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825 Michael Plaja

Not Easily Broken My brother and I had been watching the time fly by. There wasn’t much to do. So mostly every day that’s what we would do. If not working to help our mother then we would just do that. My dad is part of the war so he won’t be back very soon. He promised to come back soon. Which I strongly doubt. “Marcus, Andrew come I need help with these sacks of potatoes” called my mom. I’m Marcus and my brother’s name is Andrew. I’m 13 and my brother is 12. Him and I were very close. My mom gave me about 3 sacks of potatoes. My brother was struggling with his sacks so I went to help him. “You alright there Andrew?” “Yeah I’m ok” replied Andrew. We set the sacks down in the kitchen. At that same moment I heard a gun shot. Then another one. Then a bunch of them. I looked outside the window and there were a bunch of men, with blue and red coats.

“Boom” somebody kicked the door down. The man held out a huge hand and took my brother. “Hey stop, don‘t take him away” I yelled. The man didn’t say anything and left with my brother. I ran outside to try to get him back. My mom came after me. “BANG!!” my mom collapsed. My brother was already taken away. There was no hope in going after him. I ran to my mother and she had a hole in her heart. She had gotten shot. My brother had been taken away and my mom was shot. I was alone. I ran back inside the house and stayed there alone and scared. I was petrified. I kept hearing gunshots. I was alone in my house. Someone else came in the door trying to take me. I got up and ran as fast as I could. I was trying to go out the back door but there was already another man there. I went the other way. I opened the window and climbed out of it. I heard the men shouting words I couldn’t understand. I ran. I saw another man. Three men surrounding me. I took off but one of the red coated men grabbed me and put me in a sack. I tried to scurry out of there but his grip was too tight. He was carrying me somewhere. How did this happen. I never thought I’d be seeing this. All these things happening to me. My mom, my brother gone. I was crying in the sack. Nobody could hear me and if the did they wouldn’t care. I heard the gunshots getting closer. Maybe he was trying to kill me too and say it was an accident. “I got a kid in here” whispered the stranger. I felt the sack thump on the ground. As much as it hurt I tried not to show it. I felt myself rising again. Then there was a deflating feeling. I felt like I was being thrown. I splashed into the river and was drifting away. The water made the sack wet so it was easier to break out. I splashed into the water and swam to land. What was I going to do. I was washed up. My life is over. I knew sooner or later I was going to end up like my mother. Someone came up to me. Not that older than me. I’d say about 15 or 16. “Hey are you okay?” said the boy. “No I’m sad, I came here in a sack that a man in a red coat put me in.” I cried. “Wow I’m just taking a walk” said the boy. “Where am I?” I asked. “Why you’re in Lexington and concord, my name is Billy” exclaimed the boy. “Lexington and Concord is where I live well close to, and my name is Marcus” I told him. “Welcome Marcus the war is not that far away from here so why don’t we go back to my home” said Billy. “Anywhere but here is better” I exclaimed. It was a long walk but since I was wet I was hydrated. We finally made to Billy’s house. It was a nice little hut. “Here we are” screamed Billy. We went inside. “Mama, Mama” Yelled Billy. “I’m right here Billy” cried Billy’s mom. She walked in the room. “Well who do we have here?” asked Billy’s mom. “This here Ma is my friend Marcus” said Marcus. “Welcome Marcus my name is Amelia, would you like anything?” asked Amelia. “No I’m okay but thanks though” I answered. “You look all wet, let me get you some fresh clothes” offered Amelia. “Thank you” I said. She went to go get them. She handed them to me. I went into the back to change. I gave her the wet clothes and she put them out side in the sun to dry. “So what are you doing way out here in Lexington?” asked Amelia. “Well my brother and I were helping my mother when we heard gunshots” I began “ Some stranger with a red coat slammed the door open and took my brother.” I continued “I ran outside and my mother chased after me, she came outside and when she did she got shot by one of the bullets, My brother was already gone so I went to check on my mother. The bullet went right through her heart, I was scared so I ran inside some men came into my house, grabbed me and put me in a sack and threw me in the river.” “That’s where we met” said Billy. “Oh my god” said Amelia. “Why would they do such a thing?, those darn red coats.” “Well I just want to find out where they took my brother so I can find him.” I cried “Don’t worry Marcus we’ll help you find him” exclaimed Billy. “There is a dock not to far away from here maybe they took your brother back to England.” said Amelia. “Well we are not going to just sit around aren’t we Marcus let’s go.” said Billy. “Be careful now it was nice meeting you Marcus” Yelled Amelia. We walked to the dock. “I have a friend in the docks maybe he could sail us to England” said Billy. “Ok cool” I said. “Hey Cornelius” yelled Billy. “You got some strong lungs to be screaming like that all the time.” I said. “Yep I like that about me” Billy gloated. We walked up to Billy’ friend. “Hey there little bit” said Cornelius. Cornelius didn’t look like he should be sailing a boat he looks 18 or 20. “Who’s this?” asked Cornelius. “This is my friend Marcus” answered Billy. “Hello Marcus” said Cornelius. “Hey” I said. “What do you need Billy” asked Cornelius. “I need you to ship me and my buddy Marcus to England” said Billy.

