Nightmare
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Fatemeh Rahimi, Grade 9
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Short Story
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2021
It was a hot sunny day at the beach on a weekend. I was the last person to get off the car and while unlocking the car trunk I saw people surfing on high waves so I took my surfing board out as quick as I could and walked off to the beach. I took a quick pause to take off my sandals and for the first time in weeks my feet touched the hot soft sand of the beach. I stood in silence closing my eyes for a second and I could feel the cold freshening wind of the beach hitting my face while I took a deep breath in. I quickly walked towards my parents. My surfing suit was on and I was ready to go for a quick surf before lunch. Before surfing into the water, I took a last glance at my parents who were doing the BBQ for lunch. I raised my hand up and let them know that I will be going for a quick surf in the water. I ran and hopped on my surfing board chest down. I could see a high wave coming towards me, I took the chance to show off my skills in surfing. Suddenly I tried to stand on my surfing board but I lost balance and got sucked in the strong wave which pulled me down in the water. I knew this might be my end. Opening my eyes, I saw myself stuck on a deserted island in the middle of nowhere. I can’t myself believe that I survived and I’m grateful. I stood up briefly checking my surrounding. It was night and I was injured really badly by my surfing board. I saw a pretty big jungle behind me and it was freezing cold. I walked towards a rocky edge of the beach while looking for shelter for the night, I saw a human like figure with a tail instead of legs sitting on a rock and slowly but quietly I walked towards the unknown creature. Standing behind the creature I carefully raised my hand behind the creature to touch it but suddenly I slipped and fell on the wet sand with my body. The creature turned back slowly looking at me with bright shining eyes. It was a woman with long hair It hopped off the rock and started crawling towards me. BANG! I woke up from my nightmare It was still dark at mid-night I was sweating hard. I instantly looked around me to see where the bang came from but couldn’t figure it out. I took a deep breath in. I walked towards my door to go drink a cup of water but I heard knocking on my bedroom window. My eyes were now on the window. I was frightened and decided to find out who was knocking on my bedroom window at the mid night. I slowly walked to my window and pull up the curtain. I fell down shivering, I saw…