Essay Writing: My First Vietnam War
I wake up sitting on a chair. The noise is unbearable! What's going on? I look around at my surroundings. Everywhere I look there are people fighting and killing each other! I gasp. The sight is horrible! Why are they fighting? I take in a breath that feels very painful. Hopefully this will end soon. I am so distracted by this fighting that I haven't thought to ask myself why? Why am I sitting on a chair in the middle of a war zone? There's got to be some good reason, but what? Suddenly I see a light. It is the headlight of a tank coming right at me! I have to move but I can't! I am tied to the chair! "This has to be a dream!" I yell. The tank lights dim and the fighting stops, everything seems to be frozen in time, but that's impossible right? Everything goes pitch black.
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What is going on?! A blue light suddenly appears in the darkness. A girl whos dress looks like a beautiful ocean walks towards me. "Hello," the girl says. "Do you remember me?" I shake my head. The girl looks around. "He's not here yet..." She said slowly. I'm now confused. What is happening? Is this just a hallucination? "Who are you talking about?" I ask. The girl stares at me for a long time. "No one you should know," she says. The girl looks around again. "Okay. We need to talk," she says. I'm now even more confused. "Why?" I ask. The girl fades a bit. "Oh no! Not now!" She exclaims. Worry is in her voice The girl looks at me. Her eyes are wide and full of fear. "You were the one who sto-" the girl starts to say. She disappears and I'm still stuck here. Suddenly, an army guy comes, running, up to me. He moves me out of the path of the tank and starts to untie me from the chair. "Who are you?" I ask. "We have to get out of here," He said. I look at him in surprise. I barely even know where I am or why that girl was talking to me! The army guy lifts me up onto my feet and basically drags me away from the battle field. "Where are you taking me?" I ask. "Away from this dangerous place," He replies. "Where is it safe?" I ask. "Girls ask too many questions," He says, yawning. "Hey!" I yell. "It's true," the army guy says. "Anyway what is your name and why on earth were you standing in the middle of a battle field?" I stand still. Why haven't of thought for it before. Why was I here? "I'm Piper. I don't know how I got here, I don't remember anything, all I know is that I'm not supposed to be here and I want to get home. What's your name?" The Army guy just looked forward and didn't answer. "Hello?" I ask. "I'm Jason," He finally answers. "How old are you?" I ask. "I could ask you the same," He says. "I'm 18," I say. "I'm 19," He tells me. We walk along in silence for a while. Gravel and dirt scatters around my socks making them covered in dust. What am I going to say to my parents? Oh right. My parents. Are they worried? "Hey are you alright?" Jason asks. I look at Jason. "What do you mean?" I ask "You looked like you were about to faint or something," Jason says. "I was just thinking about my parents, and if their worried or not," I say. "I'm sure they are," He smiles at me. I'm starting to get a feeling about this Jason guy, I don't know what yet though. I will have to keep talking to him and hanging around him to figure it out. "So what are you doing here?" I ask. That really should be obvious but I need to pass some time. "I'm in the army. What do you think," Jason says. "Yeah, sorry. I don't have much common sense," I lie. I actually have a good amount of it. "Hey is Piper actually your real name?" Jason asks. "Yes it is. Is there something wrong with that?" I ask. "No. It's just a bit different you know. Like words that start with X. "Oh come on. It's not that odd," I say. "Well than name one other person with that name," Jason says. "Well there is." I start to say. Suddenly our eyes connect. They don't pull apart. "There is.....no one else I guess with that name," I say "Exactly," Jason says. I just stare. My eyes can't move. "You know I never noticed that before," Jason says "Noticed what?" I ask. "That war plane coming towards us," Jason says with a grin. "A what?!" I shout. I turn to see a giant plane coming towards us. It looks like it's coming right at my head. It doesn't. It flies right over us. I look back at Jason. He just grins. "I told you," He says. I want to glare, but instead I just grin too. I think I've figured out the feeling that I felt earlier. Love? I guess that's where love at first sight came from. The plane flies back towards us and drops a bomb right over us. Jason smile fades and he gets a fearful look on his face. "Run," he somehow says calmly. "What?" I say, not noticing the plane.
