I sat on my bed, in the dark of night, afraid of a very real threat--I didn't want my parents to know I was on the internet at 11:45 at night. I realized I was rather parched, and decided to go and get a drink. Opening the door just a crack, I slipped into the dark hallway, trying not to wake my sleeping parents. Tiptoeing into the kitchen, I grabbed a glass and poured myself some water. I sipped it quietly for a moment, then put the glass on the counter and turned on my heel, proceeding back to my bedroom.
As I approached my door, I heard a sound--it sounded like the snuffling of a dog mixed with the hissing of a snake. I froze. I closed my eyes. I counted to three. And I recited a rhyme to myself.
".. One.. Two.. Three..
Whatever it is you hear
Or think is there,
It doesn't exist,
Because it's that which only your mind will see."
I gripped the cold door knob and opened my door. A little creature was scuttling around my floor. It looked like a crouching child, but had fish-like scales, and straggly bits of hair that clung to it's head. As it turned it's head on it's thin neck, I looked on with growing horror, at it's two empty, gaping eye sockets.
"... One.. Two.. Three,
Whatever it is you hear,
Or think is there,
It doesn't exist,
Because it's that which only your mind will see."
The creature hissed and came running towards me, hunched over like a money, teeth bared grotesquely. Inches away from me, it evaporated into smoke. My mind and it's tricks were at it again. I leaped into my bed, terrified and nearly crying, and under my covers, I stayed awake for many more nights, terrified of everything that I couldn't see.
As I approached my door, I heard a sound--it sounded like the snuffling of a dog mixed with the hissing of a snake. I froze. I closed my eyes. I counted to three. And I recited a rhyme to myself.
".. One.. Two.. Three..
Whatever it is you hear
Or think is there,
It doesn't exist,
Because it's that which only your mind will see."
I gripped the cold door knob and opened my door. A little creature was scuttling around my floor. It looked like a crouching child, but had fish-like scales, and straggly bits of hair that clung to it's head. As it turned it's head on it's thin neck, I looked on with growing horror, at it's two empty, gaping eye sockets.
"... One.. Two.. Three,
Whatever it is you hear,
Or think is there,
It doesn't exist,
Because it's that which only your mind will see."
The creature hissed and came running towards me, hunched over like a money, teeth bared grotesquely. Inches away from me, it evaporated into smoke. My mind and it's tricks were at it again. I leaped into my bed, terrified and nearly crying, and under my covers, I stayed awake for many more nights, terrified of everything that I couldn't see.
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