The doors of the cellar were slammed shut. I didn't see any daylight from the stairs before it was shut so I assumed it was night.       I heard loud footsteps on the brick stairs but I couldn't see anyone. I became anxious and frightened as I wondered who it might be.         The footsteps became louder and echoed all around as the person emerged closer.         I picked up a large brick from the ground and I stood up, in preparation to defend myself from whoever it was. My mind suggested Ava immediately, but I hoped she wasn't the one. Although, I told myself that I'd eliminate my problems one after the other, I wasn't prepared for the biggest one.          Anyways, even if it were Ava or not, I still defended myself. I gripped the brick stone with all the force I ha

1160 word(s)PublishedThirteenI decided to count to three. So I did so in my mind.My heart raced wildly as I was aware than if I screwed up, I would die. At one, I reached out to my rusted blunt fork beneath my shirt. With care I got it out without him noticing. After successfully getting a strong hold on the fork, I waited patiently until he carried me to the edge of the stairs where there was a dark corner."Stop!" I said aloud, choking badly. "I'm choking, I got something stuck in my throat.""What are you? A kid." He sighed as he stopped reluctantly. I choked continuously with force which led to him staggering into the dark corner. And then, I quickly directed the fork at his throat. He was taken by surprise as I had anticipated. "Bitch..." He began."Sshhh." I said pressing the fork into h

1038 word(s)PublishedFifteen"Uhm...Yes." I stuttered."Finally." She mumbled and sighed in relief. She bent and reached into Ava's pocket and brought out some set of keys."Who are you?" I managed to ask inspite of my fear.She shot me a hard glance and simply ignored my question. She unlocked the chains and helped me down the table. One of her hand was gripped on my shoulder and the other hand held the sharp dagger. "What do you want from me?" I asked curiously. She looked at me with the meanest face I've ever seen and then she smirked. "You ask too many questions, Hillary, just like your sister."My heart began to pound. What did she mean by that. How did she know about my sister? How did she know me? All these and many more questions raided my mind and left me uneasy and more frightened. I needed answers badly. My curious mind couldn't bear any mo

    The tears began welling up in my eyes again as memories of Ava and I resurfaced. Although, it was merely a week that I had known her but that week was one of the best weeks of my life, if not the best. I remembered how happy both she and I were when we had visited the park and had rented two hairy small dogs. We had worn identical clothes which were more exposing than the clothes I wore normally. In other words, the clothes we had worn were perfectly normal and were not revealing in any terms, as the clothes I wore normally were usually covered from my neck to my toes and most of the times, from my head to my toes, as I usually wore long scarfs which covered my whole hair and most of my face, except my eyes.       I chuckled when I remembered how I had usually asked Maribel why everyone thought we were crazy weirdos.        We were indeed crazy weirdos. Most of my days in highschool, I went to school with fli

 The first thing I saw when I woke up was the beautiful tweeter bird I had seen the last time I had been in the pack house.       It wasn't outside like it had been before but rather it was in a golden cage which was placed beside me.        I sat up and groaned as the pain in my belly and back was still excruciating but I still managed to sit up.        On the cage was a small letter which on it was a wildflower.        I picked it up and read its content.       Hello Sleepyhead, I hope yo