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Introduction

Niall Horan

Loud booms flooded the air around me as I woke up. I sat up groggily as I distantly heard footsteps coming towards my door. The door flew open revealing my mum. She grabbed my hand as she looked at me with her light blue eyes congruent to the same ones I have.

"What goin' on mummy?" I asked somewhat confused of the situation.

"It's a long story sunshine but we need to run as far away as we can" She said truthfully helping me out of bed.

I looked at the window and saw huge tanks outside. My eyes widened as American and British soldiers stormed into the house across from ours.

My mum quickly leaded me away from the sight heading into the hallway.

"What about Da?"I asked.

"We'll meet up with your da a bit later" She responded leading me downstairs.

I held out my arms as she slipped my coat onto me. I was scared out of my mind. Before I noticed myself shaking my mum spoke.

"Don't shake sunshine. Everything's gonna be okay. Ok Niall?" She asked patting my shoulder.

I nodded as she hugged me suddenly. I hugged back trying to seek comfort as best as I could but didn't seek any comfort from it.

"Don' be afraid deary" She said to me looking down at me with her eyes filled with sadness.

She leaded me to the back door holding my hand firmly. I followed her holding tightly into her hand. She opened the door but suddenly picked me up and ran through our backyard towards the woods.

Gunshots surrounded the air as I covered my ears. As soon as I looked up at her with my little twinkling blue eyes a bullet shattered through her neck.

Blood gushed out of her neck at an impressive speed.

She fell and I kneeled neck to her crying.

"Mummy" I said innocently.

"L-listen t me Ni, be a g-good boy for now on and stay alive f-for me a-and da" She said smiling slightly up at me as her face turned paler as the seconds went by.

I looked down at her lifeless body and sobbed onto her chest. I heard footsteps coming towards me. Quickly standing up I sprinted towards the woods.

I felt someone grab my hand. I turned my head seeing the same light blue eyes I had. It was da.

"Da!" I cried hugging him.

"Where's mum?" He asked hugging me back trying his best to comfort me even though it didn't help.

"Sh-Shes gone" I sobbed into his chest.

While I sobbed in his chest I faintly heard his cries. He wiped his puffy eyes as I looked up at him.

"Sadly were gonna have to continue without her Niall" He said patting my shoulder lightly.

I nodded as I wiped my tears.

He lead me towards a town nearby running as fast as we could to a safe place but the problem was there was no safe places anymore. It was hopeless.

Gunshots got closer and closer as we ran. Suddenly a squad of men from Scotland surrounded us. They aimed their guns at our heads as we put our hands up kneeling down to the ground.

The men walked towards my dad. One man put his gun in my dads mouth.

"Give me all your money!" They yelled.

"I d-don't have any" He responded his voice cracking slightly.

"Bullshit!"

Before anything else happened a gun shot rang right next to me. I clenched my eyes at the sound. I opened my eyes looking to my dad.

His chest gushed out blood from his gunshot wound. I rushed to him shaking him.

"Da!"

"Listen N-Niall. Stay alive for your mum and m-"

My mum and das words I will never forget.

I heard footsteps and looked up. As the footsteps went near I got up and sprinted as fast as I could away.

My mum and da were gone. No longer there to help me when I'm down. Never be able to be at my wedding. Never be able to see me grow up. I was all alone in this cold hearted world.