Personal Essay: My Hero's Life

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He started seeing her when he was 7, the person from his nightmares. Abdul was a very tall lean boy he had straight black hair and serious brown eyes. He had just ended grade 3 when it happened. When Abdul's family was broke. His family only had 180 rupees in the bank, basically enough to buy a them one box of tic-tacs. His mom and dad had to sell their house, there mango and banana farm, and worst of all they had to sell their family's prized elephant Habeeb. After they sold all that his parents had a lot more money in the bank and they bought a very little house in a rural part of India called Bengaluru. It took a little while for Abdul to get used to his new house and school in Bengaluru but after he met his two new best friends …show more content…

As he neared closer to the washroom Rakesh started to see a significant amount red marks all over the wall and floor. As he entered the washroom he closed the door he was a little bit freaked out about the red spots but then he forgot about them when he looked in the mirror he saw his face it was all covered with curry, so Rakesh grabbed a towel and wiped his face then looked in the mirror again......He saw her. Standing behind him in the mirror. She was wearing a long dark green dress that had a weird hood. She lifted up her hand then Rakesh turned around to see if she was really there but she was gone, so Rakesh turned around again to face the mirror then he saw her. The women was right in front of Rakesh. Standing only inches away from him. She was holding a knife that was smothered in blood. He heard her say something that sounded like “shhhhhhh” then the women grabbed Rakesh. He screamed but the women stuck the knife down Rakesh’s throat all the way to his heart, then she pierced the knife through his heart and through his skin, then yanked the knife upwards ripping his upper body in half and his skull. His flesh was all over the place and so was his heart and little pieces of his brain were smeared onto the

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