Hello Again this was the first Fan Fiction I wrote. It won the Fan Fiction of the Month at TA. I hope you all enjoy!

CHAPTER 1: Family

Have you ever lost something that you thought was lost forever. Well I did! When I was a child I kept journals, I recently found them when we went to clean out my sister house. It's been about ten years since she passed away. Below is the story of my family and I. Which now I am the last member off, well I have necies and newphews and their children but I never got the chance to get to know them. Here's my story, the story of my life.

My name is Emmett Dale McCarty. In the McCarty family I was the youngest son until I was about 3 yrs old. My mom then had a set of twins, one boy and one girl. My mom didn't know she was having twins at the time, I guess that is why my sister is often called the surprise child she was the second one born out the the set. It was great, I was know longer the youngest child and now I would have a sister. I would have another brother to but I already have two, so really what is having another one. My two older brothers are Ryan who 16 and Tyler who is 15 years old. Then me, I'm 13 and handsome and you can't forget my younger brother Jaysen and sister Michaela they are 10 years old. My mom had a house full but never played favorites but dad always did. We all knew that Michaela was his favorite and if we let anything happen to her we were in big trouble. There again we were all really very protective over her anyway, the chances that something happening to here were very slim. I guess that is what you get when you have 4 brothers over 6 ft tall and you are only 5'7'.

My parents are J.D. McCarty and Lillian Rose McCarty. We lived in Gatlinburg, Tennessee in a nice two story home that has a beautiful view of the Smokey Mountains. There is a small river at the end of the of our land, it didn't matter the time of year it was always beautiful. My mom loves sitting out there in her rocker dad made for her one year for christmas. She often makes comments about how it is her vacation away from home. My father makes maps. His real title is a land surveyor; he works for the Government they change the name every couple of years. He travels all over the state writing down all kinds of numbers, drawing where the rivers and mountains are. All of his drawings are done with the greatest detailed of the area he is in. In the summer we get to go out with him for a few weeks. This is how our annual family camping trip got started. Mom is lost without him when he is gone longer than a couple of days. So every summer we travel with him for two weeks. Our camping trip is something that we have done since before I can remember. My mom, well she said her job was trying to raise 1 princess and a house full of boys. However, I do not see my mom making Michaela into a princess she wants. My sister is such a tom boy! Sometimes mom would go into town and help our neighbors out at their bakery, J.P.'s Pastries and Desserts. She loved baking, well my mom she was the perfect mom in so many ways.

Our family is not rich but we never had the need to want for anything. We were what my dad said was comfortable. Rules around the house weren't bad either. We had to go to school, make the best grades that we could and do our chores. We all knew that no matter what we did or how we did it our parents would be proud of us for doing our best. My mom and sister kept the house clean. My dad, my brothers and I kept up with the outside chores. My dad made my sister a little garden that was behind the house. I remember Mom being so upset with him, my sister would play out there for hours. But some how it seemed the garden kept getting bigger and bigger year after year. My sister always blamed my mom, my mom blamed nana. Nana always said, "If it grows in nana's garden then it's good enough for her granddaughters garden. Before she knew it the garden as almost as long as our house.

I know that the chapter is a little short but there is more to come. I am going to update in a couple of days. Please review!