The warm, black sky felt omnimus at this time. Walking along the dirt path in my school shoes, tight and hard. I slipped them off and threw them against an old oak, won't be needing those anymore. Dragging my hand across the cold surface of the trunk, I looked up at the stars. The bright yellow ball's of gas up there just waiting to explode and die. On a schedule just like humans, just waiting for death, I thought of as my eyes got heavier and heavier as I leaned against the tree trunk. Curling up in a ball, I quickly fell into a deep sleep.
I woke up trembling to a loud tapping right above my ear. Feeling an icy tap on my shoulder, I fluttered up in surprise, only to discover a baby woodpecker. I looked at my watch, wishing that I had fixed when I could. I had no idea what time it was, or even what day it was, it was dark with a little of sunlight. Judging by the position of the sun, I guessed that it was the morning. Realizing the ruckus I must have caused, I pulled my sweater tighter and solemnly walked back to my house, wishing I could just disappear.
Once I got home, my mom was waiting at the door and ran into my arms, before lecturing me about running away, I was too tired to talk so I just stared at the wall. Hearing a knock on the door, I thankfully ran to the door and flung it open. Feeling a gust of the cold breeze, then warm. "Liv!" I sobbed "I'm so sorry, it was ju-", "I'm so glad you are okay!" She interrupted. I explained the whole thing to her and my moms leaving nothing out, except of the icy tap, thinking nothing of it.
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3 hours later, it was all back to normal, I was mostly forgiven other than the 2 week grounding from mom. I walked around the house to the backyard, crying silent tears. Sitting in between the tree and our fence I thought about what had happened. Suddenly, I felt it again, the icy tap. A cold gust of wind blew me forward, right into the fence. "Add a broken nose to the list of this that have gone wrong today", I thought sarcastically. Then it came again but from another direction. I lay down to get out if the way of the wind, but I couldnt, the wind was pushing me up. Looking in the distance, I saw nothing but blue skies. The wind got stronger until everything was flying up in the air, I stood up in a panic, my eyes darting around, trying to find where to go, all I could see was dust. Dropping onto my hands and knees, I crawled to the house. I ran inside, my eyes darted to my mom, seeing the colour drain out of her face. I ran upstairs, yelling to my siblings, they came out of their rooms disturbed, I yanked up my little sis, yelling to my brother, "Jack, I've got Lily, being mom downstairs now" I exclaimed in a panic. Running downstairs, I looked around. Lily and jack were here. "Wheres mom", I yelled at the top of my lungs over the roaring storm. "Shes not here!" Jack described. I handed Lily to Jack and raced upstairs.
From the Author: Sorry that I haven't been posting, I was extremely busy, but I will post the next chapter by tomorrow to make up for it. Thanks for reading!
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The Summer that Changed it All
Teen FictionLayla is a average girl, average grades, looks, height, weight. You name it, she is average. But, during the summer of eighth grade, she discovers some secrets that may not keep her as average as she thinks.
