Vanished
Sacred Heart Canossian College, Heily Ho, Fiction: Group 3
Prologue
In a dark and gloomy galaxy, a star shone brightly, and lit up the whole solar system. The star
was burning up fiercely it never died out. In 1958, a number of sunspots were growing silently.
With a monstrous bang, a yellow-orange flame erupted and headed towards a place ... the Earth.
Behind this, a person was watching all this happen.
Part One
‘Today another five people were reported disappearing mysteriously in Jining. A total of ten peop-
were reported to vanish into thin air since yesterday. The police and the government are curren-
dealing with this issue in the emergency meeting. They are thinki- that the Mafia are behind
this but it’s not confirmed yet. These are the first cases repor-...’ I switched off the telly with two
crooked antennas; I just couldn’t stand the static on it.
Meanwhile up in her room, Aka, my smaller sister, was trying on clothes her mom bought her.
‘Jim! Come up here!’ yelled Aka at the top of her voice.
‘Gosh not my bratty sister chattering about how great she looks in her “pretty” outfit again,’ I
wailed in my head.
‘Coming!’ I yelled as I climbed up the stairs.
‘Jimmy.’
‘Don’t call me Jimmy! How many times have I told you?’ I said sternly.
‘Whatever, look at this,’ Aka pointed at her turquoise frock with pink jewels on it ‘Don’t you
think its lov-’
Aka stopped and stared at me with her protruding eyes. I looked down onto myself to check if
I was having any problems with my shirt.
‘Nope,’ I checked.
Still, Aka’s eyes didn’t blink. ‘Oh my... Jim look at the mirror, you’re ... you’re fading!’ Aka
cried out loud.
I shivered when I heard the word ‘fading’. I moved my eyes to the long mirror on the wall.
A boy wearing T-shirt and jeans was there, but wait, it was moving from left to right , just like
ghosting on bad reception television.
‘I must be imagining this,’ I watched Aka rubbing her eyes. ‘This must be my imagination;
I didn’t get enough sleep last night; this must be the reason why this happened. We’ll ask our
mom...’ Aka’s voice trailed off. I closed my eyes , breathed in deeply and listened as Aka’s voice
seemed to be getting far away. I could feel that I was moving but I didn’t open my eyes because I
felt comfortable right there. In my whole life I had never felt so free. Soft wind gently kissed my
cheeks, until it all ended, and I slowly opened my eyes ...
Part Two
The heat was burning on my head; I felt that I could fry an egg on it. I couldn’t even tell
whether my eyes were open or closed anymore, and the sun was shining till everything was
