My Missing Piece by Cleopatra Salam
Warmth is what I feel every day I wake up in what I now call home. The shades of purple in the sky come into my room. I look outside and I see myself in everyone else. We were all abandoned once, put in a portal by our parents. Well, for me, I only had one parent. She is the only thing that’s missing in my life. I worry if she is still alive some nights. I wonder if she ever thinks about me. Will she ever come and see me? On April 17th, 3021, I wrote my Mother a letter, describing my world in many ways, listing things about me, and emphasizing how much I miss her. Though, I don’t know if the letter was actually delivered to her location. Since the postal service here is judgmental to those who fight to remember their parents. Speaking of the postal service, I need to go check my own portal. Just in case someone on planet Earth sent something. “I doubt it,” Brianna said blatantly. “How did you—” “Remember, I’m the Girl Who Can Read Minds.” If she wanted to be nicknamed something else, she shouldn’t have exposed herself. Moving along, I follow the glowing green path I made to my portal. Just in case you didn’t know, my name is Crystal, my power is witchcraft. I have a book with a prolonged amount of spells, but I don’t use it. I have them all memorized, and still come up with my own spells. People like to call me a mythic. Basically I’m something those on Earth would write about as a myth. My color is green, you’ll need that for later. Finally, I mean I could have summoned myself to my portal but I don’t need to be lazy. “Let’s see, let’s see.” An envelope? It smells like Earth. “How do you know what Earth smells like?” Brianna said, puzzled. “Can you stop doing that! And you’re the mind reader, so you tell me,” I demanded. “I mean, I was born here, and you’re not thinking about why that envelope smells like Earth.” “Bye Brianna!” She can be so annoying sometimes. Now, should 206
