Gold Shirt is my first story on fanfiction and the first chapter is not very good- in my opinion, at least- but I hope you will read further into the story and get into it after a couple of chapters.

Disclaimer: I do not own CHERUB

Dear Mum and Dad,
I have written this letter so many times and I don t know how to put it. I am just going to state the facts. I have to leave. I know that you never wanted me. You only wanted one boy and one girl, and I was just the extra. I have a place to go, so don t be concerned about my safety. Don't come looking for me. It's better if we are just out of each other s lives. I don't belong in your family. I never have and never will. Thank you for all you have done for me in the past 14 years.
-Sammie

It had been almost 3 months since Samantha had left. She had run away in the early morning, taking only one bag of clothes, some food and money. She had gotten on a bus and stayed on until the last stop, to get as far away from home as possible. She left the note so that her parents wouldn t come looking for her. She knew they wouldn t, they would think she had people to stay with. Samantha was not planning to stay with anyone; she had lied to her parents. She was living off the streets of London and was running out of money. She couldn t find work, her clothes were all filthy and nobody would hire her.

Sammie loved singing and when she saw a man playing his guitar for money on the street, she decided to do the same, with singing. As days passed, she managed to make enough money to feed herself. It had now been 18 days and she fell asleep, hoping she would dream of ways to earn coins to survive off.

When Sammie woke up, she was not on the streets anymore. She was in a neat, clean room with a TV, telephone, a mini-fridge, a closet and a bed- the one she was in when she woke up. She got up and saw a small bathroom was attached to the bedroom and a large window. Outside the window was an athletics track, which was full of kids doing laps. Why is this so familiar? She saw a note on the table next to her bed.

Hello, Samantha.
Welcome to CHERUB! We understand you have read the books, so you know how this works. If you look in the closet, there are clothes here for you to put on. Feel free to freshen up in the bathroom and the please put on the orange shirt, the gold is for later. Walk up the hall and use the elevator to come down to level 1.
See you soon,
Dr McAfferty

She opened the closet and there were two plain coloured shirts- one orange, one gold-as well as some shorts, socks and boots. No way. This can t be real. I have to be dreaming. There isn t a real CHERUB, she was talking to herself. She thought she should just go along with it, see where the dream takes her. She hoped in the shower and embraced the warm water. She hadn't taken a proper shower in so long, she thought deserved a long shower. As she got out and pulled on the orange shirt, she saw the logo. CHERUB. Okay, this is crazy. She re-read the note and stepped out into the hallway, closing the door behind her.

So that's the first chapter, short, but it's a chapter and they do get longer. :)