Chapter 1:

That Dog

Zephan's Unknown Zone


When I screamed, my mom immediately ran to my room, and she was so worried about me that she asked me, “Are you, okay dear?”. When she knew I was okay, she cried like a baby; she hadn’t cried since my dad’s death, which made me feel uncomfortable. I lost my dad when I was 5. Having been raised by my mother, I have not once made her proud of me and I have failed miserably.

“I won’t ask what happened, but from now on I’ll be with you whenever you go out,” she said,

“Ready up and come, we’ll go home”. I said okay, and I got up, “The Nuthashi Gang robbed a house and murdered 2 people in their family, this gang has to be stopped,” uttered the newsreader on the TV. That gave me chills; After getting discharged from the hospital today, my mom and I are driving home.

To buy some bread, she stopped at a nearby shop. When I saw something shining inside the street, I got out of the car and went near the area, there were bloodstains and a dead dog lying nearby. As I ran to my mom, I told her what happened; she didn’t believe me, and I brought her to the street, but there was nothing there. “You imagine things, and you need to rest,” my mom said. The shit was something man, we arrived at home. It was a crazy day, lying down in my bed thinking that shit was real, and I slept without noticing it.

“OH SHIT!” I’m being chased by that dog, and it’s the same street that was covered in blood before. I ran away from it because it didn’t look normal. My eyes widened at the sight of wings on this creature. THUD! A box tripped me right there. Oh shit, that thing is getting closer. I I tried to get up and run away but that dog bit the back of my right leg, I kicked that dog with my other leg, But a hand came from his mouth and caught my leg, that dog pulled me closer and punched me right through my heart.

Thump!  I Woke up with a pool of sweat. “Zephan! Wake up it’s 10 am!” my mom yelled. Damn, that dream was so real. I felt pain in my right leg. I raised my bedsheet and looked closer at my right leg, and a bite mark was there.