The Devil's Pictures

Doomsday

I watch as the sky turns from black and blue to pink and orange as the sun climbs the mountains in the distance. The breeze tickles my long raven hair and makes a nice reprieve from the heat of summer. Alarm clocks go off around me signalling half an hour until breakfast. The hustle and bustle of the early morning was quietened by the dread that hung above everyone's head. Everyone but me.

The orphanage is a small building located in the middle of nowhere with few people and fewer smiles. These brick walls are the only ones I've ever known and these girls are the only people I know. We file into the dining hall silently and the nuns watch with eagle eyes as we receive our food to make sure no one takes more than allowed.

The silence in the room is eerie and you can hear every scrape of a plate and every doorstep the nuns make. Today is a day that every girl above 18 fears. It's doomsday.

There is one day every year when Lucifer makes the trek to the surface and snatches six girls to come back to hell with him. None of them are ever seen again. Only one girls has been taken from this place, I was 5 when it happened. I didn't understand but now I do.

The thing is, I'm not too worried. I'm just a girl that nobody looks twice at, nothing exceptional just plain old me. What would Lucifer want with someone like me. Sister Abigail walks towards me holding a candle. She is possibly the only likeable nun I know and smiles. She walks up to me with a grin. "Happy birthday Nyx." She says as I roll my eyes and blow out the candle.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hey everyone and welcome to this book! Thanks for reading my first chapter! Let's hope for many more!
xoxoxo