Shadow of Hart

^^^^^^^^^^Chapter 1^^^^^^^^^^^

Today, when I woke up, I wasn't me. Well at least not "normal me", "normal me" would have been sitting on the couch watching a baking show on Netflix. But right now, I'm "out of my comfort zone me."...

Sorry, I should introduce myself, I am Brecklyn Hart, from Texas. I live with my mom and my fish, banjo (I wanted a dog but my mom just had to be "allergic"). It was a sunny day here with a high of 98 actually, and my cousin Piper came over (no, we did not go outside) we started to play scrabble when there was this weird shadow in the back of the living room, but I ignored it. "I'm bored, you wanna come over and swim at my place?" asked Piper "Sure," I said, "race ya there." 

When we got to Piper's house we went to her room to draw for a bit before we hit the pool. I realized that it was really dark in her room, so I pushed the curtains back. And that was when I noticed that the shadows from me moving the curtains looked like a person running from the light, I showed Piper and she laughed, "You're funny, I never noticed that, it's cool." So I laughed too! I started to put the pencil on the paper, but I didn't know what to draw, it's like my mind was blank and I couldn't think, my mind went darker and darker until I couldn't remember anything. "Hello, Hello, Breck, Breckly, you okay?" Piper said with worry in her voice. I quickly snapped out of it and noticed that Piper was calling my name, "What, what, I am right here you don't need to scream." I said firmly,  "girl, you scared me, it's like you were asleep with your eyes open!" Piper said in relief, "Maybe drawing isn't as fun as I thought It would be, let's hit the pool, is that okay?" "Okay," I said quietly, I was still thinking about what happened all I remember is, well, nothing, I remember nothing.

We were doing our usual cannonballs into the pool. "Piper watch this one" I shouted, as I was in the air I noticed a big storm cloud headed this way, "How could I have not seen It coming?" Piper said madly, I on the other hand was disappointed, I mean "in water" is the only place that I feel overly happy, I feel alive, and now it's ruined. I go into the bathroom to dry my hair and change back into my normal clothes, as I dry my hair the light goes out, but not like a spark or a flash, more like it went out in a fade, almost like someone was walking in front of the light or covering it up. So I get dressed and meet Piper in the living room. I ask her if she has changed the bulb in the bathroom lately, "Yeah, my mom changed it before you came over actually?" She said confusingly, "Why? Did something happen, did it go out?", "Yeah, it sort of faded, but it was really weird." I said, "Well, don't get freaked out or anything, I was probably just an electric thing or somethin else, I'll tell my mom about it later, you wanna watch something... like a baking show to take our minds off of it?" Piper said cheerfully, "Yeah that sounds good!" I said, feeling still sad about the pool and weird about the light. "I know something is going on," I said to myself, "And I will get to the bottom of it soon enough."

It's been a couple of weeks later now, I have not seen the shadows, Piper and Mom think I am crazy, but to be honest, what if I am? I mean I have been seeing stuff that nobody does and it's like what I see doesn't match up with what others see, banjo gets me though, even though he is a fish, I still talk to him, at least he doesn't think I'm crazy (hopefully).

I am hanging out with my mom today. She said, "Breck, I think we have both been a bit stressed, so how about the spa?" "Nah, let's do something fun or exciting. Oh like the zoo, you love those tigers. Plus the spa is boring, you won't even talk to me!" I said with a funny grin, "First off, I don't talk to you because I get the face mask and I can't talk, second, I do like the tigers but I don't feel like going to the zoo. How about we go out to lunch at your aunt's house?" she said questioningly, "I love Aunt Janes house, sure, but you still owe me a trip to the zoo." I said.

We pulled up to Aunt Janes's house in our old rusty yellow truck, (It sounds bad, but it's my favorite) Aunt Jane has always been on the "weird side" as my mom calls it. It's not a bad thing honestly, she just doesn't act normal, yet again I am the girl who thinks I've been seein some shadow people. We walk up the long rocky path to her house, and here comes bazil, Aunt Jane's dog, Bazil is the best we grew up together ever since I was 4, and Bazil was 1, it's been me and her. Once we get up to the door I already hear Aunt Jane come in, "Oh hello, you guys are early" she said, "Jane, you did not even know we were coming, I never called you. Breck did you?" said mom, "No" I said confused, see what I mean by weird, and that's not even part of it. We sit down at the table and see that she made homemade mac n' cheese. This was also weird, Aunt Jane doesn't like mac n' cheese, but she always makes it when I come over, did she actually know that we were coming over? But how? Trying to ignore it she brings our bowls over, "So what brings you over?", "Well, stress, with work and its busyness, and now she is seeing sha-" mom says getting cut off by Aunt Jane, "Shadows?" she said confidently?