? He set me up! What a jerk.'

"Well, well what do we have here…" Anna's thoughts were interrupted by the new voice. She looked up to see a big fat man with a rather funny mustache. "You…? You broke in to this house..? You can't be more then like what? Six?" The man laughed.

Anna instantly got in defense mode "Ah am six and a half! And ah was jus' tryin ta get some food…" Anna said grabbing her stomach as it growled. Her face turned from angry to sad in a matter of seconds. It was true... Well, most of it anyways. She really hadn't eaten in days, but the food she was trying to get wasn't for her. If she was lucky, she'd get a tinny nibble of whatever she managed to get her hands on. All the food first went to Pietro, the oldest out of all of them. 'Them' being the group of street kids she recently found herself tangled up in.

The man smirked "Well, that doesn't make your punishment any less worse little lady-"

"Jimmy! What are ya doin!? You're scaring the girl!" A woman- the prettiest Anna had ever seen- Yelled, walking into the room.

The man's eyes widened at the woman "Miss Lebeau, we caught this kid `breaking into the kitchen this morning." The man said, in a tone that sounded to Anna like fear.

The woman paused. "Well was anything stolen? Broke?"

"N-no mamm, but it's a crime! She could have killed someone or-" He sputtered

She laughed, cutting him off and made her way over to Anna.

Anna's face went from confused and slightly amused to frighten and concerned as the woman walked around her placing a hand on Anna's shoulder. Anna, after all, was only 6. "She couldn't even hurt a fly you stupid man! Now go. You are dismissed." she chuckled, scolding the man.

"I am truly sorry mamm." He said leaving the room.

The woman then turned her attention to Anna "What's your name sweetheart?" She smiled sweetly at the young girl in front of her.

"A-Anna Marie mamm …" and quietly stuttered, looking down.

"My name's Rosella Lebeau. But just call me Rosella" She gave Anna a warm comforting smile. She frowned though, when she herd the rumbling of Anna's stomach. "When's the last time ya ate Anna?"

Anna shyly looked away. "A couple days mam- Ah mean Rosella"

Rosella frowned. "Come on child. Let's get ya changed outta those close and get some food inta that belly. You like gumbo?" She asked leading Anna out of the room and down the hall.

I don't really know where I'm going with this.. I've written around 20 stories, but I've never had the nerve to actually publish one. So let me know how you like it so far? I made this first chapter pretty short cause i wasn't sure if anyone would like it or not...

Any plot ideas? I have the net chapter, but I'm lost after that... Please review, help me out :)

Thanks, XxXRogueXxX