Everlasting Pain

3 years ago, Something strange happened with my Little sister, Emma.

Me and my little sister lived in a small town surrounded by the woods. Our parents were out of the country for work-related stuff. I was within age so I was able to take care of my sister and myself.

"Mike, Mike, Come see my drawing!" She called from across her room all happy and excited. She rushed inside the living room where I was sitting and sat right next to me. She showed me her drawing which made my heart sink. The drawing showed me holding hands with her and with a strange all-black guy with an exaggerated wide smile. "who's this?!" I said. She looked at me with a creepy smile that made my skin crawl. "it's Mr. Billy!" she said. I was confused and still in shock because the drawing was so strange.

Days passed by and I was still thinking about that drawing. "that drawing was unsettling. What was she thinking when she drew it?" I wondered.

I started to notice my sister drawing that weird creature or person in most of her sketches. I felt something wrong. If my feeling is right, I need to find out who exactly is this thing.

One day, I decided to approach her while she was drawing and confront her about it. "hey, Emma" I said. She stopped drawing and looked at me with a smile. "I wanted to talk to you about the guy you always draw, Mr. Billy," I said. Her smile fades. "you don't like him do you?" she replied. I look at her drawing. "it's not that it's just… I wanna know who is he. How did you think of such a character?" I said. Her smile returned to her face but wider. "Mr. Billy isn't a character, he is real," she said. "Real? What do you mean?" I faltered. "he's with a is in this room," she said. I laughed thinking that she was joking. "you're joking right?" I said. "No, he is here. He's just too shy to come out. But he reveals himself every night to me in my room."

After what I heard from her that day, I decided to let it go and consider it a child play.

That didn't last long.

On a Sunday at midnight, I was in my room watching a movie when I heard a strange noise from my sister's room. "what the hell is happening?"

I decided to see what was going on with my sister. I stood up and walked out of my room. I slowly walked towards her room and opened the door. The window was opened and she wasn't there. The window was facing the dark woods so I assumed she ran to the woods. Unfortunately, I was right…

I saw her tiny footsteps leading to the woods. I panicked and quickly jumped out of the window. I started following her footsteps deep into the woods.

The eerie setting of the forest made my heart beat fast. After minutes of following her footsteps, it stops inside a large tree. "What the…"

I stepped inside the tree to see absolutely nothing. "I-I don't understand. It stops here."

Suddenly, I heard Blood-chilling screams. "Emma!!! Emma!!!" I screamed my lungs out. I ran outside the tree. "Emma!!! Em-"

The screams stopped…

"Emma?! Please answer me!!" I cried my heart out. "Please Emma… Emma…"

I fell to my knees hopeless and scared. 

Crickets chirping continued as the night passed. The cold air brushed against my skin. It was disturbingly quiet.

I decided to man up and continue looking for my sister. I stood up and wiped my tears off my face. I started walking deeper into the woods. The deeper I went the colder the air got and the quieter it got. I was scared but determined to find my sister.

Suddenly, I noticed movement around me. "Who is there?!" I shouted while looking around me. "Emma?!"

I notice a silhouette of a tall figure looking at me. "hello?" I said. The figure smiled widely revealing its teeth that were covered in blood and waved at me. my eyes widened when I realized… it's the creature she was drawing. I froze in fear as the air around me got even colder. The eerie atmosphere added to the tension of the moment. He threw a gouged eye at me. "This can't be…"

I started shaking. I couldn't take it anymore. I instantly fainted.

I woke up in a hospital Surrounded by my worried parents. They rushed and hugged me tightly clearly worried about me. They were crying nonstop. "thank God you're okay," my mom said. "where am I?" I said confused. "don't worry, you're safe."

"where's your sister?!" my father said. As I remembered what had happened before I fainted I started crying hysterically. I explained everything that happened from A to Z including the thing about Mr. Billy. My parents were in shock and disbelief as they were listening to me explain everything. "you're joking right?!"

My parents started yelling at me and blaming me for her disappearance. They eventually stormed off and left me alone in the hospital with my thoughts. I placed my hands on my head and yelled in pain.

My parents informed the police about the situation and they started searching the woods for any clue about Emma's disappearance but they never found her…

After 3 years, I still think about my sister and about that creature. Everyone thinks I'm crazy now they still don't believe what I saw in those woods. My parents left the town for a new start but I decided to stay and… I don't know I guess I'm gonna figure something out sooner or later…

Epilogue:

One day, I was walking down the street when I noticed a kid drawing on the grass. "What are you drawing, buddy?"

He smiled and showed me. The drawing was of… Mr. Billy

The End