Chapter 1
Samantha was lying on her bed listening to one of her many recordings of Les Miserables. She had just completed her first day as a sixth grader and she needed a night full of nothing of her beloved musical Les Miserables to com her nerves. She had grown up listening to many Broadway musicals and had even seen several on Broadway. Nun however, had grabbed her like Les Miserables did. A couple of years ago, her aunt and her mother had gotten into this big fight over her going to see Les Miserables, as her mom had felt that it would be too much for her then fourth grade daughter to handle. After much coaxing, her mom had simply given in, and Sam and her aunt Clara had gone to see the show. It was that night that Sam was hooked to Les Miserables. Since that night, she was always finding something knew about the show and had seen it twenty times. She had even read the brick as well as seen every film that was ever made, including the new one that had just been released into movie theaters. Sam was beyond excited that the actress who played her favorite character éponine had the same name as her.
She would sometimes just sit and listen to the music, and wonder what would happen if she could be in the world of Les Miserables. Most of the time however, Sam would be belting out all the songs and by now, everyone around her was completely sick of hearing her talk, or even just sing the music from the show. Her mother would often tell Aunt Clara that, "you have brainwashed my daughter with such a musical". Clara would then just casually shrug her shoulders and laugh, while saying, "oh, let her go, it's better than her being into what some other kids her age are into now a days". At this part of the lecture, Sam would always smile with pride. Sam knew that if it was up to her mother, she would have never taken her to see a heavy musical. Clara on the other hand was more open in letting kids explore the world and discover new things.
As the last song on the cd came to an end, Sam knew that she'd better start on her homework. "Oh, I hate homework! Of all days, I had to get it on the first day"! She said out loud as she began to get ready to do her dreaded homework. As she sat down she knew that this was going to be a long an boring hour, so she went over to her cd player and started the cd over again. Sitting down once again, she got her nights assignments out of her book bag, and had just read the instructions for her first assignment when she heard the family cat, Prince meowing outside. Sam side and got up to let him in. As she went out of her room, she paused the cd so as not to miss anything. It had just stopped snowing, but it had gotten icier out, and Sam hoped that there wouldn't be any school the next day so she could not do her homework and spend her time on things that were much better than doing homework. On her way out, she grabbed her coat and stepped outside. "Oh, it's so cold"! She thought as she began to go down the ice-caked steppes. Suddenly, her foot slid out from under her, but before she could brake the fall, she slipped, hitting her head hard, and she knew no more.