When Dani awoke, she found herself in total darkness, bound tightly, and gagged.
Her head was woozy, and it was hot and stuffy wherever she was.
She blinked rapidly several times, and her vision cleared a little.
Just enough for her to see that she was in what looked to be a basement, right next to a furnace.
It was her home basement.
Her parents must have returned home for some reason, why they did Dani did not know, but she did know that she was sore all over and felt very ill.
For hours, she lay in the dark, stuffy basement where the heater ran full blast and the air was foul.
Her lips cracked and her eyes felt heavy and dry.
She developed a killer headache, and felt nauseous.
Suddenly, she heard loud noises above her and the door crashed open.
Several police stormed the basement and searched, but for some blinking reason no one saw her, even when they looked right at her.
Dani tried to thrash or groan, but to her horror, she found she suddenly was incapable of doing anything but helplessly watching as the police gave up the search and left, mumbling and shaking their heads.
A shadowy form ghosted out of a corner and came near her.
It stopped and looked down, and cackled in a high, nasally voice.
Light flared from a torch in the thing's hand, and when it lit up it's face Dani felt her face drain of color; it was an evil looking, black-with-red-tint-eyed, red/black skinned, long tongued, pointy-eared, elf.
What kind, Dani did not know, but she knew it was not friendly as it bent over her and bit her neck, eagerly lapping up her blood.
It then lifted it's head, and spoke in a hissing voice, " I have hid you as my masters said, and now I claim my reward of your life blood, but you shall not die, oh no. Master shall have much fun with you, and I shall have much fine meals from you my pretty."
Then it laughed again, and faded away into the gloom.
Dani cried and cried after it left her sight, though she could still feel it's evil presence.
She cried till she could cry no more, then fell into a tortured sleep, filled with nightmares of horrific proportions, no doubt courtesy of her unwanted companion.
She awoke to a bright light being shone in her eyes, and her dad's voice.
" If she is dead, Blood-Letter, you will regret the day you were born."
The nasally voice of the evil elf replied, quivering slightly, " I have done as master commanded me, and have not killed her, only took a little substance for myself also, so I could further serve my most high master."
Her dad snorted, and as Dani opened her eyes to the light, he jerked her upright, looking over her carefully.
" Good, not to bad looking."
He then untied and ungagged her, dropping some chunks of bread and a bottle of water at her feet, then dropped her and walked out, locking the door behind him
There was a shuffling sound, and the elf crawled towards her, whining pitifully.
" Just one crumb, small one, just one?" it begged, looking frightfully small and thin in the light.
Dani threw it a hunk of bread and it gobbled it, then it seemed to grow in size and chuckled madly.
" Ahh, the folly of the weak." It purred and cackled, advancing towards her, clacking it's teeth.
Dani drew back, looking around desperately for a weapon of some sort, but in seconds, the thing was upon her and biting her neck, lapping up the blood hungrily.
Dani tried to fight, but was once again seized by what must be it's magic, as she was helpless once more till it finished feeding and scampered away.
Dani discovered the rest of her food and water gone, so she curled up in a corner and tried to rest without sleeping.
She finally fell asleep once more, despite her best efforts, resuming the nightmares of before.