Chapter 1: A Normal Day Altered

Sierra. Sierra is an average girl. Sierra is a normal fifteen year old girl. She goes

to a normal school. Her friends are mostly average and normal friends. Her life

is normal. At least it was.

          Once on a typical Saturday morning, Sierra was hanging out with her best friend,

Tina. Tina went to the same high school as Sierra. They were best friends. They met at

the beginning of middle school in the sixth grade when one of Tina’s best friends moved

away to Denver, Colorado. Colorado was very far from Louisiana, where Tina

and Sierra lived.

          Tina was a good friend to Sierra and they connected very well; however,

sometimes Tina got hyper because she was obsessed with cookies. There was not one

type of cookie that she had not eaten so far in her life. If you were Tina’s friend and ya’ll

saw a cookie on the floor, she would definitely eat it. Tina did not like to be wasteful.

Sierra was the same way, although she did not eat cookies off of the floor.

          Anyway, Tina always ate cookies many times each day. If she ate too many, she

would jump as much as a bunny and talk as fast as people did on advertisements on

commercials when they spoke very fast about extra costs and shipping and handling

prices. Tina was a playful friend. Even when she did get hyper, she and Sierra had fun

hanging out together.  

          Sierra was not the hyper type. She was the sweet and laid back type. She took

responsibility seriously.

On that Saturday morning, Sierra and Tina were hanging out in Sierra’s front

yard. They had just gotten back from Waffle House. Tina spent the night a lot and

Sierra brought her to Waffle House with her in the mornings sometimes. They

were jump-roping in the warm sun on that Saturday morning, Sierra jump-roped

while Tina ate a small chocolate chip cookie.

          “Hey, hey, hey, this cookie is yummy.” Tina said to Sierra with an excited look on

her face. “Now I want a cookie!” Sierra exclaimed as she put the jump-rope down and

walked towards Tina. “Sierra, you should go buy some cookies. I like cookies.” “I know

you do. You are almost always eating them!” “Only because they are delicious! D-E-L-I-

C-I-O-U-S!” “I know how to spell delicious, Tina. I learned in like the third grade.” “Oh. I

knew that. It was a joke. See? Hahahaha!” Sierra began to laugh with Tina.

          Tina stopped laughing and started looking down both sides of the street. Sierra

was confused. “Tina, why are you looking up and down the street? There’s no reason to

cross the street. You can see the weird workers working across the street from here

already anyway.” “I know that! I heard a car.” “Wow. Cars are so rare.” Tina chuckled.

“Ha, very funny, Sierra. The thing is that I see a limo and there are like rarely any limos

that come down your street.” Sierra ran to the edge of her driveway next to Tina. “A

limo? Is it heading this way?” “Actually, it looks like it is.” Sierra and Tina began to stare

at the limo down the street. They watched Mr. Dave also watch the limo. Mr. Dave was

the elderly man that lived next store to Sierra. He was a very kind man and good friends

with her family. He treated her like a granddaughter. “I see you girls see that limo too?

It’s a pretty sight isn’t it? In my day, they did not have limos. They had old, small cars.”

The only problem with Mr. Dave was that he always talked about when he was a young

boy. “Oh, that’s very interesting, Mr. Dave.” Sierra said as if she was interested. “Yes.

History is interesting, especially from my days. Did you know that my uncle fought in

World War 2? He had a severe leg injury. He had surgery done to his leg and he is fine

now, but he’s in his 90’s.” “Umm, did I need to know that?” Tina asked as she munched

another cookie. Sierra whispered, “Tina, be nice to him. He’s in his 70’s. Let him discuss

his childhood. It won’t hurt to listen.” Tina nodded as the limo got closer as it cruised

down the street.

          “OH MY GOSH IT IS GETTING CLOSER!” Tina yelled as she jumped up and

down. “Wow! I wonder who is in there!” Sierra replied as they jumped up and down,

making Mr. Dave head back to his driveway because the noise annoyed him.

          Tina and Sierra waited as the limo approached her home. Mr. Dave got tired of

waiting and having the sun shine in his eyes. He eventually slowly walked inside and

made himself a glass of lemonade.

          “Gee, that limo is slow.” Sierra said as she and Tina eventually stopped jumping

up and down. “It’s almost here though!” Tina replied.

Sierra took out her cell phone and began to text some people. Tina’s cell phone

beeped. She had received a text from Sierra. It read: Hello. Wassup? Tina replied: I

want a cookie. Sierra laughed and replied, “Funny. I knew that though.”

Tina smiled and they flashed back to reality and their current interest, which was the

limo.

At last, the limo was to Sierra’s house. Something surprised them and made

each of them freeze. The limo stopped at Sierra’s house.

Tina asked, “Sierra, do you have any relatives that own a limo?” “No, I don’t think

I do.” “Good to know.” “Well, yeah, but then who is that!” “How would I know?

This is your neighborhood, remember?” “Yes, but you are like always over here.” “Hmm,

good point.”

Sierra began to grow nervous. Tina was feeling nauseous. They watched as a

man in a clean, black suit stepped out of the limo with sunglasses on. He had very shiny

shoes and he was tall. He had brown hair and blue eyes. He was a decently thin man.

He did not have a mischievous look as if he was a kidnapper. He seemed like an

average guy, although he wasn’t.

The man stepped forward and stood right in front of the two girls. He said, “Hello.

