The Gypsy Queen

The Beginning of my Hell

    I wake up to the sound of my godmother's outdated washing machine. I sit up "thwack!" I hit my head on the beam holding the roof over my head. After rubbing my forehead, I searched around my room to find the time. As I search I find my aunt standing over her washer. "Aunt Katherine," I say "what time is it?" She looks up and says "It's 3 o'clock in the morning sweetie. Why do you ask?"The washing machine becomes extremely loud to were I have to try to yell over it, "Why are you doing laundry at 3 in the morning?!" Though I yelled she obviously didn't hear me because she answered back saying "I love you too sweetie, but you need to go back to sleep. Tomorrow is your first day of high school and you don't want to be late." With that I lay down and try to ignore the old washing machine.

    It is 5 am and i started to do by normal routine to get ready for school. Take a shower, brush my teeth, put on some mascara, a little foundation, and decide my dress wear for the day. I decide to wear a shaped turquoise t-shirt, black pair of short, my favorite pair of brown calf high combat boots, a couple of bracelet, and the necklace my mother gave to me before she died. Before I leave my room I look in the mirror. I am about 6 ft tall. I have nice looking legs, a thin waist that curves out to form an over sized chest. Aunt Katherine say it's my greatest assets, but I feel like a bimbo out on the tennis court. I decide to grab a shapeless sweater and walk out the door. I get to the bus stop right as the bus arrives and I immediately sit in the last seat and put my ear buds in and listen to my favorite band "Safire".

    Within 10 minutes we are at my new high school, Claverage Ildiots High, or more popularly known as C.average I.diots High. I go to the front desk to grab my scheduled and head for homeroom. I get to the class and sit in the back desk closest to the window. I they dosed off. I had a weird dream with a women yelling "HELP!" I wake up to a kind face saying "The first period bell just rang. What class are you going to?" I rub my eyes and and say "Algebra II," She smiles and say "Cool I am going there too. I am Nikita, I saw you checking in at the front desk earlier." I say "Hi I'm Luna." I stand up to walk out and she froze. I turn around and ask "What's wrong?" she responds " I didn't expect you to be that tall."We giggle a little then walk to algebra.

     In band we got the very first song and I met a girl named Echo. We shared the love of our instruments and hope to get together for a practice or two. Today at 2:30 the end of the day announcements blared through the lonely hall ways. Finally they start calling buses " Everyone who rides bus 269 go to the bus ramp, again everyone who rides bus 269 please go to the bus ramp!" I get on my bus and we depart from the school. Now it's time to wait a lifetime before I get home to play my oboe.

   It has been a week since I started school and it has been great. I have a solo in orchestra my friends, Echo, and Nikita have lunch together all the time and things are going great! It is Wednesday afternoon on my third week of school I walk down the quite street of "Gateway Place". When i reach the front door of my house I hear a crashing sound like glass. I quickly open the door and I hear "WELL I DON'T NEED YOU!" coming from my aunt's room. I walk down the hallway to her room and I found her boyfriend standing in the middle of the room with glass all over the floor and the bed upside- down. The room goes quiet. "Do you need something Luna?" asked her boyfriend. I glared at him " DON'T TALK TO HER!" I hear coming from the other side of the room. I look that way to see my aunt bloody, her faced bruised and big gashes on her thighs, her clothes were shredded, and blood seeped through like it was infinite. I run over to try and help her, but there is nothing I can do. She was the only family I had left. I broke down crying next to her then I looked at her boyfriend. Blood on his hands and splatter marks on his white dress shirt. Rage boils within me I charge at him, sending him flying out the window. He stood up and in his hand, I saw a dagger. Where did that come from? I look at him in confusion. He walks to the window, and I run out of the room, leaving Aunt Katherine and Hector alone. I find my cell phone in my backpack and first I call 9-1-1. "Operator what do you need police, ambulance, or fire?" I couldn't find my voice, but I managed to say "Police," The operator then asked "Were are you?" I then respond by saying my address and what is going on in the house. Right before I hung up, she said she would send an ambulance with the police. Then I decide to my call friends Nikita, and Echo.  I tell them I may need a place to stay if my aunt has to go to the hospital. They both say it will be alright no matter how long. Katherine's bedroom has gone completely quiet. I hear a little bit of moaning, but I try to stay calm and hope that my aunt is fine. 20 minuets pass by, I hear a rap at the door, I get up and I run over to the door. There were 3 officers and 2 medics I lead them to the room and I see that Hector and my aunt are knocked out. There is blood all over Hector now, blood that wasn't there before. The medics rush in and get both of them out of the room. A cop sits me down and asked me what happened here, and I told them what happened from the moment I walked in the house to the moment I called them. The cop comforted me and said it was the right thing to do. I am sick of being babied.