"I'll be back soon! I'll see you later Romeo!" Those were the last words I said to him before my fateful end. The last words I said to my love. I would never see him again. That fateful night that ended my life. I was just walking home after I got out of work late. I felt strong hands wrap around my arms and drag me to a nearby alley. A hand covered my mouth to prevent me from screaming. I heard a voice I know too well close in my ear. "Your little friends aren't here to save you." Oscar Delancey. The older brother I left. I bet Oscar and Morris planned this way before.

I can't go into exact detail of what happened next because well my eyes were closed for the majority of the time and I don't want to gross anyone out. But I can say this. I was beaten everywhere and then it happened. I felt a knife go against my neck and I'm not sure if it was Oscar or Morris but one of them slit my neck creating a red smile on my throat. The ground was stained with my blood and now this alley will be stained with a dark incident.

This definitely made it to the papes and of course you can guess what happened to my brothers. They got their butts landed into a penitentiary at least there's some justice in the world. But you ask why would they do this? They're my older brothers. Why would they kill their only sister? Well for you to know the answers I have to go back. Much back. Back to a time before I came into the newsies lives. Before I even met Eliza. This dates back years ago.

I was born Scarlet Grace Delancey. I was named for my bright, vibrant, red hair. My life went downhill the moment my mother and father abandoned me and my two older brothers. We were left with our Uncle Weisel with nothing but ourselves. But after our parents abandoned us Oscar and Morris turned into monsters. They treated me as if I were nothing more than a maid. In fact they turned me into a maid. I had to cook and clean and do all sorts of things that maids had to do. I was the Cinderella in their life and I'm afraid there's not gonna be a fairy godmother who will conjure up a carriage and beautiful dress and help me meet my Prince Charming.

But what I want most of all is a friend. I'm just begging just one. All I want in my life is a friend. Because as you know with my older brothers being Oscar and Morris Delancey I live boring the infamous last name. Almost everyone is scared of my brothers and because I'm a Delancey too people have to be scared of me as well. I try to explain I'm not one of them but they don't listen all they do is beg that I don't beat them up and they would run away from me.

This is why sometimes I hate living with my brothers and I hate sharing this last name. If I could run away and start a new life with a new family. I would but life refuses to be nice and easy with me. For once just once I want someone to talk to and look at me the same way I'll look at them. I want people to understand that I'm nothing like my brothers. I keep telling my brothers to try to lay off on the beating and soaking because of what it's affecting me but what they always tell me is

"You're a Delancey. And a Delancey doesn't need anyone but themselves."

They may enjoy living off that phrase but I don't. I rather enjoy being with people who will take me just the way I am. And I'm tired of living under their rules. I'm tired of cleaning up after their messes and cooking their meals. Not only do I want a friend but I want my days to myself. I never get one day to myself. And if I do then my brothers fill me in with lessons on how to be a true Delancey. They try to make myself something I'm not. A monster. They teach me how to beat people up and to spread fear because they say with fear comes respect. If I want to be taught with lessons then I rather go to school where they'll teach me the lessons I'll need.

School. I long to go to school. I do anything to get myself a proper education but my brothers say it's not right for a woman to be educated because they'll start thinking of radical and weird ideas and have the right to vote and all. But I want that to happen. I want all the things that women aren't allowed to have. So my life right now is really not the life of the party but this is the beginning. This is only the intro to my life and how I'm living it right now. What I'm gonna tell you next is gonna be a real story.

I describe my life as a fairy tale. My story is filled with love, adventure, secrets, dangers, and it has a lot of hurt and sorrow. This story is basically my journey to a happy ending but this journey will be arduous and painful. Like with most journeys I have to face obstacles.