1 Scared of the Dark? Not me...

It's dark in the room. Not so dark that you can't make out the outline but still blurry. There's the sense that there is more than one in this room even if it might be imagination. A shiver goes up the spine as the world moves fast, tumbling and rolling... there's only the whirring of the air conditioning keeping the room from absolute silence. It stops. A feeling of eeriness and dread comes as all limb retract into a fetal position, as if trying to protect itself from the nightmares that come with the cold night. Fear surfaces from the depths of the human mind, caused by the unknown. Sheets start being wrapped tight around the body it hopes that their comfort might diffuse whatever evils the mind conjures the dark. The world stands still as a sound breaks the silence. An ever so quiet ping sounds out into the abyss. A light burst out from somewhere in the room, illuminating it. But it does not bring the comfort that light usually gives when in darkness. No. It reveals something that the darkness should have kept at bay if not for the light...

What is it?