AND a long time ago, when my sister and I were little, we went to visit my aunt. It was supposed to be her birthday, so our parents organized a surprise party for her. My sister and I were very bored and wanted to walk down her street to get some fresh air. I remember it was really dim and frigid and no one really lived there. As we walked, we stopped to hear the children's voices. I was 14 at the time and my sister was 8, but it was strange that no one was there. So we kept walking, but I tripped over something and fell. We looked down and saw the train tracks. It was so scary because he wasn't there a minute ago. My sister was so scared that she started crying, but I told her it was okay and we were going home. But it wasn't ok, I was lost, I didn't want to tell her and make her cry even more.
As we stood there, out of nowhere a little girl and a little boy appeared. They looked pale and terrifying, as if they were dead. I asked them their names and they said Sarah and Jack. I asked them if they knew how to get to the road that would take us home. And they both helped us. They took us out to the street and as soon as I saw my aunt's house, I was very cheerful. I asked them if they wanted to come in and they just stood there. I ran inside to tell my parents.
They were just looking at us to see if we were crazy, so I pulled my mom to the door to show her the kids who helped us, but they weren't there. We looked for them, but it seemed as if they had disappeared without a trace. My aunt got scared when we told her their names, and she told us a story I will never forget. She said: “A long time ago there was an accident, the bus broke down on the railway tracks, they tried to get out but the doors wouldn't open and suddenly a train was coming. All 17 of them, including the driver. They were trapped. They all died in the accident and since then people say they see them and when you park your car on the tracks they push it out of the way in case a train is coming. They can save you and they even have streets named after them.”
But I couldn't believe it, I looked at my aunt and sister and we were hushed all night. The next morning we were ready to leave, we said goodbye to my aunt, got in the car and as we were leaving I saw the names Susan and Jack on the road signs and from that day on I called them “Angels”.
