[ TT ] All your friends and family are slowly changing . They do n't notice the difference , but you certainly do ...

The floorboards creaked out a slow and steady moan. Much like the sounds that haunted my dreams nightly. They were awake again. Slowly shambling towards the stairs. I knew the sound all too well. It was the sound of dread, the sound of woe. 
 
 It was n't always like this. Before the eclipse my family members were your normal middle class people. Dad worked his nine-to-five and Mom made sure we were always fed and inside before the street lights were out. Ever since the eclipse though, things have changed. 
 
 They were subtle at first, little twinges here and there in their speech or maybe a helping more at dinner than usual. But then, then it started to become all the more obvious to me. The really alarming event happened last night. You see, last night we had company. 
 
 A few fellas were drifting through town and needed a warm place to rest. Dad passed them on his way home from work. He told them we had some firewood that needed chopping, and if they wanted food and shelter for the night they could do two cords for him that they'd earn their keep. 
 
 When he got home though, early I should mention, he never left early before the eclipse. I could see the change in his eyes immediately. They were dark and bloodshot, like that of a person who had n't slept for days. He seemed taller in stature, more manic in action. He moved towards me, slowly, almost shambling. 
 
 `` Son, have you done your homework?'' 
 He asked in almost a slithering tone. 
 
 `` Yea dad... dad what's wrong with you?'' 
 I was almost too afraid to ask the question. The words barely slipped across my lips. 
 
 His eyes flickered a little. His ear twitched. 
 `` Nothing son, I'm perfectly fine.'' 
 
 I knew better than to ask the question again. I resigned to my room where all I could hear was the sound of the hobos chopping. 
 
 Chop. Chop. Chop. 
 
 I did n't know I'd hear the sound again so soon.
