I was walking along the street. Step by step. Hearing nothing but my hard breathing, and my foot steps.
It was a cold night. Enough to make the fog from your own breathing smear in your face and not let you breath for a few more seconds. It was also enough to make me not able to see two feet in front of me. It was freezing. A winter's day of course. Though much colder. I can't wait to get home and drink a cup of hot cocoa.
I had a box with me that was making the breathing worse. The box had a living being. Funny, I still didn't know what it was. I was getting my friends and I a present. I had gone to the pet store and bought this little guy here. They told me they didn't want me to buy it. For they said I would not like it. They said, as well, that it had to be kept in water at all times and needed loving care from only an all animal lover. I bought it anyways.
I didn't care though. I wanted it to be special. Something new. Something no one had ever come in touch with. I was almost at my house. I could tell. I could feel the wind slowing down. Meaning that I was near a building that took the push of the wind for me, meaning I was almost there.
The breeze slowed down because there was one building in front of my house, and the only building other than my house for miles. The building was tall and abandoned. It used to be a newspaper company. I would always get the newspaper everyday. There was a problem with where the company though. They could never get to anyone's house for miles. other than mine of course. And other than my house they always ended up late. After time passed, the company...failed. It's been that way for 3 years. the building always gives me this...feeling. I don't know how to put it though. it makes me feel curious and scared. And also sometimes it makes me feel sad. I don't know why though.
Anyways, I was near my house. I could see the snow start to fall above my head. It was cold, but still warming. It made me smile. Snow always made me smile. I really don't know why.
I heard voices off in the distance. Must be my friends at the door. They most likely could see me, while I couldn't see them through the fog and snow. I heard someone off in the distance. They were yelling. Probably for me.
"Sky! Sky! Are you out there? Sky!" said a familiar voice that I could not recognize exactly.
"Yes, I'm here." I said to assure them that I was out here somewhere.
"Oh thank you! Your ok!" said the voice.
"What was I going to get hurt by?" I replied trying to guess who was saying all these things.
"Well... I'll explain later. Just come inside!" it said.
"OK I'm coming!" I yelled back. I realized that the voice was male. I started running toward where the voice was coming from. I saw my house. I headed toward the door and... no one was there? Who was yelling at me? I opened the door and slowly walked inside to see what was happening. Nothing. Nothing was happening. The fireplace wasn't lit and the lights were turned off. Who? What?
"Oh your here. Thank goodness." I heard the voice say. It sounded like it was trying to hide. The lights turned on. Ty walked in... with no headphones on? What? He NEVER leaves his headphones. EVER.
"Why don't you have your headphones on?" I asked in complete confusion.
"It's a long story. I'll explain in a minute. Want some hot cocoa?" He asked me with a weird tone in his voice. What's going on with him today? The lights turned off? The fireplace not lit? No headphones on? What's with the weird voice?
"Yeah I'll take some but... why were the lights off? And why wasn't the fire lit? It's a super cold winter night. You should have it lit. I had it lit when I left here this morning." I said just waiting patiently for answers.
"As I said earlier: I'll explain later." He replied with a more... normal voice. Why later? Why not now?
"OK, but please make it quick." I said back trying to get this over with, and get some answers.
"Here's your cocoa. And sit down over there and I'll answer some questions ok?" He replied.
"OK thank you." I said thanking him for the cocoa and because he was going to tell me answers. I sat down on the couch in the living room and thought to myself "I wonder what the answers are? What he has to say?"
He sat down at the chair across from the couch I was sitting on. He cleared his throat and started talking. "OK so...the reason for the lights and for the fire: someone... odd came in today..."
