As I proggresed through the day, it beame worse. I spilled black paint on my favorite jeans in art, flunked my math test, got pummeled with dodgeballs in gym, and fell asleep during world history. By the time the bell rang I couldn't wait to get outta there. I ran into my best friend Randy on my way to the bus, a minor improvement to my mood. "Horrid day huh?" she asked as we boarded the bus. "Yep." I answered.
Since the fact that I live on the outskirts of town and it takes about an hour to get to my stop and the fact that Randy gets of before me, I usually nap on the bus. "Hey, wake me up when you get off, okay?" I told Randy as we sat down, me by the window. ''Sure no prob." she responded, and turned to talk to Jessica. The chattering of the other kids and the humming of the bus engine eventually lulled me to sleep.
~~Dream~~
I am standing in the field behind my house, I am sure of it because the ''big birch'' is there. It is really foggy and I think I hear men talking. I notice eight strangley dressed, faceless men there. I try to run up to them but as I seem to get closer, they get farther and farther away. They are shouting now, like someting is wrong. I turn a corner around a hill and they are all there, they each look up at me, there faces have appeared.
"Dani, wake up!" I feel myself being shaken by Randy. I open my eyes to see Randy geting off the bus. Sighing deeply I sat up, what had my dream meant? Did it have any meaning at all? As I pondered through these questions the bus turned a corner and screeched to a halt. I stood up, got off the bus, and walked home. "Julie, i'm home!" I yelled as I walked through the front door.
"Did you have a good day?" Violet asked as I passed her, she was sitting at the table coloring, once again her sightless eyes staring at the wall. "Not in particular.'' I huffed tossing my backpack down by the couch. "I'm sorry to hear that." Julie stated as she walked into the living room. "By the way, where's Amanda?" she asked, sitting on the couch beside me. "Down in the basement, boxing with the bag." Violet answered. Amanda is on her school wrestleing team, and next month she's going to compete in the state championship. "Julie, what's for dinner?" I asked changing the subject. "Spagetti." She answered, "Your favorite." she added, winking at me.
Amanda then came puffing up the stairs. Her short, curly blonde hair was pulled into a tight ponytail and she had the thick-frame glasses, plus her purple headband. "Can we start dinner now, i'm hungry." she whined. "Yea, we probably should." Julie agreed, checking the mantel clock I checked too 4:05 it read. We eat dinner early probably because it'll be 5:30 when we sit down and 6:15 before we finish. Julie then began asigning roles, Violet: set table, Amanda: prepare the sauce, Me: throw noodles at the wall, and Julie: cook noodles. I began to throw noodles, if they stuck, they were ready. As soon as Violet was done she picked up her braile book, "The Hobbit". I tried reading that once but I soon got bored with it. By the time we sat down it was 5:28 my family are realy slow eaters so it wasn't untill 6:02 we were finished.
After dinner we set about our usual evening activities. Violet sat on the couch with her book, Amanda dissapeared into the basement, again, Julie did the dishes, and I went up to my room to attempt my math homework. But my mind wasn't on dividing fractions (i'm in the low class) if anything my mind was not even on fractions. My gaze kept drifteing to the picture of my parents on my dresser until I realized that I had shut my math book and I was now staring at that same picture. As the tears threatened to spill out I heard the voices in my head's conversation. Don't cry its weakness! one jeered at me Its okay Dani, everybody cries... the other whispered. I finally gave into the first voice, tossing my math book onto the floor I decided to do it in study hall in the morning.
I went downstairs and spent about two hours reading. Upon remembering the science fair I asked Julie if I could use the computer. "Sure, just don't stay up too late, alright? Its already 9:55." I agreed and got onto the internet, searching amobeas, ocasionally jotting down a note or two. After about twenty minutes I started the actual report. I just sat there, the light from the computer was the only one in the entire house now (as i was the only one awake now). Just as I started dozing off, I heard a sickening crash, then a bang. I leaped up and ran into the hallway, running into the others. "What was that?!" Amanda asked as we hurried to the back door. Julie, griping her baseball bat tightly, opened the door.
At first, we saw nothing. But then eight men emerged from the darkness. I recognized them as the men from my dream.
End of chapter peoples! I think its long enough to please you guys! This chappie is dedicated to the biggest LOTR fan out there, Nik! I do not own Lord of the rings!