Katherine's War: A Fictional Narrative

There were people everywhere in the harbor. Katherine had to follow her mother through the crowd to their new home in Virginia. They weaved through the crowd of people and got to the huge house theirs. They hurried up the steps and through the front door. Katherine had been here before, but it felt fresh and new every time she came. Mother pushed open the doors

“We must get to cleaning up this place, Katherine.” Mother said firmly.

So Katherine began sweeping, washing, polishing, and scrubbing. She finished just as a group of men busted through the door carrying trunks full of clothes, and other things including pictures, dolls, blankets, and money. They also carried sacks of potatoes and radishes, also turnips. The men bustled about, putting

Katherine raised her eyes towards the soldier.

“We hereby dismiss you from this house in the name of the King!” one of the other

soldiers said.

“What? No!” Mother cried out as she clung to Katherine. The soldiers ripped them apart and threw Mother onto her chair. She became unconscious. The soldiers ripped through their kitchen. Meanwhile, Katherine put on her shoes and walked towards the soldiers. She wanted to fight but didn’t want to end up like mother with an egg sized lump on her head. Father popped into her mind, and suddenly she felt confidence to do this. So she walked out of the house and stepped onto the streets.

A week passed and Katherine felt dirty and in need of food. The British had invaded the city, so all the Rebel shop keepers fled in fear of being hung. She visited Mother occasionally, she gave her food, Katherine missed mother very much. But she tried to make due with what she had, she learned to ration and learned how to steal food right off the stand without being noticed. It was evening time and she found a nice pile of leaves to sleep on. It was a good day, she found 3 pounds on the cobble stone street. Katherine was half asleep when all of a sudden someone was talking to

“He probably just went to go get water or something,” she thought

She walked street, after street, losing hope with every step she took. When finally she turned around and walked back to the place where they first met, Katherine sat slouched and hopeless.

“Katherine!” Silas shouted “Katherine!” he yelled again. Katherine lifted her head and smiled at him. She told him her decision about going to this camp.

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to worry you, I just went to get us some water from the pump and some food for the trip to the camp.” he uttered. Silas sat next to Katherine and pulled two canteens of water, 4 apples, and some roasted beef. She snatched one of the canteens and an apple, and ate and drank quickly. While Silas did the same. They both got up without a word. When eventually Katherine spoke.

“How far is the walk to this camp of yours?” she asked

“Well it will take us about 2 days” he responded

“That doesn’t seem that long, can we stop at the pump again for some more