Chapter One: Just a Nightmare

Note: Sorry for the shortness of the chapter.

Maria was walking down the hall. It was quiet and no one was around like there should be. It was a hospital there should be doctors everywhere no matter what time it is. There was a sound. Maria turned around and walked into a room. Her cousin Zoey was there. She looked so sick and helpless. All of a sudden she began to scream in her sleep and her heart rate was flat lining. Maria tried to call for someone but found she had no voice. She turned around and screamed. In front of her there was a terrible creature. If anyone had just glanced at it, it would look like a normal clown. But, if you looked in its eyes you could tell it was anything but. A smile began to creep on its face, it reached out its hand. It had three fingers on each hand and they squeezed her throat. She could feel her breaths getting smaller and smaller until she couldn't breathe anymore. She tried to scream out but she couldn't. Get Off! She thought frantically.

"Maria! Maria! Wake up!"

Maria woke up with her eyes wide open, gasping for air, and sweating.

"It was just a nightmare, Maria. Just a nightmare." Her mother said wrapping her in a hug.

But something nagged in Maria's mind that it was anything but.