I tried to look happy as I headed down the stairs, but I was devastated.

My friend just called and told me she found her animal; a hamster she named Holly.

I haven’t found my animal yet and I’m fourteen! I’ll my friends have found their animals and I’m getting bullied for not having one.

“Hey sweetheart!” My mom said, closing the fridge and smiling at me, “Hey mom! I responded brig...

I let out a shaky breath, looking at my surroundings, then reflected on what had started this.

This was really happening.

Turning to my family, I said, “I’ll do it, I’ll sacrifice myself.”

Immediately they erupted into argument, each of them objecting then offering themselves instead.

“I’ll do it, you don’t have too.” Dad said.

“No. I’m the one and that’s final.” I replie...

My eyes snapped open.

(What the..?) I thought, looking around myself.

It seemed to look exactly like the neighborhood I lived in, but something about it felt so… wrong.

It was night, and freezing cold.

looking down at the concrete below my feet, I remembered running for my life down this very sidewalk.

I was suddenly engulfed with my last memory; the memory of walking wh...

It was time to clean out the attic.

Yay..?

I reached up to pull down the ladder and nervously climbed up, pulling myself into the attic.

The attic was dark and creepy, I hated this place.

I reached down and picked up a box of old clothes then very carefully went back down the ladder.

After a few trips, I noticed an envelope in a box of old toys.

I set the box down...

It was time to move

I wasn’t very excited about that but the time had come.

I lived alone in a small apartment, I had had this apartment since I turned nineteen.

Gazing around the empty living room and kitchen, I turned and grabbed the last of the boxes behind me.

The tape on one looked like it was going to come off by itself.

I turned back and set the box on the kitchen co...

I collapsed onto my couch, exhausted. It was nearly midnight.

The day was absolutely insane.

It had started out normal and suddenly became one of my best memories.

It all started when a masked man with a gun had exploded in through the doors…

“I’m going to say it one last time, UNLOCK THE SAFE AND GIVE ME THE MONEY!!” He had yelled, holding up the gun.

I acted fran...