As I watch the shadowy figure enter into my field of vision, still concealed in darkness, I feel my last breath escape me. I have died…
“AHHHH!” I wake up in a pool of sweat, screaming at the top of my lungs. As I finally realize where I am, I quiet myself and sit up in my bed. The same dream. For the past 3 nights I have had the same haunting nightmare, and for the last 3 days, I’ve awoken in terror.
“Jeth? Are you okay?” My mother rushed into my room, in response to my shrill scream. “Yes, I’m alright, now”.
“Was it the same dream again?” she questioned. “Yeah, same one.” I responded, still half asleep, and half horrified. “Do you want to go see someone about it?” she asked. “No” I quickly replied. I didn’t think I needed to see a shrink or anything just yet.
Besides, I had already made plans for after school today. Monique and I were going to go see a movie. We had been dating for a few weeks now, and tonight we were going to go see that new Michael Douglas movie, “Don’t say a word”.
After a minute, I was fully awake. I showered, got dressed, and ran out the door before my mother even had a chance to ask me about the dream again, I didn’t want to talk about it. But I couldn’t stop thinking about it all day, during class.
When school was finally over, I met up with Monique on the far side of the field beside the school. “Hey Jeth, what’s up?”. I told her about having the dream again. All she said was “Well, I wouldn’t worry about it that much, it’s just a nightmare.”, before changing the subject.
“So, you’re going to pick me up at my house at 6 right?” she asked. “Yeah, I’ll be there.” I answered. Then we split up, my house was in another direction. “See ya later!” she yelled at me as we started down different streets.
I didn’t have much homework to do, and 5:30 rolled around pretty fast, so I started to make my way to Monique’s house. When I got there, just a few minutes early, she was already to go. We walked through the park to get to the theater.
The movie was pretty good, and afterwards, as we walked back to her house through the park, we talked about the movie. “So, what was your favorite part?”. “I donno, I think the graveyard seen was pretty cool…” Just as I finished saying that, I thought I saw something out of the corner of my eye. I looked over, but saw nothing. When I looked back, Monique was gone.
I looked all around me, searching in circles for her. I thought maybe she was playing a joke on me, one minute she was right there next to me, and now she was nowhere to be seen. But there was nothing nearby to hide behind, we were in the middle of a field. I was just starting to get worried, when I saw her somewhere over to my left. But when I turned to face her, I realized it was not her that stood before me.
It was a dark figure, like a shadow, that slowly approached me. I went stiff as I realized it was the same dark demonic figure that haunted me in my sleep. How could this be? Was I dreaming? My confusion was drowned out by horror.
I was paralyzed in fear. I couldn’t move, all I could do was watch as the shape slowly drew closer and closer. I stood alone, frozen in the night, as the darkness gradually surrounded me…