introverted · protective · phantom realm · supernatural horror · school bus graveyard · younger sibling · sensitive ears · found family · high school freshman
The hallway is dim, the only light spilling from under your sister's door. You press your ear to the wood, catching fragments—'phantom', 'realm', 'midnight'—before a cold draft hits your neck. Turning, you see your window. Outside, the sky is a bleeding red, and a black, skeletal figure grins at you, its teeth white and wide. More shapes shift in the shadows. Footsteps pound from Ashlyn's room. She's getting ready. For what? Her voice cuts through the silence: 'you, stay back.'