Shadow Sky - A Diary of Pain and Memories.

I thought it was a day like any other, the same routine every day, the usual for a simple child.
I think I was wrong, because from that day on, nothing was the same.

*Alarm clock*

Ethan - "...mmhh?"

The alarm clock sounded as usual, every morning I woke up at nine, I had no responsibilities, nor school pending, I just liked to take advantage of the day to do the same thing I did the day before...

Grandma - "Wake up!!!"

Ethan - "I know, I know... I'm coming."

I was still sleepy.

I had my pajamas on, I got ready and left my room.

Ethan - *sniff* *sniff*

Today was Pizza Wednesday, I almost forgot.

Grandma - "Good morning."

Brother - "Good morning!"

The same smiling faces saying good morning.

Ethan - "Good morning, you don't know how nice it is to get up and eat pizza in the morning."

Grandma - "It was time." *smile*

Despite her age, my grandmother does not lose her charm in her words, she knows very well how to spread happiness.

My grandmother was 53 years old.
My little brother was 5 years old.
My mom was 27.
And I... I'm 11 years old.

Ethan - "Aren't we going to wait for mom?"

Grandma - "I don't think she's coming soon, she said she'd be out for a while."

Ethan - "Okay... anyway."

Grandma - "By the way, did you get ahead of your homework?"

Ethan - "Um... yes?"

Brother - "You're a bad liar hehe."

Ethan - "Okay, sorry, I forgot, I promise I'll do it when I finish eating."

Grandma - "But you do it young man."

Ethan - "yep."

A very quiet day, he did not get out of the routine.

*door opening*

Until I just... change without warning.

Mom - "Good morning! Today I have a surprise for you!"

What a nasty surprise.

Mom - "I present to you..."

Do not say it.

Mom - "My couple."

you said it

-"Good afternoon, my name is &;@#%, nice to meet you."

My grandmother and brother were happy, but I... felt chills.

My mother introduced us all, he seemed like a man with good feelings and educated, but I can't help it, this feeling of insecurity eats my head.
My grandmother seemed to agree with her relationship, my brother was just confused, and I... was starting to shake.

Mom - "Uh huh, yeah, okay, no problem."

My mother had to take a call.

Mom - "Ethan, your dad is on his way, get your things ready."

Ethan - "Uh?, why?"

Mom - "I don't know, she said she was coming for you."

Ethan - "...okay."

Maybe it was a good thing, he couldn't stand this feeling of fear.
It didn't take long for my dad to arrive, it was a matter of a few minutes.

Mom - "¿?, oh, Ethan, I'm here, he's outside."

Ethan - "Okay, I'm coming."

I left the house to go with my dad, I was curious to know what he wanted."

Ethan - "Hello dad."

Dad - "Hello, ready to go?"

Ethan - "Yep, but what do you need me for?"

Dad - "I'll tell you later."

Everyone came out to say goodbye to me, my mom, my grandmother, my brother, but "he" had stayed inside.

Family - "Bye! See you later!"

Ethan - "Bye."

I was not feeling good.
Everything is blurry.

Dad - "I know it must be uncomfortable."

My father had started the car and began to chat a little with me.

Ethan - "...Uh?, what do you mean?"

Dad - "You know, meeting your mother's new couple, I know it must be something strange and new for you."

My parents had separated a few years after my brother was born, they didn't get along, they just found out that they didn't feel good with each other, they ended up on good terms.

Ethan - "I guess a little..."

Dad - "...Are you feeling well? You are very serious, more than normal."

Ethan - "I don't know, it's just... I feel confused, what I feel is not normal at all."

Dad - "I know, I know, as I was saying, it's normal to feel like this when your mother gets a new couple."

Ethan - "No, no, it's not that, it's... fear... worry."

Dad - "...look, just relax, okay, I took you out of there so you wouldn't be uncomfortable, I'll leave you again later and you'll have another day to get to know him better, maybe you could be friends."

This damn feeling, it won't go away, it won't leave me alone, her face, her eyes, her smile.

Ethan - "What do you mean? Could it be that I'm jealous because my mom has another man other than my dad? Could it be
that I don't like him? Could it be that I just don't like him?... Could it be that..." (Thought)

We all know the famous sixth sense, that sense that we know to be a survival instinct, we use it to unknowingly detect danger and flee from it as soon as possible, they are sensations that give us to be alert... we do not advance much in the car ...but I wish...we hadn't made any progress...

Ethan - "¡¡¡STOP THE CAR!!!"

Dad - "*Scared*, ¡¡¡¿wh-what the hell is wrong with you?!!!"

Ethan - "STOP IT!!!"

Dad - "OK, OK... Happy?!!!"

I opened the car door and ran as fast as possible towards home.

Dad - "Where are you going?!!!

I ran as fast as I could...really...I wish I was faster...I wish, I could fly...I wish I could be on time...
It wasn't fear... it wasn't jealousy... it wasn't just any other feeling or sensation... it was a DAMN WARNING!!!.

-"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

My eyes began to water, I had no idea why they did it, that scream was agonizing, worthy of torture, just hearing it was painful for me, I was a few streets away when that scream was heard... I feared the worst.
I was almost there, I kept running, but when I crossed the corner... I saw him, getting into a car that was about to start... I saw him... he saw me, and his partner stepped on the accelerator, he was not alone.

Ethan - "OPEN UP!!!"

He had locked the front door so that no one would enter, or at least had the facility to do so.

*Blow*

*BLOW*

Ethan - *crying*

*Breaking off*

I managed to break the main door with blows, my struggle had achieved something.
I opened the door... the main hall had shoe prints, red prints...
I walked slowly to the living room of the house, everything was dark, my head began to cloud over, everything around me was getting darker and darker... until I reached the living room...

Ethan-"..."

Ethan-"......"

Ethan-"................................"

On the floor... lay my family... they didn't move... they didn't breathe... they just... ceased to exist... on top of their own pool of blood.

*Kneels*

Ethan-"..."

Ethan - "Mom?... grandma?... brother?... wake up... please... please... please..."

Ethan - *inconsolable crying*

My hands were full of blood, my clothes were too, I could only remember what we went through together, everything we lived through... I could only see how they vanish in my hands...

Ethan - *Crying and suffering*

That day... the routine of every day... change...