I'm only just turned 13 ok! This is my first Fic. Please, please, please review .Also, I don't own the rights to any of Tamora Pierce's books or ideas so please don't kill me.

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The red hot sun was starting to sink down as she looked up from the hoe and sighed a breath of relief. She looked across at her work and smiled, content with what she had done. She took off her gloves & wiped her sweating forehead.

Anna was a short girl for her age. She had small dark brown, cheerful eyes set beneath short neat lashes. Her wild blond hair grew down to beneath her shoulders in an untidy mass. Anna had quite a limber body, and calluses on her hands & feet. Anna lifted the hoe off the ground and with a grunt carried it off to the barn.

Tomorrow she would then have to plough the soil and plant the seeds. She got the idea for growing her own little plot because one, she was terribly bored, and two, well, she was really bored. Anna thought it would be a great idea, & it would also be good exercise, but for some reason she still was really bored. "You know what would be great?" Anna muttered to herself out loud as she opened the barn door. "Is if something actually happened to my life. That would be nice."

Anna stepped into the barn & placed the hoe back on the rack. She then sat down on a stack of hay to think. Nothing came to mind. Wait, Wait, no, still nothing. "Goddess, I'm so bored I can't even think of anything. I'll just go back house, how exciting." Anna got up & started walking back to the house, her usually bright eyes sullen.
"So how's your plot coming along dear?" inquired Anna's mum as she entered the house. "Well" she said when no answer came.

"Fine mum, its fine."

"Oh come on, cheer up. This must be at least curing some of your boredom."

"Yea mum it is, sure is."

"Well I'm sure you'll find something to do." If only dad was still around Anna thought as she walked upstairs. Live seemed so interesting & fun then.

"If only Paul was still here." Anna's mum mumbled. "He would know how to cheer her up."

Anna was still bored as she looked outside the window. The sun had just set & the moon had risen. "I'm going to have a rest," Anna said to herself. "I hope my dreams are more exciting than my life." Anna quickly dressed and climbed into bed.

A bulky figure loomed out from the darkness. In the darkness it seemed to be calling something far away. "Dad?" Anna tried to focus but couldn't. "Dad?" " Dad!" Anna jerked up and looked around. It was a dream. Anna began to relax. It was just a dream. Hey, what's that smell. Anna looked at her door, seeing smoke leaking from under the crack.