Elle didn't know where she was going. She didn't care. She wanted to get away from the life of an orfan and live her own way. The problem was she didn't have anywhere to stay. She had no money and had no jacket. She left it at Rini's house.
Elle kept on walking down the street, keeping her eyes forward. Every now and then, she would accidently drop one of her books that Serena bought for her, and didn't care to pick them up. She was starting to get really hungry.
She thought of how other homeless kids would eat. All she could come up with, though, is searching through the garage cans. Elle decided she wasn't that hungary so she kept on walking.
Before she knew it, she was out of the city and walking down a dusty, rocky road. She must have walked seven miles without noticing. Elle decided she made the wrong move to run away from her one and only shelter because it started to get really cloudy and cold. She would had given anything to go into one of the orfanages rooms where it was nice and toasty. But she had no idea where she was. Nor how to get back home.
After five hours, she callasped on the road. With her eyes open half way, she saw that it was snowing. Snowing hard, too.

"Maybe," she thought "That if I stay here...i will fall asleep....and be warm in my dreams... be eternally warm" She smiled, closed her eyes and fell into unconsciousness.
Her dream was strange; She was floating in the sky. She looked down-- or was it up?-- and saw no sign of ground. So she look up, or was it down, and, again, saw no sign of land. She looked at what she was wearing and was startled. She was wearng the exact type of leotard she was wearing in her dream about the small lady that looked just like her.

Suddenly, she heard vioces; "Cindy"' yelled one of them like a small echo.

"Do you think she is still alive, Areona?" asked the other voice.

After a while, she didn't hear any voices. She felt very safe, floating there without falling. She wanted to stay there forever.
After another while, she was starting to think that is was a good idea to run away. Then, she heard a strange soung; like something falling. She looked up and saw a long metal staff falling toward her. The staff was silver and at the top, were three things swooping up with a big bubble in the center. Suddenly, she caught the staff without noticing. A warm feeling rush through her body and saw ribbons forming on her leotard in the back. A brooch appeared n her chest a a small bubble appeared on it. Before she knew what was happening, she felt herself fall right into the bubble on her staff.