Live, Die, ETC.
By: Chloe
How do you know when you die? The truth is, no one knows. When someone dies they can’t come back and tell you what happens after you die. It’s like you were in a dream the whole time that you were on Earth.Some parts of don’t seem real or some parts are just confusing. Sometimes I think , what if I had been in a coma my whole life and when I wake up, my whole life is changed?
Chapter One
Texting:
Emily: Hey dad, I’m going out, be back by midnight.
Dad: Ok! Midnight is the limit, be back on time.
Emily: Ok dad promise
I just finished working at Chick-fil-a ( my favorite restaurant) and I was driving to my best friend's house, Aria. She lived in the middle of no where, but had a beautiful house.From the main road it took twenty minutes to reach her house. I opened her front door and walked inside. I heard her whispering to someone on the phone. She was arguing but I couldn’t hear why. I entered the room and she immediately put down the phone and stared at me like I was a unicorn.
“ Emily, you have to leave now.” She ordered, I could tell that she was shaking. Something wasn’t right.
“ Aria, I was supposed to come over, we made plans a couple days ago!” I answered.
“ You have to go, I’m telling you.” Whispered Aria. She was staring at the ground, not making eye contact.
“ No,I’m staying until you give me a reason to leave.” I commanded.
“ It’s because I don’t want to mess with your destiny.” She shuttered.
“ Ok?” I answered and stomped out of her house to my car. Why did everything have to go wrong? First my mom getting in an deadly fire, and now my friends acting weird? What was happening?
Texting:
Emily: Dad coming home now change of plans.
Dad: Ok, cya soon.
My stomach was growling, I had forgot how hungry I was! I looked around to see a chinese restaurant up ahead. I took a sharp turn almost colliding into another car.
“ Whoops.” I whispered to myself. As I pulled into a parking space my phone started to ring. I checked to see who it was, it said no caller ID. I reached for it and answered.
“ Hello?”
“ Hi, is this Emily?”
“ Yes, who is this?”
“ This issssssssswauakrgewbg”
The call lost reception, whatever, probably a prank caller. I walked inside and stopped at the front desk. The chinese restaurant was small, but got a lot of business. I rang the little bell perched on the desk no one was ready to take my order. Bored now, I looked at the television. It was the news:
“ So we have some terrifying news, there has been some extreme weather. Im talking about major earthquakes,tornados, fire, and the ground under up splitting apart, all you-” The television turned off.
“ Don’t worry, that was just a movie.” Finally said someone that could take my order. I realized that I was the only person here. I looked up to see the staff looking at me.
“ Oh hey umm, I would like to place an order.” I stuttered.
“ Whose name should this order go by?” Asked the staff.
“ Emily Feilds.” I answered looking at my phone.
“ Sorry I can’t get you this order.” She answered, staring in shock into my eyes.
“ But..”
“ No, you have to get home right away, and I mean RIGHT AWAY.” I looked into her eyes to see them black.
“ Are you feeling ok?” I asked. Without answering she walked back into the kitchen and everything was silent.
A little freaked out, I quickly got in my car and zoomed home.
“ Hey dad I'm home!” I screamed as I walked through my house door.
“ Oh hey I'm...glad your home! Go back outside, I need to talk to you about something.” He responded.
“ Ok meet you out there!” I said and walked outside to wait for him. About 5 minutes later he walked outside and came over to me.
“ Dad, weird stuff has been happening to me lately and..” I began but he hushed me before I could finish.
“ Emily, listen to me, die everyday at midnight to stay alive. I dont want to do this, but it’s for the best. Do you hear me?” He whispered.
“ What’s happening?” I laughed, he is just probably playing a prank on me as always.
“ Sorry that I have to do this,” He cried. At that moment I spun around to see a circle of people surrounding me. Their eyes were straight black, their face showing no emotion. I was standing in the middle, everything was silent.
“ Dad whats going on? This isnt funny anymore!” I screamed. No mouths moved, or even twitched. My dad was one of them, eyes black, showing no emotion. I ran up to him to give him a hug to feel that he wasn’t breathing.
“ Whats going on?” I screamed. Tears trickled down my face as I fell to the floor. The circle was slowly closing in. I scrambled up from the street floor and tried to escape this closing circle. I was just pushed to the ground.
“ Someone help me!” I screamed. Now I was standing, spinning around, surrounded by a circle of these things!
