It was hard to believe they were friends who used to visit her house. She always thought they were normal people and she would have easily trusted the... with her daughter but now they were acting like some mad rapists who wanted to destroy Melanie.She took a step towards her daughter only to be seized by Patrick, Amber and Tess. Katherine was beside herself. She made a frantic move to escape their clutches and rush to the aid of Melanie but the trio of teens easily overcome her resistance. They. Ah, well. It wasn't raining that hard. And I only had six blocks to the subway station. I started to hoof it.Halfway there, it began to pour. I quickly had water streaming down my face. Ducking under the narrow overhang of a newsstand, I bought a paper. I only had a $5 bill. The guy gave me change, mostly in pennies. As I raised the paper over me and stepped away, I noticed he'd given me 3 cents too many. Two other guys were lined up to buy papers so I stepped around them to hand back the. ‘God damn period better not get in the way.’ The howls and catcalls, not to mention the finger pointing, took over the meeting then. I did notice the girls place their card back into the envelope and disappear into bags. Beth stood and walked up to me, her card still in her hand. ‘My birthday is in four weeks, what do I pack?’ ‘You’re different. I have to be open with you since the children are involved. Your folks already know and have the tickets. For the first week we are off to Disney, the. There was Jasmine, a beastmaster with a kind, gentle and emotional facade; Rosalind, a scholar who takes pride in her abilities, as well as being a prude; and Katherine, a dancer who has a strong sense of generosity, and is also a bit of a dreamer.The ladies of the Earth Kingdom were as follows: Kerrie, a knight who possesses a strong will along with her calm facade; Corinna, a pirate who is as tough as she is stubborn; and Regan, a humble red mage who is easily curious as well as being.