Emerald's Awakening

Chapter One

I wake to the quiet murmurs below me. None of them really make any sense, but I can tell it's trembling. I peer down and immediately I can tell it's my little sister. I look at my alarm clock: 3:17 am.I assume she's having a nightmare. I whisper her name, "Emmy?" There's no response. The protective sister in me wants to go wake her up and calm her down, but I'm not making that mistake again. Last time, she woke up so suddenly she punched me in the nose. So I just let her be and I fall back asleep.

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Emerald, my sweet little sister. That name is both inappropriate and perfect at the same time. Emeralds are extravagant and have kind of a symbol of power. Like in the Wizard of Oz when they go to Emerald City and Oz has the power to give them all what they want. Emmy couldn't do anything grand like that. I mean, come on, she's 6, She cried one time because I stepped on a spider. But emeralds are also so beautiful, like her.

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Later I am awoken by a small something climbing into my top bunk. It's Em. Her and Raffy (her stuffed giraffe she sleeps with every night) are visiting for the night. My clock says 5:02 am. I scooch over an she lays down. I wrap my arms around her to protect her from whatever is coming to get her. I listen to hear her breaths slow into the rhythm of sleep. Once I know she is sound, I start to relax. I wonder what she was having bad dreams about. I think this over for a little while, but eventually, I fall asleep too. And I don't wake again...until I'm forced to go to school.

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