Chapter 1

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The car was swerving with no control. It began to flip and turn, everything became a blur. I grabbed onto the side, but I became disorientated. I couldn't speak, or even scream for help, I was in too much shock. I couldn't breathe. My chest felt thick and my body was stiff. Even the tears seemed to be stuck; frozen. I could feel blood dripping down my body the grimy air infecting it. Everything became dark. My ears started ringing. Help Me....

There was a light. It was very dim at first, diffused against the swimming darkness. I started to see shapes, slowly forming with every breath, my head was pounding, millions of thoughts cascading through my mind, and I couldn't focus my thoughts into anything that made sense. My brain was like a puzzle, I had to try and piece every part of it together. I don't remember anything before waking up in my room. But, my room felt....different. Everything did. Although my body felt rigid, I managed to pull myself up to get out of my bed and place my feet on the floor. The whole house was silent, the only things I could hear was my heavy breathing and my jumbled thoughts. What was going on?
My body was still tight, but it started loosening up after a while. I opened my bedroom door, and slowly and painfully walked down the soft carpet stairs. Even that didn't feel the same. I looked around for my family, however, it was just....me. My heart was racing extremely fast and it felt like it was about to burst out of my chest. My ears were constantly ringing. I tried to hit them, anything for it to stop; it didn't. I felt like I've got no power, I'm so confused that I can't think straight, and I don't know what to do. My entire body was trembling. I called out 'Hello?' but nobody came...

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