Little Pete's Visitors... A Twenty Four Hour Short Story
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One by one they all transformed, every single one of them. It began with their eyes.. They slowly grew in size, bulging until they threatened to fall off their enlarged sockets.
Then their heads, perhaps as a result of the bulged eyes, seemed to shrink and become smaller than normal...
Then their hands...
At this point, Pete couldn't fight it anymore. He closed his eyes...
And behind the darkness of his closed eyelids, he saw them return, every one of them. He'd seen them multiple times since they'd first appeared at his window the night before. Still, they terrified him as much, if not more than that first fateful visit...
Like last night, they floated their ship just outside his bedroom window, and they approached...
Pete tried to open his eyes, but he couldn't. He tried to scream, but the words wouldn't leave his mouth...
Still they approached...
Pete had a feeling all of this wasn't real, they'd gone since the night before. Maybe they never did come even. But all those thoughts made no difference to the fear he felt within, the strong desire he had to just run, and scream, and run some more...
They were within touching distance now, and they had spread around him... They spoke words he couldn't hear, and made gestures he couldn't understand...
One of them was bigger than the others, and he stood at the forefront. And as Pete watched, he bent low and stretched his hands towards him...
Suddenly the sounds stuck in Pete's throat broke free, and Pete screamed...
And screamed...
And just as he felt he had no more voice left to give, his eyes opened...
Before he saw them, he first heard their voices. Like the random chitchat of strangers they whispered. Then the voices got clearer...
"Whats wrong with him..?"
"Must be another episode.."
"Sure he can still come for the trip..?"
"Dunno, the bus is here already.."
"Seems little Pete is scared of vehicles.."
Then slowly Pete saw them...
His teacher and his fellow fifth graders stood around him, concern in their eyes...
Perhaps he should never have come to school after last night...
THE END
Written for @mctiller's Twenty Four Hour Short Story Contest
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This is interesting, I want to read more. First I thought he was seeing Aliens or a spaceship but you twisted it quite good. Thanks for this piece.
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