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The back room was a medium sized room with closets lining the walls. The ceiling was really high and the room was usually dark. Macy walked over to a closet and opened it. She pushed shirts and dresses around on their hangers, looking for the right shirt. She smiled and pulled out a dark blue long sleeve shirt. She tossed it in my face. I grabbed it and took a look. It was really tight until the top of my rib cage, then flowed out.
âThanks, Macy. Now I will have the weirdest outfit hereâ I said, scowling.
âWell at least you would be wearing a shirtâ
âFineâ I put the shirt on and twirled.
âHow do I look?â I wanted to know how much of an idiot I looked like.
âYou actually look really hot, I wish I could look like youâ She sighed. What the heck. Even the girls thought I looked good. What is wrong with the world. Since you are probably really bored I will speed things up. I walked through the warehouse with everyone looking at me. Then I walked the twenty minute walk to my house. When I pushed the door open is when the the entertaining stuff happened.
âWhere the heck have you been!?â Jayson screamed, running toward me.
âI was at Shawnâsâ I said, pushing past him. In less than a second he was right in front of me, gripping my arms. He had used his Ember.
âWhat exactly were you doing? Why did it take you until two in the morning?â Oh. Did I forget to say it was two in the morning? Sorry if I forgot.
âNothingâ I started to squirm uncomfortably, in pain. Then I grimaced. He was putting A LOT of pressure on my newest wound.
âAre you okay?â He asked, putting his arms down.
âIâm fineâ I said, rubbing my stitches. I pushed past him again and walked into our room. Me, the Twins and Jayson all shared a room. Okay, imagine that you just walked in the door. Hannaâs bed was pressed against the right wall. Hayleeâs bed was in the middle and Jaysonâs was against the left wall. About four feet away from the bottom of Jaysonâs bed is the closet, which is like a wardrobe, facing his bed. My bed is against the wall behind the closet. I walk over to my bed and fall face first onto it.
Tomorrow is the Check-in. Man, it's going to be hell on earth. The Check-In
I woke up to the sound of doors slamming.
âDad! you have a family to take care of! your just gonna leave?â It was Jayson yelling at my dad.
âLook Jayson, I have to... take care of somethingâ
âYeah, you have to take care of usâ Good point Jayson.
âYour seventeen, you can take care of the familyâ At this point I was standing in the door of our room. My dad turned around and opened the door. My vision started to turn magenta and I could see the door glowing the same color very slightly. Thatâs what happens when I use my Ember. The door slammed shut. His eyes got really big. I walked out into the hallway, holding my arm on the stitches.
âYou were gonna leave without saying goodbye?â I wanted to make him feel guilty.
âEmmie, I.... Iâm sorry, I just need to see someoneâ He walked over to me. I lost my cute act.
âDad Iâm sixteen not six. I know you're going to see Samantha, I donât even know how you like her! She is such a jerk!"
I started to see magenta, why? I didnât want to use my Ember. Everything in the room besides me, Jayson and my dad started to rise. I could feel my hair start to rise. What was happening?
âUh, Emmie I can stay home, Emmie you can stop nowâ He sounded scared. Good. I smiled, I could tell my eyes were now purple. Thatâs what happens when I use my Ember a lot.
âEmma, please stopâ It was Jayson. What am I doing? I took a staggering step back. My vision suddenly clear, I dropped to my knees. Geez, that took a lot out of me.
Jayson ran over to me while my dad just stood there.
âEmma! are you ok?â Jayson went to his knees and gripped my arms. I started to feel dizzy, and I slouched.
âEmma, listen to meâ he said more, but I couldn't hear him.
When I woke up, Jayson was sitting next to me. He was wide awake and holding my hand. When he saw that I was awake, he started to talk really fast. I looked around and saw that I was in my dadâs room. Which was always empty because heâs never home.
âOh My Gosh Emma are you ok? Dad left after you passed out he hasnât come back or called or anything Haylee and Hanna are trying to get ready but they donât know what to wear I tried to help but I donât know what they should wear either-â I cut him off.
