My day started out normally if you call reading fantasy fiction books in the library normal. Back to the point I was reading my favourite fantasy fiction books wishing that I had a life like the characters in the books instead of the life that I had. Looking back on that now, I realised that probably wasn't the smartest idea, it brought my burden faster than it should have come. I only realised I had been sitting there for five hours when the Librarian told me they were closing in thirty minutes. I looked at my watch. It showed the time 8:30 pm
When I opened the door to my apartment my dad was standing there, angry and disappointed. "Where have you been" he shouted in my face. "8:30 in Manhattan is not safe for an eleven year old." I heard some snickering behind him. My sister was probably there with her friends gossiping and doing makeup. You would think they would do something else being seventeen "I was reading" I replied. More snickering from behind him. Somebody even whispered "How did the most popular girl in school end up with such a nerdy sister like her?"
Before he could say anything else, I pushed past him and went to my room. I knew this would be the punishment he would give me. I saw all my sister's friends in the one of the rooms I walked past. All of them except for one of them had partially dyed hair and loads of makeup on. That one person was Rachel. She didn't need to have her hair dyed to stand out though, it was already bright red. Rachel was the only person who was ever nice to me. I was the weird ADHD girl in my school. No-one ever wanted to be friends with me in case they caught some 'disease' from me.
Rachel caught my eye as I was walking to my room and got up, probably pretending to go to the bathroom and went into my room. Before she even came in I had already continued to draw. Everynight I always seemed to get a vivid dream of a mythical animal and then a silver arrow killing it, and everyday I would draw what I saw. In every dream the silver arrow came from the same place and always killed the animal. The last few days it has been the same thing which is weird, because usually it is a different animal everynight. I have been dreaming of a huge lion that was encased in a golden aura, but there were no silver arrows to kill it. It was just traveling and traveling and traveling. Last night i saw the lion in Manhattan, which is weird, because the only lions in Manhattan are in central park zoo, and none of them have a golden aura. "Nice drawings" said a voice behind me. I nearly jumped out of my skin. Rachel was standing right behind me, peering over my shoulder to see what I was doing.
"Thanks" I said. She picked up my book of drawings and sketches and asked "Where do all these ideas come from? I mean, they're incredibly detailed." "My dreams" I replied her. She suddenly looked at me with a nervous look. "Are you ADHD or dyslexia by any chance?" She questioned. I didn't even have to say anything. She looked at my constantly tapping feet and gulped nervously. "Tomorrow, meet me outside at 9:30 in the morning, and bring that book with you." She said to me. I could tell she was serious, but I didn't know why she was acting so nervous. "Ok. I'll do it" I replied. Rachel walked out of my room and muttered something like "I should have realised sooner." I continued to draw, trying to think about what just happened.