Embry's Journey

Chapter 1

It all happened so fast; one second I was with my family having breakfast, the next I was being dragged away by these men shrouded in green. We went to this vehicle, with my family nowhere to be seen. I didn't know where I was going until days later. Now let me introduce myself i'm Embry Caverly, well that’s the name they have given me when I came here. I am 16 years of age. The year my adventure starts is 2055. When I was shipped to Canada from my home country, Canada started dominating the world and pillage countries for their youth to work for them.

The places they kept us in were kind of like dormitory like buildings that went above the cloud line. The building itself was a bland beige colour in the inside looked like a hospital with it’s blinding white walls and gray tiled floor. The men took me to the 3th floor and the 10th room the room itself was like the rest of the building exempt a gray carpet instead on tile. The room had a twin bed with a metal frame, a white end table with a lamp and clock. On the other side of the room was a big white wooden dresser that looked old and worn out. Parallel to the bed was a short hallway with a bathroom which had a shower instead of bath to save space. Adjacent to the bathroom was a lounge room with a light wooden book shelf with a large variety of books and magazines. To the right of the bookcase is a beige polyester couch that could seat two people, and a small armchair the same colour and material as the couch. There were also paintings on the walls with various sceneries. I looked through the bookcase to read but none of the books caught my interests. I walked back to the bedroom and in the dresser and grabbed a cream knitted sweater and white jeans. I walked to the bathroom with the clean clothes and i discarded my filthy ones, and turned the shower on. After my blissful shower i got dressed and put my clothes in a basket that was in the bathroom i dried my long chestnut brown hair and brushed it with a plastic brush that was on the sink. I stared at myself in the mirror, my porcelain skin pale from the stress and sadness from being taken, my warm brown eyes looked cold and the unhappiness visible in them, my lips chapped from the dry air. I frown at how sickly i look.

 I heard the door to the entrance softly open and close. I quickly finished brushing my hair then I walked out of the bathroom to see a friendly looking woman in her mid twenties look at my direction. “Hello miss I’m here to escort you to the dining hall for dinner.” her voice was so warm and inviting. I shyly nodded and followed her out into the hallway to the elevator and she pressed the button to the first floor. I was still shocked from the events that happened days prior I stayed silent during the walk to the dining hall. Once we enter the dining hall I saw 500 or so people from a variety of different ethnicities the room was mostly quiet except for a few chattering people and cutlery hitting the plates. I got in line for food I didn’t really pay attention what the food is I was too hungry and tired to care. I sat down at a empty table eating. The food itself was bland