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CHONG JIA PING

SMK TAMAN JOHOR JAYA 1

TAMAN DAYA (FORM 5)

No. of words: 860 words

The scar on my right shoulder brought back a lot of painful memories which never

stopped haunting my mind the past eight years. I was very regretful for my silly action whichled to the death of my best friend. It all happened when I was 10 years old. My best friend andnext door neighbour, John and I would always hang out together doing homework and helpingeach other. Since he lived right next to me, he would come to my house to play computergames and put a night at my place as often as he could.

It was a usual weekend when John came over and asked if I wanted to watch a moviewith him. Having nothing to do, I agreed and decided to opt for a matinee show. It was rainingheavily that night. We could not see the road, so we had to take shelter from the storm in a busstation until the rain stopped. The G-Shock watch on my wrist showed that it was 10.30 am.Fortunately, the rain did not last too long and we were able to continue our journey. When we

were on the way to the cinema, I fell asleep and dozed off in the bus. I dreamt of a weirdincident of my grandfather who died about five years ago. In the dream, he warned me of acollision between the bus and a car that would happen soon. Shocked by the news, I woke upimmediately but I did not dare to tell John about it as he would make fun of me. Since I felt a bitodd but at the same time not wanting to spoil Johns plan, I gave an excuse to leave him andat the next stop, I alighted off the bus and went back home.

When I arrived home, I was just in time to watch the evening news but wasdumbfounded to learn that the bus John and I were in had crashed into a car killing everyonein the bus. Unable to contain myself, I kept blaming myself for the death of my best friend. If Ihad insisted him to put off the plan, he would have escaped the accident.

At night, I was steeped in guilt and insomnia. When I had difficulty getting to sleep, all ofa sudden, an ear-splitting sound from the washroom shattered the dreadful silence of thehouse. It was the tune of Fat Lip, Johns favo urite song. Mustering enough courage, Istaggered out of the room to check it out and as I opened the door of the washroom, I realisedthere was blood on the surface of the mirror. It was written , YOU KILLED ME!

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I was literally freaked out as tears of terror flowed involuntarily down my cheeks. Out ofthe blue, to my utmost horror, standing at the corner was John and blood covered his face! Ilooked into his eyes and felt a cold shiver down my spine as they were filled with hatred andrevenge. I was lost in fear and panic, panting with exertion as my heart thumped wildly. When Iapproached him with the intention of explaining, he turned menacingly all of a sudden and

choked me by the neck. The grips were so tight that I could hardly breathe but I did not fightback. Instead, I could only utter Im sorry apologetically and repeatedly while crying in guiltand remorse. I knew there was nothing I could do to bring him back to life except by sacrificingmine to appease his wrath!

John s spirit, however, flushed red in anger and refused to accept. He then whipped outa sharp knife from his pocket and scratched my right shoulder. The pain was so excruciatingthat my blood ran cold. In this critical moment, John gave me a strong punch with his fist andwas about to stab the dagger into my heart which would obviously end my existence. However,he came to an abrupt halt as the weapon came close to my chest by a few inches. Next, hedropped the knife to the floor and loosened his grip on me. With beads of tears in his eyes, he

put his hand around my head and whispered into my ear, Its all right. I ts not your fault. Its just my fate . He bade me farewell and vanished into the thin air before I could say anything.That was the last time I saw Johns spirit and realising how selfish I was, I squatted downcrying my heart out in tremendous sorrow and shame! I had lost my best friend, my companionand my big brother!

My parents, who seemed to hear the commotion, suddenly came out to the living roomand asked what had happened. I did not tell them anything because they were not going tobelieve my story. All I did was to hug my Mum tightly as I cried and cried as though it was theend of the world. The scar still remains on my right shoulder till today as a reminder of thegreatest mistake of my life!

