Sleeping Children Taste Better
The moonlight shines into Carrie's bedroom creating a dark blue atmosphere of dread. She sleeps curled under her thick doona with her digital clock burning red as it clicks over to 3:14am. Bright marble coloured eyes appear in the corner of her room as the creature starts to take shape. It sleeks into view with its eyes fixed on Carrie's twelve year old slumbering body. It creeps over to the base of her bed, hunched but standing well over 7 feet tall. A row of reptilian spikes run down its spine, protruding inches out of its skin. It continues to analyse the young prey as a sliver of drool exits its mouth, dangling back and forth inches from the floor. Carrie shuffle's to her other side, causing the creature to stop, but not lose eye contact as it remains at the edge of her bed.
Suddenly Carrie's foot slides out from underneath the bed covers and dangles nakedly presenting itself to the creature, urging its hunger further. It takes one large step bringing it directly over Carrie's body. If she were to awake, she would now see the creature in its raw form.
The body itself is uneven and pale grey. Bodies of eaten and unprocessed children are seen protruding from the skin in its torso. Eyeballs, small feet, mouths stuck in a screaming state are seen as part of this creature's collection of children's bodies over time.
Carrie shifts again making the creature stop in its tracks. 'Sleeping children taste better.' It hates screaming. Screaming will force this creature to retreat to which it came. It has one thought that repeats over in its head. 'Quiet tiny taste better'. Fingers that will curl in agony forever are cased in its skin, as it considers Carrie a trophy to his hunger. As the creature's jaw widens its tongue falls out of its mouth and hangs like a piece of rotten meat. Five inch claws extend out ready to insert into Carrie's body to keep her still for the kill. Her young flesh glistens in the moonlight as the creature cannot wait anymore. It now stands over her leaning further toward her body. Its hot musky breath caresses the child's face creating a layer of mouldy residue over her skin. The creature manifests a wide grin presenting multiple rows of razor sharp teeth centimetres from her face.
Carrie opens her eyes.
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