It had been another horrible day for Olivia "Livy" Ashton. She was tortured throughout the whole school day by Carla Lopez, her enemy since kindergarten. Dropped her lunch in the cafeteria and didnt have any money left to get another. Humiliated by her evil science teacher, Mr. Smith for falling asleep in class. Bossed around by rude and crude customers at the restaraunt she worked at,"Ma and Pa's Kitchen", and if that wasn't enough Livy got yelled at by her boss Mr. Calvin when one of the rude customers purposely spilled his drink on her.

Life had not been easy for Livy. Her parents died when she was 10 years old in a car crash. Afterwards she moved in with her Uncle who got custody of her. Livy's uncle was a horrible man. He was an alcoholic who was drunk 90% of the time. Not that he was any better when he was sober. He was still violent and would physically abuse poor Livy. Punching her if she was not fast enough getting him his beer, or cigarettes.

Every Day Livy got beaten. Even when she didn't do nothing wrong. Often times her uncle would come in and beat her up for no reason. Livy was to afraid to tell anyone about her uncle because he often threatened her that if she did tell anyone, he would not only kill the person she told, but he would track her down and kill her as well.

When Livy turned 15 she ran away from her uncle. Ever since she was 10 and first went to live with her uncle she saved up her money to run away. The day of her 15th birthday she did just that. That night, when her uncle was passed out (as he often did being so drunk all the time), she packed up what few belonging she had. (A blanket, a few clothes, an extra pair of shoes, her diary, a fairy tale book her father used to read to her when she was younger, her ipod, and a lockett that used to belong to her mother that had her parent's picture in it.) Grabbed her money and left and never looked back

Livy didn't feel safe in the town that she lived in. She didn't feel safe living in even the same state as her uncle. So she went to the airport, bought a ticket, and flew off to her new life in New York City.

When she got there, she found the cheapest hotel she could find and spent the night. The next day she went job hunting. She was able to find a job working as a waitress at "Ma and Pa's Kitchen", and was able to buy herself a very small cheap apartment. The landlord took pity on her and allowed Livy to only pay about half of what the regular rent is.

That was 2 years ago. Since then the previous landlord had retired and passed the buisness down to his son. The son makes Livy pay the full amount. When she tried to explain her situation to him and that his father allows her to pay only half, he would have none of it and threatned her that if she ever mentioned it again he would throw her out on the streets.

As a result she could barely afford to feed herself and was underwaight.

Livy walked into her tiny apartment and collapsed onto the couch. Never wanting to get up from it again. When she hit the couch she accidentally pushed a button on the remote control which turned on her T.V. Livy looked up and saw that the smurfs was on.

Livy loved the smurfs as a child. Heck even at age 17 she still watches it sometimes. Her favorite episodes were the ones that featured Johan and Peewit. As she watched Livy couldn't help but feel jealouse. Nothing truly horrible ever happened in cartoons. Even when tings looked bleak the main character would always come through. Livy started to cry. Oh how she wished her life could be like that. How she wished she could have her happy ending. To go on crazy adventures, make friends and maybe even fall in love. Oh how she wished this. How she wished with all her heart.