Laying in bed, Emma felt apprehensive and she could swear she heard her window rattling. "Monsters aren't real" she repeated in her head but she still was overwhelmed with fear. This wasn't a bad dream.

Distressed, she shouted for her mum to help her. Her mum seemed concerned at first but upon seeing her daughter, she calmed down a bit.

"Sweetheart, it's a dream. We talked about this, it's nearly halloween and you always get bad dreams" said Sarah with her hand on her daughter's shaking leg.

"Theres a monster mommy!" exclaimed Emma before closing her eyes and seeing a horrific entity with blinding red eyes. She knew this was bad but it trapped her in this state for a few more seconds before saying "I'll come back tomorrow" with a menacing grin.

Sarah strokes her leg then goes back to bed, re-assuring Emma that she is just tired.

The next morning, Emma is acting strange. She hugs her mum tightly before school and seems out of it. Assuming she was just emotional from a lack of sleep, Sarah pushes her off and insists on going to school. John swoops in and carries her to the car for school and they never saw her again.

Emma's teacher phoned Sarah as she never got to class and she was horrified...