Adelle Winters opened the door to the small French Quarter Voodoo shop sending a jingle of bells through the tiny shop. The woman at the counter welcomed her as she walked in. "Welcome dear." Adelle half waved and searched the shop for a souvenir for her mother. Spotting a small wooden doll with a sharp floral design on one of the shelves, Adelle immediately was mesmerized. She picked up the little doll and just like that she knew it was the perfect gift. When she set the doll on the counter, the little old woman chuckled. Adelle raised her eyebrow in question and the woman held the doll up. "This doll," She chuckled then coughed. "This doll has life in it dear, I hope you know this. Are you sure this is what you want." She smiled, Adelle kind of was taken back by the woman claiming the doll had a life of it's own. "I-I'm sure." The woman sighed and wrapped the doll up. "Alright but whatever you do," She grabbed Adelle's hand and Adelle gasped. "Don't let this doll out of your sight and do not do anything to harm it. It will bring good luck and great surprises." She smiled and Adelle nodded. The woman let go of Adelle's hand then handed her the bag containing the doll.
One week later
In a car headed to her small home in Carmel, California, Adelle sat watching out the window waiting to arrive at her home. Her brother, Erich Winters, a boy of Nineteen looked into his rear view mirror to see Adelle anxious.
"Hey we're almost there sis so you can settle down." Adelle sighed. "I know it's just I got mom the best little gift from this little shop." Erich raised his eyebrows. "What did you get me?" Adelle frowned. "I got you some air freshener and a car freshener because this car stinks." Erich laughed sarcastically and pulled up in front of their house. It was old, big and creaked when you walked in it but it was cozy to the Winters family. Racing inside, Adelle hugged everyone and set her suitcases down. "I got gifts for everyone!" She smiled and pulled out several bags. "A purple feather boa for Maddie." She handed her five year old sister her gift and the child took it with joy. "Barbecue seasoning set for dad." Her dad smiled and happily took the gift. "Seat covers for Erich." Erich chuckled. "That definitely isn't air freshener." Adelle smiled and grabbed the last bag. "And a cute little doll for mom." She opened the bag and frowned. "I could have sworn it was in here." She dug through her suitcase. "It's okay honey, you didn't need to get me anything." Adelle nodded but took out a lovely box. "I also got you perfume but I wanted you to see the doll. I must've lost it on the plane." She sighed and stood up. "I'm sorry, if I find it i'll give it to you okay?" Her mom smiled. The family gave Adelle hugs and then left Adelle to unpack. Adelle heard a noise in her room and she cocked her head. Opening the door, she found the biggest shock of her life. "Who the hell are you?!"

Adelle stared in shock at the guy. "H-How do you know my name?" She slowly walked into her room and closed the door behind her. "And how are you the doll? Thats impossible, get out no before I call the police." She glared at the guy. "I don't know who you are and how the hell you know where I live, let alone my name but you have until the count of three to get the hell out of my room." She grabbed the closest thing to her that looked like a weapon. Turns out it was a pair of socks. She threw them on the ground then glared at the guy. "One...Two..."

Adelle started shaking when he showed her the mark. There was no way that he could have the same mark as the doll. It didn't look like a tattoo, it almost looked branded onto him. "What's your name?" Adelle said walking over to her bed and sitting down so she wouldn't faint. "No, no, no the lady just said the doll had..." She froze. "Life." She whispered. "That can't be true, she must have sent you to follow me to make it seem like you were the doll. How much is she paying you? I'll pay you even more just to leave me alone, please?" She grabbed her purse then dug out her wallet.

Adelle frowned. "Maybe I do want to believe it, maybe I'm just crazy enough to believe it but I'm still hanging onto my sanity by a thread." She rested her head on her hands and sighed. "This all can't be true, it's impossible. A doll can't come to life." She repeated over and over under her breath. It didn't convince her. "How can a doll come to life?" She asked looking at Hunter. "To me, this is sounding like a really bad dream. I must still be on the plane!" She smiled. "Yes and when I open my eyes, I'll wake up and realize it was just a dream." Adelle closed her eyes tightly then opened them. When she saw Hunter she sighed and shook her head. "This isn't a dream is it?"

