The Day The Earth Grew Quiet

I

I sighed, yet another stupid day gone by in this useless place. I dread it. School, the teachers, the people, hell I even hate the god damn smell of the halls.

I peered up from my note-filled paper hearing the blurred out voice of Mr.Orlen going on about the ancient civilization of the Mayans. 'Tap, tap, tap' the noise of the black pen against my notebook went as I heaved a sigh

When will my life be exciting? Wake up, get ready, eat, drive to school, learn something useless, go home, do my work, fall asleep. Never do I do anything out of schedule.

My mentality wouldn't allow it, the voices wouldn't allow it. I absolutely hated everything that was known to me as my life. I'm not popular, nor do I have any talents or play a sport.

"Luna?" A voice called out as I felt a nudge against my right shoulder "Luna?!" The same voice whispered harshly against my ear causing me to snap back revealing big hazel eyes that belonged to Leya.

"What?" I asked sighing and running a hand through my long brown hair. Rolling my eyes, I opened them slightly more to show I was waiting for her response

"Oh right stop day dreaming you look stupid with your mouth wide open" she shrugged twisting the blue pen in between her every finger

"Just because your my best friend doesn't mean I can't pun-"

"Luna? Do you have something you'd like to share to the class?" Mr.Orlen called out from the full black chalk board. The class' attention turned towards me causing another sigh to escape my lips

"No, if I did I would've said it a long time ago" I added, placing my elbow on the cold surface of the desk resting my head against my palm of my right hand looking out the window

"Miss Luna your respect towards your elders is deplorable. What has gotten into you? You were never like this" he complained as I mocked his annoying tone under my breath.

A slight tear of paper was heard as my eyes quickly changed towards his desk. The older man scribbled onto the paper and held it pointing towards the door

"See what your mouth gets you into" Leya chuckled softly as I let out a small growl and collected my things. I shrugged and walked over tugging the loose yellow paper out of his old clammy hands and walked out the door

Exiting the class I shrugged, it wasn't my first detention so I don't care.

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"Mr.Orlen I need to give Luna her uh..um...her medication! Yeah that!"

Mr. Orlen adjusted his black thick glasses and sighed "may I ask why do you have her medication?"

Leya but her lip, her mind scouting for a response "because...I do.. I DID STAY OVER HER HOUSE AND SHE GAVE IT TO ME SO SHE COULD TAKE IT!"  She responded.

Sighing, he created a quick pass and handed over to the detention slip and shook his head. "Children today are so different then the ones I grew up with"

The blonde grabbed her bag and phone, walking towards him, giving me him a thank you for the note and exited the doors to the class. Her phone vibrated as she lifted it up to read 'Leo'.

A smile placed itself along her thin lips reading his message 'good morning beautiful sorry I couldn't text or call yesterday, you know family problems. Well if you need anything let me know love you~'

Leo, the most amazing guy you'll every meet. Even though Luna teases him as to say he looks like some type of animal Leya forgot which one, and that they basically hate each other but he's a true nice guy.

Her slender  fingers quickly typed away at the keyboard 'aw it's okay don't worry, good morning and love you too' sending the message she placed the phone in thee pocket of her blue jeans entering the detention room.

The room was silent, just a simple eerie silence where you could here a pin drop against the floor. Leya's brown eyes noted that Luna was in the far corner peering out the window, a weird habit of hers.

The tall, stoic teacher called out towards me as Leya having her walkover handing the slip of paper then announcing the few rules of detention.

Luna fumbled at her book bag pulling out a pencil and an eraser along with her infamous sketch book. Sighing she turned to a crisp new blank page beginning to sketch lost in thought.

Her pictures were usually horror based along with her cousins but Leya knew not to speak of her art. "Zethra.." The blonde mumbled seeing that right at the top of the page seeing Luna's hands glide across the paper skillful showing the outline. Elongated canines, creature on all fours, pitch black fur or skin, claws that could pierce through the thickest walls.

Zethra the name Luna gave to the place she'd dream of in her nightmares. The things that haunted her at night is what she would say. Luna peered up as she scattered closing her sketch book as if in a hurry. She seemed on edge, anxious and nervous.

Luna's gaze became fixated on the outside as she closed her eyes. 'What's wrong?' Leya asked herself seeing her bestfriend like that seemed to remind her of the ways she'd wake up from those nightmares.

The others around me seemed to turned and look out the window, as a piercing shrill was heard through out the classroom getting everyone's attention.

Luna seemed to freeze as everyone began to scream and panic watching that-that thing turned its heads our way showing that malicious grin.

Its hind legs seemed to have pushed it towards our room as Luna grabbed her journal and Leya's hand as the creature was busy tearing and shredding the insides of the girl that shouted.

Luna ran with her bestfriend in tow, grabbing the key chain that belonged to the now in half Mrs.Ramay. "I-it can't be I'm dreaming" Luna muttered to herself as she slammed the classroom door close , her trembling hands shaking as she locked the door hearing banging against the door window pane, blood splattering against it.

"What do you mean?!" Leya asked as Luna ran into another room, the custodians closet to be exact. She locked it from the inside and heard the speaker go off "We are in Code Red, I repeat code-" horrid screams and gurgling noises were heard through the speakers.

Luna looked out the small window, panting loudly

"They're here"