The Heart of a Madman (HORROR STORIES)

3 AM

I was cramming for the tests tomorrow. 2:30 AM at antok na antok na ako. Kulang nalang bumagsak ang mga mata ko kundi lang dahil sa kapeng ininom ko kanina.

Talagang nakakabwisit ang Physics. Wala nang pumapasok sa utak ko. With all of the formulas tapos kailangan mo pang malaman kung kelan mo sila magagamit, talagang dudugo utak mo.

I was sitting down at the cushion,  mga libro ng Science nakapalibot sakin habang nagsusulat ako ng notes. Tulog na ang dalawang kapatid ko at si Mama bale ako nalang talagang mag-isa rito.

At my back I felt a tingling sensation, na para bang may humawak sakin. Lumingon ako pero wala namang tao, maybe just my imagination. Ayokong mag give in sa mga nakakatakot na mga ideya at baka mapatakbo ako ng di oras kaya pinili ko nalang na mag focus.

Projectile Motion. Shit. Ang hirap, ang masama pa doon, hindi nag in-depth yung libro mismo sa topic. Paano ko malalaman kung paano mag calculate doon kung walang binigay na concrete concept and formula ? Kaasar.

Then I felt a strange feeling. A feeling kung saan madadama mo lang kapag nag-iisa ka at dead silence lang talaga ang nasa paligid mo. Alam mo yun ? Yung parang may nakatingin sayo pero pag lumingon ka, wala naman. How strange.

Binuksan ko ang phone ko para tingnan kung anong oras na. 3 AM. Thirty minutes had already pass ? Parang ang tulin naman ng oras.

I felt the urge to close my eyes and before I knew it, I was asleep.

I was in my bed, lying peacefully. Madilim ang paligid, only my bed was emitting blue hues of color which was strange. Everything was pitch black. By the end of my blanket I slowly see silhouettes. I tried to get up, pero ayaw maki-coordinate ng katawan ko. I'm frozen in place. All I could do was move my eyes where I could see them approaching. They were just shadows but they were creepy.

Naka-tayo lang sila sa paligid ng kama ko, walang ginagawa. I wanted to shut my eyes off hoping that everything would be over, pero ayaw. They all stared at me, their faces stolid. It was horrifying to endure, it was torture for me to lie down motionless. Why is this happening?

They were waiting there. Why are they waiting? It seemed like an eternity but as each second passed, it looked like they were coming closer. Until they were all around the sheets, their faces unknown, and shadowy. It was like staring unto a black smoke with a figure of a human.

Internally I'm already screaming, gusto ko lang ay ipikit ang mga mata ko. And I did.

Silence.

Everything was black under my eyelids and I felt increasing nervousness. Baka pagmulat ko ulit ng mga mata ko, may multo na sa harapan ko, or maybe those things are at my face.

Slowly I opened them. I was back in my room. Lights were open, I was sitting down where I fell asleep. Holding my pen in my right hand, it was wet. It was a nightmare, of course my body would sweat. My book was propped open in front of me, there were the formulas for Physics.

I'm glad it was just a nightmare. A mere nightmare. Kakaiba yung panaginip na yun ah, it was my first time experiencing something like that. I decided to stand up.

But it was weird. Pagkatayo ko ay naroroon pa rin ako na nakaupo. I looked at my hands but it was solid and realistic. It was like my soul departed from my body. Then I saw myself stand up, headed straight to the kitchen. Then I came back, towards my Mom's room.

I was holding a knife.

I screamed but neither my Mom nor my brother could hear.