It was a cold and chilly night, the wind surfed into the layers of my toga. Shivers climbed up my spine and that was when I knew. I did not know what, but something felt strange, as if something big was stirring. I thought about telling mater, but she was just too busy to listen to me, my pater; never, he just sits at his desk sorting through papers, and if not that stuffing his face in fast food and complaining about work, my soror, out of the question, and my frater; he would tease me so much. He would call it my “disease” that makes me “know” when something big is going to happen or a big change. This time though, I felt different. I was sitting on the ledge of the water fountain, just outside my villa, listening to every sound intently. You could say I was meditating, but I had my eyes open and I was listening. I could hear my frater playing with his gladiators, and my sister making remarks about the collection of togas she was trying on. Feeling that nobody in your house can help you with a problem is not something you look up to, because it just makes sense that every person can talk to another person when they have a worry on their mind. I thought back through my life; all those 14 years. Amara, my best friend, was …show more content…
We went out of the bush and decided to go home and tell the family. It was even worse when we got home. Vita was still mad at me from when I bumped her head. My pater and mater were mad at me for not telling them where I went when I could have died. I told them about my plan of escape. Vita looked scornfully at me, pater looked like he couldn't think of a sillier idea, mater just looked to tired to even think of going anywhere. It was just me and Gallus. I sighed and looked outside. The sun almost disappeared. I figured that we should take some food and water. I just took some bread when I looked outside and saw falling stones. I quickly alerted my frater and he looked at