iGCSE—- Writing To Describe——The Journey Home

Another dark, icy winter’s night crumbled viciously around London; as always everyone is rushing home. Turning my head, my eyes are dazzled and not quite sure what it was, a vivid light shone almost burning my eyes. The IMAX was the only thing alive and the contrast in light around me was startling. Sitting on the dull red seats on the London bus stops, I was there alone.    

On my way home, shivering with cold, a vast amount of wind was piercing through my clothes. I could barely move my body let alone my numb fingers and I wasn’t able to stabilise my movements. Normally, my journey home is calm, however today a strange sensation, grew slowly into me. The fog outside the bus started whispering around the windows as if it was trying to communicate something to me. Street lights above me were flickering like they was losing their lives. My mind was playing tricks with me, leaving me on edge. How long would it take to reach my stop? The overflow of passengers left me breathless, no oxygen, only the smell of sweaty people. After being squashed against the rigid metal bars for what felt like an eternity, I was finally able to escape out of the bus. The doors swung open with a hiss and I made my escape. My first feeling was relief as I absorbed the pleasant night air.

As I strolled along the alleyway, I began to see some weird looking shadows which seemed to be creeping and sniffing every step I took. Ignoring the human looking shadow, I persevered on as I don’t believe in any of that supernatural silliness. Confusion, paranoia and bewilderment were starting to take place in my brain though. I always walk down that same alleyway and why would it be any different? 

My musing was interrupted by a sudden click directly above my head, the street lights disappeared and plunged me into darkness. Everything was pitch black.

I decided to picked up the pace and focus on nothing else but to get home. Being a little clumsy and walking fast isn’t a good combination, because in a flash I tripped over some old bin bag. At this moment I began to feel frightened and the flash back of the human shadows hit me and instantly I started to reflect. I Slithered across the rough road, completely terrorized about what I was sensing. Step by step, I carried on my journey through the alleyway constantly observing what is around me. I had a fast and intense heart beat, heavy breathing and an immense amount of sweat sliding down my face completely ignoring how cold it is. At this point my senses were exceeding the norm, I had high-sensed hearing, my vision was beyond its range, my sense of smell was outrageous and my sense of touch was extremely sensitive. I was alert and ready for any circumstance that could arise out of no where. 

“Stomp, stomp, stomp”- heavy footsteps that were speeding up behind me and I could feel that they were just a few feet away from me. I didn’t dare to look back. Suddenly I felt a rough and thick hand squeeze my shoulder, a deep voice with a sweet tone spoke:                                                                                                   “Don’t be scared, just come with me and everything will be fine”. At this moment my brain was panicking, out of control and not knowing what to do. 

My legs got a boost of energy and unconsciously one leg was chasing the other at a speed I’ve never seen before. Running through all the broken concrete was like an obstacle course but my main focus was to get home. Loud roars was all I could hear, seemed like I was being chased by a pack of dogs. The force that was helping me carry on was God, I didn’t stop praying, it was my only savior as kept sprinting. The further I ran and the more corners I turned the quieter the roars were getting. As I stepped to the front door, I started feeling my pockets and clothes trying to find my keys. My heart sank, I could hear the jangling noise of the keys but they were no where to be found. Squeezing every pocket I had, even where the keys couldn’t fit. So close from placing the shiny metal into the key hole and enter safety. 

In an instant I fell to the ground in exhaustion…. It’s over, it’ over.