I am not a child now I can take care of myself I mustn't let them down now Mustn't let them see me cry
I'm fine, I'm fine I'm too tired to listen I'm too old to believe All these childish stories
There is no such thing as faith And trust and pixie dust-
Disney

I do not own The Outsiders

From the moment she was born Starlight Curtis was the apple of her father's eye. Her mother was a nurse and her father stayed home with her and painted or wrote, which made them a good deal of money.

He was forever playing with that daughter of his though and taking her out. Starlight was defiantly a daddy's girl. She loved that man more than life itself. She was four when he died.

Ponyboy Michael Curtis was a good man who loved has family and tried to do right by them; but sometimes ones past has a way of catching up with you and this man had a dark past.

He had been orphaned at thirteen and raised by his elder brother. When he was thirteen misfortune followed him again. He had just had a fight with Darry, his eldest brother.

His best friend Johnny had a terrible home and slept in the lot. The two boys walked to the park together so Ponyboy could cool off before heading home. Well they were jumped and one thing lead to another and to save Ponyboy Johnny had to kill a boy. The two ran away and one thing lead to another and there was a church fire.

Being the gallant boys they were Ponyboy and Johnny ran in to save some children that were trapped inside. The fire led to Johnny's demise as well as that of another friend. As if this wasn't enough Ponyboy's favorite person in the whole wide world,

His brother Sodapop, was drafted into the war and died there or at least went MIA. Since than his life wasn't so great.

When he met his wife, Amy, things got better. When they got married and had Starlight Ponyboy was so content that he never could see himself sad again; than that tragic day came. Ponyboy was enjoying a quiet Thursday night at home with his daughter. There was a knock on the door.

A women and man came rushing in; they were holding guns. Ponyboy gulped. His daughter ran in and he got scared. He didn't want Starlight to get hurt; that would kill him. The women ran to the girl while the man held a gun to Ponyboy's head. She picked the girl up and smiled.

"Isn't she adorable Jacob?" Starlight squirmed. "Put her down." Ponyboy yelled. The women squeezed Starlight. "Your in no place to argue. You killed our boy and you owe us." Ponyboy gulped.

It was the Sheldons but he hadn't killed Bob; if anything Bob would have ended up killing him if it wasn't for Johnny. "Please don't hurt her. Please." He sobbed.

Starlight squirmed to get free. "Dada." She screamed. Ponyboy tired to get up and the man shot him. "Dada!" Starlight yelled trying to run to her dad. Ponyboy looked up at his daughter. He gave her a smile. " I love you sweetie. Please remember that." He said trying to get up. This time the women shot him and he died. Starlight began to bawl and was knocked out. After cleaning up the evidence they wrapped Starlight up in a blanket and took her with them.

Mrs. Sheldon clung to the child close. "I love our new little girl. What should we call her Jacob?" she asked.

The man smiled. "I like Alexis Elizabeth Anne Susan Sheldon." He said.

The women smiled and kissed the child she had claimed for her own. "Oh yes I love it. Lets go get it all settled."

Oakridge Times

Oakridge New York

October 23, 1978 Local author and painter Ponyboy Michael Curtis, better known under the pen name of P.M. Curtis, was found murdered in his apartment last Saturday night. His four-year-old daughter, Starlight Margaret Curtis, is missing and is believed to be dead. The widow Amy Maria Smith Curtis says that any one with information please call her at (821) 459-2232. Ponyboy is survived by his wife Amy and brother Darrel.

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At first Starlight was very disagreeable to the Sheldons. She would pitch fits; bite and anything else she could do. A few months passed though and children have such short memories especially when not reminded about them.

All to soon Starlight Curtis forgot her true self, or either hid those memories away, and came to know the Sheldons has her real family. She became Alexis and was such an angel to them. The Sheldons got a bunch of paperwork done and made it so that it was if Alexis Sheldon had always been their daughter.

Alexis was spoiled rotten and despite how she came to be who she was the girl was treated with love and affection. She had the best of everything and was taught as soon as she became a Sheldon to be a young lady and who was good and who was bad.

In her late father's terms she would be taught that socs were good and greasers bad. The sad thing was that she believed it.