You always know when you're going to die. It's just this certain feeling you get; Adrenaline mixed with fear, and I don't mean the fear you get when you have to go

downstairs in the dark at night, your only light source a sucky flashlight, I mean real fear. The funny part is, I was facing it right now, And, I knew I couldn't get myself

out of this. I faced fear when my mom found out I had been skipping classes, or the occasional D on a test, but this, this was real life. I was running, no, more like a life or death sprint, here's the catch- I didn't know what I was running from, or what I was trying to get away from. All I knew was that I had to put as much distance between me and what was chasing me. A new layer or sweat dripped down my forehead, clearing out the old one. I focused on running faster each time, checking

around me, and making sure I wouldn't trip on any upcoming tree roots, yes, it has happened before and it slows me down. Wait a minute. I stopped, my breath coming out in short wisps of air now, I did something out of the abnormal. Something, I never thought about doing when I had this dream other times. I didn't realize what I was actually doing, like a robot; I turned my head, inch by inch, and looked at what was behind me, what was chasing me. My eyes widened, as they focused on what

the thing was. Cages, big enough for a human being to fit in, birds were trapped in them flapping their wings helplessly, trying to get away from all the needles and

injections the lab coats were trying to inject, one of the lab coats had a very familiar face. I let out a gasp, and my eyes widened, it was my dad. His face triggered

memories in me that I had kept hidden for a long time, and now, they were coming out like water being trapped in a dam and finally being let out. The white coats noticed my unexpected presence, and ran to me, needles and drugs at the ready. I stumbled backward, and started running again, as fast as ever. And this time, I knew

what I was running from, and I was terrified. I woke up, screaming, and clutching my thumping heart. Seconds later, my mom came in, her bright green eyes were dull, and I could tell that she was dead from sleep and did not appreciate being woken up by my screams again, but I couldn't help it. Even as my mom took me in her arms,

and patted my red, frizzy, hair, mumbling how everything was going to be ok. It really wasn't actually. As comforting as my mother was, even she couldn't help me out

in this situation, really, no one actually could. I finally knew what I was running from, what I had to fear. All these weeks, it was just birds and scientists? Maybe it was a

connection to my father? Did he like birds? Did I even like birds? I couldn't gather my scrambled brain now, all I really wanted to do was sleep. "Mom, I'm fine now," I whispered to her. Her eyes filled in with curiosity, I would normally go to sleep with her after these nightmares, and it was different this time though. "Ok Hun," She

pecked a kiss on my head, and walked out, her pink night gown chasing after her. I mentally sighed. My father left my mom and I two years ago, saying he would be back soon. He never did come back, or told us where he was going, all we knew was that he was working on a major science experiment. He had this horrible craving for experiments, bad experiments on harmless little things. Every day, he would test one of his new experiments on a different animal, I remember one time, and it was a spider. It was horrifying what he was doing to it. Of course, he didn't realize it; he also didn't realize I was kind of spying on him while he was conducting these experiments. The sad part was, he actually loved science more than his own daughter, Yeah, pretty sad. One day, he just packed his bags and left, leaving me my

vitamin pills and just a goodbye, just a goodbye. He never called, never emailed, never wrote. You can see what this topic is pretty touchy on me. Most teenagers at a certain point in their life feel out of place, and like their different. Had I reached that point yet?

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