Who am I?

Ch: 16🍵

Date: 2024, March 18, Wed. 6:30 pm.

POV: Nyx

Me, Amber, and Talia are sitting in Axel's treehouse, far above the ground.

After we followed Axel to his house, we sneaked through the front, climbing up to his treehouse where we would hide from his parents.

It was quite cozy. Comfy bean bags scattered across the room. LED lights hanging on the ceiling, and what Axel told us was a Nintendo Console at the back, connected to another strange piece of technology, called a TV.

Axel climbed down, informing us he would be right back because he had homework to finish, something he's required to get done for school.

So many strange and foreign things about this time period, and I admit I was a little excited.

Me and Talia are sitting on the floor watching TV, after Axel taught us to turn it on, while Amber and him were chatting behind us, getting into an interesting discussion on phones. More strange, and unknown devices we would have to learn about here.

Axel holds up a small rectangular device, showing Amber. "This is an iPhone, and it's something you use to contact other people."

"Interesting..." she murmurs.

Then, I hear a heavy pattering on top of the tree house. Wind howls outside, and the whole structure starts to shake.

"What the...." I breath.

"Oh no..." says Axel. "We gotta get outta here. This isn't built to withstand storms."

I stand up, alarmed.

"Where'll we go?"

"Anywhere but here. Don't worry, I could hide you guys in the attic. I'll need to stay with my parents or else they'll get suspicious."

We climb down to the backyard, Axel clutching his Nintendo and phone, while swinging precariously on the way down.

We run across to his house, holding our hands above our heads as wind whips around us, almost carrying us off our feet.

We're drenched by the time we reach a ladder to somewhere underground. We follow Axel and climb down hesitantly, eventually reaching the bottom. He slides open the door, and we quietly walk in.

We clutch the walls, still following him as he leads us to another flight of stairs heading upwards.

He opens a door, checking to make sure his parents weren't around.

"Axel, where are you?" a female voice asks.

"Sh2t..." he mumbles. "That's my mom."

"I'm fine mom, I'll be right there."

"Okay hurry up dear, your fathers just checked the forecast. The storm will only get worse from here."

He turns to us, indicating to be as silent as possible. "Okay, moms in the kitchen. Follow me closely. With any luck she'll be turned in the other direction"

We nod.

We walk out, curving around the house to more stairs going up. We sigh with relief, as we finally reach a small trap door. It creaks open and we flinch, hoping his mom didn't hear us, but there were no sounds of footsteps.

We climb through and shut it behind us.

It was a small, cramped attic with a lot of antics and random trinkets. We sit awkwardly on a small couch. Axel hesitates, then says, "Well, I'll head down and check in with mom. Uh....don't do anything stupid?"

We roll our eyes as he leaves.

We wait in silence, no one speaking, fearing that someone will hear us. 

What will happen to us?