episode 2

CHAPTER 2

Elliot never knew her parents. She never felt the love and care only a parent could give. As soon as she was born she was already in an orphanage. It wasn't a bad orphanage, but it still wasn't the same as having a real home. Her orphanage was named after it's created - mr. Hillgary back in the twentieth century for the richer people of the city. So if any rich people were to want kids, but couldn't make their own, Hillgary orphanage was the place to adopt a child who's parents were of the higher class. And believe it or not it is still running to this day. Because of it's status the children were already educated by amazing teachers, already taught the basic manners and subjects every young lady and gentleman would need to become the child of any big CEO or boss, or any rich person who wanted to adopt a child. And when such parents would want to adopt a child to have a heir to their fortune and company they would pick Hillgary orphanage, for that was best orphanage in the world for that matter.

A lot of Elliot's friends were already adopted, but she never thought to be adopted by anyone. She thought of herself as average, or as average as anyone could be at such an orphanage. She had her interests and hobbies, but she just couldn't imagine being adopted. It was impossible for her to imagine what kind of parents would want to adopt her. Would they be kind? Or cold? What would they look like? She just knew that she wasn't special and that no one would want her. She already had a plan tho. She decided that as soon as she'd turn old enough to leave the orphanage, she'd get a scholarship and learn at a prestigious university. After the university she'd find a good job at some kind of big company, then meet someone she'd like, marry him and start a family. That was her plan. She came up with it at a very young age and ever since then followed it. She really liked math and she was considered one of the best in her whole school. She also really liked to read books about adventures and ships, and she would any free second she could get. This day was no different. Elliot's classes had just finished and she'd sat at a bench that faced the orphanage playing field that was just behind the school. There was z game going on at the field, but Elliot wasn't paying attention to it. She was too caught up in a very interesting book she had just picked up at the library. It was about an adventurer who was sailing thru the ocean on a ship. The adventurer fought pirates, went on amazing adventures, and met very interesting people and animals. Elliot was imagining to be on the ship with him, every little wave and emotion he would feel, she would feel as well. If it was an interesting part where he was running thru the jungle, she'd feel every step, experience every heartbeat and sensation. She was just on a very interesting part where there was a storm and the ship was about to sink when all of a sudden the loudspeakers went on. At first, it startled her, but then she realized that the words that came out of it were addressed to her. The loudspeakers said, - "Miss. Elliot Key, please report to the main office, Miss. Elliot Key please report to the main office." Elliot sighed as she but a bookmark on the page of the book that she was reading. As she was walking up the stairs that lead to the main office she already knew why she was called up there. You see the Hillgary orphanage had a lot of rules. Some of the rules made sense, such as no playing inside with any balls or sports equipment, or no taking any animals inside the dorms or rooms of the building. While others made no sense at all, for instance: no using any computers to read or find out the meaning of any words, or no using school paper to draw, you could only use the special paper given it the library (even tho it was the same exact paper). One of the rules that Elliot hated was that you couldn't eat any snacks after 10 PM. If it was 9:59 PM, then that was alright, but it was 10 PM, you'd get a punishment. Elliot really hated this rule because she really loved to read before going to sleep and while reading she really liked to eat a small snack. But while reading she wouldn't check the time, so it wasn't rare at all that she'd get punished for it. She was getting ready to make a little speech about how sorry she was about eating and how she'd never do it again and bla bla bla... As she came up to the top floor and stood outside the main office door, she took a deep breath, knocked 3 times, and opened the door.

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