I was lying in my bed, staring. At the wall to be exact. Listening to the rain as it pounded on the roof above me. Why, why couldn’t I fall asleep? I have school tomorrow, I thought; I knew I shouldn’t have watched that scary movie today. 12:00a.m. Great, I’m never going to get to sleep and I have to get up at 5:30. As I was listening to the wind outside of my window, the power blinked off and then back on again. That was weird, I said in my head.
Just as I was about to drift off, I heard was something scratching at my door. I finally pulled myself out from underneath the warm blankets to let my cat in. But, when I opened the door; there was not anything there. So, I left my door cracked and crawled back into bed. As soon as I was comfortable again, I heard something walking down the hallway, towards my room. As I looked, I could see a shadow. Who is that? Everyone else is sleeping, I can hear them snoring. Who is coming towards my room? My eyes were locked on the dark shadow when suddenly; the power went out – for good this time. I could no longer see the figure.
Even though I was more scared that I had ever been before in my life, I forced myself to get out of my bed and find out for myself what was in my house. As my whole body was trembling, I slowly tip-toed to my doorway. There was not anything or anyone there. “Mom…” I called out, “Dad, where are you guys?” The only response I got back was a bunch of loud snoring. Great, just my luck. I’m stuck in my house at night, with a stranger and my parents won’t wake up.
Then, I saw it again – the shadow. It was walking toward me, slowly. I felt a drop of sweat forming on my forehead. It was calling something out; a name, I think. As it got closer I realized that it was calling out my name. “Emily. Emily.” Now, my knees were shaking. “What do you want?” I said, reluctantly. “Get up!” I jumped higher than I ever had before. My mom was sitting on the edge of my bed; the sun was shining. It was all just a dream. No more scary movies before bed.
