It was mid-June, and I was laying down watching the clouds go by. The air was warm and smelled of ripe raspberries. While a deer and her speckled fawn were grazing on the green grass in the field, and in the background I could hear the creek slowly running. I was just laying there thinking about what I would do later that day. I found that weird because I’m always busy because Gram says I am the hardest working girl in all of Sante Fe. But I could take a day off any time. So I decided that I was going to pick the ripe raspberries at Gram’s house. Then the strangest thing happened, the strangest thing that had ever happened to Orange Hill. What happened you're wondering? Well, an orange portal appeared out of nowhere, smelling of freshly peeled …show more content…
I was holding back tears when all of a sudden the world started to shake and everyone was fleeing to their tiny mushroom house, while I was left alone shaking. “Harper, Harper!” Noah, the second oldest, whispered in his soothing voice and I swear on my Grim's grave that I saw her, my mother, for a split second. “Wake up it’s 6:27! Gram let you sleep in,” “What?” I muttered in a groggy voice. “Where am I?”
Noah answered, while chuckling “You’re at home, you silly Goose,” “Oh, I thought you showed up in the world to-” “Harper, you are one crazy girl. No wonder Gram worries about you,” I was sad to figure out that it was only a dream and that it was not real, but what can I do. I got dressed and headed downstairs to find Gram cleaning up from breakfast. I could tell she saved me some because I could still smell fresh sausage with fried eggs. “So dear how did you sleep?” she sweetly said. “Fine I guess. I had a weird dream though,” I said while rubbing my greenish brown eyes. “While don’t take too long eating your breakfast. The fruits aren’t going to pick themselves,” “I know, Gram,” After I barely ate my breakfast, I headed towards the raspberry bushes to pick the juicy ripe raspberries. When I was done with that I would go and do the house