A cold dark night suddenly fills up with sounds and shadows that threaten to overpower …
It was a cold winter night and I was sleeping in my warm and cosy bed. My cousins had come to stay with me at my house. The sound of thunder could be heard in the distance, but getting closer by each passing minute.
I woke up and saw that my cousins were not sleeping in the spare beds in my room. They were gone! I had a thousand questions in my mind, ‘Where were they? Had someone kidnapped them?’
This filled me with fright. I wondered if I should go and tell my parents, then decided to check downstairs first to see if they were playing tricks with me or trying to pull my leg? I stepped out of the room and decided to go downstairs to investigate.
When I stepped on the top step, I slipped and rolled down the stairs like a ball. It was the most miserable experience rolling down the stairs! My legs were hurting and I had a bump on my forehead.
When I entered the living room, the electricity went off and because I couldn’t see anything, I accidentally bumped into the wall. This made me feel dizzy. When I looked beside me, I saw a figure but couldn’t make out what it was. The figure started to move here and there, and then I heard eerie and spooky sounds.
