I am Watching You - Short Scary Stories Series

I am Watching You - Short Scary Stories (series 1)

"Ahhhh!"

The is door locked. She was trapped. There was no hope.

Teresa is so excited for Halloween. Her friend Angel and she have planned out their route. The clock rang 4 times showing that it's 4 o'clock right now, but on the fourth rang, the clock rang extra loud and she heard the slightest sound of her name being called.

"Teresa...Teresa..."

Teresa ignored it, thinking that it was one of her silly daydreams. Teresa wore her costume and headed for the door. Her mum dropped her off but there was no one there.

"Did I get the street wrong? Is it Halloween today? Why is there no one here?" she muttered. Teresa turned around to tell her mum but, she was gone.

There was a huge wave of wind. The branches on the trees seemed to whisper, Teresa! She turned around and covered her ears. There was the tall shadow. The shadow got bigger and bigger. Teresa! TERESA! The wind was howling and she was about to scream when a hand rested on her shoulder. Her body tensed up and she did not dare to turn around.

"Teresa! It's me! what are you doing?" snapped Angel. Angel grabbed Teresa and started their trick or treating plan. Teresa looked back and nothing was there. Maybe I was just crazy, she thought. Teresa insisted her mind that nothing happened, but she could not stop thinking about it. It felt like a ghost has haunted her mind.

They got 2 full bags of candy and there was one last house that they need to go to. It was a mansion. It looked luxurious and new, almost like a palace.

Angel gossiped "I hope they are generous and give us a lot of candy!" They sneaked up the steps and the decorations were scary. There was graves with blood covered all over it, human bones and fake phantoms drifting around, connected by a wire. They knocked on the door, no one answered. 

Angel said "Let's just go in! Who cares!" They walked in. Their curious eyes exploring the place. There was a grand piano in the living room and on the dinner table, stood two silver candles that were just lit. The table was clean and had no fingerprints on it. The plates, knives and spoons were all silver with a bow tied on as the delicate touch. There was also a fake phantom that was laying the ground. It must be a decoration, Teresa thought to herself. Teresa was not hungry and she wanted to save her appetite for her candies later.

"Come on! Let's go, there's no candy here!" Teresa said. There was a nice smooth music that flowed in, from the piano. Teresa sneaks up to the piano but there was no one there. She went back to the dinner table and Angel was dead. Her body was cold as ice, her lips were purple and blood was dripping from her head. Her eyes were still open and they were staring at the fake phantom on the ground. Teresa screamed and there was this force that pushed her upstairs.

She didn't know what it was but she knows there is something watching her. Images of death flashed through her head. All of a sudden, the lights turned off. Teresa was desperate and she wanted her life to end at that moment. Her heart beat was all she could hear and feel as she waited...waited for it to go, or get her. She became weak and tired, it was so hard for her to hold herself up with all this shaking, why couldn't she stop?

The silence was unbearable, her heart sank. Why wouldn't it go, what did it want with her? A tear ran down her face as she realised there was no escape, it was next to her. Teresa could not see anything. Suddenly, a boney and wrinkly hand rested on her shoulder, patting her. Teresa? Teresa? She did not dare to open her eyes. The hand dug and pierced into her skin. The fear inside her completely overpowered the pain. When the hand came out, Teresa heard beats and thumps. It was her heart. Why can't it just kill me, Teresa thought. She felt dizzy and hypnotised as she fell into a deep sleep. There was no fear anymore and she did not wake up. As for me, I finally heard the first beat of my very own heart.