Soldier

Chapter One

It's a Wednesday morning. Rose wakes up because of the birds singing outside. She gets out of bed and goes to her kitchen to make breakfast. She grabs a piece of bread and eats that dry. Its war. There is nothing, especially here in Dunster. It's a small village in Somerset. Everyone has left or has been murdered, I could escape from the brutal soldiers from Russia. I will explain how this war started. In 2017 Donald Trump became the president of America. He built the wall he promised to build and he murdered the terrorists in Syria. While murdering the terrorists he also murdered thousands of Russian soldiers who were trying to help the American soldiers. Putin heard about this and started a war against America. Putin had his political friends behind him and also had Trump. That's how this war started. That happened a year ago and it is still going on. I look out the window and notice some strange people in the street. They look like soldiers. I watch the 4 men on the street closely and see that they are from the English army. They see me and walk towards my door. I open it and let them in. "Good morning miss" they say friendly. "Good morning Gentleman, Would you like some coffee?" I ask them. They nod and I walk to my kitchen. I turn on the coffee machine and grab 5 cups. After a couple of minutes, I walk towards my living room with 5 cups of coffee. I give them their coffee and sit down on my couch. "Do you know if there are more people alive in this town Miss?" says the one with the dark brown hair. "I am the only one" I tell them. They nod. "You are not safe here Miss" says the one with the blond hair. "The Russians are not far from here" says the one with the black hair. "I was planning to leave but I don't know when" I tell them. "Don't you have family where you can stay?" one of them asks. I look at them with teary eyes. "They have been murdered by those Russians" I say and I start to cry. "I am sorry for your loss but you really need to leave Dunster as soon as possible" I nod and dry my cheeks. "I will leave tomorrow" I say and they nod. "Where are you going?" one of them ask me. "I am a nurse; I want to go and help people" I tell them. "There is a hospital close to the front, they need people there to take care of the injured soldiers, you could go there" He says. I smile at them. "Then I will travel to that hospital" I say with a smile. "I will write down the address" says the man. "Will you excuse us, we need to find more people and tell them they need to leave" says the blond one. I nod and let them out of my house. I look at the pictures on my wall. My family. I miss them. I walk towards my room and sit behind my desk. I grab a pen and paper.

Dear mum and dad,

Why do those stupid Russians need to kill you? I wish that you guys were by my side. Telling me what to do. But you can't. I hope that you still see me. So, you can know what I am going to do. I am going to travel to the front. To help those injured soldiers. I hope you guys are proud of me. I promise I will be safe. I promise that I will stay alive till the end of the war. I will help as many people as I can. Are you guys proud of me? Because mum, I am proud of you. You have done such an amazing job here on earth. You took care of 2 amazing children and also took care of dad. You where such a powerful woman. I wish that I would be such a great woman to the world as you are. Dad, I will find Dani. I promise you I will find Dani and tell her the news. Stay strong there in heaven.

I love you

Rose.

I wipe away my tears. They were so special to me. Since my sister left us my mum and my dad had been closer with me. They didn't want me to leave them like my sister did. She changed her number so we couldn't contact her. Danielle looked a lot like me. She is 2 years younger than me but some people couldn't tell the difference between us. Me and Dani were really close, like twins. I see again some strange man on the street but this one is not an English one. I grab my gun and turn off the lights. I lay down on the ground and hope that he doesn't notice me. I crawl towards my window and look to see if the man has left. But the opposite happened. There are more and they all have a gun. I crawl back to my room and grab a backpack. I grab 2 t-shirts and a pair of jeans. I grab my Diary and put it into the bag. I also grab a pen, a First Aid box and a bottle. It is an empty bottle but I will find a stream somewhere. When everything I could possibly need is in the bag I run towards the backdoor and grab my phone. I put it in my pocket and start running. I jump over the fence and run towards the woods. I run as fast as I can. After 15 minutes of running I stop and lean against a tree, trying to catch my breath and calm my heartbeat. I hear dogs and decide to run further. After 3 minutes, I see a little stream. I kneel down and make a cup of my own hands. I drink and after that I fill my bottle. I look around me to see if I know where I am right now. I grab my phone and put on google maps to see where the closest town is. In 15 minutes walking there is a new town so I decided to do that. I cross the stream and walk on slowly .

