8.Did he hurt you?

I did not know what to expect today. The previous night was when I was captured. I was not sure how Joe was going to act. I was sure not keen to see him either. Joe had rang my father about what had happen. How i escaped Lake Harmony and was then captured. My father was already on his way to see me about this incident. Joe and I wait for him to arrive. Later on my father arrived. Joe spoke to my father about what happened and he was not happy about the way i behaved. My father had trust in me to do the right. His trust was now broken. My father spoke to me about what happened. It was basically him saying that I did the wrong thing and I will be here even longer. He noticed marks on my body. He was confused. My father questioned if Joe had hurt me. I didn't know how to react. Did he hurt you? Asked my father. Yes, but... But what? But I deserved it. My father was not happy to find out that Joe had been hurting me. My father sent me here to prevent me from doing bad things again not to be hurt by our own teachers. I then left Lake Harmony with my father.

7.Captured

We had been on our way to Canada. We had hitch hiked and had done everything possible at this point in time. As we continued our way. I was unfortunately caught. I was given to Joe and I was not happy at this or was Joe by his look. I was scared to death at what he was going to do to me. Joe forced me to get onto my hands and my knees. Basically anyway had gained permission to beat me up by now. Adam was even giving people permission. Joe took me outside and chained me up just like a dog, out in the cold. Joe went and picked up the nearest stick he could find. Joe then began beating me with the stick and began whipping my bare feet. Practically till I bleed. I didn't know how long all of this mess was going to go on for. I was just hoping it did not go for much longer cause in a matter of time I was already sore. I did not say a word to Joe. I knew for sure that he would not care what I had to say, no matter what it was!

6.The escape

Tonight was the night. We had been planning this escape for a while now. We were ready to escape. We believed that we could get out. Later that night, Pauly was sent to turn off the lights so we could have our opportunity to get out of here once and for all. Unfortunately somehow Joe heard about it and tried to stop Pauly from turning it off. Joe saw Pauly and made the attempt to stop him. Luckily I was there to trip Joe so he could not get his hands onto Pauly. Pauly managed to switch off the electricity. Joe then pulled out his flash light. At this point I had no idea what to do. I could not see a thing! We continue to run towards the exit. We managed to out run Joe which gave us the advantage. Luckily we did escape and manage to get over the tall fence. It was my first time outside. I could not see anything other then tree's. I saw a few buildings but that was it. We were in the middle of no where. We decided to walk down from the school. Later on we stopped. It was freezing at this point in time. We would have at least walked a couple of kilometers. After a while, we began to start walking again. Joe could be anywhere looking for us. It was way to risky for us. We walked as far as we could and we had to stop. We were to tired to continue.

5.Dear Sibrina

I was sitting in a circle. I was writing Sabrina a letter to tell her that i would not be able to see her again. It was so hard for me to write this. I felt so sad. When i was ready to hand in my letter, Joe had a quick look. By the look on his face, I knew he was satisfied as a good step that I was making. I though that he must be thinking that I was making progress at the time. To maybe think that I actually feel bad for what I did. I thought maybe i keep feeling sad, keep pretending to regret my decisions, Joe might be a bit easier on me. I guess you could call it ' Joe's bright side. I began to act different to the way I would usually act. I thought that if I did this i could get out of here easily. I just had to pretend that I regret my decisions in the past. My father told me that he sent me here because he loves me. I also had to prove it to him that I was sorry. I was basically here because I needed support. To help me overcome what I did. From this day on, I began to act different around Joe and the other school staff members but I still did want to get out of this.

