The Worst Day
I was currently in my dorm room on my computer trying to finish a major project for school when a knock came to my door. I stopped typing and looked at my door waiting for another knock to come. I waited several seconds before turning back around and started typing again. Another knock came from my door and I stopped typing again and pinched the bridge of my nose with two fingers. I got up out of my chair and walked over to my door and opened it.
“Yeah?” I ask the person behind the door. It was my next room neighbor, Josh, he was tall short brown hair with green eyes. He was wearing a colts hoodie and blue jeans.
“Hey man did you get the French homework done?” he asks me with a hopeful look.
“No, not at the moment.”
“Well do you mind if I get some help when you do? I don’t understand what to do for this assignment.” he said scratching the back of his head.
“Sure.” I said simply starting to close the door. Before it shut completely he stuck his foot in the doorway stopping the door from closing.
“You are coming to the camp night tonight right?” he asked me.
“I don’t know, I don’t think so.” I said trying to end the conversation.
“Come on man. At least come and if you don’t like it then you can just leave.”
I sighed. “Alright, fine. I’ll come. But if I get there and don’t like it at all then I’m leaving.” I said.
“Good. See ya later man.” he said and he took his foot from the door and walked off. I closed the door, walked back over to my desk and sat down in my chair.
I started to work again before my stomach grumbled and I ignored it. My empty stomach made me pay attention to it however, and I tried my hardest to focus on my work. After several more seconds there was a louder groan from my stomach and I sighed in defeat. I saved my work, and turned off my computer. I got up and went and grabbed my grey hoodie and walked out of my room locking the door behind me.
I walked for a while heading for the closest place I could find to grab a bite to eat. Luckily the closest place to get something was Taco Bell. One of my favorite fast food places, McDonald's is a close second but you can’t beat their Mexican Pizza.
I walked inside and ordered the Mexican pizza meal which consists of the pizza, two tacos with meat, sour cream, lettuce, cheese, and tomato in that order, with a drink. I waited several minutes for my food to be made and my number finally got called and I walked up to the counter, grabbed my food, and walked over to an empty table next to a window and sat down. I ate my food and while I was doing so my phone in my pocket started to buzz and I put down my taco that I was eating and pulled my phone out of my pocket. I saw that the name on the screen said Lucy. I sighed and swiped the answer button to the center of the screen and put the phone up to my ear.
“Hello.”
“Hey Alex! Where are you right now?” Lucy said with her usual happy cheery voice.
“None of your business. Why do you want to know anyway?”
“Well I went to your dorm room and you weren’t there. So I called and asked where you were and…” she said but I cut her off before she started to ramble on like she always did.
“Yeah, yeah, yeah. What did you need?”
“I wanted to know if you were going to the camping thing tonight, and if you wanted to grab a bite to eat?” she asked.
“Well I guess I’m going. Josh already talked me into it… sort of. And I’m already…”
“Hey Alex.”
“Yeah?” I asked annoyed that she interrupted me.
“Look to your right.”
“Why would I need to... SWEET HOLY JESUS!” I yelled falling out of my seat from the sudden fright.
I landed on the ground with a thud and rubbed my back. I looked out the window and saw Lucy laughing her ass off. She had blond hair with blue eyes wearing tight light blue jeans curving around her curves and a skin tight plain blue shirt tight against her large breasts. She hung up the phone and walked over to the front door, I got up and put my phone back in my pocket and sat back down in my chair. Lucy sat down in the chair across from me and I picked up my half eaten taco and continued to eat. We sat there in awkward silence. I was never good with starting much less continuing one. Luckily Lucy knew this and knowing her she was thinking of one right now and will say it in 3… 2… 1…
“So how have you been?” she asked me. Called it.
“Fine. Classes are killer though. Uh, what about you?” I ask her attempting to continue the conversation.
“Good, good. I’m having a bit of trouble with my world language class though.” she says with a sheepish smile while scratching the back of her head.
“Same.” And welcome back awkward silence, why don’t ya fuck off.
“So hey, I was wondering if you would maybe… um, be my date to the camp thing tonight?” she asks me and I choke on my food from the surprise question. I couch and take a drink of my water and clear my throat.
“A-are you serious?” I sputtered with my words. She simply nods while looking away.
“Are you sure you want to go with me?” I ask and she nod again. “Uh, yeah. I’d love too.” I said and she looks up at me surprised at my answer and the corners of her mouth slowly twitch and turn into a huge toothy smile and she jumps out of her chair and brings me into a tight hug.
“Oh I’m so glad you said yes. I was afraid you were going to say no but you said yes and I’m so excited now and I can’t wait until tonight…” she said while choking me to death between her large melons.
“Lucy.” I said breathlessly tapping her shoulder with a finger while she suffocated me.