Which one of you is Sierra Graster?” Sierra was speechless. She raised her hand and

nodded. “Hello, Sierra. You and your friend, who looks extremely freaked out by the way, are probably stunned to see a man in a black suit stop in a limo at your house.”

“YES, we are.” Tina blurted out as she backed up a little. “Well, I have a very good

reason for doing so, but it might shock Sierra.” “She’s kind of shocked already, so go

ahead and speak.” “Okay. Sierra, are you aware of your aunts hobby?” The man asked

Sierra. Sierra replied in a soft tone, “Umm, no. I don’t recall her ever telling me what she

did to make money or live or whatever. Do you know?” “Yes. She works with our

agency.” “Her aunt does? What type of agency?” Tina asked curiously.  The man

replied, “A secret spy agency. We have a mission that her aunt cannot complete

currently because she is in enrichment training, which can take up to two months. She

cannot quit in the middle of the training. Her Aunt Tia was asked to recommend a

amateur agent to take over the mission with the help of some intermediate agents. She

chose Sierra. Now, Sierra, I know you know nothing about spy training or missions or

anything, but our agency will help you. If you accept the mission, you, along with your

friend here, will travel with me to California. There, you will visit one of our agencies and

go through a two day quick training of the basics of spies. Then, you shall be on your

way to your mission.” “What type of mission?” Sierra asked. “Rachel is trying to cause a

major earthquake in California. If she succeeds, then it will cause much trouble in

California. She has an evil planning layer somewhere in California, which we need to

locate. When we do, we will send you two and other agents there to defeat Rachel and

her assistant, Taylor. Do you two accept?” “I don’t know. How long is this going to

take?” “Oh, Sierra, that depends on how well you can handle the mission. It can be from

a week to a month or longer. It depends on you and your helpers. Your mother knows

about your aunt and she knows that I was coming to get you today.” “Sierra, that

explains why your mom was hugging and kissing you before she went to the gym

earlier.” “Your right, Tina.” Sierra replied, putting the puzzle pieces of that day together.

“Oh, also, my name is Brice. Agent Brice. And you girls will not need any food, clothing,

or other necessities. We will provide everything for you. Will you do it?” Sierra and Tina

both nodded.

Sierra ran inside quickly and wrote a note telling her mom where she was going.

Tina left a note for Sierra’s mom to call her mom. Agent Brice opened the limo door for

both the girls.

The limo was huge. Inside were computers, televisions, and even a hot tub in the

back. There was a fridge and shelves with snacks and meals. There were blankets for

naps and cup holders for drinks. The limo had so much. Sierra and Tina had never seen

the inside of a limo before and had definitely never seen a car with so much inside of it.

The limo had turbo speed to get them to California faster than a normal car or limo

could.

Sierra and Tina began to text many of their friends from their school and different

schools about where they were going. Some did not believe them. Others laughed.

Some even said Sierra and Tina were lucky. Some wished them luck. Many wanted to

be there with them in the awesome limo. A few even asked for souvenirs. Tina wanted

to get everyone souvenirs, although Sierra decided to only get her close friends gifts.

Tina went to the videoing application on her iPhone 4 and began to make a

video. She spoke loudly to the camera lens, “Hello, everyone! I am in a limo! I am a

secret agent now. Du de du de du la la lo le lu la…” Sierra water quietly while Tina sang

and yelled into the camera. Sierra thought it was complete nonsense. Tina loved it.

Eventually, Tina finished her odd song and began talking to her phone about the limo

and our journey to California. This went on for two full hours. Sierra began to get a

headache after fifteen minutes of listening to the nonsense. She never thought that a

ninth grade fifteen year old girl could gossip to a camera for so long. The phone would

not have videoed that long, but the car had phone chargers all over the place! Tina was

happy about this. Sierra, on the other hand, was unsure.

Tina finally took a nap after watching her video for an additional two hours. Sierra

was grateful that it was finally over and she fell asleep too.

Sierra was awoken by her cell phone vibrating from a text message. It was her

friend, Drew. Sierra and Drew had been best friends since the fifth grade. They dated in

the eighth grade; however, it didn’t go too well. They mutually decided to just be best

friends, and that’s how it had been ever since. Tina could tell that they still had feelings

for each other, but both Drew and Sierra tried to hide it, although they were never

successful. Tina always told them that they should try dating again. One of the reasons

it didn’t work out was because the transition from best friends to dating felt really odd

and awkward. Tina thought it they tried dating again, they would be used to how it felt to date and that it would go better the second whirl around.

Drew and Sierra had been considering it since the beginning of the ninth grade,

but neither of them had made a move. Yet. Tina hoped they would soon. Drew had went

on vacation a few days before Sierra had left for her mission. He never mentioned

exactly where he was going.

Anyway, Drew was replying to Sierra’s text about being on a secret spy mission.

Drew had replied, “Omg! Thts awesome! I wish I couldve came wit u. U prob dont

enjoy Tina singing 2 her camera.” Sierra replied, “Wow. U must no Tina’s personality

well cause she was doing tat! It was so annoyin!” He replied, “Well shes pretty easy 2

figure out. “ Sierra replied, “Haha yea. Same thing wit her cookie habit. The whole

school nos about tht! Well I gtg ive got 2 take a nap from Tina’s annoyance haha! I luv

her though :) bye!” He replied bye with a wink emote, then Sierra went back to sleep.