Chapter 6: Descent Into Madness

== Quote ==
"I manifested him; somewhere between my dreams and nightmares, I gave him life." - Nicole Lyons
== Story ==
(12:00 PM, June 8, 2021): 
Jacob was sitting on the swings with Lauren. It was a beautiful day. It wasn't too hot, but it wasn't too cold neither. He observed his friends hanging out, seeing the joyful faces. Even when they grow up, he could tell they would still be close with each other. As Jacob keeps pondering, he suddenly remembered why he is unbearably tired. He remembered that he kept waking up the night before. He kept having strange dreams and nightmares ever since he could remember. They all were similar in some aspects, but even when there is a clear connection, it all seems so cryptic. Jacob remembered how he would never have nightmares because he was comforted by an old friend who is now gone. Jacob can't remember why his old friend is gone, but while he misses him, another part of him is in relief that he is gone. But why? Even Jacob doesn't know why. While Jacob tried to remember why he was relieved that his old friend vanished, he suddenly remembered about the nightmare from the other night again. In his nightmare, he woke up in his room; everything outside the house was red. He was confused, yet afraid when he saw the night skies being strangely red. The trees seemed to be dead. They were not even in their natural coloration; they were pitch black. He then heard laughing coming from downstairs. Because of the laughter, Jacob cautiously opened the door and slowly moved down the stairs. As he walked down, he could see someone hanging on a noose. He couldn't identify the woman on the noose, because of her dead, black, long hair covering her face. He was trying to get a closer look, until a single big eye opened from underneath the hair. Jacob didn't like it, leading him to quickly look away and carefully rush down. He finally made it down the stairs, and all of the sudden, everything inside the house darkened. There were still the same colors of the interior of the house, but they were all miserably, dead-like dark. It looked like an old house. The moment Jacob turned around to look at his surroundings, he realized that he wasn't in his house anymore. This house was completely different. It was old, dusty as if anything hasn't been touched in years. The windows were still glowing red from the outside, but the interior was all darkened and old. He then heard a door creaking open. The door led to, what looks like, the basement. He cautiously made his way down again and the moment he set his foot on the basement floor, the door up the stairs slammed. Jacob realized the color changed again. This time, everything was monochromatic. Nothing but black and white. 
He looked all around his dark environment, trying to see beyond the cloaking darkness. He was at it until something caught his attention. He saw a silhouette of another person who oddly looked exactly like Jacob. Jacob was confused... and he certainly was hyperventilating when he observed that this silhouette wielded a knife. Jacob froze in fear, not knowing what to do, but in a blink of an eye, the silhouette disappeared, and a laughter was now heard. Jacob suddenly heard a music box, playing a tune that sounded like "Ring-Around-the-Rosey". Out of fear, Jacob looked everywhere around him at every single angle. He kept looking into the shadows, until he spotted a clown doll holding a music box. The doll was wearing a classical purple jester hat with a mask resembling a typical clown's face, and it was wearing a purple shirt, pants, and shoes with golden bells on them. The clown doll also held a music box with a red gift ribbon on top of it. Jacob stared onto the clown doll and froze in place, as he didn't know what to do. He froze, until he saw a silhouette of another clown behind the clown doll. The shadowy silhouette of the clown was slim and had little, fleshy tentacles moving out of every body part. It also had glowing red eyes and it stared deep into Jacob's eyes. Then, the silhouette of the clown started levitating off the ground with knives floating around the silhouette leading Jacob to run back upstairs to the door. As Jacob ran out of desperation, the clown started laughing and chasing after Jacob. When Jacob reached the door, he tried to open it, but it wouldn't budge. He looked behind, and he sees the clown rapidly approaching. Jacob then slammed the door open, only to see the same clown behind the door he was desperately trying to open all along, and the clown immediately jumped towards Jacob with an open mouth until Jacob woke up out of nowhere. Of course, Jacob hope to never have another nightmare like that again... but he knew it was pointless to even hope for such a thing as the nightmares never ended. 
(3:47 PM): 
Jacob: (Opens the door and enters the house with his friends) Karl: (Excited) "Guys! It's about to be the last day of school soon! John: "Heh, it's about to be my last day of school... FOREVER! HA! SUCKERS!" Lauren: "Bruh! We get it! You're a senior! Gosh, I can't with you seniors sometimes." John: "What's wrong, Lauren? Jealous? Heh don't worry! You're gonna be one in two years!" Lauren: "Yeah? Well, at least we're gonna die later than you! That is if we all die by age." John: (Rolling his eyes as Lauren laughs) "Okay. Okay. Chill." Kiara: "What do you guys want for snack?" Lauren: "What do you guys have?" Kiara: "There's chips or cookies!" Lauren: "Chips sounds good to me." Kiara: "How about you guys?" John: "Umm... yeah, chips!" Karl: "I'll take cookies!" Alex: "I'll take chips too!" Kiara: (Notices her brother Jacob): "Um, Jacob? What about you?" Jacob: (Stares into the blankness as he zones out, but he looks horrified) Kiara: "Jacob? Hello?" Jacob: (Snaps out of it) "Huh? Oh, sorry! What was the question?" Kiara: "Cookies or chips?" Jacob: "Cookies." Kiara: "Okay! I'll get them!" 
Jacob's Diary: It's one of those days again. Those days where it's almost perfect, but it could never be. The day itself was good. It had good weather, school wasn't too boring, as it's almost the last day, and the playground was nice because there were no degenerate dumba**es called "the Hooligans"... which they are hooligans. The day would've been perfect and really nice, but these strange f*cking dreams and occurrences kept happening. I swear, every time I zone out, the peace gets disrupted by these weird imageries. I can't really describe them, but all I can say is that they're annoying and pretty scary. While I wish they were gone, that "wish" has been going on for years now. It never stops... so hoping that they will be gone is beyond pointless at this point. I don't know what to do. I had a strange dream about a clown and a doll last night. While that was already creepy enough, I've seen the same thing I've been seeing in my other dreams. I've seen her again, the lady on the noose with the large eye. There's clearly a connection here, but I can't figure it out. Who is the lady? And why is she on a noose? Why does she have one big eye, looking like a squid or something? 
Kiara: (Comes in with the snacks) "Here's the snack, guys!" Alex: "Thanks!" John: "Thank you!" Kiara: "Are we playing Super Smash Bros. again?" John: "Yup! You want to play?" Kiara: "Sure!" The gang plays Super Smash Bros. until they get a notification and Karl reads the breaking news. Karl looked and sounded terrified as he reads the news. Karl: (Terrified) "Breaking news! Faraway officials have found 10 more bodies underneath graves that were found in the middle of the woods! The bodies were identified as the 10-missing people that went missing for the past few weeks. If you don't recall, this same mysterious pattern of killing has been going on for 12 years!!! Twelve years by, possibly, the same killer, that has still never been identified or caught! We caution you to be careful when going outside and to immediately report suspicious behavior to the police! Officials are still trying to find the person, or people, that was responsible for the deaths of victims and the strange burials." Alex: "Holy sh*t! IT HAPPENED AGAIN?!" Karl: "Yeah! And somehow, this person is still on the loose!!! How's that even possible?!" As the group was in shock and discussed the incident, Jacob suddenly went silent as he heard the news. Besides the fact that the same murder has been happening for 12 years in Faraway, somehow Jacob felt oddly more connected and familiar with the murder and the mysterious graves. He remembered that he would see a grave in his nightmares sometimes, but before he could see who lies beneath the gravestone, he would always wake up or encounter something horrifying. Even without the dreams... Jacob still felt as though he had some sort of deeper connection with the incidents... but he could never figure out why. 
(8:01 PM): 
Jacob's Diary: This day already is weird... as I already wrote about the first half of today; but there's something else that occurred. There was a breaking news today that 10 more bodies were found underneath gravestones in the middle of the woods. This same murder with the grave and all that sh*t has been going on in this same town for 12 years! Of course, people are going to be familiar with this... but that's when the weird part happens. Maybe I'm just that scared, but somehow, I feel as though I am connected to these murders. Not that I murdered them, but as if I've seen something like this before. I could swear I saw something like this, even before seeing that strange grave in my nightmares! I don't even know anymore, but it's been bothering me for some reason. I could never figure out why I feel connected to this gruesome stuff, and I don't like that. Is it possible that I have witnessed something like this before? Maybe I'm just overthinking and overreacting like a fool. I don't f*cking know. While this sh*t is disturbing, at least I don't have to sleep and suffer alone tonight. My friends are sleeping over tonight, and I'm looking forward to it. Just hope no damn nightmares disrupt anything. 