"RUN!" He yells. That's when I notice the plane. I scream and start running for my life. Jason gets out a gun and starts shooting at the plane. Bullets fly into the air. I want to turn back. I really do. Jason could die! I suddenly trip over a huge gun. I look back at Jason. The plane is about to shoot him. I try to pick up the gun. Another war guy helps me and we both lift it together. "Okay shoot when I say to," the war guy says. He surprisingly sounds like a girl. I look at the war guy. He has girl like eyelashes. "Are you a..." I start to say. "Now shoot!" The war guy shouts. I do as I'm told and a huge bullet flies out of the gun. It heads straight towards the plane. Jason starts running towards us. The plane starts fireing missels at Jason. "Jason!" The war guy and I yell. Jason runs towards us and the plane flies away. "That was close," He says, panting. The war guy takes off his hat. It's a girl! "Jason!" she says, hugging him. I am so shocked and angry that he has a girlfriend that I run away. "Piper!" Jason yells, pulling out of the hug and running after
me. I don't stop, I keep on going, tears flying down my face. The tears make me blind. My socks are now covered in dirt, dust, and mud. My feet hurt because the rocks are digging through the socks and into my foot. I cry because of the pain, emtional and physical. The tears have blinded me so much that I run into a guy. He lifts me back on my feet. "What's your name?" I ask. "Alex," He replies, staring into my eyes. "My name is Piper," I say. I smile and he smiles and we go our way. Jason finally catches up to me, panting. "You don't understand," He says. "I understand perfectly!" I say, and turn my back to him and start walking away. "That's my sister!" He calls after me. What? I can't believe my ears. Hope returns to me, and I smile. I run to him and hug him. I hardly know him but love at first sight kicks in. I realize that I'm hugging an almost complete stranger and pull away from the hug, brushing myself off. That's when I realize that I'm still wearing my pajamas and socks. My pajamas consist of short shorts and a cut off tanktop. "Is there anything around here that I can change into?" I ask. "My sister might have some stuff you could change into," He says. "She's your age by the way." "Okay," I say. We walk together back to Jason's sister, who's name I learn is Peggy.
What is going on?! A blue light suddenly appears in the darkness. A girl whos dress looks like a beautiful ocean walks towards me. "Hello," the girl says. "Do you remember me?" I shake my head. The girl looks around. "He's not here yet..." She said slowly. I'm now confused. What is happening? Is this just a hallucination? "Who are you talking about?" I ask. The girl stares at me for a long time. "No one you should know," she says. The girl looks around again. "Okay. We need to talk," she says. I'm now even more confused. "Why?" I ask. The girl fades a bit. "Oh no! Not now!" She exclaims. Worry is in her voice The girl looks at me. Her eyes are wide and full of fear. "You were the one who sto-" the girl starts to say. She disappears and I'm still stuck here. Suddenly, an army guy comes, running, up to me. He moves me out of the path of the tank and starts to untie me from the chair. "Who are you?" I ask. "We have to get out of here," He said. I look at him in surprise. I barely even know where I am or why that girl was talking to me! The army guy lifts me up onto my feet and basically drags me away from the battle field. "Where are you taking me?" I ask. "Away from this dangerous place," He replies. "Where is it safe?" I ask. "Girls ask too many questions," He says, yawning. "Hey!" I yell. "It's true," the army guy says. "Anyway what is your name and why on earth were you standing in the middle of a battle field?" I stand still. Why haven't of thought for it before. Why was I here? "I'm Piper. I don't know how I got here, I don't remember anything, all I know is that I'm not supposed to be here and I want to get home. What's your name?" The Army guy just looked forward and didn't answer. "Hello?" I ask. "I'm Jason," He finally answers. "How old are you?" I ask. "I could ask you the same," He says. "I'm 18," I say. "I'm 19," He tells me. We walk along in silence for a while. Gravel and dirt scatters around my