AN: k. well, srry about the sliiiight delay in posting times....yeah. we said that we would update/post this last week, buuuut, ummm, well, we kinda....couldn't decide on the name of the ship...embarressing and useless, yeah i know. hehe srry dear readers.

ANYWAY. HERE IT IS. BACK IN THE DAAAAYYYY!!!!

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Back in the Day prologue/chapter 1. :)

Edward Cullen, age: 9, Date: 6/15/1759

The sun was shining high overhead. GROOOAAAN. Another shiny, sunny day on this godforsaken piece of timber that sailors call a ship. Why in the world did I actually want to sneak over to North America, again?? Oh yeah, because I felt like I needed to be patriotic, and do something for my country. I am so stupid. Why didn't I just stay with Mom and Dad at home, instead of sneaking away at night??? That's riiiiiiiiight--I'm stupid.

siiigh. Well, at least today was the second to last day, the last day if we got lucky. I perked up at that thought. Last night, my brothers Emmett and Jasper had come into the tiny cabin I had found, (and stayed for most of the 60 something days trip), and told me, along with giving me some leftovers from dinner that were all that I had to eat, that this journey would be drawing to a close, very, very soon, and that tomorrow (today) might just be the last day, the day we would catch sight of this new land, North America.

I can't wait to see this new land, along with all the battles that I should be viewing. I'm nine. Do I really care? Just over a month ago, I had persuaded Jasper and Emmett to sneak me out, and take me with them to battles, since Mom and Dad wouldn't let me go. But HA! Here I am, nearly standing on American land, and where are they??? Back home in England, nice and safe and cozy and comfortable.

I personally think that this kind of life is sooooo much better. With the (wince) sun overhead, the wind blowing, and waves lapping at the ship, the Seagull,-I sighed dejectedly. It was no use pretending that I could only sneak out of this stuffy cabin at night(or day) to see the stars, or the sun. There were too many guards. This ship was transporting British soldiers, but still, did soldiers need that much guarding?? Jeez.

One day, I would be wearing a red coat, standing besides my brothers at the front line of a way, engaged in mortal combat. Heck, I might even be a great General one day. Yeah, right. sure. When the commander, James Wolfe, my uncle, didn't even know that I had sneaked on here. If he did, he would make me take the first ship home, once we docked in Boston.

I'm never going to let go of my dream of joining the army, though. One day, I will fight alongside my brothers, and I will become a great Captain, maybe even Colonel. One day.

As for right now, I was still stuck in this tiny, stuffy room, feeding on wishes and hopes and dreams, instead of real food. siiiiiigh.

Just then, a voice (though it was scratchy and low and had a weird accent to it) said something that made it sound like music to my ears.

"Laaaaaaand Hoooooo!!!" Just then, a thought occurred to me, as the watchman standing in the crow's nest announced that land was sighted.

As everyone else (all the soldiers on board) shouted in excitement, and ran around, preparing to dock, I was breaking out in a terrible sweat.

Because, how in the world was I going to get off the ship???

Sorry Mother. Sorry Father. Sorry if I get shot when I'm trying to sneak off the ship. Sorry if they think that I'm a regular little rat trying to sneak to another life. If I am killed, will you send my regards to dear uncle King George III????


an: well. wasn't that fun. hee. kind ol' King George III IS EDWARD'S UNCLE??!!! haha, yeah. k. we'll explain it allll in answers to reviews. hinthint.

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