Something's in the Shadows...(Supernatural Fanfic)

1. Alexa Nithroel

"Hey have you every heard the story of Alexa Nithroel?" He asked, sliding a bit closer on the log as the campfire roared in front of us.

"Umm no..." I replied.

He knew I hated horror stories, but of course he would be the one to go ahead and say one anyways.

"Legend has it that at this very hotel," He paused to gesture dramatically to the hotel behind us. "There was this girl. Her name was Alexa. She was a swimmer. Captain of her swim team, almost always beat her own records, competed and won tons of medals, she was good. So one night, she was practicing at the pool in this hotel for an upcoming competition the next day. Now the hotel manager was a friend of hers so he let her swim way into the night even though the pool area should have been closed. This particular night, it was exactly 12:01 when all the lights in the pool area started to flicker. Alexa, figuring it was just a short circuit or something got up to go check the light panel but by the time she was over there, all the lights stopped flickering so she just got back in the pool. Now keep in mind, she was all alone."

"Ok enough you're freaking me out I don't want to hear anymore."

"Oh come on babe, it's not that scary, really." He pushed, wrapping his arm around my shoulder.

"You promise me it's not that scary?"

"Promise." I let him continue.

"So there was Alexa, sitting on the edge of the pool drying her hair after doing another lap when suddenly, the lights flicker again. This time though, she just shrugs it off. She sits there and keeps drying her hair, when she hears this soft humming. Of course, she isn't the one humming though and nobody else is supposed to be allowed in the pool area,"

"Ok come on Dante this is just getting creepy..."

"Then, all the lights go out completely, so she pause for a minute listening, when BAM something grabs her foot that was in the water and drags her into the pool! She struggles and fights but she can't see anything because the water's so dark and whoever or whatever grabbed her is even stronger in the water then she is. The next morning, the pool manager comes in, and the pool water is all stained red with blood...but Alexa is no where to be found..."

"Cut is out Dante! You told me it wasn't scary!" I shoved his arm a little, but I couldn't help the terror that prickled in my stomach.

"Oh...did I say it wasn't scary? Whoops I must have made a mistake." He laughed at me but I didn't laugh with him.

He knew how scared I could be.

"How about you and me go break into the pool area?" He looked at me and grinned.

"What the hell! No! I'm not breaking in anywhere. Especially where some girl supposedly got murdered." I crossed my arms and turned away.

"Oh come on Kaia it's just a story, it's not real. I'll prove it to you, if you come with me."

"Dante, it's 11:50. No I'm not coming with you."

"Fine then, I'll just go by myself."

"Oh come on, don't. You know I won't be able to sleep." I replied.

"Then just come with me!"

"Fine. But I'm not getting in the pool." I gave up and he excitedly took my hand and raised me to my feet.

He led the way back into the hotel, an excited grin stretching from ear to ear. When we got to the pool area, it was locked. Just like we knew it would be.

"Do we really have to break in?" I asked hesitating by the door.

"Unless you have a secret key to the pool area that I don't know about."

Dante pulled out a paperclip. I knew he knew how to pick a lock, but that didn't make me feel any better about breaking in. He picked it easily and before I knew it, he was holding open the door for me. I walked in and switched on the lights while Dante followed, closing the door quietly behind him.

"Ok I'm getting in. Sure you don't want to come?" He asked, that stupid grin still plastered across his face.

"Yeah I'm sure."

I checked my phone. 11:58. I sat down for a couple minutes before I realized we didn't have any towels.

"Dante I'm going to grab you a towel ok?" He looked up at me, still smiling from the water, and nodded.

I was about to walk out the pool area door when the lights flickered in the space. I checked my phone. 12:01.

"Dante...it's 12:01..." I turned back to him.

He simply shrugged.

"Just a coincidence babe I promise." If he had appeared more nervous, or even a bit nervous at all, I might have stayed, but he had total confidence in what he was saying. Not one sliver of doubt.

Fear prickled in the pit of my stomach, but I tried to push it away. Just a coincidence. Just a coincidence. Just a coincidence. I left the area and went to find the towels. I didn't have to go far before I heard a scream. Dante's scream.

Panic boiled in my stomach and was in my throat before I was even back to the pool door. When I got to the glass door, I tugged hard. It was locked. I peered inside, but all the lights had gone out. It was pitch black. I saw a figure at the edge of the pool being tugged and I heard another one of Dante's screams. I screamed in return. I pounded on the glass door, even tried breaking it but nothing working. After what seemed like a lifetime, the lights flickered back on. I checked my phone. 12:11. It had all happened in 10 minutes. I pulled on the door once more to find it had suddenly become unlocked. I ran in, tears streaming down my cheeks, and fear pounding through my skull with painful thuds. I got to the edge of the pool and that's when my blood ran cold. The pool wasn't filled with water, it was filled with blood. And Dante, was no where to be found.