Sister Lost

Chapter 1 - Moving

I sat in the hospital, tears dripping from my eyes, once again having to go through this pain for the second time, this was horrible, just unbearable, why don't I just end my life, maybe make it a bit better. Now I don't have anybody.

My mum died when I was 7 years old from something, my dad always said she was ill but his face always said different. And speaking of my dad, he is no longer with me anymore. My dad took ill 2 years ago from drinking too much, my guess is that he had missed mum too much he couldn't handle life without her but now he has passed away. For a while I tried to help him through the death of my mum, but nothing I did helped, he wouldn't listen, he kept telling me not to worry, now I'm all alone at 17 years of age.

I'm too young to be living myself, doing everything myself. This was going to be hard. I was not ready. My family was always a bad luck family, now it's just me to cop it. It was just a matter of time.

I made my way out of the hospital just finished crying and made my way home. I folded my arms, basically because it was cold but I wanted to keep to myself in a situation like this. The streets were quite quiet so it made my mind wonder to my parents, I loved them so much. It's true what they say; you don't realise how much you love something until it's gone. I made it home, opened then shut the door and flung the keys on the table and while taking my jacket off I noticed an old looking book lying on the couch.

I scrunched my face up as I hadn't seen it in my life. I held it carefully as it looked important. I was scared to open it, I didn't know what to expect from the book. I opened it slowly and flicked through the pages but they were all blank. What was the point in this book if it was empty? It was baffling. Was it dads? Did he mean to leave this for me as he knew his time was up? A lot of questions went through my mind. I sighed and closed the book throwing it on the table and went to get a drink of water.

'' Bailey…''I heard.

I stopped in my tracks, getting one foot in the kitchen before looking around but nobody was about, at least not that I knew of. I went to the bottom of the stairs and kept quiet to see if I could hear anybody upstairs but then it called my name again and it came from the living room. By this point I was feeling worried, who the hell was in my house? Whatever they were doing, it wasn't funny. I took a deep breath and walked into the living room and looked around but as my eyes locked onto the mysterious book it got louder and the voice was coming from the book.

What the hell? I was scared to go near it. I slowly went over to it, slightly heavy breathing and I cupped it in my hands and opened it up to nothing still.

''What?'' I asked myself.

Suddenly writing started to appear in front of me and I was taking back a little. It read:

Bailey, I know this is going to sound strange to you but its me, your mum, I know this must be hard for you but listen carefully. I want you to go to Santa Cruz.

''What?'' I asked again. This was turning into Tom Riddle's book in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

I know it's weird I can't tell you just now but can you please go to Santa Cruz, it's important.

''How can I go to Santa Cruz, I have no money and I have nothing to go there for, wait a minute, why am I talking to a book?'' I asked myself or more like I asked the air.

Please honey.

'' Why, just tell me if you really are my mum because last time I checked my mum couldn't write through a magic book or something, wait a minute are you magic mum?'' I asked.

Bailey please I can't tell you until you go to Santa Cruz.

''Why? Why can't you tell me? And I don't want to go to Santa Cruz, I don't like it, it's boring and it's full of freaks,'' I sighed.

Bailey, I'm not going to get angry but can you please, for me.

''Mum I don't know if you've noticed but my dad has just died, I can't just leave our house, that's not right,'' I cried.

I'm sorry honey but please, you have nobody to turn to and Santa Cruz is looking very important right now.

'' What about money?'' I asked.

Suddenly money appeared on the table, I jumped and could only stare at the amount of money. I was glued to it. Ok I was officially spooked. I looked back at the book and writing was appearing.

Now use this money wisely, so go upstairs, pack some things and go to Santa Cruz, I'll explain later. Love you Bailey.

I could only stare, I wanted to cry, did I just have a talk with my mum or her spirit or who the hell was I talking to? Questions, questions. I did as she said. I didn't even want to go to this place, it was boring, I was ok here. I didn't wanna leave my home where I grew up in with my mum and dad.

I sighed as I packed two bags full of clothes and food for the ride there. I took all the money and headed for the door. I looked at the house once more before I shut the door and locked the door behind me.

Sorry you must think I'm a complete idiot not telling who I am. For starters my name is Bailey Jones, I'm 17 years old, brunette hair just above my shoulders, brown eyes, pale skin, slim, average height and I have no family. I'm a loner now.

Just waiting for destiny to take its toll on me. I got the bus and I took the book back out of the bag and opened it up. I started to write.

''Mum now can you tell me?'' I asked.

I had waited at least 10 seconds before I got a reply.

Not yet…

That's all I get. Not yet? I couldn't believe I was taking instructions from a book anyhow, I didn't know if this was my mum or not. I sighed, put the book back and listened to music on my phone, waiting for this crazy ride to be over with as I had nothing else to lose.