My eyes slowly open staring at the familiar ceiling of my room. I slowly regaining my conscious and slowly remember what happened, Surprised and realized why I was sleeping in my room.
"What in the world.....how??" my head starting to feel pain like a thorn stabbing in front of my forehead.
I support my head with my head and slowly thinking if it just a dream.
"if that's a dream why my head to toe hurt like hell...OUCH!" it's not just my head, my whole body screamed caused of the pain.
I try to stand up while carefully managing my body. I barely stand while holding from the wall of my room. Trying to know if that is a dream or not. I walk down at a slow pace, every step I make the pain also stabbing my body.
suddenlt A tap to my shoulder give me shivers, I look back and saw nothing. A fast running step I hear in my other side with a giggles. I fastly turn my head and look to my younger smiling and enjoying running down.
"Why you looking like that Brother Aris ehehe. I got you" Smiling to me without worrying to her eyes, my sibling Lani continue to run.
{One of my siblings Lani, 8 years of age the third of the 7 siblings of mine}
"Ahh yes" I blurted out and thinking maybe it really was a dream.
After I take the stare to walk down, I turn my head to the living room hoping to see the others but what I saw is A large hole of a wall.
"Wha-" I still confused of what I really saw. It might be coincidence.
The large hole from the wall had me stand for a moment, I look around and saw my sibling ang the priest cleaning it up. I counted them if there were missing but fortunately they complete. I feel relief and also feel anxious of the dream. Before I can think more, a voice coming from the kitchen
"you're awake aris, thankgod." the priest walked fast and hug me.
"I am so glad." a drop of a tears touch my faced while the priest hugging me. It seems that he sincerely worried. but why??
Before I know it my body reacts to the pressure of hug. the priest hug me tight but I'm also suffering. I quickly escape even though it still hurt.
{Priest Jose, full name Joseph hunchfay. He's the priest who's taking care of us alongside of a nun}
I ask the question, it's very unusual for the priest doing this.
"uhmm...what happened?"
the priest were little surprise, he take a small step back "let's go upstairs, let's talk"
I am still wondering why all of a sudden but I guess I have no choice but to follow.
after we go to my room, the priest jose sit down to my bed and waiting to the door closed.
"what happened priest jose?" I ask the question first after I shut the door.
The priest stare at me for a long time until he spoke. "did you really didn't know what happen?" he ask back.
"know what father jose?" I answer it back with a question of course.
The priest gave up and told me a the whole story of what he witnessed earlier.
the priest wake up Normally like he hears nothing at that nights, he just walk down straight to the kitchen and boiled some water for coffee. The priest yawn and felt strangely cold inside the house. he rub his shoulder and look for the caused, He walk slowly and saw the large hole in the living room of the building.
"What happened???" He ran closer to find a clue of what cause. He walk through the hole and step outside and notice someone lying down further. The priest ran and saw Aris with a lot of blood on his torn clothes.
"ARIS!! HEY!" He Firstly grab the hands and check his pulse, somehow it's beating normally. A sight relief he felt when he knew, yet after he observe aris he felt ominous.
He saw aris full of blood yet he doesn't have a visible wound, much more lethat injury.
before he could finish his observing, he grab aris and slowly bring him back to his room. he's still confused yet what the priest shock is how they not notice last night.
anyone will woke up if there's commotion yet no one notice it, the priest have serious eyes like he somehow a hunch.
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back to the present, Aris still couldn't conclude of his thoughts.
"do you know what happened?" the priest calmly ask.
"I....also dont know, I remember the moon seems closer to me and look at me and smile at me and then...and then a strange man attack me and and....and I cant remember" I panick to say more and much the priest cannot comprehend me.
"just....just calm down and slowly explain. I am all ears." the priest smile at me with an assuring to take it seriously.
I explain much more details of what I know and I look the priest smiling to me yet his eyes were look like dead serious of what I said.
"have you seen the strange man who attack me?" I follow with a question after I explain all of the memories last night.
"hmmm....I only saw you though." the priest answer.
"anyway, do you want to go to school, you can rest if you want?" the priest follow to suggest to rest yet I don't want to. My lovely attendance will destroy.
"no.....I want to go"
"if you say so.." the priest smile while looking at me getting fastly change.
"I'm gonna go now father"
"hey! eat your breakfast first"
I grab some bread before I run through the door.
"Hey! there's a door Aris!!"
I ignored the words and continue to run. Somehow I got the school earlier. I seem surprised to what I do.
"wait a minute, my body is.." is not screaming from pain anymore.
what the hell.... earlier my body is hurting like hell but right now it strangely light and also seemingly feels good.
