THE DARK SIDE (CHAPTER III)

CHAPTER III: THE NIGHTMARE

After their dinner, Ben put Alexia and Alicia to sleep. Ben just took a step out of the twin’s room but Alicia called him.
         
        'Dad’

        ‘Yes my dear’.

        ‘Can you tell us a bedtime story ’

        ‘Of course. Why not? What kind of story do you want?

        ‘uhhhhhmmm…..’ I want to hear a horror story’

        ‘Will you not be Scared?"

          ‘Nope ’

        ‘Okay’!

        Once upon a time, there was a small family who lived in the deep forest. They had a maid.  She has been working to the family for a long time. But, an incident occurred. The employer did something cruel to their maid’

      ‘Alexia and Alicia’. Ben called the twin but they had fallen asleep. 

Ben went out and closed the door. Suddenly, Ben heard like something talking. So he went to check. When he went closer...

         ‘I think it's a woman's voice’. Ben courage himself to go closer.

         ‘The maid accidentally spilled  hot water on the employer son’s leg. After that, the son was unable to walk. The employer was so angry, he tortured the maid. He threw her  into a fireplace'.The voice was talking while crying.

       Ben was shocked, it was the story that he is just made for his daughters. Ben didn’t want to stay there for a long time so , he just got out of there and went to the toilet.

       ‘Skriitt,Skraatt…’ Ben heard a scratching sound. Within a minute, he tried to recall his nightmare. He  heard the same noise in his dream but the sound came from the mirror. He looked at the mirror behind him that was covered with a curtain. Slowly, the curtain opened. He saw a woman. To his surprise, her head turned around. Only her head! The woman's eyes were staring at Ben. 

       
       ‘Aaaaaaaaaarrrrgggghhhhhhhhh!!!Ben scream with all his strength.

Ben woke up. His heart pounding was fast. He was relieved that it was just a dream. He wondered why he always had the same nightmare lately. Kathryn woke up too as she heard Ben's scream.

       ‘You had a nightmare again ? Kathryn asked.

        ‘Yaa.. I don’t know why lately I've been dreaming something scary. It’s okay. Continue your sleep. I want to get a drink".

         ‘Okay .’ Kathryn pulled up her blanket.

Ben went to the kitchen, while going down the stairs, he heard kids laughing. He thought his daughters did not sleep, yet. As he went closer, the voice stopped. Ben had goosebumps. He went straight to his room and continued his sleep.

A dream

That becomes a reality.

Is it a dream?

Or is it reality?

I wonder if it was REALLY a dream

-to be continued-

By: Eyrdine & Amirah/2019