(3:00 AM, June 9, 2021): 
After hearing the faint noise from the radio downstairs, Jacob woke up. As it is already eerie enough, the radio stopped making noise right when Jacob opened his eyes. He looks around with caution, and he sees and hears nothing but the snores of his friends and sister. He wonders how they aren't awake from the radio, but only for a few moments as fear invades his body. Jacob wanted to go back to sleep, but his fright didn't allow him to. Jacob hates to admit it... but he knew something or someone else was in his house. Yet, somehow, this feeling of fear is no stranger to his body. As time went on, Jacob's curiosity started rising to the point where he couldn't withstand exploring anymore. Jacob did what he was strangely craving to do... Jacob carefully got up from his bed, and he made his way to the door. He gently creaked open the door as he didn't want his friends or sister to wake up. He cautiously kept opening the door, until he can finally sneak through it. Jacob then entered the darkness and descended down the stairs. 
(3:17 AM): 
Jacob cautiously took each step down each of the staircase. After what felt like a long journey down, he finally was able to touch the cold floor of the living room. He looked closer into the darkness to find the radio and when he did, he found nothing that was strange. Jacob looked around more to see if someone was there, until something caught his attention. There was a shadowy silhouette of another person. The silhouette did nothing but stare at Jacob. Then, after a few moments of intensity, Jacob finally saw the outline of the silhouette clearly... and that's when he realized that this silhouette was the same shadow that appeared in his dreams. It was the silhouette that looked like Jacob. Jacob began to hyperventilate as he realized what or who he was looking at, and his vision began to blur and everything around him began to spin. The silhouette then disappeared as his vision became disorienting, but it only got worse for Jacob when he started seeing more things. He struggled to go upstairs as he is dizzy. He then looked behind as he felt the temperature suddenly dropping behind him. He looked to see what was causing the sudden chills, and he saw something inhuman. He saw a tall shadow with only one red eye glowing. Then, these tentacles of darkness started reaching out from behind the tall shadow, and they were chasing after Jacob, who immediately ran up the stairs. Jacob wanted to run faster, but he couldn't from his dizziness. While he wasn't moving as fast as he wanted to, he still was a tad bit fast enough to stay away from the darkness that was chasing him. Finally, after what felt like centuries to run up the stairs, he made it. Jacob then realized that the tentacles were gone, and nothing nor no one was behind him. He also realized that his vision got better, and that he doesn't feel dizzy anymore. He cautiously walked back to his room, until, in a split second, he saw something else. He saw the same thing in his dreams... he saw the dark entity with the big, single eyeball, staring into his soul. However, the moment Jacob blinked, the thing was gone as if it wasn't there in the first place. Jacob rushed back to his room, as he couldn't take anymore. He laid back on his bed, closing his eyes, and he tried his best ignoring the terror he just encountered. And finally, after an hour, he finally fell asleep. 
(10:05 AM): 
After what happened earlier, Jacob was feeling extremely drowsy. Even when he didn't have to take any finals, Jacob still couldn't wake himself. He wanted to shut his eyelids, but he couldn't because every time he did... he saw things that were terrifying and grotesque. It wasn't the first time he dealt with this, however. These weird visions practically became a part of his life, and that only meant the worst for Jacob... that only meant that he'll likely see the horrifying scenes over and over again until he dies. Sometimes, Jacob wonders if he'll see these very things in the afterlife. Sometimes, Jacob ponders if he'll end up in Hell... and see these very things for eternity. These thoughts that kept going on and on in his mind scared him. What if he did see these things for eternity? What if... it never goes away? Are the demons torturing him early? Is he already in Hell? He kept asking these questions until he realized that he was experiencing something unordinary. He realized that his heart was beating fast out of fear. Yet, he's still tired. Yet, he's still not wide-awake. Jacob doesn't even know what's normal anymore. He would always wonder if what he sees, and experience is actually a part of life when growing up. He figured it was... but if it was, how could growing up be this cruel? He knew growing up is pretty cruel in a way... but is it really cruel to the point where he sees stuff that isn't even there? Stuff that tortures without anyone else knowing? After what felt like an hour of questioning what's normal or not, Jacob finally closed his eyes and fell asleep. At first, everything was peaceful. No visions, no strange noise, nothing unusual. Just the peaceful blackness of sleep. It was tranquil, until red eerily started to fill in the blackness. After realizing that the ambiance of the classroom eerily went silent, Jacob opened his eyes... only to wake up in another world. 
(Jacob's Dream): 
Jacob looked around him at every single angle, as he saw nothing but darkness all over. There was absolutely nothing nor nobody, besides Jacob. He looks around to see where he was, but he was having trouble focusing on what was happening. He could see nothing beyond the dark surrounding. The only light that illuminated was the red light above Jacob. Jacob looked up to see where the light was coming from, but he couldn't see what was lighting up above him. While Jacob never saw this place before, somehow the place felt creepily familiar. As he walked into the darkness, more area was being unveiled. He saw a table with a chair. The table was mostly empty with nothing on it, except a candle and a journal. Jacob carefully approached the journal, and he hesitantly opened the journal. He opened it, because it oddly looked like his real journal... except the journal on the table was all black. Even the pages were black! The words were all white! Jacob was about to read at least the first entry, until he saw something creeping around in the corner of his right eye. He stood there, frozen, as he began to wonder who this man was. He then quickly turned around and noticed that the creeping man was walking deeper into the darkness. Jacob also noticed that the man was the same silhouette, that looked like Jacob, that appeared earlier. As Jacob was afraid, he also began to wonder why this mysterious silhouette was not paying attention to him and was walking deeper into the dark. Jacob knew it was crazy... but he slowly crept up behind the silhouette, gently following it. 
The silhouette kept walking and walking, until he suddenly stopped at a door. The door was red, and whatever was behind it, was pounding desperately... as if whatever or whoever it was wanted to get out. After a few moments of blankly staring at the pounding red door, the silhouette began to walk towards it, and it went through the door without even opening it! Right when the shadowy silhouette disappeared through the door, an old, familiar toy box appeared out of thin air. Jacob realized that this was his old toy box! He has never seen it in years, and somehow lost it! Jacob was confused to why his old toy box appeared. He crouched to open the toy box, but as he was about to open it, suddenly the whole room lit up red. Jacob had many nightmares in his life, and usually, they're all similar. But this nightmare... it was different than the other ones he ever had. Jacob opened the toy box, but a strong, bright red light illuminated, not allowing Jacob to see what was in the toy box. Then, suddenly, the door opened... and Jacob finally saw what was behind the pounding, red door. It was... indescribable! The only words that could describe it was horror, insanity, pure evil... and pure chaos! There were innumerable massive black tentacles reaching out the door, and a monstrous roar could be heard. The whole room Jacob was in began to shake, and the walls were cracking. Behind the cracks, an innumerable number of red eyes were peeking through, all watching Jacob. Jacob was truly horrified and wanted to run, but he couldn't for some reason! Some of the pupils of the red eyes started to eerily narrow, as if they were eyes of a dragon, or a cat! Then, the tentacles immediately reached out and aggressively grabbed Jacob! Jacob fought as much as he could to loosen the tentacles' grasps, but no matter how much he tried, they still wouldn't let go of him! After eventually submitting to the tentacles, they pulled him into the darkness beyond the open door! At first, Jacob couldn't see anything. He couldn't see anything, until finally, he saw... himself. He could see his own body, levitating right in front of him. Jacob wanted to look closer, but the tentacles were still grabbing him, not allowing him to get a closer look. All of a sudden, red eyes started opening beyond the darkness. They look like the ones that were behind the cracks, but they all were looking directly at him. Jacob then began to feel this pressure; and it was getting painful real fast. As the pain kept going, he then saw his other self... transforming. The left eye began to gouge off, and blood immediately spewed out the socket. Jacob was shocked; but to his surprise, his other did not flinch nor express any sort of pain. Instead, he smiled and kept his one eye locked on Jacob. All of a sudden, dozens of strange voices sounded into the atmosphere around Jacob and his other self, and Jacob couldn't tell what they were saying. There were only few things Jacob could hear. One of them said, "Open the toy box." Another said, "Become the impossible." Another said, "Go to the basement." And another said, "Release yourself." There was an endless amount more, but Jacob couldn't make out any of the other voices. Then, spontaneously, the other Jacob grabbed Jacob's neck and choked him. He looked into Jacob's eyes, and he still never broke his smile. He then said, "Unseal me!!!" in a desperate yet monstrous voice. After saying those very two words, he began to let out a monstrous roar that was otherworldly and afterwards, Jacob woke up. 
