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Night Terrors



I awoke startled and scared, the faint smell of chemicals in the air. My cat Sasha nuzzled my face when I noticed a red permanent marker gripped in my right hand. I got out of bed, glancing around my room, I noticed something strange. A red X had been drawn across the face of my Raggedy Ann doll, the one my Grandmother made for me. As a child I had night terrors, my Grandmother gave me the doll and told me she would make them go away and she did, until last night.



The following morning I awoke to Sasha nuzzling my face and the now familiar scent of the marker. Opening my eyes, I was startled to see Sasha, a big red X drawn over her face and the red marker in my right hand. Jumping out of bed, I looked in the direction of where my doll sat yesterday but she was gone. I searched everywhere, to no avail, the doll had vanished. I kept Sasha close throughout the day and into the night, before losing the battle to remain awake.



Awakening the next morning I was afraid to look in my right hand. Seeing my hand empty relief washed over me. I turned to where Sasha slept to find it empty. Panic set in, I ran through the house calling her name, but was met with silence. This could not be happening. I shuffled to the bathroom to splash my face with cold water hoping that it would clear my head, and there on the counter below the mirror sat the red marker. My hand trembling, I picked it up, the red marker in my right hand I raised my head in horror. Scrawled across my mirror, covering my reflection was a big red X.