Neverending Nightmare

Chapter 1

I stepped back. What did the message mean by now the real nightmare begins? Was…everything a dream? Is this purgatory? My own personal hell? My thoughts were interrupted by a rumbling sound.  Suddenly the table was sucked into the ground. Some of the red substance splattering onto the hard wood floor. The Wall I was facing split…showing a hallway…it was shrouded in darkness. I felt the wall touch my back. I hand’t moved an inch. I then felt like I was being pushed into the hallway.

I dug my heels into the floor as I was pushed closer and closer to the dark hallway. It didn’t work. I was flung into the hallway. I stood up and I couldn’t see in front of me. The wall had closed the entrance to the hallway. The hallway was then lit up with two torches on either side of me. I began to walk…even though my better judgement disapproved. More torches lite up as I walked.

“Jasmine…” I heard something whisper. I looked around furiously with my heart beating fast…at least…i think my heart was beating fast. I couldn’t feel my heart at all. I looked back and noticed the torches behind me were out. it seems like the ones next to me light up…I continued to walk. It got colder and colder as I continued. I kept hearing more whispers as I continued. I covered my ears but that didn’t work. they sounded like they were in my mind but they echoed through the hallway when my ears weren’t covered.

After what seemed like hours I felt my mind start to unravel I fell to my knees, covered my ears and the torches didn’t light up this time. I was in complete darkness again. I wanted the voices to stop. Am I going crazy!? I didn’t know in the least…after a few minutes…I screamed at the top of my lungs. They stopped when I had stopped screaming. I opened my eyes and stood up. The voices didn’t come back after a few minutes…but I heard a low hum. All of a sudden the lights came on…but I wasn’t in the hallway.

I was in a large room. It was larger than the last…and was darker. I did notice something though…there was a chair…and there was a girl sitting in it. I heard crying coming from the strange girl. I walked foreword and walked around her to where I could see her face. She continued to cry…they seemed to get louder.

“A…are you ok?” I said but the crying got louder. she slowly looked up but the cries didn’t stop. She looked ghostly pale. She was wearing a pale white dress and her hair were in braids. What frightened me was her eyes…they were pitch black pits. What seemed like blood streamed down her face.

“Have you seen my eyes?” She said between sobs. I didn’t answer and she repeated the phrase over…and over…and louder…and louder. My ears started to hurt as she screamed it. After a few minutes of torture she suddenly stopped. I opened my eyes and uncovered my ears. The girl stared at me…with those pitch black pits. She then laughed slightly then she giggled.

“Since I don’t have eyes…I will take yours.” My eyes widened. She stood up with her insane laughs and giggles getting louder. She tackled me to the ground and I grabbed her hands before she could claw out my eyes with her sharp nails. I looked to the side and saw a knife under her chair. I knew what to do. I struggled to get it as she clawed at me. I got the knife and stabbed her in the temple. She went silent…and toppled over. I stood up and pressed against the wall.

I was breathing heavily as I saw a black pool of liquid formed under her. Once her body was surrounded her body sunk into the puddle. The knife laid where her head was. I carefully grabbed it and saw as the puddle soaked into the floor. After catching my breath I started searching for an exit. I pressed my ear against the wall and knocked…looking for a hollowed spot. I found it after a few minutes. I starched, clawed and dug into the wall. My fingers bled and the knife went dull when I uncovered the door.

I put my hand on the knob…and turned.