And all that was left was a hair clip

Prologue

July 20th 1990, my 10th birthday. That's a day I have still not forgotten, and I never will. I will never forget what happened that night, because that was the day I lost my mother.

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The music was loud, people were dancing, having fun. Who knew that a night so perfect could go so horribly wrong? I sure didn't.

All my friends were over and my family was there too. We were all having a blast. I cut the cake, and made a wish: that I could live forever. I know, I know, it was a stupid wish, but that was my wish five years ago.

We were all eating the amazing cake when I heard a noise upstairs. A sort of gust of wind, I guess, I can't really remember. Anyways, I heard a gust of wind from upstairs, and I figured that a window was open or something. So I left it.

This, of course, was a mistake. But it hadn't even crossed my mind that ignoring that that gust of wind, would make me end up without a mother. Of course this thought hadn't occurred to me because this idea was unthinkable at the time. Well, what did you expect me to say? That I heard a gust of wind so I better go check it because it could be the last time I'd see my mother? No, I would never say that, not even at the age of ten, but it was partly true.

So, I continued to enjoy myself at the party, almost forgetting about the wind upstairs. Almost.

But then the wind got louder and louder, the only problem was that nobody seemed to notice. I felt sick. I excused myself from the party and went upstairs to my room.

And that's when I saw it: my mom fading away into nothingness. There was a extremely strong breeze that knocked me down, and then, it was gone. She was gone.

And the very last words that left my mouth were: "Don't leave me!"

The memories after that are fuzzy. I might have fainted, fallen asleep on my bed, anything.

But I do remember one thing; a hair clip. As crazy as it sounds, I remember a single hair clip lying just underneath where my mom was once standing.

A single hair clip that started it all.