The black cat

Chap:1

•Astraea•

I woke up in the morning because I still have classes. I looked for my cellphone to charge it, I was about to go down but suddenly my fear of the dark attacked again.

"Ugh, darn it, I really need to get rid of this fear of the dark."

I said as I went downstairs to cook my breakfast, I opened the door to let the air in. But I saw a black cat. I fed it with my leftover food from last night.

The black cat meowed at me. I was about to get the leftover tuna but then my alarm clock rang. "Wait, I'll just turn off my alarm clock,"

I said to the black cat. I turned off my alarm clock, went back to the black cat but it was gone. And the plate I gave to the cat was broken. I was puzzled. But I didn't pay attention to it anymore because I was also getting hungry.

I took the noodles from the fridge to cook, boiled water, and when it was boiling, I added the noodles.

After a few minutes, the noodles were cooked. I got a small bowl and a spoon to eat, I was about to eat when I heard noises outside. I went outside to see what was happening.

When I went out, I saw police and people. And I saw a dead body on the road. I was shocked. So I went closer to see it clearly. The victim had no eyes, no teeth. My fear attacked again. And I suddenly fainted.

"And yun yung nangyari 2 months ago. Grabe yung kaba ko. " I said.

"So yung lalake na namatay, kilala mo bayun? "

"Ah, nung time nayun hindi ko sya medyo na recognize pero, yeah kilala ko sya and- " and I stopped

"Uy, ok ka lang? "

"A- a- ah.? Ah. Oo" I said stuttering

"So kilala mo ba yung boy? "

"Yeah.. Kuya ko yon. "

The person who was asking me suddenly stopped. "U- uh..." the person stuttered, unable to speak clearly.

"So... uh- u... w- wait... I'm really shocked... why aren't you crying now? I just really want to know..." the person asking me inquired.

"It has been a long time already. I'm not really traumatized anymore, but I hope to find out who killed my brother." I replied.

"It must have been difficult for you when your brother died, right?" the person asking me pondered.

"Yeah. So difficult, but I'm steel proud of myself for managing the situation. " i answered

After our conversation, I left to go home. While walking, I saw the black cat again, so I fed it once more. After feeding it, I left immediately because it was getting late.

I arrived home, sat down to rest, and took my cellphone. While scrolling through my news feed, I saw a news article that caught my attention.

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NEWS!

"A woman was found by the seaside with her hand missing and a circle on her stomach. Let's be cautious now because two people have already died without knowing the reason."

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I was shocked to see the news, and fear struck me again. It felt like my breathing was getting heavier, and it seemed like a voice was whispering to me, "die, die, die."

I was about to faint when someone meowed behind me. I saw the black cat that I saw earlier, and that's when I suddenly got scared of the black cat.

After seeing the black cat, someone dies, and that made me ponder, what if it's my turn next, what if my death is severe?

I scratched my head, closed my eyes, and when I opened them, the black cat was gone. I'm sure that it knew that I already knew it was the one killing people.

Time skip, it's morning. I picked up my phone and checked the time, "5:00 AM". "It's still early," I thought as I put down my phone and lay down. I was about to close my eyes when I heard a commotion outside.

I went to see what was happening, but suddenly thought that there might be another dead person. So when I went out, I saw someone just selling waffles, and I just laughed at myself.

But that's what I thought, as I was about to go inside, I saw a man on the rooftop of the school with his head severed, and what's worse, I saw the cat licking the dead body.

And the cat suddenly looked at me, smiled, and left.