Spring District Assessment

 Author's Note: I wrote this because my friend inspired me to write it(but she doesn't know she did).

     "Stop!" I yelled. She turned around and looked at me. "What??" she said. I fell off the swing trying to stop myself. She laughed at me but I walked over to her and told her to move. I was trying to see how far off the swing I could jump, but she was just sitting there. I didn't want to kick her in the head, but if she won't move, I will. She threw a temper tantrum, so I said "Calm yourself!" She ran inside, so I was free to swing on my own.

     After a little while, it started to rain, harder and harder, so I decided to go in. I jumped off the swing, satisfied with the length, and went back inside. I walked upstairs and waited. My dad had promised me we could go to Fun World tonight. He had said many times we could go, but this time, he PROMISED. I sat and stared out my window, watching for his car to pull into the driveway. Soon, I heard a *Click!* I yelled, "Mia?" but my sister didn't respond. I got up and opened my door. "Mia?" I called again. I checked her room, where she normally was, but she was nowhere to be found. My inner aura was telling me that she was just playing with me, just trying to freak me out.

     Soon, many minutes had passed, and I still couldn't find her. Where could that little 7 year old be hiding? Then it happened. All the power had clicked off, and then "SOPHIE!" I heard her yell. I could tell she was crying, she always had a shake in her yell when she was crying. I sprinted downstairs into the basement. It was dark, and I dropped my flashlight. When I picked it up and shined it right in front of me, I saw her face, her mouth covered with a black glove.

     "Who are you?" I scream. No answer. "WHO ARE YOU!!" I raise my voice. I can see Mia crying, her cheeks are shiny with tears. I slowly angle the flashlight up and see the face. It's my father.

      I just stood there in shock before I realized that I need to do something. Now. "LET HER GO!" I elbowed him in the stomach and grabbed Mia while he was recovering, but I was too late. He back stabbed her with a knife, but she was still breathing. "What have you done? You monster!" Mia was trying not to cry, as shaking was hurting her wound. I jumped on him and tried taking him out. Only the next thing I knew, I was shot in the shoulder.  I fell to the ground with a thud, instantly bringing my hand to cover the wound. In pain, I dragged Mia and myself under a table. When I dropped the flashlight, it was facing the other way, unable to reveal our hiding spot. I found the nearest cloth and wrapped it around her torso. "It's going to be okay," I managed to get out, but it hurt to talk. I propped her against the wall and crawled out to get the flashlight.

     I don't really know what happened after that, because I suddenly became unconscious and later woke up in a hospital bed next to my sister. Mia told me that she could see the dim figure of him hitting me in the head with a brick, then she grabbed my cell phone and called the police. Our father was sent to jail and we were okay. When our mom came home from Miami, we told her everything.