********** Later That Night **********
Angela woke up at 2:30 with a start to see the fireflies' lights had gone out. She sat up and shook the jar to see if they were really dead. They didn't move. Angela sighed, got up and went to the kitchen. She opened the garbage can and unscrewed the lid on the jar. The fireflies suddenly jumped up and flew out of the jar. They flew out of the jar and swarmed around Angela's head. Angela shrieked and flapped her arms at the tiny bugs. She pulled and yanked at her hair, trying to get the fireflies out. Finally the bugs backed off and Angela collapsed on the ground in tears. She looked up and saw the fireflies slowly flying towards her. Angela backed up against the cabinet and trembled as she cried softly.
One firefly flew ahead and landed on the floor in front of Angela. It walked slowly towards her and spoke! " Angela. We are tired of you killing our family and friends. If you want to steal our light, then you must suffer the consequences. " The tiny bug walked towards Angela and walked right on her hand. Angela stared frozen in fright. She felt something wet and gooey on her hand. The bug flew off her hand and flew back to the other fireflies.
Angela watched in disgust as a huge, glowing lump formed on her hand. Then it started growing rapidly and glowed brighter and then it stopped growing. But the lump was as big as her fist by then. Angela looked around frantically as the lump pulsated and glowed brighter on her hand. She screamed and tried to get the lump off her hand. She rubbed it but that made it pulsate even more.. She tried to pop it but that made it hurt, worse than it did before. Angela shrieked helplessly and knew what she must do to get the lump off her hand. She rushed to a drawer and pulled out a big butcher knife. She laid her throbbing hand on the counter and lifted the knife above the lump. She lowered the knife and it glowed even brighter. Angela gulped and drove the knife into the lump. "
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! " Angela screamed as the knife ripped open the lump. A million fireflies swarmed out of the lump and flew all around the kitchen. A glowing, burning, gold liquid poured out of the lump and splashed all over the kitchen floor. The floor became gold and fireflies were everywhere. Angela screamed in agony and collapsed on the floor. Finally, everything was black.
When Angela awoke she felt as light as a feather and when she tried to stand up, she lifted off the floor! Angela looked around in horror. She was in a glass jar alone! Angela looked at the glass and saw her reflection, but she was a firefly! Angela looked around frantically and saw she was indeed a firefly trapped in a glass jar. But the jar was in her room! Angela saw her mother open the bedroom door and called to the body under Angela's covers " Rise and shine! " Then she closed the door and left. Angela watched in horror as the body under the covers stirred and sat up.
Angela realized that the body was HER!!! The fake Angela got up and strolled smugly to the glass jar and stared at the real Angela. " Well, well Angela. Don't like being trapped in there do you? Well now you know how we felt. And you're going to be in there for a very long time! " "Angela" grinned and the real Angela knew that no one could help her now.
The End