On the night of October 4th 1984 a young baby girl was born her name was Sasha. She was not born into a noble or wealthy family or a poor family. She was born into an average run of the mill family. She was the first child of the couple and so her parents were very happy. The family moved from town to town. Not because they did any thing oh no the family just wanted to experience everything. It was not until Sasha was 5 when her father proudly announced "Sasha you are no longer to be an only child your mother is pregnant" Sasha was happy but also scared. One night about a month after being told her mother was pregnant Sasha went up to her mother while she was reading and said "Oh mama I am truly happy to have a younger sibling but does that mean you will not love me as much?" "Oh silly child. I will love you the same amount as I love you now and even more. No matter what happens my love is unconditional" replied her mother with a laugh. So Sasha thought no more of it until 8 months later.

Sasha was awoken with a shake and saw her father standing above her with a giant smile on his face and said "Sasha darling you are now an older sister to a young wee bonnie girl" Sasha jumped out of bed and ran into her parents room and saw her mother lying in bed smiling if not beaming with happiness. Sasha rushed forward to the bed and opened her mouth to say something when her mother raised her finger to her lips to say quiet. "What is the baby's name mother?" asked Sasha in a hushed voice. "Her name is Rachelle" her mother whispered. Sasha stared at the baby and turned to her father who had just walked in and said "The baby doesn't have much hair" the father chuckled and said "Well Sasha babies are not born with full set of hair they grow in time just like the baby." Sasha stared sheepishly at the floor before asking "May I please hold the baby?" her parents looked at each other and nodded agreeing as long as she sat down. Sasha's mother placed Rachelle in Sasha's arms and Sasha looked down and stared into two large almond shape eyes. The moment lasted only a few short seconds before Rachelle burst into tears. Sasha didn't know what to do as she had never held a baby before she turned to her parents all worried but they just smiled and took Rachelle out of her arms and rocked her to sleep.

Time flew bye and when Rachelle was 8 the family told Sasha that they would be sending her to school over the seas so that she could get a better education. Sasha was scared but in order to make her parents proud she went. The new school Sasha went to was an all girl's school and was completely different to her old school. It took Sasha awhile to adjust but she eventually meets a really nice person called Eliza she was a couple of months older but they got along well. Eliza was in the same situation as Sasha so they were able to manage well. At school Eliza and Sasha didn't really hang out much as they had other friends there and that didn't matter much because they lived in the same house as each other as they were boarders at the school. It took Sasha awhile to adjust living without her parents and having to share a room with others. Coming from a different country meant that people had different opinions of Sera but she didn't care, she was at school for a reason and did not mind too much about looking different from everyone else. One day a new girl came her name was Penelope. At first Eliza and Penelope seemed closer to Sasha and Sasha was quite upset but then one day don't ask me how but Penelope "fell in love" she feel in love with a poor boy who went to a orphan school. Penelope kept on talking about him that it drove Eliza crazy. Sasha understood how she felt as in her hometown her best friend went through that. Sasha and Eliza tried to convince Penelope that the boy she was in love with didn't love her and that he was just toying with her heart. It also didn't help that he was about to become a man and move out into the world where as Penelope had many more years till she reached adulthood. Eliza and Sasha fixed there friendship and became really close again. Penelope on thee other hand seemed to push them farther and farther away.

Eliza and Sasha didn't want to stop being Penelope's friend but she was too stubborn and would make up strange excuses for not wanting to hang out. This just pushed the three further away from each other. In the summer holidays when every one had gone home as well as Sasha she had a huge fight with her mother. The reason for the fight was a very strange one and that was because her mother wanted Sasha to get a dress that she believed looked lovely on her where as Sasha thought it looked awful and knew she would only wear it once. Her mother was angry at her for the whole day that she even stopped Sasha from writing to her friend Eliza by taking away her pen. Sasha was frustrated and annoyed because Sasha was very self conciseness and knew that she wasn't a very thin person but found it frustrating that her mother had used it against her. Sasha was sorry for blowing up at her mother in the shop but it was still frustrating that her own mother had done that. It was partly Sasha's fault as she did not tell her mother that at school she was different because of physical characteristics or that her "so called friend" had told her not to break the stairs. The only way Sasha's got through it was by talking to Eliza. Sasha and her mother eventually made up and they enjoyed the last few days of the summer break.

When it was time to board the boat to go back to her school Sasha felt a deep reluctance in her heart because she knew she would not see her family for yet another ten weeks but the good thing was she was going to see Eliza. The boat ride took three days to get to her school and so in order to pass time Sasha read her school books and talked with some of the other passengers. On the second day she noticed a strange man watching her. She thought that he might just be strange in the head and left it at that but later that evening when she was in her cabin she heard a tapping noise on her window. She looked through the porthole and saw the strange man. She asked who it was and all she got was an eerie moan in reply. She was so scared she got a chair and put it under the door handle and locked herself in the bathroom. She sat by the door shaking and she heard the door handle rattling followed by the door being swung open. Sasha sooo scared that she started to cry. The man started shouting for her to come out but Sasha stayed in her place shaking. The man tried to open the door to no avail Sasha screamed for him to go away and after about ten minutes he finally left in his drunken state. Sasha was too scared to leave the bathroom so she curled up into the foetal position and fell asleep. Sasha was awoken the next day by one of the sailors who banged on the door as he had walked past the door and had seen it had been forced open and the room a mess. Sasha relayed the story to him and the sailor went to look for the man. The sailor returned an hour later saying he could not find the person Sasha felt relieved, worried but mostly scared as she heard the man tell her. She thanked him for bothering to look. So Sasha enjoyed the rest of her day but still kept a vigilant eye on her surroundings. Sasha went to sleep that night relatively easy that night. That night the shipped rolled over the high seas as they entered a storm. Sasha tossed and turned that night due to the ship rocking from side to side. When Sasha awoke the next day it was because the ship had just landed into the dock. Sasha quickly got out of bed and dressed as well as washed in world speed record.

Sasha stared over the rail and looked into the port and saw her grandparents standing there waving. Sasha grabbed her suitcase and practically flew down the stairs. Her grandparents smothered her with kisses and hugs before climbing into their black carriage. Sasha told her grandparents of her joyous holidays apart from the mishap she had on the boat. When she got to her grandparents house she noticed there was something odd but didn't ask. She walked into her room and the door slammed shut yet there was no wind. Sasha walked to her door and tried to push it open yet she couldn't. She called out to her grandparents to move what ever was holding the door shut. when she pressed her ear against the door she heard a gruff voice say "Thou ist never to see thy grandparents again" followed by a maniac laugh. Sasha screamed at the door at the door to no avail. She ran from the end of her room to the door and was able to break the door down. She looked up and was just able to catch a glimpse of the man and then she realized it was...the man from the ship. TO BE CONTINUED