• Day 1: She
She is out there…no…she is here…or maybe she is not, but I can feel her wandering around…nobody is seeing here but everybody feels her…she is in the walls, she is everywhere; listening, watching and laughing on their disturbance…but she can’t fool me, I know that it is her, but what can I do…you can hear the snakes all around, yes that is her symbol, the snake…you can hear them but you can’t see them no matter how hard you look. Everybody is angry, everybody is afraid…I can smell the fear all over the place, but can you blame them? They don’t know what do, they keep searching and searching but they never found anything more than a vague trace. And how can they find anything when she does not want to be found?! I got to rest now, I have to before my mind breaks down…I think I’ll rest now and tomorrow is another day…
• Day 2: Snakes, snakes and even more snakes
All I kept dreaming about in my restless sleep is snakes everywhere, eating everyone but the strange thing that I was not afraid! It’s the morning already…yes, the sun is shining, everybody is awake…is it me or there is someone missing?! I think someone is missing, but nobody seems to notice…I hear whispers but nobody is talking…they don’t dare to…they are pretending that they didn’t notice but I know they did…but what can I do?...The snake sounds did not stop, they getting stronger, closer…it’s becoming intolerable…
• Day 3: Hollow rage
I don’t remember what happened, I must have fell asleep coz it’s a new day…I take a look around and I find more is missing, but they can’t ignore it now…I try to talk but the words just don’t come out…I see them running around –shouting-, they want vengeance, they want to kill her…but how can they kill someone they can’t see, find or even kill at the first place?! She must be summoned first to be killed, but who will do it, and how? I don’t know…
• Day 4: The Summoning
Today they are even fewer than before but they are more determined to kill though they don’t know how! I see them gathering around chanting with strange language…they are trying to summon her…they try and they try but nothing happened…except…the snakes are gone…you can hear them no more, which –for some reason- made them more scared!
• Day 5: She must die!
I must do something, I can’t stay doing nothing until there is nobody left…but what can I do? I thought and I thought…she must die…now I know what to do…I will call her and when she comes I will kill her…but how will I call her and why will she come to me? I don’t know but I felt like I knew what to do…I felt that she will come if I called her out…so be it…she must die…when she comes I will kill her…but how? I don’t know anything about magic or spells and I don’t have any weapons…all I have is my brain and brawns…I’ve a strong body…so I can strike her down when she comes…but she would kill me before I move a muscle…but I don’t have anything else…I don’t anything else to do…
• Day 6: Lame plan
I’m awake! When did I sleep at the first place?! Does it really matter? I don’t think so…why everybody is looking at me this way? Why are they looking at me at all?! Do they know? I don’t know…and I don’t think I care…I made up my mind…I will do it no matter what the outcomes will be…I don’t have a lot to lose…I have nothing to lose except my life…I don’t wish to die…but I don’t think I mind…strange isn’t it?! I don’t think that my life was of some use to anyone and I don’t think that I will hurt anyone by my death…
• Day 7: The finale
I’m hearing her in my head…she is coming…but I didn’t call her yet…I think she heard me before I call her…and she is coming…I sense her, I feel her…she will come out from that cave…how do I know? I don’t know…I just know…was that cave here before? I don’t know…I don’t think so…but it doesn’t matter now…I can see her now…I’m rather disappointed…she is not how I excepted…she is neither hideous nor gorgeous! But it doesn’t matter since all is going to end soon one way or the other…she is moving slowly, steadily as if she is slithering like a snake! She approaches me and smiles but ignores me and moves towards the others…I feel paralyzed…I try to move but I can’t …I try to scream but nothing happens…she keep approaching the scared crowd while they keep staring in horror…I must act now or else…nobody is talking but I hear them in my head telling me to run for my life…and I hear her laughing too! No that will not be it…suddenly I’m free to move again…I run towards her…she look back with an evil grin on her face…she can’t stop me now…I jump and grab her neck and start to squeeze as hard as I could…her face is getting more pale…I hear the snakes…she looks very angry…but I ignore all that and keep choking her…I’m feeling dizzy…lost of sounds in my head…my arms are getting weaker…she must have cursed me or something…it doesn’t matter I must not give up now…I must fight harder…I keep squeezing and squeezing but still she is alive…I can still hear her heart beats…the sounds are going louder…the pain is invading my body and brain but I won’t give up…she must die…at all costs…I think her heart beats is getting weaker…or is it mine? I don’t know…I guess I will find out soon enough…is it just me or it is getting darker in here…I’m starting to go numb…my vision is getting blurry…but my grip is still tight around her neck –or at least I think so-, suddenly silence is what I hear…and the dark reigns over…I try to open my eyes but I can’t see a thing…I can’t feel a thing…then the sounds came back…but it was not the snakes, it was the crowd…they kept yelling…they were trying to tell me that I did it…I killed her…they were telling that I can let go now…I killed her? Is it really over? I guess now I can let go…why now the dark seems so peaceful? It’s moving slowly to cover my eyes once more…I finally let go.
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Submission Name: Seven Days: The Witch
, but this time I was reading as if I didn't know the end, as if i was reading it for the first time! Which proves that it's really unique, your vague style in most of your writings adds a beauty and proves that your writings are matchless (in my point of view). I don't agree with your reviewers about the ability of killing a witch as I think you can kill a witch, it isn't impossible but I also think she can't be killed that simply I mean you kept describing her power and ability, and everyday someone was missing and after all this you killed her just by squezing her neck, I just can't buy it.