Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-34320391-20181119131046/@comment-35775904-20181209193856

Here is one of my parts. I just wrote for Rita today, because I'm kinda busy. Aud would have the same perspective just the opposite emotions. ;)

Good luck with the trials ya'll, my girls wilil be watching from Kate's window. ;)

RITA

'''Darkness. My head throbbed and my throat felt like a sander was racking up and down my throat. I groaned as I slowly opened my eyes. I quickly shut them because a bright, white stream of light made my eyes feel like they were burning. I moved my head to the right, away from the light source and tried opening my eyes once more. Where was I? What happened? Then, It all clicked. Dad, the Fire, Our House, Aud… AUD! WAIT where is she!? I sat up as quickly as I could and took in a deep breath when I saw that Aud was peacefully sleeping on a bed next to mine. Good Thor, she looked awful. Her head and arms were all wrapped up and she had burns and scratches and cuts all over her face. It hurt me more to look at her like that. I went to remove the blanket from my legs when I noticed that I too had bandaged arms. I felt my head and legs and they too were bandaged. Good THOR! What happened to us! All I could remember was a crash, a scream, and then darkness. It gave me shivers thinking about it. My train of thought was abruptly interrupted when a nurse walked in and smiled at me.'''

'''“Hello, Rita. I am your nurse, Genevive. How are you feeling? You really got it bad in that fire.” '''

“I feel okay, my right arm is a little sore, and I have a small headache, but I think I’m good,” I replied

'''“Mmm. I see. Yes you broke your right arm in the fire and the headache is probably just caused from the tense trauma, but let's get you something to cope with the pain. Are you hungry? Cold?” she asked as she set about tending to me. It seemed that every time she asked me what I was feeling I was like, oh yea...I didn’t realize I was this uncomfortable until you mentioned it! I also felt something good. I was searching through my vocabulary searching for the words to describe my feelings when it hit me. Peace. Peace. Peace was what I was feeling. Just peace. I closed my eyes as the nurse tended to me and sighed deeply. '''

“Thank you” I sighed

“No problem sweetie.”

I closed my eyes again and went back to sleep.

3 days later

I grabbed Aud’s hand as I said, “C’mon Aud, we need to go take a walk.”

She just blankly looked at me and replied, “I know, I know, Doctors orders I’m coming.”

'''I was kind of worried about Aud. She was usually so happy and resilient about these things, but our temperaments seemed to just be switched after the fire.'''

'''I was feeling pretty free because I didn’t have to worry about our dad bothering us anymore. When our mom died, dad just stopped being himself, he got drunk, and suddenly hated dragons, trials, and anything to do with that. I never knew why, I just obeyed his rules, until this year when Aud and I went out to do the trials. I could care less now however, Dad was gone, and I had no intention of ever looking at his ugly face again. I hated him. I really did. Plus Kate generously offered us a place to stay until we got the strength up to build one, so that is where we were headed right now. However, we had to walk by our house to get there, which was something Aud was adamantly against. Something was really bothering her, so I asked.'''

“Aud, c’mon you have to tell me what's bothering you.”

'''“Nothing,” she muttered. I walked in front of her, grabbed her shoulders and stared her in the eye. “Aud, I know you, this is nothing. Something is really wrong, please tell me because I am the ONLY person who can help you. I am your sister and I love you more than anything. You SAVED my life, and now I am going to HELP yours.” That seemed to have broken her because tears inundated her eyes as they overflowed out of her crystal blue eyes and down her cheeks. She crumpled up on me and sobbed. I pulled her to the ground with me where we just both sat and I listened to her anguished, desperate sobbing. She slowly toned it down to short sniffles, coughs, and hiccups. I hugged her tighter and rubbed her hair, and listened to her finally mumble,'''

“I miss, mom.”

'''Tears started to form in my eyes, and then we both just sat there hugging each other and soaking our shirts with our salty tears. '''

“ I do too.” I finally said.

'''“Rita,” she slowly began. I looked at her in worry as the most anguished face formed in her features,'''

'''“Mom’s memory book is gone. All the pictures, all we had left of her...Gone.”She finished.'''

'''I stared at her blankly for a moment, trying to just process. I realized we lost all of our stuff, but it never really clicked with me until then. The memory book. Mom. Aunt nebbie, all gone! I just stared at her, and we both instinctually and immediately hugged each other again and sobbed for what felt like hours, over all we had lost. After embracing each other for a while, we didn’t feel much like talking, but we kept walking toward Kate’s house, and we had to pass our house. Or what was left of it. I looked at the still smoking pile of rubble and shakily sighed. I let go of Aud’s hand and walked toward it. I stepped on the creaking piles of the burnt house and just walked through what was left of the doorway. I just stood there looking up, and around, and then letting my eyes settle on the ground. I dropped to my knees and just sat there, staring at my entire burnt world. My eyes eagerly searched to see something, anything that we could keep as a memory. I gave up and went to get up when I noticed something in the corner. I rushed over to it, tripping over a pile of garbage and falling down right in front of it. The memory book. It’s sides were charred and the words on the front blackened, but the pictures were still there. Happy tears flooded my eyes, as I started yelling'''

'''“AUD! AUD! I FOUND THE MEMORY BOOOOOK!” and ran out of the house where I collapsed at her feet. I stood up and handed the book to her astonished face. My happy and dirty, tear stricken face stared at her until she finally emitted a smile. “The book,” she sighed while brushing her fingers over its surface. We were so happy, that we just stood there staring at the cover until I said,'''

'''“We should probably head to Kate’s, she’s probably waiting for us.” She nodded with a smile and hand in hand we walked to Kate’s house. When we got there, we were greeted with a warm welcome and introduced to her long-lost grandpa. The old man was really nice and had a gentle, comforting smile. We were given hot stew and a warm bed, where we peacefully slept all night, in a blissful, and content happiness. '''