The noise of the passengers started to fade as I put my earbuds in. And when I pressed play it was as if I was in a different world. I was in full relaxation; I didn’t have to think about homework or school. Thinking about only all of the fun I’m going to have on vacation.  I couldn’t wait to go to Los Angeles, California, but I have to admit when I first got on the plane I was a little nervous because it was my first time, but nothing could ruin this moment.

When I was about halfway through my playlist, I looked out my window and I saw nothing but sky. Endless blue, clouds that go on forever, mazes down below. Looking the other way I saw nothing but the flight attendants jogging up and down the aisles. They weren’t at their usual walking-on-eggshells walk. It was like they were warming up for a marathon. I had no idea what was going on, and I wanted to. I turned around and stretched as high as I could to look over my seat. Everyone was gathered in the back whispering with no smiles. Frowns were even starting to be passed around. I could see perfectly because we got the seat towards the back of the plane by the restrooms. Then suddenly the seat belt signs blinked on. Something was telling me I should tighten mine so I did.

I nudged my sister to tell her.

“What?” she responded, rolling her eyes. I pointed up. “Ok, it’s buckled.”

It was. So I didn’t bother her anymore, plus I didn’t really want to. My mom and dad were in the aisle across from us. They both looked fine. I guess the only one that had a bad feeling was me.

The friendly speaker just told us that we will hit some turbulence but everything will be fine. Ten minutes later the oxygen masks flew  from the ceiling and at that moment I knew everything wasn’t fine.

I open my eyes frantically as I squinted at the beaming sun. Little dots started to form everywhere and then when they faded it was like they were still there. Where am I? I thought. All I could see was trees, trees, parts of the plane, and more trees! About 30 minutes ago I saw nothing but sky now I see nothing but trees? Did we crash?! I look down at myself. My clothes were torn and are stained with blood. Then I looked closer which is kind of hard because my vision is a little blurred, and I see exactly what I don’t want to see. A jagged piece of glass sticking out of my leg. How am I supposed to get it out?I can’t do this! I only watch Greys Anatomy, I’m not supposed to live it! I try to calm myself down but it’s not working.

“Kate, come on you can do it! It’s easy!” my sister called to me but I wasn’t moving. I wanted to but there was a little voice telling me that this was dangerous and that I shouldn’t do it. She wouldn’t stop, though. If I didn’t start to peddle she would just keep calling to me. I gaze down my Velcro sneakers barely touched the ground. Morgan had so much confidence for me I guess some was passed on, I lifted my feet and started to peddle.

Kate, come on you can do it, it’s easy. As I gave myself a pep talk I grabbed the piece of glass and very slowly started to pull it out.

Now all I can think about is finding my family. There is a bunch of people screaming and running around, but not one of them is related to me. Searching the crowd of people, I catch a glimpse of a girl laying on the ground staring at the smoky sky. I immediately start to limp towards her. It was my sister.

“Morgan!” I screamed as she tried to turn her head, “I’m coming!”

Left. Right. Left. Right. I kept going faster and faster every time! My arms were stiff, the thought of moving them was too risky. “Yeah! That’s it, you got it!” she started coming towards me or I was going towards her at this point I couldn’t tell. I didn’t know much being only six but I did know that we were getting too close. Breaking the stiffness I scrambled to the side of the street away from Morgan. I blinked and was on the ground. “Kate! I’m coming!”

When I got to her she had bruises and cuts everywhere and by just looking at it I think her leg is broken. I tried to help her sit up against me but she refused.

“Go get...dad,”she spoke softly. She gave me that go-do-it-or-I’ll-do it look, and I wasn’t going to let her get even more hurt than she already was. I looked over and saw my dad under a piece of the plane.  My heart skipped a beat, then started to race. It was like the plane was crashing again. All of my pain was coming back, but stronger. I couldn’t even look over to him. My eyes squeezed tight, there was no room for tears. Then when they opened my sister just stared. I set her down easy then started to limp again. I wanted to stay with her but I knew she wouldn’t let me. Morgan always thought about others before herself that's what I like most about her. I also knew if it couldn’t be her helping everyone she would want it to be me.