DANG JI CHIN

It was a normal Sunday afternoon, a good evening to relax and waiting to other new week. Iwas lining down at the sofa waiting my mother to come back from supermarket. The clockon the wall showed it was already 12.45 p.m, it is time for me to have my lunch. Since mymother havent came back, I have no choice but heading to the restaurant to buy some foodfor my stomach. The sky was getting dark and the rain clouds were massing overhead, itlook like it will rain any minute, I grab my umbrella and walk out from my house. When Ireach the restaurant I was down in dumps because the restaurant was close, I have no choice

but to go home.

As I was walking home, the first lightning streaked across the sky, the wind blow strongly,and all of a sudden, the storm shrouded the trees behind the dull grey of the sky while therain hammered down and formed pools of water that glistened beneath the streetlight. Iopened my umbrella and accelerated my steps thinking that my mother maybe had reach

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home with the food for me. When I reach the corner of the road, I heard crying sound, Itcame from a boy squatting below the tree. Out of sympathy I approaching him and ask himwhere he lived. I got the shock of my life, the boy have a abnormal face, a mouth full withsharp teeth, eye with no eyeball, and nose with blood.

Can u help me find my mother? I am so hungry. The boy said with his scary mouth. My leg was quivering like a jelly. I could hardly run ,he bite my left shoulder with his teeth, myshoulder so pain, and I screamed in pain, red blood flow out from my wound and made myshirt red. I push the boy away but he wont let go, out of fear I use my umb rella to beat himhe feel pain and let go. I ran as fast as I can toward the direction of my house, I dont darelook back. When I reach my house, I still cant believe what I saw. It must be an illusion

because I am too hungry but how can I explain the wound and the blood on my shoulder? Isat at the sofa and try to cure my shoulder with a first aid box. The terrible and scary face ofthe boy still in my mind, and I can still hear his sound around my eye.

Tap, tapsuddenly, I heard footstep on my room up stairs. My body bathed in a cold sweat.There should be no body in the house. My parent was out, and my sister was in camping.This is strange, I thought, my head filled with wild thoughts. Tap, tapthe footsteps arewalking toward the stairs, and it stop at the staircase. I walked to the stairs with my heart was

pounding rapidly, with every step, my heart was warning me to go back. When I reach thestaircase, I could not believe my eye, the boys was sitting at the staircase. He was smilingwith his sca ry mouth. I found you! He said and jump toward me tried to caught me, I dodgeand ran toward the living room hiding beside the sofa. I take a peek at him. He smelledaround like a dog, trying to find his me. If he is the predator and I am definitely his prey. Igrab a baseball bat beside me, and waited for him to approaching and ready to fight him.When he was almost near me, I aim and hit his head continuously with all my strength. Hescreamed like a baby and dodge, used him body to push me down on the floor and try to bitemy neck. I push him head away from my neck. After struggling for a while I kicked him wayform me. I ran and grab the baseball bat he still did not give up. He ran toward me and bitemy left arm. I screamed

out of pain and I beat him with the baseball bat crazily. He let go and bite my leg. I fall downand the baseball bat let go from my hand. The boy approached me slowly with a creepysmile on his face.

The boy used his tongue to lick me, now I am his best lunch. He opened his mouth to bitemy neck. I could not move my left hand, but luckily the fruit knife that fall down from thetable was only a few cm from my right hand me. If I can move my body a little bit, I cantouch the knife, the boys body that restrain on my body made me too hard to moved and Ican feel the breath of the boy, my blood froze in my veins. Dead or survive, is all depends onmy strength. The carpet became red with a loud scream in the room. I did it! I stabbed the

boy neck with the knife before his teeth touch my neck. I lied at the floor with my body full

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with wound. I could not move anymore. My body was too weak to move, my vision became blur and fainted.

When I wake up, my parent was around me. I was in the ward, my mother looked very pleased when she saw me wake up. My mother says that when she came back from thesupermarket, she could not found me in the house so she went out and find me, and shefound me lay under the tree beside the road. Thank god! All this time I was dreaming, I wasfainted due to hungry. But the most distrust thing is that, how did I get the wound at my leftshoulder?