The Shining Light

Chapter 1

Takes place- Vienna Austria 2029

Alina

Friday- 12/21/29

1:40 PM

It's chaos, everyones confused, people are panicking, the sun hasn't shown in over a day now. A total eclipse happened, which only existed in the same place every 100 years. Normally they last only a few seconds, but it's been over a day since we've seen the sun. On the news and social media, it's the only thing talked about. It's freezing outside, everyone uses flashlights now to light their way and street lights stay on regardless of the time of day.

Thursday- 12/20/29

6:37 PM

I watched the moon cover the sun from my window after leaving my last class, driving to my grandparents' old house. I've lived here since I was 10, after my mom lost custody over me. I never knew my dad, never really wanted to, everything my mom and grandparents have said makes him seem awful. Always complaining and whining, couldn't get off his ass. My grandparents moved to my grandma's country, Vietnam, for a couple years, letting me stay at the house as long as I took care of it.

I pull out my phone to record the 10 seconds the moon casts a big shadow across the nation, darkening the world. 4.. 3.. 2.. 1.... Nothing moved. It was dark outside, I stopped the recording, staring blankly out the window, waiting.

*creeeaak*

My head snapped looking behind me, there's nothing. It's an old house, so I shouldn't be surprised. It's dark, all the lights are off and no sunlight is flowing through the window.

Yet somehow, it was darker than before.....

Saturday- 12/22/29

5:40 PM

Still nothing, the moon hasn't moved and my phone is blowing up with posts talking about it. My friends are spamming me about it too. Outside people riot over groceries, running with carts full of anything they could grab. There's an older man, in his 40's running with a cart filled with bags of fruits, vegetables, bread, toilet paper, milk, and chocolate milk? The random things as he most likely ran grabbing what he could.

Another man runs at him toppling the cart, grabbing whatever he can carry with him, followed by incoherent yelling. What the fuck....

Tuesday- 12/25/29

3:49 AM

I'm watching TV, eating a poptart, and my lights flicker. I feel something squirming on my abdomen. Lifting my shirt, I stare in shock, I'm rotting, holes filled with maggots scattered my abdomen, I let out a scream. "What the fuck, what the fuck?!" I drop the poptart, panicking, then I'm awake. I quickly sit up, still in shock, sweating. Pop Tarts scattered on the floor, I lifted my shirt to see if it was still there. Nothing is there, perfectly normal. I let out a sigh of relief, lay back down, closing my eyes for a minute. "I'm okay, it was just a dream.." looking out my window to see if the moon moved- it hadn't. I stared a couple more seconds before looking back at the screen. Still nothing. Something catches my eye, and I look back to the window. A deformed face stares at me, unblinking eyes, an impossibly large smile, the corners of his lips stretching all the way to his eyes. My heart races and stomach drops, I jump up from the sofa moving away from it. I walked backwards, hitting the table and quickly looked back at the window, the face was gone.

Thursday- 12/27/29

???

The power in my neighborhood went out, my electronics are dead, including the oven, microwave, and fridge. I have no idea what time it is, nor if it's day or night.