“My names anna and I’m 8 years old when he came” it’s all i said to the policeman as he sits down at a the table in this big white room, he looks at me and frowns before he asks “who is he?” i smile to him and say calmly “ my friend” he asks another question “ where does your friend live?” i think of it for a moment and then say “in the darkness under my bed but he likes to hide in the closet too” the policeman asked another question “ where did you meet him?” i move a little closer to the table and whispers to him “ its a secret so don’t tell anyone, i was playing in the graveyard out back when he came to me and said that we could be friends, i played some dolls with him then we went to swing” the policeman sat back in his chair folding his arms and asks “ where is he now?” and i reply . . . .
This all started about a week ago a little girl called anna was living in a house next to the cemetery, her father was the underkeeper there and her mother a alcoholic, she had a brother who was 10 years old, the Sunshine of their lives. On3 evening late anna woke up and heard her parents arguing, she went out to check what’s going on, she softly walked over to the half creaked open door and peered in. Her mother was upset that her father didn’t make enough money for her to buy another bottle and her father was beginning his wife to stop drinking. Anna decided to go back to her brothers room and ask him if it’s okay if she slept there for the night. Morning came and mommy pulls me out of big brothers bed yelling “ you little witch what do you think your doing in eriks bed?!” she lifted her hand and smacked me through the face erik got up as i fell to the ground hurting my leg and grabbed mommy’s arm yelling “stop mommy , ,stop it your hurting her” daddy ran to the room just to see mommy push arik over the bed, he goes over to erik and picks him up, big brothers not moving, why’s brother not moving , is that? Blood! . Daddy looks at mommy, his very mad now “ look what you did, he hit his head, I’m taking him to hospital you better hope its not serious!” he rushed out with mommy following him then got into the car and drove off really fast. I went to mommy and tugged on her shirt before asking “is erik gone be alright?” she turned to me and leaned down then placed her hands on my shoulder and said “ it’s because of you that i don’t have a life!” she shook me and then pushed me back i fell to the ground again only this time i hurt my bum, mommy always does stuff like this so its best if i just go and play. I ran as fast as i could and climbed into the tree house, i like it when daddy’s here then mommy doesn’t do stuff like this, I’ll wait for him here. It got dark and late and i slowly climbed down from the tree house when i saw someone in the cemetery, daddy said never to play there but the man showed me to come over so i did. The man was tall and his clothing was dark the leaned down and smiled at me then said “ my names malaic, how are you doing anna?” he knew my name already ? “how do you know my name?” i asked curiously he ten replied “ i have superpowers, i can do things other people can’t” he then made a flower appear in his hand “waow” i said amazed by the man in front of me, he gave it to me and said “lets go play” we played a long time with my dolls and then we went to the swing set he swung me as high as he could, i liked my new friend a lot. When it got so dark i couldn’t see where i was walking he took me to my room. We sat their talking as we played tea party but mommy heard us and came into the room. “who are you talking too you little retch?” she looked around and i looked down at him then back at her as she was swaying from side to side. I replied “tea party with my new friend” she squinted her eyes and said “ are you stupid there’s no one’s there you crazy kid” she mumbles something and walks away sipping her whisky. I look at my friend who puts a finger to his lips and says “shoooo”. I get tired and go to my bed he comes over and tugs me in then says “i saw your mommy doing mean stuff to you earlier, does she always do that?” i nodded and he put his hand on my head then gently stroked it until i fell asleep. The next morning i woke up and looked around for my friend but i couldn’t find him, so i went around the house looking for him. I heard mommy talking to some one and went over to her room but when i got to the door i could see him hiding under her bed, she didn’t notice anything i could hear her on the phone talking to daddy. He said “I’m leaving you and taking erik away from you, we’re never coming home again, I’ll come to pick anna up in two days” mommy was crying begging daddy to stay but he hung up on her and mommy was so mad she through the phone, she stood up and turned around then saw me, she rushed over and started to slap me screaming “its your fault” over and over again i glanced over to malaic as he got out from under the bed, his eyes were red and he was mad. He took mommy and slammed her into the wall, i raised my hand to stop him but he was to quick. He turns to me and picks me up, hushing me softly and saying “it’s okay she won’t hurt you, i can make it all go away” i hug my friend real tight and ask “will mommy be alright?” he puts me down and looks her over then turns to me and says “yes, she won’t remember a thing” i go sit on them bed and he continues to talk to me “ would you like it to be able to stop her from hurting you ever again?” i think about it and say yes, he then takes my hand and says “ do you know what a soul is?” i node and he then continues on” may i have yours? Then we can be friends for ever and no one could ever hurt you again” i look at mommy then at him again before saying “yes but don’t hurt big brother or daddy” i said and saw mommy move, he crawletd back under the bed and i waited for mommy to get up . She stood up and shaked her head then looked at me and screamed over and over again “demon child” i could hear maliac growling under the bed mommy got so scared she ran out the room he laughed and asked “see i told you i wouldn’t let anyone hurt you” but why did mommy think i hurt her? “why does mommy blame me?” i asked and he said “your so special that she is just jealous of you” i climbed off the bed and went to the kitchen where mommy was , she was searching for stuff . A knife and salt, then she went to the chair and pulled it up telling me to sit down she grabbed some tape and tied me to the chair “ mommy!?! Mommy please stop your hurting me” i pleaded with her more and more “mommy please stop i promise I’ll good, please mommy” she looked at me with such hate full eyes and then said “you have to be cleaned, your unholy, unclean” she then took the salt in one hand and the knife in the other and started to say a strange prayer I’ve never heard, the lights went off and it was dark, i could hear a shuffle and then it went on and flicked a little bit. Maliac was in front of me with his clothing stained red i asked him “where’s mommy?” and he replied “she’s sleeping hunny “ i smiled at him as he untied me then took me to go play on the swings after a while i got tired and said goodnight he took me to my room and tugged me into bed, i fell asleep again. I heard a sudden loud bang in the house and got up to run to mommy’s room, daddy must be back, but when i got their i was just mommy laying on the bed, i called out to her and when she didn’t answer i went over to touch her. Malaic grabbed my hand and said “shooo don’t bother mommy she’s very tired” i climbed off 5he bed and he took me to my room again then tugged me in and told me a story about a little girl who got her wish. The next day policeman woke me up and took me away past daddy, i called to him but the policemen told me i will see him again, malaic was already in the car waiting for me. I got in and asked “can’t anyone see you?” he smiled and said “ no but shooot it’s our little secret “ placing his fingers to his lips and then we drove to a big place and here i am in this white room where the policeman is asking me “where is he now?” and i replied by lifting my arm up and pointing behind him before saying “his behind you” then the lights went off and everything went quiet. . . . . . .