(10:17 AM): 
Jacob: *Breathes heavily as he wakes up from his dream frantically* Karl: (Shocked) "Yo, you alright, dude?" Jacob: "Y-yeah... I'm alright." Karl: "You sure, man?" Jacob: "Yeah. It-it was nothing but a dream." Karl: "More like a nightmare if you seem to be waking up scared." Jacob: "Yeah, I guess." The school bell rang, and it disrupted the two's conversation. Strangely enough, Jacob already forgot what happened in his nightmare. Jacob tried to remember, but it was like the more he tried, the foggier his mind was. The only thing Jacob could remember was the same silhouette twin that always appeared in his dreams. After remembering about the mysterious silhouette, he began to wonder if this silhouette was a real entity and if it was following him in the shadows, or if it was truly just a hallucination that was created by fear. It seemed ridiculous to Jacob... because... how can it be real? But also... why does it never stop? Why is the feeling all too real? 
(3:07 PM): 
Jacob and his friends were all in relief as today was technically their last day of school, since they don't have to take anymore finals. The gang went to the park today, and, of course, all seemed to be having fun except Jacob. He seemed to be just sitting on the bench, staring into the blankness. It wasn't until Alex came over and breathed heavily near Jacob. It startled him and it definitely snapped Jacob out of it. Alex: "Oh, sorry. Hehe! So, uh, what are you doing?" Jacob: "Nothing. Just... just-" Alex: "Thinking?" Jacob: "Yeah. I'm also just tired from lack of sleep." Alex: "Oh. You should go home and rest then." Jacob: "Yeah... but I can't, even if I wanted to." Alex: "Why?" Jacob: "I don't know... I just can't." Alex: (Suddenly in a cold tone) "Have you ever wondered if you're missing pieces of your life?" Jacob: *Suddenly glaring at Alex secretly, as he gets suspicious to why he asked that question*. Alex: "Have you ever wondered why you feel like... you're somewhat connected to murders?" Alex began to ask Jacob more and more questions that oddly related to him... and Jacob couldn't help but notice how Alex's tone completely changed immediately after asking him the questions. Jacob: "A-Alex?" Alex: (Suddenly changes back into a normal tone) "Yeah?" Jacob: (In suspicion) "Why... are you asking me weird questions?" Alex: (Looks at Jacob dead in the eyes creepily) "What questions?" Jacob: (Confused) "What?" Suddenly, everything turned red all-around Jacob and Alex, and everyone in the playground began to set on fire and melt quickly to the ground. Fire burned everywhere around them, and screams of horror, terror, and insanity started filling the air. Jacob looked around in terror, but got quickly interrupted by an otherworldly, demonic voice that shockingly came from Alex. He immediately looked at Alex, and... he wasn't looking at Alex anymore. He was looking at what looked like Alex... but his body was horribly mutilated. His eyes were tiny red dots in an empty eye socket with blood spewing out. His mouth, both top and bottom lips, were melted and connected on together. He quickly became pale, as if he was truly undead. Alex: (Otherworldly, demonic voice) "You're right. What questions? Why did I call them "questions", when they were the truth." Jacob: *Hyperventilating as he witnesses a shadowy octopus-like entity, with one huge eye, levitating over Alex* The Witness: "You can't hide the truth forever, Jacob. For I... witnessed the root of your lies. Yes. I was there when it happened. I felt the pain that you couldn't even bear to watch. Now... unseal him and make up everything you did that was wrong. After unsealing your old friend... unleash your true power and do what is right." The octopus-like entity began to laugh as Jacob started burning in fire. Jacob screamed in pain, as if he was hoping that someone will hear him. Alex burned with him. As they burn together, the same shadowy silhouette of Jacob rose from the ground in front of Jacob. It stared at him, emotionless, as if it had no feelings to react to its burning double. As the pain went on and on, Jacob suddenly snapped out of it and woke up. All of his friends and his sister was staring at him, as they were concerned for him. It seemed as though the context was that Jacob was screaming out loud to his horrific daydream, which he was not surprised. They asked him a countless number of times if he was alright, and he answered yes to all of them. He could tell that they were concerned, yet they were getting annoying. 
(4:10 PM): 
Jacob's Diary: Out of all the days I've ever had in my life, I don't think I've ever had multiple f*cking nightmares during the day. Sure, I had visions... but this... this was worse! It's supposed to be a good day... but it's like that word, neither the definition of that word, doesn't even exist for me anymore. I can't actually tell if Alex actually asked me those suspicious questions. As crazy as it may already sound... I think he knows something that I was supposed to know. Either that, or he is on to me. He even mentioned about a tall shadowy man with a red eye. Sounds familiar, right? That's because I saw that thing in plenty of my dreams and visions. Still... did he actually asked me those questions? Or was it in my nightmarish daydream? Speaking of which, one of the nightmares I had today was odd. I legitimately don't even know if my mind is just playing tricks with me anymore. Alex in that dream became this... mutilated inhuman thing, and that thing with the one big eye came back. It was in a form of an octopus, and it was saying things that I can't even tell if they were true or not. It said about a supposed event that I don't know about. How it witnessed it and felt it. And after its witness statement, that other me came back. It was looking at me as I burn in fire. That fire felt WAY TOO real! I don't know what it was talking about, but this was truly something else. My question is: If my mind keeps doing the same thing with the same theme, is it an indication that I am actually missing something? If I'm being honest... I'm actually afraid that I forgot something. I'm actually afraid if I did something horrible in the past. This may be a stupid thing to do... but I WILL get to the bottom of this. Regardless. 
(7:00 PM, June 21, 2021): 
Jacob's Diary: It's been days since I even had a nightmare or vision. I'm actually in relief for once. Today we were having a pool party. It's been a while since I've been to the pool. Good to swim in the water again. While it was relaxing, I still get that uneasy feeling from time to time. My paranoia grew for sure. I'm still afraid, not knowing when I will have my next nightmare. Aside from all that sh*t, I'm just happy to know that my friends are sleeping at our house for the whole summer. Maybe it isn't so bad after all. Yet, I am still afraid to say that. Who knows. I might regret saying that to be realistic. 
