Night terror
Everything is dark and cold. The world around me seems to shiver slightly as I look up through my long, dark lashes. Where am I and where are my mum and dad? The floor beneath my feet is damp and feels gritty between my toes. The air smells tangy and metallic, like the taste of copper coins on the back of my tongue
"Mum" I shout as loudly as I can "Dad" Nothing, just the return of my own voice echoing off a distant wall."Muuuuumm" I cry again.
I can feel tears falling hotly down my cheeks and I sniffle a little. Then I see it, a foreign shape in the distance. A heap in the far corner of the cavernous room. I slowly walk towards it, for some reason I'm breathing heavily and the walls tremble and shake around me. "Mum?" I whisper as I approach the heap.
Suddenly something in the form moves and long dark hair gives way to piercing blue eyes, my mothers red rimmed eyes.
"Run, Jess!" she yells with fear thick in her voice "RUN!"
