"Come on dear its time to leave " I don,t want to go replyed Cristine farther why do we always have to leave I am happy hear I have a good school, food is just right and I have friends here "im very sorry dear but you no we are not as well of I don,t have enough money to keep use going and now we don,t have any at all I have been given a unfair dismissal from the factory so its of to Italy for us I have Luckily looked more at your mother will and we shall be staying at her home there Cristine looked disappointed for this was not the first time they had moved don,t treat pet said mark Cristine,s farther . " we will start a new life a better one wouldn,t that be better ",
yes I suppose replyed a rather displeased Cristine. "Now we better go to port to catch the ship other wise we will be stuck here". so mark and Cristine webbinton set out to port to catch a ship to Italy they would be spending the night on the ship to Italy Cristine did not like the ocean for the last time she when on a boat out the ocean was where they sprinkled her mothers ashes she remembered this when she took her first steps on the plank and to wards the ship she rubbed her hand on the Bannister of the ship as a tear rolled down her cheek remembering her mothers death
the year was 1900 when her mother died it had been a year since she had died of cancer of the lungs . she was a lovely and caring person to friends and family and everybody felt a deep lost when she pasted away time stood still when Cristine though about her mother but there her farther saw the tears falling down he,s daughters face and as that accrued he also remembered hes lovely wife and her deep absents until he snapped out of it and said that Cristine could explore the ship if she liked and that there room was number 28 and if she got lost go and stay right where she was which was at the front of the deck in if your not back in an hour I will meet there with that he left her she started to gaze at the sea as the ship pulled away from port leaving her happy life for a most complicated one in Italy . she remembered a song that her mother used to sing to her before she fell a sleep it was about a woodpecker singing to the moon but it ended don,t look at the shadows don,t look at the shadows when you no what's there it will be to late.
to this day she still didn't no what it meant so Cristine slowly walked along the deck thinking what it would be like to live in Italy different sites, different cultures but she still wanted to stay in England . she rumbed her hand up the side rail of the ship wishing hoping for a way to turn back time and make sure her mother would have survived and she could find some way to help her pay for an operation that could of speared her life sadly there was no way to twist back in time so cristine carried on walking along the ship suddenly and with out warning she saw something in the shadows a demon dog of some sort it started to snarl at her then as she looked closer she could see that its eyes was a deadly shade of deep blood red a sere sign of evil she screamed and ran for her life Cristine ran faster and faster and could hear it chasing her she rang straight to room 28 and banged on the door she could see the beast still running after her then suddenly her farther opened the door and pulled her in and asked her why she was screaming cristine was so scared that she pointed along shaking finger at the window across the hall but the beast who had chased her to her room was gone
cristine,s farther looked at her solemnly your mind must be playing tricks on you dear but it wasn't for we all know that happened and it was a real as real could get not wanting to frighten her farther she smiled at him and they both when down to the small dining hall to have some dinner. Cristine walked sadly to the hall because her farther didn't believe her or was it he choose not to believe it . so there they was Cristine and her farther mark sitting in the small diner hall barely even saying a word slowly eating there diner and drinking some water it was as if time stood still. "not hungry dear " said mark no farther replied Cristine playing with her food may I be exusted yes dear so Cristine slowly walked across the hall up the stairs though the doors and before she knew it she was standing in front of the window where she showed her farther where the beast was as she look out into the deep dark shadows it happened no not again Cristine screamed it was running towards her the beast the lights was flickering on and off as it but one huge paw in front the other its eyes still that deadly shade of red its teeth and dirty shade of sickly yellow its was as black as a panther as the night sky as if it had been sucked in the very center of a black hole claws 5 inches long and as sharp look in as chainsaws it looked at her and kept walking on never taking its eyes off her and then it started clawing at the walls and growled and howled at her Cristine was frozen still paralyzed with fear and then it vanished in to thin air its was like it was some kind of evil dog with demonic powers.
