She shivered in her cotton gown and pulled the covers tighter under her chin. Her teddy, on the verge of falling off her bed, was gripped suddenly in a choke hold as a low moaning sound came from her closet. She whimpered quietly so as not to draw too much attention to herself and tried to lay very still. Out of the corner of her eye, she thought she saw the doors of her closet open just slightly. She turned her head and froze. A strange blue light was coming from the cracks, a shade she had never before seen in her young life. She crept out of bed and very deliberately crept toward the light and her closet. The closer she got, the louder the noises became. Her shaking outstretched hand rested on the door’s handle. Suddenly the door flew open and she was dragged inside, her teddy falling lifelessly to the ground.

Mommy!