Chapter 1
August 2004...
The day dawned with no hint to the life changing event about to happen. As a matter of fact, it was a glorious sun-shining day, full of streamers of light and birds chirping outside her bedroom window. To look around, you wouldn't think it was such a momentous occasion. You'd never guess that today was the day her life would change forever. Sophie found herself disappointed by the very normality of the weather. Shouldn't it be storming out there? Flashes of lightening and great big booms of thunder would at least set the tone for the events of the day as she imagined them.
Sophie stretched, the lethargy of sleep still clinging to her limbs, and snuggled deeper into the soft cotton of her sheets. “Today,” she told Mr. Stuffington, gazing into his black, bu
