Chapter 1: Away from me




Can't take this anymore... tomany thoughts running through my head. Why me? Why this? Why am I still here? I need to get out of this place in my head...In this place I see a dark room, in this dark room I see a small girl sitting on a wooden chair. How many times do I have to see this image, I don't know what it means...

Her eyes flash open and she sits and finds herself in her room. She walks over to her mirror and stares at her reflection. She gritted her teeth, glaring at her reflection. Tears well up at the corners of her black eyes. Swallowing her tears back she screamed.

"No! No! don't you dare feel sorry for yourself" She punched the mirror and let the glass shatter, feeling the pieces of broken glass cut deep into her pale skin.

A lady bursts through the room "Elanor! What is your problem?!" She cried. Elanor turned her head slowly and gave a blank look at the caretaker. "What is it you want with me miss?" Elanor asked, her tone was robotic.

"I want you to go to bed you'll wake all the other orphans, I-" the caretaker's eyes moved quickly to Elanor's bleeding arms. The caretaker didn't look surprised. "Come on Elanor lets go downstairs and clean that up." Elanor didn't move. 3 other nurses came in with confused looks as they dragged Elanor out, nudging her encouragingly. She didn't say anything, she just wanted to get away from this place, away from herself...it was poisoning her mind, she hated this life.

I need to get out of here...


At the crack of dawn I woke up. I remember how the nurses gave me a shot to go to sleep. They must have taken care of me afterwards. I got out of the hospital bed and ran up the stairs into my "room". I quickly grabbed all my stuff and stuffed them in a small suitcase. Stuffed all the money I had in my pocket and decided to leave now at the moment. When I snuck to the front doors a policeman was snoozing lazily on a chair next to it. As I opened the door the alarm system went off.

The doors were always locked...but I felt like it was effortless, I might as well have ran through them, perhaps it is a sign, that I am meant to get away from here after all.

I ran so fast I never knew I could run that fast... It was still dark at the in the early morning. I was running so hard I felt like my chest would explode. Like my heart was growing bigger. I paused and clumsily sat on a nearby bench and put the small suitcase aside and noticed how sore my arms were. I must have been scared running so fast from that place.

When all of a sudden I felt a strong gush of wind blow over my face chilling my body to the bone.

When I opened my eyes a big bus that read the Knight Bus was calmly sitting there with it's rythemic engine. The door to the bus was open and a man with a pimply face motioned me to come on the bus.

What is going on? I thought.

I stood there stunned and confused when the man started to speak. "Are you not coming on board?"

I do need to get away from here...

"Yes sir, of course I'll be boarding." I said simply.

He nodded. "Well my name is Stan Shunpike and welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for stranded witch or wizard. Just stick out your wand hand, step on board and we can take you anywhere you want to go..."

"Alright, alright I get it...wait a minute did you say witch or wizard...stick out your "wand hand?" I asked really confused

Stan looked bewildered "Well, what did you think I said?"

This guy must be a complete idiot.

"Yeah whatever...free of charge right?" I asked

He nodded "Yes just stick out your wand hand, then you can go on board..."

"Very funny..." I figured since I was right handed I might as well just show him that stead of wasting time before the cops catch me. When I got on board I gasped, the bus looked a heck lot bigger then it should be.

"Where would you like to go miss?" Stan asked

"Far from here...could you take me to London?" I asked

"That would be eleven sickles mam" Stan said holding out his hand

What did he say?

"What? but I thought you said free of charge!"

God this guy is an idiot.

"Did I? I must be tired...my apologies...besides, nothing is free..."Stan had an apologetic look and he was still holding out his hand.

"Yeah whatever..." I grabbed 20 bucks from my pocket (all I had) "11 dollars right?"

Stan shook his head "No! 11 sickles, what is dollars?"

"What is dollars? Boy! What the hell are you talking about? It's more like like what is sickles, what are you smoking? Or are you some kind of moron or sumthin?" I was devastated.

Another voice came from the front "Stan were wasting time"

"Right Ernie...Listen lady well just give exceptions this time...you seem very lost so when we get to the Leaky Cauldron I'll find someone who will help you..."

"Alright...thanks" I felt so relieved...

"What is your name miss?"Stan asked

Elanor Black I thought...No dont be stupid. I said the first name that came to my mind, that book I finished reading a week ago.

"Arwen, my name is Arwen Evenstar" I replied, keeping a straight face without a guilty look, something I was good at.

Stan smiled "What a pretty name, now if you'll just sit here we will get you to London in no time..."

"Thank you..." I said

"No m'am, thank you" Stan replied.

to be continued.