This chapter is very sad :( Anyways, read!
Flashback
"Happy birthday, Leaf! Now you're four years old!" Leaf's mother said.
"I have a special present for my special little girl," said Leaf's father as he held his hands behind his back.
"What is it, Daddy?" Leaf said as she tried to see behind his back. "What is it?"
He pulled out a small box with a a green bow on the top. Leaf held the box and opened it. Inside it was a golden locket in the shape of a heart with her name on the front. Leaf hopped up onto her father's lap as she opened it. She saw a picture of her father on one side and a picture of her on the other side.
"Daddy, I love it! Thank you so much!" Leaf exclaimed as she wrapped her hands around her father's neck and kissed him on the cheek.
He laughed as she ran into the kitchen to show her mother her brand new locket. Little did she know what would happen in the future.
One Year Later
Ambulance and fire truck sirens could be heard speeding down the street. Leaf's family's house was on fire. One accidental bump into a table with a lit scented candle on top of it did one of the worst things it could've done.
Leaf was sound asleep in bed. Her father woke her up and they ran downstairs, but Leaf went back quick to grab her locket from the top of her dresser. She ran as fast as she could, but she tripped. The door became blocked with flames and she screamed. Her parents turned around. Her mother screamed and her father ran in just as the fire department arrived. He threw Leaf onto the front yard as a flaming support beam came crashing down onto him.
"Daddy!" Leaf screamed as tons of tears rolled down her cheeks.
The firefighters struggled, but they got him out. He was severely burnt and he injured his back. Leaf was being strapped into a gurney along with her parents. All she could remember was sitting in her mother's lap, clutching a teddy bear the firefighters gave her as her mother stroked her hair. The doctor came out and told the two they could go see him. Leaf ran in the room in a fit of tears while Leaf's mother talked to the doctor. Leaf's father was hooked up to several machines.
He smiled when he saw Leaf. "Don't worry, sweetie. Daddy's still here. I need you to do something for me."
Leaf sniffed. "Whatever you want, Daddy."
"Watch Mommy for me. You need to be a big girl, and if I'm not with you two, you need to be strong."
"Daddy! Don't say that! You're gonna be fine! I promise!"
He reached over to wipe the tears from his daughter's face. "You'll always have me in your locket and your heart."
Leaf nodded and opened up the locket. Inside was her father's healthy smiling face, but right in front of her was her father's pale and weak-looking face. She couldn't believe what was happening. She gave her father a one last hug and one last kiss and ended up crying herself to sleep in a chair next to her father's hospital bed.
Her father was dead.
It's sooo sad! *cries hysterically* Anyways, I hoped you liked it and please review!
