The Walkers Avalanche

Chapter one : Nightmares and icecream

Waking up with a line of sweat around my forehead. I felt numb and in pain. My head was throbbing really hard. I tried getting up but my insides were burning. Like I was set on fire. Pushing myself off the bed, my body felt heavy. I nearly drooped back on the bed, but I snapped out of my trance when I heard a strange bang and low growls coming from our living room.

It was loud so I could pick it up fast, pushing the pain, it took me seconds to get downstairs, taking three steps at a time. My mind went off when I thought about my family. screaming out names as I stared into emptiness, there was absolutely no one here. There was my mind playing tricks on me.

"Mum...! , Ade...! , Shola...!"

I called out no response. Panting as I got scared, grabbing on to a table for support, my whole thinking got distorted. Where are they?

," Mom!, Who is there?".

I called louder and louder, still no response.

I heard a smashing sound coming from the back door. The lights went out immediately. I felt something in my pocket, my smart phone. Grabbing my phone, I switched on the lights, slowly walking towards the sound of my heart going wild against my rib cage. I walked slowly and each step echoed as I walked into the darkness. I felt more sweat roll down my forehead.

I started to pant, walking out of the room. I made my way to the back door. I heard a low growl. Okay, now I am freaking out, scanning the room.

I picked up a bottle of soda. I don't really know how it got there, but it will help anyway. Walking into the kitchen, I slowly walked up to the back door.

It creaked up without me even touching it, weird I guess. I walked and and...

It jumped out of no where, it was really black like a shadow. I couldn't pick out the image. But as a human, my first instincts told me to run..

Screaming, I dropped the bottle and my phone, running into the dark streets. I know you wanna know what's chasing me but I have no freaking idea.. I just heard a growl and my body sprinted forward. I was a good runner, but it was faster. It was slowly catching up. Everything was dark so I couldn't see a thing.

All I heard was my erratic breathing and my footsteps and its footsteps too. It was fast. I felt a small tug and then, I freaking tripped on my shoe laces. I wasn't even putting on shoes. I screamed as it got close. I felt its nails dig into my arm.

"Dewkewi" Shola tapped me as I jerked up screaming a bit.. He soon started to cry. "shushhh don't cry love, I didn't mean to scream," I said between my pants. I was really scared. It was a dream, a stupid nightmare. I pulled my baby bro into a bear hug, and I looked around to make sure we were alone.

He hugged me back, wrapping his tiny around.. " what are you doing in my room? I asked, glancing at the clock. It's only 3:34, so he should not even be up. He smiled widely, "wicecrweam"( ice-cream ). He yelled a bit too loud..

Yeah, I chuckled, count on Shola to wake you up in the middle of the night for ice cream.

I reached out for my flip flops. And walked out placing him on my hip.. He tugged on my hair, which was neatly hidden behind a slumber net... I groaned, I was still scared of the stupid nightmare. I don't know, but it felt so real..

Turning on the lights as I made my way to the kitchen.. I was surprised my screaming didn't wake any one up.. I walked into the kitchen, placing the shola on the counter . He grinned at me with his full dimpled smile, gosh he was so cute. I looked around for, or any potential threats, finding none as I grabbed a tub of Deluxe chocolate ice cream from the fridge.. Grabbing two plastic cups and spoons, I dished out the ice cream for us both..

Nothing makes me feel better than ice cream or a good movie or music. I inwardly groan.. The holidays are over and school's approaching really fast. It's tomorrow.. I mean I don't hate school, but for a prefect in a Nigerian high school, the first day is usually... urgh! stressing.. I cant wait to meet new students though.. We finished our ice-cream in silence..

Shola is not much of a talker.

I noticed his eyelids closing, he wanted to sleep. I picked him, gently rocking him till he fell asleep.. Walking to his room, which was upstairs, I felt lonely and I just wanted to lie beside my mum. She comforted me, but I didn't want to wake her up. She was up all night.

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Sighing, I walked into Shola's sky blue room. It had teddy bears and monster trucks scattered all over the place, some Lego blocks and his assignments.. I smile lightly, he loves you making a mess.. Placing him gently on his middle-sized monster truck-themed bed. He was obsessed with them.. I kissed his forehead and pulled his cover up.. Walking around, I started to clean up, picking up the toys.

Arranging them to their respective places in some minutes, I was done with the cleaning.. I swept the floor and then mopped. All I wanted to do was while away time.. I was too freaked out to walk to my room alone.. Sighing it was now 4:29. I walked into his bathroom and had my bath. I always kept a spare brush in both my brothers'rooms.

Running a brush through my teeth, I put a bathrobe on.

It's really long so I'm guessing it is my mum's. I shrugged, glancing at the time it was 4: 56.

