Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark

Demonic symbol

This scene is still fresh on my mind I can still remember where it all started, My name is Liam I am 26 years old I'll tell you where my story began.

When I was a kid my mom and I lived on our own, dad died 4 years ago he got killed by the robbers when he was working in the gasoline station. My mom felt hopeless that day and didn't know what to do, since dad died my mom decided to rent the house and find a place for the two of us to live on. We went to this place called Sunol and met an old woman obviously in her late 80s she still looks healthy and strong. She introduces herself as the owner of this house, since she cannot afford any money she wants to sell it.

Mom and I are confused at the same moment since when did this old woman want to sell her house? When we first entered the door. Something wasn't right, I felt chills at that time. I looked at the whole view of the house it looked new and you wouldn't believe that it looked like a mansion, "this is a big house for Mom and me" I said to myself. after that, the old woman left and Mom told me to find my bedroom upstairs, as she had told me I went and found it.

I was in awe and astonished about the house obstacles you would see small statues in the staircase, I looked at them one by one and had this kind of fear. I didn't bother to look at the statues anymore coz they looked old and creepy. So I found a door nearby and opened it. Of course it wasn't locked and the creek sound of the door covered the whole place. I turned on the switch and saw a bedroom.

I put all my things in the cabinet which is made of wood and organize everything. Then something caught my attention. I stopped and stood to look at what I was stepping on, The flooring had drawings on it. A triangle with one eye circle to it there's also a symbol of something I don't know. I acted up as if I didn't see it and went back to where I was doing. It's already 9:00 pm it's time for me to sleep, and my mom has separate rooms I'm a little tired so I went upstairs to sleep.

Hours passed by when suddenly I woke up all of the sudden, I didn't know what just happened coz I just woke up that day. I looked at my alarm clock and it was 3:00 am, then suddenly I heard something bumped at my closet. I took the flashlight and opened it, There was a book that fell on the floor so I picked it up this book was heavy. I opened the pages and was shocked to see drawings of a devil.

I quickly put it down ran towards my bed and covered myself in a blanket. I was trembling in fear when suddenly I heard footsteps this footstep wasn't a footsteps of a human being. It's hard and reckless I couldn't even think it was my mom because I knew it wasn't her, I even heard someone growling it sounded like a beast. I started to weeped like a child and whispered "Mom please help me" I kept saying those words over and over again until the growling stops I didn't hear any footsteps at all.

I stopped crying as well and tried to take off my blanket I thought I was imagining things when I saw something unexpected. A tall man with a tail and a horn was looking at me, his body was red as well as his eyes he had sharp teeth and claws. He nearly looked like a monster. My heart started to pound fast and My breath was heavy I started screaming and ran outside the door, I went to my mom's bedroom and she was surprised to see me awake. She asked me why I was in her bedroom and why I looked like I'd seen a ghost.

I couldn't talk properly and it seems like I'm out of words. I didn't tell my mom what I saw and just slept in her bed that night. This is where everything started until every time I experienced unusual things. I keep forgetting what I saw that day but it just got any worse. I experienced having nightmares every night, I kept seeing that devil anywhere in my dreams he was growling like a monster, it wasn't ordinary at all since I kept dreaming the same thing and woke up at the exact time 3:00 am. Sometimes I don't fall asleep to think that I will have nightmares again.

But boy I was wrong because the more I stop sleeping the more I imagine things. I was so stressed out and couldn't think straightly. I also keep seeing that triangle with one-eye symbols everywhere I go even in school, streets and my friend's house. Sometimes I heard someone laughing and calling out my name but no one was there, I even had this strong feeling that someone was watching me, I knew it was the devil after all, it seemed like I was possessed by it.

At that time I decided to tell my mother about everything, I told her what I'd seen and what I'd seen in this house but turns out I thought she'd understand me but she just stared at me blankly and laughed at me, I told her that it was true that I'm not joking around but all she said to me is to stop fooling around and act as an adult, not a child. She even thinks that I'm crazy. I couldn't help but feel helpless even my own mother doesn't believe me. I tried to find the old woman but there was no use, I couldn't find any traces of her. There was no one I could talk to until I realized there was a way to stop this demon. I went to church nearby.

When first I took a step into the church, I felt better now, I talked to the priest and told him everything he ended up helping me get rid of the demon in our house. He insisted on giving his time to me and reminded me to pray every day, he even gave me a crucifix of Jesus Christ to hang in my bedroom. I was relieved that day until one night I had the worst nightmare. The demon I always saw in my dreams growled again it became louder and louder it kinda looked like his mad.

He talked in a monstrous voice "Ade sala loreze" a Latin word for "You can't stop me" he kept saying those words over and over again. As he kept saying it I prayed and prayed, and as I kept praying he got angrier the crucifix turned upside down I saw how angry the demon was he was the scariest creature of all but despite my fear I didn't stop. I can feel my whole body aching and my hands are trembling, but I keep saying to myself no matter what happens I keep on praying. Until it stopped so I stopped either.

I thought it was the end of me when the drawing on the floor disappeared, I figured out that the sign was to summon the demon and the old woman was an Illuminati, which explains why she is not weak at her age because she traded her soul to the demon for a long life. The demon finally left, I'm now free I decided not to leave the house coz my mom likes to live here, so we both stayed here. But I still have this feeling that I couldn't explain I started to forget everything but it still  bothers me.