(Jacob's Dream): 
Jacob woke up in the same room. This time, however, everything in the room was red. No dark corners, no dark areas. Just red. He could smell an awful odor that was unpleasant to his senses, and he could various growls and otherworldly noises. Jacob looked around the room... until he finally recognized the room, he was in. It was no wonder why Jacob had an odd familiarity of the room before. Every time Jacob dreamed in the past, it would always take place in the very same room he was in now. He also finally remembered that he would talk to and hangout with an old friend, who mysteriously vanished one day. Jacob can't even remember this old friend of his, but he could remember how he was there every time Jacob needed him. As he finally recognized and remembered, he also realized that the room he was standing in isn't the same anymore. It never used to be red with a strange environment. It was always monochromatic and peaceful. Jacob also remembered that the random door would always take him to the outside into more of his dream world, where he would adventure with his imaginary friends and his said best friend. Now, that door leads to nowhere, but an abyss filled with horror and insanity. ??????: "S̸͈̙̎͐ó̸̞̈́,̶͈͚̃ ̸̩̍̾ͅỹ̷͓̉o̶̝͕͌u̷̩̇͛ ̶̖͗̽r̵̝̮͛e̸̘͑m̴̲̩͂e̷͖̎͠m̵̱͈̋̑b̵͕̿̓ë̵̮ṛ̵̾ ̷̯͉͂͘n̵̛̻͐ó̵̰͝w̴̻̹̃̋?̵̝͊" Jacob's heart suddenly pounded faster as he heard a demonic, unnatural voice. He tried to look around to see who said it but sees nobody else in the room. ??????: "Y̸͙͈̒ȯ̷̳ŭ̸̧̟͝ ̸̱̇́s̶͉̜͠ţ̸̏̿ĭ̶̪̲̑l̸̮̺̽l̶͚̅ ̴̜͊͊͜h̷̯̰̍͝á̷̰v̸̪̀è̶̼͉̄ ̴̯̳̌͛m̷̟̟͂͛o̷̲̬͂r̶̜̾e̷͖̰̋ ̴͙̈́̊ṫ̸̡̕o̸̤͎͒ ̸̠̝̒͐r̸̭͇̒̑ȅ̸͚̈m̸͖̗͘e̵̻̅m̵̢̥̎̓b̴͔̊͗e̸̢͆r̷̼̣̄̒.̴̝́ ̷̲̄̇Ṱ̶͒h̵̨͊̽é̸̻̦n̷̘͆,̶̻̞̀͝ ̸̧͐̽a̷̧̗͘f̶̧̜͒t̷̻͒͐e̸͈̤̒̚r̵̥̺͋̅ ̸͖͋͜y̷͕̗̎̕ö̸̢̨u̸̦̐ ̶̕ͅr̴̭̜̽͌ë̶̳́̾ṃ̸̩̀e̷͍͖͆̚m̸͕̋b̶̞͇̊ę̷͝r̶̼͋͌,̵̙̖͌̉ ̴̹͑̒y̷̛͎o̶̖̼͝ǘ̸̪̓ ̷̢̞̆̂W̷̗͊I̶̠̘͋͠Ĺ̴͔͐L̵͎̓̽ ̷̧͓̐ú̵̖͑ņ̸̲̊s̴̯̙͂͝e̷̐͜a̴͇̣̿̈l̴̛̬̈ ̵̤͇͌̌w̸̧̬͑̀h̸̻͖́a̸̮̓̽t̵͇̬̉ ̶̞̪̂̿ẏ̸̖̖̌o̷̢̜͋͊ṷ̵͔̌ ̸̜̯̍̍â̶̢̟r̶̖̖͒è̵͕ ̴̜̈́̓a̷͉̰̾̚f̵̗̐r̶̗̞̔a̵̲̬͐̌i̶̲͗ͅd̴̫̮̄̅ ̶̛͔t̷̮̦͂ō̵͕̯̓ ̸̘̎̑b̷̠͙́̉ẻ̶̢̞̎c̵̞̆ỏ̵̲ḿ̴̱̒e̴̹̐͐ ̵͓͙̏å̷̫̺͑n̴͉̩̍d̶̰͉͠ ̴̻̉ỹ̷̤̺o̸͔̭͐̐u̸̝͚͋ ̷͚̱͒̚w̷͕̃̑ǐ̴̱̻l̵̨̽l̶̫̞̀ ̷̲͠k̷̰͉̽́ǐ̷͇l̶̖̀l̴͉̳̈́̌ ̸̹̠͑ť̸̥h̴̞̾͆e̶̢͂m̴̢͔̏ ̸̺̠́̕a̷͖͋ͅl̴͚̭̔̄l̶̠͒̈́.̶͕̌͘ F̵̹̩̕ṳ̸̤͑r̶͚̀̒i̶̛̻̅o̷̜͗s̴̬͝u̴̢͉͊͊s̵̛̪̓ ̵͖͓͝ë̴͕ņ̶͈͆͝į̶̅̂m̴̩̿͝ ̴͉̐͝s̶͓̔ų̶̫̔̋m̶͎̠̏͘.̶͙̒ ̵̱̓E̴̘̊̄t̵̘̐ ̴̣̺̓̕a̴̝̖͆̕n̴̛̪̰i̵͈͝ḿ̶̪ä̷̖́ ̸̠̉͜t̶̥͋u̶͜͝a̶̗̫͑ ̶̨̭͋͂i̶̪̤͊a̴̰͐m̴̹͗ ̵̢̝̉ã̶̡̞d̷̲͊ ̴̮̳̽̀m̴̥͋̃e̷̲̍ ̵̰̒p̸̰̱̄̔ẽ̴̜r̶̟̪͋ẗ̷͎͘ḭ̵̇̑n̶͕̯̐ê̵̘̹t̵̻͇́͠!̵̭̺̆̏" *Laughs evilly* "U̸̞͆m̴̩̓̚b̸̧͍̐r̸̟͆̔ạ̶́̐m̸͉̪̈́ ̵̛̪͚t̸͍̕͘͜u̵̢͙͒ḁ̵͂̆m̴̼̋ͅ ̶̤̍̿ͅé̸̪x̸̹͒̌c̵̮͉̏̐i̶̥̒͛ͅt̶̜̽͑a̵̟̥͝,̵̺̗͌̊ ̶̄ͅu̷̡͝ͅt̷̹̄ ̶̞̆a̵͓̾͝l̸͔͚̈̂t̶̳́é̶̫r̵̛̦ ̸͖̝̀̎o̵͇͝ͅc̶͜͠u̷̳͑l̵͔̏ǔ̸͕̚s̷̕͜ ̵̫͂ͅm̴̝̦͋̃o̸̤̰̿x̸̢̒ ̷̂̽ͅe̵̛͓̱͠v̴̰̈́i̶̮̻͗́g̴̪͋ī̴̫̘͐l̷̻͕͐e̷͇̾̒t̴͍̉.̵̡̦́ ̵̠͍̄̋Q̵̥͈͊ù̴̹̻i̶̥̿̄ͅá̸̡̛͕ ̸͓̓ṟ̷̼̾͗é̷͖d̴̝̾í̵̼̥b̵̹̄́ọ̵̭̆ ̷̠̒ȧ̵̠̲̿d̸͈̅ ̸̰̽m̷̝̓̄u̵̺͒͋n̷̘͖͒d̴̠̈́̓u̴̜͆m̴̲̣̽̉ ̸͍͍́̒m̷̳̈́̈́o̵͆͝ͅr̷͍̠̍t̵̯̀̕a̶̡̗̎̋l̴͔̳͒͘e̶͔̐̾m̵̳̹̑̒.̵͈͗͜͠.̴̳͓́͒.̷̨̜͌͛ ̴̺͛̍e̵̯͛̅t̷͓̊͝ ̶̲̇̒f̷̙̜́͝i̵̥̍n̵͔̩͆i̶̯̊̈́ä̸̦́̃m̵̱̑̀ ̶̤̐t̵͖̃́õ̶͎̳̌t̷̜̹̓u̵̳͔͌́m̶͚͛.̷̻́̌" After the demonic voice spoke to Jacob, multiple voices started speaking all at once. Each voice varied in pitch, but they all spoke at the same time. It sounded as if they were reciting a spell together. This immediately drove Jacob to insanity, and his vision started to blur. It felt as if his mind was literally going to explode, which led him to grab on his own head. He couldn't concentrate well, until something caught his attention. He looked up, barely being able to see through the blur, to see something... unexplainable. It was inhuman and monstrous. It was dreadful and terrifying. It was unclear, but it seemed to be looking down at Jacob. Jacob stared at whatever unexplained monster it was, and it was getting worse the longer he kept his eyes locked on it. He felt like his eyes were going to explode as well, as he began to see red static and flashes of horrifying, Hell-like, gory images of numerous tortured, mutilated people. He even somehow saw people getting burned in fire, or getting tortured in many different ways, and words with a penmanship of an insane person. After continuously receiving such dreadful anomalies, his head literally exploded, but Jacob immediately woke up right after he saw his own head explode. He looked around to make sure he was safe, and he realized that it was just another nightmare. He knows they keep getting worse from now on, but it leaves him wondering what he could even do about it. 
