I woke up this morning to the most devastating news I could have heard. Our land is being sold. Everything we have ever worked for and put our lives into, will be gone within the week. I never thought this could happen to us though in a way, I felt it coming. My sisters are devastated. Mary is too young to completely understand and Elizabeth is trying to sort things out. I am left in the middle with nothing to do but think about everything we have ever done to this land. We have lived here almost our entire lives and now we have nowhere to go. We have nothing. I decided that since I had nothing to do, I went to my study to write another newspaper entry to add to my collection. Now I know they will never be published. It feels like I have been up here for hours though I know its been merely minutes. I decided that I would finally go into town to see if I could find work anywhere that could benefit me and my sisters. On my way down I see a black mare with a rider running through the fields. I instantly look away for it reminds me of my father. I realize I don't speak of them much, but our history as a family is far from peaceful. I would rather not touch upon it. As I continue my journey to town, I see many local farmers and families moving away from their land. I have now heard that it was not just my sisters and I loosing our farm, it was almost everyone in the village. We were all broken. As I continue my journey I come to the conclusion that there is almost nothing for us down here. Our village is a wreck. I finally start heading back to our farm, when the rider and the black mare appears again, this time following me. I turn to ask the rider to leave me alone, until I finally see his face. It is my half brother, Johnathon. He says he comes bringing news of our father but I turn away and continue on. As I am coming up the hill towards our land, I see smoke in the distance. I worry and instantly start running up the hill to our farm house. As I reach the top I am exhausted but continue on. I see our house in flames and many surrounding it. I run as fast as I can to reach our house. I quickly look for my sisters in the midst of the crowd. I discover the two of them crying on each other in front of our destroyed home. I ask what had happened and Elizabeth responds with that they were preparing dinner and some hay from the barn for the animals caught fire. They could not save anything. Now we truly had nothing. No home, no food, and no money. We were lost without it all. This was when I felt a tap on my shoulder and turned to see Johnathon. I said where can we go, we have nothing. He smiled with a sorrowful look and said, come with me, for I can help you. I realized this is only the start of a great adventure.