chapter 1: the beginning of darkness
arthurs p.o.v
arthur opened his eyes. it was a bright new day! then he looked over at the calender. aw great he thought. its monday. five entire days with mr ratburn of all teachers. he sighed and went downstairs.
"good morning arthur" said his mom. "today we're having something a bit unorthodox for breakfast." she pulled the cover off the platter on the table, revealing a pile of live snails.
arthur burst into tears. "WHY, MOM, WHY?" he slammed his face into the snails.
"i thought d.w. would like it" she replied. that's mom. narrated arthur in his thoughts. she always prefers d.w. i hate it. d.w. gets everything.
the familiar sound of d.w. stomping down the stairs filled the room. speak of the devil.
"good morning d.w. we made snails, your favorite" said their mom.
d.w. smiled. "oh boy! i love snails!" she ran over and poured the platter into her mouth. then she spat them all onto the floor. "ugh i hate snails"
"oh my god shes acting worse than usual" said arthur.
"young man" shouted his mom. "after school you Are grounded."
"why?" "you critisized d.w. shes only a kid."
"but she lacks empathy!"
"maybe it is you who lacks empathy."
they were interrupted by d.w. "im going to kil god"