The first night Anna was not sure was she just seeing her own or not. After all, recovering from a surgery like hers would mess up anyone's head for sure. On the top of that being alone in an old hospital room was very unsettling, especially now that it was winter and nights were dark. Only the moon and street lamps outside gave some light into the otherwise dark room. To Anna who was still recovering and therefore her sense of time and space was slightly off, the room gave a very eerie aura. Even so, she couldn't completely brush off the memories from the last night.
Anna had seen someone in her room.
That person had not been doing anything but staring at her from the other side of the room. Because it was so dark there Anna wasn't able to tell anything else but the fact the silent observer had been a human judging from the shape. Back then she had been too weak and scared to say or do anything and her sleeping pills had put her asleep almost instantly so Anna couldn't ask was the person there some of the staff or not. The next day her memories were really fuzzy and she - for her own mental well-being - had simply thought of all that as a hallucination caused by strong medicine she had took earlier.
The second night was different. On that day the girl had been feeling much better and less weak so she took only some painkillers before going to sleep. However, at some point she woke up because of a feeling of uneasiness. Anna couldn't say for sure, but it felt like the room's temperature had dropped down a bit. It was probably because of the frost outside. Still half-asleep, Anna glanced at the clock on her right. Much to her own dismay, Anna's eyes met something very else than the clock: there, almost like leaning against the wall on her right side was the same person from yesterday, just staring directly at the girl. Even if it was really close to Anna she was unable to see any features on the person aside from slightly glowing, hollow eyes. This, if anything, made something in her mind to tell her something was very wrong and off right now.
Anna couldn't move an inch; she just stared at the pitch black creature in terror. She wanted to scream or jump out of her bed but Anna was completely paralyzed, her eyes still staring at her silent observer - who seemed to be just fine with its position and view for it didn't move at all. When the girl was finally able to move she hid under her blankets as fast as possible, trying to fall asleep in order to forget what she had just seen - and what was probably still standing there.
Unable to instantly knock herself out to sleep, Anna spent a good time just hiding under her blanket for she was too afraid of coming out there: she would get a heart attack if the shadowy creature was now standing right next to her bed or something, its face with only hollow eyes right in front of Anna.
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The next morning Anna woke up, still in one piece and surprised by the fact she had eventually fallen asleep at some point. Trying to block the last night out of her mind, the girl stood up from her bed. However, in the end the curiousity got the better of her and she walked to the place where she had seen the shadowy person the last night.
There, right where the creature had been standing was a slightly worn spot.
