User:Athena Hawkins/Room Trap

I felt myself walk up the steps to the House on Crooked Street, hidden in the darker and often overlooked area of the city of Naxaz; the Powerless Side. This side of town gets no power at all, and I believe it has something to do with a nightmare residing in this very building, which used to be where the power supply of Naxaz was hosted. I knocked on the door, not expecting a reply, but was greeted by a soothing, echoing voice that opened the door, four rooms visible inside the building as well as...Hene?? When did her voice become so sweet?

"Syi..." I heard her coo to me, taking my hand. "I never died...I have been waiting here so long..."

I couldn't help but apologize. I had no idea that she would have even been resting here! This probably means she wants a quick rub down, so I extended my arms and hugged her, who smiled and walked into a room, waving her arm for me to follow. Behind me, the front door slammed. Must have been the wind! I cheerfully followed her into the room, the corner of the room's curtain being folded up was the first thing I saw. She sat down on the bed and smiled, telling me to grab her hand in her quiet and attractive voice, and I obeyed, her releasing a wide smile as she suddenly disappeared. Looking around blindly, the door slammed shut and locked itself, and the lighting of the room became an eerie red. There was nothing but my voice now.

"H-Hene?" I stupidly asked. "Where'd you go?"

No response, but I felt my throat go numb and a deep voice stir from under the room, the window's curtain having noticeably been more folded than before, the light blinking from red to black, leaving me to do nothing more than slide my feet under the sheets of the bed, terrified by all of this. It was in the middle of the night too, so even if I could escape, could I even see my way back? Suddenly, the sounds of deep breathing met my own, and these were deeper, louder, and seem to be more of a thirsting feeling than my own breaths. I wheeled around the room with my head, attempting to see if I was alone. Sure enough, I was pretty much by myself, but the window's curtain had folded even more. Was that thing a timer?

I couldn't see it, by the way things were heading, they were going to be pretty bad. I took a vine out of my back and struck the door with it, but it wouldn't budge open, and it was firmly locked...must be something powerful holding the door like that. Turning around, there was still nothing to fear, the lighting of the room still blinking and I only noticed the curtain actively peeling back, slowly but it was surely happening. I stumbled back to the bed and placed my hands above the sheets, ready to climb back on when my left leg was suddenly grabbed from under the bed, a black hand with sharp white nails holding tight onto me. I kicked it off and went back onto the bed, going fast into the sheets, the curtain's edge now having folded up half the curtain, revealing a good portion of the black window.

Suddenly, I could hear a dark, ominous breathing fill the room, echoing and shaking the room just a bit. It was the same breathing from before, but it was much louder and it make some things in my room shake. The mass from under my bed must have the breathing...but it seemed to be coming from every direction, no matter where I looked, although all I saw were still red-tainted walls. As I looked towards the window, it completely peeled back and revealed a dancing teddy bear, held up by strings in the air, pointing behind me. I was kind of unnerved, but when I looked behind me, a giant monster stood behind me, two mouths open and chomping, its massive claws dragging across the floor as it stared at me, turning its body to look like Hene for a split second before turning back to its normal body. The lighting of the room was erratically flashing, and I let the beast get in, and I stared at its sharp, unused teeth...