Everything changed so fast
It all started when I was born, I was the 5th of my siblings to be born. There were 8 of us total. I could not see anything yet, but I could smell. I knew where my mother was and I knew where my siblings were. It was very chilly as I had no fur, so I stumbled over to my mother and cuddled for warmth.
Life was easy. All I did was sleep, drink mother’s milk, and waddle around. Then one day, my eyes opened. The world was very underwhelming. I didn’t realize my vision would be so bad. I could see colors pretty well and I could see some shapes but that was it. I decided I was going to just continue relying on my sense of smell for most of the time at least.
One day, a huge hand came in and grabbed my mother! We all squeaked as much as we could but it did nothing. When mother came back she explained to us that that was the human. The human took her out sometimes and we just had to deal with it.
One fateful day, me and my siblings were playing. We all had a thin layer of fur now and if we were careful we could eat solid food. As we were playing, the human’s huge hand reached in and grabbed all of us. It was terrifying! It would grab us and squeeze us and almost drop us to our deaths! We were crawling over each other trying to get back into the cage but the human’s grasp was too tight. Once the torture was over, we were put back in our living space.
Our mother came to us and I thought she came to check on us, but she was acting very strange. She wasn’t cuddling us. She wasn’t feeding us. She wasn’t putting us back in the nest. She was just sniffing us. Then, out of nowhere, she grabbed one of my siblings and dug her teeth into his neck. He let out a terrified squeak but when she pressed harder the life drained out of his eyes and he stopped moving and went limp. She ripped a chunk of flesh out as we all watched. When she was done she dropped him onto the ground. He was nothing but a lifeless pile of bloody flesh. We all broke from the trance of seeing our brother being eaten alive and ran. What was mother doing?! She has always seemed so loving and caring. Had it all been a lie?! Was she just waiting for us to get big enough to eat?! I couldn’t believe what was happening, I just ran and hid in a pile of bedding and fluff. I could hear my siblings terrified squeaks for what felt like hours. Then, quiet. I heard the creature who I thought was my mother walk over and begin eating one of my lifeless siblings. The sound of the delicate bones crunching and the flesh squishing was almost unbearable, but I forced myself to stay quiet. After a while I heard the big, stomping footsteps of the human approaching. I peaked out from my hiding spot and saw the blurry image of the human looking inside. She gasped and I saw what I’m pretty sure was her hand grab my mother and take her out or our living space. The human then began to make very loud noises with her mouth that I could not understand, but I think they were directed at my cannibalistic mother. I then heard a thud followed by more human footsteps, and silence. My mother did not come back. I was terrified but exhausted. I curled up into a ball and fell asleep. My dreams were filled with the haunting screams of my now dead brothers and sisters.
