The clock downstair had just struck midnight, when it happened. The stone resting on Jon's dresser began to glow a brilliant white, when suddenly it flashed a bright yellow...
Mikey Madison was sound asleep in his room. He'd been hiding all day from his annoying cousin, Sally. It wasn't that he hated her. He thought she was nice, but she was so...girly. He didn't want to play house with her, or any other stupid games.
36 year old, Linda Madison, was sleeping peacefully in her bed, her long brown and grey streaked hair hanging loosely around her shoulders. Things had not always been kind to Linda, who had lost a husband and was trying to raise her kids alone. But at least she was finally asleep, instead of worrying about her daughter, Zoe...who unknown to her had snuck out to the Spiked Pit.
On the sofabed in the living room, 30 year old Sharon, Linda's kid sister, wasn't sleeping as peacefully. Her hair, brown like her sister's, hadn't started to go grey yet, but she and her husband, Sally's father, had recently separated, and the change had been hard on Sally.
Sound asleep in the guest room was Sharon's daughter, eight year old Sally. Sally hadn't been sleeping well of late either. She knew her daddy didn't live at home anymore and that she and mommy were moving somewhere, so no one would live at home. Eventually, her dreams settled down, and turned more peaceful, as she dreamed of a home with a mommy and daddy, and brothers and sisters...
FLASH
Sally stirred, and sat upright in bed and heading toward the bathroom. She'd been having the funniest dream. It was 12:01AM, according to the hall clock, and she was probably the only one in the house who was awake. She splashed some cold water on her face.
Silly, she thought. Dreaming I was a little girl. She looked in the mirror and saw a mature and attractive woman staring back at her.
It seemed wrong, for some reason. As if this was the dream and the little girl was the reality. She pinched herself and banished the thought. She was a wife and mother. It feels like only yesterday that I was that young, now I have girls of my own. She told herself.
She still had this odd feeling of unrest, and decided to check on her family...just in case.