“So we can have fun, and play games, and hang out by a fire.”
“Lucy.” I said tapping her shoulder a bit harder this time.
“Ooh and we can eat together too. Oh it's going to be so much fun!”
“Lucy!” I yell and she finally heard me.
“What?”
“You’re… suffocating… me.”
“Oh I’m so sorry.” she said and she lets me go and I instantly take in as much air as my lungs would allow me to take in and hold.
“It’s *pant* alright.” I said and we sat back down and I went back to finishing my food.
I ate in silence as Lucy just sat there watching me eat with a smile, I finished my last taco and crumbled up the paper and put my trash on my tray and went over to a trashcan and dumped it into the trashcan. I walked back over to the table and sat back down. Lucy started up another conversation and we talked for several minutes before I had told her I needed to get back to my project and she made sure that I was going to the camp thing tonight and I said that I promise and we went our separate ways. I walked all the way to my dorm room without any more interruptions and I started on my project again. I worked on it for a few hours before stopping for the day and I saw that the time was an hour away from 10 o'clock. I had one hour before having to be at the camp out. I got up and turned off my computer right after saving it and got some things that I would need for the night.
My phone in my pocket buzzed and I pulled it out and saw that it was a text message from Josh. I opened it and it said that I should bring my daggers so we can throw them at some targets. I thought it was a stupid idea but I walked over to my closet and opened it. I searched through the top of my closet moving aside boxes of things I can’t even remember what was in them and I finally found what I was looking for. My three daggers that were sharp and cleaned. I pulled them out and put the two daggers that looked like just a normal combat knife in my backpack on top of my clothes and I held my favorite dagger in my hand. It was curved and had holes in it that made it look like a Christmas tree with ornaments on it. I held it in my hand remembering where I had gotten it from.
It was a gift from my father and the convenient thing is is that he gave it to me on Christmas. And I’ve had it ever since I was 12 so I’ve had this for about 11 years now. And every day it reminds me of him, and when he died. He was shot a dozen times in the middle of the night on his way home with me with him after we had both gotten off from work and he stopped to get some things from the store and I stayed in the car but when I saw him walk out of the store with bags in one of his hands a man in a hood walked up to him and pulled out a gun and shot him a dozen times. And every night I would lay awake remembering that one night and hearing the gunshot till this day like it's happening over and over again.
A knock came to my door making me snap out of my flashback and I quickly put the dagger in my bag and zipped it up and walked over to the door and opened it. Josh was standing in the doorway with a bag slung across his shoulder.
“Ready to go?” he asked me.
“Yeah hold on a sec.” I said and I walked over and grabbed my bag and walked back over to the door. “Alright let's go.” I said and I walked out and closed my door and locked it behind me. Even though I had a car to drive myself I didn’t like driving all that much.
We walked out to the parking lot and it was very dark with streetlights and the light of the moon for light. We walked over to a red truck and got into it. Josh started the car and pulled out onto the street. We drove for half an hour to wherever this thing was taking place. Several minutes passed and Josh pulled into a dark and creepy forest. We went down a road for a minute and finally reached an opening. It was a rocky opening that had several other cars here. We parked next to a white car and got out of the truck and I followed Josh down a small grassy path with my bag on my back. We walked through the forest for a minutes or two and I saw a bright but low light not too far away from where we were now.
We entered a small area with leaves scattering the ground and logs surrounding a campfire that was burning brightly with variant colors of red orange and blue on the wood as the beautiful flames danced away in the night. I saw many people here some I knew most I didn’t. I saw Lucy sitting on a log watching the fire burn, I also saw some of my friend I met in class. There was Julian, Evan, Levin, David, Douglas, and Fariel sitting on the logs with four other people I didn’t know. I sat down next to Lucy who still didn’t notice me until I sat down. She looked up and smiled at seeing me and gave me an awkward hug. We started to talk for several minutes before others started to join in on the conversation about current events and things we did when we were younger. After what felt like hours of talking Josh asked me a question but I didn’t know what he said.
“What?” I ask turning to him.
“I said, get out your daggers and let's throw them at some targets.”
“Alright.” I said getting up and picking up my bag that I had set down behind the log I was sitting on. I unzipped my bag and pulled out my three daggers. Everyone oohed and awed at them and I saw David walk off to go get what I guessed is the targets. A few minutes later David comes back with a target in his hand and he puts it down in front of a tree that's a bit away from the fire.
“Alright who’s going first?” Josh asked while I stood next to him holding my daggers.
“I’ll do it.” Julian said and he walked over to me and I handed him one of the other daggers keeping my favorite to myself.
