Uncovering the Truth

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I feel myself falling deeper and deeper into a dark abyss as dirt keeps filling my gaping mouth, with my mind clouded with a purple haze. It paralyzes me in darkness as I cannot find my way into the light. I can’t recall much of the incident. I clearly visualize the fiery, orange-red eyes and the Cheshire cat grin, rendering me weak and powerless. Who is he? Why is he doing this to me?

I jerk awake covered in sweat from the continuous nightmare. That is my new reality. Ever since that night, I can’t seem to grasp what is happening to me. My doctor said I have slight amnesia from some head trauma, and it may take a while until my brain is ready to uncover the truth.

After the incident, I can’t shake the feeling that something is terribly wrong. I hear creaking in the floorboards while I’m trying to sleep. I feel eyes on me whenever I have my back turned, but when I look back, there is nothing there. I don’t live with anyone, and I don’t have any pets, so I fear that I am just being paranoid. The lack of sleep isn’t helping my disposition.

I untangle myself out of the sheets and stumble into the bathroom to take a shower and try to ready myself for another day. Once I turn off the water, I blindly reach into the bathroom closet for a towel. The towel is suddenly snatched from my hand! My mouth springs open as I try to scream, but no sound came out. An orange creature with black stripes jumps out of the closet and lands on the counter in front of me. His fierce, fiery, orange-red eyes bore into mine. That one look alone has managed to piece together my memory from that night. It all came together like pieces in a puzzle.

This orange devil-cat pushed a flowerpot off my picnic table, which landed on my head, causing dirt to fall into my mouth as I fell to the ground. Oh, how I hate my neighbour’s cat!

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Cassandra Purcell

Cassandra is a second-year student in the Professional Writing program at Algonquin College. She loves writing real-life horror stories, being anti-social, and watching American Horror Story.