I was there when the Black Death swept though Europe
Screams where heard from all around the town, the Black Death was getting closer and there was only a matter of time before I would be contaminated, I don’t know if there is anything I can do to stop it becoming my fate.
It was 1349 when it swept through all of Europe including my town. I was scared and I know that there was really nothing I could do but wait. I know my family is scared, I can see it in their eyes, but they are trying to stay calm.
I slowly turn my head to look out the door, and I immediately wish I hadn’t. What I see is horrifying, scarring and only adds to my fear. Their is one little girl covered in swollen Buboes. Her mother looks to be devastated. I know that her mum is rushing her to the doctor, hoping he can give her a chance to live, but I already know it is too late. There is an unsettling feeling in my stomach as I remember the sights from in town earlier this morning, sights of dead and blackened bodies being pulled away from the people and into piles into large piles on the back of a truck.
I remember the people screaming for everyone to leave town because the Black Death was upon us. Many people believed that it was going to be the end of the world, and some people were purposely getting contaminated with the deadly disease because they believed that sacrificing their life would allow them to go to heaven.
I feel a sudden and overwhelming wave of tiredness and immediately drift into a very deep sleep, with nightmares of zombie like people cover in swollen and oozing buboes, limping toward me.
I was suddenly awoken by the screams of my mother. I sat up in panic, but felt so ill that I had to lie down again. All my family is gone except for my mother who is looking at me in horror.
I feel feverish. It feels like something is slowly trickling down my face and as I slowly move my hands up to my face, I feel the swollen Buboes. Oh no, I have caught the Black Death.
Jaya