January 25, 2012 11:04 PM

I was sitting in my room studying for finals. It was a warm winter night. We've been having a very mild winter this year, which is strange considering this is freaking Wisconsin. The polar bears come here to cool off from the heart in the artic. Winters here are colder than Norway's. Tonight we were supposed to have a snowstorm.

My mom and "step-dad" went to bed early. Snow started fall, first light and fluffy but then turned to hail. I heard a thunder and saw lightening. The dogs downstairs started barking. "Weird. There's never a thunder storm in the winter," I said out loud. I went back to reading my biology book when the lights started flickering. Both cats ran into my room. Paolo sat on my back and Fifi hid under my bed. Then the lights were completely out. So were my parents.

I got up, grabbed a flashlight, and went downstairs to turn the lights back on. The lightening was bright enough to see without a flashlight. In the basement, Ozzy and Sharon were running around in a circle going crazy. Sharon ran into a wall. "Dumb dog," I laughed. The cats had followed me downstairs. I turned on my flashlight. Right in front of me, were the characters of The Outsiders. My mouth widened as I dropped the flashlight.