The second it disappeared Cristine couldn't stop screaming. Until the captain came into the hall way and gasped oh my god ness who put you up to this then was it the cleaner Richard he just loves me to find my ship not at ship shape Barbara the cook Jonathon the deck boy I mean who's put you up to this hay Cristine was scared at what the captain was saying to her then she looked at the walls and saw hundreds upon hundreds of claw marks on the walls there was wall paper torn to pieces it wasn't Cristine who had done this it was the beast but the captain didn't no that he when on going on and on naming the crew and who could have made her damage the walls in such and monstrous way Cristine froze when she looked out the window to find the demon dog out side she screamed and told the captain the demon dog did it "look there he is" the captain look around but as this evil dog liked to do it disappeared I don,t no what the devil your doing with your messing up walls and lying about demon dogs but rest assure its going to end now come with me . captain Albert nocks a 47 year old man who is as bald as a freshly plucked chicken who's wife ran off with the local milkman by this information so far you can tell he is not exactly a hit with the ladies as a result of that he has a chip on his shoulder and has a crude sense of humour. Who enjoys nothing more on the weekend that to sit in hes office and drink whiskey Cristine walked to the captains office the office was painted and sickly sour green and smelled of whisky and gone off pickles on the walls off the office was loads of photos framed of animals it was a very weird place for a 13 year old girl to be after she did nothing wrong she sat down and the captain started to talk well well well what are we gonna do with you that's criminal damage that is
"yes but I didn't do it "said Cristine quickly well who did then the phantom dogs you keep going on about replied the captain in a sarcastic way Cristine just sighed bared her teeth and clearly said yes "that's right" the captain just laughed at her and then Cristine had an evil though she wished the captain did see the demon dog and the demon dog would eat him and with that Cristine smiled what's that your smiling about then girl oh nothing captain " Cristine said sarcastically can I go now" she said getting oh no you can't someone has to pay for those messed up wall and its coming out of your own pocket "how much" replied Cristine getting annoyed at getting blame to right to it was the beast not her who did the damage but as you can tell the captain didn't believe her it will be £60 "but I can't afford it and neither can my farther" well I guess you can wash up then what "do the dishes mop the floors that kind off thing" but its all ready 9pm and I have to go to bed in an hour then I suggest you hurry with that Cristine got to work in the kitchen Cristine ran back to her room number 28 at 10.30 pm half an hour later than she was expected home don,t worry dear the captain told me why you might be a bit late "yes" said Cristine exulted im going to go to bed now night dad "night" said mark and with that Cristine got changed and when to bed not aware that out side her window the demon dog was still watching her watching with those big red evil eyes. come on come on get your stuff together we have not made port yet but its good to get ready only 3 hours and counting to we get to Italy move move move .
Cristine opened her eyes hazily she was still not too happy about living in Italy but for her farther she made one of her dazzling smiles just for him . she got up got dressed and asked to see the boat one last time off cause mark said yes so she set of to explore one very last time she grabbed her photograph book and ran to the side view deck and sat down and started to look though it there was her mother her farther many other lovely photos including the photo of her 12th birthday party there was all her friends in it her family and in it was a boy called Eddie he was smart good looking and I think its safe to say Cristine had a big huge giant crush on him from work go after the party talking to her mates it was all Eddie this and Eddie that and when he did that thing it was so funny one of the mates sally I believe shouted to her why don,t you just marry him already but instead of laughing she merely blushed then Cristine turned the pages page upon page of photos finally there was her and her mother sitting in the front room drinking tea and eating cakes days after the photograph was taken Cristine found out her mother was starting to get ill then on afterwards there first came the hospital visits and then the regular visits and then its was like not going to the hospital was odd but Cristine know ed well in her mind every day could be the day her mother died so she was well prepared for her death but nothing can really prepared you for the loss of a loved one Cristine shut the photo album at the sound of the horn meaning they would soon be at Italy then there was a big gust of wind and her favorite photo the one of her and her mother flew half way across the ship. She quickly ran after it she stamped on it as it hit the deck hard lucky she didn't damage the photo she put it back in the photo album and slowly walked over the west side of the ship rubbing her hand on the railing as she walked people say change if a good thing and adventure but some people don,t really think change is for the better like Cristine because of change her mum died and she's leaving the country for matters that are not her thought so you see change isn't always for the best
well that's what Cristine thought anyway "Cristine Cristine come on now its time to go ad taking her fathers hand they walked down, down the wooden plank and on to Italian land the second Cristine took her first steps in Italy she saw the same evil black demon dog staring at her "dad, dad" she shouted look over there by the time he looked the demon dog had gone "come on love no more funny business here please" Cristine sadly nodded at her fathers request. There rode in a dusty old truck all the way to a block of one floored houses almost like a slum the sight of the house made Cristine,s skin crawl the curtains was a musky shade of yellow and out side was green chipped away paint the door looked as if it had been kicked in and had many cracks in it so many in fact if you looked close enough you could see in to the rooms.