Chances Given

Chapter 5

my sister got home at 2:30 and was going to go take a nap. she walked down the hallway and almost passed my room. she backed into into my room seeing a sleeping girl, supposed to be at school and on her back, was a sleeping black cat. the cat perked its head up at the visitor.

"uh... Mina?" I perked my head up just as the cat did but more lazily.

" why aren't you at school?" she questioned me not expecting answer. she was right. how could I explain my whole day, and the cat. 

" and what's with the cat!" it wasn't hard to tell that she was tired and confused. I had to say something.

"I... got in some troble with people at school and, i was going to the principals office.... i ran outside instead. i had to get away ashely... you dont understand..." Ashely didnt speak for a minute.

"and the cat?" Ashely questioned.

" As i ran out of the school me and the cat ran into eachother." i slumped back onto my bed. speaking is something im not used to.

" you can keep the cat and I'll let you stay home. the longest I'll let you stay home is today and tomorrow. got it?" she walked out of my room and entered her own. I sighed. I didn't have to go to school tomorrow. I need to name the cat. I thought for a minute. Sam, no. Josh, no. maybe if I related things to his personality or his appearance.I knew I still had  time to think about it, though. I decided to just continue my nap with a new member of the family.

I woke up not even sure if I had actually even awaken yet. I slowly climbed out of bed and got to my feet. I took a step forward but, suddenly, I felt two boney forceful hands grab onto my ankles, this causing me to tumble backwards, I stumbled back onto my bed, landeding with a thud, the air knocked out of me. could I still be dreaming? I thought. my bed started to shake violently as if the think that was shaking it was angry. I screamed wanting to get out of this nightmare, I hope it was a nightmare. 

" join us! come with us!" the creature shaking my bed growled. I had never heard such a voice or sound like this creature shared. I was terrified. no nightmare had ever been this realistic before.believing that this was a nightmare was the only thing keeping me sane right now. the shaking stopped in an instance, almost to quick. just then I felt a freezing, boney finger stroke my cheek I was about to let out another scream when the stroking turned to the finger digging deeper into my cheek then giving me a gash on my cheek. i whinced in pain.

"join us." I heard the thing whisper in my ear making my skin crawl.the finger left my cheek and the creature was no longer present. I felt my cheek and as I expected, felt blood ooz out of my gash. this was no nightmare. it was reality.