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CHAPTER 1

It had been a long eight day journey through the mountains for us all and although we stopped to rest throughout the journey I hadn't slept properly both myself and Maria much to my disagreement took turns in resting while the other kept a lookout at the horizon and the children were tired I could tell that they all needed a good rest. I made it a point to put all of the cash from the various safes I had hidden around in the house in a compartment in my rucksack, it turned out to be a substantial amount of money hopefully enough to get us to America.

We made it to the Swiss border relatively uneventfully albeit tired and hungry but surprisingly there was not too many people around. There was a small town right at the border with a Lovely little abandoned cottage that we used for shelter and rest. I had asked Max a while back if he knew anyone who could falsify some documents for me, he was just dodgy enough to have those kinda of contacts and I had ID for everyone including Maria while I had originally got them for myself and the children as soon as I married my beautiful bride I ordered a set for her as well just in case. I knew the Anchuless was approaching but I didn't realize quite how close it was and now they were after us which made it all the more reason to change our names.

We are no longer the Von Trapps we are now the Hottingers according to our new passports anyway and I had spoken to the children one night about this and it was fine getting the older children to understand but Marta and Gretl were somewhat confused, they understood the danger they were in but didn't quite understand why we had to change our names at all. Leisl, Louisa and Maria changed their hair color and the boys cut theirs.

We stayed in the house for two days before hopping on a train to Paris where I had an old navy friend of mine help us for a few days and a further train to London and there we just had to wait on the boat that was going to take us to America. That's when the impossible happened, we had went for a family dinner one evening trying to keep a low profile and I heard an explosion in London. It couldn't have been a bomb it was not nearly loud enough but the children were screaming and as Leisl, Maria and Myself Gathered the younger ones the first thing I could think of was to grasp as many children as I could and in all of the panic and flurry we all managed to make it outside in one piece which was a miracle in and of itself seeing as everyone was running and we could have been explosions were going off left right and centre as people were lying bleeding on the streets I had to help it turns out a gas main had exploded and caught fire.

"Maria...darling take the children back to the B&B and grab all of their belongings ok?" She shook her head at me and clung to me yet without the children letting go. I glanced at Leisl who was comforting Marta and Brigitta. While the boys held onto Louisa and Gretl as if their lives depended on it.

"I'm not leaving you..." Her eyes were glistening with tears and I saw her knuckles turn white as her grip on my arm tightened even tighter. All of the children looked at us in awe they had never seen us show this much emotion toward one another before.

"You have to...I will be right here waiting for you...I promise..." She shook her head as she allowed the tears to flow freely and kissed me with so much intensity and I returned just as enthusiastically. The children looked away uncomfortably for a moment and allowed us our privacy except for Leisl who was fascinated by this side of me I'm sure and continued to watch us with a strange expression on her face.

"Captain Von Trapp..." I saw a young woman in a dark pair of what appeared to be denim jeans and a jacket made from leather that flowed down to stop just above the ground. She had long dark hair that came to the middle of her back and in that moment she reminded me of my grandmother surprisingly. Except for the fact that she was in no way dressed the way we all were and definitely stuck out like a sore thumb. It then struck me that she called me by my actual name and not the one I was faking.

"It's Mr Hottinger who are you?" All of my family were curious but wary as both myself and Maria blocked the children behind us in a protective stance at the appearance of this stranger before she came a little closer and I straightened my back up ready to get us out of this situation.

"Look I know who you are so quit the pretences ok...come with me I will get you out of here..." I tilted my head to the side and immediately saw flaws in the plan but then a huge house that was on fire exploded right beside us and we all didn't move it was then I saw a blue force protect us and stop the blow from the house blowing us backwards. This has to be the work of black magic there is no other explanation for this girl looked young i mean really young. As I looked around the dome surrounding us I was mesmerised as were the children.

"My name is Natalia and I'm here to help you I promise" she walked over toward an alley and reluctantly we all followed her against my better judgement. It was then I saw something that was not only preposterous but I seriously doubted my sanity. She was standing next to a doorway that didn't have any walls supporting it and then I felt all of the children's hold onto me.

"Father? What is happening?" The younger children were petrified and yet the other children were fascinated as was I come to think of it.

"Ok stop staring look if you stay here and the British Army show up they will find out you're Austrian you will be deported and separated never to see one another again...or worse case scenario Captain they will kill you for betraying them and name you a traitor, you and your family..." She walked toward both Maria and I before placing a hand each in our own and I saw it...all of it in my head and as I pulled away from her and held onto my family with as much strength as I could muster up before turning to this strange girl who in all honesty looked no older than my youngest daughter.

"Where exactly does that door take us?" She smiled an impossibly large smile aimed in my direction before opening it and to me it looked like an empty archway and to be perfectly honest I was ready to book myself into the infirmary.

"This is called the gateway it takes you to a sanctuary and I am going to take you back to my home where I can provide food, clothing, money and most importantly new lives." As this girl spoke Maria grabbed onto my hand and gave me a slight nod to which I excused myself for a moment and went to speak to my family.

"What if she is trying to trick us father?" Leisl

"How can we trust her?" Kurt

"Father it looks scary..." Gretl and Marta said whilst holding on to me. All of these thoughts were floating around in not only my own head as it turned out but my children's too. The only thing I know for certain is that we can't stay here because it seems out future had already been mapped out for us and I couldn't even imagine being separated from my children and Maria all of the air was sucked out of my lungs at the thoughts of never seeing her of kissing her again and I felt sharp pains in my chest as she held onto my hand.

"I know you're scared children but please I do not want to be apart from you...if this girl can help us then so be it." They nodded in agreement with my stern but protective voice. I turned to face the girl who was still standing as she was a second ago.

"So what's the verdict? I mean I'm sticking my neck on the line here so ya in or out?" I swear I don't understand a single thing she says and yet I am about to walk into a scary, slightly wondrous doorway with her and my family. As the sirens got closer all of us instinctively walked closer to the door.

"Natalia what?" If we were going to go hurling into this doorway with a complete stranger who appeared to be a witch then I at least want to know who she was, not that it would do me any good but it was for my own piece of mind.

"Natalia Udinov..." She lifted something from her jacket pocket that looked old and antique...it was a silver ring that was very ostentatious but slid so very easily onto her finger. Before she held her ring free hand out toward me and I reluctantly took it and then held onto my families behind me in order youngest to oldest ending with Leisl holding onto Maria's hand and giving her a reassuring smile as we stepped closer toward the void and she nodded at us.


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