The Necklace

The Gift

22 Jul 2017, 7:42 AM.

'Wake up, silly, it's your birthday! I heard a voice as I opened my eyes.

'Oh, hey mom. Thanks for waking me up.' I said as I yawned.

I got up and walked down the stairs greeted by my brother, dad, and a ton of presents and cards.

'HAPPY BIRTHDAY SKYE!' everyone cheered.

I giggled and walked up to everyone and gave them a hug. 'Thank you, everyone.'

'Open this one last.' my dad said, pointing to a small gift wrapped with a bow.

I opened all the cards first, mostly from my family and some of my friends. I got $250!

I then opened all of my presents, I got some chocolates, clothes and a beautiful charm for my bracelet. I finally got the last present, everyone excited with anticipation. I carefully ripped the wrapping paper off it and opened the little box it came in. It was a little necklace, which came with a beautiful ruby charm.

'This is.. Beautiful! Thank you so much, mom and dad!'

'No problem, sweetie. Mom liked it so much and she thought it would be perfect for you.'

'Yes, it will look gorgeous on you. Why don't you try it on?' my mom asked.

I wrapped it around my neck and did the lock. 

'It feels wonderful. How does it look?'

'It looks beautiful! Just as I knew it would.' my mom said.

'I'm excited for tonight, so I'm going to go pick my outfit. Thank you for everything, I love you all!' I exclaimed as I kissed my mom and dad.

I walked away with my new clothes in my hand, climbed the stairs and sat on my chair with my clothes on the desk. 

'Hm, this dress will look lovely with my new heels.'

It was a beautiful black lace dress, and my heels were black with gold charms on. I then began to feel sick. I sorted out my necklace and laid on my bed staring at the ceiling.

22 Jul 2017, 10:27 AM.

'Anything wrong, sweetheart? You haven't been down to get breakfast or even came out of the room.' my dad asked.

'I'm fine dad, thanks for asking. Just a little stomachache, that's all.'

'I hope you'll be okay for tonight, have a little rest. Maybe that will help. It might just have been because of how early you woke up.'

'Of course, dad.' 

So I had a rest, but my dream was rather peculiar.

22 Jul 2017, Skye's Dream.

'NO! NOT MY NECKLACE, PLEASE!'

'Sacrifice, one of your closest friends.'

'WHY?! PLEASE!'

'If this means so much to you, sacrifice one of your closest friends.'

'But it's in memory of my dad! He died in a car crash...'

'Well, sacrifice one of your closest friends!'