Chapter Five
Eugene stared at the new girl in shock. He could not believe it! Of all the places, he had to see her. It had to be here! He began to wonder what had happened to her family. He was going to have to talk to her. He hoped she wasn't a brat; he never knew if she was or not because they had never spoken.
Daphne looked around nervously at the other orphans. She grabbed a strand of hair and stared to play with it.
"Hey, pretty girl," Jacob said to her.
Paul shook her head as he saw his brother trying to flirt with her. Jacob was such a flirt. I t was not even funny. He grabbed his brother's arm and dragged him away from her. "Come on. We have to go find Rider," he told him. He smiled as he heard Jacob sighed.
Eugene hid behind a chair before the Stabbington brothers saw him. He wanted to talk to Daphne alone. He smiled as he noticed most of the orphans going outside. There were only a few people left in the room. Now was his chance! He came out from behind the chair, and walked toward her. "Hi," he said shyly.
"Hi," she replied. She studied him carefully. He looked very familiar to her for some reason.
He extended his hand toward her. "I'm Flynn Rider," he told her.
She smiled at him. "Nice to meet you," she said as she shook his hand. He grinned back.
"You too. Some friends of mine are going to play thieves and guards. Do you want to play?"
"Sure."
"Come on. You met them earlier," he explained to her as he headed in the direction where he had seen the Stabbington brothers go.
Paul and Job smiled as they saw Flynn coming outside. They frowned when they saw him coming out with the new girl. Flynn walked toward them. "She is going to play with us," he told them.
The twins looked at each other in disbelief. A girl was going to play with them! This was going to be interesting…
"Stop thieves!" Captain Paul yelled. He ran after the culprits with the Paul. He was about to catch them, when Lieutenant Jacob tripped and fell on top of him.
The two thieves looked at each other as they both got up. The guards were huge! There had to be away to escape from them! They both looked around. There was nothing they could do.
The guards cornered them into a tree. They gulped. It looked like this was the end for them.
Daphne kicked Lieutenant Jacob in the stomach. He crotched from the pain; she hopped on his back and grabbed a branch from the tree. She began to climb. Flynn followed after her only he kicked Paul instead.
The sound of thunder interrupted the children's game. "Get in before it rains! Be quick!" Miss Ariel yelled. The orphans obeyed. They did not want to get sick.
"You cheated!" Paul and Jacob exclaimed to Daphne and Flynn as they entered the orphanage.
"You two said the there was no rules in the game," the brunette replied.
Flynn nodded in agreement. He liked Daphne. She was smart.
Paul and Jacob let out a deep sigh. They had a point. The twins had said there were no rules in the game; next time though that was going to change.
A few days later, Miss Ariel walked in the dining area. She smiled as she watched the children eat. She desperately wished she could give them more, but there was not much she could do. The finances of the orphanage were lacking, and the food would be running low soon.
However, there was one trip that the children were allowed to take once a year that was paid for and it was coming up soon. Miss Ariel cleared her throat. "Children, I have an announcement. In two weeks, we are going to visit the castle of the king and queen in Corana.