"Kids Today..."

Kids today...they just are not what they used to be.

“Kids Today…”

By Cody Williams

 

            Vivian Saunders straightened her glasses upend glanced over at the naughty chair, that Junior was sitting it, to make sure he was behaving. There was something instantly strange about it and she realized that. The top of his head faced the corner and his face was buried in his lap.

            “What the?” she started as she began to make her way towards the corner of the room.

            “Junior?” She said as she waited for a response. The boy said nothing. He continued sitting there with his face buried into his lap. She paused for a moment and listened. A strange sound was coming from him. She couldn’t quite make it but it was as if he whispering something to her. “Junior? Are you okay?” She asked him as she started to reach for his back.

            “Ms. Saunders!” She heard someone screaming from behind her. She turned her back to Junior and looked to the other side of the daycare center. “Ms. Saunders help! It hurts! Help! It hurts!” a little girls cried out as she began to sob. Vivian ran over to and knelt down beside her.

            “What’s the matter Stephanie dear?” She asked as she looked down at a scrape that was just below her kneecap.

            “I fell from the top of the slide and now I have a boo-boo! It hurts! It hurts!” She cried out again. Vivian reached into the right front pocket of her blue jeans and pulled out a blue plastic box with white label on the front of it with big read letters that read: FIRST AID. She opened the box and pulled out an alcohol-rubbing pad and opened it. When Stephanie saw the pad jumped back and covered the scrape with her hands.

            “Don’t touch Ms. Saunders! It hurts!”

            “Don’t worry Steph! It won’t hurt too bad! It will just sting a little bit and then I’ll put a Band Aid on it!” Ms. Saunders told her. “You don’t want it to get infected do you?” She asked her. Stephanie shook her head and moved her leg back over to Ms. Saunders. Vivian took the swab and gently pressed it against the cut. Stephanie began crying again and began moving uncomfortably. She reached back in the first aid kit and pulled out a Band Aid. Vivian removed the small paper pieces from the back of it and placed it on Steph’s scrape. She softly patted it and stood up.

            “There, all better!” Vivian said smiling down at Stephanie. She smiled back and Vivian turned her back to Stephanie and walked across the room back to the time out corner where Junior was sitting.

            Junior was still sitting bent over with his face in his lap.

            “Junior? Time is up! You can rejoin us in the magic carpet for story time!” Ms. Saunders said. Junior said nothing. The whispers continued but she still couldn’t make sense what he was saying. “Junior? Okay Junior, that’s enough! It’s story time!” Vivian said. She reached out and touched him slightly on the back. Junior slowly arose straighten his back against the back of the chair. He stood his feet and turned to face Vivian. His eyes different than they were before. His eyes resembled that of a cat’s eye and had a forked tongue that slithered in and out of his mouth between his chapped lips. Vivian gasped amazed at what she saw. Junior let out a loud scream as two red colored horns pierced through his head. His teeth turned razor sharp and two of them resembled copperhead fangs. His fingernails were an inch longer than normal and were turning brown.

Junior raised his two hands with his palms facing out and his fingers pointing down towards the floor. A red laser beam shot out from his palms towards the other children.

            They too began to change. Horns sprouted from their skulls and they too morphed into the demon children.

            “I think it’s time for you to have a time out Ms. Saunders!” Junior said with wicked smirk on his face. The demons seeds moved in closer to Ms. Saunders forming a circle.  Vivian let out a deep scream of terror knowing that there was no escape.

Copyright 2014 by Cody Williams

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Author's Note

If you don't mind I'm going to explain where the idea of this one came from. As a music education major in college, I don't only have to take music courses, I also have to take education classes. The class I took last semester was Foundations of Education. In this class, I had to observe in a classroom environment. The class I was assigned was an elementary school gym class.

I really like kids but I have always thought that little kids could be somewhat creepy. That's why there have been so many other horror tales about evil kids. I knew that I wanted to incorporate my experience into a bone chilling tale about evil kids. This is the result.

I want to dedicate this one to the gym class I spent so much time in this year. Don't think of this as how I feel about kids. Instead consider it a love letter in true Cody Williams fashion.

Thanks!

-CW

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

This is a interesting daycare. I had to read twice. You put a lot in the story. Made me want to know more. Send me read request when you expand the story. Thank you for sharing the excellent story.
Coyote

[Cody Williams]

Thanks for reading Coyote! I this was an experience to write a flash fiction story. Most of my stories tend to run long and I really wanted to try my hand at flash fiction. I probably will go back through it and expand it to a short story sometime.

Thanks again!

-CW

[AndyLazer]

Like this kind of creepy fun story telling. Enjoyed reading it.

[Cody Williams]

Thanks for reading Andy!

-CW

[Matching Socks]

Lol. I hope I never get a love letter from you Cody.
Chilling. But fun to read. :)

[Cody Williams]

Thanks for reading Ance!

-CW

[MandaMoonFlowerExpressi..]

This is a great story! I found it to be very enjoyable to read. :)

[Cody Williams]

Thanks for reading!

-CW

[Hawkmoth]

Lots of typos and I think some words are missing, but still terrifying! I agree with you on the creepiness of children...wouldn't want to be in Mrs. Saunders' place!
Were Junior and the other kids demons from the start? If not, what happened to them? Was it some kind of viral outbreak?

[Cody Williams]

Thanks for reading! Junior was the only one...from the start. The lazier beams from Junior's palms transformed them.

-CW

[NoelHC]

I sort of expected that twist at the end, but it was handled well. Another reviewer mentioned typos and missing words, I agree there were a number of those. You should try clean those up before uploading.
The concept was good, and the story interesting.

[Cody Williams]

Thanks for reading Noel!

-CW

[lissalovesyou]

Oh my.
"I really like kids but I have always thought that little kids could be somewhat creepy"
I totally agree.
Once again, I found this very interesting and can't wait to read more.
I wish you wrote more so I could find out what happened!
lissalovesyou:)

[Cody Williams]

Thanks for reading Lisa!

-CW

[FreeThinker]

hahaaaaa i got scared a little but very nice writing

[Cody Williams]

Thanks for reading!

-CW

[Pure Innocence]

I am working on my education degree and I work with children a lot. This kinda made me laugh and slightly freak out. I thought it was funny because sometimes the classroom can feel like that with a bunch of kids :P It's a little creepy though. Good write.

[Cody Williams]

The classroom can sometimes be a creepy and hectic place. Thanks for reading!

-CW

[Pure Innocence]

Haha that is for sure!

[Dayran]

Your choice of the words ' demon seeds ' set me off ... and had me thinking that junior was into an early sexual excitation ... and thereafter it just popped. A children's class is reminiscent of the purity and innocence of youth ... that a young man in College is growing away from in his experiences. I can see how this set you off ... on the hidden nature of evil ... behind the innocence. Nice work ...

[Cody Williams]

Thanks for reading Dayran!

-CW

[Stephanie M]

I really enjoyed this. Maybe you could expand upon this story.

[Cody Williams]

Thanks for reading Stephanie! This was my hand at flash fiction. I'll probably expand sometime down the road!

-CW