Scarlet's Doll

Chapter 5- Evanesce

"Nooo!!!" "Get out of my room!!!" I let out a terrifying wail. I screamed at the top of my voice.

It's glowing brightly, surrounded by astonishing fire. The doll grinned at me, it's dark eyes flashed. It stood up and walked towards my direction. "Dont come closer!!! Stay away from me!!!" I shrieked.

My hand thrashed in the covers. I struggled to pull myself out of the bed. But the bed entrapped my body, it had given me a strong entanglement of embrace.

I saw the doll stood up and walk towards my direction. Still smiling. Smiling at me.

I felt the air getting warmer. My back was damped with sweat.

I covered my face to shield myself. I don't want to see that doll. I then heard a loud thud on the floor and I know that the doll jumped from the dressing table.

I closed my eyes and just told myself that I imagined it all.

My heart is beating fast.

Lub Dub! Lub Dub! Lub Dub!

Then the room was once again tranquil after I closed my eyes. My room is quiet and calm once more. Had I really imagined it all? I want to open my eyes and get a good glimpse of the doll.

But what I witnessed is just pure heavy black. The room is pitch-dark, covered with shadows. But what's confusing in the blackness is that it has four dots. Then I realized that it's. . . It's. . . THE DOLL'S EYES!

"Erus 12, Erus 12, Erus 12" The doll said quickly.

Without any hesistation I pushed the doll away from my face. I sprinted as fast as I can to get away from my room.

"The doll! The doll!" I shrieked. "It's glowing! The doll is glowing!"

Scorched jumped out as I ran past his bedroom. "Scarlet? What's going on?" He called out.

I didn't stop to answer. I kept on running down the hall to my Mom and Dad's room. "The doll!" I wailed. "The doll!" I was so terrified that I don't know what I was doing.

The door is locked. But I shoved it open without even knocking. Mom was lying on her back on her side of the bed. My Dad was away on a business trip for 2 months but Mom still slept on her side of the bed.

As I burst in, she sat straight up and uttered a startled cry, "Scarlet? Why are you screaming?"

I ran up beside her, "Mom! The doll! It started to glow!" I cried, my voice is high and shrill. "And it even grinned at me! Mom! Please help me!"

Mom stood up and wrapped me up in a hug. She felt so warm and soft. I was shaking all over. I suddenly felt as if I were a little girl.

"Scarlet, you all just had a bad dream," Mom said softly. She ran her hand at the back of my hair, the way she used to do when I was a kid.

"But Mom! It was real! I saw it with my two eyes!"

"That's all it was Scarlet. A nightmare. Take a deep breath. Look how you're shaking."

I pulled away from her. I knew it wasn't a nightmare because I'm wide awake at that time. "Come and see," I insisted. "Hurry."

I pulled her out of the hall. A light clicked on in Raven's room and the door swung open. "What's happening Carmine?" she asked sleepily. She was wearing a long black nightshirt.

"Scarlet says that her doll glowed," Mom reported. "I think she just had a bad dream Raven."

"No I didn't!" I shouted angrily. "Come on! I'll show you!"

I started to pull Mom down the hall. But I stopped when I saw the intense expression on Raven's face. She had been sleepy a second ago. But now her eyes are wide and she was staring at me hard. Staring at my face, studying me.

I turned away from her and nearly bumped at Scorch. "Why did you wake me up?" Scorch demanded.

I pushed past him and led everyone down the hall into my room. "The doll glowed!" I cried. "And it smiled at me! Just wait and you'll see!"

I burst into my room and strode up to the dressing table. But the doll was gone. I looked under my bed, behind the covers and every edge that my room has but there's still no sign of existence of my doll. Where could've it gone to?