The only thing I had were the clothes on my back. I didn't know why I left, other than the fact that I felt I had to. The mundanity of life was affecting me and some days I couldn't even face the world. When I realized that sad fact, I decided to leave. The world back home held nothing for me. But here, sitting on this train, I could go anywhere.

"Oh excuse me uh Miss?" said a high pitched voice. I looked over at where the voice came from and saw a small, skinny man with messy blue hair and red cat-like eyes. he wore a black and red checkered sweatervest with a yellow collar and blue jeans.

"Hi! Terrible sorry to bother you and all but I have a quick question for you." He got up from his seat and walked so he was facing me.

"It's now 10:00am on June 10th, right?"

I looked at his inquisitive face and answered 'Yep!"

"I was right! Oh good!" he sighed and spoke again. "This watch of mine, it gets thrown off really easily sometimes!" and with that he just sat right in front of me. I suppose I didn't mind, but I'm also not used to being approached so easily by strangers.

"What's your name?" He asked.

"Uh.. it's Erica."

"Well, that's a fantastically great name! And so cute too!"

"So Erica, where are you going."

"Oh some town called Fairton."

"Huh I've actually never heard of Fairton. Let me find a map real quick...ah maybe this is it right here?"

I looked at the map that laid before me. There was a continuous beach that ran from the top right all the way around. A river separated the top half from the bottom half. The bottom was shaped more like a crescent. On the top left hand side of the bottom half was a house and a path down to the beach. Going around the crescent towards the right, central side was another house and another path to the beach. Above that house was one bridge. The top half was shaped like a large square with a little pot handle sticking out the left hand side. At the top central there was the station and train tracks. On the left, pan handle side were two houses; on at the very tip of the pan handle, and the other a bit more inland surrounded by two ponds. In the top half square was a house towards the river, a shop next to the house and a pond next to the shop, a large cement square in the top right, and another building that lay next to it, with a pond right behind it.

"Yeah, here is where I'm going."

"Ah fantastic! So do you get to go to Fairton very often?"

"I don't remember." It seemed like I had been to this place, but as I tried to think of it, I couldn't come up with an accurate answer.

"What?! Really?! Umm...What are you going there for?"

"I'm moving"

"You don't remember how often you've been to Fairton, but you decided to move there? That's just weird! Perhaps some mysterious power is guiding you or something…"

I chuckled. "Yea, probably."

"So you've got that strange feeling too, Erica? There has got to be some connection! What could await you in this new town? Just thinking about it is enough to make my heart race! Erica, I'm sure you're gonna find something great in Fairton!"

Hearing these strangers' words of confidence made me feel alright, like this was what I was supposed to be doing.

"Oh, hey! Looks like we're about to arrive in Fairton. Thanks for chatting with me! It's been a long time since I've enjoyed a train ride this much! Come to think of it, I've been riding the rails an awful lot again lately. Haven't done this much traveling since 2002 or so...Man, that's weird. Ok, good luck, Erica! Bye-bye!"

I nodded at this stranger and secretly thanked him for his eccentric kindness. I got out of my seat, straightened up my blue shirt with a white A on it, and made my way towards the door. The door creaked open and confidently, I stepped forwards.