socks making them covered in dust. What am I going to say to my parents? Oh right. My parents. Are they worried? "Hey are you alright?" Jason asks. I look at Jason. "What do you mean?" I ask "You looked like you were about to faint or something," Jason says. "I was just thinking about my parents, and if their worried or not," I say. "I'm sure they are," He smiles at me. I'm starting to get a feeling about this Jason guy, I don't know what yet though. I will have to keep talking to him and hanging around him to figure it out. "So what are you doing here?" I ask. That really should be obvious but I need to pass some time. "I'm in the army. What do you think," Jason says. "Yeah, sorry. I don't have much common sense," I lie. I actually have a good amount of it. "Hey is Piper actually your real name?" Jason asks. "Yes it is. Is there something wrong with that?" I ask. "No. It's just a bit different you know. Like words that start with X. "Oh come on. It's not that odd," I say. "Well than name one other person with that name," Jason says. "Well there is." I start to say. Suddenly our eyes connect. They don't pull apart. "There is.....no one else I guess with that name," I say "Exactly," Jason says. I just stare. My eyes can't move. "You know I never noticed that before," Jason says "Noticed what?" I ask. "That war plane coming towards us," Jason says with a grin. "A what?!" I shout. I turn to see a giant plane coming towards us. It looks like it's coming right at my head. It doesn't. It flies right over us. I look back at Jason. He just grins. "I told you," He says. I want to glare, but instead I just grin too. I think I've figured out the feeling that I felt earlier. Love? I guess that's where love at first sight came from. The plane flies back towards us and drops a bomb right over us. Jason smile fades and he gets a fearful look on his face. "Run," he somehow says calmly. "What?" I say, not noticing the plane.
"RUN!" He yells. That's when I notice the plane. I scream and start running for my life. Jason gets out a gun and starts shooting at the plane. Bullets fly into the air. I want to turn back. I really do. Jason could die! I suddenly trip over a huge gun. I look back at Jason. The plane is about to shoot him. I try to pick up the gun. Another war guy helps me and we both lift it together. "Okay shoot when I say to," the war guy says. He surprisingly sounds like a girl. I look at the war guy. He has girl like eyelashes. "Are you a..." I start to say. "Now shoot!" The war guy shouts. I do as I'm told and a huge bullet flies out of the gun. It heads straight towards the plane. Jason starts running towards us. The plane starts fireing missels at Jason. "Jason!" The war guy and I yell. Jason runs towards us and the plane flies away. "That was close," He says, panting. The war guy takes off his hat. It's a girl! "Jason!" she says, hugging him. I am so shocked and angry that he has a girlfriend that I run away. "Piper!" Jason yells, pulling out of the hug and running after
me. I don't stop, I keep on going, tears flying down my face. The tears make me blind. My socks are now covered in dirt, dust, and mud. My feet hurt because the rocks are digging through the socks and into my foot. I cry because of the pain, emtional and physical. The tears have blinded me so much that I run into a guy. He lifts me back on my feet. "What's your name?" I ask. "Alex," He replies, staring into my eyes. "My name is Piper," I say. I smile and he smiles and we go our way. Jason finally catches up to me, panting. "You don't understand," He says. "I understand perfectly!" I say, and turn my back to him and start walking away. "That's my sister!" He calls after me. What? I can't believe my ears. Hope returns to me, and I smile. I run to him and hug him. I hardly know him but love at first sight kicks in. I realize that I'm hugging an almost complete stranger and pull away from the hug, brushing myself off. That's when I realize that I'm still wearing my pajamas and socks. My pajamas consist of short shorts and a cut off tanktop. "Is there anything around here that I can change into?" I ask. "My sister might have some stuff you could change into," He says. "She's your age by the way." "Okay," I say. We walk together back to Jason's sister, who's name I learn is Peggy.