The Opposite of Dark

'''I have no idea what this story will be about. I stopped writing for a while, and I’m trying to start again, so I’m just going to start writing. I haven’t done this in a long time, but here goes.'''

Death is a commone thing, far too common in this world. Not in the streets, not where you can see them. It’s the feeling, not of mourning, but of that eerie beware that sinks deeper and deeper into you. Unsettling. But again, common.

It’s those stupid persefonis. I shouldn’t think like this. It’s the ones that defy them who die. It’s the ones that are the most lively that are brought away to the ever growing graveyard.

But I suppose, what’s worth living in a world like this?

As I walk, the streets are silent and black. The Academy in the distance is dark, too. For as long as I can remember it’s been like this. Well, not always. Till I was four.

''Darkness leering near the door. A woman’s scream. A dash.''

What happened that night, and who was the woman? Something tugs, but I push it away. More concerning things are happening today. It’s Friday the Thirteenth. Which means a Gathering at the Academy.

The Gatherings don’t happen often. Always on Friday the Thirteenth. Always a few kids, usually thirteen year-olds, disappear.

And this year I’m thirteen. I know they’re watching me. Will I be one to disappear? The don't die. I know that… somehow. I can feel it but I don’t like that fact. It scares me.

What if I become one of them?

I shiver. And urge comes to me to run, and I do, on and on towards the Academy. My feet thud in the silent street, and somehow that’s even more unsettling.

Everything is, here.

The Gathering is beginning when I arrive, even though I ran. That’s the other strange thing, here. Everything’s backward. Everything’s wrong.

If I try to stop this, become one of the light, the dark will only eat me up.

Like they did to my mother.

Hmm, what was that thought? Something about the screaming woman from the shattered memory?

Whatever it was, it’s gone now.

To be continued, stay tuned!