Rise of the Night

Part 1: Amery

     "Amery! Joseph! Get up, you're going to miss the bus again and I'm not driving you this time!" their mother yelled from the bottom of the stairs.

     "Yes momma!" Amery and Joseph yelled at the same time from their rooms.

     About half an hour later, Amery heard her mom yell, "Hurry up you two, I can't drive you to school today!"

     Amery and Joseph both scrambled out of bed and threw something on. By now Amery realized she would always get downstairs right as the bus was arriving. So now she started keeping a box of toaster pastries in her room to eat while she's getting dressed and brushing her hair. All Joseph had to do was throw on some clothes (that he's probably already worn a few times) a push down his hair with his hands.

     When Amery heard the bus' horn, she grabbed her bag and ran. She got on the bus as she always did, but something felt different. The route looked the same as always and she was surrounded by all the same people, but something didn't feel the same. Soon she figured out what it was. In the very back of the bus, in a seat that was usually empty, sat an older girl that she almost felt like she recognized.

     When the girl looked up from her book at her, Amery quickly turned away. The whole bus ride, Amery couldn't help but stare at the girl who seemed so familiar and looked very similar to her.

     Finally the bus came to the school and all the kids piled off the bus. As the strange girl passed Amery, she smiled and said, "Good to see you again." then she walked away.

     "Good to see me again?" Amery thought. "But I've never ever seen her before."

     As it turned out, the girl was eight years older than Amery. One of her friends who had an older sister in the same grade as this new girl said her name is Mya Elise May.

     That name sounded so familiar to Amery, but she couldn't figure out why. So many people that day asked if Mya was her sister or cousin or something. Every time she told them no and that she'd just met her today, she kept wanting to say yes.

     On the bus ride back, Mya asked Amery if she could sit with her. Amery, knowing her manners, wasn't going to be rude. Plus she was curious about this new girl. So she said yes and the whole ride home, there was non-stop chatter between the two new friends.

     When the bus stopped at Amery's house, Joseph impatiently called for Amery to hurry up. Finally, Amery starts heading out, followed by Mya who, she had invited over. They spent all evening together and even Amery's parents liked Mya, but Joseph didn't seem very interested. Finally it started to get late and Amery's mom suggested that Mya should start heading home before it got dark. After about a ten minute good-bye, Mya left and Amery started getting ready for bed.