Shadows in the Dark by Hunter England Page B

I’d have to go to summer school.
But I didn’t care.
    Nights would end with my mom or
dad trying to calmly get me out, but I would just reply with the
same “I just wanted time alone”. They knew that wasn’t it, but they
let it pass. They’d leave food for me at the window every morning,
evening, and night.
    One night, I was sitting on my
bed, staring at the wall. It was silent all throughout the house. I
only heard my house as it creaked every once in awhile. Then, I
heard a knock on the door.
    “ Joshua?” came a small voice behind
the door. It was Loren. I sat up and walked over to the
door.
    “ Yeah? What’s up?”
    “ Why are you locking yourself in
your room?” She sounded kind of sad. It almost broke my
heart.
    “ I just... I need time alone for a
while.” She didn’t reply for a moment. I could hear her breathing
on the other side.
    “ Can I at least come in a see you?
Just for a second?”
    “ Loren... I don’t know
if-”
    “ Please? I miss seeing you. You’ve been in there for
days.” Just hearing her sad made me give in. I hesitantly stood up
and unlocked the door and slowly opened it. Loren peeked her head
in and looked around the room. She then proceeded to waddle her
little body inside.
     
    I shut the door behind her and
watched as she sat on my desk chair.
    “ So,” she said. “What have you
been doing in here?” I sat on my bed across from her and kind of
smiled. It was nice having her in here.
    “ This. I’ve just been sitting here.
Thinking about stuff. Stuff that’s been happening to me lately.” I
figured she knew what I was talking about. I think she remembered
the whole “I can see the future” thing.
    “ Like what?
You’re still not freaking out about the whole ‘seeing the future’
thing, are you? Joshua, it’s impossible. Even I know that.” I glared at her. It
angered me that she thought she knew what all of this
was.
    “ You don’t know
the things I’ve seen, Loren. I’ve seen people die . This isn’t a joke to me. I
honestly think this is all real.” Loren giggled a
little.
    “ You’re just freaking out about a
few dreams you had. It’s no big deal, Joshua. Everyone has
nightmares sometimes.” She got up from the chair and walked over to
me, resting her hand on mine. “I may be your little sister, but I’m
here for you.”
    I glared at her, angrier this time.
I threw her hand away from me and shot up, looking down at her with
as much anger as possible.
    “ You just
don’t get it ,” I
snapped. “You don’t see the things I see. You don’t feel what I
feel.” She started to back away from me, seeming scared of me.
“ You just don’t get it!” All of a sudden, my nightstand flew off of the
ground and toppled over on the other side of the room. Loren stared
at it, then at me.
    What the hell was that? Did... did
I do that? There’s no way. I looked down at my hands and sat down
on the bed. I was right. I was a freak...
    “ Oh, God...” Loren said. She gave
one quick look at me, then at the door. “I... I need to tell Mom
and Dad.” She ran for the door. But I couldn’t let her.
    “ NO!” I exclaimed. She stopped and looked at me, and
started to say something. But she didn’t say much. Out of nowhere,
she was tossed against the wall and started gasping for air. It was
like something was pinning her neck against the wall. But no one
was there. Only me.
    “ You can’t tell
them! They’ll see me for what I am! ” Anger
filled my whole mind, blinding me from what I was doing. Then I
came back to Earth, and realized what was
happening.
    “ Loren?” I said,
jumping up and running to her. I knelt down and tried to pull her
from the wall, but she wouldn’t budge. I was freaking out. Tears
ran down my cheeks and sweat dripped down the back of my neck.
“ Loren?”
    I could see the life drifting away
from her eyes. Small tears formed and dripped down her face. The
only thing I saw in them were sorrow and confusion. I tried to
stop, but