Prompt 1: Escaping was only the first step....
"Escape"
I carefully tiptoed towards the door, trying my way very best not to make noise. I want to escape - no, I need to escape, Every single day of my life felt as if I am being tortured in this hell - in this home. All I ever wanted was to live a normal life, was that too much to ask?
"Where do you think you're going?" I stopped walking after hearing that voice. The voice that I feared ever since I was little. I bit my lip trying to hold back my tears.
"I was just --"
"You're trying to escape again?" He asked and took a step towards me.
"No papa --"
"You're trying to sneak out again!" He grabbed my wrist and dragged me. He's mad, and I know what will happen next. He'll beat me up again. I cried in pain when I felt his fist on my stomach and on my chin leaving another bruise on my face.
"Never ever try to leave this house again." He firmly said and stormed out the room. I helplessly burst out in tears. How much longer do I have to endure this pain?
"If only Mama is here." I said before everything turned black.
I woke up in the middle of the night when I heard someone knock at the door. Fear crept into my nerves thinking it is Papa but when the door finally opened, I saw a boy same as my age standing in there while looking at me.
"W-who are you?" I whispered.
"Come with met," he said and dragged me out of the room.
"Where are we going?" I asked while we carefully tiptoed towards the kitchen.
"Escape." He answered and smiled. We headed towards the kitchen's exit door but it is locked. He took out a small pin out of his pocket and started lock-picking the door and after a minute, it opened.
"Where did you learn that?" I asked when we finally got out of the door.
"School."
"Narisa!" Shocked, we saw Papa furiously walking towards us.
"Run!" He shouted and we both ran towards the street. We run as fast as we could. I managed to get out of that house, I will also manage to get out of this mess. I stumbled and surely, Papa is now here.
"Papa, please let me go!" I cried. I looked at the boy who helped me get out of the house but he's only standing.
"Hey you there! Help me! Please!" I begged him. Papa looked at his direction and looked at me again with a confused face.
"Who are you talking to?" He asked so I pointed out the way.
"Narisa, look at me." Papa said but I refused and continued to cry.
"Papa, let me go! I can't endure all the pain you've caused me! If you'll let me go, I'll be free Papa! You will not hurt me anymore!" He cried as I say those words.
"You have to take your medicine now Narisa." He said and looked at me as if he's worried about me.
"Escape is the only first step for me to live a normal life! Please let me go Papa!"
"Please stop now darling. Stop the hallucinations and illusions. I never did hurt you darling. Now come on, you have to take your medicine."
There, I woke up, I will never live a normal life for I am cursed with this mental disorder. Papa never hurt me nor caged me inside our house. The wounds, bruises, the boy who helped me escape - they're not true. They were just my imagination. I was just hallucinating.
Prompt 2: You are becoming more suspicious that your English teacher is actually an alien from another planet.
Danny is becoming more suspicious that his English teacher named Ludzak is an alien. On his first day at school, he was confuse by his teacher’s name, Ludzak is just an unusual name. He has a hobby of watching alien documentaries in MeTube that’s why he know what aliens is.
After a few weeks, her teacher Ludzak got mad at their section, being the class president, he is in-charge of depending his fellow classmates. Their argument with Miss Ludzak is going very critical and he is confident of winning it not until her eyes got completely white. He was horrified so much that he was outbalanced and fell off the floor. He was sure that his classmates saw it also, but he needs more evidences to prove that Miss Ludzak (or whatever) is an alien from another planet.
After that, several weeks later, he was confined in a hospital because of dengue. While on the hospital, his classmated texted him that they would go visit him there. He also texted them back that they can visit him in the hospital because he also misses them. An hour late, there was a knock on the door. His mom then quickly opened it and to his surprise, it is his English teacher, Miss Ludzak.
She then greeted his mother and then hugged her while looking to him and showing a pair of sharp bloody teeth, he then remembered that his classmates texted him that they will visit him, but they didn’t. He started to mentally panic. What if his friends got killed or feasted by this alien disguised as a teacher. He then asked his mother to not leave him. His mother told him why, he then listened to them (he didn’t answered his mother’s question because he didn’t hear it). He heard Miss Ludzak said to his mother that Danny got a very hot argument with her, but he was outbalanced and fell to the floor. She also said that Danny is a kid with a potential, that he is smart and good in Math and Science subject, but deep down he knows that he is not good at that subjects and she is just sugarcoating him.
