Don't Blink - V.L.M

CHAPTER 1

23 SEPTEMBER 2025,

THE DAY MY LIFE SLOWLY STARTED TO SINK AWAY....................

THE DAY ALL KNOWLEDGE WAS GAINED BUT ALL HOPE LOST.............

THE DAY I REALIZED I DIDN’T HAVE LONG TO LIVE...............

CHAPTER 2

20 September 2025,

As I closed my locker door and stared into the endless hallway I realized it was 3 pm already! I rushed past the confused students and caught the bus just in time. My friend Amelia had managed to save a seat for me. I thanked her and sat down. when I reached home I gasped, as my door had been ripped out and all my files were strewed everywhere. I entered and saw my whole house had been ransacked, all the dishes scattered, my grandma's china vase disseminated to pieces on the floor. I ran up to my room and checked my locker, everything had been taken! as I went down to call the police I saw a note on the dining table. It read, "don't blink", it had a news report attached to it :

GIRL FOUND LIFELESS ON ALM STREET AT 4:30

AMELIA THOMPSON, a 19-year-old girl was found dead on Alm street at 4:30 PM on 20 September 2025. There were no signs of any weapon or struggle. She was found frozen on the street. Detectives are now investigating what occurred that evening that lead to this tragedy.

CHAPTER 3

I just collapsed and I don't remember what happened after that I could hear sirens and feeble mumbles of people. The next thing I saw was the white walls of the emergency room. I woke up with a start and tousled my long brown hair. A man dressed in black entered. He murmured something to the nurse and she disappeared behind a white curtain. The man cleared his throat and said in a rough voice, "Are you AMELIA THOMPSON'S friend?". I managed to mutter a confused yes, he continued "I am afraid your dear friend had passed out today at 4;30 pm. I am truly sorry about your loss.". I was speechless for a second. The man soon left and I thought, how could this be happening?? why?? When?? Where?? I was quiet for the next few hours, at around 8:00 pm the nurse came in, she notified that someone had come to pick me up, I was confused as I lived alone in the city and Amelia was my only friend in the city. a woman in her thirties entered the room. She told me to play along and she would soon explain everything. As I was already confused about the note and Amelia so I agreed to follow her. I just needed to know what was happening in my life right now. she led me to a deserted house. When inside she subsequently introduced herself, "my name is Rita, Rita jones - I work for an organization, whose name will not be disclosed, and I am commissioned here to tell you all I understand.". I modestly nodded. She continued, "your dear friend was killed by a monstrosity or assassin completely unknown to us until today, I can't tell you more as it could kill you but all I want to tell you is 'don't blink' they are all around us, we were just too blind to see " and like that she collapsed. I got scared and tried to resuscitate her but nothing worked. I got frightened and just ran. I was later informed of Rita jones's death on the news. I reached home and picked up the note. It read the same words "don't blink". I was too scared and perplexed to do anything so I just went to bed. The next morning I was awakened by the piercing voice of my extension ringing. I rushed out of bed but it got disconnected. I ignored it and disrobed into my preferred red frock and white shoes, I neatly combed and braided my brown locks. As I was making my bed the phone rang again, I went down to pick up the phone, and on the other line, I heard a girl's voice, Amelia's voice.

CHAPTER 4

Amelia was wheezing and sounded like she was in pain," Emily, I want to tell you something very important. I am going to die soon and I need to tell you that you were an amazing friend and by all means, I need you to be safe I just want you to not blink, don't blink, it can put your life in danger, they were in front of us all this while, we were too busy to notice." and like that the call was cut. I called the police and told them what had happened, after some research, they told me that this call was recorded before the death. I sighed with contentment as I was afraid I was hallucinating with anxiety. why was I hearing these words everywhere I went 'don't blink'.I decided to clear my mind by going to my favourite spot in the city, the house on willstard street, it belonged to my great grandmother. She died during the war and everyone forgot about the house but, I found pictures of it in my great grandma's journal and decided to explore it, and after many explorations, I started loving it like my own home. It was a huge white mansion with a disordered lawn in the front and green vines wrapping around the wall, in the centre there was a statue of a raven. I usually just ignore it but, today it felt like the raven was staring at me, I quickly brushed away my thoughts and headed inside.

CHAPTER 5

I strolled around for a while and soon noticed a book on the table. Strange, I thought, it was never there before. I opened it to find a poem.

"We are here,

we are there,

we shall be seen everywhere.

we are black,

our eyes shine gold,

our stories may never be told

we have waited long enough,

to gain what's truly ours,

now we shall wait no more

for we have found our pure gold..."

I know who killed Rita jones and Amelia, I know what is their pure gold and it's planet Earth, I know who left the note to send me on a wild goose chase! It is a trap! I turned around and I blinked.

I felt a sudden prick in my back and saw blood trickling down my legs, I turned the page and saw the words, "WE ARE THE RAVENS, THIS PLANET BELONGS TO US, OH! HUMAN DEARS WILL YOU EVER LEARN, BLINK AND WE SHALL ATTACK. WE ARE FASTER THAN FAST. BETTER WATCH WHERE YOU STEP CAUSE OUR CROAK WILL NOT BE FAR BEHIND"

I turned around and I saw it, the raven, the alive statue, It never was a statue, blood was dripping from its beak. I wrote my last words and closed my eyes, They are all around us, SO DON'T TURN YOUR BACK, DON'T LOOK AWAY, AND DON'T BLINK.