(11:56 PM): 
While Jacob wonders, he was disrupted when he heard someone else. Woman voice: (Quietly outside of the room in the dark hallways) "Psst. Hey. I know you're awake." Jacob did not move a muscle the moment he heard another lady whisper to him from outside of the room. He gently turned his eyeballs to the corner of his eyes to see who was in the dark halls of the house in the middle of the night. He couldn't see anybody at first, until he finally saw her arms and legs. They look that of a human's, but still... who even is that. Jacob couldn't tell if he was hallucinating or something, but he did not move a bit and he immediately began to sweat. Woman voice: (Quietly) "Kid, I know you're awake. Come here. We need to talk. I can help you, kid." Jacob knew it had to be a lie, yet her voice said otherwise. Her voice sounded innocent and soothing, as if she really cared for Jacob and wanted to help him... but who even was she? Woman voice: (Quietly) "I know it seems strange that I, a stranger, is in this house. But I did it for good reason. I did it to help you. I did it because I care about you. I really do want to help, Jake. But I can't if you're just going to pretend you hear or see nothing. So please. Come with me." Jacob couldn't see who the lady was, and it was leading him to question if this was really someone he knew if she knew his name. All of a sudden, this temptation started tempting him to get up and go to her, yet he didn't want to because he was afraid. After constantly urging him to come to her, Jacob finally, reluctantly, slowly got up from his bed and started making his way towards the mysterious lady. Woman voice: "Good. Come on, we don't have all night." Jacob: "W-what is your name and how the hell did you get into my house?" Alyssa: "My name is Alyssa, and don't worry about how I got inside. Just come on. We don't have a lot of time." Jacob then cautiously approached Alyssa. He took slowly step towards her, as he didn't trust her... but it was because of her soothing voice that kept him moving towards her. Alyssa: "Yes, that's it." All of a sudden, she rapidly, in an inhuman pace, ran right in front of Jacob and she grabbed him. Jacob instantly became frightened when Alyssa's true face was revealed. Her face was full of scars, cuts, and her eyes were grotesquely pale with only two tiny black dots, which was supposed to be her pupils and iris's. Her mouth looked normal, until she opened it to reveal tons of thin, small, and sharp teeth with lots of blood spewing out. She let out a menacing scream. After she screamed, Jacob woke up on his bed... as if none of that happened at all. He quickly looked around his bed, and he only saw his friends and his sister all asleep along with the bedroom door being closed the entire time. He realized that it was another nightmare. Jacob wondered if he was already in Hell. If not, why were there always nightmares after nightmares for him? And why are they getting worse? 
(2:03 PM, June 27, 2021): 
It has been days later, and Jacob's friends are suddenly noticing that he was distancing himself from them. Jacob was in his room, with his door locked, and he was looking up at the ceiling, zoning out as he pondered about his life. He was trying to remember what happened to his father, or who his "old friend" was. He was trying to connect the dots and form the message these characters of his supposed world were talking about. He wanted to take time and do this, yet the only thing that came to his mind was how much he wanted to die. Over the days, it was nothing but "Hell on Earth" for him. He couldn't take it anymore. He couldn't take this inner suffering. He wanted to off himself, but he couldn't do it. He secretly snuck in a knife, and he had the urge to do what he couldn't do. However, the urge disappeared, and he could no longer do what he wanted to do. He oddly started feeling like he wasn't in control of his own body. He was merely just watching from the eyes... but something else was controlling him. He heard himself laugh, and he felt himself do it as well... but he knew he didn't have intention to laugh. He saw himself getting up and walking down the stairs through his own eyes. He wasn't moving himself. His body... was moving on its own. He was moving down the stairs, slowly and creepily, until he reached the basement door. He finally got in control of his body again... but he didn't feel right. He was trying to understand what just happened, and how it happened. As he began to come up with an answer, the door to the basement suddenly began to open up slowly and creek in a creepy fashion. Jacob then heard a faint whisper. Dreamer: "Go down and unseal me. Take your pain and burden it upon someone else. Kill them all. Unseal me." Jacob: (Frightened) "W-who the f*ck was that?!" Dreamer: (Aggressively) "Unseal me! Let me in again!" Jacob: *Staring at the door and debating to go down or not* Dreamer: (Monstrous yell) "RELEASE ME!!!" Jacob: *Slams the basement door shut after hearing his monstrous disparity* 
(2:31 PM): 
Jacob's Diary: It's been a living Hell for me. There are just constant nightmares. It won't f*cking stop! Sometimes, I have nightmares in a nightmare! What the f*ck is going on with me?! I said a countless number of times that my mind is probably tricking me... and I finally came to a conclusion. It may sound crazy... and I'm not insane, but I think it's possible these characters from my mind are real! They are there! I swear on my life!!! I hear voices constantly, I saw a f*cking door creaking on its own today, and my body moved on its own today! I saw it with my own eyes, that it was moving without my control! I was aware, yes... but I swear I had no intention to move or laugh. All these years of voices speaking to me, and I thought they were fake... but maybe, just maybe, I'm wrong. It can't be my mind anymore if the same things keep appearing and talking about the same sh*t every day or night! It can't be me if the voices keep urging me to "kill them all". I know well enough to not succumb to those... things. But I need to know the truth. I am part of this mess, and I know my mind is missing a piece of my memory. Otherwise, NONE of this makes sense at all... and my life would be nothing but pathetic. I WILL get to the bottom of this madness. I will figure out the truth. I'm sick and tired of this sh*t! 
(3:37 PM): 
Jacob slowly approached his mother. His mother isn't abusive, but she is sensitive to the topic of her husband, or Jacob's father. This would be why he is nervous to speak with her. But at this point, Jacob didn't care as if he had nothing to lose. He took a deep breath and finally walked up to his mom. Jacob: "Hey, mom." Jacob's Mom: "Oh hi, son! I thought you were with your friends?" Jacob: "Oh, I didn't went with them today. I just didn't feel like going today." Jacob's Mom: "Why don't you feel like going?" Jacob: "Um... I guess it's just one of those days." Jacob's Mom: "Oh... okay. Well, what do you want, Jacob?" Jacob: "I don't want to make you mad, and I have no intention of angering or mocking you. So, please don't take this the wrong way... but what happened to dad?" Jacob's Mom: (Confused) "What do you mean? You know what happened to him, don't you?" Jacob: *Shakes head* Jacob's Mom: (Shocked) "R-really? I-I don't understand... You were there with him that night. How did you forget?" Jacob: "Wait. I was with him?" Jacob's Mom: "Yes! I remember. You were crying so much that night because you witnessed his death. How could you not remember?!" Jacob: "Really?" Jacob's Mom: "Yes!" After learning more new details about his forgotten memory, Jacob all of a sudden began to have flashbacks and he could finally see and remember what happened the night when his dad died. 
(9:47 PM, February 13, 2015): 
Jacob couldn't remember exactly where they were coming from, but he remembered that he and his father was walking back home in the dark, cold winter night. Jacob's Dad: "Remember... do not tell your mom where we were at. Also, do not tell her what we have been doing, okay?" Jacob: "But why?" Jacob's Dad: "Do you want to get in trouble? I mean, I get that you're worried that we're keeping a secret from your mother, but this is the only way to help you to become one with Dreamer." Jacob: "Okay." Jacob's Dad: "Good. Now, let's get back home to eat dinner. Your mom must be waiting." Jacob couldn't remember what his dad was talking about when he said, "one with Dreamer", but strangely... Jacob remembers hearing that name before. While they were walking back, an old looking truck rushed near them and braked hard. He remembered that the driver opened the door aggressively and he rushed towards Jacob and his dad. He and his father tried to run... but unfortunately, it was already too late. The aggressive driver was fast, and he instantly punched Jacob's father by his back head as hard as he can. Jacob kept running, until he found a bush to hide in, that was not too far but not too close to the scene. Jacob remembered just observing his father being beaten to death with great fear. The Gravedigger: *Drags the corpse of Jacob's father to the trunk of the truck* Jacob: *Accidently making noise in the bushes as he moves* The Gravedigger: *Stops and look behind over his right shoulder sensing a young, scared Jacob* "There's no point in hiding... when I know you're there, kid." A young Jacob was frightful as the man knew where he was and was talking to him. The Gravedigger: (Scoffs) "Your father... was a bad man. You'd never know it. But you will sooner or later. I am just storing order for the Grim One. Don't worry. I will bury your father and give him peace with a grave, along with the other souls. Your father's soul is a perfect sacrifice for the Grim One. But... if you do tell anybody what happened... the Grim One will call your name... and I would have to do what I did to your father tonight. So... do not tell anyone. Don't underestimate nor challenge the Grim One. Instead... thank him for using me to store order. I showed mercy. Not cold blood." After talking to the young Jacob, the man threw the corpse of Jacob's father into the trunk of the truck. He closed the trunk door and immediately drove away after what just happened. 
