Reality: A Choose Your Own Adventure Horror Novel

3

In the middle of the night I woke up to the sound of intense scratching. I turned over on my side and tried to fall back to sleep but the scratching persisted.

I got up and looked around my room: nothing was there. As soon as I began to leave the room to get my mom the sound ceased. I shrugged and went downstairs anyway to get some water.

I drank it and soon began wandering back up to my room. I got in my bed and laid down.

I was about to doze off when the scratching started again. I looked up could see a dark shadow nearing me. My heart sped up and I pulled the blanket over my head.

Ba-dump, Ba-dump, Ba-dump.

My heart slammed against my ribcage like a captured bird trying to flee from its captor's hands. I slowly slid the blanket up, trying to hide myself without drawing the thing's attention.

As the blanket covered my eyes the shadow was about a foot away, and I could make out some distinguishable features. It had long scraggly black hair and a spindly body.

It had several extra appendages so I knew it definitely wasn't human. By now my heart was beating so loud I was positive the thing would hear it. Just then my brother Jun Ho began shifting in his bed.

Thank goodness our walls are incredibly thin!

It was silent. I didn't want to take any chances so I stayed underneath the covers until morning not bothering to even try going to sleep.

The next morning, my mom asked me why I looked so tired. I just said I was too hot which led to her lecturing me on how she refused to get a fan.

Jun Ho was still asleep when I left so I couldn't ask him if he heard it too. When I arrived at school, H and Soro were waiting for me. H was concerned and took my pulse.

"What will that help?" I asked. A huge grin began to form on his face. A grin that made my chest feel heavy from fear and happiness. He looked at Soro.

She smiled back at me the same way.

Finally, after smiling creepily for a while they said in unison:

"This is only the beginning..."