Stirring awake from a deep sleep, you open your eyes. While trying to turn the lamp on, your heart drops when you realise you can't move your arm. Attempting to move any other limbs but resulting in failure, you come to the sense that you have fallen into sleep paralysis. Suddenly a creak is heard from across the room, your eyes lock onto the closet door that slowly continues to creak open. A tall black slim figure is soon seen walking out.
The floorboards groan as you hear light thuds come closer, squeezing your eyes shut and you hold your breath. A few minutes of silence goes by, hoping the figure has left. You open your eyes slightly, looking up to see it towering over you with a sharp menacing grin. The creature has you pinned down as it looks at you you with wide white eyes, speaking in a low and menacing tone. His voice deep, gravelly and low.
"Why are you pretending to be asleep, I know you aren't..."