He awoke with a start. Something had disturbed him, he lay still listening. All he could hear was the quiet sigh of a gentle breeze outside his window. Then he heard it again, the noise he remembered from his childhood. It was the slight creak from the loose floorboard in his closet. His breathing stopped as his blood ran cold. Not again he screamed in his mind. He was paralysed with fear. He felt the prickles of cold sweat seeping through his clammy trembling skin. He dare not open his eyes. Then he heard the click of the latch on the closet door. His eyes opened as he stared across the darkened room at the door. His heart was in his mouth as he saw the door knob move slowly. The door opened just enough for a slender hand to emerge. The long white fingers curled around the door jamb. He made out the long, jagged, and broken finger nails. He couldn't breathe, the panic gripped him in its icy grip. This must be a dream, he regularly had this dream as a child, but it had been over 10 years since the last time. Wake up, he screamed in his head. Wakeupwakeupwakeupwakeup...... He closed his eyes knowing that when he reopened them it would be morning, and he would be safe.
He opened his eyes tentatively expecting to find the morning light streaming through the curtains. It was still dark..... He slowly turned his head towards the closet, cold sweat dripping from his forehead. He couldn't breathe, the closet door was wide open, gaping like a dark cave. This was new, this had never happened in his dreams before. Was he awake or was this a new dream? He slowly moved his hand towards his arm and pinched it hard. The pain felt glorious, he was awake, it was still the middle of the night, but it had only been a dream. He slowly contorted himself into a sitting position. He needed to shut the closet door if he was to get any more sleep this night. He swung his legs around and put his feet on the cold hard floor. He stood up and stretched tiredly. That is when the cold hands reached out from under the bed and grabbed his ankles. He screamed as he felt his sanity leave him at the same time as the warm urine ran down his legs. He was dragged under the bed then all was quiet in the house..........
