Frost bite was creeping in, making my veins even bluer than before. I look to my right and all I see is a light, a beautiful golden light, a light that warmed up my life, made me feel normal again. I will never forget what happened to me, but what I am going to experience will maybe help others like me. The wounded.

It was a year ago today that my life changed for the worse. My life became that much worse than before, not much but still worse.

But you know what was the worst thing of all, it was 10 years after my life changed yet again. I think that on the 4th November I might just stay in bed and do nothing. Something always happens.

It was the 4th November 2001, I was going about my everyday, wake up, go down stairs and go to school. I was 10 years old. The bell went signalling the end of lunch. As I barged and weaved through the hundreds of 10 year olds in the playground, I knew something wasn't right, I could feel it.

I sat down at my desk next to my usual companions, Amy Flemming and Jacob Smith.

"Ty Borden, go to the front office now!"

As I stood up I hung my head in shame as the class looked on me in shame.

The walk to the front office. The head sat me down.

"Now Ty, your mummy and daddy have gone to heaven, they will be safe and looking after you from up there. Now I want you to go with this woman, she will look after you from now on."

All I could remember from that day was the thought that my life will never be the same again. The last memory of my mother and father was them waving bye to me at the school gate earlier that morning, but I never thought it was going to be forever.

That thought was what nearly cost me my life.

After that day I spent the rest of my life in care. Nobody fostered me because I never spoke, never smiled, never thought good thoughts.

This is what just over 2 years after my parents died that I decided I was going to join the army. I was now 12, I still had 6 years of school ahead of me but after that I would go and fight for my country.

6 years later I was in a camouflaged plane on my way to Afghanistan, leaving my old life behind me, possibly forever. I wasn't going to miss it, my life had been nothing but a disappointment and pile of sadness ever since my parents died just over 8 years ago. It was on the 16th January 2009, I was on the front line about to shoot when just for a second I looked up at the sky and muttered;

"This is for you Mum and Dad!"

All it look was that long for a bomb to be thrown and blow up.

All I remember was being in the back of the plane staring up at the metal shell, as I sat up, there was nothing where my arm used to be, nothing. Just bandaged and massive plasters. I wasn't ready for this I layed back down and just carried on staring.

5 months later I was in rehab learning how to do everyday things with one arm. During that moment of thought a bomb had gone off blowing off my arm. Apparently I was lucky not to lose all my limbs. Its horrible here. All old soldiers who have lost limbs. Some with just an arm or a leg, some with both arms and no legs but for some no arms and no legs. It's amazing to see how the war has ruined to many people's lives.

I wanted to do something, something that would help others in my situation for years to come. I wanted to conquer something that would make my life better and others to.

It was that thought years ago that got my where I am today. Your probably thinking what is he doing, what made him conquer these fears.

Well, at this moment I am battling the odds freezing cold, a light by my side that is guiding me, others around me are doing the same thing. We are in it together.

I am walking across Antarctica, with 6 of my soldiers that have also joined me. We are going to raise money for people like us.

The light to my right, she is my polar mentor, she is amazing, although she only helps with the smallest of things, none of us could this without her, like I said she is our light, our guiding light.

Hi, hope you liked it, this story is going to be about what happened when they went on th trip, hope you liked to please review would like it to be my most successful yet. Please review need to know whether its going to be liked or not, if not I can then improve it to make it successful.

Calamity K

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