once upon a
time in a land far far away stood a house on the very peak of the hill in the
heart of Pennsylvania. And in that very pretty house, lived a very
pretty girl. Yet, something was wrong. Her silky long brown hair was tied in a
very messy bun, her twinkling eyes were full of worry and tears. sakshi hugged
mr snuffles close, wishing that this toy would come to life to hug her back. She
looked out her window. Loud yells, big booms and commands slashed the once
silent air. sakshi looked desperately around trying to find her dad in between
the massive group of soldiers. Her dad was 2032's best soldiers and she couldn't
be prouder. Infact, she was proud of both her parents. sakshi's mum was a
healer and she tried her best to save the soldiers' lives who fought in world
war 4.
She looked
out the window after finding a familiar face. Her frown turned into a smile as
she saw her dad wearing a blue uniform, pointing his riffle downhill, trying to
protect our town. sakshi waved then stopped knowing that nobody can see her. Her
eyes started to widen as she saw a bullet soar through the air, hitting her dad
on the elbow. She stood frozen on the spot until her dad fell to the floor.
"DAD..."
She
screeched out load filling the whole house with her screams, knowing that no
one can hear her. On impulse she ran outside clutching her teddy. Outside was
more dynamic than ever; bodies dropping, bullets firing and commanders
shouting; it was an action packed scene. phoebe ducked down, trying to avoid
the bullets and ran to the back of the house. She looked down the hill to see a
familiar white tent with red stripes on.
"MUM." She shouted,
not caring if anyone heard her. sakshi ran down the hill as fast as she could
without falling over and making a fool of herself. She didn't care if she would
shout at her for leaving the house. All she cared about was her dad who was
struggling to breathe.
"mum, mum...its
dad, he was fighting and then...mum?"
She stifled a
sob as she saw her mums body lying dead on the ground with all of the other
healers. sakshi looked around in panic as she heard grass rustling outside the
tent. She lay down on the floor, pretending to be dead, the smell of rotting
blood engulfed her. But she tried to stay quiet as two rebels entered the tent.
"are they
all dead?" one of them asked.
"I think
so.."
sakshi heard
footsteps approaching so she held her breath.
"what about
this one? Isn't she a bit...young?"
"who cares...one
less maniac to deal with."
The two soldiers left and phoebe opened her
eyes, not bothering to get up. A tear drop fell with a splash, landing in the
pool of blood.
After a
while, sakshi stood up, making her way up the hill. Suddenly, she stopped and
her eyes widened again at the sight infront of her.
Her house
was in flames.
She was
homeless, her mother had died, her father was dead and she is probably going to
die.
Ishaani
Cricket
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