Grim Reaper

The Reaper

               PLEEZE COMMENT!!!!!!------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  I was fourteen when my father told me that soon I would go up to the Above world with my

sister, Kim. Of course, Kim argued and begged to stay. "You know the rules, Kim. All extra Reaper

children have to go to the Above world. Perhaps someday you may be able to come back," father

countered. Kim's face got all red and stormy. "So that's all we are? Extras? Well too bad because

I'm not leaving!" She stormed. I cracked my knuckles to get her attention. "Come on, Kim. It might

not be so bad. Lots of others have done the same thing as us. Besides, I'll be there with you." I was

only trying to ease up the mood, even though I didn't want to leave either. But I held true and kept a

straight, expressionless face so Kim wouldn't know what I was feeling. She turned towards me

angrily. "Of course you would take his side! Ever since mother died and stopped visiting us, you

seem to agree to everything he says!" I stared at her, open mouthed. "I do not! I just don't think that it

will be so bad after a while. You would think so too if you just gave it a chance," I argued. Father

wriggled his way in between us. "Now listen here. when I was your age I was the youngest of five.

Imagine how long I had to wait to come home. I had to stay in the Above world for almost thirty years

before I could come back. Just be lucky you may not have to wait that long," father murmured. Kim

looked father square in the face and let out a sort of growl. " It's still not fair. Why can't we stay?"

Father looked almost sad. "That's just not the way we do things in our family. Believe me, I wish it

could be different, but I'm not going to change it just because you don't like it." For me, that seemed

almost a bit cold. But I understood where he was coming from. Certain things couldn't be changed

just because you didn't like it. Otherwise everything would be easy. "It's still not fair, " Kim repeated,

pouting like a little girl. "Life's not fair," I said, unable to help myself. Kim glared at me, but held her

tongue. I shrugged and turned to father. Frankly, I was a little scared and almost excited about going

to the above world. I also knew that Kim was scared about it. She was always scared. But really she

had to be excided, if only a little. We grew up on stories about the Above world and how it is, and

now we will finnaly be able to see it. Who wouldn't be excited? But I know that even though we are

(possibly) excided, we don't know when we will be able to come home again, if ever.