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With the last year of school looming, Hannah Woodville, hopes to keep her head down, get the grades she needs and leave for university.
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My body felt like it was being weighed down by an unknown presence. I had nothing within me to move. Darkness surrounded me and I couldn't tell if I was in an enclosed space or out in the open.
The air was hot and thick, causing it a mission for me to do a simple task like breathe. Inhaling slowly and then exhaling; made matters worse, I felt like I was begging to gasp for air. Just as I moved my head an inch towards the left, a subtle white light shone in the distance.
Freedom.
That's all I could think about. I needed to free myself from this empty and dark prison I was stuck in. The more I moved my arms and legs, to reach the white light, the more I felt like jelly floating around.
Within seconds the white light disappeared and my eyes were blinded by a sudden flash of bright hues. After a few seconds of adjusting my vision, it became clear that I was in a room. No decorations, just a plain white room. Confusion was all I felt, it filtered into my brain and I couldn't work out where I was.
As each second passed, the four walls surrounding me inched closer and closer. Beads of sweat formulated on my head, sharp breaths escaped from me. My feet pittered on the floor trying to find an escape, but all I could see was four bare walls.
This was it.
This was the end.
After accepting my fate, I closed my eyes. Waiting for the impending doom. Just as I flicked one eye open, the walls zoomed towards me, squeezing the life and air out of me.
I jolted myself up from my bed as if I was Frankenstein. My chest felt like it was pulled together with a string. Raspy breaths were ejecting from my mouth and I struggled to get a simple taste of fresh air.
My hands automatically land on the inhaler besides me and without a second deliberation, two puffs of calmness injected into my body. As I closed my eyes taking in the fresh sense of peace, a screeching bell ruptured into my ears. The deafening sound screeched into my ear, to the point where I thought my ear drums were about to burst.
It has begun, I thought to myself. The tiring routine had started and I knew I had to get out of this bed and get ready.
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"Morning," I let out out in a drowsy tone, trying to shake tiredness away.
I had finally made my way downstairs, after a extensive morning of trying to get ready.
"Morning honey," My mum chirped back, as she milled around the kitchen, plating up pieces of toast.
"Morning sweety," My dad responded after, as he helped set the table up.