He took it in his hand by the handle and walked in front of the target and walked backwards 10 steps about 2 feet away from the fire. He took aim at the target and then threw it as hard as he could and it went straight through the target like a hot knife in butter. It hit the blue line and he hunched over disappointed he missed the red dot. Everyone clapped for him and then Josh asked who was next and it went on like this for a while before everyone got a bit competitive and started to gloat and rub it in the others face when they got closer than everybody and I stayed out of it while I was sitting silently on a cold log watching everyone with my favorite dagger in my hands. Josh walked over to me and sat down right next to me. I sat there awkwardly while we just watched the others and he was panting.
“Why don’t you go up and show us what you got?” he asked putting a hand on my shoulder.
“I don’t think I’ll be very good. Besides it's not like I’ll do any better than you all.” I said still looking at the others throwing daggers.
“Come on. At least give it a try.” he said. I sighed and rolled my eyes.
“Fine.” I said and I stood up.
“That's the spirit man. Hey guys Alex is gonna show all ya’ll up.” he said with a smirk on his face.
“Good luck trying to get closer than me Alex. I’m the only one that's gotten closer to the center than everyone else.” Evan said crossing his arms triumphantly.
I walked over to where everyone was throwing the daggers and I looked down at my dagger that was in my hands. I gripped the handle and looked at the target. I brought my hand behind my head and looked at the target and took aim. I let out a breath and threw the dagger at the target as hard as I could and it went soaring through the air and time seemed to slow down as we all watched it soar through the sky and finally hit the center of the target. Everyone was silent for several seconds with wide eyes before they all started cheering and I smiled a bit as everyone walked over and congratulated me. Evan looked a little defeated but nonetheless congratulated me and patted me on the back.
Naw, that's not what happened at all.
I threw the dagger at the target as hard as I could and it soared through the air and went right past the target and farther into the forest. Everyone started to laugh and I looked at them and saw that Lucy wasn’t.
“Dude that was an awful throw.” Julian said as he laughed harder than before.
“You might want to go get that man.” Josh said still laughing at me as he wiped a tear from his eye.
I looked down at the ground and walked into the woods behind the target and started to look for the dagger halfheartedly. I pulled out my phone and pulled my hood over my head and I tapped the screen twice and the screen turned on and I went to my flashlight app and turned it on and pointed it at the ground. As I walked farther into the woods I could still hear their laughs and remarks at how horrible I was. I sighed sadly as I continued to look for my dagger. I walked right next to a tree and ran into it. I rubbed my head and looked at the tree and saw my dagger stuck deep into the hollow tree. I put my hand on the handle and pulled on it and it didn’t budge. I pulled harder and got the same outcome. I put another hand on the handle and a foot on the trunk of the tree and pulled with all my might. It finally came loose and slid out of the tree and I fell backwards stumbling with my feet and fell to the ground flat on my ass.
I held the dagger in one hand and rubbed my ass with another trying to get rid of the pain from landing on a rock. I stood back up and dusted myself off and noticed something very strange. I couldn’t hear the others off in the distant anymore, I couldn’t hear anything at all which is the strange part. I looked back and didn’t even see a fire anymore. I jogged back to where I thought the camp was at and I didn’t find any sign of a camp being around here. I looked around frantically trying to find anything to let me know that they somehow didn’t pack up and leave me here all alone just for some sick joke. I felt my anger starting to boil and I looked down at my dagger in my hand and tightened my grip around the handle and walked over to a tree and started to swing at the tree for several minutes that seemed to feel like hours.
I stopped swinging at the tree and panted heavily and put my back on the tree and slid down and sat on the ground. I put my elbows on my knees and put my hand on the opposite shoulder and put my head down on my arms. I slowed my breathing down and closed my eyes and leaned my head up as if looking into the sky. I opened my eyes and stared at the starry night sky for a few seconds and looked down at my dagger. I was confused, angry, and most of all… I was saddened. I started to think that I could just kill myself right now and nobody would know or care. I’ve thought about that many times after my father’s death. And every time someone finds me right before I do anything and then I don’t do it for a month and then it just keep playing out like that all the time. But this time no one can find me and stop me, so why not do it now. Besides I’m just another useless life.
I stand up slowly and take my dagger and grab it with both hands tightly around the handle and I start to send it straight at my heart but stop as I hear something growl behind me. I turn around quickly and saw bright green glowing eyes that seemed to stare deep into my soul. It growls even deeper and more green eyes appear in the pitch black forest and soon it seems that thousands of eyes are staring at me. I slowly take my phone out and turn the flashlight on and shine it straight at whatever was there. I saw many wolves standing there growling at me and I saw something strange about these wolves. They weren’t like any wolf I’ve seen before, these wolves didn’t have fur on them at all, instead they seemed to be made out of wood. I took a step back and in the corner of my eye I saw one of the wolves jump at me and I duck just in time and the wolf snapped his jaws at where I had been and I spun back around and dashed off away from the wolves. I heard a howl and then crunching leaves as the wolves were chasing me no doubt.
