BeWare: The Warning
By: Meg S. Sisk
I woke early one morning and walked down the floorboard creaking beneath my curtains slightly swaying to the morning breeze.I walk to my sister's room and gently shake her shoulder for she is a light sleeper.I watch her rise from underneath the soft pale pink blanket.I smile and say "Good morning Amy." She smiles and says "Good Morning Miranda." I take her over to the wardrobe and pick out a pale green gown for her and a pale purple gown for myself. As we dress I hear soft footsteps in the hallway. I tell Amy to stand back as I go and see who else is in the house. I hear the footsteps quicken and become heavy. As I peek out the door I see nobody but a note written in black lettering. Amy still hidden slowly starts to show. I pick up the note and written is
'If I were you I would watch your back.'
BEWARE
-?
I gasp out loud in shock. Amy comes out and sees the note and starts to whimper."Shhh…Shhh…it's ok Amy Shhh…" I get out our shoes and we go outside and start into town.
As soon as we arrive I take Amy to our grandparents house. She quietly asked "Are we going to be okay?" "Yes." I go to the market and get months worth of food and a shovel. I also get Amy and I some clothes for disguise. This was going to be difficult but it had to work or else something would happen. I have to protect Amy.I walked into the store and went immediately to the back where nobody goes. I find a panel marked with an X. I pull on the crack then push it aside. The tunnel was long and dark. I pull a stray torch from a cupboard in the wall. I hurry down the narrow corridor and turn down the hall. I find the door to the storage room where I hid my disguises. It was also by my grandparents house where Amy was staying until I came back.
In the far corner of the small space there was a trap door to Amy and I's bedroom. I push up on the latch and it opens with little effort. When it pops up Amy jumps and runs to the closet. I push myself through the hole and walk over to the closet doors. I swing them open and clamp a hand over her mouth before she screams. "Miranda!" She yells. "Quiet!" I whisper yelled. And I take her by the arm to hole in the floor. "But Grandpa said to NEVER go down there!" Amy whines. "Listen to me!We have to go down there or else something bad will happen!" I whisper yell at her again. "We have to go." I say. I lower myself into the hole and then help Amy down to. Right as I close the latch we hear footsteps just like the ones we heard this morning. I grab her arm and start silently running down the corridor. As we approach the panel I hear the latch 'click' just as it had done when I closed it. I rush to slide the panel open and we slip through the tight space just as the footsteps come round the corner we disappear into the wall.
Amy follows me into the front of the store. I lead Amy to the front of the store. And we hear footsteps trying to follow us. I drag Amy out of the small shop and go to the train station and by to tickets. Amy shouts out over all the talking, screaming, and yelling of the lobby "Miranda where are we going!" "I don't have a clue!" I yell back. Her eyes get wide. I find the train and we get in what seems to be a mile long line when there's probably only ten to fifteen people in front of us. I look at the tickets I bought and they say 'South Carolina'.