Shannequin (Cha Eunwoo AU)

Chapter Five

Keziah's POV

I know I fell asleep as soon as MJ said good night to me, and right now, I'm slowly drifting off from my dreamland.

I didn't know what my dream was all about before I got out of it. But what I found weird is that, gising nga ako pero ang dreamy naman ng paligid ko.

Like you know, gising ka nga pero parang nasa panaginip ka pa rin. I could see white vignettes circling my sight, and then at the center, it looked like a cloudy or dreamy-like filter. I can't even see things clearly.

I know to myself that I am sitting on my bed, pero pakiramdam ko ay parang nakahiga pa rin ako.

That's when I realized that I just experienced a false awakening. Kaya pala parang hinihigit pa rin 'yong katawan ko humiga at matulog.

Ngayong sigurado na akong gising na ang buong kaluluwa ko, saka ko lang napansin na hindi ako makagalaw.

Suddenly, I heard strange and creepy music inside the room. Kagaya ang tunog nito sa mga creepy sound effects ng mga horror movies.

I don't like what will happen next to me right at this hour.

Pakiramdam ko ay nawalan ako saglit ng hininga sa nakita ko, sobrang dilim ng paligid pero kitang-kita ko ang isang pigura ng bata. This kid is not usually the kid we see each day, dahil mula ulo hanggang paa nito ay puro itim ang nakikita ko sa kaniya na parang nag-comouflage na siya sa kadiliman.

Para akong binuhusan ng malamig na tubig dahil sa mga tingin na pinupukol nito sa akin. Hindi ako natatakot dahil sa nakakamatay nitong tingin sa akin, the main reason why I am petrified is that.

His eyes are glowing red while staring at me dead.

"Kahit daliri ko lang, kahit isang daliri ko lang maigalaw ko." I silently kept on praying that I could move at any moment.

I also began to hear strange sounds.

This is a pure nightmare to me.

Parang maiiyak na ako sa sitwasyon ko, kahit pagsigaw ay 'di ko rin magawa. Mas trumiple ang kabog ng dibdib ko nang biglang mawalan ng ulo ang bata sa harap ko.

At sa isang iglap lang ay may nakadagan na sa akin na lalaki na katulad ng bata. Hindi lang siya basta-basta nakadagan sa akin, he is also choking me!

Nakatitig lang ako sa bata na nasa tabi ko lang at wala ng ulo, hindi ko alam ano ang pumasok sa utak ko, but I tried reaching the kid. I also tried to move to free myself from this man's grip, pero useless lahat ng mga attempts ko dahil hindi pa rin ako makagalaw.

The more I try to move or lift my finger, the more my energy drains. I started to tear up, pakiramdam ko parang mamamatay ako ngayon.

This might be OA to say, but am I next to Eunwoo?

I'm also starting to lose hope dahil wala man lang akong kalaban-laban sa lalaking nakadagan sa akin− tas kahit isang daliri ko hindi ko man lang kayang maigalaw− when I remember to pray.

It was too late for me to realize that I was having an episode of sleeping paralysis, and they said in situations like this, you need to pray.

And I did. I wholeheartedly pray despite how draining this situation is.

Suddenly, I got snapped back from reality, where I could move my body freely. I can even breathe regularly, and the surrounding isn't pitch black. And there's no more headless kid and the guy choking me.