Disclaimer: I don't own Mary Poppins, if I did Mary and Bert would've been together and she like never would've left, but I own Sky well not really I have a friend named Sky, hence the name. Now enjoy!

Lightning and thunder crashed out on the streets of London as a 15 year old girl rushed to find a place to hide. She was hiding from two men who had been chasing her on horseback because she had stolen some money from the bank. It wasn't her fault, she was homeless and no one cared for her, she knew no better and she had to survive somehow.

As she searched the area she saw a doorway and decided it was the best place to hide. When she reached the area, there was all ready someone standing there that she could not see and ran into him.

"Eh! Watch out little girl." The man said as he wiped soot from his face and the girl gazed into his blue eyes.

"Oh my gosh, I'm sorry." She said as she brushed off her shoulders and her blond hair was soaked and the man noticed she was shaking.

"Ello, where you live?" He asked taking off his jacket and putting it around her shoulders.

"I have no home, and I'm..." She stopped. She could not tell him what she had done, so she decided to lie. "I am looking for work, do you know where I might find some?" She asked.

"Well you can either work as a chimney sweep, or as a nanny, which you prefer?"

She thought about it for a quick moment and then decided quickly, nannying would be better. Who had ever heard of a woman chimney sweep, even in 1912 London?

"Nannying sir. And by the way, my name is Sky." She said holding her hand out and the man shook it.

"Mine's Bert dear, and I know just the place." He said as he started to walk out into the rain.

The two sprinted down the road and they came to a house, Number 17 to be exact, and Sky knocked on the door with an uneasy hand. When the door swung open a woman walked past the two and marched down the street.

"That would be Mrs. Banks, she obviously has forgotten Mary." Bert muttered as he walked inside and Sky not to far behind.

Two children rushed downstairs crying "Bert!" And Bert got on one knee and caught the two and hugged them tight.

"Oh bless my soul, Jane you look so grown up, and Michael, you do to." Bet said looking at them.

Sky stared at the two children. They were both cute, but Sky was afraid she wouldn't know what to do and a voice in her head said "Help will arrive soon enough." Sky hit her head to shut the voice up and the two children laughed hystaricaly.

"Who is this Bert?" The little girl asked.

"That Jane is me friend Sky. Sky, this is Jane and Michael." Bert said as the two came closer and examined her.

"Umm hi." Sky breathed as she waved.

Michael kicked her and she shouted. "Ok! You wanna be that way?!" She yelled as she snapped her fingers and suddenly Michael was in the air.

Jane let out a shriek and Bert stared in awe, because It wasn't Sky who'd done it, but someone else who'd snuck in and was standing behind Sky.

"Michael? Do you not remember how to behave?" A voice said silently. And then two gasps came from the small children and Bert to and when Sky turned around she saw a brunette standing in the doorway with blue eyes, a carpet bag, and some weird clothes.

"OK well Mary 'ere 'will 'elp you with the children I got to get back to me work, goodbye." Bert said walking past Mary and Sky, who was staring at Mary with her mouth open.

"Mouth closed please, we are not a codfish." Mary said and Sky snapped her mouth shut.

"Mary Poppins please get me down!" Michael begged as he held onto the chandalier.

Mary Poppins snapped her fingers again and Michael hit the floor with a thump.

"Oh Mary Poppins! We've missed you so much!" Jane said hugging Mary around the waist.

"Yes I missed you two as well, now kindly tell me who this is." She said directing her attention toward Sky.

"Name's Sky mum." Sky said as she held her hand out for Mary to shake, but Mary refused.

"Well it seems things are the same as they were before I came." Mary said as she looked around and noticed Mr. Banks nor Mrs. Banks wasn't home.

"Yes it seems as if everyone just forgot after you left, where did you go Mary Poppins?!" Michael asked and soon Jane joined in while the two jumpped around her.

"Please stop hopping around me." She ssaid and the two children ceased their jumpping and then they stared at Sky.

