A Changed Life

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Chapter One

A Strange Headache

The night was beginning to grow old and the stars were withering in their brightness. The slight breeze was chilled and fallen leaves rustled across the grass. The night seemed like it would never end, then again it always felt long. For some time she spent the cold nights lying on her hammock atop of her balcony, just staring at the stars above. She would usually ponder about her life and how she ended up in her new home.

Finally the agency had placed her with the perfect family. She had been with them for three years and she had actually grown accustomed to calling them mom and dad. Never had she done that since her first foster mother. Her name was Kristen and she had taken care of her when she was just a baby and a toddler. But soon she was incapable to take care of her anymore due to financial reasons. That was when she had first learned she was a part of the foster care system. Three more families took her then and she experienced the most traumatizing parts of her life. Thankfully it didn't affect her much now that she was with a good family. They taught her the good way of life and how to become a better person. It was what she always wanted. But they couldn't answer everything.

She had first begun to become a bit curious about her real parents when she was five years old. Who were they? How did they die? Who was she really? She had many questions and absolutely no way of finding answers. No one could help her. The agency wouldn't tell her for some reason. She didn't know why, but that added more to her curiosity. Nothing was fair in life. She could hold out on that wish for later.

"Yeah right." A sigh escaped her lips and she clutched her blanket tighter to her body. It was getting a bit chillier out here. Suddenly a light in her room caught her eye and she saw her foster mother scurrying about her room frantically calling her name. Ah, Diane. She probably woke up the neighborhood now.

Quickly she rose from her hammock and knocked on the glass door that separated her and her mother. Diane turned around and saw a small person with light golden locks and very strange azure eyes standing behind the glass door and she jumped, but then realizing it was her daughter she hurried over to the door and slid it open.

"Trinity Parker! What do you think you're doing out here? It is 54 degrees out there and…your lips are blue! Oh my god…" she grabbed her daughter's hand and pulled her inside the warmth of the house. Trinity's eyes widened as she suddenly felt a shooting twinge in the back of her head and she yelled in pain. It felt like a knife was being stabbed into the back of her neck.

"Honey, are you ok? Trin…?" Then out of the blue, the light began to flicker and then the light bulb burst and darkness flooded the room. Glass went flying everywhere and Diane held Trinity close while trying to contain her screams. She was a bit freaked now. Ever since Trinity had been having these terrible headaches, the power in her house and sometimes the neighborhood goes out. It was probably a coincidence. A strange one though.

"Whoa. What just happened mom?" Trinity asked and she held her head as dizziness began to overtake her. Diane shook her head and shrugged while wrapping her arm around her daughter and guiding her outside of her room.

"I have no idea. Were you having another headache?" Trinity nodded and glanced around the hallway as she tried to find her ground in the dark house. The power had gone out again. That was the fourth time this week. Something was going on.

"They've been getting worse. I feel like I'm going to pass out each time I have one too. It's practically worse than a migraine."

"Well I don't know what I can tell you. They're probably just from you sleeping outside in the bitter cold." She stated in a scolding way. Trinity rolled her eyes and soon realized that she was in her living room. A candle was set at the end table in the corner of the room and her mother grabbed it as well as a pack of matches that sat beside it. She lit the candle and led Trinity to the kitchen where all of the medicine was held. She rummaged through the cupboards until she came upon what she was looking for. Aspirin. She screwed open the bottle and took two tablets from its confinements. Then she placed the lid back on and put it back in the cupboard.

"Here take some Aspirin. These should help you better than Tylenol." Trinity smiled and took the two tablets from Diane's hand and then swallowed them. Diane then handed her a cup of water and she downed it till the last drop.

"Thanks. I feel better already." Trinity smiled and then set the cup down while wiping her mouth off. "I think I'm going to bed now. I'm feeling tired. Good night mom." She quietly turned around and walked towards her room until she heard her mother's disagreeing words.

"Not so fast young lady. I think you're going to sleep here in the living room until I clean up all of that glass in your room. I don't want you cutting yourself now." Trinity sighed and then headed back to the living room couch.

"Fine." She jumped onto the soft cushions and rested her head on the arm of the sofa. Diane came around and removed the blanket from a chair on the other side of the room and laid it on top of Trinity. "Good night sweetheart. I'll wake you up for school tomorrow." Trinity groaned and rolled over and Diane chuckled while placing a kiss on her cheek. Then she disappeared into the darkness.

As soon as Trinity made sure her mother was out of sight, she sighed and brought her hands to the back of her neck. She had no idea what's been happening to her lately. She has definitely noticed that there is a power surge whenever she has her headaches though. It's weird. Hopefully it's nothing to be worried about.

"It's probably deadly. And I have to go to school still. This sucks." She stuffed her head into the arm rest and after a few minutes of light breathing, she fell into a dreamless sleep.

A/N: I know this chapter was really short but it was mostly a prologue. In the next chapter I hope to introduce the rest of the family and how she is in school, plus another surprise! So until next chapter…

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