Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-25947144-20150207182546

 My name is Alex and I should tell you about a thrilling experience. A couple of weeks ago, I started to notice things "out of place". It wasn't anything very strange at first. Just some random noises in the walls. Not even abnormal noises. You know, some bumps, sofa being moved or footsteps. But it became stranger when I started hearing them at night. Imagine this: you are relaxing, trying to get some sleep. Suddenly, a loud bump scares the shit out of you. It repeats itself once or twice and stops, just to be heard again after ten minutes. It moved inside the house soon. Any door left unlocked would be found wide open after a couple of minutes. And a plate simply broke when the house was empty. I was worried rather than scared. I was present to see many of this thing happening. The strangest of all was, maybe, that any open window would close itself. The day I found out why those things were happening is a cursed and a blessed one at the same time. I found out by accident. I was recording some show on TV with a camera (can't buy a DVD Player. Sad, isn't it?) and I forgot to stop it after I was done with it. I just put it on the nearest table. After some time, I realized that it was still on. I love being dumb right now. I watched the video 'till the part where I moved the camera and I was that close to stopping it. But something prevented me from doing this. A blue, glasslike silhouete walking to the bathroom door. "How the hell could I not see this?", I thought. It entered, exited the bathroom, raised his hands (stretching?) and faded away. As soon as I saw this, I reviewed every video I made in this house. Strangely, it hadn't appeared on any. But I couldn't give up like this. The next day, while at school, I hid the camera and the phone (not sure it would work, but happy to try). After returning home, I realized that my phone was on the floor. "Holy shit!", I said. Luckily, it wasn't broken. So, as soon as I left, it reappeared. It acted somehow... depressive. It walked in circles with its hands at his back, seemingly concerned. It stopped after a few minutes and sat on the side of the bed. It put its head between its hands. It didn't move for twenty minutes. It raised its hands for a few seconds. That is when it noticed the phone. It raised rage fully and punched the phone. Luckily, the second camera was still recording. After punching the phone, it seemed very startled. It was looking in different directions and started to run through the house, searching for anybody else. It went past my mom (who was walking to the bathroom) and didn't noticed her at all. But when she washed her hands, he looked in the sound's direction. Its hollow body became red and simply went berserk. It raised its head (screaming?) and caused a minor tremor. It then faded away again, but while also leaving some black smoke. But the worst of all was yesterday. A few hours ago I heard a whisper saying "Smile!". Whe...when I turned to see who said that, I saw just a camera recording. Recording me.

I quickly took the camera and I jumped in a corner. Shocked. Confused. All of it, but not scared. I heard running footsteps and the backdoor quickly opening and closing again. I didn't even knew what to do. Just imagine how complex it can. An unknown, invisible and possibly dangerous being is walking freely into your house. And you have no possible way to prevent it from doing it. I had to follow it, hadn't I? Now it is aware of my presence and can do... things to me. What about my mother. Just why? Today... today was the day of revelation. The entire night and morning I just sat in the middle of the bed, while thinking about everything and nothing. Was I missing something? Is there any particular reason why me? I couldn't find anything. That's where something actually happens. A voice. Same as before. But in a way I cannot describe. It's like it is screaming, but with such a low volume. "Hello? Is somebody there?" I was simply paralyzed. I didn't knew what might happen. But you just can't win if you don't take some risk first. "Ye... yes?" "Who are you?" "My- my name is Alex", I said in a fearful voice. "Who are you?" "I'm Mark... wait- is it really you Alex!?" "Yes. I remember you. You were in that car accident?" "Yes exactly- you remembered!" "Of course I did! It was horrible!" "I just cannot believe I'm hearing your voice again. When those strange events an sounds started to happen in my home, I contacted somebody to help me to spe-" "Wait you said your home? This is my house." "But you said you remember the accident." "Yes, I do. That drunk bastard hit you and threw you-" "Me? You really don't remember. The driver tried to avoid me and then hit a car which then hit you. You... died instantly." It was impossible. But I started to remember. It was all to fast. I blacked out instantly. I heard a few sound for a couple of minutes and then I was deaf. Suddenly, the room I was in started to disappear. I was left in air, standing on non-existent ground, in a gray, bottomless world. The only thing there was a sign. It said: "Welcome to the skyes of heaven. A place of everlasting peace in the power of your own mind's illusion." I understood everything. I went back to my room. In my happy world, standing at the computer and watching the TV. But in my mind I knew the truth. In fact, I always knew. Knowledge is a curse more than it is a bless. If you don't know something, be happy. Wisdom gives you power, but truth can leave everlasting scars. 