The Curse Of Dark Falls

6

Me and Amelia spent the rest of the noon watching TV and doing random stuff in the living room.

It was almost nighttime.

I wondered when Mom and Dad would be back.

I decided to take a look outside.

"Where are you going?" Amelia asked, noticing me open the main door.

"I'll be back in a minute. Wanna come?" I asked.

"Nope. I'm good," she said, playing with Mars.

I was about to go when she suddenly said, "Come back soon. You know very well how creepy this place is."

I nodded and got out.

I was walking around in the empty streets when suddenly, I noticed a man standing at a distance.

At first, I didn't think much and just continued walking around.

I glanced at him again.

He turned to look at me.

I didn't know what suddenly happened to me but the only thing I could think of, was to run, as fast as possible!

I turned around and ran at the speed of light.

I looked behind and saw that strange man chasing me, like a beast!

"My guts are always right! This place is seriously crazy!" I cursed under my breath.

It had been really dark by then.

I had a hard time finding our house as all houses looked basically the same.

Finally, after searching for a while, which almost felt like ages, I found our house.

I quickly entered and locked the door from inside.

I laid my back on the door and breathed heavily.

Amelia quickly stood up from the sofa, seeing me panic-stricken.

"We have to get out of here! This place is horrific!" I shouted.

"I'd had a bad feeling from the very beginning! But..." she suddenly paused mid-sentence.

"But what?" I asked.

"Mom and Dad still aren't home..." She mumbled.

That's when realisation hit me.

"Wait, right! Mom and Dad!!! They could be in trouble!!!" I shouted.

"What do we do now...?" she asked, panicking.

"We have to spend the night here. Tomorrow, in the morning, we'll get out to search for Mom and Dad." I decided.

"But, what if something bad happens?" she asked.

"We have no options left. We can't get out in this night." I told.

She sighed and nodded.

I suddenly noticed that Mars wasn't there.

"Ugh, where did this dog vanish now..." I said, looking around

"It was here just a minute ago..." she said, confused.

"We'll think about it later. Let's just go and sleep!" I said, pulling her upstairs.

She hesitated but finally agreed.

I felt bad for Mars but it's not like we could've gone out to search for it in the dead of night...