Disclaimer: I know my disclaimers have been immensely on the lame side thus far, and guess what? They are probably going to stay that way. Once again…I own nothing! Honestly!

A/N: I know my chapters are short and hard to read, but if you give me some reviews, maybe I'll double space them…Anyways, please humor me and tell me what you think, I'd hate to write something no one cares about. Also, I know this intro I staking forever, but I am trying to speed things up, while trying to think of what comes next. Pretty please don't hate me for the excruciatingly detailed, boring backstory later, it will come back to haunt her though, I hope. shifty eyes ;)

Author's Other Note: written in third person because Deidre is asleep and therefore would not have bared witness to any of these events.

…Chapter 4…

"Oh, Mary! Look what I've brought home," a farmer returns home. "It had better be something useful this time," called the wife, who was Mary. "Oh, I think she'll prove to be useful, or at least sweet." The farmer hung his hat on the coat stand and stood in the center room. "Did you just say she?" Mary walked in drying her hands, but stopped dead in her tracks when she saw the sleeping girl in her husband's arms. "Oh Francis! Who's is she?" "Shhh…she's sleeping. Apparently her parents are in England and forgot her." He handed the sleeping child to his wife. She gasped at this new bit of information. "Oh how could they? That's so cruel. And look at her! She's skin and bones, poor thing and in tatters too." She carried the girl upstairs to the spare bedroom. "Should we keep her?" she asked her husband. "I don't know. We'll ask her if she wants to stay when she wakes up." "Well she can't be left alone! She's much too young and in no condition to even wander the streets alone." "I know, that's why I brought her home." "Well, nothing can be done tonight. We'll just wait for her to wake up." Francis nodded and followed his wife downstairs. Deirdre, it seemed, had a new family.

Yes, I know it's an extremely short chapter, but the next one will hopefully be longer!