Trickery

Something was calling me. Something sinister.

It was strange to hear the Voice in the Darkness, not hearing with your ears or your mind but with your soul. It was pulling me, dragging me along whether I would or no. But slowly. The entire incident took place over a period of some years, but the calling had been growing inside of me for much, much longer. Decades, perhaps.

It was night when I finally realized what was going on. Yes, I know, it's always nighttime when these things happen. I think that's because, right before we go to sleep, we're most open to suggestion, and pehaps more aware of our subconscious than usual. Anyway, I lay there in my bed, thinking about the day, wondering what this urging was inside of me. And then, I realized that it wasn't coming from inside of me. I awoke from that half-dream state in a panic, but then I couldn't feel it anymore. So I went back to sleep.

When I awoke there was a presence there. I couldn't see it, I couldn't move, but I could feel it sitting, observing, and calling.

What do you want of me? I screamed at it in my mind. Its only response was its call.

And then, panic overtaking me, I fell unconscious.