I tossed and turned in my attempt to get to sleep, but the bed was too soft, every position I tried to curl up in made me sink into the mattress, so finally I rose from the bed, and pulled the blanket with me to the sofa.
It was a little harder than the bed but still softer than I was used to. I managed to finally drift off after another hour of tossing and turning.
DREAM
"Aunty Kara." My 7-year-old cousin Sasha yelled, as she ran over to my mother, "Ally won't use her powers to help me get my ball from the tree!"
My mother had been picking herbs from the field near our home, but she stood up and placed the woven basket on her hip while she pushed her black plait over her shoulder as I ran over as well.
My mother frowned at me, "And what is Ally doing playing with you in the first pla
