The Blackwood Diarys

Chapter five- Black magic, werewolves and vampires.

Chapter five- Black magic, werewolves and vampires.

30th July, Aramoor, age- 13

"RUN ALASKA RUN!" Jakob shouted to me from a short way down the wooded path.
"NO I CAN'T JUST LEAVE YOU!" I shouted back. I could feel tears stinging my eyes.
"YOU HAVE TO, please..." Just as he spoke a man jumped down from a tree and stabbed his pointed teeth into Jakob. He collapsed on the floor.
"Alaska... Alaska..." His hand was stretched out, I was inches away from him. If I could only just reach-

I bolted upright in my bed.

It was just a dream.

As my eyes adjusted to the light I could see Else on the end of my bed. Her blue-ish green-ish eyes beaming at me. "Why were you screaming?" She asked, fiddling with the end of her nightie.
"I'm okay Elsie, just a bad dream that's all."
"But you were crying. Are you sad?"
"I'm okay Elsie, how come your in here?"
She flopped over on my bed and sighed, "I woke up early but everyone's still asleep, they all told me to go back to sleep but I can't. I hear noises. In the house. It scares me."
I checked the clock positioned at the end of my nightstand.

03:47 am.

Great.

"You can sleep with me, okay?" I said. She smiled and hopped under the covers next to me. Snuggled down and instantly fell asleep.

~*~

"Alaska? Hello? WAKE UP!" Else shouted from next to me jumping up and down, hitting me with several pillows.
"Yes yes I'm awake I'm awake."
"Your the deepest sleeper I've ever met!"
I laughed at her remark and heaved myself out of bed. Elsie grabbed my hand and pulled me to her room.
"Can you pick out my outfit please Alasky?" She said guiding me through her, already messy, room. I winced in pain as I stood on various dolls and Lego.
"Yeah sure Elsie. But Idella's the real fashionista."

I rummaged through her walk-in wardrobe, which was mostly made up of tutus and princess dresses. As it was summer I picked out a white summer dress, paired with a light denim jacket, brown sandals and one of  Elsie's signature flower crowns in light pink. Elsie never really got dirty, she was quite clean. Most of the time anyway.

I pulled the outfit out to show her and she clapped her hands. "Thank you Alaska!" Elsie said ecstatically. She was easy to please.
"Your welcome, but you need a shower first." I said. She shrugged her shoulders and wandered into the bathroom waving me off to leave.

I too got in the shower, brushed my teeth and my hair then wandered over to my own walk in wardrobe. Willa was right, it was mostly black. I guess it's a witch thing. I put on my blue denim shorts, a black and white striped cropped t-shirt, my white converse and a grey knit cardigan. I took one last glance in the mirror then made my way downstairs.

I ate on the breakfast counter in the kitchen, there was no need for eating in the dining room as very few of us had bothered to get out of bed. I guess that's the good thing about the summer holidays, you don't really need to be up.

It was quite hot today so as soon as I got outside, the cardigan was already making me sweat. Frank and a few others were in the garden. The others in the garden all seemed to have brown hair and eyes. It looked like a family. Maybe they were, I thought.

I sauntered over to frank, just to see if he needed any help. He was stood on a ladder, trimming a tree but it looked quite unstable.
"Frank?" The ladder wobbled slightly.
"Ah Miss Blackwood, can I help you?"
"Well I came over to see if you were the one who needed help, would you like me to hold the ladder?"
"Yes that would be nice thank you."