chapter 1: London

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A/N- aloha! I'm Niamh and im the author of this crap story (obvs) um so I just thought id introduce myself quickly im 14, im a huge fangirl, and im actually a mermaid but shhh that's a complete secret welll, I hope you enjoy this awful and extremely badly written story

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I remember the sirens, and my mother hurrying us out of our warm beds to the harsh cold of the shelter in the garden, we stayed huddled there with my mother and siblings all night, and I somehow managed to fall to sleep.
the next morning I woke up and looked outside to see my house completely bombed, my mother said we'd been lucky to survive it. she took us in her arms and started sobbing uncontrollably "mother what's wrong?" my 9 year old brother Alfie asked with concern

"I'm going to miss you all terribly children, you know that?" I looked at her with shock "mother what do you mean?" she turned to me "Eden, can I speak to you alone?" she said, pulling me to the side "I, I'm going to have to send you Alfie and Violet away for a while, until the wars over, and you're going to have to be good and look after your brother and sister for me. Can you do that Eden?"

I stepped back, "no, we can't be separated from you! what if another bomb hits? what if, what will happen if we're not here?" I started sobbing, burying my head into her neck "I don't want to leave you"

my mother looked at me with sadness in her eyes "that's why im sending you away, I can't risk another bombing, we may not survive another one"

I took a deep breath "okay, but it won't be for long will it? they say the war will be over before we know it, but-but what if its not?"

She took my hand "you'll be fine Eden"

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