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
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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
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