Short Stories

Open Your Eyes

A/N: Okay, so this is actually supposed to be somekind of a direction to the story I was making but I finally decided against it. So yeah, why not?

There was some sort of a pressure that was pressing on top of my abdomen, a tingling sensation that disturbs me from the peace of my sleep. I willed my eyes open as I felt the pressure disappears. Sitting up, I glanced over the clock to see that it was 3 in the morning, too early for my liking. It was after I rubbed the sleep off my eyes so that I can see clearer when I'd noticed a figure in the dark.

The figure, whom I guessed was a female due to the outline of the long wavy hair, was merely sitting down on the out-of-place armchair beside the bathroom. I tried squinting my eyes to get a better look when the bright eyes came into my vision. It was frightening yet entrancing at the same time to see such bright-cat-like eyes staring at me. I was still shocked out of my life when I felt an unknown force pulling me onto my back, pinning me from getting up. It oddly didn't hurt, it just felt heavy.

I heard her standing up and slowly walked into my better view. And as if the whole ordeal wasn't enough to give me a heart attack, I recognized her.

She looked sickly pale, just like how we'd found her all those years ago. Her eyes were as star-bright as it were the last time I'd stare into them. Her wavy locks flawlessly fell on her shoulders almost effortlessly. And I'd completely sworn that she was wearing the same hospital gown that she'd died in.

But something's wrong.

She seems...

Lifeless, no, soulless.

She was muttering something under her breath but I couldn't have possibly heard it over the sudden ringing in my ears. It got louder and louder and somehow my eyes felt heavier and heavier and I could've sworn that the light from the toilet seemed to be glowing brighter and brighter. She was leaning in just at the same moment the light seemed to be burning into my retinas, her lips forming word my mind couldn't comprehend.

But just as the darkness and calm engulfed me, I heard her.

"Open your eyes, Def. Witness the truth,"