Gothic Incident Narrative Essay

I’m in my basement crouching in the corner shaking in terror, hiding from the outside world. It’s to dangerous to go outside, people screaming, shouting in horror. The room lights up from the street light flickering outside the window. Up stairs I listen to dad’s loud footsteps as the beams in the basement creak as if they're going to collapse. I hear footsteps making their way down the old brown rickety stairs case “ milla “ my dad says in a trembling scared voice I reply “ dad? “ with a extremely low, quite unsure voice. His boots kicking the dust and rocks as he comes closer and I can see his dirty, brown and dusty face in the light. He quickly rushes over into the corner that I was sitting in and his body covers me as he hugs me and says in my ear “ it will all be ok “ I replied “ ok dad “ he slowing steps up from his knees one foot at a time and runs up the stairs as if he’s late for an important …show more content…
All was silent for a few seconds, all I could hear was the beams holding up basement roof, shaking and cracking I try to run as fast as i can up the stairs but it’s too late, it collapses on top of me. I scream as loud as I possibly can for my dad, as the dust fills my airways and its hard to breathe. I hear my dad screaming “ MILLA “ as he sprints for his life down the old stair case, he suddenly stops in his tracks, there were a pile of brown wood planks in front of him and he couldn't get anywhere I slowing say “ dad, i’m over here “ he jumps over the planks to get to me. He grabs my hand and pulls me out, he drags me up the stairs in fright and gives me a big hug, I can feel his breathe on the back of my neck as I'm trying to catch my breath. We get up stairs and he says to me “ I have to go “ I say in a worried voice “ go