December 1915

"I'm so sorry Katrina." The woman said as she laid the small baby on the steps of Saint Paul's Cathedral.

The woman slipped a blue amulet around the baby's neck and kissed her one last time before running off into the darkness.

Present day, Greenwhich, England

"All right boys, stand back and watch this girl do some magic." Katrina threw the dice down the ally and everyone rushed to see what they had landed on.

"Snake eyes! Kat wins!" A man yelled and everyone cheered.

"It's just the magic touch, now fork over the money Rorak." She said as she held out her hand for the tall man to give her the money he owed her.

"You little cheat." He muttered.

"Hey if you don't want to get burned, don't play with the fire." She said as she slipped the 5 pound note in her jeans pocket. "All right everyone, enough for today, cheerio and have a great rest of your day." Kat said as she turned on her heel and walked back down the ally.

For 16, she knew every street trick in the book, she even came up with a few herself. She was abonded as a baby, and lived with her "adopted" dad. They looked alike, he had black hair and so did she, she was tall, but was well bilt, like her mother, who had abondened her, and she also had her blue eyes.

"Dad!" Kat yelled as she walked in the house.

"Wot is it darling?" Her father asked as she walked into the kitchen, where he was drawing.

"I got some money today, and don't worry, earned it fair and square I did." She said mimicking the way he talked sometimes.

"Very funny, oh my God." He said. He saw the bruises on her arm, where two guys had hit her earlier that day, when they'd tried to take her amulet, the other thing that her mother had left.

"Dad, they tried to take my amulet, I woudn't let them. They left me alone, and if I'm not mistaken, the police caught them." She explained as she turned to walk away.

"Katrina, please be careful, you're all I've got, now, what do you want to do today?" He asked as he ruffled up her hair, like he always did.

"Sleep, then maybe after while, we can go see a movie, what about that?" She asked as she headed for the stairs.

"Whatever you want." He replied as he went back to his drawing. That drawing must've been very special to him, he wouldn't let her see it, ever.

Katrina opened the door to her room and flopped down on the bed. When she rolled over onto her pillow, something was sitting there.

She caught it as it started to roll off the side of the bed. It was a diamond ring. "Wow." She said as she slipped it on her thumb, it looked like an engagement ring, but she had no clue where it had came from. "Hm, wonder if this is a gift from dad." She slipped it off her thumb and put it on her necklace, along with the saphire pendant.

When she awoke, she heard someone talking downstairs, her father must be on his phone. He was an artist part time, others he was a lawyer, he hated that job most.

"Dad! What movie do you want to go see?" She asked as she slipped on her digital watch and she stopped midway down the stairs when she saw a young woman standing at the door, the woman looked just like a mirror image and this woman looked like she was very rich.

"Kat, this is Mary, she's a friend of mine from a very long time ago." He gave her an evil glance, like he was going to kill her or something, and Mary looked like she would cry.

"Oh my goodness." She said as she covered her mouth.

"What? You've never seen a 16 year old before?" Katrina asked rudely. She didn't like this lady, she had her face, that was the excuse Katrina used for everything.

"No it isn't that at all, just you're so beautiful." She said and Katrina made a fish face, she did that when someone or something creeped her out, like Joe Jonas did.

"Mary, would you like to come in?" She finally asked, glaring at her father.

"If you don't mind, do you mind if I look upstairs? I used to know this house very well." Mary said as she gave a hopeful glance to her father.

"Yeah, just be quick, I promised my daughter that I'd take her to a movie." Her father said as she came in and he shut the door.

"Well, this is my room." Katrina said as she showed her the room. There was another room that was connected to it, but it just had an acoustic guitar in it.

"Do you know who used to own this house?" Mary asked looking around.

"A guy named George Banks, he was some banker. Him and his wife lived here and their children. Michael is still alive, I think, but Jane died a long time ago, she was murdered." Katrina explained, and she saw Mary tear up.

"I'm sorry, um, well you have a very nice room, thank you for showing it to me, now excuse me, I must speak with your father." Mary walked past Kat and without Mary knowing, she followed her, she wanted to see if her dad would yell at her or not. This woman was freaky, and Kat did not like her.

Kat stood at the edge of the stairs and listened to her dad and Mary argue, this was the time that she should have just turned back and walked to her room, but because she was about to get the shock of her life.

"Mary you left 'er on those steps! And you never told me about 'er! If I 'adn't found her, she may be dead right now." Her father yelled.

"She might as well be dead now! I watched her all day, she is nothing like I was, and you either." Mary said.

"Mary, watch yourself, you also were clever, look at 'er! She is the mirror image of you. She is very intellegent and it's sad to know that you will never know 'er like I do." He said.

"Bert, I am sorry, but you have no clue what would have happened to her if I'd kept her, she would be dead probably." Mary replied.

That was all Katrina could take. She ran up to her room and slammed the door and she slid down it and began crying. The woman dowstairs was no stranger, it was her mother.

Very dramatic eh? It'll either get better or worse, and oh ho ho, this story is going to keep you held I swear, I can promise you. And yes I realize Bert may be out of character, but hey, if you were in his position, you'd be mad as hell to. Anyway, I'm still contemplating on who is playing Mary and Bert, either Ashley and Gavin, or Dick and Julie, my decision will be in the next chapter. I wish to take a moment to remember Estelle "Sophia" Getty, our fav Golden Girl, you're in out heart forever!

Ash