Part 1:
I run and I run, and I run, screaming in pleasure. Mommy chases after me, but I don’t think she’ll catch me. I’m too fast! I stop to giggle at his though, and mommy scoops me up in her arms, and I scream in laughter as she tickles my tummy. She caught me!
“Gotcha!” she cries, laughing as well. I stick my tongue out, and try to wriggle out of her grasp. She laughs, and hugs me tighter. I hug her back quickly, and look up into her eyes. Green. Like mine.
She sits down on the step outside our house, and I curl into her. She strokes my hair.
“Mommy?” I ask
“Yeah honey?”
“Who were those meany people? At the justwiss building?” She hesitates.
“They were trying to keep everyone calm Cassie.”
“But they hurted people!” I cry.
“I know honey, I know, but they’re doing what they’re meant to. It’s their job you see. Peacekeepers. They’re meant to keep the peace. Don’t let them worry you. You’ll understand in a few years sweetie.”
“Pweacekeepwers…” Mommy laughs at me, and taps my nose.
“Yes.” I look up at her, and see fear in her eyes. I’m scared too now.
“Mommy, do they pwunish bad people?” I bat my lashes.
“Yes… yes they do.”
“Have you ever done anything bad?” She looks away quickly, and then back at me. She opens her mouth, but her eyes have focused on something over my head. I look behind me. And the Peacekeepers are coming for me. But I haven’t done anything. Or are they coming for mommy? I’m scared, I grab mommy tightly. I don’t want to lose her. Suddenly, the Peacekeepers are towering over us, and I see them. They burn themselves in the back of my mind. I know I’ll always remember them. They rip me away from mommy, and throw me to the ground. I scream as my face makes contact with the hard ground. I scream in pain. I scream for mommy… I can’t stop screaming…
I wake, my pillow over my head, but my mouth wide open, and the same scream that was in my nightmarish dream was echoed in reality. I close my eyes again, and close my mouth. I remove the pillow from my head. I utter the same words that I did yesterday.
“It’s just a dream Cassie, just a dream. She’s back. She’s going nowhere.” I tell myself this over and over again, until it finally seeps in. I sit up, and sigh. It’s early, but I know I’ve woken later than I normally do. I haul myself out of my comfy bed, and hurry downstairs…
