Vision

• Nyree Fowler, Grade 6, Pleasant Street Primary School
• Short Story
• 2016

Excellence Award in the 'Top Secret 2016' competition

I was at the beach having a blast. Then, I go surfing, where I saw this eye-widening wave coming for me; it was huge (not a tsunami) so I ride the wave and as I look below me and I see this body. I didn't have enough time to see the face of the girl, because the wave crashes on top of me. I hobble to the beach and I have a pain in my leg, I tell mum what happened, but she does not listen, and I told her that my leg hurts.

The next thing I know, we were about to go home, but I still felt this pain in my leg. “I have a throbbing pain in my leg, it's……… broken!” I screamed in pain.
Mum slammed on the brake and did a u-turn and went straight to the hospital, my leg was too sore to walk, so she carried me in. I can't remember what happened next because I passed out due to the pain. The next thing I remember is my leg is in a cast.

Being in a wheelchair in front of the window then suddenly, I feel dizzy and I pass out then everything goes black. Then, I spot the girl from the beach again. I try to scream, but nothing comes out of my mouth, only a peep comes out but no words. Then she said “I know you”.

Everything went black, again… then I wake up back at the beach and I am tired. What does this mean? Why is this happening? Was it a dream? Who was that girl I need to find out, but then I feel someone breathe behind me.

It's the girl “What do you want from me?” I scream at her. She looked shocked. “How dare you speak like that”. She stops talking and Mum runs at me with a bat, she said “Doctor now,” then the Doctor has this device and sucks up the girl, well I reckon that she is a girl. Maybe, she is a ghost? You know what I will ask, how you somehow knew that she was a ghost.