Sasha raised her hand and saw blood all over hands and screamed. She looked over to

Eliza’s dad but he was alright she checked herself for blood but she was alright so she was

quite confused with what had happened. Eliza’s dad (Tom) slammed his foot onto the

accelerator and the car speed down the motorway. Sasha looked back and didn’t see any

car but then when she looked out the passenger window she saw the black car. Tom

swerved and rammed the car forcing the car into a ditch. Sasha saw a man step out of the

car with a gun. “Sasha get down he’s about to shoot!” barked Tom. Sasha obeyed and

braced herself and sure enough she heard a pow sound and the bullet went flying over her

head. Tom grabbed the walkie talkie and said “Number two number two this is number one I

repeat this is number one are you alright?” tom held the walkie-talkie and continued driving

as fast as possible. After what had seemed like a life time they heard a crackle and Eliza’s

voice was heard. “Daddy we are fine but Uncle Peter had to go down a different route as two

cars kept firing at us.” “Eliza it’s so good to hear your voice. Now I want you to do what ever

uncle Peter says. I love you. Over and out” Sasha stared out the window and wondered what

family was doing. Tom drove up to a wharf and jumped out of the car and carried Sasha to a

little cabin and as soon as he had opened the door and put Sasha down did she realise she

was standing in front of her grandparents. Sasha ran up to them with tears streaming down

her face and hugged them both. Her grandparents looked happy to see her and they hugged

her as if they thought she would disappear. They then sat down and only then did Sasha

realise that Tom had left. Sasha’s grandparents looked serious now and her grandmother

said “did you get the note we left you?” “yes but I didn’t have time to look through the stuff.”

“that’s alright darling I will tell you then.” “There has been a secret that our family has hidden

from the world for many many years. Every one believes our family to have originated from

America but we are actually arrived from Europe” “But!?” “Shhh Sasha your grandmother is

trying to tell you something” whispered Sasha’s grandfather. “Any way as I was saying our

family is originally from Europe and not America and the reason we moved here to America

is because we have carried a dark secret that we had hoped would never become

uncovered.” Sasha’s grandmother stopped to take a sip of water before continuing. “The

secret that we had hoped would stay hidden is that your great, great grandparents were the

rulers of a hidden country that was the most modernized country in the world and it was

called “suntopia” every one lived in peace and harmony until one man and his family tried to

take control of everything. Your great, great grandparents heard about their dastardly plans

and evacuated the country. The man Sebastian Power lived in Russia and planned on

invading Suntopia and gaining full control but your great, great grandparents were far too

smart for that and warned everyone about his plans and they slowly evacuated the country

by the time Sebastian and his army reached Suntopis they were greeted with a deserted

city which was barren. To unleash his anger he and his army burned the place to the ground

and stormed the imperial palace and stole everything our family had not taken before

burning the place right to the ground.” At this point Sasha’s grandmother blew her nose and

wiped her eyes. “I was only 4 at the time sob but I can remember it so clearly. I was

playing in my room when my mother came in crying. She told me to pack some clothes and

to hurry. Being only such a young age I believed that we were going on a trip so I grabbed

my best dresses and my favourite doll Lucinda.” “I ran downstairs expecting to see my

grandmamma wave us off but instead I saw the whole family with tears in their eyes and a

few valuables in hand waiting together. I ran to my father who was trying to stay strong for

myself and my mother. sob I remember climbing into a carriage with my mother and father

and grandmamma and grandpapa and the carriage being pulled far too fast and my mother

praying. I asked where we were going and my father answering “A little vacation dear now

hush.’ I fell asleep and awoke on a boat