Dreadcula

The cloudy rain droplets raced on my bedroom window, leaving stains that could possibly never be gone. I stared at the garden outside, wondering when the rain would stop. It was hard to see now, since the rain fogs and covers up everything. It was hard to find inspiration in this type of day. I went over to my desk and took a pen. I turned on my computer and was about to start writing when I got a call.

“Hey, Henry. You’re going to submit that manuscript today, right? Have you started? The publisher is expecting it. We’re all excited to read it. You’re the one of the best authors in our company anyway, ain’t I right?” My colleague asked, tone of expectation clear on his soft voice .

I hesitated before answering his question. They would be extremely disappointed in me, but I was working from home, and they couldn’t do anything to me anyway. “Oh- I haven’t started on the manuscript yet…” I stuttered.

“YOU WHAT?!” My colleague shouted at the top of his lungs. “BOSS WANTS THIS DONE BY TODAY! IF YOU DONT GET THE MANUSCRIPT DONE, BOSS WONT LET US GET A PIECE OF REST FOR THIS MONTH!” He yelled. Even though I was calling through a phone, his voice was so ear-splitting that it was as if he was shouting right in my face.

“Look, Peter…can you give me a break? For two days at most. I need my inspiration but with this rainy day, I can’t get any ideas to pop out of my head. Please just give me a break. I promise that I’ll submit the manuscript on Thursday.” I sighed, full of hope that Peter won’t get mad at me for being so selfish. Although I don’t really consider that excuse selfish.

“…Fine. But you owe me one. Wait- you owe US.” Peter nodded. I turned off the call and flopped on my bed. The little human inside my mind who worked everyday to search for ideas was finally lying down on his mini bed after 15 years.

“Playground…” I muttered. An idea was starting to form in my head. “…devil.” I finished. “Devil Playground? No…Devil…devil…Devil Playtime!” I smiled and jumped out of bed to write down my ideas in my notepad.

When I was done, I thought about how the devil would look like..should be something scary and terrifying. I wrote down that he should look like a shadow- all black but red eyes. His figure in mind did seem quite promisingly scary to me. A few seconds after writing down his features, a man- with the same figure, features, eye colour just drifted out from my notebook, and I was pretty sure I blacked out when my surroundings became dark.

I woke up in what seemed to look like a hospital. The walls were old and falling apart and even the bed I was lying down on felt like wood. I sat down and observed the room. The lights flickered in the darkness of the room and there was a creaking sound coming from the bed everytime i moved a muscle.

“Where am I?” I wondered aloud. The room had an eerie feeling and spiderwebs hung on every corner of the ceiling. I sat down and found myself looking directly in a mirror. “Hmm,” I muttered. I looked exactly the same like how I looked like before, but it’s just that my teeth were sharper. Like vampire teeth :)!

I stepped out of the room and looked around. Outside the room was what seemed to look like a playground, full of colour and fun. It was the exact opposite of the room that I was in earlier.

“Eat,” a voice boomed in my head. “Eat,” I repeated. I saw a girl walking towards me, looking around. “Eat,” I said again. “Eat,” I took a step forward to the girl. The girl waved at me, sensing that I looked quite friendly. “Eat,” The voice boomed again, and I started to drool.

“Mister,” The girl said in such a cute voice as she tugged my shirt. I looked down and licked my lips. Before she could say anything else, I bit her.

The girl screamed in horror and started wailing and crying, going through an irresistible pain. But for me, I was enjoying every bite of it. And she was just my snack.

Note: hey guys! Uh- 6 more chapters until the real story starts! I hope you liked this chapter! I spent three days on this chapter, somehow putting extra effort. Heh…heh..hehhh :)! Thanks for reading!

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