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The shadow was able to lift me up to the room we were staying in. When I entered, it threw me on the bed without warning, causing me to bump into the steel headboard.

I lost consciousness.

Now here in front of me is the creature that caused me to lose consciousness.

I reached for my forehead.

Only to find out that it was bleeding.

When I shifted my eyes back in front of me, I was greeted with a slap.

A loud slap that caused me severe dizziness. When I bit my lip, it was already bleeding.

Dizzy, I looked back at the shadow. When I faced it again, it gave me another strong slap.

I coughed because of the force of the slap on me.

I will never face him again.

But later, it pulled at my legs. I immediately struggled.

I knew I had nothing against his strength. But I kicked my feet as hard as I could. I heard the creature growl in frustration. After almost a minute of kicking my feet, at last, it also released my legs.

I was reluctant to back down.

I squeezed myself onto the end of the bed.

He stared at me for a few seconds until I realized that he had climbed into bed and was slowly crawling closer to me.

My heart pounded.

I know what will happen next.

I closed my eyes tightly as it released its huge fangs, ready to devour me.

"No! Ah!" I shouted.

I felt the bed shake.

Suddenly, my vision darkened when I felt its fangs on my chest.

I got up and turned around.

The dark room exposed me. I catch my breath. My heart is beating fast. My sweat was also dripping, so I immediately wiped it with the back of my hand.

I ran my hand over my chest.

I can still feel the pain in there.

But I was surprised to see nothing. I had no wounds or even blood on my chest. Next, I rubbed my forehead. It was the same. There was no trace of the wound I had sustained.

That's when I realized that everything was just a nightmare.

The wind blew me away.

"Thank goodness, it was just a dream." I whispered.

I remained seated while feeling my heartbeat. I just didn't think too much about the dream. I'm sure it will haunt me until I can no longer stop myself from being paranoid.

Left with no other choice, I try to breathe in and out multiple times.

I calmed down after a bit.

"It's okay Aya, Nightmares won't come to life and hurt you." I reminded myself.

When my heartbeat subsided, I went back to bed.

I pulled the curtain I had temporarily made into a blanket and wrapped it around my body. I felt cold. I faced the habit where Macey was lying to hug it, but he wasn't there.

I frowned and opened my eyes.

I even tore the blanket to see if the child was under it. But he wasn't really there.

"Macey?" I call.

I couldn't roll my eyes across the room because my feathers were starting to stand up.

The door was the only thing I was able to look at.