The Unsacred Gift
Excerpt From Chapter 6
As I walked to my room I
was contemplating telling her about Misty, my dreams about her, and most
important, about the visions that haunted me in the daytime.
was contemplating telling her about Misty, my dreams about her, and most
important, about the visions that haunted me in the daytime.
I walked in the bedroom
and closed my door. I turned off the light and got into bed, on top of the
covers because it was still hot. I knew it had to be at least eighty degrees
that night.
and closed my door. I turned off the light and got into bed, on top of the
covers because it was still hot. I knew it had to be at least eighty degrees
that night.
I just rested my head on
the pillows. I was too tired to care about the heat, I just wanted to let this
day be over with. In just a few minutes I drifted off to sleep.
the pillows. I was too tired to care about the heat, I just wanted to let this
day be over with. In just a few minutes I drifted off to sleep.
I found myself in a
forest. It was a gloomy day, and everything was so green. The trees smelled of
fresh pine, and the ground was covered in brown leaves and small branches that
looked like they had just been broken off in a storm. Everything was covered in
fog. I could barely see in front of me, the fog was so thick. The sky was gray,
almost black. It seemed like early morning, dawn.
forest. It was a gloomy day, and everything was so green. The trees smelled of
fresh pine, and the ground was covered in brown leaves and small branches that
looked like they had just been broken off in a storm. Everything was covered in
fog. I could barely see in front of me, the fog was so thick. The sky was gray,
almost black. It seemed like early morning, dawn.
I stood there looking
around, and then I heard voices. It sounded like children’s voices playing.
“Ring around the rosy, pocket full of posy, ashes, ashes, we all fall down!”
Laughter rang around the whole forest.
around, and then I heard voices. It sounded like children’s voices playing.
“Ring around the rosy, pocket full of posy, ashes, ashes, we all fall down!”
Laughter rang around the whole forest.
I keep circling around,
trying to see where the voices were coming from. I yelled “Is someone
there?”—it echoed through the forest. A dark, deep voice brushed up against my
ear. NO, SISSY! The voice was a demonic sound from the underworld.
trying to see where the voices were coming from. I yelled “Is someone
there?”—it echoed through the forest. A dark, deep voice brushed up against my
ear. NO, SISSY! The voice was a demonic sound from the underworld.
I gasped for air, and my heart stopped
instantly. I looked around frantically, but no one was there. I started to run,
but I couldn’t pick up my feet. Struggling to move my feet, I noticed that the
ground began to open. I screamed, but no sound came out. Pulling and pulling, I
tried to lift myself up out of the black hole that was trying to suck me in.
Finally I gave in and let it consume me.
instantly. I looked around frantically, but no one was there. I started to run,
but I couldn’t pick up my feet. Struggling to move my feet, I noticed that the
ground began to open. I screamed, but no sound came out. Pulling and pulling, I
tried to lift myself up out of the black hole that was trying to suck me in.
Finally I gave in and let it consume me.
Everything was dark. I
couldn’t breathe. I struggled in the massive black hold, and a light started to
shine above me. It was a circle, like the sun, but moved in waves. As my vision
began to clear up, bubbles appeared out of nowhere. I looked around, and I was
swimming in a lake. How did I get here? I wondered. I tried to swim up to the
top, to get some air. But my foot was caught in some branches at the bottom of
the lake. I grabbed the branches and detangled my foot from the thick weeds,
freeing me to swim. I kicked and struggled, and then noticed a white sweater
floating near me.
couldn’t breathe. I struggled in the massive black hold, and a light started to
shine above me. It was a circle, like the sun, but moved in waves. As my vision
began to clear up, bubbles appeared out of nowhere. I looked around, and I was
swimming in a lake. How did I get here? I wondered. I tried to swim up to the
top, to get some air. But my foot was caught in some branches at the bottom of
the lake. I grabbed the branches and detangled my foot from the thick weeds,
freeing me to swim. I kicked and struggled, and then noticed a white sweater
floating near me.
I stopped struggling,
and focused on the sweater. It floated in the water like a jellyfish dancing to
a song. I grabbed the sweater and examined it. It looks like Misty’s sweater.
All of a sudden, a hand grabbed my leg, pulling me down. I screamed through the
water. The only sound that came out was the sound of bubbles forming, the
sounds that my throat was making…and then I woke up.
and focused on the sweater. It floated in the water like a jellyfish dancing to
a song. I grabbed the sweater and examined it. It looks like Misty’s sweater.
All of a sudden, a hand grabbed my leg, pulling me down. I screamed through the
water. The only sound that came out was the sound of bubbles forming, the
sounds that my throat was making…and then I woke up.
I was still screaming; I sat up and grabbed my
chest. I was afraid my heart had stopped. The dream had felt so real. I rubbed
my forehead, wiping the sweat off, and tried to catch my breath. I had never
had a dream like this before.
chest. I was afraid my heart had stopped. The dream had felt so real. I rubbed
my forehead, wiping the sweat off, and tried to catch my breath. I had never
had a dream like this before.
My hair was stuck to my
head, I’d gotten all sweaty. When I ran my fingers through it to pull it off my
neck, I found a leaf stuck in my hair. I grabbed the leaf, and looked at it.
“It was just a dream,” I said to myself. Or was it?
head, I’d gotten all sweaty. When I ran my fingers through it to pull it off my
neck, I found a leaf stuck in my hair. I grabbed the leaf, and looked at it.
“It was just a dream,” I said to myself. Or was it?
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