There's Something On The Stairs

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When i was a kid, i would race up to the top of the stairs as fast as i could, like it was some sort of silly game. Well, i must have been five or six at the time. I'm not sure, but i know i was very little. Somewhere along the way, a voice at the top of the stairs started to whisper to me. It would make bets with me, such as.... "I bet you a penny you can't make it to the top of the stairs." I don't really think there was a certain amount of time or anything. As i said, i was very little so i probably didn't have any counting abilities anyway. I recall conversations with this voice, about betting, of course.

Eventually the voice (it was like a whisper of a man's voice, not my own voice in my head) started to bet me my life. Instead of pennies, it'd say "I bet you, your life you can't make it up the stairs."

As i got older it stopped. I never really thought anout it at all. I never mentioned it to anyone..... Until one night i was sleeping over at me brother's place, and we were taking about "spooky" stories. Out of nowhere i brought up the "Voice at the top of the stairs" and my brother got all quiet. Before i even mentioned anything, he said "Did it make bets with you?"

We both looked at each other, horrified.

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