4,The Grand tour

Today my father was coming to Lake Harmony to visit me. As time passed, my father finally arrived. Joe was standing beside me for every second making sure I did not say anything negative about Lake Harmony. After my dad finished the tour. Myself and Joe were walking my father out. As we were walking, Joe drags behind which gave me and my father a chance to talk at that time. My father placed his hand on my shoulder. ' Son i know this is hard for you, but we did this because we love you and wish the best for you. My father mention how this would help. How it was all for my future. Getting there may be hard and unpleasant, but when you are there, you'll be glad'. I was not sure what he meant. I questioned him about what he meant. ' In terms of maturity' my father replied. I questioned maturity. He frowned uncertainly, ' I guess its having the judgement to know whats good for you and what is not'. My father shook my hand. He got into the rental car and out the tall gates of Lake Harmony he went. It completely knocked the wind out of me. Joe tells me to go back. I pretended to sneeze in order to wipe my tears away without Joe seeing them. I start walking towards the food hall. Joe questioned where i was going. Sorry sir? I answered. Joe then marched me to a small room. ' Strip ' he orders.

3.Pick it up!

This day was different compared to any other day at Lake Harmony. I was of a slave then a student. I was standing in a line of people, whilst i was asked to step out. I was not sure why but I did as I was ordered. Joe then took a stick of gum out of his pocket whilst slowly peeling of the wrapper. Joe waved the stick of gum under my nose before he popped it into his mouth. Joe then crumpled the wrapper and told me to 'pick it up'. I bent over and I pick it up. Joe then placed his own hand in front of him whilst waiting for Garrett to place the wrapper into his hand. Joe received the wrapper and it fell towards the floor. Once again I was told to pick it up. Im not sure why Joe was doing this to me but he continued to do it. After I picked it up a few more times, Joe knees me in the face. Blood was gushing out of my nose at the time, dripping onto my shirt. I pinched my nose and tilted my head back. Nothing changed. I stood there for a while, after some time I began to feel light headed and dizzy. Joe then asks me if he had told me to stop. I replied 'no' whilst beginning to bend down to pick up the the wrapper. I fell to the ground. After more time passes by, Joe ordered me to go and get a mop and bucket and to clean what I made a mess. 'Suddenly' we were back at lake Harmony.

2.Study the bible, Sit the test

I was disturbed during my sleep. A hand was placed onto my shoulder whilst saying wake up to me. I got up and was sent out of my room to hallway. We walked across a field of grass, about 50 yards of it. I was taken to a room where i was welcome to the school Lake Harmony by Mr Z. After he welcomed me, I was given what Mr Z called a 'bible'. Whilst he was handing me the bible he said that i would need to study this bible and when ever i though that i'd be ready, I could go sit the test. If I passed the test I was told that I would be able to join the other students. I was taken to a classroom and was handed a sixty one paged document. I scanned through the document in minutes. The document was just some basic rules / regulations made by the school. The document also stated that I would not be able to see my parents for the first six months. This was if they actually chose to come and visit me. In which I hope they did because I wanted to get out. The document discussed some sort of power. You start at level one and the highest was level six. There was a required amount of points to move up to the next level. I completed the test in about twenty minutes. It was then marked and a phone call was made. After the phone call, two men came into the room. One behind me and also one in front of me. I did not know what was coming my way.

1.Lake Harmony

So today I was handcuffed and taken by complete strangers. I was placed in a car with a few other kids. We had been driving for eight hours closer to nine. Sitting in the car, handcuffed and uncomfortable was enough for me, it was hell. The handcuffs were so tight I honestly thought i would receive nerve damage. I told the man that my hands were sore, but all Harry replied was ' So? '.  Out of all the people in the world, I would have never assumed my parents to do this to me. To send me to a place that i do not wish to be. It was more of a detention camp, to accept the fact that what I did was wrong. But it was not as simple as that. I needed to prove to the school that i regret what I did. I now had no contact with my parents or even my old teacher. I was told that I was not allowed to talk unless I was spoken to by someone with a higher power. I was told to not even think about running. He also sounded very serious so I decided to listen to him and trust his word. We were surrounded by forest and were far from civilisation. The crickets of loudness reminded me of back when I was in the city. I could only see four to five buildings around me. None were more than two stories. All of a sudden the cricket stopped making noise. I listen closely and heard what i call, screaming.