"Make her go away." Jane whispered, but still it was loud enough for Sky to hear the message.

"Hey! No problem, I can go to work for... for..." She stuttered. "Shoot, what's that guy's name?" She asked herself, but decided she might as well just say her job. "I'll go to work as a chimney sweep and then we'll all be very happy." Sky said sarcastically as she stared down the two children, but Mary Poppins was not intimidated by her.

Sky wished she had kept her mouth shut because in a few short hours she was stuck in a chimney and black soot covered her face and made it hard for her to breathe.

"Eh! Bert! Help me outta here!" Sky screamed as she banged on the chimney.

"OK lil' lady." Bert said as his hand reached down the chimney and she took gratefully and climbed up the slim chimney.

"AHHHHHHHHHH!" She screamed at the top of her lungs as she walked over the rooftops and Bert slapped his hand over her mouth to keep her quiet.

"Eh, keep it down. They're are people trying to sleep ya know." He said as he took his hand off her mouth, where a handrint had been left from all the chimney cleaning.

He began laughing at her and she stompped off, but made a huge mistake when she stompped to hard and fell through a roof.

As she regained her eyesite, she looked around at the room she had fallen into and noticed many familiar things about it. As if it were a dark reminder of something, but she could not remember what it was and she ran from the house as if she had just seen a ghost.

"Eh Sky! Sky!" Bert called as he ran around the block looking for her. He finally heard a whimpering from under a doorstep and when he looked under it, there she was, with her knees pulled to her chest and crying.

"Eh now, come on out from under there." Bert said offering his hand and she crawled past him and started walking down the road again. "Are you ready to go work for the Banks family now he said sprinting after her and she only nodded. "Good, knew you would soon enough." He said laughing.

Sky and Mary waved goodbye to Bert and by the look on Mary's face, she was sad to see Bert go.

"Uh huh." Sky said as she turned to walk up the stairs.

"And might I ask what that means?" Mary asked as she slid up the banister.

"You know you like him." Sky snickered as she turned down the hall.

Caught off guard by Sky's remark, Mary slipped off the banister and onto the floor, making Sky roar with laughter.

"Looks like Miss Perfect can't even admit she's in love." Sky laughed as she knocked on the nursery door and Jane answered it.

"May we try and be friends again, her highness is a little shocked at the moment." Sky said trying not to smile.

"Hmm Michael may I speak with you please?" Jane asked as she shut the door halway, leaving Sky dazzed in the hall.

As the children spoke quietly in the nursery, Mary and Sky were talking also, about Mary's second favorite subject, Bert. (In the book I think she was very vain if I remember correctly so obviously her first favorite subject is herself. Ha ha.)

"So how'd you two meet exactly?" Sky asked.

"We grew up together, he is older then me by a few months." Mary said making her "Thinking very hard face" (If you have no clue what that means, just go and watch where she says Supercalifragilistexpialidocious backwards, it's that look, and no I didn't have to look that up! Ha!)

"Wow, well still how'd you meet? Like what? He dreamed of being a chimney sweep and you being a nanny?" Sky asked.

"Well kind of, but Bert and I met when I had fallen out of a tree and just stopped in midair and then hit the ground without hurting myself." Mary explained.

"Amazing, can you teach me how to do that!?" Sky asked excitedly.

"We'll see, but anyway, the children I belueve are ready to speak to you." Mary said as Sky turned and saw Jane beckoning her inside. Mary Poppins smiled at Sky as she walked in the door and it shut.

"She's just the same, but why did she turn out this way? On the streets, if only she remembered." Mary said as she went into her old room and began to straighten up and put things back to where they were when she had arrived for the first time.

So this is my first Mary Poppins fic and I hope you guys like it. I see Sky as maybe American, but with a little British accent that sneaks in. And sorry if anyone seems out of character, it's my first fic like I said, so tell me what you think! Love ya lots!

Ashton