Have you ever started a conversation with someone on Wattpad just for the heck of it? Someone, out of the blue, with whom you never have had any previous contact with or even have ever read anything from? I am sure this kind of thing happens quite regularly. If someone on Wattpad with whom you have never had any contact with or has never commented on anything you have written, out of nowhere inboxes you, would you respond?

There is this one person who has a story which begins along these lines. For the sake of it let's just call her Mary from Dublin. It's not her real name or current location but to keep her identity unknown we'll keep her as Mary from Dublin.

Now Mary was new to writing and new to Wattpad when she got a particular message in her inbox. Mary was enjoying her new endeavours and was enjoying getting to know Wattpad. She hadn't followed many people, nor had she been followed by many users so for the sake of it, she decided to respond to her inbox message.

'Hey, good to see you here on Wattpad, I hope you enjoy your time on here' is what the message read, and it was from someone with the username XtheHedgehoggerX.

Mary is generally a nice person, a good person and she thought of this message to be a little strange, but she responded with a 'thank you'. She was ready to leave it at that, but she soon would receive another message from the hedgehogger.

When Mary is online at home, she uses her laptop in her living room where she has a good clear view of the outside through her living room window. At this particular moment she was home alone and also at this particular moment she would notice a man apparently texting on his phone while standing just outside her garden. This man would cross the street and immediately get back on his phone while staying right where he was.

'So, your name is Mary, and you are from Dublin?'

'That is what my about me section says.'

Seconds after Mary had sent this reply she noticed the man outside lift his head up and away from his phone. It would appear that he was smiling while also looking across right at Mary's home. Safe to say that between the messages and the stranger across the street Mary was feeling quite uneasy. This moment would prompt her to ask a question of her own.

'You wouldn't happen to be in Dublin right now, would you?' for on the hedgehogger's profile there was no real name or location given.

'Let's just say that I am a bit of an admirer' quickly came a reply.

This would also add to Mary's feeling of uneasiness. When she looked up and away from her laptop, she would notice that the stranger outside had moved on. A moment of relief came along with the fact that the stranger had gone away.

The next morning Mary got on a bus to head to work as she does on so many mornings. This particular moment would provide her with a moment to fear for a couple of days earlier she had downloaded the Wattpad App to her phone and while on the bus being on her way to work her phone would alert her to the fact that she had a new message.

The message coming from Wattpad read 'Good morning, Mary, you are looking well today' and the message just so happened to come from XtheHedgehoggerX.

Sitting upstairs on this double decker bus Mary would look around and not see anyone she recognized and that included the stranger from the day before, however when it came time to get off the bus, she would see someone on the lower deck who did indeed look familiar. He looked up from his phone and would smile.

Mary's heart began pounding and she couldn't wait to get off the bus. Once she had got off, she moved as quickly as she could and didn't stop until she got to work regardless of the fact as to if she thought she was being followed or not.

Not long after she had arrived home that evening, she would receive another message.

'I must apologize for this morning. It was never my intention to scare you. Would it be alright if I come and directly apologize to you, as in face to face?'

Mary moved to her living room window to have a good look outside. She couldn't see anything out of the ordinary. Before she could return to her laptop there would be a knock to her front door. This made her jump and also made her heartbeat quicken. She could see the inside of her front door from where she stood but could not see who was on the other side. She could only assume that it was her Wattpad messenger person.

A second knock would come to the door and Mary refused to answer, if anything she backed away further from it than what she had been. Her instinct was to call the police so when a third knock came it would indeed be the police.

There would never again be any new messages from XtheHedgehoggerX, and she never again saw that stranger who had unsettled her but that doesn't mean that he is not still nearby, it doesn't mean that he is not still stalking her.

Clearly, she had been watched, so a stalker is what this fellow must have been. His radio silence could also mean that he has found someone else to stalk. Is there anyone stalking you whether they be on Wattpad or not? No? Are you sure?