As a kid who grew up without socializing much,I didn't know how to interact with people well. Instead, I'd stay at home watching movies,series or documentaries At first,I was fascinated by the weather and the cosmos. How the stars ,the sun ,the moon and the clouds came about .
However, since I became a teenager I don't wander about the stars anymore. I don't know why . It could be because I've been taught into thinking that I can't fly because I don't have any wings. So now I wander about the human brain and ask myself questions like :"How is our mind capable of performing all the actions it performs?" I mean isn't it fascinating,right?
The brain's the only organ that is capable of manipulating our whole body functions. As I lay in bed with these thoughts,I realized that phone was fully charged and I began to scroll through my socials. I heard the door creak. It was like that of the ones you'd hear in horror movies but I wasn't fazed.
I had turned off the lights and all of a sudden they were on. I told my siblings to cut it out and continued my doom scrolling. My ADHD paralysis made it difficult for me to study and also work on my group project I had to submit by midnight and present the next day.
It was like there was this strong force of attraction which pulled me towards my phone. I just couldn't stop scrolling. It was dead silent in my house which meant everyone was asleep. I heard the door creak again but this time the sound relented.
It was as if someone had entered the room but everyone was asleep so I thought the door wasn't probably closed well . I decided to go to the bathroom,wash my face and start the project because it was 11pm. While I was walking through the corridor,I felt this cold and peculiar presence.
"It isn't anything" I told myself. I was scared because in the afternoon I had watched a horror movie with my family and this was kind of how the movie started. Anyways I brushed the fear off and headed straight to the bathroom. I splashed some cold water on my face.
As I wiped my face with the towel, I felt as if I was being watched by someone or something. As I turned around, I saw a mysterious and tall figure behind me. I was scared to death. As I was about to scream the loudest scream I've ever screamed in my life, it covered my mouth and knocked me out.
I woke up in my bed with my phone in my right hand. 'I must have fallen asleep,' I said. I decided to start the project right away but stopped as I stumbled upon an interesting reel on my phone. Last video and I shall commence! I scooted a little to the left side of my bed and began scrolling again.
While watching the reel, I tried to reach for my geography textbook on my study table on my right. My focus was on the reel while my right hand reached for the book. To my surprise I reached it. I was delighted and kept on scrolling until I came to this realization.
I had a peculiar way of arranging my books. The textbooks were on the right, with the notebooks on the left. So, with my position on the bed, it meant that the book in my hand should be a notebook, not a textbook. I dropped my phone and looked at my right.
Lo and behold! The tall and mysterious figure was sitting on my study chair and was looking at me the whole time. It was wearing a black cloak and a mask which covered his face. Its eyes sparkle with a radiant light, as if they held the essence of the sun itself.
"It uttered the words, "Hello, mortal." I was startled and I was about to scream again. 'Don't let me knock you out again, mortal'.
When I heard these words, I knew I had to zip it and find a way to talk myself out of this situation.
With my heart beating as a hunting mamma cheetah,' Who are you? No what are you?' I asked. I am Thanatos. Mortal, your time has come. Come along now. What do you mean by my time has come? I am Thanatos, the god of death. The god of death?
Wait, so if you're here, does it mean that I am dead? Yes mortal, so you're coming on a journey with me to the underworld. There's no way that I'm dead.
Anyways, Isn't Lord Hades, the god of the dead? Yes, he is. Then why are you here? As my name suggests, I'm the god of death. Think of it this way: Hades controls the Underworld while I, Thanatos, fill it with the dead, like you. Shouldn't a grimm reaper be here instead of you?
Yes, there should have but Hades said I've been lazing around for far too long and handed me this task. You're the first human I'm escorting personally to the other world so consider yourself lucky. I'm sorry, Mr. Thanatos.
However, I still don't believe that I'm dead. How else could I have used my phone and felt my blanket? Come with me. To where? To your bathroom, and don't call me Mr. You can call me lord Thanatos or Prince Thanatos, 'Thanatos said.' As we entered the bathroom, I saw my body lying there unconscious.
I could neither touch it nor feel it. But how did I die? Oh, when you felt my presence and you saw me, I covered your mouth and knocked you out but not completely. So as you were waking around like a drunkard, you stepped into the water over here.
You slipped and hit your head into the sink. 'he chuckled'. You could feel things after your death because, point one, you didn't know that you were dead, and point 2, one can use digital devices even after death. Really? Yes, even Lord Zeus has a Samsung Galaxy s25 ultra. Thanatos opened a portal that was like nothing we see in the movies.
Lord Thanatos, but I can't die. I'm only a teenager. I haven't accomplished anything in life yet. There are certain things in life that I still have to experience. If you knew this, why didn't you start living life? Why didn't you experience whatever things you wanted to experience instead of wasting hours on your phone?
His words hit me like an arrow to the bullseye. I knew every word he uttered was right. I couldn't say anything and accepted my fate. Come along now mortal! We've already wasted enough time. We entered the portal and it became blinding.