"But lottie do you have to go for the whole summer?" my best friend hannah moaned to me as i packed my things in to a case, "it's not like i have a choice, my mum said i have to spend time with my uncle this summer, apperently he owns this big esstate and manor, i think she called it moonacre... anyway it's in the middel of the country, do you know how boring that is going to be?" i complained, i didn't want to spend quality time with my uncle Sir Benjamen merryweather, i don't even know him and and i'm way more of a city girl then a country lass, "well you never know their may be some hot country boys down their, okay now im jealouse" hannah laughed, i rolled my eyes at her as i did up my case, and took it out to the hall, "so do i get a goodbye hug?" i asked and held my hands out wide for her, "i'll call you when i get board, so you better pick up" i smirked at her, "and you can beg me to visit" she laughed i rolled my eyes and jumpped into my mums rangerover, before she drove me to the station.
I felt like i was on the hogwarts express, this train was not electric, no it was steam powered, i mean everything in london is electric, i shook my head and jumpped on to the train after saying my good bye's to mum, it took about three hours before i got to my stop and let me tell you i wasn't sure if i had been on the right train, the train station looked like the one out of the film, the lion the witch and the wardrobe, and was compleatly deserted, "well know what?" i asked my self, this was just plain annoying i thought i was ment to be picked up and if not i could of at least got a taxi, as i dragged my bags onto the edge of the dirt road i heard the sound of hooves, slowly turning round i came face to face with a horse and carriage.
The thing looked centurys old and im just talking about the horse, the carriage was a dark brown wood and had agreen paint peeling off of it, im sure when it was brand new it must of been grand but i was a little scared to go near it in case it feel to pieces, "you'd be miss lottie then?" a rich country accent said, i spun round and looked at the man getting off the top of the coach, "um yeah just call me lottie, miss sounds like a teacher" i smiled a little being sick of teachers, i had just turned sixteen and had finished school so i was up for getting some good rest. "of course mam,my name be digweed, let me get you'r bags, while you get in the carriage" the man smiled showing the little teeth he had, digweed was quiet short and a little bulkey but seemed to have a nice personality, he was dressed in an old fashion over coat and slackes, all off his cloths had patches where he had tried to mend them, don't they have a decent clothes shop around here?
I hopped in to the carriage and sat down on the moth eaten leather seat, after digweed, loaded all my bags into the carriage he closed the door and we set off, on one of the most uncomfortable journeys of my life. I was trashed around the cariage in every direction as the wheels hit pot hole's and dents in the road, after three hours i was pretty sure i had some large bruises if not broken bones and was realeved when the carriage came to a stop, even if i did go flying out of my seat, again.
I brushed the dust off my skinnie jeans and straightened my denim jacket, i quicky pushed my long brown hair behind my ears and leaned out of the window, but there was no manor only a large wall with a large metal gate, moonacre boundries, mum had told me it stretched around the entire way around the vally, keeping the unwanted out.
Digweed jumped off the coach and pulled a large hoop of keys out of his pocket as he walked towards the large gate, i pushed my self further out of the window so i could see what he was doing, i used my hips against the door to keep my balence as i lent my forarms above my head on the frame, i rolled my eyes after digweed tried the third key out of a thousand, "we are going to be here a while" i groaned.
Suddenly two large gloved hands grabbed my wrist's and pulled me upwards and half out of the window, my back hit a strong chest and i let out a scream, in seconds he put poth my wrist's into one of his hands and shoved his other into the front pocket of my skinnie jeans, "GET OFF ME YOU PERVERT!" i yelled loudly yanking one of my wrists out of his grip and shoving my elbow into his gut, obviously winding him, he droped my other wirst and my feet dropped back onto the coach floor, but before i could get into the carriage compleatly a hand grabbed my hair pulling my head back, i let out another yelp as i saw the boy maby a year or two older then me glair down at me, he had dark brown curly hair that he kept under a bowler hat, across the middel of his face and nose he had a black bit of material as if he was trying to mask his identity, but to be honest i think i found him pretty hot, well if he wasn't attacking me. I continued to struggel agaist his grip as i shoved my hand into my back pocket, and pulled out a pen knife my mother had gave me, i flicked it open and slashed it across the hand of my attacker, he let out a yell and let me go, but i wasn't finished, as he leaned over the carriage to grab me again, i yanked onto his shoulders and sent him flying off the rooth of the coach and landing with a great thump onto the floor.
I let out a sigh and turned round to see another teenager hanging upside down trying to grab my arm, "you think your batman or somthing?" i asked and slammed my fist into his face, there was a nasty crack and i knew i had broken his nose, he lost his balence and fell off the top of the coach landing like the first one with a thud.
The coach learched forward and i leaned out the window to see digweed had jumpped back on and was driving away, "oh thanks for the help" i murmured to myself we whent through the gate and the boys chased behind us except digweed pulled a long chain and the gate came tumbeling down missing the attackers by millimeters and leaving the trapped on the out side, they slammed their palms on the gate and the curly haired one let out a yell as i smirked at him, i quickly blew him a kiss and dropped back into the carriage, "and that was the end of your inflight entertainment, enjoy the rest of your journey" i said to my self, yep i had offically gone crazy.