Lea and I have always been on our own since The Big Disaster happened. Everybody should’ve known that the government was not cut out to mess with the climate. We should've seen what was happening to the the environment. The weird climate changes. From always being snowy to miserable heat. It was the government that killed our parents and many other innocent families.

It was early in the day when everything started to change. I was with Lea at our house. Little did we know that a little change would ruin our lives forever. Everybody started to scream. I can’t ever unsee the terrified faces of the toddlers being dragged by their parents. In the distance behind the petrified families I saw a big blue wave, carrying more than just parts of homes but people. I remember grabbing 2 year old Lea and running straight to the high lands. After the build of of stress and running for practically our lives. We safely made it. We were considered the lucky ones. Later that day we found out that our parents were working beach duty that day. They were one of the first people that were killed. We found out that the water wasn't just powerful, but was overheated by the sun, making it hot by the touch. Our community is very low lying, only a couple meters above sea level, making our it easy to totally destroy our towns. This was the government's fault and for this I will always think that they are horrible for what they have done causing this tsunami. Now known as The Big Disaster.

It's been 10 years since The Big Disaster. It’s been hard for Lea, not really knowing her parents. I have to act like a parent, more than a sister. Lea doesn't like that I am in charge of her because she thinks that I am too “controlling.” But if my mom were here she would want me to be responsible and overprotective. Well at least that's what I tell Lea. Once a week on mondays we have beach duty, watching the tide making sure everything is under control. Nothing strange has occurred at all for the past 10 years, but today that changes.

“C’mon Lea it 6:00, you need to get your beach uniform on, let's go!” We had to be at our duties at 6:30 and leaving at 6:00 would give us just the amount of time to get there.

“Shut up, we have 30 more minutes…” she tried to shew me off, but it was going to take more than that to make me leave.

“That's the time we need to be there not leave, GET UP!” I was running out of patience, I didn't have time for her lazy attitude.

“Calm down, i’ll get up, but just so you know you're not my mom so stop acting like it,” she rolled her eyes and slowly put her white uniform.

Both of us, in our white uniform, walked down the stairs of and out of our little home. We used to live in a big, warm cozy home, but that was all taken from us. We got our inheritance money after our parents past. I didn’t want to waste it all so I decided to get a small home that was manageable.

“Why do we always have to walk? Why can’t we just get an automobile?” Lea started to whine again
“Stop being a baby, a little bit of walking never hurt anyone,” it was only like 10-15 minutes. As we walked, you could still see some of the damage. It's hard to imagine that a disaster that happened 10 years ago could still be seen to this day. I know that I still can hear people screaming, screaming with the most heartbreaking tone. You could tell in their voices, that they knew that they weren't going to make it.

“Shay? Hello? We are at the beach?” She was waving her hand infront of my face.
“O, ya, sorry.” I must have been in a daze.
“Let's go grab some binoculars,” we walked onto the crunchy sand and went to the bucket, there was none left.
“So how are we going to watch that tide if we have nothing to watch it with?”
“I don't know, we will just have to use our eyes,” we had no other choice, I couldn't just leave Lea and walk all the way home.

“Fine,” Lea sat on the beach observing the waves and tide. I joined her. We had to stay on tide patrol for two hours, and after that another pair would take over. In the first hour, the sun began to get miserably hot. The sun seemed to get bigger, well maybe it was my imagination, but I wasn't lying about it getting super hot.

“How much more time?” there were droplets of sweat running down her forehead.
“We got it, there only 15 more minutes.” At that point 15 minutes seemed as a eternity.
“Ugh,” she wiped off the droplets of sweat off of her forehead. A couple minutes passed.

“Shay, why is the water pulling back?” her voice sounded scared. I looked over and past in the distance in the middle of the ocean, a wave was forming.
“C’mon Lea we need to go right now!” I grabbed her hand, we started to sprint.
“Run everybody run,” I yelled to the people on the roads,
“Tsunami!” When that word came out of my mouth, people didn't even have to think twice, they dropped what they were doing and started to sprint. I looked back, the big wave seemed to be consuming the houses and trees. My legs were starting to ware out, but I couldn't because I knew that if I stopped, Lea would have no one left. I couldn't let that happen.

“AWW!”  I could hear screams of people as they were hit by the boiling wave. The water was getting closer and closer. The wave hit off a building right next to us and made a big splash.

“Ow!” Shay screamed
“My leg,” she started to slow down. I looked down and could see the water burning her calve and her flesh bubbling. I looked away, this can’t be happening not to me, not to us. I yanked her arm and rested it on my shoulder, it was up to me to keep us alive. The high lands were only a couple minutes away, but I didn't  know if I could do it.
“Shay, it's really hurting,”  tears rolled down her pink cheeks.
“Lea, I know that you can do it, mom and dad would want you to fight for life, not give life up.” I looked  ahead, the high lands was almost at my fingertips. So close but yet so far. We couldn't stop now. There were people on top of the hill pulling everybody up.
“Here, hurry take my hand,” a man said as he yanked both of us up. We were now above the chaos. We were safe.
“Shay, I don’t know why I am always such a snob. I love you and how you treat me like your kid. Mom would be proud of you.” She hugged me tightly and started to cry. Out of all the moments this one will truly last.