Hey, this is my first shot at a normal story so go easy on me. just want you to know that I have nothing against German's or eny other contry that wasn't part of the allies, thats why i refure to them as just nazi. This story is dedicated to eny one who has died in eny war and eny one who is affected by it. I own nothing, enjoy.

She was just a normal kid in London, she had a mom, dad, and two of the most annoying little brothers on the planet. Her life wasn't all that bad, every once and awhile her parents would take her to the theater to watch one of the newest Mickey mouse cartoons. But most of her days were spent on her family farm, doing chores or playing with her best friend Heather and her border collie Stormfly. But one day everything changed.

January 1943

"Astrid! Could you get the mail please?"

"Ok mum, common Stormfly! Lets go for a walk!"

She jogged to the mail box witch stated 'Hofferson' on the right side and pulled the letters and packages out of the tin container. One of the letters was from the Allies. Her heart stoped, her father Jeffrey Hofferson joined the army earlier the year before to join the allies in the world war against the nazis. She sprinted to her mother and handed her the letter. It stated,

Dear Hofferson's,

I'm sorry to tell you that sargent Jeffrey Hofferson was killed in action on December 27th 1942. We present to you his medal, binoculars, and his hat. May he rest in peace.

Sincerely,

The Allies

Astrid began to tear up as she pulled the package over and on to her lap, her mother, Stormfly and brothers sat around her. She opened it carefully and pulled out his medal, witch he had earned when he save 13 men from a grenade back in June and handed it to her brother Charles. His binoculars were handed to her littlest brother John. Then, his hat, the one witch she hade given him on their last Christmas together, was placed apon her head. When tears finally began to stream down her face Stormfly gently licked every tear away, for she was and always will be a daddy's girl, he was the one she looked up to, the one who she did everything with. She got up and ran to her room.

She took of the hat at pulled it up to her heart and buried her face into Stormfly's neck and began to sob. Who was going to take her to the theater, take care of her if she fell of her horse Cloudjumper, who was going to take her on hunting trips, and who was going to teach her to drive when he came back. But now he was gone, she will never see him again. She looked up at Stormfly, who her father had given her for a going away gift back a few months before he left. She was only 13 almost 14 she wasn't supposed to lost her father, not yet anyway!

But her troubles didn't end there,

November 1943

Weeks after her 14th birthday Astrid tiptoed down the stares, her father's hat sat on her head, but stopped when she heard the voices of five Nazi soldiers, in her living room. Stormfly nuzzled into her upper leg. She gasped when she saw her mother, brothers and Heather being drug out the door by the Nazis, she never saw them again.

She wanted to scream a sream of pure anger and devistation when the nazis left her house and drove away with her family. But she didn't in fear that they would hear her and come back. Suddenly she heard a voice.

"Astrid? Are you still up there?"

"Penny! I'm up here!"

Astrid breathed a sigh of relief, it was Heather's mother! Heather's mum was basically a second mother to her, because their families were very close friends. She scrambled down the rest of the stairs with Stormfly at her heals.

"How did you survive? Did they see you?" Astrid began.

"No, no but it would not have made a difference."

"W-why not?"

"The nazis are after Jews Astrid" Penny continued.

"B-but we aren't Jews!" Astrid said as she began to tear up again.

"I know, but our village is Jewish and the nazis just like to assume" Penny answered then pulled Astrid into a hug.

"But b-ut what will happen to me?"

Penny sighed and hugged Astrid impossibly closer.

"The nazis usually touch blonds, but just to be safe, i'm going to send you on the next train to Canada."

"CANADA!? I thought we were only going to the country!"

"That was so but the nazis recently invaded and its no longer safe, so we've decided to send you away, so your safe."

"We've?"

"Your mother and i were discussing it this morning. Go and pack your things, only a small bag though, you bord the train tonight. "

"But what a-about you! A-and Stormfly?" Astrid mumbled between sobs.

"Don't worry, Stormfly's coming with you. I must stay here."

"B-but P-penny!"

"Now now don't you worry about me, now go pack your things."

Astrid scurried up the stairs and packed her stuff like Penny asked. She grabbed the stuffed bear off her shelf witch her mother had mad for her 5th birthday, her photos of her Heather and her birth family, a few of Stormfly's dog toys and the film and camera that Heather had given her for her 14th birthday. She packed some clothes, pj's and headed down stairs.

"Astrid darling, its time to go."

"Ok i just want to say one last goodbye to Cloudjumper." Astrid said as she jogged out her back door, Stormfly trailing close behind.

"Just be careful, and be bacm in ten minutes"

"Got ya!"

Astrid ran to one of their many apple trees and picked an apple from it, tgen ran to Cloudjumper's stall. She reached out to the old brown stallion and held the apple under his nose. Cloudjumper gladly took the apple from her hand and quickly gulped it down. Astrid gently stroked the long white strip of fur on his muzzle as he gently nipped her long blond hair. She giggled when tge horse licked her chin.

"Cloudjumper stop! That tickles!"

He nuzzled her head as if he knew this was the last time he'd ever see her.

"Cloudjumper, I-i have to go, forever. I'm never coming back." Tears began to leak from her eyelids as she continued " you've always been a good boy and I'll miss you. But were I'm going i'll be safe." She pressed her head against his long nose and she said "I love you Cloudjumper"

Cloudjumper answered with a loving snort and neigh.

"Goodbye"

Cloudjumper neighed and licked her face one last time before she put Stormfly on her leash and sadly walked towards the car witch will commence her next great adventure.