Short horror stories

Red Room Ringer

A story by: PrincessNoahTheThird

She ran, ran from the fears that hid in the shadows. The light was non-existent as to where she was. She saw her house, about 100m away. She ran, and ran, and ran. She reached that house but struggled to open the front door. After much struggle she slammed the hard wood door behind herself. She pushed her black leather couch in front of the door and sprinted up the stairs. Her legs moved quicker than she thought and struggled to go up. She fell a few times but quickly got up. Her heartbeat was so quick, she could hear it in her ears. The blood flowing through her veins was rapid. She had done something she regretted.

*2 days earlier*

She opened her laptop and the flash of light blinded her. She looked at the time, "2:18AM" it had said. She opened a browser, A known browser. She typed "red rooms" in the browser and hit search. She stumbled upon a website called "Red Room Art". There was a fee, 1.34 Bitcoins. She was nervous, her hand shaking like crazy, she had never seen a red room but, she had to see it to believe it. After paying she was given a link. On the link was only 3 things, a streamer, a chat room, and a donate button. On the streamers screen was a boy, a young boy, about 6 years old. She knew what was gonna happen but she had to stop them. She commented in the chatroom "you're all sick! How can you watch this?!?" She regretted saying that the minute she typed it. She heard a knock at her door about 10 minutes after she closed the browser, she was hesitant but opened the door. A single Piece of paper was there, it had said "see you soon". With fear running through her mind, she picked up the phone, struggling to dial that buttons. She called her friend, Clint. He was at a party so it went to voicemail. He called back about 30 minutes later. Eventually he came to her house. He found her curled up in a ball crying. She explained everything that happened. Clint sent her to bed.

It's was 9am, she had woken up from the tweeting of birds. The sunlight was peeking through the windows. Elizabeth (the protagonist portrayed in the story) decided that she'd invite Clint over again to have tea. Once opening the door she found Clint hung from a rope. She found a piece of paper in his pocket that had read "1 more day". With the fear and guilt struck in her eyes, she could feel herself getting darker. In that moment it became night, the shadows started to surround her. Elizabeth was struck with the realization that this man was not human, but instead a demon. They were all demons. Once she came to that realization, she ran to the church, knowing the demons wouldn't step foot inside. The church roof started closing on itself, thus causing her to run to her house. The dark reality that demons were after her made, Elizabeth run quicker. The darkness started to surround the neighbourhood. Everyone's houses were somehow painted black. With that thought she knew she had to be quick. Upon entering the house, she ran upstairs, after that struggle she found the bathroom. There was banging on the front door. 5 minutes go by of pure silence. Then she was struck by the realization that it was all over. She gave in and let the door open. Demons stepped inside and started eating her soul out. She didn't scream. She didn't cry. She just laughed. It was almost as if it was what she wanted from the beginning. Her laugh started to faint away and eventually completely disappeared. All that was left of her was a dead corpse.