Chapter 1: Smoke and Mirrors:
"We'll be back soon honey. Don't cry. We will be home in two days. It will not take long. Daddy and I will be back before you know it!"
I was only five then. At my age, I never really understood why "Meetings" had to take so long. They always took Mommy and Daddy away from me, and then they would always be back in a few days, just to leave again. Well, they were leaving again tonight and I had to stay with one of Daddy's careless, but classy, friend... Again! She sent me to bed early.
She always had a way of doing that, but how could I sleep with all the noise and loud music from a few halls down.
I watched them leave out of the large door. I waved out of my bedroom window, and they waved back, then I was rushed to bed...
The whole night I couldn't sleep, but learned to drown out the loud slow music and the laugher of everyone else up. It wasn't fair!
I closed my eyes and fell into a deep sleep only to be awaken again by the NIGHTMARE...
The sky was dark, and the stars were shinning like they always did. Something large and white streaked the sky, everything faded for a moment, and then all was red and orange. This time after the sixth time in one night of being terrified by this. I got up and ran to Cary, my sitter. She would say it was nothing, not to tell my parents about all the noise and people, and why she had on Mommy's things... and I would be back in my room again. I opened the window in my room. The moon was so clear, so calm, and the air was fresh and relaxing. I decided Cary was right. It was nothing! I got back into my star covered blanket and went to sleep.
The nightmare still hadn't left me. I woke up startled again. I looked at the moon again there my floor length curtains, something about it put me at ease. It was always my friend when Mommy and Daddy weren't around. I looked to my right, the numbers on the ticker said: 3:35, and the letters read: A.M.
I closed my eyes once again, and started to dream, finally the nightmare left me.
I dreamed of stars and rainbows, and horses, and all the wonderful things I already had.
Being a princess has its good things, but when your parents go places, and do "Meetings" all the time, it's lonely. I opened my eyes and thought about it.
After the nightmare stopped, I closed my eyes again and wondered why the nightmare stopped. I don't care. I can finally sleep...
In the morning my life would change completely...
"We'll be back soon honey. Don't cry. We will be home in two days. It will not take long. Daddy and I will be back before you know it!"
I was only five then. At my age, I never really understood why "Meetings" had to take so long. They always took Mommy and Daddy away from me, and then they would always be back in a few days, just to leave again. Well, they were leaving again tonight and I had to stay with one of Daddy's careless, but classy, friend... Again! She sent me to bed early.
She always had a way of doing that, but how could I sleep with all the noise and loud music from a few halls down.
I watched them leave out of the large door. I waved out of my bedroom window, and they waved back, then I was rushed to bed...
The whole night I couldn't sleep, but learned to drown out the loud slow music and the laugher of everyone else up. It wasn't fair!
I closed my eyes and fell into a deep sleep only to be awaken again by the NIGHTMARE...
The sky was dark, and the stars were shinning like they always did. Something large and white streaked the sky, everything faded for a moment, and then all was red and orange. This time after the sixth time in one night of being terrified by this. I got up and ran to Cary, my sitter. She would say it was nothing, not to tell my parents about all the noise and people, and why she had on Mommy's things... and I would be back in my room again. I opened the window in my room. The moon was so clear, so calm, and the air was fresh and relaxing. I decided Cary was right. It was nothing! I got back into my star covered blanket and went to sleep.
The nightmare still hadn't left me. I woke up startled again. I looked at the moon again there my floor length curtains, something about it put me at ease. It was always my friend when Mommy and Daddy weren't around. I looked to my right, the numbers on the ticker said: 3:35, and the letters read: A.M.
I closed my eyes once again, and started to dream, finally the nightmare left me.
I dreamed of stars and rainbows, and horses, and all the wonderful things I already had.
Being a princess has its good things, but when your parents go places, and do "Meetings" all the time, it's lonely. I opened my eyes and thought about it.
After the nightmare stopped, I closed my eyes again and wondered why the nightmare stopped. I don't care. I can finally sleep...
In the morning my life would change completely...