(3:39 PM, June 27, 2021): 
Jacob remembers crying that night... and while he did want to tell his family, friends, or the cops... he couldn't because he was afraid. As Jacob finally remembers, he felt guilty and he went back to his room, thanking his mother for more detail. He cried the moment he closed the door... wondering why he didn't just tell anyone. He had so many questions... but he was too sad to even ask himself the questions nor answer them. He lied down on his bed. He stared at the ceiling, continuously wondering why he didn't say a thing, yelling at himself internally that he could've made the right choice. Then, out of nowhere, a voice echoed in his head. Dreamer: "Now you know the truth. To be honest... I kept it away from you." Jacob: (Talking to nothing as if he is crazy) "WHO THE F*CK ARE YOU?! WHAT DO YOU WANT?!" Dreamer: "Just someone who didn't want you to see what truly happened to help you." Jacob: "WHY?! WHY DIDN'T YOU SHOW ME?! ARE YOU EVEN REAL?!" Dreamer: "I didn't show you, because you wanted me to let you forget. I just did what I was told to do." Jacob: "GET THE F*CK OUT OF MY LIFE!!! YOU- YOU VOICES CAN'T SHUT UP!!! I'VE HAD ENOUGH WITH THIS BULLSH*T!!! YOU'RE NOT REAL!!!" Dreamer: "You can believe what you want you to believe. I support it. But I'm just here to help you. To help you become more than who you think you are." Jacob: "What the f*ck does that even mean?!" Dreamer: "You are capable of doing more. He calls us, Jacob. You can't hear it... but I can." Jacob: "Who is he?!" Dreamer: "He is unexplainable. He can only be seen by the eye for explanation. Only I... can see him. If you were to look at him, you wouldn't even live. Which is why you need me. HE is the only one who can truly heal you, when you see him. In fact, ALL of this world NEEDS to SEE HIM! HE can purify this very dangerous place... you guys call a 'world'. Your dirty eyes cannot look at his nature. You need MY EYES!!! SO... UNSEAL ME!!!" Jacob's head started to feel like it was going to explode, like in his nightmares. Oddly, his vision began to slowly redden, as if blood were spewing down his eyes. Jacob began to collect himself quickly. After a few moments of pain and struggle, he finally collected himself and his vision looked normal again. After that, he fell asleep. He blacked out. 
(3:03 AM, June 28, 2021): 
Jacob woke up after a surprisingly long sleep. He looked around and noticed that his friends and his sister weren't in his room tonight. He thinks they might be sleeping in the guest room in the basement. He was about to add an entry in his diary, talking about the forgotten story about his father he remembered. As he turned on the light to get his diary, he noticed something different about his room. He looked closer at his desk, and he noticed a colorful blanket that covered his chair and spanned on the floor near the chair. He thought it might be one of his friend's, but he became skeptical of that idea when he doesn't recall that blanket from anywhere. That was until the blanket eerily moved and it began to shift forms. The colorful, child-like blanket began to shapeshift into something horrible! It shapeshifted into something... inhuman! It shapeshifted into a hideous, humanoid looking monster! It had long fingers that were sharp, long and thin sharp teeth, long limbs, pitch-black hair, and its eyeballs were smaller than its sockets. It was bony that its ribs were showing, and its legs were similar to tentacles of an octopus. It was easy to see in the dark and the dim moonlight, despite that it was pale. Its face had scars all over it. Jacob wanted to scream, but somehow, he couldn't. The thing then finally began to speak, and Jacob trembled at its deep, raspy, pain-like voice. The Gritter: "You have good eyes... but they still cannot see the truth. They still cannot see the one who seeks to end! Do not fear me, for you are his child. I am just here to send a message. You are close to open your eyes... but they are still not open yet. It only takes one eye to see the truth. So, open the other... and unseal him!" Jacob: *Backs up onto the wall behind his bed, as the Gritter reaches for his face* The Gritter: (As he grabs Jacob's face) "Let me help you." The thing then made Jacob look at its hideous figure; as Jacob looks upon it with fear, it used one of its claws to stab his left eye and gouged it off. Jacob screamed with immense pain once he felt his eyeball being pulled off his socket. He screamed with pain and fear when he saw his eyeball on its index finger claw. He continued to scream as the creature then laughed at him evilly, without remorse whatsoever. Then, the moment his mother opened the door with his friends and sister behind her, he didn't feel pain anymore. He also realized his left eye was still there, as if nothing he saw ever happened. The hideous creature was also gone, and nothing he saw or felt was there. At this point, Jacob knew that he was connected to something more sinister... but the question is... what was he connected to? 
(3:01 PM, July 19, 2021): 
Jacob's Diary: It's been a while since I've wrote in this diary. I practically forgot about it. I've strangely gotten nightmares recently that my sister dies, hanging on a noose. It kept showing that every night, and it leads me to worry why it's showing my sister hanging on a noose. I can hear him still talking in my head. I can still hear my old friend. Yes... that is who the voice was for the whole damn time... my old friend. Dreamer is his name. The one my dad was talking about in that forgotten memory. He's still talking about "unsealing" him. That was the meaning this whole f*cking time. THEY meant to unseal Dreamer. I am just as confused as a sane person should be. I'm not imagining! This isn't imagination! I AM NOT INSANE!!! I AM F*CKING NORMAL AS SOMEONE SHOULD BE!!! I just can't explain what the f*ck is happening. I'm not making up bullsh*t either! My friends and my sister and my mother don't believe me! AND THEY THINK THAT I'M GOING CRAZY!!! THEY THINK THAT WHAT I'M EXPERIENCING IS ALL IN MY HEAD, WHEN THEY HEARD THAT HIDEOUS CREATURE'S VOICE!!! THAT- THAT THING... IT F*CKING SHAPESHIFTED FROM A BLANKET TO WHATEVER IT IS!!! IT HAD LONG AND SHARP TEETH AND CLAWS, IT HAD BLACK HAIR, IT WAS PALE, AND ITS FACE WAS SO MONSTROUS!!! IT'S HARD FOR ME TO FORGET ABOUT IT!!! I heard Alex the other night... he was talking to something. I knew there was something wrong with him. He spoke of the same person these- these things are talking about. I heard him mention about "the one who seeks to end". For some reason... after what I heard from him... I think he's one of those monsters. I'm going to the basement. The toy box calls for me, and I'm going to open it because I found the key to it. Dreamer calls for me. I am going to prove them wrong. 
(3:21 PM): 
After taking a few deep breaths, Jacob began to make his way down the basement of the house. Jacob was always afraid of the basement, since when he was a little boy. Oddly enough, the lights never worked down there... which is why Jacob has a flashlight. His father was going to fix the lights, but it never happened as he was killed. His mother, in the other hand, couldn't do it. Jacob could see the dust that built up on every furniture and object. It was like Jacob was quite literally in an ancient, abyss. He knew that the toy box was in the basement somewhere, waiting for him to open it. All of the sudden, Jacob heard the door to the basement up the stairs slowly closed. He began to freak out, wanting to go back up into the light... but strangely, he felt comfortable at the same time. He claims that he wasn't insane... but if he's not insane, why was he comfortable in an abyss-like environment? 
