Blake and me

The Beginning

Today changed everything. 

My name is Nia and I was born on the ground and everyday is the same. Until today when the sky started falling.

I'm an only child and the daughter to my widowed father, I am trikru and proud. We are one, yet part of  a bigger picture as there are 12 clans of the nation lead by our commander the ruthless Heda Lexa.

Sat on the peak of the hill a shining bolder came plummeting from the sky, a star? Is the sky falling? Is the end of the world happening again? Hundreds of questions racing through my mind. I stood up to gain a better view of the history I'm witnessing, nothing ever good comes from the sky as nothing good went up is what I was told as a child from stories. I looked around to see if anyone else had seen what I saw, but nothing and no one had. I stood stagnant taking in what had happened before making the rash decision to go and approach the fire balling spaceship letting my curiosity get the best of me.

Closer I got, thicker the smoke, smothering my path making it hard to see a meter in front of me or even my feet. Approaching I hid behind a bent and burnt tree that had taken damage from the inferno that came before the crash. Taking in everything that's happening like the smell of gas or the scratchy feeling on my skin from the fumes, 057-118 I read on the side of the drop ship. The parashot fluttered in the wind shifting my view around as it covered different parts of the ship. 

*Air release

*Crunching of gears

The door was openings. Fear rose in my chest, I wanted to run but I was stuck I couldn't move. Scared of what might appear out of the large metal door I felt a tear run down my check. As my mother used to say 'curiosity is a killer' and she may just be right.

After what felt like hours the door was fully down and the only thing between me and the aliens is a thick layer of smoke. Then the alien appeared... yet it wasn't an alien it was a girl followed by a boy and then a group of them. I was outnumber massively 1 to what  I assumed a 100 once they were all out.

"We're back bitches!"

Startled I was woken out of my trance and slowly started stepping back.

*Crunch

I felt the twig snap under the stole of my boot. A twig. A twig is what will get me killed. I clenched my eyes together praying it wasn't as loud as I thought. I relaxed my face, opening my eyes and was ready to accept my fate. Yet I was not faced with violence instead in the distance I locked eyes with these hazel eyes that belonged to a tall, brown hairs boy. His stare deepened and he looked scared and confused, to keep his silence I moved  my finger to my mouth in a 'silencing' motion and slowly backed away. His stare was broken by the shorter brown haired girl who was pushing him around. I saw him distracted and used it as an opportunity to get out of his view line before he looks back up, which I did.

I ran home and didn't stop until I got to Polis, running through the streets and finally got to my house and made my way up to my room. I jumped onto my bed face first in a star fish position and screamed into my pillow.

"What the fuck are you screaming about I'm trying to sleep down there!" my dad shouted at me slurring his works, I could smell all the way from my bed the smell of alcohol on his breathe. He started to approach me and I backed away slowly until I was in a corner. He got closer and closer his facial expressions changing so quickly I couldn't read him. Until I saw anger clear as day and I knew what would follow. His hand balled into a fist and he raised his arm above his head, I tensed my face and waited for impact. As it came I felt a shock go through my whole body like a shiver when getting in a cold bath. I closed my eyes and waited for him to leave which he did after he stood and look in his work on my check.

Every time this happens I feel the life drain out of me more and more. Both mentally and physically drained and not knowing how much longer I can take this.

I hope that these aliens bring change and hope. A new beginning.