Hi my name is Mabel Addams, no I am not related to Wednesday Addams. I am on a plane right now heading to London from America. I am leaving my whole life behind. I don't want to leave. But I don't have a choice. My life is going to be burned to the ground anyways. The only hope I have left is that I will soon be joining my extended family in the UK. My cats, Anakin, Obi Wan and Ahsoka, whom I named after my favorite star wars characters, are in the other plane. Along with the suitcases we brought with us. My parents have already found jobs in our new lives. My mom has a pretty good resume seeing as she managed Alterna, the business that created one of the Covid vaccines, well known as Moderna. My father however is a doctor. There's not much more to say on that subject.
What I can't believe the most though is why I have to leave. I was only told I was leaving ten days ago. My mother took me out from school on Friday the thirteenth in september. I was only on my sixth day of school. I remember it like it was yesterday. She picked my twin brother and I up, there was a box of her stuff from her office next to her. We had driven in silence the whole time. I remember being happy about it so I could look at my Pinterest Boards. Mattheo seemed to just be happy to get out of school. When we got home I noticed that my dad and younger brother were already home. Which was abnormal. Then my parents sat us down and explained to us the whole situation. My whole family friend group was leaving America for London. To escape the war. My younger brother, being a Fortnite kid, didn't understand shit. But Mattheo and I understood. I quickly ran upstairs and grabbed my black suitcase with the Harry Potter stickers all over it. My mother came up with more suitcases. We packed everything into every bag we could. The entire group had put their money into getting two private planes. Seeing as my family friends are Millionaires, this wasn't hard to come by. Ten days later we are flying away, the pieces of our furniture on one plane along with our belongings, and we are on the other plane. I am currently looking out the window, towards the direction of my old home. Then forward to where North is. She and her family had left for Turkey over the summer, then they canceled their flight back, got jobs there, and life is going pretty well for her. On the other hand James was still in america. He and his family had volunteered for the Army on one of the sides of the civil war. I don't understand how they didn't think that they could just end this with a peace negotiation. They didn't even try. War was declared a couple hours after this very plane had taken off. I am grateful that my family was able to leave just in time. I shed a tear at the thought of all my classmates fighting a war they didn't even ask for.
"Mabel, what are you all sad about, we're going to London. You've always wanted to go there" My family friend, Ariana, says pulling on my black sweater that had a cat on it. Her parents didn't tell her about the events that are happening in our old homes.
"I just miss my friends" I lie, faking a smile.
"Oh come on you'll make new ones" She says enthusiastically, "You also have me, I'm way better than these people"
"Yeah right" I roll my eyes at her stupidity. No one is better than the three sabers.
