The pitch black child from my childhood nightmare came back today, and we’ve both grown up since then
When I was a child, maybe around 4 years old, I had the same nightmare for a week straight.
It’s a dream where I’m walking to the bathroom at night, and at the end of our long hallway, in front of the entrance to the balcony, there’s a pitch black child standing there. It runs at me and stabs me in the neck with a knife and then I wake up.
This dream was in my head on repeat every night until the fifth day, when I ran into another room before it could kill me. That’s where the dream ended, and I haven’t seen the child since.
I’m an adult now, and we moved to another house since then. My dreams are normal now, with the occasional nightmares, but still normal, well at least that’s how it was until tonight.
I woke up. I was in my room, but my door was open (something that would never happen) and there ir was. He was standing there, no longer a child but a fully grown adult. I thought to myself, "Is this sleep paralysis?" but no, I was able to move.
I tried to stand up, but that’s when it lunged at me. It didn’t kill me this time, it was more like a jump scare that disappeared in front of my eyes. I was flooded with dizziness, but eventually I stood up and walked to the open door.
And there he was again, standing next to the staircase. I walked up to him and he lunged at me again, and I felt dizzy once more and i started to wake up and that’s when it clicked for me he was trying to wake me up.
IT WAS A DREAM
I didn’t wake up. I started fighting it and actually stayed asleep. At that point, I was full on lucid dreaming, and there was no stopping me this time.
I went downstairs while he kept jump-scaring me on every step I took. I finally got downstairs and went to the bathroom where it all started. He was still trying to wake me up, but it was no use. In the bathroom, he hid behind a tall cabinet and stayed there. I’m not gonna lie I was scared af ’cause the cabinet and the wall are only like an inch apart.
I got so scared that I woke up.
I was in my bed, but this time the door was closed.