Personal Narrative-Argumtia

In the middle of the night, I woke up sweating and gasping for air I squirmed under my sheets as if they were large white hands, intent of choking me in my sleep. Taking a deep breath, I tried to calm myself down. I spent the rest of the night exhausted, but not willing to slip back into sleep. Finally, the sun rose from beyond the rolling green hills on the horizon. I rapidly got dressed and tried to smooth down my rumpled plain gray clothes. Every girl or woman on the whole Island of Alphaya, my home island, owned the same clothing. I hurried down the narrow hallway, the floorboards creaking with every step. I approached the dining table. Thea, my older sister, was sitting across from me, slowly eating a bowl of plain, watery oatmeal. Her
golden curls seemed to droop. “Good morning Thea,” I piped, trying to be as cheerful as possible. Thea merely glanced at me for a moment. She didn’t reply. I hesitated, slightly miffed by her silence. After a few moments, my mom and dad entered the kitchen. They rarely spoke. My mom’s slate gray hair lay flat and her storm gray eyes were blank. “Hey Thea,” I asked, “Can you come outside for a moment?” Thea groaned and rolled her eyes. She stomped to the door, opened it and gestured for me to step outside. Once outside, I took a deep breath of air. It was smoky and filthy. My neighborhood contained one huge paved street in the middle, like a black river cutting through the community. Both sides of the street contained small, one-story houses. I heard Thea slamming the door behind me and she joined me on the side of the street. “What is it?” she muttered. “I had a dream,” I said, almost trancelike.
“What are you jabbering on about?” Thea asked. Staring across the road, I described the room to her. After I finished, I turned to look at Thea. Her face had paled and her blue eyes were wide with fear and horror. I started to feel scared too. “If I’m not wrong, you dreamed about the Transformation Chamber,” Thea finally whispered, “The liquid you saw was the Argumtia.” “What are you talking about?” I asked.
Hastily Thea replied, “You’re only 12, but when you’re 16, you get taken to the Transformation Chamber. There the Heartless extract your supply of Argumtia, the thing that makes you unique.” I shivered. The Heartless were the government's soldiers. They carried out any tasks, no matter how bloodthirsty. Thea continued. “Once they extract you're Argumtia, they take it into the Chamber of Argumtia. You know, in Lord Boreas’ Snow Castle. Then you get taken home. People who have their Argumtia taken out, they end up like Mom and Dad,” I gulped in horror “The Heartless use the Argumtia to make weapons,” she rasped, her voice quivering. “I got to go tell Casey and Sammy!” I choked out, “But, what about you, you're almost 16!” Thea sighed. “It's probably too late for me,” she said. With this, she ran back into the house, tears streaking down her face. Turning around, I sprinted in the direction of Casey and Sammy’s house. I have to tell them! I thought.
I finally got to their house and rapidly knocked on their door. Sammy opened it and I burst inside, nearly trampling him. Casey looked up from his oatmeal and broke into a
grin. “Hey, Lynn!” He exclaimed. I ignored the greeting. Trying to stay calm, I quickly related all Thea had revealed to me. Casey seemed boiling mad, but Sammy whimpered in fear and sunk lower into his seat. I considered our options.“We probably shouldn't rush into this, maybe Thea is wrong, we'll know soon right?” I inquired. Then I suggested we play outside. The nightmare I had never visited me again and I soon forgot about it. Little did I know that that was a fatal mistake.