Bad Memories

Strength goes along way

        THE PRESENT

    

          Shay pushes through the thick brush into the clearing that is hidden in the forset. She looks around the Quiet "Utopia" as her twin brother Tony use to call it. Thinking of TOny, Shay looks up into his favorite tree half expecting him to be in it reading a hockey magazine. But Of course he isnt, he hasnt been here in two years. Shay places her hand over her heart as the pain stabs at it like it is a toy. She tries to force the memory of why Tony isnt here out of her mind, but it is to late. Shay sits down as the memory takes over

 

 

TWO YEARS AGO

 

      "Shay come on slow poke" Tony whinned at his twin sister. That morning Tony had begged Shay to come with him to his secret place within the forest. When Shay reached Tony she gasped at the scence behind him. Behind him was a clearing with a pond and a large apple tree in it. "Welcome to my Utopia garden." Tony said with a huge grin on his face. Shay hugged her brother and sat down on a fallen log. She sat there as Tony showed her things in the clearing. He showed her the fish in the pond, his stash of Hockey magazines, and how to get the best apples out of the tree. After he was done he took two magazines and climbed the tree. "Come on Shay, I brought your favorite magazine, Tiger Beat>' Shay unwillingly got up and joined Tony in the tree, and they read there Magazines.

 

        The twins started heading back as the sun started to set. Than a noise in the bushes behind them made them stop. A strange man came staggering out of the bushes looking at Shay.

 

         "Hey there pretty lady how about you give me that necklace you're wearing." The man mumbled. Shay put her hand over her diamond necklace.

 

        "Hey man I don't know who you think you are but you caqn't just come here and demand someone to give you something. what do you think this is a bar?" She asked as she hid behind Tony. The man laughed and lunged toward them. Shay screamed as the drunk man came toward her. But Tony pushed the man and he fell to the ground.

 

          "She said NO." Tony said as the man got up. He shaked his head and started pushing Tony around.

 

           " Oh you want to fight huh do you tough guy? I'll give you a fight!" The man screamed and punched Tony in the stomach. Tony backed up into Shay. She backed up and tripped over the fallen log. She hit the ground hard and hid behind the apple tree. She watched in Horror as Tony hit the man and the man Punched him, this time in the chest. Shay tried to get up but it was like her body was frozen with fear. As she watched she realized that even though the man was drunk he was still stronger then Tony could ever be. Shay shuddered at the thought of how strong the man was when he was sober. Her train of thought was shattered when she heard choking sounds. She looked over and gasped when she sees the man choking the life out of Tony. She tried to get up but still her body would not respond. Luckily Tony punched the man in the face and he lets go.

 

          "You little twirp you almost broke my nose! You're going to pay for that!" the man screamed as blood ran from his nose down his face. With that the man took out a gun and pointed it a Tony. Tony got up with a look of pure terror plastered on his face, His hands held up high in surrender.

 

          'Hey man put down the gun it's your-" Tony was cut short. Shay covered her ears as a great bang filled the clearing. She screamed as she saw her beloved brother crumple to the ground. Shay ran over to her Brother and knelt next to him. Tony's hand was pressed against his chest trying to stem the flow of blood from the gaping hole. He was gasping, struggling to breath.

 

           "Tony I'm so sorry. I should have just given the man my necklace then none of this would have happened." Shay cried.

 

           "It's not your fault, the guy was.... Drunk" Tony managed to say. Shay took off her coat and pressed it against his chest and called 911. When she hung up she looked over at Tony to see how he was and bursted into tears. Tony's eyes were closed and he was no longer breathing. She doesn't know how long she sat there crying but suddenly the cops were there. They took Tony away and asked Shay many questions which she tried to answer. As she told hte cops her story she saw her parents and rushed over to them. Shay told them about Tony and she and her parents burst into sobs.

 

BACK TO THE PRESENT

 

           The sound of her mother's sobbing is still freash in her mind even though two years has passed. Shay and Tony were only fourteen when it had happened. Tony lost his life at the age of fourteen because of a drunk man and a gun. Shay was now sixteen. She took from her sweater a worn piece of paper. Unfolding it Shay reads the letter she has read so many times Before. The letter is from the man who killed her brother. It said to meet him in the clearing on this day at this time so he could apologize and turn himself in. Shay looks up as the bushes ahead of her moves to reavel a man. THe same man that has haunted her nightmare for two years. She gets up and stuffs the letter back into her sweater. As she faces the man Shay feels like she isnt alone. She swears she feels Tony standing next to her , holding her hand in the place Shay will  forever call. THE CHAMBER OF BAD MEMORIES.

 

THE SPIRIT WORLD

 

"dont worry sister I'm always here for you  even when you cant see me.

And mister johnson, Yes I know your name

I forgive you for what you have done to me

I can no longer hate you you are turning yourself in.

Shay tell mama and papa I love them 

and dont hate my Utopia Garden!  Someone needs to love it now that I am gone

Don't cry when you look at my tree.  Climb it and get the best apples.

Ok you have just talked to him.  he has left.

I have to go now sis I love you and please remember

that when you need me  I will be here

to hold your hand.  I love you my twin."  

Author's Note

Had to write this in 10th grade for an essay. I forgot the prompt for the essay though. (the spirit world part I JUST added. wanted to give tony's point of veiw)

Reviews

[Hawk Flight]

I still think you should have named Shay, Jessica -.-

I love the spirit part. kicks a*s.

[Fenix Flight]

Sorry but jessica didnt sound right for this story

[Fenix Flight]

I like the name just not for this story.