Bertha took out the keys from her pocket and inserted it in the door's keyhole. She began to turn it. After a long while of fiddling with the key, she could finally open the door.

She wasn't expecting to have a roommate. So, when she saw a girl sitting on one of the two beds in the room, she was surprised. The girl had long, blonde hair. Her features were just perfect. She had big green eyes, thin, but perfect looking, lips and a smooth, fair skin. Indeed, she was very pretty.

When she saw Bertha, the girl leapt of her bed and walked towards Bertha. "Hi," the girl said warmly "I'm Daphne. And you're...." "Bertha" Bertha said immediately.

"I like your name, Bertha" Daphne decided "I suppose you're fifteen, aren't you?" Bertha nodded her head. Daphne grinned. "It seems like there are going to be two fifteen year olds under one roof."

"Wait- you're my roommate?"

"Isn't it obvious?"

"I suppose it is...."

Daphne grinned again. "You know what Bertha? I like you. You are sweet."

"Thanks."

"Well, that wasn't what I was expecting as an answer."

Bertha sighed and shook her head, smiling. "Okay, I like you too." "I'm pretty much likable. Aren't I?" Daphne said, raising her head high in a very proud way.

While Daphne went on talking, Bertha pressed her lips together in amusement. Although she liked this girl, there was no harm in deciding that she was too full of herself. She released her lips and asked, "What makes you think so Daphne? I mean, I like you, but still." "Oh, my previous roommates used to tell me so." Daphne replied.

Bertha was stunned. She looked at the girl in disbelief and asked, "How many roommates did you have, Daphne?"

"Uh, not much. 5 or 6 I suppose."

"5 or 6?!" Bertha cried out. " And what happened to them?" Daphne sighed and settled down on her bed. She looked up at Bertha sadly and said, "Hmm.... have you heard of the rumours?"

"Do you mean the rumours about that girl who died in this room?"

"Yes, exactly. But who told you about that?"

"Uh.... Mrs. Lennox?"

Daphne looked at Bertha in astonishment. "Please don't tell me that the dorm keeper believes in all this stuff...." "I don't know. Maybe she does."

Daphne burst out laughing. "Oh god.... I never thought that the dorm keeper would believe in this stupidity!" "Oh well," Bertha said "Continue whatever you were going to say." Daphne stopped laughing abruptly. "Well, the thing was that my previous roommates reported seeing a dead girl standing in front of their beds, whereas from the time I had arrived here, there wasn't any dead girl to be found." Then she gave Bertha a sly smile and continued, "But whenever they looked beneath my bed, they claimed to see a dead body." Bertha half-smiled. "Oh really? And who believes in such utter nonsense? Let me check." Saying so, Bertha bent down to inspect the gap below Daphne's bed. And what she saw gave her the biggest fright of her life.

Underneath the bed was a body of a girl who seemed to be a burn victim. As Bertha stared, the body opened its eyes and looked at her.

Bertha shrieked and leapt on her own bed. Daphne came to comfort her. "What happened Bertha?" "Y-your bed. There's someone under your bed." Daphne rolled her eyes and bent down to check. But as she did so, Daphne screamed and ran toward the door.

"Where are you going?" Bertha asked her in fright. "To seek Mrs. Lennox. She should know about this."

"But what about me?"

"I'm sure the thing is harmless." she put emphasis on thing.

Bertha nodded. Daphne smiled and left. After she had done so, Bertha stared at Daphne's bed. She realised that she was shaking. So she went to the bathroom for safety.

Half an hour later:

Daphne had still not arrived. Bertha started to get scared. But she gathered her wits and went outside.

4pm:

It was starting to get late and scary considering that she was in the same room as the dead girl. But Daphne had still not arrived.

9pm:

Bertha went down to the dining room to eat dinner and after that came back up to her dreaded room. Daphne had still not arrived. Bertha was starting to get worried.

10pm:

Bertha began to believe that Daphne had ditched her. But she no longer had the energy to think as sleep overtook her and soon she was sleeping peacefully.

1am:

Bertha heard a noise as if someone was entering the room. Bertha felt that it was Daphne and went back to sleep. However, she was awoken five minutes later as the noise commenced.

Bertha took a peek from her covers and saw a sight that filled her with horror.

It was the girl she saw earlier under Daphne's bed. But this time, she was standing and holding Daphne's mutilated body. On seeing Bertha, she smirked and said:

"This one's finally dead after a lot of trying. Now its your turn."

Saying so, the monster dropped Daphne's body, and charged towards Bertha....