Current mood:	Can people be this sad?
Entry tags:	alone

I was happy before this
The big alarm was ringing. Her whole life people had been telling her stories of the big alarm. It had been used once, a long time ago, when the Wraith used to come to eat them. The alarm would go off and everyone knew where to hide so they stayed safe. That was a long time ago, before Ami and Abu were born, even before Bari Ami was born. The mean Wraith had gone away. So now no-one knows what to do. Everyone is scared and running around. She doesn't know what to do either so she sits down on her bed with Imutta on her lap and strokes him. He makes his happy noise and she smiles at him, kissing his ear.

She starts counting to herself, she's only up to panch when Ami picks her up and kisses her again and again. She's crying and that makes her cry too. Then Abu comes, he's not crying, he's always so strong. He takes her from Ami and hugs her tightly. Then he's carrying her and running. Ami is next to them, she's holding Immuta. They go to the Drife's house. Lots of people are there. She can see Myeisha holding her Ami's hand.

"You're such a good girl, Jazlyn." Abu says putting her on the chataai on the floor. "Now you have to stay here with Ami and make no noise ok? I'm going to go fight the Wraith and we're going to keep them away from you."

"Abu," she shouts holding on to his arm. She doesn't want Abu to go. She wants to stay with him. Ami holds her next to her body and Abu turns away and leaves. She thinks he was crying too, but her Abu never cries. It makes her more scared.

Ami starts singing to her in a whisper and slowly she falls asleep. She's awoken by Ami putting her and Myeisha under the bed. "Stay here and stay quiet." She says in her 'Jazlyn you have to do exactly as I say without any fuss' voice and she nods, holding on to her friend.

Ami goes into the next room and a few minutes later, they start hearing loud screams. She starts to cry again, but does it without making any noise. Just as Ami said. She'll tell Ami how good she was, then Ami will make her some Laurelian and they'll all be happy again. The screams in the next room stop and she thinks maybe the bad Wraith have gone. But then someone comes into the room.

With the door open, Immuta runs in too. She wants to tell him to come hide with them but she's being quiet. They don't see what happens, just Immuta gets thrown across the room and there's lots of blood coming out of him. Like when she fell from the tree and hurt her knee, but lots, lots more.

Myeisha gasps really quietly but the Wraith hears and he takes her from under the bed. Without thinking she quickly moves further away, right next to the wall, covering her mouth with both hands to stop from crying out loud.

There's another scream in Myeisha's soft voice and then the Wraith leaves. She doesn't move. Ami told her to stay here so she will. Ami and Abu will be back to get her soon. Abu went to fight the Wraith and he would kill them all and then they can go home.

She doesn't know what to do so starts counting. She reaches beese and starts again, going again and again and again. But Ami and Abu don't come. They told her to stay here but everything's really quiet. She thinks the Wraith have definetly gone. Quietly she gets out from under the bed and goes to the next room. There are no Wraith, just Ardrans but everyone's changed. They all like old and wrinkly, like Bari Ami, but even more. This was what the stories said. This means they're all dead.

She screams and runs back into the other room, hiding under the bed, her head covered by her hands and starts crying and screaming as much as she wants. The Wraith have gone. Ami and Abu aren't here. No one can hear her.