Birthday Surprise

Today is my birthday and I'm expecting my family to surprise me, this kind of thing happen every celebration and I'm used to it, the best part of this surprise taking is even tho I fake ring surprised, the happy faces they make is priceless, the gift I always cherish.

I should head home now...

I was already home, just infront of the door, excited to see what kind of surprise is behind this door.

It was very silent and for some unfound reason my heart started to race fast and my chest felt tighter, I was anxious.

I opened the door, the house was very dark and there was a strong rusty smell of blood circulating in the air.

I flicked the switch on and sees my family members lying dead on the floor, laying on their own blood,I was horrified, but then I remembered that it's my birthday and started thinking that this is probably another surprise gimmick.

Guys really, get up now, I was really surprised.

I laughed it off and waited for them to stand, a small liquid then dropped from above, I wiped the liquid with my hand and saw that it was red, I brought it closer for a sniff and found out that it was real blood.

I looked up to see an unidentified creature, standing right above me, it was crying red, and those red tears was blood.

What... What's that!?

The creature looked like me despite its blackness, he looked like a shadow that came to life, my shadow.

The shadow pointed at my lifeless family members, my mom, dad, and my little brother.

All the strength in me left my body, I was down on my knees and started to mourn my family members and screamed until my vocal cords snapped.

Despite the pain, my shout still remains, the screams started to get destructive that my own ears started to bled.

I dugged my fingers to the floorboard and my clear tears turned red to black.

My appearance slowly started to change, from my hair and skin color draining and turning pale white like a ceramic doll, unknown black tattoo that moves around my body and my eyes turning crystal purple.

As the color on me drained, the red blood that pooled the floor started to turn black and slowly turning my dead family black.

The black blood slowly floats in the air along with my family that turned into shadows just like the shadow that was me on the ceiling.

They were weeping red and slowly turned ash and vanished... I can't even burry them.

The house was cold and empty, the only thing you could only be able to hear would be my breathing, a cold mist that covered the house, cob webs and dust everywhere.

The house looked like it's been abandoned for many years... It's only been a year though and plus I'm not supposed to be seen here.

I should clean up...

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