The Uncanny

Flora

 1/2/2010

So many things have happened in only a little bit of time. I can’t believe my parents are gone now. I’m so sad. I can’t believe they died in a burning building. 

Now I have to move from my home to California, to live with my Grandma. I’m on the plane right now alone, it’s really scary because I’ve never been on a flight by myself before. I miss my parents. Why did this have to happen? 

(Sunday)

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1/10

It’s been a week, I’ve been very busy. I had to move in with my Grandma, she is very nice. I didn’t get to see her a lot back home. I’ve been doing some assignments my new school gave to me, Grandma said I had the entire week off. 

The work is easy, I mostly get to draw and color. I like art, and drawing. It’s fun and it took my mind off of all the sad things I was thinking about before. I had to draw myself for one of my assignments, and I think I did a pretty good job. Grandma says I’m an amazing artist. I wish I could show my parents. 

I drew a lot of flowers. I love flowers. They’re really pretty. My name Flora, it means flower. I think that’s really cool because I like flowers a lot. 

(Sunday)

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1/11

Today was my first day of 5th grade. I was a little scared to talk to people. I made a new friend though, her name is Paige. In reading class, she said that I looked sad and asked me what was wrong. I told her I was sad that my parents died, and she made me feel a little better. My teachers were very nice too.

(Monday)

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1/18

I think it’s been a week since I last wrote here. Everyone has been very nice to me. Almost everyone. Something bad happened. This boy, I think his name was Noah. He bullied me, and he made fun of my parent’s death. And I started to cry because I missed my parents. Paige and her other friend, Betty, stood up for me and I was grateful for them. 

I did not like Noah. I was so angry at him for saying those things, but I didn’t say anything. I should have. 

(Monday) 

1/22

Really strange things have been happening. I was really afraid at school today, something scary happened. Everything was normal for a little while, until this boy who I think was friends with Noah, just killed Betty. I was very confused, but I started to panic with everyone else when I realized what happened. Everyone got sent home after that. 

And I think that boy went to jail but I’m not sure. He should go to jail for that, isn’t that a crime? I think I know why she died, and this reason made me very angry. I will tell you tomorrow because I have to go to sleep now. 

(Friday)

1/25

Hi. It’s been two days. I wasn’t able to tell you anything, sorry about that. Also I like writing in this notebook, it’s like I have my own vlogging channel. I’ve always wanted one of those. Anyway, grandma took me to fun places during the weekend, so I had no time to write. 

Lemme write what I was going to say earlier. I think that Noah got his friend to kill Betty because she stood up for me last week, and he didn’t like that she did that. 

I can’t believe he would do that. I’m going to give him a piece of my mind today.

Once I got to school, I slapped Noah across the face as hard as I could. He got mad, and he punched me in the shoulder. Then we started fighting. I think I won, because I knocked him to the ground. A teacher broke up our fight and sent us both to the office. And I’m in the office right now. Noah keeps giving me dirty looks, but he’s probably just jealous that I beat him in the fight.

People at the office are calling my Grandma and Noah’s parents, and they are telling them what happened. 

I wasn’t worried because I was sure Grandma would understand I had a good reason to beat Noah up. Noah on the other hand, looked really scared. He even begged the office people to not call his parents, but they didn’t listen. 

(Monday)

 1/28 

Hi, it’s almost the weekend! I haven’t even noticed how much weird stuff has been happening. Grandma told me about something called ‘The Uncanny’ before I went to school today. She said whatever it is, it’s killed so many people in town already. It makes people kill other people, and now that I think about it, maybe that’s why Noah’s friend killed Betty. I am going to tell Paige what I think once I get to school. I’m on the bus right now. 

I’m so scared. We were about to get to school when some kid just shot the bus driver! I need to leave here right now. 

I ran into school, and I think I’m safe now. I’m going to find Paige now. 

Paige is dead. I can’t believe this. It must’ve been that Uncanny thing. I’m so sad right now. I told the principal what happened, and he sent everyone home. 

I’m at home now. Grandma isn’t here for some reason. I really want to tell her what happened though. I guess I can wait. 

Something really strange happened. So, Grandma came back home, and she came to find me. She told me to kill Noah. And, I thought that was weird. Even though I really hated him, it’s weird to ask people to kill someone. I told her I would tomorrow since I have school tomorrow. 

(Thursday)

 1/29 

Today is the day I will kill Noah. I brought a knife in my backpack. On the bus, I realized that what I was going to do was really bad. But then again, Noah was so bad. He made fun of my parents… he deserves to die. I shouldn’t feel bad at all. 

I wanted to kill him in secret. I asked him to follow me once I saw him, and then I stabbed him, and ran away. It was easier than I thought. I don’t think anyone found out.

I’m at home now. No one has said anything to me, so I don’t think I’m going to jail. I’m really sad that everyone nice to me died. My parents, Paige, Betty, all I have now is Grandma. When I got home, I told her that I killed Noah. I also told her that no one found out I killed him. 

She became super angry when I said the word ‘him’, she told me Noah was a girl. 

I was so confused because Noah was obviously a boy. She then told me the Noah I was supposed to kill was a girl, and her name was spelt N-o-a. I didn’t even know who that was. 

I’m writing this in the bathroom right now because I’m scared to be near grandma right now. 

She told me I need to kill Noa. I don’t even know who that is. 

I’m going to get out of the bathroom now. 

I’m in the car right now. Grandma wanted to take me to her friend’s house. She said I could play with her friend’s daughter there, she said she is around the same age as me. When I got there, Grandma’s friend said hi to me, and that I could play with her daughter, Noa.

 That was the girl that grandma told me to kill. I talked to her, and she was really nice. I don’t know why Grandma wanted me to kill her. I didn’t want to. She doesn’t deserve to die like the other Noah. 

Grandma made me take a taxi home. I don’t know why. It was kind of scary, but nothing bad happened.

 I just got home, the tv is on. It’s the news, it’s talking about the Uncanny. It’s saying stuff like “The Uncanny takes the form of your loved ones, and then asks you to kill people.” I didn’t know this. And now that I think about it, maybe that wasn’t Grandma asking me to kill the Noahs, maybe it was the Uncanny. What if grandma is the Uncanny? It’s a good thing she isn’t here. 

Wait no, she’s not the Uncanny. The Uncanny is the Uncanny. It’s trying to pretend it’s grandma. Yeah, the Uncanny is pretending to be grandma, and it’s evil. I can’t listen to it. It’s a good thing that I didn’t kill Noa then. Grandma just got home now. I’m going to tell her that the Uncanny was trying to be her. 

That was not Grandma. I’m scared. I'm in the bathroom now and I locked the door. I think that Uncanny Grandma is trying to break down the door. I don’t have a lot of time left before she breaks in. 

I think I’m safe now. I opened the window and escaped through it. I ran far from my house, far enough that Uncanny Grandma shouldn't be able to find me. And right now, I’m sitting on a bench. That was really scary. I thought for sure the Uncanny would’ve caught—

(Friday)