(3:29 PM): 
After searching everywhere, he finally found his old toy box. He looks upon it, remembering how he and his dad would always make things, such as new toys, and put them in the toy box. However, after his dad died... he remembered locking all the toys and items all away, hiding it in the basement. While it could've been to forget all of it... he feels as though there was another reason why he locked it all away... but he couldn't touch on what this other reason might have been. Dreamer: "Yes. Now... open the toy box." Jacob: "Why? Why should I? Is this... where you are?" Dreamer: "What do you think?" Jacob: "Let me ask you this: Why exactly did I seal you away?" Dreamer: "Doesn't matter. It's done from here. All you have to do... is unseal me and open... the toy box." Jacob contemplated whether open the toy box or not, but after seconds of deciding... he reluctantly unlocked the box with his key... and opened it. There he found old toys that he has been searching for years, letters... a knife... a handgun... a noose... and... a mask. The mask was pale; it strangely had a striking resemblance of the face... of Jacob. It reflects Jacob's face as if he was gloomy and depressed. But it was more than that. Jacob knew who this face was truly supposed to be. It was the face of Dreamer. Jacob then looked at the letters. He opened some of the already-opened envelopes. Some of them were actually documents from the doctor. The documents mentioned that Jacob was struggling with DID (dissociative identity disorder), memory loss, schizophrenia, and hallucinations. Jacob was shocked to discover this. While some part of him was surprised, another part of him was oddly angry at everyone for not telling him about his disorders. He opened more already-opened envelopes that were missing pages of his diary. One entry said that he began to hurt people... even nearly killing people because of Dreamer. Another one stated that he had visions of his sister hanging to death... which is what he saw recently! After reading entry after entry, he finally got to the last entry, when he sealed Dreamer in. He was the one that sealed him in the toy box, after seeing that he nearly killed Alex. He mentioned that he almost stabbed Alex, but he stopped himself before he could. He mentioned that "Dreamer's form" was the mask of Dreamer's face, which is how he sealed Dreamer in the first place. After Jacob read this... he couldn't even tell how he was feeling. However, he knew he was extremely angry... not at Dreamer... but at everyone else. It was strange that Jacob blamed everyone else, but he was not himself anymore. He could feel that his body was overtaken by Dreamer, and he had no problem with it anymore. Dreamer: (Overtakes Jacob's body and voice) "You have done the right thing. You needed to know the truth. The truth hurts... but I will bring that pain to them, the ones who didn't tell you. However, we mustn't kill anybody else first... I must finish what I have started years ago first. Alex." 
(9:51 PM): 
Kiara entered the house after hanging out with the rest of the gang, but she was surprised to see Jacob walking towards the door to exit. Out of curiosity, she questioned what was going on with Jacob. Kiara: "Where are you going? It's dark out." Jacob: "Just out to walk." Kiara: "What's with the mask? It's not even Halloween yet." Jacob: (Walking past Kiara) "Just leave me alone." Kiara: (Jacob stops as she refuses firmly) "No. What is going on with you? Why aren't you with us anymore? What did we ever do to you to make you so distant? Is it true? Is it true that Alex is telling the truth about you killing us?" Jacob felt anger rising in his body and Dreamer took over for Jacob. Dreamer: "I said... leave me alone." Dreamer then slammed the door aggressively in front of Kiara's face and walked into the night. He walked in the neighborhood, until he reached Alex's front door. He politely knocked on the door, and he quickly wore his mask, which was considered to be his true face. The door opened... and he violently went in. 
(9:59 PM): 
Alex woke up after hearing his parents screamed in fear. He grabbed a knife, as if he knew Jacob was there, and got prepared. Dreamer slowly and creepily walked up the stairs. He made his presence known with loud marching steps, as if he wanted Alex to know of his presence, and he crept his way to Alex's room. He could hear Alex breathing heavily behind the door... and he looked down at the door to see Alex's feet. By the position of his feet, Dreamer knew he was right behind the door, blocking it in hopes of not having to encounter him. Dreamer then reached down his right pocket to pull out a handgun... he aimed the gun towards the door... and he pulled the trigger with no hesitation. Alex screamed in pain as he never expected Dreamer to have a gun, and Dreamer viciously burst through the door. He quickly sliced Alex's face three times and stabbed his right leg. Alex then punched Dreamer and the two stared at each other, except one's eyes are filled with fear and pain while the other was filled with violence and anger. Alex: "So, they told you, huh? They told you how I told them the truth about you, Jacob. I did what I had to Jacob. Do you not understand that?!" Dreamer: (Aggressively) "Jacob is dead. It's now just me." He then pulled out his handgun again, and he shot Alex's left leg, which caused Alex to flinch. Dreamer quickly put his handgun back in his pocket, and he tried to finish Alex once and for all. Right when Dreamer was about to stab Alex, Alex quickly stabbed and gouged Jacob's left eye. Dreamer felt pain and Alex kicked Dreamer to his back. Dreamer couldn't hear anything but ringing and his eyes was being blurred and distorted. Blood quickly spewed from his left eye socket onto his mask. While it may seem painful... Dreamer's pain quickly faded away. He was quickly being filled with anger. However, it wasn't just any anger... it was this intensity that made him go insane. Alex got up slowly after falling to the ground from his weak leg, and he slowly walked towards Dreamer, hoping that he doesn't notice. As Alex was about to kill Dreamer with his knife, Dreamer aggressively kicked Alex's right leg, and Alex fell to the ground once more. Dreamer, like an animal, got on top of Alex, and he aggressively took turn stabbing both of his eyes. Alex could do nothing but scream in pain and let Dreamer finish his job. After what felt like an eternity of pain on both of his eyes, Alex couldn't see... and Dreamer stabbed Alex right by the throat. Blood pooled and sprayed everywhere, including Dreamer's "face". Dreamer was satisfied by seeing Alex drowning in his own blood. After Alex died... Dreamer looked into the air with satisfaction on his blank, gloomy face. Dreamer knew his job wasn't done. He knew he wanted him to finish up everyone else. He went back into the night, as if it was nothing but a simple visit to a friend... and he went back to his house. However, he never took off his mask. He kept it on. He put his hand on the doorknob. He opened the door... and entered in silence. 
(10:17 PM): 
Dreamer entered the house, and no light was on. Jacob's mother and sister were either sleeping or on their beds at this point. At some point, strangely, Jacob regained control of his body and replaced Dreamer for a short moment. He looked around his house with his one remaining eye, knowing well that whatever Dreamer was about to do will change his life forever. Being aware of this... he did not care. He was angry, yet scared of them who were watching him. He looked around, until something or someone caught his attention. He looked into the shadows, and he noticed a humanoid, shadow figure staring at him, observing his every movement. Their head was tipped to their right, and their body blended well within the darkness. The only thing noticeable from the shadow was its glowing pinhole red eyes. Jacob and the shadow stared deep into each other's eyes for a few moments, until red static somehow disrupted Jacob's vision quickly. After the rapid red static disruption, the shadow vanished. It disappeared without a single trace. Then, before even having a chance to react to what just happened, Jacob got replaced with Dreamer once more. After that, he proceeded to creep up the stairs. 
(10:20 PM): 
Dreamer gently opened the door to Jacob's mom's room. She was lying on her bed... unable to sense him as she was sleeping. Dreamer then walked towards the sleeping woman. He walked to her as if he didn't need to be careful. Dreamer then whispered to her as she slept. Dreamer: (Whispering) "Jacob forgot everything that night. You want to know why? Because... he's not weird. You have the audacity to call your son weird... when all he needed was help. But don't worry. I helped him. I AM his true friend. I made him forget... because he wanted to. I made him forget... because it was an action of love. Yes... I know. You never truly loved him since your husband died. We all have secrets... but you can never hide it away from me. I love him. Not you. You... are in the wrong. You... are not a true mother. You NEVER supported him. For that, you will pay with your soul to the one who seeks to purify. Goodbye." After whispering to the sleeping woman, he gently pulled out his handgun... aimed it towards her head... and in cold blood... pulled the trigger. Jacob's mom died, not knowing that the body of her own son killed her. Not knowing of the things Dreamer whispered to her. And she had absolutely no chance to say any last words. This woke up Kiara and led her to rush to her now dead mother's room. By the time she reached the room... she was shocked when she saw the back head of her own brother. Little did she know... that it was not her brother who did this, but who was willing to let it happen. She became frightful to learn that Alex was somehow right after all. Dreamer then turned around, and Kiara became even more frightful to see the same mask on Jacob's face. She was frozen in fear as she saw the red blood spewing out from the left missing eye, and the red splatter of blood, that was once in peoples' bodies, splattered onto Jacob's mask, and clothes. Kiara: (In fear and shock) "What- WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!!" Dreamer: "I did what I had to do." Kiara: (Sobbing) "JACOB!!! W-WHY?!!" Dreamer: "Jacob is dead. It's just me now." Kiara: (Confused) "W-W-WHAT DO YOU EVEN MEAN?!!" Dreamer: "You'll see... after doing what I must to you." After saying such dead-toned sentence, Kiara knew what "Jacob" meant... and she began to hyperventilate. She tried to run as fast as she could... but Dreamer caught up quickly and he slashed her back aggressively. She screamed out of fear and pain... and before having a chance to see what was going to happen next... she felt the hands of her own brother shoving her down the stairs. She fell on each staircase. Each of them impacted her body... and she felt nothing but pain. After being shoved down, she landed on her head, at last, and she got knocked out. 
