Hmm, well I think its time for a lengthy author's note now that I've been accused of plagiarism. I wouldn't blatantly rip off stories that are featured on the same page as mine, because that would just be idiotic. Mary Anne and Logan having a fight? It happened plenty of times in the books, and they always had issues with Logan trying to balance being in the club, being Mary Anne's boyfriend, and trying to be one of the guys. That's what I drew from. And I find Mary Anne and Logan to be boring characters, so I was trying to do my best to put them in the background.
The mouse thing I also took from the books. Mallory I believe wrote a story about a family of mice. I have been reading "Mallory Pike College Girl", so maybe that's why that was brought to mind first.
I will admit the parts about Mallory's family sending her on the trip are similar, but not at all intentionally. I read BSC books and I wondered why Mallory's parents always claimed to be on a budget, but still managed to pull together cash whenever it involved getting Mallory out of the house. Be it for a vacation or boarding school, the Pikes didn't seem to want her around.
With the silk dress, I almost was going to use fur, but I thought I didn't make sense to have fur being sold in 100 degree+ heat. And I wanted a source that would piss Dawn off into walking away. Because, like Mary Anne and Logan, I also want Dawn out of the picture as much as possible.
I don't really remember what "Dawn in Prison" is about, but I think the direction my story is going is totally different than how I remember that one. I'm not trying to "rip anyone off" at all.
So anyways, here is my next chapter.
Deeyr Don,
We hurd yoo got arestid. Pleez don't worrie, we ar wurking on getting yur bale monie. Yoo knoe how good we ar at razing monie. Weel have yoo out in knoe time! We havant told Marrie An becuz we don't want hur to wuree. Be sahfe, and don't drop the sope! (I don't noe wat that meens, but I herd it in a moovie once).
Love,
Clawdeeyah, Kristee, Maloree, Jese, Abbeyee, and Staycee
It was good to hear from my friends. Even if Claudia had written the letter on the hotel stationary, which obviously wasn't made from recycled paper. Savages. I folded up the paper and stuffed it into my pocket.
Sigh, prison wasn't so bad. Especially for me, as a political prisoner. I was taking my sentence with pride. Unfortunately, I wasn't fitting in with the other prisoners well. I was the only one there with looooooong blonde hair and sparkling blue eyes. My cell mate, Manuella was a young Mexican woman with dark hair and dark eyes. I wasn't sure what she was in for, we didn't talk much. My Spanish was pretty limited, and her English was worse.
The meals were also bad. I didn't know the Spanish word for "vegetarian", and the guards didn't seem to care anyways. So, I decided that it would be totally appropriate to go on a hunger strike. Not that I could explain to anyone there why I wasn't eating, but I'm sure when I get out the American Press will be fascinated with my story. I'll be on 20/20, The Today Show, probably get my own book deal.
I tossed my looooooong blonde hair over one shoulder as I sat down to compose a letter to the BSC. I decided to recycle and write it on the back of the letter they had sent me.
Dear Friends,
Don't worry about me, I am handling this prison sentence very maturely. I appreciate you raising money to try and bail me out. I can't get any vegetarian meals here, so I've decided to go on a hunger strike until I get out. I'm sort of hungry now, so if you could hurry up and bail me out that would be great. I'm thankful you didn't tell Mary Anne. Although I love my sister, I know she isn't emotionally stable for this. I think its all the meat and sugar she eats that makes her so moody. In my opinion, it's a scientific fact that vegetarians have better temperaments than carnivores. Prove me wrong girls.
Love and Sunshine,
Dawn