Callie Parker-Personal Narrative

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Callie Parker had been studying in the library. Although she was all around a good student, she did struggle from time to time in her history courses. For some reason her mind refused to remember events, or at least the dates in which they happened. The test tomorrow had been looming over her shoulder all day, and as much as she would have loved to be curled up in her bed...she decided to do the responsible thing and actually study.

This was the the most stable place she had ever lived, and at sixteen she could easily say it felt the most like home. It wasn't saying much, considering she had bounced around in the system so much before arriving at St. Mary's, but it was certainly something she still took pride in.

The last thing she remembered was something about the War of 1812, the one date she could remember since it was conveniently placed in the name of the title. A groan escaped her lips before her eyes even opened, her body attempting to move even though her limbs still felt as though they were made of cement.
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Nothing looked familiar, even though most of it was just a fuzzy haze at the moment. Had she fallen and hit her head? Maybe she passed out and slumped out of her chair. That's didn't feel right though, if there was one thing she knew for certain, she wasn't on the ground. It was then that she heard the soft humming coming from the opposite direction in which her eyes were fixated. The young blonde froze in place, fear running over her body like a dark

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