Disclaimer: again, I own nothing but Renee, Amanda, Danielle, and now, the other girl newsies here.

Author's Note: Wooooooo Hooooooo! I updated really quickly. lol, guess I just got bored. Well, here it is, ladies and gentlemen. Chapter five!

As the girls re-entered the lodging house, the other residents looked at them. They ignored the looks and started for the stairs. Amanda had her hand on the railing when a girl, around their age, stopped in front of them.

She was a rougn looking girl. She had a bruise along her jawline, her clothes were dusted with dirt, and her hair was pulled up into a messy, low ponytail. "Goin' somewheres?" she asked, her voice drooling with hated.

Amanda rolled her eyes. "Yeah, upstairs if you'd move."

A couple of the other girls laughed, some gasping. "Ya tellin' me ta move?" she questioned, her voice still as hard as before.

Renee and Danielle took places beside her as Amanda spoke again.

"So what? Are you supposed to intimidate me?" Amanda asked, crossing her arms across her chest.

"Goil, ya aint seen intimadatin' till you'se fought me."

Amanda laughed. "Well, you gonna move or not?"

The girl turned around, placed one foot on the next step, acting as if she was going to move. Then, she spun back around, swinging her fist and aiming it right at Amanda.

Amanda ducked, and Renee caught her arm and twisted it behind her back. She grasped the girl's hand firmly, letting her know one wrong move and her wrist'd be broken.

The girl looked at Renee, then back to Amanda and Danielle. She nodded her head, and Renee let go. "All right, so ya's tougher than I thought. Welcome," she said, spitting on her hand and extending it.

Amanda, Danielle, and Renee all did the same, shaking her hand in turn.

"So, what're ya's names?" the girl asked, pulling her hat out from her belt loop and putting it on.

"Anna, Ray, and Elle," Renee said, pointing to each as she said their names.

"Really? Well, if ya's gonna be newsies, you'se gonna need new names."

Renee, Amanda, and Danielle all looked around. Some of the girls smiled and nodded, other stayed looking the same.

"So, from what I'se seen of ya's, you look like a good runna," she said, talking to Amanda, "so you'se gonna be called Sprinta. And you'se," she said, looking at Danielle, "you'se too thin for ya own good, so you'se is Twig. And you'se," she concluded, pointing a finger at Renee, "you'se is gonna be Sun."

The girls nodded in agreement, and the girl smiled. "I'm Shadow, the leader of these newsies."



After the girls met all the others, they headed to bed. They had had a long and very fun day, therefore they needed rest for tomorrow's.

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imaginelet: yeah, sry bout that, I forgot to mention how they got there. lol. um, I guess I just meant they were transported by the movie through the screen. *scratches head* uh, yeah, basically. You can come up with your own imaginative way if you'd like. Anyways, you're right, not much has happened yet. I tried to make things go smoothly for the first few chapters in this story. Don't worry, more happens. Well, hope to recieve more reviews, and thanks for your first one too!