Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-24381191-20141205223422

This is just a weird story that I had in my head. I don't think I pulled it off too well.

He looked over at his new pet with curiosity mixed with disgust, locked up in its cage. It's eyes were closed and it seemed to be asleep. It was such a wierd creature. With pale, lifeless skin and bulging eyes, it was a horrendously ugly being. He walked over to his parents.

"Dad, where did you get this from?" the boy said to his father.

His father turned to look at his son. "Well, you know how I went to the planet MLW-003?" The boy nodded. "From that planet, I got this creature. It was the most intelligent species of its planet, and I thought it wold be a nice gift for you."

The boy nodded with a forced smile. He didn't like his new pet at all, but he didn't want his father to feel bad. He turned his little head back to his pet; it was so small, it could fit in the palm of his hand.

The boy shook the cage in hopes of waking the creature up. It woke up in a daze, spinning its oddly shaped head around, and then it laid its eyes on the child.

An ear-piercing shriek erupted from the mouth of the animal and the boy covered his ears to protect himself from the irritating noise. He reached for the cage door with one hand and opened it while the beast cowered in a corner. When he reached for the animal, it seemed like it would attack.

“Please, don’t hurt me! I have a wife, kids! Please!” Tears welled up in Simon’s eyes as he feared what was to become of him. The boy swiftly grabbed Simon and began to pull him out of the cage. Out of fear, Simon bit down on the boy. The boy winced in pain as Simon’s teeth chomped on his fingers.

In pain, the boy squeezed his hand, crushing Simon between his fingers. The boy looked down at his hand. His pet was dead.  