I was scrolling through the Internet, as I usually did. I was starting school again tomorrow, it was my last year in normal education (grade 12). I was both excited and annoyed. Excited because it meant I could see my friends more often. Annoyed because it took away some freedom from my life. But I knew I had to finish grade 12 or the chances of getting a job would plummet dramatically.
A message from a random popped up on my phone and I opened it. I read it and saw the image attached. At the time, I thought it was a joke, a bit of fun and laughed at my seemingly impossible fate. But in reality. I had been cursed to become school supplies in one way or another.
A few minutes passed and I felt a shiver run down my back. I brushed it off as you do with the odd shiver. I had no idea that it was the curse taking hold. A few more minutes passed and I had lost my ability to move (including speech). I was terrified, I was paralyzed without warning within a couple minutes.
I then thought about that message. 'What if it is true? And I'm becoming school supplies?" I think about it and quickly think, "Nah. Nobody turns inanimate." Then my vision went black and I was knocked unconscious.
I look around. The world is dreamlike: blurry and bright. Sound reverberates around like a cave. I realise the sounds are from my memory. "Well. I'm dead," I say to myself trying to hold in my tears. I don't believe in the afterlife so these are my final moments of thinking. I try to be strong but a tear runs down my cheek. I let out a sigh, "Well. I'm fucked." Before the dreamy world fades too.
I am going to become