"How's the after life, Mya?" Someone asked me, I matched her voice with Kaley's.
"What do you mean, Kaley? I'm not dead. " I state.
"Do you need your eyes checked?" She hisses.
"Do you need your face checked?" I shoot back.
"Oh, Mya, look." But I can't see anything. I am in a black world of nothingness. Then something slams into my back, making me fall to me knees. "Well I told you to look!" Kaley laughs. Then I feel my insides being ripped out of me. I can't see, but I feel my limbs being torn out and then replaced. The pain is unbearable. I scream as loud as I can, hoping someone will hear me. Then I go to scream again, but something covers my mouth. "You think this is your life?!" The ripping stops. "No it isn't! I control everything, your life is in my hands!" Lights start to shine. They reveal a wooden floor and a red certain. A stage?
I'm a puppet. A marinate to be exact. I see strings connecting to different parts of me, leading up to... Kaley. "Your life-" She swings me left, "Is in-" She swings me right, "My hands." She starts to move my arms. I try to pull back, but it's like my bones are wood. Wait, that's exactly what it is..
"She's right." A familiar voice echoes across the stage. Tatum. He is a puppet too, but he looks worn out.
"No she's not! She's just a kid!" I explain.
"No, don't say that, Mya!" Tatum's warning came to late. I fall to my knees and I'm being pulled back into the red curtain.
"Come on, pull me in, Kaley, I'll help you remember your place! When my fist touches your face I want you to remember that I'm in charge! This is my life!" I scream as to red curtain cuts me off from Tatum. Then I stand in a grey room, alone.
"Mya, sweetie!" My moms voice cries, I turn around but I can't find her.
"Mom! You have to help me!" I run around to room, slamming my fist against the wall. I seem to be normal again, the marinate strings have disappeared.
"No, you have to help me." Then I see her, on her knees, and about to be shot by some people armed with guns.
"For her crime of not saving you in your time of need, your mom is to be killed." One of the gunman murmured.
"What the-?! No! She did nothing!" I run to her, but get thrown back.
"Exactly, she did NOTHING." The other person said. Clicking a bullet into place.
"Drop that gun right now or I'll make you!" I command. The men just stare back at me. "I said: DROP THE GUN."
"And we're supposed to be scared of Mya Sweenie?" One asks moving to gun so it's pointed at me. "A helpless nobody?" My anger and sadness is like a spark of electricity, and is running through my body, ready to consume me.
"I'M NOT A HELPLESS NOBODY!!!" I start crying. "I'M NOT, I'M NOT, I'M NOT!!!" Tears run down my face and create a puddle at my feet. No. I have my best friend, my mom, other friends, and several people have massive crushes on me. I have all that I need. Though tears continue to stream. They tell me that I'm wrong, that I'm missing something. "You'll see, you're wrong!" I charged toward one of the men holding a gun, but I stead of tackling him, I fall right through a black hole. "I'll prove it to you." I whisper to myself...
My eyes flashed open in a quick blur. Reality struck hard and all at once. My shoulders began to ache, and the cold sweat on my forehead made me feel sick. "My mother is missing" I think to myself. Was she killed? I began to panic, but she would disappear with leaving... A note! I leapt out of my bed and made my way to her chair. On it, I saw my phone and a note. Wait, my phone! It's Christmas! Not really...
Sweetie,
The police cleared the classroom and found your phone. When I went to get it, the reporters asked me if I would do an interview. I'm there right now, be back soon,
-Mom xoxo
Fear. What if some bad people make an attack at the interview! She should not be out in public! People could target her, and find me!
Joy. My wonderful phone! It's so lovely! I wonder if I have any messages...
Messages from SerenityB
SerenityB: Hey
Two days ago
SerenityB: U there?
Two days ago
SerenityB: Mya?
Two days ago
SerenityB: Want to hang today?
One day ago
SerenityB: Plz answer me
One day ago
SerenityB: If u r mad at me plz tell me why
One day ago
SerenityB: K you are always on your phone. What's your prob?
One day ago
SerenityB: I see how it is. If you don't want to be friends anymore that's fine with me
Today
SerenityB: Alright then. See you @ school loser.
Today
School? I thought school was not going on anymore. At least, for awhile!
Message to SerenityB
MyaIsPizza: Hey, sorry I didn't answer you! I just got my phone back today! I'd love to hang out!
Hopefully Serenity will come around... We're besties and all... Come on, answer me...
Message from SerenityB
SerenityB: Little late don't cha think? It's the bestie code to inform others of phone losses or texting cuts. Remember that? It's from when we were friends
MyaIsPizza: What do u mean?
SerenityB: U know what I mean
SereniyB deleted your contact
MyaIsPizza left the conversation
Maybe the gunman was right. Maybe I am a helpless nobody.
Hope you readers enjoined this chapter! I know, I know, the updates are getting short, but these little chapters make the big ones (hint hint).
What do YOU think of Serenity? I'd love to hear!
-Hubajuba
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The Penny Worth Keeping (Not Continuing)
Teen FictionMya Sweenie was not taken lightly. She was everything one would want to be, cool, confident, and smart. Why would she give it all away? After a traumatizing experience, will Mya ever be the same? Can one person save her from a life filled with fear?
