{Aaron}

Power is necessary if you want to

survive in this harsh and cruel world. A reality most people tend to ignore.

I was like that

once a naive child who knew nothing of the world he lived in. even to this day I

still can't believe the things that I saw. Some of them were the most beautiful

of events history had to offer beyond the imagination of any man or woman and

some were history's worst of times to be alive in. No one would ever wish that

they can live in those times but I did and I saw the good and bad of this

world.

Ever had somebody tell

you this line “ if you live long enough people will remember you” a friend

told me that a long time ago and he was partly right except in my case it

wasn't people who remembered me but monsters. Creatures who live in the dark

corners of this world. Ever had a friend tell you he saw something weird

in the clouds and describe it to you and in your head, you think he must be

tried I should tell him to get some rest. You even try to tell him that there

is nothing there. The irony is he might have been right about what he saw but no will

believe him why you ask the answer is quite simple actually because what he saw

wanted to be seen. I guess you could this is how they get their kicks. They

have to ability to come and go to our world as they please. They come and go

when they want and can be seen when they want as well. Imagine knowing that as

a kid.

People tend to use words like

impossible or how can this be real when they encounter one of these creatures. I

said those very words when I was eight years old. When I came face to face with

one of those denizens who live in the shadows of myth and legend. Can you

imagine at eight years old seeing what I saw? Some things stay

with you no matter how long you live. You think with time that you'll forget it

but trust me when I tell you it won’t happen. I outlived my enemies, my friends,

and my family. I’ve seen the fall and rise of humanity many times and I still

remember that day like it was yesterday.

If you gave me a paintbrush and

told me to draw it out I would do it with precise detail .that's how deeply

rooted this memory is in my mind.

   It was summer and I was on a cruiser with my little brother and twin sisters.

We were going on a trip to Africa for mom’s birthday. Grandma was waiting for

us there. I missed her ever since we left our home country in Africa.She

cried when we boarded our first cruiser. I was five years old when I followed my parents

and siblings watched as we went farther and farther away from the shore. “I couldn’t wait

to see her,” I said out loud.

{Aaron}

a couple of hours into the trip I started to get bored. I mean you shouldn't be surprised while the cruiser was big there was nothing for me to do and there were no games for kids. all I saw was nothing but this endless water I got sick of seeing the same thing for five hours straight and the noise of those annoying birds didn't help. I wanted to throw the first thing that my eyes caught .which was my dad's keys . as I was about to throw the keys dad held my hand and said: " no not the keys  if you want to throw something you can throw anything but my key's got it?" I didn't say anything I just put my hand down than dad kneeled in front of me and said: "I hate those birds too". I smiled I couldn't help it my dad knew how to make me smile even when am mad.

It got pretty dark when the sun went down my twin sister were still up while my little brother was asleep. He's an early sleeper no matter where he is .he sleeps at the exact time even when we didn't know what time it was. I guess it was instinct . while he was sleeping my I was at the edge of the cruiser. I looked up at the moon it was full that night and the clouds were moving it was a beautiful sight. I heard my name in unison "Aaron". my twin sisters came running at me they both looked startled like they've seen a ghost.

when I turned around to face them I saw how hard they were breathing. In my head, I was like the boat is big but not that big so why are they breathing so hard like that. I looked at them they looked like they were about to cry now that shocked me. my twins can be shocked sure that's anybody, but scared now way  I thought in my head. while they both looked like they were both different in their own way. Janna was smart and sarcastic like annoying sarcastic and Emma was more tough and tomboyish I got along with Emma a bit more than I did with Janna. one is because I talked to Emma more than I did with Janna  .the other was because Emma helped me once when I stood up to a group of bullies she ran to my side and was ready to fight with me from that day I respected her a lot more than I used to. no one knows what happened that day except me and Emma.

Janna started to talk when I asked what's going on. she said she saw something big moving towards us I asked where . she pointed behind her so I went to the back of the cruiser looked but I saw nothing but the moving clouds, the endless water that stretched to the horizon and a fog that started to get thinker the longer I kept looking. I looked back at Janna and I saw her eyes get wide and so was Emma. what are they seeing that I couldn't see is what I thought in my head. then without any time to even react a loud sound followed by a howling wind hit the cruiser. the cruiser shook and both my twin sisters almost went flying. thankfully one of the people on board with us cough them " you three need get inside I think it's going to get ugly very soon" said the man who caught my sisters.

{Aaron}

As the people started to go inside to avoid the storm that suddenly started me and my sisters followed them. When we got inside Emma pulled my shirt " we need to talk" she said. before I could say anything I felt her hands shaking she really was scared I thought in my head.something out there sacred Janna and Emma to the point that it looked like they were in the cold for six days straight they were shivering to the point of tears. I grabbed both their hands and told them to follow me. we made it to the hallway it was empty every one was on the ballroom to keep the storm outside of their minds.

I let go of their hands and asked them what they saw that scared them like that. Emma started speaking she told me that when they were running around the cruiser Janna stopped running and when she asked her why she stopped running and she pointed on her right. what she said next shocked me. she said that in the direction that Janna pointed the horizon was pitch black like something was in the way "well yea its night Emma are you surprised it hard to see in the dark " I said to her. "Aaron i"m not done just let finish," said Emma. she told me that while everywhere else was seeable that area in the horizon was pitch black it was odd to her and Janna. Until she started to see that area get bigger.

she said as the area started getting bigger it felt like it was getting closer to us because the clouds were disappearing as that area got bigger. "do you believe me? " said Emma. if it was Janna I would've said "no" but Emma she hates lying so if she said it. it doesn't matter how crazy it sounded I would believe it .the problem is would anybody else? were just kids who'd believe us I thought in my head.

  while I was thinking of a way to tell the adults about what Emma and Janna saw I heard screams. the screams came from the outside as I got closer to the outside I saw a crowd of people and all of them scared. I pulled the shirt of the people that was standing he looked down at me "you shouldn't be here child?" he said. he picked me up thanks to him I was able to get glims of what these people were scared of. He was tall very tall probably the tallest person I met as I kid.

I finally understood Janna and Emma's meant. although I believed what Emma told me I didn't see it so I couldn't relate but now I did and its terror beyond my imagination. the moon was gone the clouds were gone everything but the endless water was covered in pitch darkness. all I saw was darkness everywhere. as the man walked back inside while holding me I felt like something was off when I looked at the crowd of people that were standing looking at the pitch darkness did someone just disappear? I thought in my head.