I kicked it into overdrive as I felt the adrenaline in my veins give me a speed boost and I pump my legs like an engine and run like the wind. But the wolves were right on my tail, escape seemed to be inevitable now. But I kept going out of fear not knowing that a second ago I was about to kill myself and now it seems I’m running for my life. It’s like destiny doesn’t want me dead just yet. I run even faster trying to outrun the wolves and they were staying the exact same distance away from me the whole time I was running. It seems like they're playing with their prey, great. Like being humiliated and abandoned wasn’t enough.
I keep running for what seemed like hours running around trees and ducking under low branches before I saw moonlight starting to break through the trees. I thanked the heavens and ran faster than before and broke through the tree line into and open field of grass and collapsed on the ground tired from over exerting your muscles. I laid on the ground and looked at the forest and saw the green eyes still in the dark forest. It seemed like they either didn’t want to leave the forest or like something out in the open was going to kill them. I instantly became worried but pushed it aside and see pairs of green eyes starting to disappear one by one. Soon all of them are gone and I let my head fall back to the ground and look up into the sky.
I see something in the corner of my eye and I thought I saw a light go out. I sit up using my little remaining strength and squint my eyes to see some sort of town off into the distance not too far from here. I take out my phone and see that I have no service. I put my phone back in my pocket and I stand up on weak legs and heard my stomach growl loudly. I held my stomach and looked at the town. I started to walk toward the town and after walking several minutes I walked into the town and instantly got a weird feeling. I slowly walk towards a door and knock no it hoping that they wouldn’t mind letting me use their phone, now that I’m getting a better look, I don’t see any telephone poles. So hopefully they wouldn’t mind taking a complete stranger into their house for the night. I could hear whispers coming from inside the house.
“Hello? Is anybody in there?” I asked knocking on the door again. I could hear them whisper again about a monster.
I raised an eyebrow at this and I walk away from the door and try another door. The same thing happened every time I knocked on a door, I would get no answer just whispers behind the door. I walk away from the last door I tried and saw a car of apples across the road. I run over and take an apple off the cart and I devour the whole apple, core and all, without even tasting it. I grab another and devour that one two and leave about three bucks for them and I walk off with a sort of full stomach. I walk away from the cart and down the road to see if anyone was outside still and wondered why they were all inside hiding from me. I heard something loud coming from an alleyway. I turn and hesitantly walk towards the alley. I get close to it and I hear whispers and when I turned around the corner I heard a voice say something.
“Get him! Now!” I heard someone say in a raspy voice and I didn’t see what it was but felt something very hard hit me in the side of the head and sent me flying to the ground. It felt like a freight train had just hit me as i tried to look at what had hit me but everything went dizzy and very hazy once the thing hit me. My vision was blurry as I tried to look at what... or much rather than who hit me. I tried to use my arms to push myself up but didn't have any strength left in my body. I heard another voice say something.
"Go get Twilight now before it tries to run away Dash." I heard someone say in a southern accent.
"Alright! I'll get her in 10 seconds flat!" I heard another raspy voice say and a gust of wind blew past me. I laid on the ground fading in and out of consciousness and tried to move around and gain my strength back. But couldn't and I thought that this would be my last day alive. I finally got my sight back to normal and I looked up at the orange figure and my eyes widened.
I saw something that resembled a pony but with big green eyes. the pony looked to be a girl and she had an orange coat with a blond mane and tail with bands at the end of them. She had freckles on her nose and under her eyes. I tried to stand back up but then i fell to my knees from my muscles giving out.
"Pinkie! get over here it's getting' up!" she said and in the corner of my eye I saw another pony that had a pink coat with a poofy mane and tail thats a slightly darker pink.
I saw something on her butt that looked to be a tattoo of three balloons. She zipped up to me and put a hoof on my back and the orange one did as well, and if it wasn't for me being so tired then I would have pushed them off of me and ran away but I was just a door matt to them. I stayed laying on the group while the two of them glared down at me. Well the orange pony did, the pink one just kept giggling every time I tried to move and just ended up squirming.
"I got her!" I heard that raspy voice yell far away. I shut my eyes and tried to let my body rest for a bit so I can run off. There were sounds that sounded like hoof steps and they kept getting closer and closer until they stopped right next to me.
"What is that thing?" I heard a new voice say.
"Ah don't know but it just showed up here and everypony hid from it." the country voice said.
"Is it dangerous?"
"We don't know. But it seems that it wants to run off."
"Well lets get it back to my house and see if it can say why it's here?"
I felt hooves wrap around my arm and I was lifted up and onto one of their backs. Now all I have to do is wait for the right moment to run. I thought and they started walking to somewhere, and I just laid there waiting.