Travelling the World on Foot

Introduction

November 13-11-15

I love to travel because there is so much to see and do . I used to go on a lot of holidays with my mum and the rest of the family . I especially loved travelling abroad . I loved to see all the views and I love aeroplanes . Shortly after my mum died , my dad and I were always arguing and I was sick of it . So on a Tuesday in November , I looked at the possibilities of escaping from my current life and moving on . On Tuesday I just daydreamed of it . I looked up the cons and pros of leaving . I focused on the pros more than the cons . I also looked up the best time to leave by train . I immediately decided that I would go to Galway because that's where I had very happy memories with my mum on holidays . I know I remember this moment by moment but I was so close to freedom . There was a train leaving Kilkenny at 3.30 . Woo! Perfect . I went home after school and I practised some self defense . I started to save up on the canteen food because I decided that I would sleep rough . I hid the food in my school locker . I went home and got the knife I hid in my drawer and put into my gearbag but I hid it under clothes . I thought I would have to dump the gearbag because what if I had to cross streams or rivers and I would have to change my identity often . I was staying out of Dad's way as much as possible but I had to go downstairs every hour to avoid suspicion . The next day I went into the school and I put a smile on my face . I continued to stock up on canteen food . The canteen food is actually nice . I told my friend Christina my plan because "it was piling up onto my chest" and I wanted to let it out a bit . She must have told because my yearhead because Ms Dawson came over and she talked to me . I just "ye" to everything she said . I still wouldn't let go of my plan . I went home and I packed more things . I looked at the Galway map to see where I would go and hide out . There was the G Hotel which wasn't far from the station in Galway , but the only problem was , the train I was planning on arrives late in the dark and I would have to pass a graveyard. On Thursday night I went to orchestra as usual . I took my anger , sadness and frustration out on the drums . I did the same at kickboxing. I used the kickboxing class to my advantage . I went home and I acted all happy to dad in case he found out my plan . I went upstairs and turned off the light in my room and left my bathroom light on . I got depressed so I did that . I packed more stuff and hid it behind my bed . I listened to music . For some reason , I really started to reflect on everything that had happened in the past years and I just started to cry my eyes out literally . "Ugh get over yourself , you can't look weak out there , this is what you want" I thought to myself . No matter how much I tried to stop crying , the tears kept coming . I cried myself to sleep . The next day , I woke up happy thinking I was going to be free . I went down and made dad tea . I looked back at the house and I looked out of the car window while a few more tears fell . I went to school as usual and I worked hard . "Are you actually going to do it" my friend Christina asked . I nodded . "I might go with you" she said . "If you want" I replied . "No , she'll chicken out on me" I said in my head . Fiona came over and she picked on us . When she left ,I muttered a bad word but her friend heard me . "I'm telling Fiona what you said" She said . She went up to Fiona . "No" I screamed . She said something that really hurt . I pushed her hard and she nearly fell over herself . I

"If you talk about my mam again , I'll make sure you're in the ground also" I threatened angrily . A teacher came over and broke us up . We both had to go into the vice-principles office . She should be getting in trouble not me . Ms Dawson talked to me about it . I came out to Christina . "She deserves more" she said . "I'll be gone anyway soon so it doesn't matter" I replied . Before the art class, Christina said that there was a train leaving in a few minutes . I thought about it for a few minutes . "No , I won't because people I know might see me and then I will be in double trouble" I thought . I'll go after school . The home bell went and I walked quickly to my locker . I quickly packed the food into my very back of the locker . I hid it in my skirt pocket . I also packed some of the clothes I had in my locker . I got changed into my tracksuit . Christina was meeting her new boyfriend today . "OMG , I can't believe I'm doing this" I thought . Even though I felt like collapsing with the pain in my feet, I continued on . I finally arrived and I walked into the station . I pretended to get my ticket out of the machine . I had half an hour to spare . This 30 minutes was quite nerve wracking . I hid in the bathroom for a while . I kept an eye out for people I didn't want to see . I walked onto the platform . I walked a bit further up out of the sight of the train people . I kept watching to see if anyone I didn't want to see was coming . I saw a woman coming out onto the platform . At first I couldn't see clearly . "Why would anyone come out in this weather" I thought . I looked more closely . Then I realised ....... ! MS DAWSON . "No" !! I was screaming in my head . She put her arm me firmly and I tried to walk a bit further but she tightened her grip . I literally felt like punching someone right now . Ms Dawson walked me into the station and she kept her arm around me the whole time . I started to tear up again . I sat down . "Ms , please just let me leave" I begged . She shook her head . "How did you know how to find me" I asked in a teary voice . "I guessed" she said . I looked back and the train was coming in . I tried to get up but she blocked my view of the train . "Think of how your dad would feel" she said . "Well I'm not going back there" I said in a final voice . "You can't leave until your 18" she said . "Well I'm going to leave" I said getting a bit angry . I tried to walk towards the train again but she still stopped me . "Come on Ms , you have to let me go" I said desperately . Just at that moment MY DAD came through the door . The train pulled out and I felt the anger boiling inside me . "You'd be happy when I'm gone" he said in front of Ms Dawson."See how he treats me" I said . "He's only joking" she said . "How is that joking when he says it all the time" I yelled . We walked to the car and he got in and so did I . "Thank you , you're so kind" he thanked Ms Dawson . I just stayed silent . He started crying . What kind of a man cries about something like this . Would he not just shout at me . "I thought you were dead" he cried . "That's a bit extreme but I couldn't die in such a short space of time" I thought . "I thought you had logic thinking , Dad" I said in my head . We drove home in silence . I went into my room and flung my bag across it . I punched the wall hard a couple of times before I wore myself out . Immediately I started to think of other ways to escape.

Now onto the excitingpart . The rest of the book is complete fiction . The main stars in this bookare me , the dogs and cats . The dog's names are Freckles , Rose , Ernie ,Roxie , Nelly , Tiny and Buddy . The cat's names are Peanut and Purry . It's abit like the movie Homeward Bound because the dogs and cats can talk . Well ourdogs and cats can do much more than just talking . So sit back and relax butnot too much .