The Rebellious Reflection

Knock, knock, knock…

I woke up abruptly to the sound of someone knocking on my window.

1, 2, 3, pause. 1, 2, 3, pause.

Three knocks at a time and then total silence.

At first I had thought that it was coming from my bedroom window so I ignored it, must be the tree branches moving from the wind.

But to my surprise it was coming from the mirror in the hallway.

I jumped out of bed and slowly opened my bedroom door. The shrieking sound of my bedroom door was tearing away the silence of this place.

I slowly moved towards the hallway. The creaking sound of the wooden floor made by each step I take were making the hair at my back stand up.

But what was more frightening was that that I had felt like someone was following me in this darkness. Unable to look behind, I silently moved forward, towards the mirror.

Another sound of knocking came from the mirror. My whole body shivered from the creepiness of this place.

Darkness had surrounded the whole place except from the dim moonlight coming from the

window in the hallway.

I moved towards the mirror, just inches away from it when I heard a soft whisper coming from the mirror.

“Help… me…”

I jumped from the mirror as I saw someone’s reflection right behind me in the mirror. I looked behind mw, no one. I frantically moved towards the wall, searching for a light switch and there it was.

I turned on the lights and it made me furious to find myself

alone again.

I wanted to scream.

What is happening? Am I really just imagining things? No, I know, this can’t be my imagination. I know that I’m not hallucinating. This is real, but… how can this be possible? And the whispers coming from the mirror… No, no, no! It’s real! It can’t be fake.

But why do I only keep seeing such things? Have the others really not noticed something strange?

A million questions came floating in my mind. I had always told myself that it’s not true. That it’s all just in my head but no.

I was more than just frightened, I was terrified! I don’t know who to believe or what to believe.

Is it all true or was it just my imagination? Is it all real or is there really some kind of super serious problem with my brain. Am I wrong or are my parents?

I felt like my head was going to explode! I have to calm down.

Nothing’s making sense. I can’t tell my parents about this. They would never believe and worse, they would think that there’s some really serious problem with my brain and would take me to psychiatrist. Tch.

I went in the kitchen right across the hallway and drank dozens of glass of water to calm myself.

My head was aching and my eyes were burning. I had to sleep, I needed to sleep.

I took in a deep breath and went to take a late night shower before going to sleep. The only thing that could relax me right now was a cold shower.