Revolution (TMAY Contest Entry)

Christian's Story

"I'll go next. I'm afraid I don't have any big reveals like Anastasia though." Christian said and everybody managed a chuckle or a smile.

"So um, I guess I'll start at the beginning. I was born on February 15, 1756 and my parents died when I was 2. None of my relatives wanted to take me in, they had too much to deal with already, so I ended up on the streets. I ended up living with Mary, who lived on the streets as well.

Life was tough for a lot of people but it was worst on the streets. No one was willing to hire you, they thought having no home was God's way of punishing you. Mary did her best to raise me and when I was still a toddler people would take pity and give her a bite of bread or a penny.

When I was about 7 I started to forge in dumpsters for scraps of food and I also started to steal food.

Winters were hard. We had barely enough money saved up for clothes when they were needed, and couldn't afford a blanket.

On winter, when I was about 8 or 9, Mary got pneumonia and died. I wasn't able to get a doctor in time, they knew I wasn't able to pay.

From then on the only way I could get food was from stealing. I was almost arrested on multiple occasions, but it wasn't until I was 13 that I got caught. Instead of sending me to prison, the judge took pity on me and had me train for the army at West Point. 

He thought it was the only way to keep me from stealing again and he was right. TH deal was that as long as I kept out of trouble I could stay at West Point.

Several years later when I was about 16, I graduated one of the top in the school. I still had nowhere to go afterwords, however, but General Washington let me stay with him until the war started. 

When war started we both went. Have you heard of the British canons being stolen?"

All of the soldiers nodded their heads. They remembered the joy and excitement they all had felt when they had heard the news. It was that single stunt that just might have saved them.

"I was one of the soldiers who did that. General Washington was mad, I could have gotten hurt he said, but he knew the army was the only way to keep me off the streets and out of trouble, so he put me under the command of General Montgomery.

I guess that brings it to right now as I met you right after the transfer."

There was a moment of confusion as the others asked Christian some more questions and he answered them. 

The only person who was silent was Rhys. The young man appeared to be deep in though about something.

The questions eventually stopped coming and there was a moment of silence before for the second time someone said,

"I'll go next."

So I did that chapter right after completing a math final while stressing about the science final in the next hour. I really hope you like it. The next chapter will come out sometime after the 10th and this book will be marked as complete. After the contest this is for has the results out and posted, he story will be marked incomplete and the next chapter will come out.

Demigod out!