I woke up to the slight smell of smoke. “I probably nothing,” I thought “the neighbors are probably making barbecue or something.” I was only half awake and for some reason the neighbors making barbecue at eleven at night made sense. I turned over and fell into a deep slumber. I awoke again to the sound of loud crackling from outside of my room. I got out of bed wondering what could be making the ...

Watching my hands shaking as if it was winter, freezes my vision. Each day death scenes cross my mind. And i remember…

that wasn’t my line. I wake up with flooded eyes. I walk on my floor and randonly fall back. i can’t seem to stand back up. When my friend stella invites me to get coffee, she asks where my hopeful smile went. And i… just want to die.

it seems like i’m telling part two of my sto...

Of all the people in this town, it just had to be Alex she bumped into, spilling her coffee, the first cup of the day. Umm, ugh, err, excuse me! She finally exclaimed. Those big brown eyes, and that smile was enough to send her back her youth. High school, most importantly, Senior Prom they were Crowned King and Queen, everyone thought they’d spend their lives together. Little did they know lif...

I stood there tears streaming down my face hot and salty against my skin. “What did you _do_?!” I screamed it over and over again but it was no use. Things wouldn’t change. “I- I am so sorry… there has to be a way to fix this! She can’t be dead… I can fix this!” Julie’s voice was shaky and hysterical but words couldn’t undo what she had done.

What _we_ had done.

The aroma of thick metallic bloo...

“He sacrificed his life to save mine… after all I did”

“He’s not even dead what are you talking about?”

“I broke my promise to him”

“About the cookie?”

“It was too much to keep, a promise like that. Perhaps I will go to hell”

“Over a cookie?”

“And now he’s gone, dead. Saved my life from that dreaded demon!”

“Aye, don’t call me a demon basta-“

“LANGUAGE! Now where was I? Oh right, he saved ...

“He sacrificed his life to save mine… after all I did.” I mutter to myself as I watch the guards hang the man on a cross. I watch as his mother cries and the blood stains the wood of the cursed tree. I knew this was my fault, I was so selfish, I was persuaded by the money of one of his disciples who turned to be a crooked man. The man looks so peaceful on the cross, not angry, but like he has a co...

Ember pushed hard against the door, water spraying out of the corners, when something slammed into it. She turned to look at it and saw two eyes.

“Wade!”

“Keyhole!” He shouted.

Ember pulled the key out and he squeezed through.

Once he was through, he reformed himself and held the door with her.

“I was hoping to make a more heroic entrance.”

“Wade! You came back! After everything I said!”

“A...

“Kai!” I screamed.

I had just gotten back from the kitchen. Kai was waiting for me in the door way.

“Kai,” I screamed again, as I watched him fall to the ground. Everything seemed to be in slow motion.

I ran to Kai dropping the blanket and picnic basket.

He was gone, the one thing that was never supposed to happen. I held him close to my chest as I looked up at the bright blue sky tears streami...

My voice comes out sort of foggy. “He sacrificed his life to save mine… after everything I did to him…” It’s all I can do to stop myself from collapsing in grief and guilt.

“It’s not your fault,” he tells me, sinking onto the ground next to me. His young face etched with deep emotion far too wise for his youth.

“Yes it was…” Suddenly, my guilt turns to the need to protect. I look up at my son...

“He sacrificed his life to save mine… after all I did…” the words echoed around in her head as she tried to hold back a sob. A tear slid down her cheek and dropped onto her pillow. “I wish he was here, now he could tell me it wasn't my fault…” she cried silently. She sniffed, wiping away more tears with the back of her hand, the cold sweat still on her forehead from the nightmare. It was the only ...