Ongoing Nightmare

• Anna Tran, Grade 7
• Short Story
• 2022

Breeze was flowing through the air; the strong cold atmosphere blows a brush of my hair. I shivered and tumbled while walking through the brass monkey weather, I walked upon the pathway where everyone can take one look at my long baggy pants and jacket.
I walked with my head down, I was rather a gauche insecure teenage girl. I sat on a bench with one engaging tree in front of me as I lay my huge bag on the ground’s dirt. Suddenly the bell rang and I hurriedly went to my class. I suddenly fell into the depths and saw a glimpse of light, I widen my eyes and was outside.
“Lanh!” I hesitantly looked behind me, my heart skipped a beat, it was my mother with a bright smile on her face I wondered why, she grabbed my hand and ran. I looked around us, it was magical, the air felt warm and the atmosphere was nice as ever, I feel the breeze blowing my silky hair away from my face, I had completely forgot my existence.
Hours later we still ran, it started to get darker, the breeze became colder as my whole body froze as it never did before. I stopped and gasp for air, I bended down and saw a shadow growing behind my back, I looked up as the engaging tree grows out of its sprout and a bench right there for me. I grabbed my mother’s hands and settled her on the bench. I watched thousands of stars above us as they twinkled one by one, I used my fingers and connected them as constellation and fell asleep.
I woke up and my mother disappeared. I was alone on the bench as the raindrops falls on me, I saw light nearby, it glittered and shined so bright beckoning me to come over. I walked towards the bright light as the raindrops disappeared, a house appeared and the breeze became warmer. I walked towards the door and entered in.
I saw a clock on the pillar which was 4:25pm, there were animals crowding around the fox corpse as its blood poured out. I looked behind my back, I saw my mom holding a pistol with her left eye twitching, she raised it. As the pistol face pointed towards me, without hesitation BANG-BANG-BANG.
I woke up and was in my room, it was cold and the atmosphere was unbelievable, my sweat dripped on my blanket. I heard heavy footsteps as it came towards my door closer. As I last remembered it sounded very similar to my relatives but I didn’t know who, the door handles broke and the door opened widely. I saw my mother, her eyes glared at me as if I did something. She pointed a similar pistol towards me, I closed my eyes. BANG! I opened them slowly and saw a sudden small figure. It was my younger cousin, I laughed and fell on my bed… Such a nightmare.