"The human whose name is written in this book shall die," Andrew pondered as he stared at the writing in the black notebook on his desk. He glanced at the white writing on the cover of the notebook: "Death Note," it was called. "Huh. Quite an interesting joke, I'll give him that," he said as he turned off his desk lamp and jumped into bed. He shut his eyes and waited for the bliss of sleep. However, it never came. It had been 4 hours of lying in bed and waiting, when he jumped up and screamed, "AGH! WHY CAN'T I GET ANY SLEEP?!" Without him even getting near it, his desk lamp turned on to reveal the notebook open with a pen that seemed to be made of bones on top of it, calling to him, beckoning him to write someone's name. He blew it off and went downstairs to get some milk.
He opened the refrigerator and poured himself a tall glass of milk. A whooshing sound was heard, and Andrew, in shock, dropped his glass. Appearing in front of him, was something so terrifying, he couldn't move. A mysterious creature twice the size of the average human and the shape of a human stood before him. It's skin was black as night, and had the pale white face of a demon. It stood with black spiked hair, gigantic, evil wings and neo-gothic clothing as it bared it's razor-sharp teeth. Andrew began to scream, but was quickly silenced by the creature. It quietly whispered "Hello. My name is Ryuk." And with that, Andrew passed out.
When he came to, he was lying in his bed, thinking it was all a dream. Then Ryuk came down from the ceiling and muttered "Good morning." Andrew then began questioning the creature after realizing that if it wanted to kill him, it would've done so already. He discovered that the Shinigami(Gods of Death) do exist and that the notebook really does work. He still wasn't sure. "Well, Ryuk, how can I know it works…for sure?"
"Easy one: write a name." Ryuk said in a very convincing voice.
"I was afraid that you would say that." Andrew crossed over to his dresser, picked up the notebook, and grabbed a pen. He recited to himself, "'The human whose name is written in this book shall die. This note will not take effect unless the writer has the person's face in their mind when writing his/her name. Therefore, people sharing the same name will not be affected. If the cause of death is written within 40 seconds of writing the person's name, it will happen. If the cause of death is not specified, the person will simply die of a heart attack. After writing the cause of death, details of the death should be written in the next 6 minutes and 40 seconds.' Is that all, Ryuk?"
"Sounds right."
"I guess I could kill my neighbor. He's always making fun of the minorities around here, so nobody will miss him."
"Good. Wait, before you write a name…"
"What is it, Ryuk?"
"Could I have an apple?"
"You like apples?"
"Yes of course! Human apples are so…JUICY. To us, they're just like drugs for you humans, but without the side effects."
"Ok… I'll get you one after I write this." Andrew then took the pen, and wrote:
"James Foster, Traffic Accident"
"While crudely making fun of children in the street, he doesn't see a large pickup truck speeding straight for him, and is hit and killed at exactly 5:00pm on July 21st, 2014"
"I'm praying that this doesn't work. Let's go get you that apple."
The next day, Andrew leaves his house at 4:55pm with Ryuk by his side as they sit on the porch eating apples. "Hey Ryuk, can other people see or hear you?" Andrew asked curiously.
"Only if they touch the notebook, so as long as it's still in your room, we'll be fine."
"But can they see the apple you're eating?"
"Uh-oh. I'll stop for now."
"Oh, it's 4:59, we better start watching," Andrew said, leaning against his porch. As if on cue, Mr. Foster walked out of his house, ran into the street and began making racist comments. Andrew heard a loud honk, and as the minute changed, a large pickup truck turns the corner and takes Mr. Foster's life.
Andrew stood in shock and fear of the power he's stumbled upon. He looks at Ryuk, who has a simple smile of satisfaction on his face. Andrew leaned over the railing and vomited as he realized what horrors await him.