The door opened and Regan flinched. Vesper was standing there with a messy look. Her hair was disheveled, the opposite of what they were at school—sleek straight, and her eyes were drowsy. She was wearing short pajamas.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBGRQMGZKQ
When Regan saw that, she realized she was on pajamas too. She cringed embarrassingly at herself. She probably looked even worse. But who cared about looks in the chaos that she found herself in?
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTlSlUcNVi
"Regan, what are you doing here?" Vesper asked, yawning and then made a confused face.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90ZvBethVy
Regan felt even more ashamed to have woken up her friend in such hour. "Vesper, I really need your help, call the police, hurry!" she urged with a shaky voice.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4y2P2RKf7
"Wait, what happened, why should I call the police?"
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7o0Dvmfjp
"Someone is in my house, and my aunt is inside!" Regan said panicked and lowered her voice to not wake any other people up. The night was silent, so people could wake up easily if odd raised voices were heard. That was the least she wanted.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCcbIkJda4
"Are you serious Regan? Who is in your house?" Vesper asked, folding her arms.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdngzmAlrli
"I am dead serious, I saw it, please call the police, I don't have my phone...!"
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwExZmeKrh
Vesper on the other hand didn't seem very affected. She took it as a not important matter, knowing that Regan was paranoid. She stepped out in her slippers and closed the main door behind her.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeuhrsoKnSs
"Regan, come on, you must be exaggerating. How about I come in your house and check it?" Vesper suggested putting her hand into Regan's shoulder but then jerked it away faster then the wind. Her shoulder was hotter than a spoon on a hot plate. Vesper waved her hand on the air and sighed frustrated.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkeeYS6o9yv
"What?" Regan said, not understanding why she did so. She acted as if she burnt her hand.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckw6kK1345
"Nevermind. So, how come we go and check your house for anything wrong?"
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufbcaWcO9W
"Okay."
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8ctptM4qN
Vesper's steps were tired and Regan could tell she was annoyed. She opened the front door of Regan's house and Regan followed her from behind, scared and terrified.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5PpX2EV7AU
Vesper entered first and stood in the kitchen. Everything looked normal and fine. Meanwhile when Regan entered, she felt a weird presence. She wasn't even sure though, but she couldn't sense it.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUHvGLcN0E
"So, where is that someone in your house?" her short tempered friend asked with a tired look, "What's the point of waking me up over nothing?"
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2kzIl73PbQ
Regan stood there ashamed. She knew that the 'thing' meant to terrify and mess with her, and of course, not show in front of others.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfKR3qqTfM
She was going to answer her but footsteps were heard from the staircase.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1C9fUOl4u
Her heart nearly went away until she saw Monica coming downstairs.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCPXananUIw
"What on earth are you both doing in the middle of the night?" Monica asked with a bewildered look. When Regan saw her, she let a long breath. No matter what fear she felt, Monica was safe at least. Well, how would Regan explain this?
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgljCxGP7G
"You told me your aunt was sleeping!" Vesper hissed in her ear, making her flinch.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJZ0nkVUxE
"I...I-"
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGuIDP8PHx
"Okay, so Regan came in my house and told me someone broke in your house, aunt Monica," Vesper interrupted.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHnOrOFvsA
"What? Regan is this true?"
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNgtzrqvjT
"I swear s-someone was here, I saw the b-bathroom's door close itself, I heard noises and saw it's sh-shadow!" she explained, rushing in her words. She hated she stuttered but she was hell scared now.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWy6mwo2HGK
When saying this, she knew there was no way that Monica would believe. Regan felt exposed like no way before. She somehow could sense it or him making fun of her. Or this was just fabled irrationally in her mind.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡraWFFDkMhY
"And why I didn't hear or saw anything?" Her aunt asked sitting on the couch.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltv4eVCrtt
Vesper did the same.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkRdeKMk5F
"Because you were sleeping!"
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3x42sCn86X
"And why you weren't? I gave you these pills."
