Personal Narrative

Authors Note: I wrote about my airsoft war because it was the first memory that popped in my head. Sorry I submitted late it was just that Blogger wouldn't let me paste it into my blog.

It was Christmas, and I wake up as early as I can, I sneak over to the presents in the living room, hoping I can open one present before anyone notices. I pick up the smallest present addressed to me (so no one can tell I opened one) and open it. Inside I find a round of metal airsoft pellets.

I fetch everyone at 5:30 in the morning and we finish opening the presents. My brother and I got a bunch of BB guns, including 3 handguns, an AK-47, A rifle, and a sniper rifle. We immediately load them all and get four other friends. I take the sniper rifle, my brother takes the rifle, my brothers friend Kamani takes the AK, and everyone else takes a handgun.

The games begin! I race over into a big tree so I can snipe people down. It took about 12 minutes before anyone showed up. One handgun guy (Jake) raced by but I wasn't prepared so I couldn't snipe him. I snipe the guy chasing Jake, another handgun guy (Rick), and hit him square in the back. We call a timeout because four other guys asked if they could join. We said yes and decided to make teams and play Capture The Flag. Me and my brother are captains, and he got to go first. (I let him go first because the person who got second pick got the sniper rifle)

We split the guns evenly (One strong gun, an AK-47, a shotgun, and 2 handguns. We re-start the game and I run back over to where I last was, and someone on our team luckily knew I was there and put the flag near me. I scan the forest, searching for someone daring enough to take our flag. I spot Kamani and carefully scope on him. He was running, but I turned my power all the way up and aimed a little bit above him. I hit him and he's out.

Rick decided to take advantage of the situation by running for the flag, but I'm to fast and I easily snipe him down. I see three kids, two I don't know and Kamani. I quickly shoot them before they actually see the flag but they found a spot that I'm blind too and kid got away. I decide to move to a smaller tree with less foliage and had red leaves so my sweatshirt would blend in. I see everyone else on the other team on where my blind spot was. I shoot Kaisin (my brother) and they all scattered. The rest of my team (most were shoot down though) shot the remaining people down and we collected there flag. We won!

Just that small little present had sparked the idea for an airsoft war. I'm glad I opened a present early because otherwise I might not have gotten the idea. I remember that day being one of the most fun days I've ever had, even though a bunch of people have big welts on themselves.