Shadows

by _NAME_

Rating: teen
Tags: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Dark, Thriller, Original Character, Horror
Length: 120

I'm so afraid. Every night they come from out the shadows and torture me. Every night I can hear their laughter, their whispers. I'm afraid, because I think I'm beginning to enjoy it more and more. I cannot wait until everyone else can hear them too

I'm so afraid.

I haven't been able to sleep for some time now. They keep me awake. Every night they come from out the shadows and speak to me. Every night I can hear their laughter, their whispers.

The shadows on the walls twist and churn as what lurks within them moves. Every so often I catch a glimpse of one of their too-wide smiles.

The things they say to me are unspeakable. It is so wondrous. They fill my head with things I never thought possible.

As I lay awake in bed at night, listening to them, I am afraid to hear them.

I'm afraid, because I think I'm beginning to enjoy it more and more.

I cannot wait until everyone else can hear them too.

Until everyone can feel this bliss.

~Heavily influenced by Lovecraftian and cosmic horror.

Published 2015-12-05 05:30:01 UTC
Last updated 2016-05-01 16:31:02 UTC

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Laughter in the ShadowsRcw99

I woke up.

I laid there, in bed, my wife sleeping peacefully beside me, for several minutes without moving.

I wasn’t quite sure what had woken me.

With caution, I sat up, trying not to disturb my wife, and stared around our dark, little bedroom as best I could.

Moonlight shone through the curtains, illuminating only the wall across from me.

The door was still closed. Nothing seemed disturbed. I didn’t hear any strange sounds. Nothing was wrong.

Silence.

My body felt tense, though. As if I had been having a bad dream.

I blinked and laid back down, and, after a while of listening to my wife’s gentle breathing, I fell back asleep.

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