Darkness Meets Light

Chapter One: When The Darkness Began

My name is Violet. I have brown hair and brown eyes like my father Justin, a small cute nose and average-sized lips like my mother Lauren. My parents are very supportive of me and my choices in life, they are the reason I am who I am today. I am proud to call them my parents. I also have one sibling, my brother named Logan. We don't exactly get along but that's normal for brothers and sisters. At the end of the day, we know we love each other of course.

My best friend's name is Livvy. We've known each other since our childhood and we have always been friends but we became closer in seventh grade. We've had lots of laughs and smiles since then and we know that we can tell each other anything and that we'll be there for each other no matter what! I have two other close friends that I met on the first day of high school; their names are Meg and Cam. Meg loves Taylor Swift and Katy Perry, she also loves to sing. Cam loves to dance and she's amazing at it. There are three other close friends I also met in ninth grade, their names are Niki, Chris and Nelly! They are all so awesome and they never fail to lift me up when I'm down! Now we are in twelfth grade and we are 18!

I'm usually one of the more positive, happy and brighter people in the room but this year, not so much. This year has been very hard on me for many reasons. One of the many reasons that has happened is my family and I lost a loved one. He was an amazing father to my father Justin and a wonderful Nono (grandfather) to Logan and I. The second reason being that the people at school who are supposed to be helping me, bully me. School is where everything truly began (the darkness I mean). This year has made me depressed. When I walk down the halls at school, I feel trapped. I can see that the people around me can sense the sadness in me, as my once bright eyes have faded to a light shade of gray; my smile had turned into a frown.

(Flashback) When I got home, I looked in the mirror and realized that it's not only my outer appearance that has changed, but the inside is truly changing as well. At first, I couldn't identify my feelings of depression and anxiety; I just felt like I was slowly losing the real and positive me. When I'm with my friends I feel a burst of happiness and as soon as we are apart and I lose the support I get from them I go back to a dark place. I wish this was a nightmare, that I could pinch myself and wake up.

My parents woke me up to start my day, as they did every morning. My mother turned on the lights as I shouted "NO!!! WHY DO THE LIGHTS HAVE TO BE SO BRIGHT!" Then my father laughed in reply and gave me a kiss on the forehead. "GOOD MORNING," he said. As I started to slowly open my eyes I could faintly see my mother smiling at me, "Time to get up sweetheart!" she said."Okay", I said quietly even though I was not ready to start my day. "You can do this," I thought to myself. I sat up slowly and wiped the sleep out of my eyes. Then as my feet touched the cold laminate floor I stood up, looked in the mirror and got dressed for today; I chose to wear my burgundy jeans, my lucky leather jacket with a white undershirt and my favourite black boots. On my way downstairs I looked at the clock on the wall to my left and realized I am running late, so I took a piece of toast from the kitchen table. I yelled "GOODBYE" to my Mom and Dad on my way out the door while swinging one strap of my backpack onto my shoulder. I faintly heard "I love you" from both of my parents. I wish I wasn't in such a hurry that day because little did I know everything in my life would change in a matter of minutes...

A month later in the hospital...

I can hear voices but they seem unfamiliar, there is also a loud beeping noise that feels like it's right next to my ear. Whenever I attempt to open my eyes I see memories but I don't have knowledge of what I'm seeing. It's like a periodic nightmare of a girl who sees a bright light coming toward her than a loud, high-pitched scream followed by a horn. I am unable to use my vocal cords to scream for help when I wake up from this terrifying dream that is haunting me. There is a very irritating odor in the air, I can't pinpoint what the odor is exactly but I know for certain these voices, sounds, smells and images will be imprinted in my brain forever even though I will try to block them out.

Suddenly I am broken out of my thoughts by the sound of a comforting voice of a man, who sounds to be around the age of twenty telling me "Keep your eyes open and LOOK AT ME!!"I tried my hardest to block out the unknown memories and look into his big brown eyes as I struggle to breathe. He held my hand and told me " I NEED YOU TO HANG ON!"

Two weeks later...
As I sit in my hospital bed I am able to open my eyes without the horrible memories coming back. Although they do still haunt me in my sleep. Today my family came to visit. It was the first time I saw them since it all happened because my condition was too serious. It's been hard being away from home, I miss my friends and family.