After a few hours, he heard his teacher left and her mother then talked to him. He was asked why did he got into an argument with his teacher. He then shouted at her saying that the words she threw (his teacher) was just unjust. His mother then got mad at him, he scolded him very bad that he couldn’t say a word to defend his side. His mother then walked out the room and leaves him alone.
After a few minutes, he felt that the floor is shaking and then the lights was turned off. The electricity was out and the machines that was supporting him that time was also out. He then felt dizzy but he manages to look over the window, he was horrified of what he say, a giant UFO is floating, he can see aliens around with laser pistols and ray guns shooting down the citizens of earth. He can hear screams of people being shot alive. There was no mercy, but what horrified him the most is that he saw Miss Ludzak walking toward the UFO while carrying his mom. He wants to shout but there was no words coming out, he wants to fight but he is too weak. He then fell to the floor and was out of consciousness. He thought that it was over, but he then was awakened by a sound of a human. A familiar voice talking with manly voice. The room is very dark and lonely. He then realized the voice is coming from his mother. He heard them saying “Doctor what can we do? How can we save my child?” she then started crying. “Be confident Mrs. Donald, we can save your child from drug addiction, but it will take 5 years to treat him, are you going to wait?” answered the doctor. “I can wait doctor, but please do your very best to fix him,” said his mother.
The flashbacks then attacked his brain, with his tears flowing down. “Hey Danny, we’re bestfriends, right? If we are to take this drugs, it will take your pain away caused by the death of your father.” “Danny! Danny! Danny!! Take it Danny, it is not dangerous and it won’t affect your body, After this, you will feel no pain.”
He then burst into tears, his mother then quickly hugged him and also cried. “I’m sorry mom” he said while tears are falling from his eyes. “We will survive this, Danny. You will live a happy life after this, you don’t deserve this” his mother assured. He then hugged his mother, cried and cried until he fell asleep again.
5 years later, he is looking very healthy, with a bright smile and a fine hair. He quickly hugged his mother, “Congratulations Fanny, you made it” mother said. “It won’t be nothing without this book, Mom” showing a bible while talking to his mother.
“Congratulations Danny” a familiar voice came in. It was his English teacher, Luza. She wasn’t an alien, he is just in influence of hallucinogens that time. The aliens isn’t real after all, it was the effects of it.
“He was finally over it.”
Prompt 2: You are becoming more suspicious that your English teacher is actually an alien from another planet.
My school was really weird, but the most weird thing in this school is my English teacher, Mr. Cross. His looks, the way he talks and his body movements are all weird. Noises like “blip blop,” “bleeh,” and “blalala” always comes out of his mouth which is really funny when he talks in front. And sometimes, I could catch a glimpse of his body parts getting longer or shorter, ugh I remember the time I saw his arms getting longer under the table and I freaked out.
First, I didn’t mind it because the other students didn’t notice it and they also didn’t mind. But lately, it happens so frequently so I started thinking that it was not natural and Mr. Cross is really weird. You can call me crazy but I’m starting to think that he’s a creature from another world.
Ever since, I started following Mr. Cross wherever he goes but I can’t find anything that will prove my prediction that he’s an ALIEN.
One day, I got tired of following him and just went straight home. When I was in the bridge, walking, I saw something strange happening under the bridge, there were 3 shiny creature facing each other. Weird noises were coming out from their mouth like “blip blop” which is really familiar.
“Mr. Cross!!!” I shouted when I realize that that’s why the noise were familiar. But I covered my mouth when I realized that I shouted. Ugh, not they’ll know that someone was spying.
They all transformed back to the “human” form and I was shocked when I saw 2 of my classmates.
Why, Ms. Dowd?” They asked in harmony, which is really creepy.
“All of you are an Alien.” I said, not believing that Mr. Cross was really an Alien.
“What do you mean, Ms. Dowd? This is our natural form. The form with long body parts or whatever you call that is just something we turn into so that we could move freely.” Mr. Cross explained and there were a lot of “blip blop” on his sentence.
“I don’t get it. I’m not like you three. I can’t turn into a slimy creature.” I was confused. I don’t get what they want me to understand.
“Ahh, I get it. You must be one of the survivors when a weird rocket ship with weird creatures like you crashed in this peaceful planet Edo.” Mr. Cross said as if it was not a big deal.
And that is when I realized something. They were all different from me not because they were Alien but because I AM THE ALIEN.
What a funny thing because I suspected Mr. Cross being an alien when in reality I’m the Alien.
I’m the Alien and not Mr. Cross.