That’s going to be hard, I’m going to need a king sized box” said Cornelius. “No you big cahoots, in your ship” cried Billy. “Oh I got you” said Cornelius. “Wow that’s a long trip” “I got all the time in the world” said Billy. “What’s the cause?” asked Cornelius. “We are on a journey trying to find a family member” said Billy. “Who?” asked Cornelius. “My brother” I said “He got lost in the war”. “Oh I’m sorry, tell you what I’ll go over there with you guys but I only can bring to the coast” said Cornelius. “If they see us it will be bad day for all of us” “All right then let’s go” I said. We went to the boat and it was huge. It could carry at least 100 people. “Let’s set sail” screamed Billy. We set sail and we were off to begin our journey. Cornelius walked up to us “It’s going to be about a five day trip” “Dang that long?” I said. “Well when your sailing a couple hundred miles it’s going to be that long, it’ not like we can fly if we could it would be faster” said Cornelius. A couples hours past “how many days has it been?” asked Billy “It’s only been a couple hours” I answered. “How long is this going to take?” asked Billy. “Just a couple more days and a couple more hours hang in their Billy” laughed Cornelius. A couple more days of watching the water and do nothing. I can do this. No problem I do this in my house everyday. Easy. Hours and hours past. Wow I was so bored. I’ve never seen Billy so tired. Knowing him for a couple of hours you can already tell he is so energetic. Days past and past and we finally reached our destination. I Could finally see the Europe coming up. “Alright boys this is your stop” yelled Cornelius. “Alright Marcus let’s go” said Billy. We walked off the boat and set off to go to England to find my brother. We saw a chariot with a horse. So we pretended to have a British accent. “Ello there my good man do you mind taking us to the fastest transportation to England?” I asked. “Yes of course young man that will be 10 cents” “Uhhhhhh” I had no money. “Of course” yelled Billy. He handed the man the money. We jumped in and the man took us to a special place for horse chariots that travel. We got off the man’s chariot and we jumped on the other one.

Wow what a journey I couldn’t believe I was in this position right now. We traveled for days. I fell asleep I was so tired. I had a dream. I had a dream that everything was okay. None of what happened a couple days ago. I was okay the war had ended already. My dad came back. The stop woke me up. It took me a while to realize that my dream wasn’t really real. We jumped off. I saw a place and a sign that said “American Prisoners” So I guessing that maybe that’s where my brother was. We went inside. “Are you sure your brother is here Marcus?” asked Billy. “Yes look at the sign” I answered. “All right then let’s go” said Billy. We snuck past the guards. I went to the door that said “Prisoners in here” “Let’s go Billy” I said. I opened the door but it was locked. Where were the keys. Oh no what am I going to do. It was in the guards pocket. Billy went to the guard and snatched the keys. The guard looked back and yelled “Hey you come back here” All the guards looked back and ran after Billy. Billy was flying. I guess those long walks from his house made his legs strong. But the guards weren’t that far away. One of the guards jumped and tackled Billy. He threw the keys to me and I was startled. I started to run as fast as I could. I tried to find the right key. The guards were right behind me. I finally found the right key and opened the door. There was no time to lock it so I ran. I kept looking through the bars until I found my brother. I finally saw him for the first in a couple months. I slipped the keys to him and I ran no time to unlock it. I ran with the guards right behind me. I went behind some boxes. The past me and I was not seen. I wonder what happen to Billy. I went back to my brother who had already came out. “Andrew” I cried out. “Marcus” he said. I ran to him and gave him the biggest hug ever. After all I’ve been through I really needed that. “Mom is dead Andrew” I told him. “Why and how?” he asked. “She got shot trying to chase me when you got taken away” I answered. “Oh” he said. “We’re finally together” I said. I was so happy. I sneaked back outside. Billy was gone. I saw a guard leaving with him. He stuffed him in a chariot and rode off. “Come on” I said. “Where are we going?” he asked. “To save a friend” I answered We sneaked out. The chariot wasn’t that far away. I saw an empty chariot and jumped with Andrew right behind me. I snapped the whip and followed the chariot. I snapped it again to make the horse go faster. The chariot made a stop. I stopped the horse just in time so he wouldn’t see us. “come on” I whispered to Andrew. I finally understood what they were going to do. They were to cut off his head. A bunch of people crowded around. Billy was tied up and his was between a huge saw and some wood. I saw another guard he dropped his sword. Why don’t know I guess it was luck. Me and Andrew sneaked through the people. I went under where going to cut his head. I saw a rope and thought it was the rope to the saw. I cut it. Suddenly I flew up in the air and I felt like I was flying. I was right next to Billy. The guards tried to grab me but I scurried through them and took Billy cut the ropes and we ran like there was no tomorrow. “Hey guys over here” a voice called. I looked and saw it was Cornelius. I told my brother and Billy and started towards the ship. A red coat jumped in front of us. “Halt” he called. I realized I still had the sword in my hand. I threw towards and at that same moment We started running. The guard got startled so he missed us. All the red coats were chasing after us. We jumped and boarded the boat. The red coats took out there guns and started shooting. The sails were getting holes. The wind blew hard. We were moving. “Yes” I thought. I have god to thank for this. Billy, Amelia and Cornelius. Without them I don’t think I’d even be here. “You came back” I said “How could I leave you guys like this with no way to get back” laughed Cornelius. “Billy, Cornelius this is my brother Andrew” I said. “Howdy-Doo” said Billy. “Welcome on the S.O.S Cornelius” said Cornelius. It was the same 5 day journey going back. I was just so glad to have my brother back. We left Cornelius at the dock. I gave him a hug and thanked him for everything walked back to Amelia’s. “Hey you guys are finally back” said Amelia. “Hey mom” said Billy. “Amelia this is my brother Andrew” I said. “Welcome to our home” exclaimed Amelia. “Well too bad you guys have to go home now” cried Billy.

“Actually Billy we have no home to get back to” I said with a pause in my throat. “Well you’re always welcome to stay here” Amelia said. “Really thanks of course we’ll stay” said Andrew with the happiest voice of all. “It’ll be great to have brothers” cried Billy. “Thanks a lot Billy for helping me find my brother” I said. “Anytime buddy” he answered. We finally got a home. I got my brother back and the start of something new. That shows that you can never give up. That shows that you are not easily broken