The Moon Is Haunted

On August 11th, 2072, a blood moon was to occur. An occurrence that will shake the world’s foundation. “You coming to see the blood moon?” said a fair haired woman to her lover. Clutching him like a child’s doll. The afternoon light slowly removing itself from the sky. “I’d rather sleep.” Mourned the bearded man. “Supervisor has been tough on me, feels like she hates my guts for some reason.” “But you promised!” The woman quickly released herself from him, turning around showing a deep frown from her face. “Who cares about seeing a “red” moon!” protested by the man. “Red moon, blue moon, white moon; What’s the difference?” “I just wanted something special to happen this week, and nobody wants to do something by themselves.” stated the woman, keeping her back towards him. “You know I love using my telescope.” “Fine, I’ll come with you.” The man said in defeat. “Let’s get ready.” He patted her head and kissed her cheeks, simultaneously revealing a smile, reformed from her frowning. The couple drove 4 miles towards the mountains. Parking at the edge of the rocky mountain face. They sat down on a blanket as they install the telescope to the ground. Facing it towards the inevitable moon, only showing a portion of itself from the horizon. The glint of the afternoon light finally coming to a slumber. The red moon has come. The moon displayed itself in red. As if the sun has changed it’s position with the moon. The black night has now change to a red hues tint. Filtering the environment in it’s new gleaming glow. The atmosphere was exciting, the woman, flabbergasted; the man, sleepy. As the blood moon reaches the pinnacle of the sky, a rumble began, it’s volume increasing as the seconds pass. The couple quickly left the ledge and into the safety of their vehicle. But to their astonishment the ground did not shake. The leaves of the tree did not leave their limbs. No rocks went tumbling down from the mountain. The rumble came from the moon. In their realization, they left their vehicle. Their eyes fixed only to the moon. A new horror has now struck the world and the couple’s hearts are shaken to its core. From the sides of the moon hands began to form from the darkness. This hands were enormous enough that only one is needed to hold the moon. It was pale and crooked. It’s fingers were long and slim, enough to wrap the moon with it. No flesh seem to be attached to it, the bony structure showing itself. It hands begun enveloping itself around the moon until the hands captured the moon in it’s grasp as if the moon was a child’s doll. The child strangling the doll’s neck. And from the crown of the moon, something else emerges from the dark side of the celestial object. A head began to lift itself, a creature with long black hair. It’s face revealed human-like features; however, the eyes were hollow, it’s skin was sagging. As the head emerged to it’s fullest height, it’s jaws were split in between. Decaying human teeth were attached to it, each half jaw moving independently. The creature then began to tigthen it’s grip on the moon. The surface started to crack and the moon lost it’s shape. Fissures from one side to the other began to form. It would appear that the moon would be crushed, but the creature was not able to make it crumble. It visibly shouted, It’s scream is not heard as space does not allow it. It’s skin began to detach from it’s face and floated around the creature head. The creature, in it’s rage, started crunching the crown of the moon with it’s mandibles. Destroying chunks of moon rock, opening a hole in the moon’s crown. As it started to gnaw deeper to the moon’s core, rocks did not emerge from it’s dinner. A red liquid-like substance began to emerge from the moon…….blood. Blood has started to spill out from the moon’s core. This slowly blood started coating what’s left of the moon’s broken surface. The creature stopped to a halt, It’s hollow eyes fixated towards earth as it’s mandible stays implanted to the moon’s core. Portions of it’s hands and face coated by the moon’s filling. Then it began, the feast had started. The couple, to their horror, felt their skins crawl. As the red night’s atmosphere lowered to a freezing temperature. Then the scream’s started. The screams were heard towards their lovely town. There was nothing in sight, then white figure’s began to emerge from the earth itself. There were thousands of them, simultaneously taking flight, upwards, towards the blood moon. The couple did not know what was happening. They did not know what will happen next. They clutched themselves into each other arms and the woman can only help but scream. On May 26, 2021, The Feast of the Blood moon had begun. A harrowing event that would question man’s ideals of death and life. It’s values and ethics. It’s politics and religions. As the world plummets itself into chaos, the white figure starts their endless dance around the moon. Filling themselves with the red moon’s fruit. The moon on that day never ceased being red, the large creature still looking towards the earth, as if speaking, “Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!“. The moon is now haunted.