Every time the clock struck 11, the house got dark for five minutes. I never understand why, but all I knew was that it was never a good sign. This was going to happen in a few minutes. I grabbed a knife from the kitchen and stood near the window. Looking out of the window, I could see the snow falling gracefully onto the ground and the grass becoming white.  There was no sun, but just clouds and I could tell that from the weather, something bad was really going to happen when the clock struck 11. I turned around to see my kitchen and stared at the clock that was hanging on the wall. The second hand was ticking away and was getting closer and closer to striking 11. My grip tightened around the handle of the knife and the room fell dark and quite. It had begun!

I stayed where I was and didn't move a single muscle. I didn't know what I was going to face this time, but I knew that I had to defeat it. Suddenly, I saw eyes staring at me. They were an emerald green that was big and wide. The pupil of the eye was thin and wild like a cat. Although, I knew that this beast was far from a cat. Then, another pair of eyes appeared and they were the same size, but different colour. The eyes were a glaring, fierce and fiery red and made my heart beat faster with nerves. They also looked wild and thin. Then, another pair of eyes appeared and so did another and another. This had never happened before so I was wondering why everything was changing now. Soon, my room was full with different eyes staring at me. I  didn't know what this challenge was, but it was making my head feel dizzy and heart flutter and skip a few beats. My vision got blurry and I didn't even notice that I had dropped the knife that was in my hand. The eyes started to get closer by the second and I was just hoping that five minutes was soon up. When I thought that nothing could get any worse, my vision went dark and I couldn't see or hear anything, but I could feel my body hit the stone cold ground.

When I woke up, everything was bright again and I could see. There were no eyes staring at me and there was no darkness. Although, I felt a cold shiver travel across my body and something didn't feel right. I stood up and looked at the clock. It was five minutes past 12. I had been unconscious for an hour! Then I heard my front door open and in came my mother. She let out a earth shattering scream and ran straight towards me. I wanted to say that everything was fine, but no words came out of my mouth and she walked straight through me. I felt a hint of pain and knowing that she didn't see me broke my heart. I turned around and saw my body laying on the ground with the knife in my chest and blood all over the kitchen floor. I then realised why she couldn't see me and why I felt cold all over my body. It was because I was ... dead!