Finally the weekend came and we went to go look for grandma. She had recovered by now and was healthy and strong. 

Regardless we still wanted to go see grandma but because she recovered we decided to go to the carnival instead that was in the area. 

We used to always look forward to the carnival festival when we were younger and grandma used to take us. We had really good memories there. So we decided to check if it was still like we remembered so Sabrina decided that we should invite our boyfriends to come. So I called Dre. I came with Dre on his bike and Steven, who was Sabrina's boyfriend, drove both my sisters.

When we went in, Sabrina smelled some good food and grabbed Steven and ran off with him. Poor guy, she is going to run his pockets dry. She asked him to get her an ice cream and hot dog. They went into the mirror house she was busy eating so she didn't notice when he was no longer beside her. She started to walk around looking for him. Trying to find him, when she reached this dead end she started to wonder ‘Was this room much smaller than I remembered?’ She thought as the room got more quiet. She started to feel this unnerving, sinking feeling in her stomach, the one you feel when you realize you're isolated. Then the deafening sound of abandonment started to ring in her ears. She tried to brush it off, obviously Steven was playing with her so she called out, “Steven, Steven, ah weh yuh deh?” She called out.

She kept walking backwards until her elbow hit a door handle that startled her.

She turned to see that the mirror behind her was a door and she went through it.    

This was actually a very long winding tunnel, with glitters and stars with dim blue lights. “Steve- Steven….I can't believe…you left me….in here.” She says holding her chest. 

Sabrina was feeling very claustrophobic. She started to breathe heavily. 

When she finally reached the end she opened the door to the spooky haunted house. She walked out of a closet in a small bedroom where she saw a girl sitting in front of a mirror.

The first time that I found out that my sister was claustrophobic, I was around sixteen and we went on a field trip to the forest. We were escorted to our hotel rooms by our teacher and caretaker when we entered the elevator. I noticed that her breathing got heavy and beads of sweat were running down her face. She passed out. I had to fan her down with a book and asked for lime and sweet sugar water.  

Apparently the Carnival has upgraded since we last been here because we have no memory of a spooky house. The figure of the girl's back was turned to her so when she tried to step towards it she was frightened to see the head snapped around full 360 at her and laughing at her. Sabrina screamed so loud at the top of her lungs, then her screams turned into a laugh as if she lost her mind realizing that it was just an animatronic.

“Alright, me swear after today me done wid Steven, yuh serious yuh know me nuh like dem things yah.” She went down the stairs to where she found a kitchen area. 

She entered the kitchen and opened the fridge just to be curious, but curiosity killed the cat they say. She gasped when she saw a head on a plate in the fridge. She screamed and threw a flower vase at it and closed the door. 

When she went towards the living area where she suddenly sees the t.v turned on and creepy images and cartoons flash on the screen. Then suddenly she feels someone touch her side she jumps up and screams out turning around swinging. 

While Sabrina was busy on the verge of wetting herself, Dre and I went to the games section where we were shooting at the targets to get a stuffed animal. The score was me 2-5, which means Dre got most of them but gave me all the stuffed animals. I was definitely going to sell them, only keeping the cute pink kitty one of course. It was sooo cute. He laughed at me when he realized I liked cute things. I mean like whatever but my face got red nonetheless. 

We then went over to the “dunk tank side”, we watched and criticized other peoples aims and how poorly their efforts were to dunk the clown. Then Dre said, “No, don't laugh enuh cause you couldn't aim to save your life just now.”

My cheeks puffed up, “Oh please of course I can, plus these things rigged. I see it all the time.” 

“Alright then.” He said and took off his jacket, “Let us see if you can dunk me.” He then went in and sat down.

I took the ball and threw it and I missed and he laughed, I swung again and missed. I tried a couple more times and his laugh got annoying by now and finally his laugh drowned out with a loud thud and a splash. I jumped up and down laughing doing a goofy dance then stopped myself from embarrassment. I told myself I wouldn't see my goofy side until we got married. 

I couldn't help but laugh when handing him his jacket, “You see that's why you shouldn't underestimate the strength of a woman.” I said. 

“Yeah but it still took you 10 million tries to drop me.” He said.

“Oh please of course I am strong.” I ran over to a vender and bought a canned juice. Turned it to my head quickly then gulped it down then held it out like a magician about to show his first act. “And now this is just  an ordinary canned bottle right. Now you see it now you don't!” I exclaimed. With that I crushed the can with my hands just like that. 

