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Have you ever felt creepy over something? Like when you sleep and something or someone’s under the bed or watching you with big red eyes? Or when you look at the mirror someone suddenly passed behind you? Oh! Thinking of those things gives me the goose bumps. Nevertheless, let me share with you stories similar to those. The first story doesn’t involve me.

It was 12 o’clock in the midnight and my father was watching television. Bubble Gang or something similar to that. He was sitting at the end of the bed where my mom and brother were sleeping when he heard someone or something from the other side of the window “Ace, Ace”. He thought it was just the friend of my brother calling from the terrace of their house across. But the funny thing is, it’s already 12 o’clock in the midnight and he knows that earlier that day that friend of my brother went to the province. The voice was getting louder and louder “Ace, Ace”. At the corner of his eyes he could see that it’s dark and there were no lights outside. He was starting to get afraid with the voice getting louder every second. He looked behind him and thought it was only a prank by my brother but he was sleeping. He was afraid. The hair on his nape stood up. It took him long before he decided to take a glance at the window and 1, 2, 3… he slowly turned his head and to his horror saw someone/something with very big and wide wings fly away. He was shocked and he quickly stood up and closed the windows and went to my room and told me the story.

The second story still involves my father. That night, out of fun my father set the alarm clock on to 3:00 in the morning. So, we all, went up and slept. Later on, the clock struck 3 and the alarm rang. Of course, my father decided to wake up. When he opened his eyes, he saw a girl sitting on the low chair. He thought it was me and so he didn’t mind it but he later on realized that it’s Saturday and I sleep with them only in weekdays. And one more thing he remembered is that its 3 in the morning and I wouldn’t dare wake-up and disturb my sleep just to sit there and do nothing. Because he was already getting the creeps, he decided to ignore it and went back to sleep.

The third story is about me and my friends, I’m not really sure if it’s the “supernatural” thing but I guess since I’ve already started, I really ought to tell you now I was a new Grade 4 student in Lahug Christian School and I had few friends. I was dismissed by 4:00 pm but my mother fetches me at 6:00 pm. So I had 2 hours to play. That time I had new friends, his name was Phil, a Grade 5 student and Jasper, a Grade 6 student. It so happened because since I was fetched at 6 and they saw that I was lonely so they befriended me. We hang-out together every afternoon as I do my assignments and watch them play basketball by themselves. One time, on one or our late afternoon hang-outs, out of curiosity I decided to play basketball with them. They taught me the do’s and don’ts of the game and I had fun. I didn’t notice that it was already getting dark until the 6:00 pm bell rang. I continued to play with them until 6:30 pm. I wondered why my mother hasn’t showed up yet, so the three of us just decide to go “ghost hunting”. We went downstairs to the principal’s office. It was dark with only one fluorescent light. Jasper said that every night, they say that there is a white lady who roams around scaring the bats in that place away. True enough, we saw a shadow of a woman. And then it disappeared. Along with that disappearance came the bats flying above us. Flying away from that place. At first I believed what Phil and Jasper told me. But later on something bothered me, “Do ”they” have shadows?”