Do not speak, he will hear you. 

Do not scream, he will hear you. 

Do not move, he will hear you. 

Do not breathe too loud, he will hear you. 

These were the things I told myself as I hid. This started out as a game of hide and seek with some friends at my house. Everything was normal at first. We played some games, watched a couple movies; everything was great and we were all having fun. It was 2:54 a.m. when we decided to play the game. I hid behind the couch that sat in the corner of the room. The spot was tight, but it worked. I looked at the clock. It read 2:57. The seeker began to count down from 20. When she reached 12 the clock read 2:58, and that’s when I first heard it. It sounded like nails clacking on the floor. I dismissed the noise though, thinking it was my dog looking for someone to give him attention. 

It’s 2:59.

Then there was a loud noise that sounded like a table moving across the floor. Then a loud crash of shattering glass. I peeked my head from behind the couch and I saw something dash around the room. All I could see was a black blur. Soon enough it slowed down to a stop and I finally got a good look. My eyes widened at the monster that stood in front of me. It had long, black, sharp claws and its skin was as dark as night. It would seem it was staring at me, but it had no eyes. Instead it had these long, curved, and gross horns coming out of its eye sockets. He was crawling around the floor; it seemed like he was looking for something. I stared at it, frozen in place. It got closer and closer until I could finally make myself get up and run. I ran to the nearest door, grabbed the doorknob and it flung open. I frantically looked around the room. My eyes that were filled with terror darted around the room until they landed on the bed. I then dropped to the ground and hid under the queen-sized bed.  

Now I’m just laying here, silent, and begging for the thing to leave. I stare at it from under the bed as it crawls into the room. Its claws ripped into the carpet as it crawled. Then I hear my friend yell my name. Her voice makes me jump as I realize I forgot that my friends were still here. She walks up to the bedroom doorway and before she could even scream the thing jumps at her and sinks its yellow teeth into her, staining them red. I feel tears drip down my cheeks as it ripped her to shreds before my eyes. As it finishes its meal, it licks its lips with a tongue that was split into two, and continues to crawl around the room. Then it jumps on the bed which squeaked under its weight. My body shook as it continued to move on the bed. It started to tear at something but I wasn’t sure what. It tore and it tore and it tore. It kept at it for what seemed like the longest time. For that time the tearing was all I could hear. Eventually the tearing stopped. I wish it hadn’t though, because when I looked up I saw it had made a hole in the bed. It poked its head through the hole and sunk it’s blood stained teeth into me. Darkness has then consumed me, and my consciousness slowly slipped away.