The Broken Blossom

Chapter 1

My world seemed to fade away as each footstep pulled me closer to the front door. I know what I'm going to find, and I'm going to dislike it. No, dislike is an understatement, I'll despise it. As I took the final footstep towards the slightly open door, it seemed to open on its own. For a split second, I was unaware of the unfamiliar environment. Then, I remembered what all had occurred before I left.

I trudged along the narrow hallway toward my mother's room. I stopped at the end of the hall- right in front of her closed door. As I stood there for a moment, very hesitant whether I should enter or not, I noticed a faint crack in the wood that hadn't been there before I left.

Very slowly, I laid my hand on the door handle, preparing myself for what I was about to see. I turned the knob and I pushed the door open. As it slowly came open, it filled the house with a loud, creak! I squeezed my eyes shut, for I was beginning to secondly think my decision of opening the door. Half of me knew what was waiting for me to find, while the other kept thinking otherwise.

After a few moments of my preparation, I forced my eyelids open to reveal what was waiting for me to find. I was surprised yet shocked to find nothing there. Nothing on her bed, nothing! It was as if the house was literally dead! Without the presence of other people, this house felt absolutely dead. It's not that I wanted to see what I thought I would, it's the point of me being highly misled. I was quick to think-

My train of thought came to an abrupt stop when I noticed a puddle upon the floor, at the foot of my mother's bed, on the other side, almost covering the full view of it. I couldn't see what color the puddle was, due to the fact that the darkness of the room was quite overwhelming- I could only see the outlines of each figure in it. I feared to even reach up and flick the light on, for I knew what I was bound to find.

I slowly pinched the switch and flicked it upward, turning on the light. Of course, why did it have to be one of the worst colors of all time? Why did it have to be a dark crimson? I slowly stepped backward, towards a wall that I didn't know was there behind me. I sank against it with the wall supporting my back.

As I slid down the wall, I thought I was hearing loud footsteps rumbling down the hallway. I slowly let my head turn itself towards the open doorway. I kept staring into the darkness- trying to see who it was. Then I realized that there wasn't anyone with me, it was only me there. The sound that I heard was coming from my heart.

After a few moments of listening to my heart's rhythm, I grasped the edge of the doorframe, trying to lift myself up off the floor. When I managed to get to my feet, it was as if they had a mind of their own. They began pulling me towards the place that I didn't want to see whatsoever. It was as if there was some type of magnetic force, pulling me towards it slowly.

When I reached the other side of the bed, I knew I should've tried to suppress my feet. I knew that I would forever remember this moment. There was no turning back, for I couldn't ever erase the image that flooded my mind.

It was my mother's corpse- she was lying on the hardwood floor. I felt a stream of never ending water wash down my face as I knelt down to caress her beautiful face once more before I had to leave her once again for the very last time. Minutes which felt like days passed as I cradled my limp mother in my arms and let the process of depression overwhelm me.

As the minutes passed by, it was as if I was slowly fading from existence. My mother had been the only person that I truly cared for, and now she's gone. I wish I could stay with her like this forever, but I knew that wouldn't be possible. I need to get out of here before it's too late! Before he'll come back for me!

But, I knew I was already too late when I seen that someone was standing in my mother's doorway with a menacing grin as he watched me fall into pieces while holding my dead mother. Curse my soul! I hadn't even heard him coming down the hall! I needed to leave right now, but somehow I couldn't even control my legs! They wouldn't even move! At that moment, I knew that it would be my last, so I lowered my head over my mother's ear and whispered all I could muster,"I'll always love you mom. Forever and always." Afterwards, I didn't even notice that I was cowering into my own mother, waiting for the man to take away my life forever.

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Sorry this book took me so long to put together! I hope this chapter makes up for the time I've made you all wait! So now I've got exactly six more days of hell left (hell~> school) I'm happy about it, yet scared lol. I'll be going to high school next year, a freshman! Yay! Also, I'll be able to update more during this summer, so be looking forward to that! :)
Well, ttyl :3