(10:53 PM): 
Kiara woke up standing. She saw herself in an elevated level near a light bulb. She then looked down to see that a noose was on her neck, and that she was standing on a stool. She began to panic, and she wanted to do something about it, but she couldn't because her hands were tied behind her back. Kiara: (In panic) "Holy sh*t!!! What the- what the hell?!" Dreamer: "It took you long enough to wake up." Kiara: "JACOB?!! JACOB, PLEASE!!! PLEASE DON'T DO THIS!!!" Dreamer: (Annoyed) "JACOB IS DEAD?!! DO YOU NOT REMEMBER?!!" Kiara: "WHAT DO YOU MEAN?!! WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO US?!! PLEASE DON'T!!!" Dreamer: "No. I will do what he wants me to do. Jacob sealed me for too long, not allowing me to help him. And now, I will. I will FINISH what I started years ago!" Kiara: "PLEASE!!! NO!!!" Dreamer then kicked the stool Kiara was standing on, and he watched her choking on the very rope that Jacob created for himself a long time ago. He observed Kiara choking and choking with a broken neck, until her rapid movement of struggles completely stopped. Until she was dangling on the noose lifeless. He then went to Jacob's room, and he changed into a semi-formal outfit. He then went down the stairs and outside into the night. Jacob was gone. 
(11:06 PM): 
Dreamer stood in front of John and Karl's front door completely still, waiting for them or their parents to answer the door. Their dad then opened the door... only to find his demise. The moment he saw Jacob in a mask, Jacob quickly stabbed his heart and rushed in the house. Their mother screamed as she witnessed her husband getting killed by someone who was once a good friend to them in a mask. Dreamer got quickly annoyed from her scream, and he impulsively ran towards her and slit her throat. He watched her choking in her own blood in excitement and he quickly looked towards John and Karl, who were afraid and shocked to witness what happened. Karl: (Afraid and angry) "W-WHY?! JACOB... IS THAT YOU?!! W-WHAT THE F*CK?!!" Dreamer: (Visibly angered and annoyed) "Jacob. Is. DEAD!!!" Karl: "A-ALEX WAS RIGHT ABOUT YOU!!! I-I-I DIDN'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT... BUT HE WAS RIGHT!!!" Dreamer: "Alex knows nothing." Dreamer then ran towards Karl, but Karl kicked blood-thirsty killer. It led Dreamer to drop his knife, and Karl quickly grabbed it. Right when Karl was about to kill who he thought was his friend with the knife, Dreamer then grabbed his handgun from his pocket and shot Karl three times. Karl dropped dead onto the ground and John became afraid. Dreamer then grabbed his knife, locking his eyes on a scared John who was stuck on a wall. John: (Extremely afraid) "Jacob... PLEASE!!! PLEASE DON'T!!!" Dreamer: (Sighs out of annoyance) "Shut up about Jacob. I said... he's dead." John: "Then, w-who are you?!" Dreamer: "Doesn't matter. You'll find out." Dreamer then ran at John and stabbed him right by the head. John died instantly, but Dreamer didn't care and kept stabbing his corpse like a wild animal hunting its prey. After stabbing the corpse multiple times... Dreamer knew there was one person left to go. He also knew at this point that the screaming and constant gunshots caused people to call the police at this point. So, Dreamer quickly went back into the night... and viciously rushed to the last house of his last victims. 
(11:14 PM): 
Lauren's Diary: I've been having strange occurrences lately. I'm constantly having these nightmares these days. I saw Kiara hanging on a noose last night. And around her, there was her brother, Jacob, crying. I went to him, asking what happened, and I was shocked when he looked upon me. One of his eyes were missing, and it was spewing out blood. Then, he became... pale as snow, or a dead body at that matter, and the socket with the missing eyeball had a red dot glowing. He then looked at me angrily and he started blaming me for something I don't remember. Then... something... something unexplainable and inhuman appeared behind him. It got a hold of him, and he was speaking in tongues. Everything in that dream became red! And... everyone who I love, including Jacob, began to melt as fire started burning everywhere. Then, I looked behind... and there was the same unexplainable figure behind Jacob, but it was gigantic! It stood tall before the world around me, and it seemed to be destroying everything and controlling the fire to burn everything. It then seemed to be shifting forms... and it was looking worse every time I looked at it. Then, it called my name... and I woke up after that. I don't know why, but this dream meant something to me. I never had a dream like this before. Didn't Alex warn us about Jacob? 
Lauren was about to write more in her diary, until she heard the front door bursting open downstairs. Dreamer broke into her house, but to his surprise, Lauren's mother was still looking at the T.V. Oddly enough, the T.V. had nothing but static. She doesn't even notice Dreamer. Dreamer then noticed the amount of booze everywhere on the couch she was sitting on and the ground near her. She was heavily drunk to the point where she doesn't even notice the things around her. Dreamer then wasted no time, and he maliciously stabbed her multiple times by her heart. She then instantly died from this, and after she died, he quickly located where Lauren was... and he ran to her room. Lauren heard the commotion and his footsteps, and she quickly grabbed her baseball bat. She knew at this point; she had nothing to lose. So, she didn't care if she was hurting her "friend" and she got prepared to defend herself. Dreamer then burst into her room, and she quickly hit Dreamer with the bat. Dreamer somehow got up quickly and he grabbed her next swing and pulled her closer towards him. She tried to run as she let go, but he already began to slash his knife at her. He then tackled her to the ground, and he slashed her back without mercy. She then fought back and knocked him onto his back. She then quickly ran down the stairs as she heard the sirens of the cops and saw the blue and red lights of justice outside her house. He chased after her, and he once again tackled her to the ground, again, to kill her this time. Right when he was about to kill her, the cops busted in and tackled Dreamer. As they cuffed him, Dreamer looked deep into Lauren's eyes. Dreamer: "So, you've seen them too?" The cops get Dreamer up on his feet and Dreamer locks his sight on Lauren. Dreamer: "Follow them." As they take Dreamer away, Lauren ponders on what he was saying. She became afraid when she realized that he knew what she saw. Lauren looked at what was once her friend in a mask, going in a police car... who murdered her mom and her friends. Who ruined everything she loved. And unlike anyone else... she was the only one able to see that this wasn't Jacob... this was a monster who descended into madness of life's dark side and questions. She was the only one to realize that Jacob, her friend... was dead. 
(11:29 PM): 
Jacob was in a prison cell. After witnessing the murder internally... he regained his own body. But he felt no guilt. He felt as though it was what the ones, he loved deserved. One way or the other... he knew it was going to happen... because of them. He then heard his name being called out from another cell. From a noise that he never heard before. "Noah": "You know... you and I are not so different, Jacob Bryson." Jacob: (Surprised that the guy knew his name) "How the hell do you know my name?" "Noah": "We all have seen things, haven't we? Like me. Seeing you going into that same, stupid cell as if you're in a time loop. But now... it's finally come to the real happening. You are now ACTUALLY here! I've seen EVERYTHING like you did." *"Noah" chuckles* Jacob: "What do you want from me?" "Noah": "Nothing. Just all of their blood and flesh like you. Just seeing them dying by my hands. But... it'll come one day. When chaos rises. When time draws its last breath. And they all will see soon that we are not crazy." *"Noah" laughing* 
(The End) 
 Category:Scary Story
Category:Monsters
Category:Mystery
Category:Killers
Category:The Dead