"Harry?" My mother looked down on me, I looked away from the store
window. We where taking a trip to see some relatives in down town
London, not far from my uncles home. My father's brother had written
to him saying that he was trying to gather all the old family and to
come if he could. He did not seem to know who I was, but neither of my
parents explained this to me. "Yes Mother?" I looked up; even at my
six year old self I was little for my age. "You seem worried dear?"
I ignored her question and instead took her hand in my own. "Mother, could I go play with those children?" She raised an eyebrow. "You are not hungry?" I followed her eyes to my full plate. I shook my head and she frowned. "Go ask your father." And so I got up from my chair and went to find my father. "Excuse me, pardon me, sorry bout that sir." I pushed my way through the thick crowd and just as I was half way through it I froze.
My blood ran could, not even my quickly beating hart did anything to help. There in front of me was my uncle, with his ugly purple face. I did not look to see if ether of my parents where coming to save me. I only ran, ran to the safest place in my mind; an old ally I had once used to hid from that very man. Only once I had calmed my breath did I notice other children in the ally's shadows. A young girl was the first to come forward; she lost her scowl soon after she saw me. "Harry?" I nodded and very softly spoke -one reason was my breath was still not calm but the other was my mind did not believe my eyes nor eyes-. "Alexandra?"
The next moment two arms where flung around my body. "Oh I thought he killed you Harry." She whimpered into my shirt. Suddenly she looked me over and called O.K to everyone. They came out looked me with the same summing-up eyes and went back to there business. Alexandra and I found a corner, and I told her every thing; from when I had left to the reason I had ran here. She sighed a glossy look crossing over her chestnut eyes. She pushed her golden red hair from her eyes and smiled. "You got away then?" I nodded. "But the problem Alex is I forget how to go behind that restaurant and I don't want my uncle to see me." A mischievous smile replaced her once angelic one. "I'll help." She pulled me up by my arm and ran to the ending of the ally.
I ignored her question and instead took her hand in my own. "Mother, could I go play with those children?" She raised an eyebrow. "You are not hungry?" I followed her eyes to my full plate. I shook my head and she frowned. "Go ask your father." And so I got up from my chair and went to find my father. "Excuse me, pardon me, sorry bout that sir." I pushed my way through the thick crowd and just as I was half way through it I froze.
My blood ran could, not even my quickly beating hart did anything to help. There in front of me was my uncle, with his ugly purple face. I did not look to see if ether of my parents where coming to save me. I only ran, ran to the safest place in my mind; an old ally I had once used to hid from that very man. Only once I had calmed my breath did I notice other children in the ally's shadows. A young girl was the first to come forward; she lost her scowl soon after she saw me. "Harry?" I nodded and very softly spoke -one reason was my breath was still not calm but the other was my mind did not believe my eyes nor eyes-. "Alexandra?"
The next moment two arms where flung around my body. "Oh I thought he killed you Harry." She whimpered into my shirt. Suddenly she looked me over and called O.K to everyone. They came out looked me with the same summing-up eyes and went back to there business. Alexandra and I found a corner, and I told her every thing; from when I had left to the reason I had ran here. She sighed a glossy look crossing over her chestnut eyes. She pushed her golden red hair from her eyes and smiled. "You got away then?" I nodded. "But the problem Alex is I forget how to go behind that restaurant and I don't want my uncle to see me." A mischievous smile replaced her once angelic one. "I'll help." She pulled me up by my arm and ran to the ending of the ally.