Adelle glared at Hunter. "This is no time to joke." She sighed. "She said something about not letting the doll out of my sight and not doing anything to harm it, and that the doll had life in it." She frowned. "I didn't know she actually meant life as in living life." Adelle took deep breaths to calm her self down.
"Adelle!" Came her dad's voice from outside her door. Adelle froze then looked at Hunter. "You have to hide if you want to live." She looked around her room looking for a good place to hide him. "The closet!" She whispered loudly, shoving Hunter towards her closet. She opened the door and pushed him in then frowned. "You will not make one noise or touch any of my stuff or so help me, I will beat you so much that you will wish you were still a doll." She slammed the door then took a deep breath. "Come in Daddy." She said sitting on her bed acting like she was unpacking. Her dad came in and smiled. "Hey, what are you feeling for dinner tonight? Maddie says hamburgers but Erich says ribs." Adelle thought for a minute. "I agreed with Erich last time so I'm going to say, go with hamburgers." She smiled and glanced at her closet. Her dad nodded then left her room, shutting the door behind him. Adelle sighed with relief then looked at her closet. "You can come out now."

Adelle frowned and crossed her arms. "I trust what peoplesay unless it is completely ridiculous!" She looked at Hunter. "You know, you never said thank you for me buying you." She sighed. "So where are you going to stay because you can't stay here? I have a nosy five year old sister and an extremely nosy nineteen year old brother, not to mention parents who think they can go through everything." Adelle startedputting away the stuff that was in her suitcase away as nshe waited for his answer. "I suggest you get a job and go get a hotel room."

Adelle looked at Hunter doing a handstand and cocked her head. "Your a strange one." She stood up and paced around thinking about where Hunter could stay. "So you can't get a job? Or a hotel room? Then where are you going to stay? No offense or anything, but a doll that turns into a human is kind of weird not to mention creepy...Very creepy." She sighed. "I mean I guess you can stay here but it's going to be hard." She looked everywhere in her room and figured something. "I guess you can stay in my closet. It's pretty big, almost as big as my room but filled with clothes." She sighed. "As long as you promise to follow these rules: Don't touch anything unless I say you can. Don't go downstairs at all until I figure out a way to get you out and around to find you a real place to stay and lastly, don't get caught!" She crossed her arms. "Do you think you can handle it?"

Adelle sighed and got back to work on unpacking her suitcase. "Well, their siblings I guess. They always think you hide stuff. Drugs, weapons, naughty magazines, crap like that. They look for whatever they can bust you with." She stood up and put a few things in a drawer. "It's not like I have anything bad, well beside the fact that I'm hiding a guy slash doll in my closet." She plopped down on her bed and thought for a second. "That's just Erich though, Maddie looks for stuff that she can play with." Adelle looked at him. "Have you ever been a human before I bought you? Or were you a doll your whole life?"

Adelle shrugged. "Well, you haven't missed much. Rude people, violent people, people who think too much of themselves." She sighed. "Luckily, you didn't fall into the hands of those people. Your just one lucky doll aren't you?" She smiled. "Well, I wouldn't say lucky because your here. Just to let you know, my house isn't that interesting." She sighed and put her suitcase in the corner of her room then sat back on her bed. "The most exciting thing that has happened in the past three years is when Erich broke his leg." Adelle laid on her back and looked ather ceiling. "Being a person will probably be sort of fun for you maybe, seeing as this is your first time ever being one."

Adelle laughed. "Well, steer clear from Maddie. If she see's you, your sure to be Barbie's new friend. She will put you in a little dress." Adelle smiled then sighed. "This one time, I let Maddie do my hair and fell asleep while she was doing it. I didn't know that she got the scissors out though. She cut my hair off all the way to my ears, it was so bad." She got up and pulled a picture out of a small box on her dresser. "This is what it looked like." Adelle handed Hunter the picture and crossed her arms. "Pretty bad huh? I had to wear a wig for months!"