Short Stories

7. The Shadow

I looked back uneasily. Something was following me. I was damn sure about it.

Was it Eleanor? But she went home like two hours back!

"Who's there?" I called out uneasily.

A dark shadow moved slightly.

"Eleanor?"

Getting no response, I turned around and started running quickly. The shadow followed me, gliding smoothly.

I was scared shitless. "Whose there?" I called out again, my voice laced with fear.

It wasn't my best friend Eleanor. I was sure of that. She wouldn't play such a sick prank on me.

Is it a murderer?

I turned behind again and looked at the empty alley. No one was there.

Why am I feeling so scared?

Then I saw a shadow on the wall. Right next to me. The only problem was, there was nobody anywhere. Yet I could see two shadows. One of them was mine. The second shadow, however, belonged to nobody. It was just a shadow. The outline of the shadow was shaped like that of a woman.

I became even more scared.

How can a shadow exist without a body?
.
.
.
.
Unless it belongs to a ghost!

Which means, I'm standing right next to a ghost!

I started running faster. The shadow followed me effortlessly.

"Don't run. There's no use in running. You'll only delay the inevitable." Said a raspy voice.

I started crying. Then my eyes went to the shadow. I could see it clearly now.

A girl. She put her hands out towards me. Her nails started growing until they became claws.

And then she ripped my throat apart.

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