When I opened my eyes, I couldn’t believe what I saw. My bedroom was not like I left it. Even though the curtains were closed, a pale, flickering light was shining in the corner of the room. It looked like someone was drawing shapes on the wall with a flashlight, but there was no one else in the room… at least that’s what I thought.
I slowly sat up on my bed. The light disappeared suddenly. Then I heard a soft tapping sound from the bottom of the wall. My heart started to beat faster. “Maybe it’s just the wind,” I told myself, but this time the sound came from under my bed. I reached my hand down slowly, but the darkness covered it completely. At that moment, I felt a cold breath on the back of my neck. I was too scared to turn around. Then I saw a shadow in the other corner of the room. It looked like a person, but its feet were not touching the ground. It was floating toward me. I couldn’t breathe. Just as it came closer, the curtain opened and the wind from outside lit up the room. The shadow disappeared at once, as if it could not stand the light.
I stood up to check the room. Everything looked normal again. But something still felt wrong. On the dusty floor, there were not one, but two handprints and they were fresh!