Rain And Storms

• Ashleigh Fraser, Grade 7
• Short Story
• 2019

The rain was so loud that you could hardly hear anybody talk. The wind was whistling and the storm was arriving. The rain got louder and louder and the wind got stronger. Every second there was a big thump and every minute it got stronger. Everyone was freaking out thinking that a earthquake was arriving. As the rain got softer everyone became calm. The wind died down but then al of a sudden in a blink of an eye the rain started again. Everyone started to get a little bit out of control and the of coarse the wind started. I thought to myself, why?, why is today the day that I cant even leave the house. Reading a book even doing my homework, I know! Who am I, I’ve changed to a different person but there was nothing to do. The power wasn’t even working. I realised that even if its not raining I shouldn’t be stuck on electronics, I should spend time with the family and even when its not raining spend some time outside, get some fresh air. Have a good time with out a screen in front of my face. The rain gets louder and the wind gets even stronger, I cuddle my dog and everything dies down in my mind, but in reality it was getting bigger. Everything surrounding me wasn’t there anymore expect for me and my dog. Everything was blurry and turning different colours. I tried to stop daydreaming but I couldn’t do it. The world got worse and my mind couldn’t get out of the mode. In my head I’m screaming and yelling for help, I couldn’t find my true self, I was drifting into another person… the raining stopped, all I could feel was my dog wrapped in my arms and the world was normal again. I hope I’m never going to experience that traumatic change in my life ever again. Rain has never made that happen to, maybe I was tired, maybe I’m sick but all I do know it that it happened because of the rain and the storm