Supernatural encounter

First encounter with a spirit

Let me tell you a story, not just a story, but one that happened for real. I advise you to take a seat, sit back and relax. For when you are done reading this, you might have a whole other look on dreams!

 

It all happened like a year ago. I always knew there was something populating our house other than my family. Sometimes it scared the hell out of me, and other times I welcomed the feeling with open arms. But that night, it took me by surprise.

As usual I performed my bedtime ritual before actually slipping between the sheets. I took out my lenses, took my cranberry pill and went to the toilet. After doing that I went upstairs to go sleep. Just a quick night chat with my boyfriend, a kiss goodnight and I fell asleep not long after.

In my dream I was lying in bed, sleeping. Weird to think of it, as most people don’t really see themselves in their dreams. But I always do. My sleep time didn’t last long as I woke up seeing this weird woman standing at the end of my bed. She was staring at me, with those hollow eyes. Afraid as I was, I couldn’t move a muscle and stared right back at her, totally flustered. She didn’t move a muscle, but all of a sudden she is sitting on top of me, still looking at me with glazy eyes. It was as if she had put a spell on me, I couldn’t blink nor think, I just stared back. She grabs my throat, holding it tight, so tight I was about to choke. Her charcoal black hair hanging over my face, caressing it softly by her movements.

Just as I think my last breath was slipping away I woke up, this time for real. Staring, gasping for air. Looking around to see if that weird woman was still there. But it was all just a dream. Or so I thought. Footsteps coming up, the stair squeaking. But not your normal footsteps. No, this weren’t the footsteps of my parents, nor the ones of my boyfriend, as he was asleep next to me. This was something else, and it came towards my room. The same feeling all over again. A slight movement of my curtain in the doorpost (I don’t have a real door). Nothing entered, but I could feel that something was present.

 

So, this for me was my first encounter with a ghost in my dream. I didn’t see the ghost, but I felt it. I was so scared I couldn’t even go to the ladies room on my own, I had to wake my boyfriend to go with me.

It wasn’t the only dream I had were I encountered a ghost. She visited me several times, just not always in the same form. But that is another story!

 

Reviews

[M. Amphet Salt]

Ha! I kinda found this funny in a way. Not that it is funny, but the attitude you use to write your first person point of view in. Some may argue mechanics on it; however, you pull it off brilliantly. You do it with the first paragraph. Without the way in which you wrote it the rest would not have work.
Also, with you last paragraph you wrote:

"It wasn't the only dream I had were I encountered a ghost. She visited me several times, just not always in the same form. But that is another story!"

I believe the last this makes it all the more brilliant. Good job!

[Staci Brown]

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Spirits that mess with you... Yea, they be rather pissy sometimes. I've had very few moments with any spirits like this, thankfully. Even the ones I do see and feel spook me as I have a tendency to flinch when someone comes up from behind (past abuse) but even when they just appear in front of me I'll jump a little. lol

If you have a deity you look up to, ask for protection, and believe it as well! You could try a spell of protection as well...

Most spirits seem to be lost and scared themselves... Talk to them, feel them, and help guide them beyond the realm they're in now.

As for the mechanics of your story, line breaks between paragraphs help alot for the reader hon. :) Second sentence, fifth paragraph: "Staring, grasping for air." Gasping would work much better in this sentence. Otherwise a nice cameo.

Faerie Blessings!
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[C.m.v]

Ok, that is SPOOKY!!!!!!!!!! First of all, I envisioned this ghost kind of like that girl from the Ring!
Normally I'd say you were astral traveling..but the ghost part...that threw me! I wonder if it wasnt a rogue spirit searching for a body to possess? Maybe you were astral traveling and her spirit tried to go into your body before you got back? See all the thoughts and scary ideas your short story invoked? Girl, how'd you ever go to sleep again??? lol