Disorientated, I awoke, hearing the baby’s breath rattling
violently in her sleep. I remembered the nightmare, about my sister as a
blackbird, looming above my head, but could not grasp what it meant. I was sure it
had a reason. Now, there was something I had to do, begin my midnight mission…a
mission I knew I couldn’t avoid. Silently, I left the loving warmth of my soft
duvet, and entered the cold attic. Immediately, a blast of icy wind hit me from
the hole in the roof. Before I could change my mind, I put my feet into dad’s
old slippers and bravely climbed the ladder down to the upstairs hall where my parent’s
room was.
Although I couldn’t see much in the gloomy darkness, the
sound of dad snoring like a pig in the distance, lead me the right way. Once I
reached their room I carefully peered in to make sure everybody was asleep.
Then I tiptoed towards the bathroom and reached out my hand. I gripped the
silver handle for the cabinet which stored our aspirin. It swung open and I
swiftly grabbed it with my sweaty hand.
I yearned to be back in my warm bed, safe from the cold,
underneath my fluffy duvet. I was tired and couldn’t see a thing, but I had to
succeed and that meant I had to go on. I slowly scaled the ancient staircase. Creak!
I stepped on the creaky step! I stood still as a statue, my heart pounding, but
I didn’t dare breathe. Did somebody hear me? Did I wake them? After a minute of
waiting, I tiptoed the rest of the way down, utterly relieved. Steadily, I
stepped onto the cracked tiles of the kitchen floor.
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