I was in my room when I heard my mom open the door. She had been at work all day, but when she got home something was odd. She ran up to my room and shouted at me, "You are in big trouble!" before I could say anything, she said "You are grounded for 1 day!"

When she said I was grounded , I knew I would not be able to leave the house for the rest of the day. I had always wanted to see the world, so I decided to pack my bags. I thought to myself even though I am eleven years old, I will be fine.

I got out my backpack with the most pockets. It had five pockets. I got out 8 pairs of clothing and socks. I also packed all of my markers, pencils and my art journal. I went downstairs for dinner and continued packing.

The next day, after my parent's left for work,I packed in an envelope my $300. Then, I left first and paid $25 for a train ticket.

I was relieved that nobody asked my age because you had to be 13 years old to ride the train by yourself. The train came to a loud screeeeeechhhinnggggg stop. After riding for 2 hours on a train, I was able to stretch my legs while getting off the train. I had to find a map so I could locate where I would go.

While I was exploring, I ran into a girl. She said, "I am so sorry! Are you okay? Well anyways, my name is Gorgina. What is your name?" I replied back,"My name is Kayla. I was wondering if you could show me around New York?" She responded, "Yes of course! I ran away from my school 2 months ago, and have been just exploring ever since!"

I was so hungry, So I went to the hot dog cart with Georgina. I asked her if she wanted one. she replied back to me, " Yes please. Could you also get me a water?" I said yes and got two hot dogs with two waters. After we ate, we set out to blankets that I had packed. We sat down and we talked for a little while. Finally at 9 p.m. we slept.

The next day, we went to get some breakfast. after we did that to Georgina and I bought train tickets. Once we got on the train, a lady with blue hair asked us our age. Since Georgina was only nine years old, I had to lie about my age. When I said that I was 13, she kept moving on and asking people their age. I had nothing to do for the whole 3 hours.

When we got into North Carolina, I bought two more tickets. This time I bought water from a lady that was selling food and drinks. After six long hours, the train came to a loud screeching stop again. At least now Georgina and I could use the restroom.

In New York and North Carolina they did not have buses that would pick you up and take you to your hotel. I did not know this, so I hopped on a bus with Georgina and we rode to a hotel called the Alabama Hotel Resort. it was only $50 total. By this time it was 7:30 p.m.! Now we went to sleep.