PROLOGUE

Riley was playing with her brand new Bratz doll, dressing her up, doing her hair in floppy hairstyles and other things a five year old girl would be doing.

But then, she heard a loud 'honk' from outside, disturbing her playtime. Riley wondered what it could be, and as her little five-year-old mind only contained information she learnt in kindergarten, she couldn't really decipher it.

So Riley decided to stand up and dust invisible dust off her pink-rose dress. Then she went to her mom, who was baking cupcakes - Riley obviously knew the smell well.

"Mommy, what was that loud noise?" Riley asked.

Her mom looked at her, smiling.

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Riley started jumping up and down. She liked the idea of new friends. Riley's mom took out the cupcakes from the oven before leaving them on the hob, letting them cool.

"They're our new neighbours, sweetie." Her dad...