Chapter 1: Train Ride

I ran down the streets trying to get away, but they were gaining on me. I ran through crowds of people and finally lost them. I found myself at the train yard, and ran through the gates and jumped on the train. I had no clue where I was heading, but I was glad that I was getting out of Washington. I had a bad past there, one with many enemies, that I did not like to talk about. Let me introduce myself, my name is Andrea Juniper. I am 17 years old and have been on my own since I was 13. I was born in California but I moved to Washington soon after both my parents died in a fire. I am 5'9 and I have blonde hair and blue eyes, part of my Swedish heritage. I thought about my parents as the train started to move and drifted into a deep sleep with many nightmares.

                I awoke just as the sun was coming up and I looked outside. We were in the country, and still moving at full speed. I went and sat back down and then noticed a figure on the other side of the car. The figure came into the light and I noticed it as a boy of about 15.

"Hi, how long ya been here?" I asked him.

"I jumped on in Wyoming, I saw ya sleeping and didn't want to disturb ya," the boy said to her.

"Well ya didn't. What's ya name kid?"

"I'm Austin. What's yours?"

"Andrea, do you know where we're headin'?"

"Nah, I know its east though."

"Right, well Austin wanna play a game of war?" Andrea said while pulling out her cards.

"Sure, why not."

So the two played cards for most of the train ride and they both fell asleep again, but were awoken by the screeching of the train's wheels.

"Where do you think we are?" Austin asked Andrea.

"I'm not sure, but we better hop off now or we are going to get caught," she said.

They both hopped off the train, Andrea making it look easy but Austin falling as he jumped. She laughed and he just shook it off, and they began walking towards the city that they would call their new home.