After those 15 minutes, I look around. I see some houses and in one there are lights on. I walk towards the house and knock on the door. An old lady opens up and looks at me with an anxious expression on her face. "Don't worry, I am not here to hurt you" I say and the woman smiles at me. "Come in, its cold outside" she says and opens the door further so I can walk in. "Would you like something to drink" the lady asks. "Some water would be nice" I say and take a seat/sit down on the couch. "What are you doing on the streets, it's dangerous, you know that" she says. "I know but there were Russians at my house, I needed to escape" She looks at me with a pale face. "Did they see you?" she asks anxious. "No, they didn't, I am not getting you into danger, Miss" I say. "You can say Marie" she says and she smiles friendly. "Where are you going?" she asks as she sees my bag. "I am going to the front to help the injured ones" I say. "Are you a nurse?" she asks and I nod. "Can you look at my husband's leg, he has been shot" I nod and walk with her. We walk into a room. The bedroom I guess. There is a man lying on the bed with a bandage around his leg. The woman wakes the man up and I grab a pair of scissors out of my bag. I cut the bandage open and look at the wound. "Is the bullet still in there?" I ask and the man nods. "Do you have a pair of pincers? A long one?" I ask and the woman gives me what I asked. "This can hurt" I say and I try to get the bullet out. The man screams. His wife tries to calm him down but I know that the pain is really bad. I see the woman kiss her husband on the forehead. Love. True love. Something many people find and something everybody need. I look at the lovely couple with a smile. The woman looks at me and let her hand rest on my shoulder. "You will find the love of your life, my child" she says. I kiss her on the cheek. ''Till that day I will do it on my own" I say and she nods. "You can stay here for the night" she says. "I would like that" I say and she walks out of the room. I grab a needle and try to stich up the wound. The woman comes back with coffee and a piece of bread. "You must be hungry" she says and hands over the food and the cup of coffee. I smile at her and eat some bread. "I also made a bed for you" I smile again and thank her for being so kind. "It's war, my child, we need to help each other" she says and I nod. We do need to help each other. If we don't none of us will survive this war. We need to stich each other's wounds. Give each other food and give each other warm places while it's cold. The man reaches his hands toward me. I give him my hand and he kisses it. "Thank you so much" he says. "No problem Sir" I say. "You can call me Michael" he says and I nod. I turn towards Marie and grab her hand. "Is there a pharmacy open in this neighbourhood?" I ask. She nods. "At the end of the street. If you hurry it will be open" she says and I stand up. I run towards the door and grab my jacket. I put on my jacket while I run and run as fast as I can. Just before the woman of the pharmacy wants to close the door I scream stop. She smiles and I walk in. "I need morphine" I pant and the woman walks to the back. "Why do you need that" she asks. "I am a nurse I know what I am doing just give it to me" I say as kind as possible. This woman annoys me. She gives me an angry glance. I look at her amazed and she shakes her head. She gives me the package with the morphine. I thank her and I run away from the angry woman. After running I puff at the door. Marie opens up and I give her the morphine. "Give Michael one of these the pain will go away" I say and she nods. When I look at my phone I see I have got a message from my best friend. He ran away from his parents 2 years ago but he still messages me sometimes.

Hi love, How are you? I am fine. I took a plane to America. I am going to join the American army. I am going to survive it I promise. So how are you over there? Did you finally leave your town to be safe or do need I go and save you? Let me know as soon as possible.

Love you x Thom

I smile. He cares a lot about me. He was in London for a while but he already told me then that he wanted to go to America. I start to text back.

Hi babe, I am fine. Good to hear from you. I did leave Dunster so I can help the hospital close to the front. I hope you will be safe.

Love you too x Rose.

I send it to him and I smile. I go and sit on the couch. Marie comes downstairs and smiles at me. "He is asleep" she says and sits down next to me. "You can stay here for the night" she says and I smile. "That would be so nice" I say and she nods. "Thank you" I say and I hug her. "It's late, you should go to sleep" she says and I nod. I give her another hug and I walk upstairs to the room. When I see the bed I yawn. I pull my jeans of and I crawl into the bed. It doesn't take long before I sleep. Tomorrow could be a busy day.