2) The Escape

Later on that night Asia watched the clock and decided it was time.

"Wake up Caitlin!" Caitlin heard Asia whisper in her ear.

"Wha…" Caitlin replies. Thinking only of how much she would like to go back to sleep.

"Caitlin! Come on now! We have to hurry."

"For what Caitlin responds?" clearly not thinking. Asia gives her a shocked face Oh right! Caitlin suddenly remembered. While jumping out of bed and quickly pulling on a pair of jeans.

"How could I forget?" Caitlin mutters under her breath. When shoving on a battered shirt, Caitlin wrenched her arm to her side and tightly squeezed her eyes from the pain. From head to toe Caitlin was covered in bruises, even her face was black and purple. Trying to ignore the pain, she just kept thinking of her plan.

Tonight was the night; Caitlin was going to escape from her dreadful so called "home". Along time ago, when she was eleven she received a letter from Hogwarts, but up till now she never thought much of it. Last week she had received her sixth letter from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and she had been devising a plan to escape all week. Caitlin's foster parents had sent her to an all year boarding school, and she had only seen them once in the six years she had spent there. They clearly did not care and forgot all about her, while thinking about this Caitlin failed to notice Asia's face go limp.

"What?" Caitlin hisses at her. After listing to the eerie silence build up.

"Strong," she hears Asia spit out.

"No!" Caitlin looks at her, and moves towards the window to see for herself. Dang he was patrolling the grounds tonight.

Mr. Strong was the foulest teacher at St. Mary's. Mr. Strong always had a frown on his face, and he was especially mean towards Caitlin because of the events that had taken place last year. While snapping out of her trance, Caitlin's brain started zipping out ideas of how to get past him, and she finally decided go through with one of them. Caitlin started packing all of her stuff that was very special to her including her real mother's necklace and her father's SPECIAL cloak. She had not taken out the two very special things in a long time and put both of them on. She had never worn her father's cloak, but when she pulled it on; her whole body disappeared! Starting to freak out she pulled it off and started gapping at it. She stared at it for awhile and couldn't quite believe it. Could it be that when ever she put it on that she went invisible? She asked herself that many times, while pondering the question. She took one last look at it and ran over to Asia to tell her it was time to go. Asia rushed towards the room's door and signaled down the hall that it was time to Philomena.

"Asia," Caitlin hesitates then finishes "thank you; I could never have done this without you."

"Yeah, I know" she heard Asia say "but just remember to write to me; and tell me how things are going for you at…" Asia suddenly stopped at what she was saying, and had a confused look on her face. Caitlin knew she never told anybody about where she was going. So she just waited for Asia to finish. When she finally did she gave her a necklace that said "Best Friends Forever" that had one bear saying best and part of forever. While staring at it Caitlin quickly put it on and thanked her. Caitlin hugged Asia and exited through the door with all of her stuff. She walked a few paces then stopped to give Philomena the "ok" sign. After she gave the sign, she made sure no on could see her; she pulled her father's cloak on and disappeared. Running now at a fast pace she turned the corner and headed to the main entrance. She knew that the door always remained open because of the late teachers arriving and leaving so she knew she could get a good get away. She reached the entrance and looked around; slowly taking the few steps to the door she twisted the handle and opened it. Fresh air whizzed past her, making your hair fly all around. Hoping that all she was going to have to do was take long strides and walk away from the school. Her heart suddenly lifted. While taking the few steps away from the school she unexpectedly heard two voices, Caitlin started to run and after 2o minuets of running as fast as she could she felt better and knew she would never have to see that dreaded school again. Caitlin took off her fathers cloak and hastily shoved it into her bag, while still walking not knowing where she was going.

After days of walking from the school she came to a small neighborhood, with houses looking all the same. She tried to keep walking but suddenly collapsed to the ground and fell into a dreamful sleep. Hours past, and Caitlin finally started to come around. However before she opened her eyes she overheard voices talking right above her.

"Is she ok?" Caitlin heard a woman's voice. "She is covered in bruises all over what has happened to her?"

"I don't know here let's get her to the castle and quick." Another voice stated.

"You know she shouldn't be out here all alone like this," the women's voice murmured again.

"I know, but… look her trunk; she must have walked miles from her school."

Caitlin's heart pounded very hard now, how did they know that she left St. Mary's, after listening to the strangers talk. Caitlin felt big hands pick her up and before she realized what was happening she passed out once again.