Kwento Ni Nanay

Demon

One night back when I was 12, I had just come home from playing with my friends. Mt fatger had told me to go brush my teeth and go to sleep so like an obedient daughter, I did. At that time, I was heavy on scary movies. As a result, I scared easily. Even the slightest noise would render me sleepless. I asked my parents to keep the hall light on at night.

That night, after being asleep for what seemed like five hours, a strange noise coming from the mirror at the foot of my bed woke me up. I opened my eyes to see if something was causing the noise. I saw nothing out of the ordinary.

I closed my eyes again assuming I'd only been dreaming. What happened next startled me it was one of the memories that I will never forget my entire life.

I heard the noise again. This time, I sat up. I saw a figure in the mirror doing the same thing- sitting on my bed. However, the one reflected in the mirror wasn't me. What I saw was unbelievable. I saw a man who looked probably in his mid 40's, with reddish in complexion, dark nrown horns like an ox, eyes at least two times the size of a normal man's pure yellow, with black slits down the middle from top to bottom. The only thing worse than the eyes was the smile: big teeth, each one was pointed and must have easily been an inch long.

I stared for probably close to a full minute, after which his smile got wider and bigger.
At no point during the first minute did I move. I was too scared. He raised his arm and pointed at me and he began to speak,
Even though I never saw his mouth move. His words to me were simple and clear, " Im here for you now ".

As soon as I heard that, I screamed for my father. I heard him coming from his room, down the hall to mine. Over the sound of my father's footsteps, I still heard the "man" in the mirror talking to me, with a deep grumbling voice. My father turn on the light in my room. I instinctively blinked to adjust my eyes to the sudden brightness and just like that the " man" in the mirror was gone.