THE DIARY WITH TOMORROWβS DATE
A Mystery Novel
Chapter 1 β The Diary Under the Bed
Mia Carter had always believed that strange things belonged in stories.
Ghosts. Secret rooms. Mysterious letters. Diaries that predicted the future.
Those were things authors invented.
Until Friday night.
Rain tapped against Miaβs bedroom window as she searched beneath her bed for her missing notebook. She reached into the darkness and pulled out something covered in dust.
It was a diary.
The cover was dark brown, with a small silver key drawn into the leather.
Mia frowned.
She had never seen it before.
Curious, she opened it.
The first page was completely blank.
The second page was blank too.
Then she noticed a date written on the third page.
September 20, 2026.
Mia froze.
Today was September 19.
She checked her phone.
September 19, 2026 β 11:47 p.m.
Her eyes returned to the diary.
Tomorrow's date.
Below it, someone had written:
βMia will find this diary tonight.β
Her hands went cold.
Then another sentence appeared underneath.
βTomorrow, she will discover why.β
Mia swallowed.
βThat's impossible.β
She turned the page.
There was a list.
8:10 a.m. β Someone will leave a red umbrella outside the school gate.
11:35 a.m. β A classroom window will break.
2:15 p.m. β Mia will receive a message from someone she hasn't spoken to in three years.
6:00 p.m. β She will find the second diary.
Mia stared at the final line.
There was one more sentence.
Written in darker ink.
βDo not let anyone else read this.β
Suddenly, her bedroom door creaked.
Mia spun around.
Nobody was there.
She looked back at the diary.
A new sentence had appeared.
βYou are not alone.β
Mia dropped the diary.
And somewhere downstairs...
the doorbell rang.
11:48 p.m.
Only one minute had passed.
But tomorrow had already begun.