Hi. My name is Nicke, and I'm fifteen years old. I am averagely sized with straight, short blonde hair and blue eyes.
My mother died five years ago when I was only ten, and my dad disappeared when I was four. I don't even know if he still exists. I live in Lightmare Town, in Lightmare Tower, on the edge of our small civilization, but here, that's considered lucky. It's farther away from the LC, and therefore, safer.
I have four sisters, two of which are older, two of which are younger.
Roxy is the oldest one, at eighteen. She is the smartest of us all. Singing is her talent and her passion and she does it all the time- in the shower, doing dishes, and cleaning the house.
Candy is the second oldest, and she's the one that usually takes care of us, as Roxy has work all the time. She is a little bit selfish in my opinion, but it's really not her fault. She is a girly girl and a fashionista and is always fussing over her clothes.
The second youngest is Rose. She is fourteen years old and usually very shy. She doesn't like to talk to anybody, and prefers to lie down outside on the grass instead.
Carmen is the youngest, at thirteen. She is usually calm and organized and logical, but when something bad happens she always panics and becomes reckless.
I am told that I had four brothers once, but they were taken away ten years ago, at about the same time my father disappeared. They were taken away by the LC- the Lightning Control-, and ever since hearing the story, I have hated the LC with all my heart.
They make our life terrible. They keep us holed up in this town with little to eat and spoil the air with their terrible factories. Even Rose, who hates conflict, wishes that the LC would just go away and leave us alone. Because of them, none of us have ever stepped a foot outside Lightmare Town. Someday, I'll run away from this place.
One morning I woke up as early as I could to catch Roxy before she went to work. She was cooking breakfast for us, so instead of bothering her by getting in the way, I switched on the TV. Every single one of them was boring except for the LC's show, but as I have mentioned before, I hate the LC. My finger was hovering over the power button, but then Candy swept into the kitchen and squealed, "Don't turn that off! It's important!"
I rolled my eyes but tossed the remote onto the coffee table without turning it off. I had to obey Candy since she was older. One of the #1 rules in this crazy household.
Carmen and Rose suddenly entered the living room, yawning and stretching. "What's with all the squawking?"
I grunted. "Candy." And no more questions were asked.
I tuned out my siblings and watched the LC show, reluctant but also mildly interested. "Teens ages thirteen through eighteen processing magical powers shall be executed for the safety of Lightmare Town. Runaways shall be brought before senate trial and executed for trying to escape justice." And then it changed to the week's weather.
Thirty-one words and my life was changed forever. My face paled, and my hands were shaking violently.
Did I forget to mention? All of my siblings have special powers, all relating to lightning or electricity. Probably one of the reasons why my brothers were taken away. For so long, our family had been ignored by the LC. Not anymore.
Roxy dried her hands from the kitchen and walked into the living room, where the rest of us were just staring at the now blank TV screen. "What's going on?"
Candy looked like she was going to freak out, throw up, or both. "That's sick. That's really, really, sick."
"What's sick?"
Rose spoke up, in her tiny little voice. "The LC are coming to kill us."
Silence. Roxy paled.
"Why now?" Asked Carmen. "We haven't done anything bad recently… have we?"
"It's politics, Carmen." Roxy said faintly. "They've been oppressing us all this time, and since we have a militia advantage, we would make great rebels. They want to eliminate the threat."
"W-what are we going to do?" I asked, terrified. No one had an answer.
"We'll run away." Carmen said, scowling. "There's no use in staying, we'll just be killed anyway. At least this way we have a chance."
Roxy nodded. "Start packing, girls. We're leaving."
They had no idea how much I had wanted to hear that. I literally jumped from the couch and dashed upstairs.
I thought we had time. Perhaps it would take them a little longer to find us. Perhaps they had to get their warrants and other political stuff. But only about half an hour later, when we were still scrambling, we heard a knock at the door.
We all froze, stared at each other, and then started to move faster.
"What do we do?" Whispered Candy, her eyes wide.
"There's another exit." Roxy said finally. "It will get us out of here. But I don't know if it will get us back… Mom would've killed me about now."
No questions were asked. We all grabbed our stuff and started thundering down the stairs after Roxy. At the door, the LC official was starting to yell. "Open this door or I will break it down!"
No one paid any attention to him. Roxy pulled a key from around her neck and inserted it into the lock. She turned it just as the door exploded.
"Move!" She screamed and stepped aside to let us all in.
It was pitch black in the room and twice as cold. We all shivered as Roxy slammed the door.
"This way…" She pushed us all towards an entryway. "You're probably going to think I'm crazy… but this isn't an exit to the outside. It's to another dimension."
Hi. Welcome to my nightmare.