It was a cold night.. As i went to get ready for bed, lay down and continue life tomorrow. I had a rough time trying to sleep. I couldn't force myself to sleep no more, so i just stared at the ceiling. Waiting for my eye to drop and fall asleep, but it wouldn't happen. I waited and waited. The wait felt like hours has gone by with no sleep. I had nothing in my mind at the moment. Trying to focus on falling asleep. I've been waiting for a while now, and i know to myself it won't work trying to wait for myself to fall asleep any longer. I got up in the middle of the night and told myself I'll just make myself a cup of warm milk, in that way maybe i could fall asleep.
As i was making myself a cup of warm milk, i felt as if someone or something had gone through me like a ghost- or possibly a spirit. I felt my heartbeat faster and faster, i can feel my heart beat through my throat. I quickly ditched the kitchen left my cup of milk, ran upstairs and locked myself inside my room. I sat on my bed and said to myself "stupid hallucinations, stop. Stop. Fucking stop." I could still feel my heart beat through my throat and i started to get chills, i ran outside my room and barged inside my grandmother's room. As i looked inside she wasn't there. I did the same to my siblings, cousins and everyone else's room, i knew i was with no one inside the house. I started panicking and ran to my room again, Thinking where the hell is everyone. Where have they gone? Have they left me? Will they ever come back? What will i ever do without them? The thoughts kept on growing inside my head and i started to overthink really bad. I even started to cry. At the moment I was crying the shit out of myself, i heard a knock through my door, i quickly opened the door thinking it was my family. But as i opened the door.. I saw a creature. Tall with gray skin, a creature with no face but a big mouth with ferocious teeth. Arm's that are pointed in the end as sharp as the tip of a sword, feet so long as if it's like a tall metal pole... I screamed the moment i saw the terrifying monster i slammed the door behind it and ran to my window, i quickly went through my window and ran outside to the woods, as i ran and ran i screamed my throat out knowing i might be killed by the monster. As i stopped and hid behind a big tree, the monster suddenly appeared in front of me. I screamed the hell out but the monster didn't do anything to me, he reached out his hands and pointed it to me he then said with a deep voice "my dear, no matter how far you run, no matter how loud you scream, no one will hear you for you are stuck inside hell. You no longer need to hide from me because i will always.. Be inside your shadows" I tried to speak but i felt something, some kind of rope that's slithering around my neck like a snake, i couldn't make a sound even if i tried my best to.. The monster grabbed my neck and raised me High up while i still felt something strangling me, i tried my hardest to fight back but it wasn't enough to beat the monster. I no longer knew what to do, i felt my eyes crying tears of blood as well as my ears drip out blood, at that moment something was controlling me and i couldn't move at all, i surrendered and closed my eyes ready to die at the moment. But then i suddenly woke up. Laying down on my bed, i realized it was only a dream.no- not a dream, a nightmare. But something was wrong, i knew i was awake but i didn't have the ability to move. I felt warm tears down my cheek, it lasted for about 5 minutes, when i was able to move already i slowly got up. But i was still crying..
I know it was a nightmare, but it felt so real and horrifying, i stood up and i couldn't control my emotions, i kept crying and crying... I went to the bathroom to wash myself up. I faced the mirror and i saw the reflection of the monster behind me, he came closer and whispered in my ear "till we meet again. And i will not. Let you get away this time" He disappeared right away, i couldn't speak, make a sound or even move. I froze. Right at the moment i was thinking about what's happening. I took a deep breath, and closed my eyes. As i opened them, i was once again laying down on my bed, i said to myself "this has got to be real this time. " I heard a knock through my door, it opened and i saw my grandmother holding a basket of clothes, she said to me " Nak tayo na dyan, kumain kana dun kasama ung mga pinsan mo at nang mag lalaba na tayo"
I smiled and said "opo ma babangon napo ako" I knew it was all over, but at the same time i couldn't get my mind off the nightmare i just had.. But i just moved on and went through the day, i told nobody and just acted normal, as if.. Nothing happened...
