I took off my Halloween costume, washed the paint off my face, put on my pajamas, brushed my teeth, and went to bed. I was almost asleep when I first heard the sound of tapping on the front door." Ugh, probably trick or treaters." I said to myself. I decided to just let them go away. Not even ten seconds later did I hear it again. This time louder. I went down stairs to tell them to leave but when I opened the door no one was there." What the..." I said to myself . As I was closing the door I heard a tapping sound upstairs. I ran upstairs to see who it was cause I was home alone. When I got up there no one was there. "This is creepy" I whispered. Suddenly the phone started ringing. I ran back downstairs to answer it. " Hello" I said. But all I could here was whispering.

         This was getting really creepy. I decided to run to my friends house but when I went to open the door it was locked. The creepiest part is there is no lock on that door. I somehow could not open the door."Oh no" I said. I ran to the back door but something blocked my way. I looked up and saw a shadow looming over me. "Time to die!" it yelled at me. It held up a knife and started to swing it down when everything went black. 

           I woke up to silence "Whew." I said to myself. It was all just a dream. I got up and walked down stairs to get some cereal. As I was pouring my milk I felt my body get cold like I was lying in snow. I turned around and saw him. The shadow. He's real. "You can't escape me Owen. Not even your family" It held up my mom's skull. It was all bloody. I felt like I couldn't breathe. "Now, your turn." I turned around and ran towards the door. I heard it following close behind. When I got close towards the door I realized it was locked so I ran upstairs to climb out a window. When I got to the window in my room I heard it walking up the stairs. "Silly Owen, you think you can escape me?" "Yes I can" I said back. I jumped out the window onto my roof. I ran and jumped off the roof onto the grass. I did a sick roll and started to run to the police station when it caught up to me. "Any last words?" "Yeah". I thought to myself when I remembered something. "Did you see that sick roll when I jumped off the roof?"


                                                                                              - Owen R.