Disclaimer: I wrote this. That should be a good enough warning.

The government came the night afterwards. They took everything that James had owned. Clothes, medicine, even pictures of the man. The government told them that the dead were useless and shouldn't be mourned; the dead only took up space that could be used by the living. The living was the only thing that had mattered to the government. All that was left of James was a chair. A chair he had made himself, from nothing but a block of wood. No one had sat in that chair except him, and now no one dared to sit in it. The family had a family meeting. "Ok everyone so who's joining the military?" Alicia asked, the widow of James. "I will." Sam stood up, face expressionless. "No!" Sami and Sky screamed at once." "Sam I can't lose you like we lost daddy." Sky said, her eyes red from crying so much. "Sam you're my big brother, we need you." Sami said. She tried to hold back the tears, but realized it was futile. She collapsed on the floor, crying all of the tears she had tried to hold back the whole day. "What choice do I have?" Sam said. The family gathered together in a group hug, most likely their last.

"Sam don't go!" Sami yelled. "You know I must, or they will kill us all. You know that I can protect myself." He said. Sami detected a little deception in his voice. But she didn't say anything. Sami gave her big brother a big hug, knowing that it could possibly be their last. The mom was at work, and had said goodbye earlier before. Sami had never seen her mom cry so much before. Sky wasn't out there either, she usually dealed with these situations by cooping herself in her room all day.

"Hermano." Sami said. "Hermana." Sam said. Sami could tell that he was trying to fight back tears. "Te quiero no me dejes." Sami cried out. "I must, you're the man of the house now." Sam said, chuckling. "Oh grow up." Sami said, trying to hold back her laughter but failing at doing so. "Your Spanish is getting pretty good, I'm so glad that I've been teaching you." Sam was smiling. Sami hadn't seen him smile since the war started, so this made herself smile.

"Samuel Edgar Johnson it is time to leave." A man said from behind them. They both turned around. The man was dressed in a full military uniform. "Adios." Sami and
Sam both said at once. Sam walked to the car, a black Cadillac, and opened the door, stepping inside. The door closed with a thud. The man walked onto the other side, opening the door, and then slamming it. Sami stared into her brother's face. It was expressionless, but Sami knew her brother well enough to know that he was scared for his life. Sami watched as the car drove off, until it became nothing but a black speck in the distance.

Present

Sami's cut became a scar, doctors saying that it'll never heal. She looks at it everyday to give her hope, hope that the war would soon end, that her brother will return home safe and sound. She felt that the war would teach everyone a lesson about violence, that it was not and would never be the answer.

For the six month anniversary of her father's death, Sami decided to write a poem. Her father had always lover her poetry, even though most of her poems were forbidden according to the government. But she didn't care about the government anymore, since they had done nothing but cause her harm. She sat at her desk, holding a pencil in her hand. Her writing journal was opened to a blank page. No matter what, she couldn't think of what to write. There was only one way she was going to get anywhere with this. She opened up her Macbook and turned it on. She had received it as a birthday present for her 11th birthday seven months before. It asked for a password. She typed the forbidden word into the computer. Freedom.

It let her have access to the computer. She clicked on the Safari button. Quickly, she typed in a website url. Not just any website, . A website created for people that wanted to listen to music that the government had banned. All of Sami's favorite songs were on there. She scrolled through her playlist. One song stood out from the rest. Slipped Away by Avril Lavigne. She opened the drawer underneath her desk, pulling out her headphones. They were pink and covered in black skulls. She plugged them in, and then put them on. She had listened to it so many song sthat she knew all of the lyrics by heart. Sami scrolled her mouse over the play button, and then clicked it.

"Na na, na na na na na. I miss you, miss you so bad. I don't forget you, oh it's so sad. I hope you can hear me, I remember it clearly." Sami saw the note flash in her mind. "The day you slipped away, was the day I found it won't be the same." Sami saw her stabbing herself in the arm with the shard of glass and giving herself the scar. She then stared at her scar. She knew what she had to write. Sami place her hand on the paper and began to write…..

Thanks for reading :D . RIP DJ you are missed. This chapter is dedicated to you. Please review!

Translations-Hemano-brother

Hermana-sister

Te quiero no me dejes- I love you don't leave me

(sorry if it's off I used google translate for the last phrase)