All at once the sky above shattered like glass. A huge explosion pushed me to the ground.I felt my head to feel the warmth of blood wetting my hair. I sat up to see tornados, fire, and the world around me collapsing. I took one final breath of air, and closed my eyes, forever.
Emily: Hey dad, I’m going out, be back by midnight.
Dad: Ok! Midnight is the limit, be back on time.
Emily: Ok dad promise
I just finished working at Chick-fil-a ( my favorite restaurant) and I was driving to my best friend's house, Aria. She lived in the middle of no where, but had a beautiful house.From the main road it took twenty minutes to reach her house. I opened her front door and walked inside. I heard her whispering to someone on the phone. She was arguing but I couldn’t hear why. I entered the room and she immediately put down the phone and stared at me like I was a unicorn.
“ Emily, you have to leave now.” She ordered, I could tell that she was shaking. Something wasn’t right.
“ Aria, I was supposed to come over, we made plans a couple days ago!” I answered.
“ You have to go, I’m telling you.” Whispered Aria. She was staring at the ground, not making eye contact.
“ No,I’m staying until you give me a reason to leave.” I commanded.
“ It’s because I don’t want to mess with your destiny.” She shuttered.
“ Ok?” I answered and stomped out of her house to my car. Why did everything have to go wrong? First my mom getting in an deadly fire, and now my friends acting weird? What was happening?
Texting:
Emily: Dad coming home now change of plans.
Dad: Ok, cya soon.
My stomach was growling, I had forgot how hungry I was! I looked around to see a chinese restaurant up ahead. I took a sharp turn almost colliding into another car.
“ Whoops.” I whispered to myself. As I pulled into a parking space my phone started to ring. I checked to see who it was, it said no caller ID. I reached for it and answered.
“ Hello?”
“ Hi, is this Emily?”
“ Yes, who is this?”
“ This issssssssswauakrgewbg”
The call lost reception, whatever, probably a prank caller. I walked inside and stopped at the front desk. The chinese restaurant was small, but got a lot of business. I rang the little bell perched on the desk no one was ready to take my order. Bored now, I looked at the television. It was the news:
“ So we have some terrifying news, there has been some extreme weather. Im talking about major earthquakes,tornados, fire, and the ground under up splitting apart, all you-” The television turned off.
“ Don’t worry, that was just a movie.” Finally said someone that could take my order. I realized that I was the only person here. I looked up to see the staff looking at me.
“ Oh hey umm, I would like to place an order.” I stuttered.
“ Whose name should this order go by?” Asked the staff.
“ Emily Feilds.” I answered looking at my phone.
“ Sorry I can’t get you this order.” She answered, staring in shock into my eyes.
“ But..”
“ No, you have to get home right away, and I mean RIGHT AWAY.” I looked into her eyes to see them black.
“ Are you feeling ok?” I asked. Without answering she walked back into the kitchen and everything was silent.
A little freaked out, I quickly got in my car and zoomed home.
“ Hey dad I'm home!” I screamed as I walked through my house door.
“ Oh hey I'm...glad your home! Go back outside, I need to talk to you about something.” He responded.
“ Ok meet you out there!” I said and walked outside to wait for him. About 5 minutes later he walked outside and came over to me.
“ Dad, weird stuff has been happening to me lately and..” I began but he hushed me before I could finish.
“ Emily, listen to me, die everyday at midnight to stay alive. I dont want to do this, but it’s for the best. Do you hear me?” He whispered.
“ What’s happening?” I laughed, he is just probably playing a prank on me as always.
“ Sorry that I have to do this,” He cried. At that moment I spun around to see a circle of people surrounding me. Their eyes were straight black, their face showing no emotion. I was standing in the middle, everything was silent.
“ Dad whats going on? This isnt funny anymore!” I screamed. No mouths moved, or even twitched. My dad was one of them, eyes black, showing no emotion. I ran up to him to give him a hug to feel that he wasn’t breathing.
“ Whats going on?” I screamed. Tears trickled down my face as I fell to the floor. The circle was slowly closing in. I scrambled up from the street floor and tried to escape this closing circle. I was just pushed to the ground.
“ Someone help me!” I screamed. Now I was standing, spinning around, surrounded by a circle of these things!
All at once the sky above shattered like glass. A huge explosion pushed me to the ground.I felt my head to feel the warmth of blood wetting my hair. I sat up to see tornados, fire, and the world around me collapsing. I took one final breath of air, and closed my eyes, forever.