Him and other stories

Demon

There's a demon in my room that watches me sleep. Its eyes are black and soulless and its big mouth is filled with thousands of sharp little teeth. I hate it with all my heart and I hate it even more because nobody seems to notice it, sure they see it but they pretend that nothing's wrong. At night I hear it crunching the bones of neighbours pets and occasionally I feel it's eyes watching me greedily, hungrily just waiting for the perfect time to strike. I listen as it whispers during the night just loud enough for me to hear and the only place I can escape it is at school, it doesn't follow me there well not yet anyway. Nobody believes me they just think I'm insane but surely they see the evil that lurks within it. I tried telling my parents again just before bed but they told me to stop being silly that it was only my younger sister. I feel her watching me, closer this time, a knife in her hand just waiting. I can't stay awake forever.