Pendulums to Hypnosis

First Day

        You and your 'friend' Kara were walking home from middle school. It is the end of the first day of school, and you were both exhausted.

"Can you come over?" Kara asks, bossily.

"Um, no thanks. I have to- uh- help my mom with some errands." You say, trying to avoid hanging out with Kara.

"'Kay. See you."

     You jog away. After jogging for a little while a fancy white van stops beside you. A woman steps out. You can't move. It was as if the woman had frozen you to the spot. Without a word, the woman ties a white cloth around your mouth and ties your arms and legs together. She throws you in the trunk and drives off.

       After a couple of minutes in the van, you regain self-control and start to scream for help. The woman laughs, pulling a rose out of her small leather purse. You quiet down, willing the woman not to hurt you. The van parked on the side of the highway, and the woman stretches her arm back, letting the aroma of the rose overcome you. Your body tingles, and you feel yourself drift into a dream. The woman carries on driving, but before she does, she tosses the rose next to you to make sure that you won't wake up.