The Raven and the Racetrack *** Chapter 2
Raven woke that morning with a start. She had a really strange dream last night about a fire at the loom factory where she worked. She didn't usually have dreams, so she was somewhat concerned about it. It involved her friend Sprite. Sprite had been trapped inside, then saved by a stranger.
Raven told herself that she should forget about it. She did and got herself ready for work. Being on your own was hard at times. No one else to love and care about you except maybe some of the other kids at the boarding house.
But Raven did have her twin sister Alicat. Alicat wasn't only her sister; she was also her best friend. Raven, Alicat, and Sprite had been friends for a couple of years now. They had depended on each other and only each other since they met.
Raven had lost all of her family except Alicat to disease. All of her family had been killed while having Scarlet Fever. Raven and Alicat were only four when it happened so they didn't remember their family. They had been taken out of the home when the family was diagnosed; they had been put in an orphanage for a short while. It was supposed to be just while their parents were sick. But it ended up being eight years.
The girls had escaped when they were 12 years old. The orphanage lady didn't care that they were gone. They were supposed to leave anyway when they where 14, but they were not about to spend another 2 years in that dump. Any place had to be better then that orphanage. They left, and hadn't been back since. They got jobs, and had lived at the boarding house since. They only had one set of clothes each and some small things, like hair clips from their parents when they were little. Raven also had a picture of her family. They had had a big brother, and a big sister. Even though she had never met them, she missed them.
Raven went to go get Alicat, and they walked to work with Sprite. She tried to get her mind of the sad things, and be happy. She thought about finding the man of her dreams that always made her happy. Yes, she thought to herself, I'll think of him.
Raven woke that morning with a start. She had a really strange dream last night about a fire at the loom factory where she worked. She didn't usually have dreams, so she was somewhat concerned about it. It involved her friend Sprite. Sprite had been trapped inside, then saved by a stranger.
Raven told herself that she should forget about it. She did and got herself ready for work. Being on your own was hard at times. No one else to love and care about you except maybe some of the other kids at the boarding house.
But Raven did have her twin sister Alicat. Alicat wasn't only her sister; she was also her best friend. Raven, Alicat, and Sprite had been friends for a couple of years now. They had depended on each other and only each other since they met.
Raven had lost all of her family except Alicat to disease. All of her family had been killed while having Scarlet Fever. Raven and Alicat were only four when it happened so they didn't remember their family. They had been taken out of the home when the family was diagnosed; they had been put in an orphanage for a short while. It was supposed to be just while their parents were sick. But it ended up being eight years.
The girls had escaped when they were 12 years old. The orphanage lady didn't care that they were gone. They were supposed to leave anyway when they where 14, but they were not about to spend another 2 years in that dump. Any place had to be better then that orphanage. They left, and hadn't been back since. They got jobs, and had lived at the boarding house since. They only had one set of clothes each and some small things, like hair clips from their parents when they were little. Raven also had a picture of her family. They had had a big brother, and a big sister. Even though she had never met them, she missed them.
Raven went to go get Alicat, and they walked to work with Sprite. She tried to get her mind of the sad things, and be happy. She thought about finding the man of her dreams that always made her happy. Yes, she thought to herself, I'll think of him.