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CFB: Chapter 1

Warm bright rays of sunlight entered the room through a thin flowery curtain. Fast asleep, was a small girl with dark crimson hair. A loud earsplitting shriek broke the peaceful slumber as she shot up in surprise.

'Carina Fay Black!' bellowed a woman from just outside a white door.

In a sleep induced haze, the girl quickly dressed into a pair of light blue jeans, a green shirt, and black converse. 'I'm going!' she yelled back as she grabbed her small leather rucksack and ran out of the small blue room.

'Carina, how many times do I have to tell you?! Do not leave your books in the hallway!' said a tall woman with straight black hair.

'Sorry, Ms. Campbell... ' Carina grumbled as she helped the tall woman up.

Ms. Campbell was a stern woman who ran "Campbell's Girls Home for Orphans" in a small part of Texas. Carina lived there with 10 other girls, but there was no shortage of space as the orphanage was a giant house built in the early 1900's. Today was a special day, as it was Carina's 11th birthday and there was a rush to get everything together at the last minute, like always.

The middle-aged woman's brown eyes softened as she got to her feet. 'Now that I'm up, let's go get things ready for your birthday!" she said with a small smile.

Carina's gray eyes brightened at the mention of her birthday and she walked with Ms. Campbell to the backyard.

Her best friend at the orphanage was Mary. Mary had light brown colored hair and green eyes. She was also taller than Carina, but then again, who wasn't? She was already there, setting up a table with white plates. 'Rina! Happy Birthday!' she screamed as she ran towards Carina.

'Thanks Mary.' said Carina, smiling brightly at her long time friend.

'No problem! Now lets hurry up and set the table for your birthday party!' said Mary.

All the other girls at the orphanage were cooking food for the celebration later in the day. Even Lindsey and Eve, Carina's and Mary's arch-enemies, were helping out. It was a tradition at the orphanage to have a celebratory dinner for the birthday girl. The dinner would always consist of cake and the birthday girls favorite food. In Carina's case, it was bacon cheeseburgers and fries.

'Now girls,' said Ms. Campbell. 'here is some money to go get something special for your birthday. Do not go past the police station or I will not let you out til the end of Christmas, ok?'

'Yes, mam' said both girls, as they pocketed the bills and ran past Ms. Campbell.

'So...' said Mary with a mischievous smile, 'Where do you want to go?'

'Ooh lets go to the Nook!'

'We always go to the Nook'

'Well it's my birthday'

'Fine' grumbled Mary.

The two girls walked the short distance to the small local store called "Daisy's Reading Nook". It was Carina's favorite store, the second being "Pranks, Jokes, and Laughs: Supplies for the Neighborhood Prankster".

'Lets go to Pranksters after, pleeeeasssee' wheedled Mary.

'Alright, but ONLY to look at the supplies.' said Carina, smirking.

Blushing, Mary opened the door to the book store. 'Yes!' screamed Carina as she ran into the never-ending maze of books.

Carina was finally able to buy the book she always read while in the Nook, "The Hobbit".

Walking up to the counter to pay, Daisy smiled at the small girl with her book in hand.

'So...I heard today was a special day' she said with a small glance at Mary.

'Yes, yes it is' said Carina, raising an eyebrow curiously.

'I think that my birthday present for you will be that book you have in your hands there' said Daisy.

'Really!' Carina squealed.

'Yep' said Daisy with a smug smile.

Carina was a small girl, no doubt about it, but when she wanted to, she could crush people. Now was one of those instances.

'You're cru-sh-ing me' said Daisy, enveloped in her small arms.

Letting go, Carina apologized and left the store with a last thank you.

'Now...LETS GO TO PRANKSTERS!' yelled Mary, dragging Carina away.

'Slow down!'

Her request was ignored as they plowed through two glass doors.

'Ahh. The sweet smell of potential pranks.' sighed Mary.

Carina also sighed but with relief at the release of her wrist.

Rubbing her wrist, Carina followed Mary towards the inks so she could stock up before school started. 'Hey! if it isn't my two favorite pranksters!' said a deep voice. 'Hi Max.' said Carina. Mary kept staring in a dreamlike manner; her eyes were glazed over. Carina jabbed her with her elbow.

'Say hi' she hissed.

'OH um hi...' said Mary.

Max was cute in a boyish kind of way. He was tall with sparkling brown eyes and dark brown hair. Mary was infatuated with him, though. She got tongue-tied so bad, it always made Carina laugh.

'Whatcha here for?' asked Max.

'Just getting necessities for the party later.' said Carina in a mischievous way.

'Oh..."necessities"' said Max.

'Yep' said Carina popping the 'p'.

He smiled arrogantly and said 'Can I be a necessity?'

'I don't think so; you can't be used to stain people' smirked Carina, walking away, while dragging Mary with her.

'Wow...' said Mary dreamily.

Leaving Mary to daydream, she grabbed some ink from the shelves, along with some water balloons.

'Maybe I'll throw them at Lindsey and Eve' she thought with a small smile.

'Alright lets go'

'Huh oh ok...'

~CFB~

Carina walked into her room to read a bit before her party. Putting her rucksack down, she sat on her armchair and pulled out "The Hobbit".

After a while, as Bilbo was getting on a pony, a sharp tapping noise came from her window.

'What the hell...' thought Carina as she moved towards it.

A handsome tawny owl was there, with a letter in its claws.

R/R: I'll try to update frequently- Call me out on it if something is wrong.