Things {btsxoc] (Hiatus)

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[9 years]

M-Mommy I remember asking my mom the day after everything changed

Can we go to the park I had asked

No she had responded, she said we wouldn't be leaving the house for awhile

Later that night my parents sat me down and told me a list of rules I would have to follow

1) Never leave the house alone

2) Don't open the door for anyone and always keep the windows and doors locked

3) Stay quiet 

4) Don't leave my room when it gets dark

5) If your outside don't look up

6) Don't ask questions

7) Don't make friends

Little did I know I would be following these rules religiously for the next 8 years

[2 weeks later]

I remember the day perfectly

we were running out of groceries and my parent were forced to go get more

I didn't understand why my parents wouldn't let me go with them

They said it was risky, but why?

For some reason they reminded me about the rules again

They said they would be fast, half an hour at the most

So why three hours later was I still there waiting?

I remembered hearing a knock at the door and freezing

I had remembered rule 3 to stay quiet

An hour later the TV turned on 

It was odd because it only turns on by itself when big news happens

I couldn't remember the word they used for them 

I should have

I just called them things

The newscasters said that the things wouldn't hurt us anymore

And that we made a peace treaty

I couldn't wait to ask my Mom and Dad if I could go to the store with them now

But then the news changed

They said they wanted to mourn the people who  were killed by the things

They said that the newly orphaned kids would live with the things as a new bonding experience

I felt bad for those kids

But soon enough I learned I would qualify to be one of those kids