I wake up in pitch darkness. Rolling over in my bed, I notice the time. 1:27 A.M. To early to wake up now. I think to myself. As I close my eyes and start to drift off, I hear a faint scratching noise. Confused, I lift my head and look around the room. The scratching starts to get louder. I crawl out of bed and start moving toward the light switch. It gets louder and louder. I reach the light switch and turn it on. Nothing. Everything is silent. I open my bedroom door and walk out into the hallway. Then, very faintly, I hear another sound. I close my eyes and strain my ears to hear it. It was coming from my sisters room. I move down the hallway as quiet as possible. I rest my ear on the door to hear. That's when I realize, the noise I was hearing in the hallway was my sister breathing. Frustrated, I turn around to go back to my room and see a dark figure move across the hallway. I gasp, and immediately cover my mouth, fearing that I woke my mom of sister. I peek my head in the door and see my sister is still asleep. Relived, I start to move down the hallway, Slowly and quietly. When I get to the end of the hallway, my heart is beating faster than a Cheetah running through African Plains. I look around the corner and no one is there. I must be really tired! I think to myself. I walk back to my room, turn off the light. Crawl into bed and fall asleep.
Again, I wake up. I hear the pitter-patter of rain on the roof. I roll out of bed and walk up to the window and pull up the blinds. I see the familiar woods out in the distance, but something seems off. That's when I see him, standing just inside the wood. Wearing all black, with what looks like a bloody butchers knife. I duck down under the window. Taking a few deep breaths I peek out the window again. He's gone. I duck back down under the window, laughing at myself for being so scared of nothing. I turn around to get out of my room and he's standing right in front of me. I freeze in place. He lifts his arm, and swings his bloody knife, and then I wake up.
Happy Halloween!