He laughed and gave me a one finger clap.

“Oh whatever, laugh all you want but black women are the strongest of God creation.” I said and crossed my arms and started pouting. 

“Alright let me stop, your strong, I was just messing with you.” He says and lifts me in the air. 

While I was in the air enjoying the breeze. Heard my sister shouting “How could you leave me in there, you know I don't like those stuff!” while she slapped Steven him over and over. 

Then Selena came to the scene looking disappointed at the sight of a drenched Dre, and a upset Sabrina trying to attempt murder and shook her head then said, “Can't carry you guys no where.”

Later on that day we all drove to the hillside overlooking the town. While Selena sat in the back seat of Steven's car lighting a spliff to drown out Sabrina and her boyfriend with the stereo music, Steven gave Sabrina a octopus looking stuffed animal while me and Dre sat on his bike and took pictures.

I looked over and noticed that Sabrina wasn’t that excited to be given a stuffed animal. Steven then leans in saying, “Love when you wear those short skirt round me enuh. Well sexy make sure you only wear it around me.” Then slaps her butt.

“Excuse you, I wear anything I feel like. '' She said condescendly then rolled her eyes.

Sabrina was one of those y2k babies, your typical fashionista. She grew up reading fashion magazines when she was a toddler while mom did her hair, she didn’t stop her cause it kept her still. 

While I mostly enjoyed anime and comics, she was a game head. When mom won a mini T.V. from a furniture store she captured it and the guy she was seeing at the time was giving away his old game box and decided to give it to her. Well, that's what he thought, but once she batted her eyes and made a puppy dog face he had already lost. She would play console games, study on the weekends then go window shopping after so she could daydream about the clothes she wished she could afford. 

Once when we were all younger mom took us shopping, and Sabrina really wanted the fluffy dress but mom said no. Mom was busy getting summer outfits for us and had already bought what she needed and was leaving and told us to stay close. We didn't notice at the time cause I was occasionally pulling Selena’s hair. By then Sabrina had gone into the dressing room and tried on the dress. 

Then a loud sound was heard. A person who was levitating and using some form of dark shadow power was trying to steal items from the store looking around frantically then trying to fly away. Then another person in a uniform with a badge crashed into the store and hit the criminal, flinging him into some clothes racks that got toppled over onto Sabrina dressing room door, basically barricading it.  

Sabrina was so scared, how was she to understand that a person with powers was robbing the store and  The Special Leagues Forces sent in a rank S fighter. In this universe some people are born with power and abilities. The stronger you are if you are from a family blood line with powers and only two children are given powers. There are myths and facts about where the powers came from and sometimes some people activate their abilities later on in life.

Sometimes people who have powers and magic were shunned for different reasons and most of it is because of the arrogance people have, they think very highly of themselves.

While Sabrina banging on the door she wasn’t able to get out, the Special Leagues police fighter had knocked the thief out cold. Same time my mom ran into the store and stopped at the sight then started to panic and shout at the top of her lungs Sabrina's name. When mom found her she was shaking and tears were running down her cheek. I think that's the reason for her claustrophobia. 

My mom always told my sisters not to let people know about their abilities because she didn't want them to be shunned or made fun of especially with the fact that it was mandatory for children with powers and magic to attend magical schools and the school decides who they wanted to be in the special leagues forces or monster hunters but my mother couldn't afford to enrol them and let them switch schools.

If you asked her about her career choice I bet she would say to be a professional netball player or a maths teacher, she always gets A in that subject but really I think it would be to do nothing, to just be the wife of a rich husband and have a beautiful house but no kids. And every week wearing the best designer outfit and shoes money can buy. It's just her preference, she would probably be better off becoming a fashion blogger. 

Regardless if you have powers or not you are almost brainwashed to get into the system, go to school, learn about your powers and the dangers of giving into your darkness so that you can be pure like an angel and then if you're lucky you train to be monster hunters so that you can get paid.

So why not just want to do nothing. I often wondered if they make it so that you are given this opportunity to learn about your powers and the history of it. Why is the school fee so high? If for some magical reason I grew wings tomorrow I would probably be still enrolled in my current school plus I wouldn't switch schools now, I have three or two years leave depending if I go to 5th form.