[ PI ] Darkness and light are reversed . Instead of turning on lights , you turn on darkness to keep the light away .

I woke up to the annoying buzz of my alarm. I rolled over, reluctant to wake up, and saw my alarm. 6:30 AM. Must have been a prank, my wife was up late last night... this seems like the kind of shit she would pull. Something was off though, it was broad daylight outside. I checked my phone, 6:30 AM, still broad daylight outside. Then I realized something, the light in my room was on, but the light switch was in the off position. 
 
 `` No fuckin' way.'' I muttered, and walked to my door. I flipped the switch into the on position, the light shut off. Pitch black except for the fading day ( night? ) light outside, this was insane. I decided I had to find Melissa, my wife has probably been up all night, she would no what's going on. I swallowed my fear and walk into the living room, I found her in a fetal position on the floor. 
 
 I ran over to her and crouched down, `` Melissa?! Holy shit! Melissa are you okay?!'' My voice shook violently, I rocked her back and forth, trying to soothe her. I hoped that whatever this was could be fixed. 
 
 Her mouth finally open, her usually bright, bubbly, cheerful voice was now dull, low and full of dread. `` Scott?'' She asked, I should probably clarify that I am a girl. At least partially. `` D-did you s-see what ha-happened? The sun... and the moon... they just... they just *switched*.'' 
 
 I looked at her, she was always so bright and cheerful, now she just looked sad. Like a lost puppy, wandering around a crowd searching for its owner. `` Come on, cupcake.'' I smiled, and took her hand. I led her outside, we were both still in our pajamas, bare foot and hair in a mess. Of course, so was half the neighborhood. Everyone on our street standing outside, staring at the setting sun. It was getting... dark. I checked my phone, 7:46 AM. Over an hour since I woke up, and it's getting *darker*. 
 
 I sighed, scared at what this meant, but went inside. 
 
 *One Year Later* 
 
 `` Well, see you in the next video! Goodbye!'' I yelled, and shut off the camera. I checked my watch, 5:35 PM. Pitch black outside, the light switch was turned off, lights were on. 
 
 Melissa came in and gave me a quick kiss, `` I know you need the lights for your videos, but you should turn them off. Y'know what happened to Marty across the street, he kept the lights on for to long, went blind. He was n't even looking at them. Weird huh? The light is not a good thing, you miss our old life, I get it. But the dark is the only way we stay safe, and I need you to stay safe, for my sake. We do n't need you to go blind, or anything else. Stay safe, baby.'' She grabbed my hand and led me upstairs. One advantage to pitch black for the foreseeable future? Fuckin' night vision. Not ever weird neon green shit, everything looks the same as it did before, just gray. It drove my uncle to insanity, but I kind of like it. 
 
 I've accepted that this is life now, and try to see the color ( no pun intended ) in it. My wife has done the same, but is n't quite as vibrant ( oh who am I kidding? Yes pun intended! ) about it as I am. Of course, this faded life is taking its toll on people. Depression, anxiety, and suicide rates are all up. People are going insane. The Darkness is n't so bad though. Afterall, there is safety, seclusion, *seduction* in the Darkness. 
 
 They will learn to love the Darkness. Even if I have to make them.
