The Darkness

"Comehere child, come to the darkness"It said, I only being four left my bed to go toward the yellow eyes.My aunt however had also lived with us in my room and pulled me toher bed.

"Momfirst, dad then, next auntie then little baby Jen"the yellow eyes had said in their scratchy voice before disappearing.I stood bewildered by what I had seen, floating yellow eyes in thedark of the hallway.

I'm17 now and I remember it clearly but every time I bring it up with myaunt she tells me it was nothing but a crazed dog in the night andshe whispered in my ear but I felt a connection to the...creature?Demon? Dog? It? She forces me to sleep with a night light and I'mhome schooled so I have no friends, I also meet with a therapistevery Monday and Friday to tell him what I feel and every meeting Itell him crazy, insane, like I shouldn't be here. Every night afterI take my pills I feel a presence watching me from a short distanceas though it was right outside my door, then again my aunt, thehomeschooling, and therapy makes me feel crazy I very well might be.I've kept a diary only recently documenting everything but pagesare ripped out meaning it wasn't new but an old one, and I'veseen it before.

"JANEYIT'S TIME TO TAKE YOUR PILLS" My aunt had shouted to me, I walkeddown to her from our small isolated cabin only three blocks fromtown.

"Auntiemy night-lights bulbs gone out" I said bored

"We'llsleep together tonight" She suggested

"Auntieeeeeeeee"I whined

"Y-Youcan have mine tonight" She smiled while a tear rippled to her eyes

Ifell asleep in peace but I woke up hearing my aunt scream in pain Igot up but she screamed for me to stay away.

"JANEYTHE DARKNESS STAY OUT OF THE DARKNESS, KEEP TO YOUR ROOM PLEASE KEEPTO YOUR ROOM BABY" She yelled

Iwas unsure of what to do but once the screaming stopped I saw twoyellow eyes in the hallway outside my door, I jumped into bed curlingmy legs to my chest.

"Momfirst, dad then, auntie next, then little baby Jane" Theysaid and then disappeared. When I felt safe I turned on my light andthen hallway strangely my aunt's light was already I looked intoher room and screamed. Her body was...split open at the rib cage, herface froze in pure terror, I knew it wasn't a dog she had lied tome and whatever it was got her. I could have saved her. I called 911on her cell as I sat on her floor shocked entirely. My aunt, my caretaker, my only friend was here.....butchered in front of me.

Isat at her funeral watching them bury her, the police had told me I'dbe into a foster home. They promised to find the thing that killedher but they too claimed a crazed dog had somehow gotten in andmauled her to death. I got all of her possessions but it wasn'tmuch just a locked brown box, and some jewelry, and all of our money.

Thefirst few nights within the foster home were weird the girlswere......unusual I suppose is the most adequate word, they spoke ofdemons, and drugs, they spoke of jail, and a place called juvenilehall, was this how most teens lived? I got use to them after a whilebut I still didn't speak until after the second week of being therebut just a little.

"Mynight-light went out...Mary" I said to the foster mom, everyonegasped and some giggled at me, but the shock was....overwhelming Iguess.

"J-Jane,of course I'll replace it tomorrow" She smiled, I shook my headin disagreement.

"Whatchuneed a night-light for scared of the dark" Some girl laughed

"No,because when the light goes out a pair of yellow eyes comes to seeme, and someone dies" I said tearing up a little

"Janeits only one night it'll be okay" my roommate smiled, I found herthe most kind hearted of the group, I nodded in agreement maybeeverything will be okay.