"ohh you're early right now Aris." mike tal my shoulder and look at me.
"hey mike, I feel great right now....wait a minute, why you look smaller?" I look mike with a dumbfsfe.
"now you mentioned it.....you....you grow? I didn't notice yesterday wait..were the same height yesterday I remember" Mike surprised and looking around my body and observe intensely. Mike's head almost at my forehead.
"I thought so too, I grow a bit? that seems impossible" Aris follow.
Before we continue the topic, the teacher come in and cut our conversation. we sit and look front, I look around and saw empty sit.
"uhmmm .. Bannemaur and Hunt?"
The teacher also called their name and saw the seat empty.
" second day and they not here? kids these days." the teacher sighed and continue the class.
I notice that Hunt walking closer to the teacher and poking her arm.
Gasp!
"Ms. Hunt? how.....why you are standing beside??" The teacher really surprised that almost faint, the skins on her face pale and almost like she's about to jump.
"I'm sorry I'm late and I am waiting to notice me from outsider but you didn't realy know so I decided to physical contact you" why step back with a perfect stand and almost her hand do salute yet she stop it before halfway.
"really??" the teacher follow while catching her breath.
" you can sit now and be early nxt time...and also be more noticeable"
"Roger" she walk to her sit and everyone starting to whisper to their seatmate.
[Roger??? that's new] I thought really strange about her behavior. while she walking she needs to pass by to my sit so she walks closer.
I look to the other side to make it more not obvious and then I slowly look back to her, notice she stop at front of my desk. I move my head up to look her face and seemingly her face make shock to me.
I look at the front because Feel awkward and start to talk to her.
"uhmmm....hi?" to stop the awkward situation. I look back to know her reaction and saw her face back to emotionless.
I also shock and thought that I might hallucinating for a moment.
she continues to walk and sit like nothing happened. I'm a bit mad because of ignoring me so I decided to ignore her too yet little did I know the eyes of her seems agitated and glimpse me for the rest of the day.
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In the outside of the school, NASO or a specialist company observing outer space are mess up and became chaotic since this morning.
After the incident last night where the moon suddenly became closer. the whole world became disarray, every country and almost people panic. The unnatural phenomenon caused much more damage than they thought. the sea abrupt and the ocean became disorder.
YET, this morning became normal like nothing happened. but the destruction remain, that's why they all confused and wants to know what really happened.
" what...the moon became stable???" that's what they confused about. the moon normally rotating back. they look the data last night and clarify that the moon is closer almost collided to the earth.
everybody shock and almost insane to the screen the look. Some one grab a phone and called to the agency.
"explain to me....." a higher official of the NASO.
"I'm sorry but we also dont know, we still investigate it but we will gave a wor-" He stop and sighed.
" we uncertain of the sudden behavior but all we could say to you is the myst is change." He follows.
"what....hey HEY. this magical bastard he should've explain further!" he drop the phone.
"this Unnatural development cannot be explain"
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After school, I wait in the entrance of the school waiting for mike. He said to wait while excited running back inside it seems that someone tells him. I look his back while notice Hunt walking towards me, she's about to go home and pass by me waiting at the front of the gate.
I look at her waiting for her to look at me to give her goodbyes yet she does walk straight.
"he really smell different" she lowly voice said and couldn't hear what she said.
I wait for him for about two hours and the sunlight became dark. I silently piss and saw the guard about to go close the gate.
"I had enough, what the hell mike!" I ran to the guard and ask if there's a student left behind.
"I dont think so....ask the night shift guard."
the guard said.
I run towards the guard post and request to help me find mike. The guard look to the clock and saw 7 pm.
"he probably leave boy"
"guard, I waited at the guard and certainly no mike have pass me"
"hmmm, it's pain in the ass" the guard seems annoyed and make another excuse but he notice the classroom light for a moment and saw a shadow.
"Ahh, these kids!" the guard said As he saw the room became dark again.
"wait here kid." the guard said to me.
"Ahh I'm coming too."
"arghhhh" to annoyed to yell he just grab a flashlight and ignore me following him.
As we getting closer to the building, I feel ominous feelings and remember last night.
"it's similar yet..." I continue to walk behind looking anywhere might be clue.
We enter the building slightly loud, the echo for our step repeating and the annoyed grit to the guards mouth became louder as the silent to the surrounding. we definitely sure there's people in here yet there's no sound beside us, its like a quieter than a forest.
after we came from to the stair the climb second floor, the light of the second floor off. we walk halfway through the stair.
"ahh, we just change this light bulb yesterday though." the guard turn on the light of the flashlight and we saw mike running up.
