You and the pogues have been friends since kindergarten. Each of you is different and the same at the same time, and that's what makes you a good group.

You're all just a subset of all the pogues that live at the Cut, but you're also very well known, perhaps for your antics...which is why the Kooks hate you too: they're the rich snobs from the Outer Banks who looks down on the Pogues.

Even though you're all only thirteen years old, you've already gotten into a lot of trouble: pissing off the police, playing pranks on fishermen, running away at night, making fun of Kiara's parents...and many more things awaited you, because these were just the tip of the iceberg.

Today you were all at John B's house, the Chateau, as his father calls it; his father's name is Big John and he's a fisherman, and he's been working for years prospecting for the Royal Merchant's gold.

Big John was at the kitchen table, while you and the pogues were in the living room. John B was bitching about Sarah Cameron and the Kooks in general, followed by Kiara who was Sarah's sworn enemy. You were sitting on JJ's lap, at the edge of the couch, while he was combing your soft hair with a brush, and meanwhile he talked to Pope.