Skyler Lynn Johnson Narrative

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It was a cold winter day in New York. Snow so bright it could blind your eyes. Sun reflecting off the snow to make it brighter as the snow plows drive by. Salt trucks following moments later. A small girl is getting ready for school. Her name is Skyler Lynn Johnson., short, pale girl only around five foot one inch tall, long beautiful black hair with a set of blue eyes about as bright as the sky on a summer morning, with a voice not really high but not super low.
“I’m headed out Mama,” she gives her mother a big hug
“Have a good day at school doll.” Skyler leaves her house and begins shyly scuffling down the sidewalk, listening to music. As she is headed to school. The place she enjoys the least. Skyler was always teased at school and had

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