Best if you watch 4x01 before you read this.
200 words exactly, what does that make this? a double drabble?
What are they?
Ghosts?
No, they have not the humanity that the earthbound souls of the dead would have.
Demons?
Unlikely, they lack the sadistic cruelty of the Devil's own.
Spirits?
Perhaps, but the definition of a spirit is too close to that of a ghost for the label to be entirely pleasing.
What is more plausible is that they are the guards, the gatekeepers to the realm of the dead. They are the first to cross through the abomination that is the tear between the worlds. Perhaps there is much worse still waiting to pass through, waiting until the pass has been tested before they step foot on unfamiliar ground.
Or maybe they are what await you once you pass beyond that shaded veil. Is all that waits for you the chill of deadly fear that these creatures – for want of a better word – thrive on.
What is certain is that they are nightmares, imposing fear on those who are already fearful of the dark. Of the once unnameable evil that hides in the shadows and the unseen corners of the room. But after this night every man, woman and child will know the name of that fear:
Dorocha.
Please say that I managed to creep someone out…
