The Protectors

What's Happened To My Mother

The following sunny day i finished school and ran along to the cafe. i went back to the cafe with a joy in my step and excitment in my heart, i walked in and looked around with high hopes to see her again, but Maria-Hope wasn't there, taken back by this, i kept my hopes high, and i asked the supervisor at the counter with joy and happiness "can you tell me when Maria-Hope is next on shift please", confused she answered "we dont have a Maria-Hope working here love",

"she was on shift last night, the waitress"

I informed her, with an apolodgy she told me "i only have 1 waitress that works here, and a waiter" overjoyed i told her "she was the 1 then?" Thinking Maria-Hope gave me a fake name, for whatever the reason. The supervisor turned to the kitchen and shouted "GRACE! SOMEONE HERE, WANTS TO TALK TO YOU!".

I waited with determination of asking her out for a drink. Dissappointingly out came an older lady with long grey scraggy hair. Dissapointed i aplodgised for wasting their time and held my embarassed head low, i turned and walked out the door, still with my head hung low.

I stood outside lost and confused as to what was going on, standing there lent against the window just thinking, who was the girl i was speaking too yesturday then? Who was the girl i saw walk to the bus stop? and shock hands with, why was i so obsessed with her, it really felt like, something ive never felt before, i dont think it was love but there was something powerful, a force that i dont understand.

Feeling depressed and upset that i have missed my chance, i should of asked out yesturday but i was too much of a chicken to do anything about it, so slowly dragged my heels down to the bus stop, to wait for the bus to go home, all i could do is think about Maria-Hope, all i could hope for, was that she would come walking towards me to wait for her bus, but the path was empty.

The bus arrived, i climbed on and scanned my card, just looking out the bus window towards tge bus stop, joyfully remembering Maria-Hope sitting there eaving at me, but there was just the empty bus stop, the bus slowly pulled away and i went home, as i approached the front door of my house, i realised the front door was open a jar, with fear running through my veins, i pushed the door open slowly and peered around looking to the left into the living room, then to the right down the hallway. I nervously shouted "MUM" i crept into the house stealthily walking through the hallway down to the kitchen. "MUM" i worryingly shouted.

As i slowly turned, i heard a slight clang upstairs in one of the bedrooms, i turned with great fear that someone was in my house and more importantly worrying about whats happened to my mother.

I crept down the hallway to the foot of the stairs so i started to climb so i could investigate the bedrooms to determine what that noise was, as i got to the top i found all of the upstairs doors were closed, my worrying thought was, this is unusual, mum doesnt like all the doors closed as she always says you "need to let the air flow".

I slowly approached the bedroom where i was convinced i heard the clang, i gently pushed the door to find an empty room. With a sigh of relief, i turned round to the hallway again, to find a black outline of a tall person stood at the other end of the landing, it had a chilling evil presence about it, and atmospher was dark and cold, could this thing attack at any moment, the thoughts sent a chilling fear down my spine, i stood frozen with fear, and with a shiver in my voice i asked "who the hell are you?"

The figure just stood staring at me menacingly, just then the figure pointed into the bedroom it was stood outside of.

Curious i whispered "what is it?". Within a blink of an eye the figure disappeared. With a shiver and great amount of fear and curiosity i crept towards the door where the figure once stood. And with great caution i slowly looked around the door.

I realised my fears were true, i found my mum lying on the bedroom floor. With shock, scared for her life i ran to her aid, to my relief she was breathing but none responsive, i desperately ran to the phone to ring for an ambulance. But the phone line was dead, i found my mobile but that was dead too, it was almost like something or someone had tampered with the phone lines and signal.

I raced out of the bedroom to the top of the stairs, to my shock found Maria-Hope stood at the door.

Surprised to see her there, i stood at middle of the stairs and my heart skipped a beat to see her there, she asked "whats going on?" in near tears, trying to find away to contact someone for help, i cried "there was this ugly black tall tthhing in the house it pointed mum out, my mums upstairs on the bedroom floor, she's knocked out, there was this black entity thing". "RIGHT listen" Maira-Hope commanded "you need to come with me right NOW" in anger i said " we need to help her, she needs medical attention" desperate to get me to leave the house Maria-Hope shouts "it's covered we need to go NOW", she grabbed my hand with a quick and tight grip so that i wouldn't let her go and closed her eyes and there was a sudden swirl of air, it got very windy as if i had been sucked into a tornado.

the swirl of air and wind seemed never ending, i closed my eyes as tight as my lids would shut, the feeling of flying wisked through my body.

Suddenly the wind and air swirl stopped, i felt relieved it was finally over. "open your eyes" Maria-Hope said with calm and composure in her voice, i opened my eyes to Maria's smiley face, i looked around to much to my amazment something i was not expecting at all.

I was lost, dazzed, confused but at the same time i was astounded by what i have been brought too, i really couldn't believe my eyes.