I want you all to know that as I type this I can hear noises downstairs right now... i'm home alone... don't worry im used to it but this is my first experience with unexplained noises... I sat on the motheaten couch... the digital clock on the video player seemed to struggle to change numbers... i glanced at the square hypnotising screen... there was a pretty lady walking fast on the tv... through a loong white hallway... it reminded me of the hallway in our house... long, white, eerie and silent leading to a room that cant be opened... i watched the ladys feet... she was light brisk and didnt falter at all... but the sound i heard were different... the sounds i heard faltered... they creaked on mouldy floorboards and they fell onto the floor like a heavy ball... one......two.......one......two......."Just the tv" i said under my breath.,...As soon as i turned my head i captured a glimpse of some shadowny movement in the kitchen... and i ran... i scampered past the hallway into my room and crawled under my warm protective blankets... scratch scratch scrath... the front doot couldnt make these sounds by itself??

AFTER an eternity of heavy difficult breathing under my coverds i heard my mother and sister come home... "Mum! I was soo scraed to be alone! Itbwas so quiet.. then it wasnt..."

"Oh ive always had imaginative children!" my cheery mother with cherry cheeks chuckled.

"Listen dumpling the only thing i want you to worry about is..."

"yes mum"? .. i rose up from my blankets... the veil protecting me fro my fear...

"The lock on our gate was broken and the front door is SCRATCHED EVERYEHRE too... "

"oh" i said...

And we will also be away from home tomorrow night so you can rent some videeos.." But the thought of videoes only skimmed across my mind... something else was there...carving its way into my thoughts.....