Celestial

My head was cloudy, my memories fading like a distant dream, I was alone and my parents were gone, and I couldn't even remember how they died. The first thing I remember is getting taken to the orphanage with all my stuff, my head felt light like there was nothing inside.

The headmaster came to me "Lilith this is going to be your new home" she said smiling at me, I smiled back I don't know why but I did. Three days had passed since I'd been here and while I was playing with my toys some kids came into my room and slapped the toys out of my hand while I was playing with them, they laughed at me as I cried. This girl came to help me as the other kids ran away laughing not even sorry for what they did.

She reached her hand out to me and helped me up "Are you ok, did they hurt you?'' She said, with a worried look in her eyes I shook my head "It's okay I've been there too they're just bullies" she said. Back then Ophelia was the only one there for me, it's been 3 years since then and I still have no friends. I'm 12 now but still don't fit in with the other kids.

I lost everything when my parents died, I still want to know what happened to my parents, My thoughts were interrupted by Ophelia. "Are you still using that diary, shouldn't you buy a new one?" Ophelia questioned "Maybe, but I like it." I said with a smile. "Okay, but why do you like it so much?" asked Ophelia "No reason," I said but that was a lie. I liked it because that was the last thing my parents had given me before they died but Ophelia wouldn't understand that.

"Isn't it dinner time?" I asked, "Yeah, wanna skip?" Ophelia asked. "No I'm hungry," I said while shaking my head. For some reason, I'm always hungry like something is clawing at me never satisfied. "Come on then!! If we don't go now there won't be anything left" she exclaimed as we ran to the dining hall we ran into the headmaster, unfortunately.

"You're late," she said looking annoyed "Lilith," she said condescendingly "I haven't seen you in class these days," she said waiting for me to say something. "Then you should get better glasses," I said smiling she didn't look happy but I didn't care. I lost all my respect for her a long time ago.

"How dare you talk to me like that," she said looking madder than I've ever seen her. "You remember me not being in class but not the fact the other kids bully me, you should get your head checked". I said while walking past her "I didn't expect that from you" Ophelia said. I won't just be accused of something I didn't do. As Ophelia and I went to sit down, I heard someone saying things about me. No one liked me in the first place, well except Ophelia, I've come to accept that. As I sighed Ophelia asked me "Are you ok" "Yeah I'm fine" I replied even though I wasn't fine. When we finished me and Ophelia went to our rooms.

As I closed the door to my room I jumped in my bed curling myself into a ball "I wish this was all over" I whispered to myself. I got up and looked out the window looking up at the sky in my tiny cramped room. As I looked at the birds that fly so freely, seeing things that I'll never see, feeling things I've never felt, I walked back to my bed looking at my white ceiling, it made me feel so empty. As I walked to Ophelia's room looking at the floor, my eyes turned pitch black no light to be seen as if I were lifeless, fading just as fast as they appeared.

I stepped into Ophelia's room, my eyes faded back to a light blue color. As I talked to Ophelia I saw her packing something "What that?" I asked "A bag" Ophelia said "I know that but why do you have all your things in it even if your room looks empty" I said. "I'm running away, do you remember when you first came to the orphanage and we promised to run away together? Even if you've forgotten I haven't," she said smiling "And when were you going to tell me this," I asked "When I was done packing," Ophelia said. "You know I'd never leave you," she said ."But you do want to come with me, right?" she said looking at me with a sad expression on her face "I do but, where are we going," I asked her "Well, where do you want to go," she asked "I want to go back... to my old home," I said "ok I would love to see where you grow up," she said with a smile "I'll go pack then," I said as I was walked to my room to go pack "I'll figure out what happened to my parents," I said to myself. As I packed my bags I had one thought going through my head "If I get free I won't let anyone take my freedom away" I wanted them to know how I felt so I wrote a letter. This is the last they'll be seeing me -As I write this letter I remember the first day I came here, the bullying, and all the tears I shed every day but I don't hate any of you, hate won't do me any good I hope you all peace. Lilith-

As I finished writing the letter I changed out of my uniform and into a plain white shirt, light pink cargo pants, and some combat boots. It was all I had, the headmaster only allowed the girls to wear and have pink or white clothes even so Ophelia got her hands on black dye, no wonder why the headmaster hated her. I finished getting ready to leave and as I grabbed my diary my head started to hurt and I saw something, something dark a flashback of my parents. They were on the floor they looked scared and had tears in their eye. I dropped my diary on the floor holding my head in pain, as my diary fell to the floor something fell out of it, a key and a note I put both things In my pocket not having enough time to read the note "what was that" I said still in pain but being able to get up, it was strange it felt so real but I never remembered any of this happening?

Whatever I had to go I picked up my diary for a second time this time nothing happened as I thought it was all in my head but it still felt so real I thought while putting my diary in my backpack, as I was finished packing all my things Ophelia knocked on my door "we have to go right now come on" I looked at the clock it was 2:34 am as I was done packing I got all my stuff which was not much just a small backpack with my clothes and some other things in it "ok let's go" I said we went to her room which was on the first floor where all the troubled kids went because the rooms on the first floor were the closest to the headmaster's office.

As we sneaked into Ophelia's room she locked the door opening the window "I'll go first" she said as she jumped out the window landing on her feet and looking at me waiting for me to jump, holding out her hands ready to catch me I was scared but I wanted to be free more than anything so I did it, I jumped out of the window stepping on the grass. Then Ophelia closed the window grabbed my hand and pulled me along, as we ran, I looked back at the orphanage the one place that trapped me, I was finally free.

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