Sophia POV
The germen bombers appeared. They started dropping bombs on the houses. "Edmund get away from there! Peter! Sophia!" I heard mother's voice. I ran over to the living room with Peter and saw Mum grabbing Edmund's arm, who was looking out the window.

"What do you think you're doing?!" Mum asked Ed and then turned to me and my twin. "Peter, Sophia, quickly, the shelter now!" She said. "Come on, Ed," I said as I grabbed Ed's hand and we all ran out the house to the shelter.

Ed got out of my grip and turned around back to the house. "Wait! Dad!" He said as he ran back. "Ed!" I called and was about to go after him but Peter stopped me. "Edmund! No!" Mum called as well.

"I'll get him!" Peter said and ran after Ed. "Peter! Come back!" Mum called and I pulled my sisters inside the shelter. Susan and Lucy sat together and I sat between them and wrapped my arms around them.

A minute later, Ed came flying through the door and Peter came running in after him. Edmund fell down on the bed in the middle of the floor. "Why can't you think of anyone but yourself?! You're so selfish! You could've got up killed!" Peter yelled.

"Stop it," Mum said as she sat down with Ed, she wrapped her arms tightly around him. "Why can't you ever do as you're told?" Peter asked. Edmund didn't gave an answer. Peter turned around and shut the shelter door.

...

Mum sent us travelling with the rest of the children, to live in the country where we could be safe. The morning that we were supposed to leave I had ever seen the train station this packed before. There was soldiers and I spotted Edmund looking around to see maybe our father was among them but I know he wasn't.

We all gathered together around Mum as she placed our labels of where we would be staying on our jackets. I stood between Lucy and Peter. Mum helped Lucy with her label and made sure she was warm enough.

"If dad was here, he wouldn't make us go," Edmund said. "If dad were here, the war would be over and we wouldn't have to go," Peter said. I wrapped my arm around Lucy and she leaned into me as she clutching her teddy bear closer to her chest.

"You will listen to your brother, won't you Edmund?" Mum asked. He didn't answer. Mum stood up and tried to pull him to a hug but he leaned away so she kissed him on the head before turning to look at the rest of us.

She went to Peter who was standing next to Edmund. She pulled him into a tight hug which he returned. "Promise me you will look after the others," Mum said. "I will mum," Peter replied.

Mum pulled away and looked at him. She smiled a little. "Good man," She said. Then Mum turned to me. She pulled me to a tight hug. "Be a big girl. They'll need you more than ever now," She said. She pulled away and I nodded my head and smiled weakly as a few tears were running down my face.

She looked at Susan and walked over to her. "Oh, Susan," Mum said as she pulled her to a hug. Susan's eyes were slightly red but so was mine. "Be a big girl," Mum said to her and they pulled away. Susan nodded.

Mum stepped back and looked at all of us one more time. "Alright. Off you go," She said. We picked up our cases and headed towards the train. I was behind Edmund, who was being dragged along by Susan. "I know how to get on a train," He said but Susan ignored him. I looked back at Lucy, who was holding Peter's hand.

They checked our tags and then asked for our tickets. I looked at Peter, who had our tickets to see he was distracted by something. I noticed the woman was repeatedly asking for our tickets so I took it from him and handed them to her and we walked towards the train. I followed the other two but kept glancing back to make sure Lucy and Peter weren't far behind.

Lucy was looking around. I guessed she was looking for mum. Peter stopped and talked to her, they walked over to me. Peter let go of Lucy's hand so she could grab mine and we boarded the train and quickly caught up with Susan and Edmund.

We found a free window where we could look for Mum. Susan looked out and quickly joined by Lucy, Peter, Edmund and I. We spotted Mum and we began to wave and yelling our goodbyes like everyone else around us. The train slowly started moving and we soon lost sight of her.

The train picked up speed and we decided it was about time we went in search for a compartment. We find one that was mostly empty except for two young children who looked to around Lucy's age. We put our luggage up on the rack and sat down.

I sat down next to Peter and lay my head on my twin's shoulder and his arm wrapping around me. The train ride was very long as we had one of the last stops. We watched from our compartment window as the two kids we had shared it with were taken off to wherever they were staying. The other three sat across from us imaginings what our new home would be like.

Our stop was station that wasn't really a station. There was only a wooden stand in the middle of no where next to a dirt road. We were the only ones here surprisingly but it didn't look like there were mainly places around here for people to go.

The sound of and on-coming car met our ears and so raced down the steps of the platform, believing it to be whoever was to meet us, this Ms. Macready.

We waited another few moments to see if any of us could hear anything but all there was silence. "The professor knew we were coming?" Susan stated. Edmund then picked up his tag and began to inspect it. "Perhaps we've been incorrectly labelled," He said.

Then we heard the sound of a woman's voice which appeared to encouraging a horse. I was correct as seconds later a woman rounded the corner in a large cart being drawn by a grey horse.

The woman had a strict atmosphere to her and I became slightly weary and knew she wasn't someone to cross. She gazed down at us in, if I had to put a name to it, disinterest. Peter and I shared a look of disbelief before we looked back up at the strict woman. "Ms. Macready?" Peter asked hesitantly. The woman replied, "I'm afraid so."

Lucy looked up at me and I smiled reassuringly down at her and then she spun back around. "Is this it then? Haven't you brought anything else?" Ms. Macready asked. "No ma'am. It's just us," I replied.

Lucy nodded in agreement. "Small favours," Ms. Macready remarked before gesturing with her head for us to get in the cart behind which we quickly did.

... ...

The ride wasn't very long but the area we were in was beyond beautiful. It was simply breath-taking. There were large grounds filled with plants and trees surrounding the large manor. It was an enormous house made of mainly red brick and appeared to be very old.

The inside of the house was much brighter in places but darker in others. Yes, it was a quite beautiful house but it seemed to large for only one man and caretaker.

"Professor Kirk is not accustomed to having children in this house," Ms. Macready remarked, "And as such, there are a few rules you will need to follow; There will be no shouting or running."

She then began making her way up the stairs and we all followed. "Or running. No improper use of the dumbwaiter-" Susan reached out to touch a sculpture. "NO touching of the historical artefacts!"

Me, Peter, Ed and Lucy looked at each other, and tried not to laugh. We were silent as she walked up the small staircase, "And above all there will be no disturbing of the professor."

... ...

It soon became dark and it was time for bed. Lucy had been tucked in by Peter, Susan and I but she couldn't get to sleep. Peter was sitting next to the window and gazing out into the darkness. I sat on the bed with Lucy, reading her a book trying to get her to fall asleep. Susan then walked over to the radio and switched it off.

I gave up on trying to get Lucy to sleep and let the book fall open on my side while my arm wrapped around Lucy. Peter and Susan walked over to us. "The sheets feel scratchy," Lucy mumbled to us. They sat down with us.

"Wars don't last forever Lucy, we'll be home soon," I said and Lucy looked at me and I gave her a small smile. Edmund choose then to saunter in, "Yeah, if home still there."

I rolled my eyes at his remark. That was defiantly not helping the matter. "Isn't it time you were in bed," Susan complained. "Yes, mum," Edmund said sarcastically. I shared a look with Susan and we both just shook our heads.

"Ed!" Peter called, luckily Edmund finally stayed silent. We then looked back at Lucy and Peter said, "You saw outside, the place is huge. We can do whatever we want here. Tomorrow is going to be great. Really."