Gasp!
"Mike!" I yell loudly yet mike didn't hear me? how odd.
"Stop Kid!" we run to the second floor and the guard notice something I continue to chase Mike while the guard tense up and pause.
the guard spotted a red liquid on the floor seemingly a blood, it gets Large amount the more he search throught the area. He slowly walk and saw the door close while the blood flowing out, he opens the door and saw two student loke hugging each other.
the guard step in and accidentally slide whole his hand fids a wall, he coincidentally turn on the light and saw a creepy tentacles surrounding the two student.
The guard shock as he look focus to them, they're not hugging, A girl biting the shoulder of a boy while focusing eating him. she notice the guard and let go the boy that already dead.
"oh my...another meal lucky me." while wiping her lips full of blood. The guard freeze up and couldn't stand up, the fear he felt made the knees and the whole legs shut down.
The girl slowly changing her form while the tentacles multiply. the hair became much more mess and her nail became sharp, enough to slice a chair getting in her way through the guard.
"no need to tense up." smiling to the guard.
the nervous sytem of the guard kick in making him nervously crawling, away from the girl yet the tentacle stab his foot then his waist then every arm. he scream so loud that Aris notice it.
"shhhh, you're out to the classroom I enchant so be quiet." wrapping his mouth with the tentacles. she grip tighter making his head explode.
"ahh I miscalculate" while licking to hair nail.
she hears a voice calling a name
"Mike! wait up"
the girl smile and find the other prey and another boy that familiar to her.
" so there's another delicious meal running"
she start to order her one tentacle to attack them, the tentacles stretch fastly catching up to them.
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I chase Mike while remember the scream.
"is that the guard?" anyway I have to chase mike. I catch him pretty easily to the fourth floor while he screaming so loud.
the moon bright up to our face and I notice his shoulder almost torn apart. I saw slightly the bones appearing to the wound, I quickly speak his name.
"Hey mike, mike it's me!" while mike catching his breath his eyes blurr and became clear and look at me.
"whoo....Aris?" while suddenly remember earlier.
"Aris....we need to run now!"
He stand up while supporting his shoulder with the other side of the arm. while it's hard to run the adrenaline kicks in they continue to run and enter a room where they saw emergency stairs at the window.
"let's climb down.."
"wait mike!!! explain to me what's going on right now!" while breaking the window,it's almost dangerous for him do that yet he succeeded.
"there's no time Aris! just follow me" they quickly going down while I am still confused.
"just tell me right now!" my mind puzzles of what the hells going on.
were almost finish to the ground and suddenly a big explosion coming from above. the stair crumble and lose its balance resulting to falling us down. I almost lose my conscious, I try to focus and search for mike and saw him almost crying from the pain.
I quickly stand and help him. strangely mike seems light, I grabbed him and put him on my back running through the the exit.
I look back and saw nothing to chasing us. I ignored my thoughts making my priority to save mike first.
while running away from the school I felt presence like watching, I just run fast to save him.
The girl looking them running while at the top of the building. the tentacle slowly back to her while standing at the front of the moon.
"should I chase them? let's have a fun,shall we?" she made a sign with her hands.
the brightnes from the moon helps the hand to have a shadow and a creature like a two wolves with two tentacles at their back.
"eat them darlings" her command made them run following the trace of the blood from mike, then she's disappear with no sound coming from the area.
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I run almost thre kilometers I think yet I'm not getting tired at all. while I carefully run cause of mike somehow it feels light. I think almost there to the hospital, I look behind and mike became more and more paler. he lost too much blood.
"Hang in there mike!" I continue to run and felt cold while it feels poking my nape. I look back and saw a claw coming close enough to my body but somehow I reflexively dodge it by jumping harder.
I landed far but my shoulder again felt cold poking intense, yet I slowly react to it causing my hand injured severely.
"wolves.....in the city?????" I didn't understand at all what's happening.
the wolves growling with their saliva drooling at me. I step back slowly while them ready to attack me. my blood flowing to my injury making my mind dizzy.
"shit.....what I'm supposed to do."
the wolves Jump to me while their nails becoming longer their fangs ready to bite my neck, I unconsciously close my eyes and hear a metal that almost like collided.
For a moment It's seems nothing happen and I still felt the pain from my shoulder, I thought I died yet I feel the pain.
As I open my eyes, I saw a back from a girl that look unfamiliar to me. I focus my eyes to the situation and seems like she was able to block them while just holding one sword.
I felt relief and grateful for what she did, I want to thank her. her clothes is like our school, her hair long enough to cover her back. wait....
"Hunt!???"