A/N: if you hadn't noticed, this story has no title. I cannot think of one. I really need help with it. Please either review or email me if you have any ideas. Please?
CHAPTER 1- The Crossing
In all my life I never thought I would ever become a newsie. I was raised to be prim and proper by my parents Mary and Peter Orlesworth. They had grown up, married, had me, and lived happily in England their whole lives. But then they opportunity to go to America came up. It didn't take us long to decide that America was perfect for us. We hopped on the next ship to the land of opportunity and we were on our way. Unfortunately, the ship did not make it to America. It was blown off course, and ran across a large, sharp rock that was jutting out of the water much farther from land then it should have. The captain overcorrected the ship and shot us deeper into the ocean before he realized that that would condemn us all to death. The ship went down. Very few survived. I was one of the lucky ones who lived. When we heard that the ship was going down, I stripped off all of my heavy petticoats and corsets and grabbed only what would be useful. Why didn't I try to save my parents? I did. Dear God I did. But I got separated from them. We were running down the hall with just about everyone grabbed me and started carrying me. Before I came to my senses and looked back for my parents, they were nowhere to be seen. The person who had been carrying me threw me into one of the lifeboats. I looked back at him and realized that it was my father. I was overjoyed to find out that he was okay, but as he started to lower the lifeboat into the water as he stood on the deck of the ship, I knew that he meant to leave me. I started to cry but got a brutal wake up call when I realized that I was the oldest one in the boat. I looked around at the other passengers to determine that most of them had to be between the ages of three and eleven. I myself was sixteen. They all looked at me with huge, sad, crying eyes and I knew that they had been through the same thing as me. A fishing boat finally found us and brought us back to our original destination. New York City.
A/N: wow that was short. The chapters do get longer I promise. But this one just kind of gives a little history before we start the actual story. If you don't understand the first sentence, just keep reading and you'll get it as the chapters go on. Please R&R!
~Scout and my muses~