Dear Journal

People always tell me it's hard to start a new journal or diary. You just don't know where to start sometimes. Should you introduce yourself? Write down what you're currently doing? Maybe you should explain where you live? To some people it's easy, they just put words down on paper and begin to write, but others just don't know where to begin their story. Not all of them, obviously, but a majority do.

Luckily for me, I haven't had that problem, or at least not yet. As a newbie writer that wants to become a successful author one day, I try my best to think of where it's best to start my stories. Whenever I have trouble writing, I just sit back for a few minutes, think about my story for a bit, and then get right back to it. I've had tons of journals written to their final pages over the years thanks to this process, so I think I know how to begin one.

I used to have another journal I was writing in before this one, but I threw it out after I found out something that was going to change my life. I found out a while ago that I was moving to Trolberg, and the moment that happened, I ripped out a new blank notebook and began to just write in it.

To anyone who's reading this and doesn't know about Trolberg, well let me fill you in on it. It's a city that was built a long time ago in a troll infested area, and they made walls to keep them out. It's pretty far away from Newport (my hometown) and it's kind of a big deal to tourist because a lot of stuff happens there.

But anyway, enough about that stuff, let me tell you how I actually found out about the move.

I found out about this whole move two days ago during dinner. It happened on a Friday and we were winding down from school and busy finishing our homework at the dining room table. We had spaghetti and meatballs that night with some Pepsi for a drink, and my brother was making a huge mess, as usual.

My babysitter, Lauren, was chatting on the phone with my parents at the time instead of eating the stuff she made for us. Lauren was that kind of girl that you would take one glance at and think she came straight out of a magazine cover. She had long gorgeous blonde hair, with a slim body and pretty face to go with it too. She looked like a typical bully character from T.V show depicting high school girls, but unlike the T.V shows, Lauren was actually really nice and kind to us instead of a huge bully.

So, Lauren was talking to my parents who were out for the night. They weren't there because they were going on a "date", but I now know that they were just getting some paperwork done to confirm that we were leaving Newport and never coming back.

I was just pouring a bottle of Pepsi into my glass when I heard Lauren say something very peculiar.

"You sure you don't want to tell the kids now?" I remember her trying to whisper, "I just don't think it's a good idea to hold off until the last minute."

Her choice of words interested me enough to ask what she was talking about, and after a few failed attempts to hide the truth from me, she spilled the beans.

My brother didn't take the news to well and threw a huge tantrum, but I just shrugged and continued eating my meal in silence. I wasn't all that upset because I already have been to Trolberg a lot. We had friends and family living in there and we went to visit them a bunch of times. I already knew the layout of the city, and all of the activates they did there. So I wasn't really scared at the time about moving.

But after dinner, when I laid in my warm and comfy bed and started thinking about it more, there were a couple of problems that sprang up in my mind. If we moved, that meant I had to say goodbye to all my closet friends. That included Ashly and Nina, who've been my best buddies ever since we were babies. We always did everything together, and if we went away, I would never really see them again. I mean, I knew that even if we moved we could still contact each other by phone, but Trolberg was a pretty long drive away from Newport, and I don't know if their parents would be okay with them going to visit me in a huge place like that.

Another thing that bothered me was that I would have to make new friends over there. Even though I've been to the city a bunch of times, I didn't really know any kids my age that lived there. I never talked to them because they all seemed weird to me. I mean, there weren't crazy or anything, but they just didn't seem like my type. I loved to write and draw and dream of other worlds to explore where adventure and fun never stopped. None of the other kids really liked the things I did though, and I never really liked the things they did either. There were a couple of kids I knew there, but I wasn't close enough to really hang out with them.

Then there was the problem of my brother, oh boy it was going to be tough having him there. My brother has been to Trolberg before, but he never seemed to like it there. He hated everyone except for my grandparents who also lived in the city, and never talked to anyone. Being the only other sibling in the family, I knew my parents would count on me to show my brother around and make him some new friends, the only problem was he had hundreds of friends here, and I knew it was going to be a long time before he found anyone there that fit his style.

Still, even with all of the potential problems, I'm always excited to go somewhere new and fresh. I've lived in Newport for about my whole life, and it would be nice to have a change of scenery. I practically know all the people who live here. It was going to be tough on moving day when I had to say goodbye to everyone and everything here.

But who knows? Maybe something exciting will happen at Trolberg, a place where adventure and fun might never stop. Or at least, I hope so.

So stick around whoever's reading this, because I think I got a lot of future stories to tell.

From a Hopefully Upcoming Author

Lilith Parker

My name (or username) is BrownPizza7, and this is my first time ever uploading a story to fanfic. One of my closest friends recommended that I try it, so I am. For those who come wanting to find an exciting plot and badass characters, this story is definitely not going to be like a pro novel or anything like you expect. It's just going to be a cute little story of this girl living in Trolberg and going on adventures. I hope you all like the first chapter, and I'm writing more as I type this down. If you want to leave a review, be my guest, I would love to hear your thoughts.

So have a good rest of the day, i'm going back to typing my future stories.