Sebastian River High School's Literary Magazine
She began to walk the perimeter of the house to investigate, but where the walls usually turned a corner to the forested path leading to the side door, there was now another line of brick wall. It kept going; much further beyond Mona’s small home.
Her sister, Isabell, and her mom were asleep, but Ella could not sleep. She had an eerie feeling in her gut. It was the nastiest, scariest feeling she had ever felt.
Rule a kingdom just for tonight. Sail a pirate ship on an endless sea. Save the Milky Way galaxy. The possibilities are created by me.
We walked through the front doors, but couldn’t see anything in front of us. I took a step forward and turned around to check on the others, but they were all gone.
There have never been any rules here. Everyone is empowered to do as they please as long as no one is hurting or in pain.
She walks out to find cars abandoned across her street, toys left out on front lawns, and dog leashes forgotten on the sidewalk. Only a faint, grey light from the sky letting the Earth bask in its presence is visible.
