Stay still Stay calm Don't move

mornings - prologue

Mornings. They all start the same.

Darkness slowly fades,

Animals wake up and others, sleep..

But what if we didn't wake up, but instead every one slept?

Slept because there was no point in living.

Slept even if it meant death...?

Slept to try and wake up from a never ending hell

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I lay here in the dark. I'm crying obviously, why wouldn't i be?! I've been here for what feels like hours. I can't find my parents or my siblings. I'm stuck, hungry and crying is the only way to make me feel a little better. 

I was crouched in a thick bush, shrubs shading my drenched face, sobbing silent sentences like 'Why must everything be like this...' and 'why do i have to do this? while other sentences similar to where's everyone else? i wanna go home....'seemed to just repeat in my head. My breathing wasn't the best i was trying to not pant to much but when you feel like somethings gonna grab you at any moment, due to the darkness of the forest, animal noises and the fact your hiding with the added suspense of not being allowed to get caught. OF COURSE YOU CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL LIKE YOUR SUFFOCATING!

I clenched my warm, fluffy jacket i currently had on. I tried to take my mind off of my situation. My mind started to take me back to the last things my parents told me before they left.

"we'll be right their! go hide in the forest and wait for us..." we were right out side our house when mum hesitated for a bit. i decided to get a question in before she kept talking "Mum p.please tell me your al.alright!" she looked concerned but when i saw dad come out of the house mum decided to continue her sentence with a smile as if to offset her shaking "honey there's no need to worry about us!...." she tried with a smile, dad came running over and mum stood up "mum?...." dad put a reassuring hand on mum's shoulder they stared for a long moment at each other before he turned to me "Look kiddo, what mum's trying to say is, we want you to go hide in the forest for a bit, like a game of hide and seek! Just its a little different this time" dad paused still smiling his eyes were now closed as if they didn't want to open "no coming out even when we call for to you, no moving either if you hear footsteps or 'i give ups'.....Not unless we say our 'secret code' before. Remember we practiced, alright!"  i was confused and scared, i also didn't feel any better, it was dark outside and well.. i didn't want to hide in a bush. Especially since i was in my pj's without a proper explanation "but dad....." i croaked, Dad pulled me in for a tight hug. Mum did the same. "dad...i'm in my pj's, and its dark......i..i'm scared" i shivered as the wind blew a cold breeze against my back. "and mum doesn't want me to go!" i burst out as a last resort 

"she's scared you,ll get lost!" my dad chuckled as he turned to my mum "shes fine. shes just..she just knows that you don't like being alone for to long in the dark!"

"Then why do i have to go!" tears were welling in my eyes but my parents didn't answer. I watched them take a few more steps back and close their eyes, their fore heads touching as they hugged each other, their counts slowly let me know i had to go and hide but, just before i left i wanted them to answer something "mum, dad. wheres everyone else?... you know Obito and Hanasha" my parents seemed to freeze their counting seizing for a second before they continued, i had no choice but to turn and hesitantly run in the opposite direction. Although my question wasn't answered and kept my anxiety on edge, both my parents had taught me that pushing questions and nagging them got me no where. 

Now i sit here in this bush waiting for them to find me. Tears streaming down my face. I'm also being very weary of my surroundings, every twig snap every leaf crackle, because they told me not to let them find me. I'm scared and want to disappear into the ground for extra reassurance. Their was also the fact that i didn't know where every one else was and.....if they don't want to find me then why did they suggest this stupid game to me!...I just want to be back in bed! in my cosy warm bed, where i felt safe! i want to know why i'm here! this just isn't fair!! i also wanted to know if my siblings were at home, if they were in this situation too. If they were at home then i'm probably getting tested for my hiding skills or being punished for no reason, so maybe i'll dig a hole where i am for reassurance, if they were in my situation though they'll be even more scared... i don't know whats going on.

Mum......dad my tears started falling from my eyes in bigger streams and my throat was starting to acke, my breathing felt heavy and...i just hated this.....hurry up and say the secret code! Hurry and call out to me!

"please..."my voice wasn't even a whisper. 

'what were my parents doing ?!...... why were they doing this to me?!....how much longer?!...I'm so hungry!'