Night visitor

It was on a night like any other, yet the atmosphere was strange and unfamiliar. A scene I had never seen, in a movie I'd watched over a thousand times.

It puzzled me, but one thing was for sure. It had been there when I had gone to bed, it had been standing awkwardly in the corner of my eerie bedroom; wait was it . . . .

Yes . . . .

Yes, it was?!? . . . .

A tall, slender shadow slouched over in the dark as if --- As if it was trying to pick up or point to something on the hard oak floor. I could also feel a chill down my spine as I swore that I had felt it was watching, staring at me; a young 14 year old girl who was alone in her room.

I was in my bright pink pj's, as my ocean blue eyes peered into the pitch black abyss of the night. My hair like long, brown tangled pieces of barbed wire in comparison to my pearly white face, which radiated with such beauty; or so I was told.

Suddenly, I found myself slowly getting up and caustiously walking toward the light switch, making sure to keep my eyes pinned to the creature. I felt tense and afraid, however, as I pressed the life like switch, it illuminated the room with vibrant shades of purple, blue and cream.

This was to such extent that the figure in the corner had seemed to have escaped existence and I mean that, it was as if it was never there in the first place!?!

As I myself, still staring into the corner, fell into a state of shock after seeing the figure appear and disappear as if it were air . . . .

Nothing . . . .

Nothing was left. Not a single trace. I glanced down to where I thought it had awkwardly slouched over at, but there was not even a single speck of dust there, nothing was on the hardwood floor . . . .

Terrified. Afraid. Curious. I felt these emotions simultaneously, even though this was not the first sighting of it's kind and certainly not the last time this creature would visit.

Ever since my father died five years prior, it has appeared in my room every night without fail, doing the exact same creepy thing every time. No matter how hard I search I can never find any reason as to why this might be happening!

However, I do suspect tha--- that it may be him, my father I mean. Maybe he is haunting me for not saving him, maybe he just wants to help me, or maybe . . . .

Just maybe, he might be trying to warn me about what the cruel and cryptic future may have in store for me next . . . .

Puzzled, I flicked the now dull light switch off, slowly clambered back over to my comfy bed and jumped back in. Whilst still keeping my ocean blue eyes glued to the corner of my room until I finally found my way back to sleep.

Unbeknownst to me the shadow visited once more that night...

'goodnight my sweet daughter' the creature quietly whispered as it kissed my forehead.

Then like before, it disappeared without a trace . . . .

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