Noah's Diary - Entry 1

October, 1, 2014

My name is Noah Clark, I am 16 years old and am currently in tenth grade. Normally I wouldn’t do something as girly as keep a stupid journal but my friend Skylar suggested I try it to try and vent my feelings.

I guess I should start from the beginning. My parents died when I was two, tragic car crash. At least that’s what I was told, I was honestly too young to remember it. In fact I barely even remember my parents aside from old pictures. But anyways since none of the other members of my family wanted me I was forced to be put into an orphanage. I was adopted a few times but quickly returned for no good reason. Crystal says that that’s why I have so much trouble trusting people. I hated living in that fucking place. And those years in that hell whole were probably the worst years of my life. I was always bullied by the other kids because I was small and I didn’t have any friends. At times I wished I could just end everything and get it over with.

Luckily I was rescued when my aunt Crystal stepped forward to claim me as her own. When my parents had died Crystal had originally been picked to take me but she was still in school and couldn’t take me. But she had recently gotten a job and was willing and able to take care of me. I remember feeling like the happiest kid alive at finally managing to escape. But I was scared of Crystal at first and wasn’t willing to trust her. So I spent the first few days hiding in my new room and rarely came out. I was intent on staying there forever and with Crystal the way she is, she was willing to let me.

Then one night after about a week of hiding I had a nightmare. I was running down a long dark hallway in utter terror. Looking back all I could see was a shadowy figure calling out to me as it followed. I screamed and put on an extra burst of speed to try and escape but it was no use, the hallways had ended just then. I fell to my knees and turned to see the thing reaching out to me with shadowy claws.

It was then that I awoke with a scream of horror. Hearing this Crystal woke up almost instantly and was in my room in a flash. The moment I saw her my eyes welled with tears and I broke down entirely. Without a word Crystal sat down on the bed and enveloped me in her arms and pulled me into her lap. I clung to her like the scared child I was and sobbed into her shoulder as I shouted at her “don’t let it get me!” though Crystal had no idea what I was babbling about she still held and comforted me until I stopped crying. Then she carried me off to her room and let me sleep with her for the rest of the night. After that night I finally opened up to Crystal and she has been like a mother to me ever since.

Well I guess I can leave off this entry here, wouldn’t want to write for too long and get caught…So bye….or something.