Tales From the Beyond

Adri Adityo Wisnu
Chapter #2

Millie's Bedroom

For Millie, her bedroom was a safe haven, nothing bad is going to get through its protective walls and small window. There were no other places where she could feel safe the most than her own bedroom, a simple and small bedroom big enough for a little girl like Millie to move around and sat on a rug that sprawled across the floor in front of her bed to play with her dolls. Like any other five-year-old, she would believe there's some kind of monster or any other deranged creature hiding under her bed or inside her closet, but each night Millie could sleep soundly knowing that whatever stalking her at night would never get close enough to do her any harm.

It was a night like any other, Millie's about to call it a day, and her mother kissed her goodnight before turning on the small lamp that's on the desk next to her bed. Millie never liked to sleep in complete darkness, she would like to still be able to see what's around her. Not long after her mother went out of the room and closes the door, Millie was fast asleep. Then she heard something... In her sleep she heard noises, something she knows shouldn't be there. She realized that she was actually awake, she gather up the courage to open her eyes, yet when she does she finds herself surrounded by darkness. The lamp was out, she tried to turn it back on but it didn't work. Luckily for her, there was another source of light. It came from outside, the pale moon illuminates the room through the window, enough for Millie to see certain parts of her room. Enough for her to see the shadow standing outside her window, the source of the noises she heard before and still hear. Someone – or something – was knocking on her window from outside. It was more of a soft tapping than knocking, giving seconds of pause on each one.

Tap... tap... tap...

On and on it goes with no signs of stopping anytime soon. Millie felt her body shuddered in terror, and yet curiosity took the better of her. Before she even had the time to think of any other options, like calling her parents, for instance, she got off from her bed and cautiously approached the window. She braced herself for what she's about to see when she shove the curtain out of the way, and...

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