Disclaimer: The person, places, events and setting in this story is fictitious and comes from the author's imagination. Bold statements indicate the dialogue of the characters.
It's been a long time since we last saw each other. I am now laughing with my friends from preschool. Should I call them best friends? maybe yes.
We are now playing truth or dare under the moonlight. You can feel the cold breeze of air touching your skin. We are in a dark place and surrounded by several trees. This resort has a forest and nature vibes.
There is only one thing that gives us light, a fire in the middle of our circle. We are five in the circle, two of us are girls and the rest are all boys. We have a strong bond since before and this is the moment to celebrate our reunion.
Hahaha it is your turn, Diego my friends laughed at me when the bottle pointed at me. Now Diego, truth or dare? one of my friends asked.
I don't really want to play this game, I know that they are up to something. I have no choice but to join the game so they will not call me killjoy. Alright, dare.
I answered emotionlessly. Woah you are brave huh? My friend laughed at me. She even grinned at me, I know that she is planning something.
Have you seen that mansion? Uh I mean haunted mansion? Go there!
I swallowed the lump in my throat. I am really afraid of the dark and I never wanted to go in that mansion.
Oh man, what do we expect with Diego? Come here lets go there!
I don't have a choice but to follow them. We stood up and started walking towards the haunted mansion.
We stopped walking when we saw an old man near us. What he** is he doing here at this time? It is already 11:47 pm at night.
You should not go inside, they're here. the old man whispered to us with his creepy and grinning look.
Again, I swallowed the lump in my throat. I tried to stop them entering the mansion but they just laughed at me.
Don't say that you believe in that old man? hahaha!
I wanted to stay outside but I realized that it will be creepier if I stay alone. I have no choice but to go to them.
We walked slowly when we entered the mansion. I feel the chilling cold in my spine while walking, the air breeze is giving me goosebumps.
Inside the mansion, there are a lot of doors. One door caught my attention. I don't know what's with the door but I had a strong feeling that I should go there, I feel that something is pulling me to go there.
I started walking towards the door. I feel that my friends are also following me from behind. I was about to hold the door knob when someone called my name. I looked behind me and I was shocked when I saw a white lady standing in front of the door.
I started running toward the left door hoping that my friends were there, I am now screaming while calling their names. I looked behind me and saw the white lady was following me.
I don't know what is wrong with this mansion but I am running for so long and never reach the door. I just ran for more time when the door suddenly opened.
I am thankful when I see my friend in the door, they look pale and afraid. Where have you been Diego!? We were looking for you for almost 5 hours!
I took a deep breath after hearing those lines. Am I running for 5 hours? I feel my sweat flowing to my face and body. I hugged them and was grateful to them.
We rushed toward the exit and ran quickly. We went to our room and they immediately asked me.
What happened?
I just breathe and cannot answer them, I feel exhausted. I feel that I will collapse anytime.
I don't know…
It is the only thing that I said when everything became blank. Everything is spinning and I fell on the floor. I feel my friends panicking and doing their best to recover my consciousness.
I don't know what happened… I told myself. One thing that I am sure of is, I will never go back to that mansion.
Until now, he didn't know what was behind that mystery, before he lost his consciousness, there was a voice coming back to his ears. They're here....
Author’s note: I did not manage to join in the last week prompt due to personal life, this time, I find a way to write and make a short horror story in @theinkwell community.
This is a great horror story. You demonstrate that horror is psychological. You don't need blood and gore in order to elicit feelings of terror. Putting the prompt in the words of the old man works very. It blends seamlessly with the rest of the story.
Thank you for sharing this (bloodless!) horror story with the Ink Well community. Have you engaged with two writers in the community? Thank you!
Thank you, I just like thrill and intense with horror story. It should be bloodless.
Yes yes I just read some but will read more.
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Wow what an experience! I'm very sure he would want to go there again but what about the voice he still hears.
Actually, I was thinking some huge would happen but I'm glad it ended the way it is... Thanks for sharing
The voice that he heard was the old man they that they saw before entering the house. He just reminisced it.
Oh okay, I get it now
I enjoyed your horror story, and how you built suspense and made it creepy with the white lady, @theimpostor. I would love even more details about the mansion, like cobwebs and long dark corridors, and maybe some paintings on the walls, where the eyes of the portraits are watching him. You could really make it seem like the narrator was lost in the inner part of the mansion for five hours with a few more details!
Ooh...thank you for reminding me that, I forgot about it. I will do it on my next story or maybe update this one.
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