It was well into the night when Aerith heard a strange sound. She awoke to the sound of something skidding across her room floor. She shot up immediately and glanced around the room frantically, hoping that it was just some hungry mice nocking things over. And to her happy surprise, the room showed no signs of anyone other than herself. She peered over to her left and looked at the clock that read 3:33AM. Her eyes fell to the empty space besides her, the place where Cloud usually slept. She laid back against the bed and tightened the covers over her body. She always missed Cloud when he was gone extra-long for his delivery business.
Tonight, was Halloween night, and she was already spooked to be alone, but now the odd sound frightened her even more.
Instead of giving into her worries, she closed her eyes to try and get more sleep. After just a few minutes she shot her eyes open at the sound of her room door creaking. Without moving her body, she glanced at the door through the corner of her eyes and saw the door was slowly, almost unnoticeably, creaking open.
As if the very air in her lungs were tied to the door, Aerith could feel her air leave her as she held her breath nervously. After just a few nerve wrecking seconds the door suddenly stopped creaking open. Aerith waited a few minutes, waiting to see if someone would appear, but nothing.
Slowly, Aerith stepped out of her bed, making sure to not make any noise as she walked to the door. She hesitantly peered out of the door, trying to see if there was anything in the hall. To her relief, there was nothing to be seen.
Happily, Aerith walked back to bed and rolled onto her side, closing her eyes to get some sleep after the small scare. After just a few minutes, Aerith noticed her blanket was slowly being tugged off of her. Thinking it was just in her head, she tugged the blanket back over her and tried to fall asleep.
All of a sudden she felt a cold hand briefly touch her leg. Aerith knew this strange encounter wasn't just her imagination. She quickly shot up and looked around the room. Goosebumps were starting to rise on her arms as the air suddenly became frigid. Despite the heater being on, Aerith could now see her breath.
What's going on?
From down below, Aerith heard something scratching across the floorboards under her bed.
Slowly, Aerith centered herself on the bed, making a good distance between her or the edge of the bed. Just then she saw a black shadow rising from under her bed.
What is that?
…To be continued…