I woke up at 5:30 am that morning to get ready for school, the sky was dark and gray, and everyone was still asleep. I had 3 family members, my sisters both 16 and my mother. This morning was strange, there was no noise and everyone was still asleep. I went into my sister Anna’s room, I was yelling trying to wake her up, but she did not respond she didn’t even move or make noise. My mother has not gotten out of bed either, she didn’t move at all either. I looked at the clock and it was still 5:30 am, the time stood still. I thought to myself, ‘is this real? Am I dreaming? What is going on?
I turned on the TV but nothing was on. Time still stood same. Was everyone in deep sleep, or dead? I walked outside, all of the lights were out and the houses’ were dark, the entire city was dark and empty. Later, I walked to my friend Roni’s house , the lights were on, I knocked on the door; no answer. As I started walking away, the door crept open. I heard a quiet, soft voice come from inside. “Whose this?” said Roni “It’s jess, I was…” the door swung open and she ran out crying and yelling “What happened?” I exclaimed. She started crying and she could barely speak. Roni told me to go inside and see for myself. I stepped inside, the house was a wreck. Her parents were laying on the floor dead. I ran back outside to find Roni missing. I tried to find her but there was no sign of her anywhere. I was losing hope, I thought I was going to be stuck in this world full of death and nothing! I did not want to be here, I wanted my friends back. But there was nothing else I could do. I went back home and went to bed, I fell asleep fast and woke up to nothing, I hoped my mother would be there as I woke up, asking me what I dreamed about, and this was not a dream, it was still 5:30 am and no one home but me, everyone vanished. I did not want to be stuck in this world any longer. It has been 20 years, and I still wake up to nothingness.
