The Dartmoor Tunnel Mystery

CHAPTER 1

I hate this train; the way it bumps and jolts. The happiness of Coach D, intruding on my thoughts.

I hate the rain that drops onto the windows and shatters into little droplets like the glass it streaks across. It reminds me of a heart; something that cracks with every little imperfection of life.

I hate that Mum died, that she can no longer be my living guardian.

I hate that Dad didn't even come to her funeral; he didn't even call to ask if I was ok.

I hate that I have to live with the drunken oaf who doesn't care.

But I don't hate the rainbow that stretches across the hills in the far distance, nor do I hate the wildlife that helps calm my nerves.

A few kids behind me chatter excitedly like a bunch of hyper chipmunks, throwing jelly beans and haribos across the coach. I take a look around my seat at the children who were earning a few disapproving glances from an elderly couple that were trying to do a crossword. A little girl with pigtails beams at me and offers a red jelly bean in her tiny hand. I smile and shake my head at her gently to tell her I don't want it.

Suddenly, a green jelly bean hits me right in the nose and I quickly turn back around in my seat before I'm attacked with sweets again. To take my mind off the noise of this particular coach, I plug in my pink and black headphones into my ipod and try to find the book I'm reading. Turns out its in the bottom of my bag; typical.

I open to the page with the small metal bookmark, the small words spiral around my head uncontrollably forming beautiful sentences of pure art, I still think it's a Miracle that Katniss volunteered in place of her sister, I gazed over at My sister, if I was in the hunger games I would defiantly volunteer in place of Evie, I gazed at her admiring her every move, she flicked her bright blonde behind her ears then pulled it back out from behind her ears. I gazed out the window watching the trees pass by, waiting for the train to come to a stop, this feels like the longest journey of my life...