I was out in the garden taking pictures of some flowers I had just planted a couple of weeks ago. They were blue snap dragons. I love photography and it was something that made feel happy. Thankfully since I was born to a family of fives I was able to pursue photography as my career. I was the only person in the family who was fond of taking pictures. My father was pianist and a violinist. My mother was a singer and my little sister Adrianna was a gifted sculptist. An orange butterfly landed on one of the flowers and I was just about to take a picture when I heard a frightening scream. I rushed quickly back inside the house to see what happened. Right in front of me little sister was jumping up and down and my mother was kissing my dad. I wasn't shocked that my sister was happy but I was so surprised to see my mom showing affection for my dad. Lately everything had been so serious and my parents had been arguing more and more.

"Mom, what's going on?"

"Oh honey, Prince Dimitri is going to have his first selection. Can you believe it. There is no one more prettier than you. Pack your bags. You'll be chosen for sure I just know it. Oh my goodness my little girl is going to be a princess."

"Relax mom they won't choose anybody for two weeks. Do you know how many people are going to enter?"

"Oh you can't be serious. Nobody has a chance against you. Now fill out the form. After you finish you can take your sister with you to the post office." My mom pulled out a chair for me and placed the form and a pencil in front of me. I guess I really didn't have chance against my moms dreams. Plus little Adrianna was watching and I couldn't disappoint her now. To my whole family I was probably wearing a crown right now. After I finished the form my mom made my little sister go get me my shoes. As we headed out the door my little sister finally said her first words since we received the news.

"Are you excited for the selection?"

"Well I am definitely happy for the prince and would be extremely happy if I was chosen for the competition but if not then its okay. You understand right?" I looked at my little sister to make sure she understood that I probably wouldn't be chosen. Adrianna nodded. I loved her so much. Even though she had been diagnosed with autism I thought she was one of the smartest people I knew. I was her only friend and it didn't help that my parents thought she was broken.

We rounded the corner and saw a long line of people waiting for the post office. We ended up spending a whole hour to get to the front of the line. Then for some mysterious reason I had to take a picture which I was okay with. I had been wearing a pretty decent t-shirt that had a giant camera in the front that said smile. Then I wore some jean shorts I had cut myself. Once I walked out of the office Adrianna told me I looked good. Then I told her that the prince will be disappointed

when he finds out how pretty she was and how she couldn't enter. With that we giggled all the way home.

Keep sending OC'S. And big thanks to everyone who has submitted already. I definitely could use more mean girls. And to answer somebody's question about if you can send more threes. No. I'm sorry but I feel like there needs to be more twos and everybody four and below. Get creative. I also wanted to reassure people that nobody who has sent in three characters will have all three characters in the elite. Thanks again for reading and I'm trying to update more and more.