(1) Family Matters Most
"Hahaha you can't catch me" says her stubborn little brother as he jumps on the couch and runs around the house at super speed but I easily catch up to him funny enough we were the fastest kids at school my brother Xavier was a skinny kid with blonde hair and dark brown eyes which we all had, "i just did" he laughs as i tickle him my little sister Tilly into the kitchen and giggles at his contagious laughing state "my turn Alpha"she squeals as the typical 4 year old she is "oh I can catch you easily miss Matilda" I lunge at her and pick her up lifting her easily over my shoulder and take her to the lounge room "ok Till's get dressed for school" I say as I pass her her school clothes "ok" she huffs and goes to her room slapping her feet against the floorboards as she runs. Currently I'm in 7th grade and my family and friends call me by my nickname Alpha but i never really knew why it was my nickname, my name is Shahli but I prefer Alpha, my brother Xavier is in 5th grade we call him xavy and he is the second born after me as I said before hes blonde and skinny with dark brown eyes, my little sister Matilda which is often called Tilly has just started kindergarten she also has brown eyes but a lighter shade and has elbow length golden hair like me, my baby brother Ty is almost a year old with frizzy baby blonde hair and my mum is a beautiful women with shoulder length multicoloured hair as she dyed it frequently with almost golden eyes. "Alpha are you and the kids ready" she says as she flicks the kettle on for a coffee "yes mum" I say as I pack Tilly's lunch and put in near the front door"Tilly, xavy are you guys ready" I yell to them in their rooms and I hear tillys door squeak open and she runs to get her bag and asks my mum to brush her hair, I check on xavy as he constantly sees 'things' but I don't know what and neither does he but he's ok packing stuff in his bag he looks up as I enter his room and smiles "are we walking? " he asks I nod then walk into my room grab my things and head out saying goodbye to my mum and baby brother. We walk for about 4 minutes before getting to my old primary school I kiss Tilly and hug xavy as you never know when its your last time seeing them. I then walk another minute before getting to my school being greeted by about my whole year group and half of the year 8s as I was popular because I was nice, perfect, noble, active, social,approachable, amazing, smart and beautiful quiet frequently a few people that always stay and stood together said I radiated great power and authority and I would be a great leader but I never understood them.I had my school sports carnival practice and in all of them I leave everyone in the dust the second fastest person was a boy called brent he was fast for a year 7 although my running ability was so fast that I was about a bus length infront of him and he was about a car length infront of the other students, I also had my exams for year 7 and I smashed them with my families wisdom I'm sure I was also smart but I was one of the top students in math. School was a breeze compared to Normaly and I start to walk to my siblings school to pick them up in a group with my friends, when i get there I relise that my precious little siblings are being corned together by seniors from my school yelling and swearing at them saying threats xavy has his arms around Tilly protectivly with an emotion I've never seen before not a scared but not brave either their bags on the floor so they couldn't pull them from eachother my blood boils I push past my friends and they gasp until they relise what I'm doing and start running as well. I drop my bag and sprint to them im fast but the memories slow my down and I fight inwardly with myself letting my emotions take over one of the guys walking closer and grabbing my brothers shirt hauling him from Tilly then throwing him on the ground hard and Tilly screaming and crying at xavys side hugging him I jump up over one person still holding his shirt and flip him over throwing him into the ground I then skid on my knees ontop of them hugging them and shouting I stand and shout at the guy who touched my brother my voice booming and his expression falls before cringing and landing on his knees covering his ears same as the other guys I shout louder and the guys scream in agony before it all just drops and they are all unconscious on the floor I gasp feeling lightheaded and drained of energy before turning and crawling to my heavily breathing brother and crying sister, its like deja vu as I remember my past, our past I start to cry as I hold them in my arms and call my mum who gets here incredibly fast picking him up and placing him in the car and driving home calling someone 'special' placing him on the couch. A few minutes later a woman enters our house and checks him over, but I feel like I've seen this woman before I feel safe around her I'm snapped out of my daze by my mum who hugs me tightly before looking at the doctor they shared glances and shake heads and nod heads like they were having a silent conversation I look away to my now sleeping brother and sister, I don't think twice about it and slump on the lounge with them whispering "family matters most" before letting go and falling asleep.