The Shadow People

8. Power Cut

With that she woke up and looked around the room, she was back in Tony's room with Tony asleep in the bed next to her. Her heart was beating really fast but the room was quiet. Across the room Trixxy was asleep in his bed. Steph realised that she was sweating and started shaking Tony to wake him up. 'Tony, please wake up!' she said as he turned over.

'What is it, what happened?' he murmured.

'I had a really weird dream,' said Steph 'It was almost real! I saw loads of things!' she said still breathless. The small bedside table light was now switched back on and Tony sat up and Steph explained to him everything she had seen. She had explained the things she saw with Kirsty and then Tony and Neil and then Maxine, their parents, their Aunt and Cousin and then finally the strange guy who had been talking to Paige and Jade. Tony was amazed about the things Steph had described to him as she had seen his girlfriend split up with him and had described it exactly as it had happened. They went to check the crucifix and noticed that it seemed to have been burnt somewhat.

'I think it was in here last night, in fact I know it was here!' exclaimed Steph 'It came into my dreams and I saw loads of things, it was showing me bad things and sad things,' she said as Tony was examining the crucifix which although had not moved from the end of the bed it did seem like it had been burnt slightly and felt hot.

'I think you might have wet yourself as well,' said Tony to Steph who then checked herself looking surprised. She had been sweating and hadn't yet noticed but did feel like she might well have wet the bed while asleep but this was something she never done before not even when she was younger. She then looked over to the wall where the shadow had first appeared and noticed it seemed slightly damp.

'Look can we go,' suggested Steph 'I can't stay in here now, can we just go out?' she said.

'Maybe we could go in the garden or something,' suggested Tony 'I think you need some fresh air,' 

They both decided to stay in the back garden shed for the night. It wasn't a cold evening and they felt somewhat safer being out of the house. As Tony opened the shed door Steph looked up at the house to her room that looked out into the back garden.

'Tony, I feel like someone is up there watching me,' she said although she couldn't see anyone she now felt like she was being watched at all times. She then looked over towards the O'Connells house next door and although their house seemed to be in darkness it seemed they hadn't closed the curtains and also got the same feeling. In the shed was an old sofa bed that they slept on but they both stayed awake for a while talking with Trixxy at the end of their bed.

'Did you dream about anything last night?' asked Steph to Tony.

'I don't think I dreamt about anything really,' he said 'I just woke up when you woke me up,'

She felt disturbed by the things she had seen in her dream. All of them where sad things and things related to her. She had seen Kirsty crying over her parents divorce when she was younger, and her breakup with Chris. She had seen Tony and Neil getting hassle from other people and breaking up with their own girlfriends, things that had happened to Leesha and things that happened to her parents, Leah, Tony and herself when she was younger.