Episode Seventeen: Demons of Fear II

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The sky soon darkened and Sakura was still home alone. She didn't know that her father was going to visit Tori tonight. Sakura rolled on her stomach and looked at her clock. It was almost ten p.m.

I might as well sleep, I don't have anything else to do... Sakura thought. As she rolled on her back she heard a creak from inside the house. Suddenly she froze and her heart beat quickened.

Is someone in the house? A burgler? Sakura wondered. She was frigtened out of her wits but then figured it could have been a noise from outside. Then she heard another creak that sounded louder and closer than the last one.

Someone is in the house! And they're approaching closer! How come I didn't hear anyone enter?

Sakura broke out into a nervous sweat but gathered up the courage to slowly rise out of her bed and stand at the edge. She continued to listen to any noises but the house seemed silnet again.

These intruders are messing with my head... Sakura thought. Suddenly she felt something rough grab her ankles, causing her to lose her balance and slam to the ground. Something was inside the bed and was pulling her inside as well!

Someone was under my bed this whole time???

Sakura felt tears sting her eyes, she had never been she scared before. She struggled to break free and with no reason she looked down to see who was trying to hurt her. But when she looked down her face turned pale and she started to hyperventilate.

It was a g-

"GHOST!!!!!!!!!"

Sakura's worst nightmare was coming true. The ghost squeezed her ankles tighter and seemed stronger as it pulled Sakura in with more ease. Prehaps it was because Sakura was frozen with fear. She broke out of her trance and tears flowed down her cheeks.

Please let this be a dream, She pleaded. It was the scariest moment of her life and she hoped so dearly that she would wake up soon. But as the pain made its way through her body it didn't take her long to figure out that it was anything but a very bad dream.

I have to escape... I have to live...

"RELEASE!" Sakura called upon her staff which appeared in her hand. Then using her free hands she reached into her pocket and pulled out the...

"SWORD CARD!" It seems that she would use the sword to try and swipe the ghost's head off but Sakura knew that it wouldn't cause any damage... seeing as how it's a ghost.

(A.N. - You know why, right?)

Instead Sakura stick the sword into the hardwood floor and held on to it tightly. She used the sword to give her something stable to hold on to while she tried to crawl out of the bed. As she struggled for what seemed to be forever and finally the ghost grew tiresome and let go out her ankles, sending her flying out the bed and hitting her head against her desk.

She didn't black out but the hit gave her a horrible headache. Curiously, she looked under the bed and was surprised to see that the ghost was gone.

Oh thank god, I made it out alive. But what did that ghost want from me? Sakura wondered. She slowly made her up and the sword turned back into her staff. Just as she was slowly coming to her senses, the lights in her room turned off and she was left in a dark room with no vision of her surroundings.

She knew though... that she was not alone...