The Day that Changed My Life...

Meet Sara Johnson... on a normal day she woke up and got in the train to go to school, but she never imagined what would happen next... Set in North London.

 

The Day that Changed my Life…

 RING! My alarm clock went off. I groggily got out of bed and changed. ‘Great.’ I thought. ‘Another day of school. How amazingly dull.’ I go downstairs to eat breakfast and hear the noisy traffic from outside. ‘Everything’s quiet… too quiet.’ Right then, the door closes and catches me by surprise. I jump out of my chair and run to the door and see my father. ‘Hurry up Sara,’ he says. ‘You’re going to miss the train.’ ‘Yeah, ok dad. I was heading out just now.’ I say as I swing my bag over my shoulder. ‘Have fun at school hun. Love you.’ He replies, laughing a bit. ‘Fun,’ I think. ‘At school? That’s not possible.’ As I think that, I say to father “I love you too daddy. Now, I gotta go before I miss my train. Bye dad!” I say, racing out the door. “Bye honey!” I hear him call out after me. I waved at him and took a look at my house for, what I didn’t know then, the last time.

I caught the train right on time. I took my seat and finally relaxed. I had been resting my head on the train for about half an hour when I heard the cabin door open with a ‘BANG!’. I feel someone behind me. I turn around and find a .45 gun in my face, pointing at my nose, making me go cross-eyed. I look up at the person holding the death machine and gasp in shock and fear, my eyes watering with hurt and betrayal. “Mommy?” I courageously ask. “Why?” She looks at me with disgust. “Yes, it’s me. Mommy.” She spits at the ground in disgust. “I am sick and tired of being treated so bad and being belittled by you and your father. That’s why I’ve killed him. Why I’m gonna kill you, too.” She begins to pull the trigger, but I was smart. I shoved it towards her. Her eyes widened in shock and fear. She tried to stop it, but it was too late. My mother was dead. As the train stopped, I looked down at what I had done and no feelings of resentment were present. I felt empty. I got out and started wandering the streets.

It’s been a year now and all I do is scrounge around in the garbage looking for some remains of food. A year ago, I was Sara Johnson, popular, rich and perfect. Now, I’m a nobody. A filthy street kid hoping for the impossible to become possible. As I feel the darkness come over me, I crawl into the warmest patch of grass and take my very last breath, hoping to be away from my insane mother and with my loving father yet again.

Author's Note

Hope ya'll liked it! ;)

Reviews

[puppetmaster]

I LOVED IT. I did think it was just a tad bit rushed, but beyond that... "I waved at him and took a look at my house for, what I didn't know then, the last time." VERY mysterious. I love how you wrote that, but didn't give away what you meant. And I really liked how her mother was the one with the gun. It's different, and it's something you wouldn't really expect. I mean, who would expect their mother to come up to them with a gun and try to kill them? I also liked how it's set in North London. That made my day! LOL no clue why, just did. I loved reading this, it was great.

[Berry]

It's okay. I didn't like the way everything was rushed together. It would have been great if you expanded it and made it a little longer.
Great work though.

[[Dark]]

i liked it lots. i actually read it all, lol. thats how good it was. i liked how you ended it, how you made it make all the difference. GREAT STORY!