Voices

Dawn's eyes were fixed on Skyler unconsciously as he walked away.

"Hello? Umm Dawn? Are you there?",the words from the other side of the phone line brought her back from her thoughts.

"Oh I'm sorry yeah.. I was a little distracted. You were saying?", Dawn replied awkwardly as she walked towards her house.

"Nothing much. I just checked if you had really gave me your number or scammed me. Ha ha", he laughed.

"Heh heh why would I scam you?", Somehow Dawn felt a little uncomfortable. "Maybe this is just normal because it's been a long time since I  had friends to talk.",she thought.

Dawn opened the front door. No one was in the living room, so she went straight up to her room while talking on the phone.

"I don't know. Maybe you would've thought that I'm a bad guy",he said.

"Nope. You don't look like one."

"Well. That's good to hear. So I was gonna ask if you're free this weekend?"

"Um.. I don't have any plans yet. So... I think I am free..", Dawn said nervously as thoughts circled her mind,"Am I being asked out?! That too on the first day of school lol!"

"Ok then! Let's hangout on Saturday. I'll text you the time and place.", Lucas said excitedly.

"Okay!"

"Okay! I have practice now. I'll hang up. Bye."

"Bye.."

Dawn sat on her bed and started getting lost in her thoughts. She lied on her back and brought her mobile above her face. "Luke", the name she saw in her call history made her chuckle. The thoughts slowly went from Luke to the words said by Noah. "Unnatural death huh?", thought Dawn.

"But why didn't mom or dad say anything about it?"

"Maybe Noah is just imagining things?"

"Maybe he just wants something to excite him?"

"But I never knew Grandma.. and Noah has been here all along. What if he actually knows something? "

"Ahh this is all so tiring.. my head hurts..", Dawn closed her eyes as these kinds of thoughts circled her head.

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"Dawn..." ,a faint voice called her, a female voice.

"Dawn..", the voice repeated. But it was too low that it seemed unreal.

"Dawn.. Dawn.. Dawn..", the mild husky voices were heard here and there.

Suddenly there was a scream,"Dawn!!". The scream gave Dawn a jolt and she nearly jumped off the bed.

The atmosphere was strange. The air was very cold around her, giving her chills down her spine. She was not sure if it was due to the temperature or because she was afraid. But how did the temperature suddenly change like this? Before she could figure out anything, it started sweating all over her body. All of this was so strange. The room was completely dark in a blink of an eye.

"Dawn.. come to me..", the voice continued to whisper again.

"Wh- who are you..?",Dawn stammered and looked around with fear.

"You know me.. just like how I know you....Dawn", the voice replied.

"How?? I don't know you! What's happening here?!"

"You'll get all your when you come to me... Dawn", the voice was coming from the closet.

"You just have to come to me.... Dawn",the voice continued.

Dawn fixed her eyes on the closet, from where the voice came from and started walking towards to it in tiny steps.

When she got close, the closet' door slowly opened with a creak. Dawn tried to hide her panick and asked,"Wh- what do you want from me?", words barely got out of her mouth.

Suddenly it became very silent. Only the uneven breathing sound of Dawn was heard. The silence was then broken by an evil giggle.

"What I want?! I want you!!!", The voice screamed and suddenly a skinny hand grabbed Dawn's hand. She tried to release her hand from it but she failed. She tried again harder but the hand started to pull her in. The hand was dark with long ugly nails. The nails started to scratch her hand. Dawn screamed loudly as it was hurting her a lot. All of a sudden there was a bright light that blinded Dawn's eyes. All Dawn could hear was the voice screaming,"I'll come and get you .. Dawn!!".

It became silent and within a few seconds there was a sound of mobile ringing out of nowhere. Dawn opened her eyes and found herself lying on her bed. It was dark.

"A dream?But it felt so.. real.."

"How long have I been sleeping?", Dawn turned on the light and started thinking to figure out what's happening around her.

She reached out to get her mobile phone. There were few unread messages and a missed call from an unknown number. She looked at the time. "3.14 am", it displayed.

"Bad omen huh.. witching hours? ", she thought as she looked outside her window. From her room's window, she could clearly see the first floor of the next door. That is, the weird guy Skyler's room probably. The lights in his room were on and she could see a blur figure of him.

"What is he doing up so late? Right in this hour?"