The Twilight Twenty-Five

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Prompt: # 3

Pen Name: Paralighter4ever

Pairing/Character(s): Alice

Rating: T

Word Count: 330

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I walked down the street towards my house when I saw a cloud.

I small cloud that kept getting bigger and bigger while I passed by.

I stopped and stared at it, astonished. I'd never seen a cloud like that.

I wanted to lay down and look some more, but I had to get home soon, or my mother would be worried. I was the youngest of three, after all.

I checked my watch. 5:00 PM. I had to get back at 5:30. I looked at the cloud again and saw it moving once more, towards my house.

I followed and followed, until it stopped in the middle of the street.

Why was it here? How'd it get here? Why is it the only one here? Was it going to rain?

I looked around to see if anyone else saw this, but no one was around. Not even my parents, or my brothers.

I frowned and stared again.

Haunted by it, I lay down in the middle of the street. I folded my arms behind my head and sighed.

"Little cloud, why are you here?" I asked, "Why aren't you doing anything? Did you lose your family? Did you get lost?"

I saw lights coming towards me, and a loud beep sounded. I screamed.

I jumped up and ran out of the way, my heart pounding in my chest. Tears filled my eyes as I sat down in the grass.

"Alice! Alice!" My mother screamed as she came thundering down the front lawn.

"Mom!" I cried and ran into her arms.

"Alice! Baby, are you ok?" she checked my face and everything else. "Why were you out in the middle of the street?! You could have…" she pulled me close again, and rocked me, side by side.

"I'm sorry! I saw a cloud, and I wanted to know why it was there!" I cried hysterically in her shoulder.

"What cloud?" she asked.

I turned around and the cloud was gone.