The life of an orphan

Waking to a Nightmare

Alianna woke up staring at a black roof. Not a single slit of light could seen. She sat up startled by her surroundings! Where was her pale blue walls and silky curtains? Only then did Alianna remember the horrors of last night. Her head and back ached from the steel bed. Suddenly the door was plunged openand a flood of light filled the room! The girl from last night appeared in the doorway. "Up!!! Now!!! Quick before the mistress gets you!!!" She commanded. "Put this uniform on!" She said throwing a blue pile of neatly folded clothes on to Aliannas bed, well it was hardly a bed.Alianna wiped the sleep from her eyes, and lookeddown at the pile on her bed. She reached out and pulled a shirt off the top of the pile.It was a blue button up shirt with "Orphanage for kids" written in slanted writing on one side. Alianna then lifted the skirt. It was like one of the ones her mum had made her for her birthday last year...a single tear fell from her eye...then another, and another! Soon Alianna was crying so hard she was shaking, she wanted so much for her mums long arms to wrap around her shoulders and comfort her, and her dads big hands to hold hers and tell her to keep going. She then felt stronger, her parents would want her to be strong! So thats what she would do! she wiped away her tears with the sleeve of her now grubby uniform.she took a big breath as the door opened...