Chapter 2

The two girls walked back to their little hut. It was right by were Rose and Sparrow lived. It was small, little bigger than a box. It was made of wood and had hay inside it. April crawled inside and Holly went in after her. It was crowded, no doubt. Holly sat down and April laid her head down on her lap.

"What are you doing???" Holly asked.

April looked up with a tired smile.

"You make a good pillow..."

Holly just grunted. She was used to this kind of thing. April always did stuff like this. She didn't get it. She was always so happy yet she has nothing. She's dirt poor and has no family. Actually, April used to have a family, and a fairly wealthy one at that. She lived near Fairfax Gardens, a rich part of Bowerstone. Unforunately, her parents died in a fire started by bandits. She escaped with nothing but the clothes she wore. She had nothing, so she was forced to live on the streets here in Bowerstone Oldtown. Holly, on the other hand, had always lived in Oldtown. Her parents were murdered by an assasination group. Holly remembered when she first met April. She saw her crying under a nearby tree. In an act of kindness, she walked over and comforted the crying girl. Ever since then, they were friends.

Holly looked down at her lap and saw that her friend was sleeping. She couldn't help but smile. She slowly closed her eyes and drifted of to sleep.

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"I can't believe it!" Rose said angrily, "The box disapeared!"

Sparrow looked up at her older sister.

"Mabye it was supposed to do that...we made our wish..."

"Yeah right...that dumb trader just ripped us off..."

They walked past the tiny hut. Rose looked inside to check on the two other girls. Both were cuddled up to eachother, still asleep. Rose just faintly smiled and walked over to where she lived. She found that dog there, but she didn't seem to care. She allowed it to stay. She went and laid down.

"Get some sleep, little Sparrow..."

Sparrow pet the dog and walked over to her bed, if you could call it a bed. They soon drifted off to sleep.

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Rose woke up to the sound of barking.

"Umm....good dog...nice, stray dog..." the guard said nervously.

"Hush, boy!" Rose said.

"Ah, young Rose. Lord Lucien has ordered us to take you to see him in Castle Fairfax." the guard said.

Rose went wide eyed. Could the wish have come true? She looked over at Sparrow, who was still sleeping.

"Sparrow, wake up! We're going to Castle Fairfax!"

Sparrow awoke. She looked up at the guards.

"Come along, children!" the gaurd said, "We musn't keep the lord waiting."

They all walked off. They walked past the small hut, causing Holly to wake up. Holly looked outside and saw Sparrow and Rose walking off with the guards. She looked down at April and began shaking her.

"April! Wake up!"

April's eyes slowly opened.

"Huh...?"

"Rose and Sparrow just walked off with some guards. C'mon! Let's go see what's going on!"

Both girls walked out of the hut. They began spying on them. Eventually they reached the castle.

"They're going in Castle Fairfax!" April exclaimed.

Rose and her sister walked in with some butler. The two girls looked at eachother.

"Why do you think they're going in there?" April asked.

Holly shrugged.

"I dunno. You think their wish came true?"

"I...guess it did..."

It wasn't long before the saw the top room glowing. The two girls looked at it, wondering what was going on. Then, they flinched when they heard something that sounded like a gunshot. They looked up, worried about what was happening. Soon after, they saw something crash through the window! They realized that it was their friend, Sparrow!

"Oh, my God!" April screamed.

Holly looked up in terror. They ran to where Sparrow fell. When they got there, they saw the same old woman they saw earlier at the trader cart. She was carrying a badly injured Sparrow in her arms. The elderly woman looked back at the two girls.

"If you wish to leave this poor life behind, you may follow me..."

They exchanged glances. They weren't sure what the woman was talking about, but they ran after her, hoping that Sparrow would be alright