âJay! slow down. What are you talking about? Cloths, getting ready, what?â
âDonât you remember? Today is the Check-in. Itâs in an hourâ
âWhat!? How!?ââ I sat up and used my Ember to literally fly out the door and into our room. Haylee was sitting on her bed cross legged, riffling through a box of shoes, and Hanna was doing her hair in the mirror. I flew in and landed with a thud, lost my balance, and did an epic ninja roll. Except, not really. It was more like a break-your-neck-while-rolling roll. Haylee dropped the really ugly pair of shoes she was holding and Hanna ruined her hair.
âEmma! you need to help me with my hair!â Squealed Hanna. Of course, she could care less that I probably broke something.
âHanna, Hanna, Hanna. You have to get dressed firstâ She was wearing some sweats and one of Jaysonâs old T-shirts.
âDuh! Um... What am I supposed to wear?â She asked, walking over to the closet and opening it.
I walked over and start to push shirts and dresses around on their racks. I found a cute light green and white dress that is strapless and goes down to your knees. I tossed it at her and said:
âPut this on. Iâll do your hair when you're readyâ She grins and starts to get ready. Again I use my Ember and shut the door from across the room. I could sense something coming towards my head and I turned around and used my Ember just in time to stop a dark green sandal from smashing my face. As the shoe hovered in front of my face I gave Haylee the death stare.
âSorry Em. Itâs just you weren't paying attention to meâ
âThatâs because I was helping Hannaâ I said through my teeth.
âOh well, you can help me now!â She said hopping up onto her feet. I flung the shoe at her with my mind. It hit her on the back of her head.
âOw! Emma!â She said, spinning around to glare at me.
âOopsâ I said, trying not to grin. I walked past her and to the closet. I found a black tank top and flung it at her.
ââPut that onâ I said, already facing the closet again. I discovered a see-through white tank top and tossed that at her to.
âAnd this tooâ I said. I reached down and opened a bin filled with our skirts. I dug around till I found a black skirt with white polka-dots all over it. I tossed that at her too. Hanna was ready so I told her to sit down and I did her hair. I took the left part and braided it then used the braid as a hair tie to make a side ponytail with the rest of her hair. When I was done she ran into the kitchen to show Jayson.
âHaylee, let me do your hair now, we have to leave soonâ Thatâs when I realized I was still wearing sweats and the shirt Macy gave me. I ran to the closet and grabbed a cherry red skirt with a black shirt and leggings. I put my hair up in a ponytail because Iâm cheap and ran/floated to Haylee. I just put her hair into two ponytails and flew out of the room. Jayson was in a blue and white flannel shirt with blue jeans. I landed next to him and was about to criticize him for under dressing when there was a knock on the door. I said:
âIâll get it!â and flew over to the door and opened it. It was Shawn.
âEmma! you missed the Rats meetingâ He said with concern plastered on his face.
âOh yeah, sorry bout that, I was busyâ I said, jerking my head at my brother and two sisters.
âOh crap. Um...â He knew that my family didnât know that I was in Rats. I was in trouble.
âEmma, what is he talking aboutâ Jayson said, walking towards me.
âWell, um, I.....ââ I had no idea what to say.
âAre you.... you're part of Rats!â He shouted.
âYes, yes I am! Did you think all our food and supplies came from dadâs pay?â I was really mad.
âWell, Yeahâ
âEven if he was paid enough, do you think he would spend it on us? His problem?â
âWe are not his problem!â Jayson shouted.
âIf we werenât his problem, he would still be here instead of with Samantha!â I screamed.
âI.... youâre rightâ he said, defeated. We all loved my dad but Jayson looked up to him. He and Dad were the only men in a family of five. So it was hard for him to except that he didnât care about us. Okay, let's skip to the Check-in.
The Check-in is always in the same building with the same people and the same routine. The thirteen and fourteen year olds together and the fifthteen and sixteen year olds together and the seventeen through eighteen. I went to the room marked 15-16. When I pushed open the door I was hit with a blast of sound. People screaming and hitting each other. It was chaos. I sat on a white chair and waited until my name was called. When I heard: EMMA MOORE PLEASE COME TO THE TESTING ROOM, I stood up and walked into a room that had random stuff everywhere. Behind a window was three people in all white, like the room, with clipboards and dark sunglasses. Two men and one woman would judge me to see if my Ember
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