Under Your Bed

A Story by ava KH

Cassandra fell onto her bed with a grateful sigh. Sleep was the only thing she wanted, but tomorrow she’d want something else…….

“In the dark it creeps

In the night it reaps

Nowhere to run

Nowhere to hide

It’s already INSIDE!” it chanted in an erie singsong voice.

Cassandra awoke with a jolt. Covered in sweat and panting, she whispered to herself, “Just a dream, just a dream. Not real, can’t hurt you.”

She slowly relaxed into sleep, with her foot dangling over the side of her bed. Her dream was slightly more normal. The school’s track stretched out endlessly, Cassandra sprinted as quick as she could but something was pulling on her left leg relentlessly.

She fell behind the other competitors, and her foot began to sink into the black surface of the track. Because of her struggle the dream ended and she regained conscious.

Her eyes snapped open, however the pressure on her leg was still present. Cassandra's glance shifted to the side of her bed. No, it couldn’t be. She refused to believe what her eyes were seeing. Frozen in shock, she only release the tiniest of whimpers.

The creature tugged her leg, until Cassandra had to grip her headboard to stay on the bed. It pulled her under. With one last shriek, she was gone…

“Don’t be scared

We will provide

I’ll be your guide

To the other side…” the other part of the rhyme.

Cassandra sung it now, her mangled hand creeping up the side of the bed. It’s not so bad, being a creature of the night . Human flesh even tastes OK after after a while. You’ll see…...