𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐊𝐢𝐝𝐬

Thunder

"Ugh!"

Sophia McLaughlin groaned as she scrunched up another peice of paper that was meant to be for the speech she was gonna make as a member of the school council. Actually school council was an understatement for her. She was the student council leader. Like a literal star student. (She didn't like being called a teachers pet, she found it insulting and cliché.)

"Felicity, stop watching the rest of Stranger Things and help me come up with something!" She yells at the top of her lungs, even though Felicity, her poor elder sister who had just came back from another long day of college, was drop dead exhausted.

"You know I can't 'help', because by 'help' you mean help you write it out." She said blatantly, not removing eye contact from the screen and and placing popcorn in her mouth.

She mutters something rude under her breath.

She then turns around to her other older sibling, Aiden, who raiding the fridge for some left over McDonald's from a week ago in his stupid Manchester City pjs and he seems to notice as well.

"Don't bother asking me. You chose to be a neek, so deal with the consequences yourself." He teased, grabbing a handful of McDonald's chicken nuggets, a big mac, dominoes and a huge pack of monster energy drinks then rushes up the stairs, possibly going back to playing warzone with his mates online until 5 in the morning again.

"I got elected, and I was never even asking you, dumbass!"

"Sorry can't hear you!" He yelled from his room before shutting his door.

Sophia turns to Felicity again, giving her a desperate look.

"Please Flick!" She begged with the nickname she usually gave her.

She didn't respond.

Sophia rolls her eyes out of frustration, packs her macbook and notebook and leaves the living room. So much for looking out for your younger sibling.

"Well, if she's gonna be of no use to me then good riddance!" She chuckled to herself, plonking in her seat and into her desk.

She began to set up her stuff and continue her speech independently:

𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘. 𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚎 𝚢𝚎𝚝, 𝚖𝚢 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚂𝚘𝚙𝚑𝚒𝚊 𝙼𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚕𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚕 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝙼𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚘𝚗 𝚃𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚢 𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕.

𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚒𝚗𝚕𝚎𝚢 𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚘𝚢𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸'𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏, 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚏 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚕 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚋𝚘𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙.

𝙽𝚘𝚠, 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝙸'𝚖 𝚊𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚍, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚋𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚜. 𝚆𝚎'𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚃𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎 𝙷𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔, 𝚋𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎, 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕, 𝚋𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚜𝚘 𝚠𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚞𝚜𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚙𝚜 𝚠𝚎'𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚞𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚍-19 𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚌. 𝙸𝚝 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚎, 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚕 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚖 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚠𝚎'𝚟𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚞𝚜𝚎|

"God, what else can I write?!" Sophia muttered under her breath, pondering over her peice. "I don't want to be stood up there like a weirdo and embarrass myself-"

BANG!

"What the fuck?!" Sophia jumped at the sudden noise.

She rushes to her window, startled to death. Then she noticed something.

A bright glowing ember.

She felt her body drag her towards it. She couldn't even stop herself. She felt herself opening the door and staring at it from a far away distance.