(yay flashback time!!)
*Cedric looks into his journal, filled with a bunch of notes, scribbles, and pictures. A particular picture of two kids, an older girl and a younger boy, bring him back...*
South Africa, 14 years ago. The American Embassy stands in all its glory, an unusually luxurious and fancy building as compared to the relative simplicity of the surrounding buildings. Two children are running across the huge garden in the back....
Girl: Cedric... don't get too far ahead, ok?
Cedric (5 years old): Awwwwww.... come on, sis!! I wanna run!! It's so awesome today!!! *happy and hyper*
Girl (Cedric's sister): -sigh- you're such a handful, our personalities are so different I wonder why we're even related sometimes....
Cedric: You're my big sister!! I love you, Camille, so pwease let me go up to the pond?!?! *Cedric has puppy eyes*
Camille: *scratches her head* -sigh- Cedric, you know I don't mind, right? *chuckles warmly*
Cedric: YAYYYYYYYY!!! Thanks big sis!!! *Cedric glomps Camille*
Camille: *scruffing Cedric's hair* No problem, Cedric. I love you, I mean it. We've gotta look out for each other. Mom and Dad are too busy for us...
Cedric: *curious* Is that why they left us here, sis? They have their big... coroporoatition right?
Camille: *laughs* it's corporation, Cedric... yeah. Do you ever think they'd forget us, Cedric?
Cedric: *lightens up* Nooooo, big sis!! I don't think so!!!
Camille: *she looks ponderous* Cedric, I have something to show you. Meet me by the tree?
Cedric: Yayyyyy!! Race you there, sis!! *he starts running*
-at the tree-
Camille: Cedric, you know how my 9th birthday was last week, right?
Cedric: Yeahhhhh!!! It was sooo cool!!!! Sooo much food and fun!!! Too bad mom and dad weren't there....
Camille: *she takes out a candle* Look at this. I've had my suspicions about a "special ability" I might have for a while now...
Cedric: "special ability"? Like those cool people on TV with the awesome clothes?
Camille: yes. Look, Cedric. *she snaps her fingers. The candle flickers to life, with a flame* It's fire! *she's still a little shocked herself*
Cedric: *his eyes lighten up again* Wowwww!!!! So cool, big sis!!!!!!!!!
*Cedric puts his arm over it. Suddenly, water comes out of his hand, splashing them both*
Camille: *shocked* ...Cedric?!
Cedric: *he looks at his hand* woahh.......... big sis did you see that?!?!
Camille: *thinking* let's keep this our little secret for now. Ok, Cedric? *looking like a worried older sister*
Cedric: *beaming widely* it's a pinky promise!!
*they link pinkies, understanding each other on a whole new, unspoken level...*
(what will happen next? Find out next time in "The Cedric Chronicles"!)