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Short Story: Nella Barn

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“ LET ME GO, CHRISTOPHER. MOM DAD!!” Those were my exact words when they caught me… It was 1719 when they captured me, Nella Barns, a 12-year-old girl. My story begins on a normal day when out of know where random men had the ability to violently tackle me down to the floor and cover me with a big, brown, itchy net. In addition to getting covered I’m immediately thrown onto the floor and slashed out of the net.From there I was pushed into a line where men started chaining my feet and wrists. Tears instantly ran down my face as my soul faded away, help me, just someone help me. Meanwhile, someone yells, “START MARCHING!!”. We all suddenly start to march forward in the blazing, hot, heat. “Clack!Clack!Clack!” goes the loose chains …show more content…

I saw myself, go from a twelve-year-old healthy girl to a fourteen year old beaten down victim .I haven’t seen Christopher, Ma and Pa in a while. I began to envision the worst thing that could’ve happened to them. The next day, I heard that my brother got transported from field to house worker. Once he came in he gave me a tremendous hug and abruptly broke the surprising,but depressing news,“Nella, mom and dad are deceased.” I stood there in shock, not knowing if it was true or not. The following day our master told me and some others to have Ma and Pa buried. While I was digging the holes I got my work attire all dirty from the mud and dirt flying everywhere behind me. As some other slaves joined me we began lowering the coffins down into the holes. During the time of filling the holes I looked back at the them. From that moment on I swore to myself that one day I would …show more content…

I thought I was ready and that it was time. I have been doing this for seven years which I believed that was way too long. I began to plot my plan for escaping the agony. I explained it to my brother how we would escape during the night and make sure that NO ONE knows that we are going to be escaping. The night that followed was time we would escape this world and receive freedom. It was time, the night had appeared and we were for sure ready. We began to sprint into the woods, but a few moments later I heard loud stomps behind us and hard breathing, I looked back and I saw Paddy-Rollers and big dogs follow us. We sprinted fast as we could to disappear from them. As I sprinted I turned back not knowing what was in front of me I tripped and fell hard onto the rocky, wet ground. “Help me, Christopher.” He turned back around and saw me on the ground, the Paddy-Rollers’ stompes got louder and louder. I turned around and saw them getting closer, I shifted back and Christopher was gone. I knew it, I knew it was the time I was going to die. BAM!! The Paddy-Rollers are down with a single blast to the head. It was Christopher, Christopher saved me. He picked me up and rushed me back on my feet, and just liked that we kept running, running until we knew we were

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