Ezekiel had a long day at school today. It was April 2nd , 2021 and it was a beautiful Friday in Charlotte, North Carolina. High school can be a drag for any teenager but for Ezekiel he seemed like he had extra weight on his shoulders. As if something was holding him back and bothering him. The final bell rings and his last class is finally over, he silently packs his stuff and begins to walk home. He didn’t stay after school for any extracurricular activities for life had seemed very dull to him. He only wanted to finish school. It was a bright, cool April day as Ezekiel walked home, he actually took the time to try and enjoy the sunlight, something he hadn’t done often. However, as he looks up into the sky he sees something large, shiny and disc shaped. It hovers high over him, stops, and then flies in a different direction. Ezekiel thought it was weird but decided to focus on walking home.

            As Ezekiel walks into his home, he can smell his mother cooking supper. “How was school?” his mother asked. “It was fine, the usual, you know?” “How was your day mom?” Ezekiel replied. “My day was okay, the usual.” said his mother. And that was the end of the conversation. Unfortunately, he didn’t a very close relationship with his mother, his father however was long gone, somewhere in the world. Ezekiel and his mother hardly had any real conversation or signs of affection besides food. Ezekiel then went into his room and hopped on the computer like he usually does and began to watch Youtube videos and do homework. Hours pass by and Ezekiel looks at the clock on his computer to see that its 11pm. He sighs a sigh of distaste in the fact that he has to commit yet another day to the rat race. He brushes his teeth and heads to bed. He lays in the dark for about an hour before he starts to drift off. For some reason he starts to think of the shiny disc shaped object he saw earlier. He pushes it out of his head and tries to sleep.

            Suddenly, his phone rings. He looks over at the caller ID and it says “Unknown”. Curious, he picks it up and listens to who is over the phone. He could hear breathing and someone or something speaking in the background, he couldn’t make it out. “The language didn’t sound familiar or even human” he thought to himself. He hung up and then looked over at the corner of his room and noticed a thin, tall figure in the corner. Goosebumps begin to erupt all over his skin and a shiver runs down his spine. Ezekiel opens his eyes wide as the figure slowly approaches him. Then suddenly, he wakes up. The birds are chirping and the sun’s piercing light floods his room. “A dream?” Ezekiel thinks to himself as he stares at his blank phone. “I wonder what that was about.” Ezekiel looks outside of his window and notices the same disc from before hovering high in the distance over another house. Then like before, it zips away at astonishing speed.