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuv0fS9sH5n
"Pills?" Vesper asked confused.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2slu7PboeL
"This person was in our house and you wanted me to sleep? I could still sense it's presence." Regan regretted saying the last sentence. Both her friend and aunt were standing as if she were crazy.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAggw1gFPup
"Whose presence?" Vesper asked.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1mPR1KXtpQ
"I'm talking about that person who broke in." She referred it as a person, there weren't any better choices of words.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMQzXQKUCY
"Okay girls, stop it already, you're both tired and woken up from sleep. There's no person in our house. Vesper, get back in your house my dear. Forget about this." Monica said as she eyed Regan with a reproachful look.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4cPNCByUBH
Vesper got up and mumbled goodbye.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhOlwoP5XM
"Regan, go to your room and sleep," Monica said strictly.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLL2wggThqI
"But-"
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwlCGBWcNH
"No buts, go now and sleep."
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3SmnTG08DB
Regan did as she was ordered, despite that her heart started pounding rapidly when she came in front of the white door, the entrance to her so lovely room. She heard her aunt's footsteps, she gulped and entered in her room.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡek5FYfCL3l
Everything that she saw and heard there lashed in her mind. Wherever her eyes landed on the walls, illusions of shadows appeared. She was angry at her aunt for not even slightly believing and for looking like a fool in her friend's eyes.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhIdwX6SA7
It was a bit hard to be believed, but still, shouldn't Monica have tried?
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7wehM8RZov
"Mine...."
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJrpkcLlSA
Regan bit her lip to prevent from screaming. She didn't know if she was hearing things, and if she was, why would she hear this word? It reminded her when she was at Vesper's house, and the crimson word in the mirror.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFWaJGE1pE
Fear engulfed her in all directions. The weird energy lingered and it took her fear of being watched on another level. She was also forgetting the roses matter. Each thing was scarier than the other.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNiUtZPb3i
But she knew something: she couldn't stay in her room anymore. She was afraid to even stay in the house, the place she once considered perfect.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rPpD3vm9E
She quickly grabbed her iPhone and saw the time. It was 3:13 am.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCvcz3AR0Z
She wondered if it was just a coincidence, these strange things in her house, and the icy eyed man in her dreams. Or if they were related.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6SlAbIN5x
But she was wasting time. The more she stayed in the room, the more danger awoke. The sense of negativity grew and she felt like suffocating. She finally stormed away from her room, but then closed the door quietly, not wanting Monica to hear.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GY60aB9He
She turned on the lights, but damn, in a flash, everything turned pitch black. The bulb's light faded fast and Regan realized it was an energy problem.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBe3w8abs6s
"Oh, damnit!"
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglYfVLRFeA
She had her phone on hand, so the flashlight could be used, but the phone was dead. She couldn't fathom it, nor did she had time to analyse why or how the phone's battery drained that quickly.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtAwbUyMGWc
That was the last thing needed. Panic and fear spread again in her whole being.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7e8QNwwotC
"Shit, that's not fair!" she whispered in frustration.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWWGPwA2N2
She didn't know if her fear was coming from the darkness; after all she hadn't been very afraid of the dark before, but her mental state wasn't the best now. Her heart beat crazily and she could feel sweat prickling her forehead. What lay in the dark? What secrets did darkness hold?
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaW1iDrLQl9
Naturally, these all made the girl even more frightened. It was like her fears wouldn't ever end.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzQ0uIjDG9
The most frustrating thing was that she couldn't see anything. The corridor's windows were shuttered and lights from the road couldn't enter. Or maybe even lights from the road had a disconnection problem.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxWaXtgCIk
Regan felt something dark as she walked irrationally, having to trace.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2Zzr8e0Yj
"No...no," she shook her head.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX1qCk81w87
Was that a creepy horror game?
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzXQmPkYwe
She walked, halting in her steps. She knew the way around, the corridor wasn't very big after all. But nothing could be seen in the dullness.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkDnFEucFz
Soon she imposed to stop because she hit a wall. At least that's what she thought. A wave of dread and mystery washed over her.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr9KJuQpOit
Suddenly, she felt something stroking her hair. She jumped away immediately, but she couldn't see anything. Her heartbeats were out of place and her legs felt like ice. She couldn't yell or move, as if she was trapped and frozen.
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhhhVd6ZpR
She knew something, that she would never forget this experience. Feeling like her whole being would be swallowed by the nothingness. Feeling like, if she dared a step, she'd fall into an infinite abyss....
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXqsjDWpJf
