His house was so big, and it looked like he had never cleaned it in his life. That was dust almost an inch thick. I guess I would be treated as a proper maid, rather than a slave or servant here. I sighed, and started cleaning. I could tell my new master staring at me from the top of the stairs, but whenever I looked, he moved out of my vision.

We played this little game until the entire front room floor was cleaned. When finished, I layed down and stared up at the ceiling for a little bit. I sat back up to move to the next room for cleaning, and I noticed something in my pocket. I reached in, and pulled out a picture. It was a crumpled picture of me, Ann, Sparrow, and Hallie. We took the picture last week, so none of them looked different when I had left. I hoped ruby was being treated well.

I didn't notice master come up behind me. He reached down and snatched the picture out of my hand. He looked at it, confused. "Who are these girls?" He asked me. He turned it over to the back and saw their writing on it. "See you in hell! Where else would we go? No way those stuck up snottys will let us into heaven!（＾ω＾） :sparrow" he read off the card. "Have a nice life, let's have a party when we meet in hell. We'll play pin the tail on sparrow.(¬_¬)ﾉ :hallie" he looked at the next set of letters "I know I'll never be your real mother, but I still don't want my little Ellen to go... I miss you already sweetie. Like sparrow says, see you in hell!o(╥﹏╥)o :Ann" he finnished.

He turned back to the picture side. He smiled and handed it back to me. I was surprised, any other master would have torn it up right in front of me to crush my spirit. "Its getting late, do you want to go to bed?" Before I could answer he said "Of course you do, now follow me Ellen!" He remembered my name.

He led me to his room. We entered, and he pointed to what looked like a closet. I opened it, and it was actually a rather comfortable looking little room. It had a bed in the corner, a small table with a lamp, a clock on the wall, and a very small window. I could probably fit through it if I had to, but it would take some effort.

I looked back at master. "That's your room now, make sure you knock when coming through mine, though." He said. I nodded and went into 'my' room. I layed down on the bed, and without changing or anything, I fell asleep.

My eyes opened as soon as the closed, but I wasn't in the bed. I felt like I was under water. I couldn't breath. I saw a silhouette swimming towards me. It reached out to grab my hand, but it missed. I sank deeper into the darkness.

I opened my eyes again, and found I was back in the bed. It was midnight, or so the clock said. A knock sounded on my window. A tree branch. I went back to sleep.

"Hey, hey! Are you all right? Hey! Hey! Can you hear me?" I opened my eyes. It was cold. There was some one inches from my face. I shreiked and kicked them, then pushed myself back with my feet.

"OW!" he yelled. He clutched his stomach. I looked at him. He had blondish yellow hair. "What the hell? I just saved you from drowning! Ooowwwcchh...." He said.

He was right. I was soaking wet, and had water in my lungs. I coffed a bit. I realized I couldn't see right. Everything was fuzzy. My glasses were gone! I started to feel around for them on my hands and knees. "What are you doing?!" The blond boy yelled. "What, is this your first time on earth or something?" He said snottily.

I sat and looked at him. "I... I... I c-" I started.

"You what?! YOU WHAT?! RRRRRGGGGG!!!!" He slapped his forehead. "Take a walk, he said.... It'll be FUN, he said..... What rotten luck...."

"I can't find my glasses....." I said looking up at him. Not that I could even see him very well.

"Glasses? What's that?" He looked to the right. "Those?" He said pointing to the water. I crawled over to it.

I could sorta see the outline of them in the water. I reached my arm in to grab them. The boy watched me. A fish darted past my hand and I screeched. I fell face first into the water, and felt my hand grasp my glasses.

I surfaced, gasping. The boy was doubling over with laughter. "Bwahahaha!!! Wha, what was that?!?! If you wanted to stay in the water, you should have said! Hahaha!!!" I put on my glasses and glared at him. Pouting, I turned my back to him.

His laughing calmed down, and he held out his hand to me. "Sorry, but that was funny." I took his hand.

As he helped me up, I slipped and ended up pulling him into the water. "Wwaahh!!" He yelled as we fell. I lay in the water, and he was inches from my face. Serious deja vu.

"Whaaa! S-sorry!" He yelled as he jumped back. I stood up on my own. "Aaww man!! I'm soaked..." He turned his gaze to me "Hey, umm... If you want, you can come to my house and dry off."

He started to walk off "Come on now, follow me! Unless, you know, you WANT to stay here and freeze...." He said with a light smile.  I followed him. We walked throug the forest near the river for a while, and ended up in a little town.

As we walked in I made sure I stayed close to him. People called out to him "Hey Nolan! Went for a swim? Ha!" "Nolan, tell your father that we got a fresh shipment of potato's today!" "Nolan ya wanna play kick bal- heeeyy!! Cute Chick!"

Some other boys came up to me. I hid behind the blonde boy, 'Nolan'. "Hey Nolan, where'd ya find this chick? Haven't seen her around before." He said.

Nolan sighed. "Well I was walkin along, mindin my own business, and I see this girl floating in the water unconscious! Natraly, I rushed to save her. And now.... Well just look at her! She's so helpless! She can't even see straight without her glasses!" He laughed.

I glared at him. "I didn't mean to run off the cliff..." I said quietly. "And the fish startled me."

Nolan and the other boys laughed. "You ran off a cliff?! Even I'M not that careless!" One of them yelled. I pouted and turned my back to them. I crossed my arms.

"Alright, alright, I'm sorry... Um... whats your name?" Nolan said.

I turned back to him "Ellen!" I said as I stuck my tongue out at him and then turned my back to him.

The other boys laughed at his confusion. He sighed, and grabbed my hand. He dragged me to a small house that was nearby, and led me inside.

It was small. Or maybe not, I did live in mansions as a slave before. So I guess I wouldn't know. "I live with my dad, and he won't be home until late. So, you can change in my room if ya want." He told me. "Just use the clothes on the bed." he motioned to a bed with jeans and a shirt on it. "You can hang your clothes to dry after you change." He smiled. "I'm gonna go back outside, sooooo.... Just so whatever!" He left.

After I changed, I hung my soping wet cloths to dry outside on a wire. I went into his living room, and sat on the couch. I cleaned my glasses on the shirt of his I was borrowing. Yikes, what a day.

Wait..... This was a dream.... I didn't live here, I live with master in his mansion.... Right? What!? Which is reality?? This... This seems so real.... How can I tell when I'm dreaming? Am I dreaming? I stood up and went to the window. I looked out at the woods. I saw something running through them.

A white tiger I think.... Wait, what?