I mentally face palmed myself, time can be really annoying, it goes slow when you want it to go fast but fast when you want it to go slow.. It's creepy.

I sighed. I had nothing to do. My phone was in my room on the other side of our duplex, so no go to area. I decided to disturb Ade. His room was right beside Shola's.

I walked to his room. He was sleeping on the couch. I changed my mind on disturbing him because he looked so peaceful in his sleep. Looking around his room was a mess. pizza cartons, food packs, wrappers of candy. Okay, that one was one me. I littered the candy wrappers except that I did nothing else.

Bottle of soda, cans of vodka. My brother drinks a bit. I guess that was how he was dealing with our dad leaving us . His P.S 4 was lying on the floor next to his H.P laptop which was still now in sleep mode.

He had clothes all over the floor, his bags carelessly, some tools on the table, a broken light bulb okay, so in one word, his room was an absolute mess!. He works at an engineering institute but he is currently on leave. His phone was carelessly kept on the floor. He had a really dope room though. Ranging from a black and white background to a cool poster and graphic designs.

He had a family's portrait for a vacation to South Africa last year.. I smiled, I assisted him in cleaning up his junk and he didn't even know I walked in (Sleepy head).. His room took longer than Shola's but it was done in about 30 to 40 minutes.. It was now 5:30 on the wall clock.. I sighed as I heard my alarm clock go off. It was really loud so I could hear it even from the other side of the stairs.

Happily walking over to my room, I felt a new wave of self confidence wash over me.. Maybe that's because I knew my mum would be up now. I still rushed to my room, slamming the door behind me.. I dropped my bath robe in the bathroom, making a mental note to return it back to Shola's room later. I walked to my closet grabbing my uniform.

It was a black shirt on a violet skirt and a matching bow. It had no school tag on it and our identity could be seen on our Id card..

Putting it on, I made the buttons and tied the bow. Putting on a belt, black socks and my black converse, I laced the shoes and removed my slumber net.

I still had my holiday hair on, we usually had a one-week interval before we had to make the school hairstyles.. It was a knotless black box braid, it had a little bit of loose hair strands on the sides, but it was still cool for a week. I decide to pack it up into a high bun, letting the end fall back and leaving two lost strands in front. I applied lip gloss and mascara, I grinned at my reflection. The perks of being a senior student is that you get to wear a little makeup.

Satisfied with my looks, I checked my wall clock. It was 6:00, I decided to check on my brother, picking up my phone. I picked up my school bag, wallet and my id card. Walking out, I locked my door.. Moving down the stairs, I made my way to Shola's room.. I hear voices so I guess my mum already had him covered, walking in,

"Good Morning momma". I greeted she turned towards me.

"Morning love how was your night." I smiled. It was a fake smile though.

" Good" I lied..

She raised an eyebrow, clearly not believing me.

"Shola told me you had a bad dream, said you screamed."

I cursed inwardly, I could have guessed he was gonna tell her, and I was a really bad liar.. He peeked at me from the crook of my mum's neck, grinning sheepishly. I chuckled, raising an eyebrow, causing him to hide using my mum as a shield. I rolled my eyes.

" I'm fine mum, just a nightmare". This time I genuinely smiled.. She nodded,

"Breakfast?" I asked.

"Bread and eggs, Lipton for me, Milo for shola, Nescafe for you and Ade" she told me. I nodded, walking back downstairs to the kitchen.

Entering the kitchen, I dropped my bag and my phone on a table, grabbing an apron, I tied the knots, I emptied the plastics of ice cream me and shola had, walking to the fridge I brought out eggs, breaking, wiping and frying I placed them in plates and arranging them in an order. I also made tea using the way momma asked me to.

We all had breakfast, it was mostly quiet, Shola was on his tab while my mum fed him, Ade and I were watching morning episodes of Family Guy on Fox. My mum was on a call with her colleague from work.

Pushing down the last of my breakfast, it was already 6:56.." I need a ride to school", I voiced out, grabbing my bag and phone,

"Mum took away my license so I couldn't ride my bike" I grumbled under my breath, Ade snickered, causing me to glare at him..

"I'll drive you honey, Ade will take Shola to school" My mum said, ending her call.

" Mum" Ade wined" Serves you right", I mumbled, sticking my tongue at him.. Now it was his turn to glare..

I walked upstairs, grabbing my bag, my phone purse and headphones, I took the car keys, I walked back into the dining room, then the kitchen and out the creepy backdoor,

I still had goosebumps from the nightmare. I went into our compound, waiting for my mum. She soon came. We got into the car. She took a glance at me. I smiled and put on my headphones playing some heavy metal beat a random friend made and sent it to me to check it out. It was actually good. The engine gave a low rumble as it came to life.