My alarm went off, alerting me that it was time. I quickly got out of bed and opened my window. Stealing a glance at my clock, it revealed to be 11:30 am. The air outside my window chilled me to the bone so I ducked back into my room and grabbed my coat.

My ears picked up on a scraping sound in the hallway.

Shrugging it off to just be my sister, I grabbed hold of the tree branch that ran alongside my bedroom. Shutting my window as best I could, I climbed down the tree.

For some reason, I decided to look up at my bedroom. Light filled the area. I could've sworn the light had been turned off.

I held my breath and waited for the light to go off. It did, eventually, and not wasting any time, I sprinted as fast as I could to the meeting place.

My breathing was hard when I reached the house. I raised an eyebrow when I saw that the lights weren't on.

Why weren't they on?

The party definitely was tonight... Right?

The wind picked up and I moved closer to the house. Brandishing my phone's torch, I opened the door, surprisingly not locked.

The cold, desolate house heightened my senses and I couldn't help but remember the conversation that I had had with my friend the other week.

/\/\/\

"I don't think the party should be next week," Lisa had said.

"Why not?"

"Haven't you heard? There's this serial killer on the loose."

"Really? Never heard of them," I replied.

"They say he only appears on a new moon. He claims any person unlucky enough be disturbing the peace."

"Yeah right. Next, you'll be telling me that he dismembers his victims beyond recognisability."

Lisa nodded. "He does."

/\/\/\

As the front door creaked open, I couldn't help but remember that conversation.

My feet padded softly on the carpeted floor. The light of my torch revealed that the current rooms were still the way they were.

Until I stepped on it.

The squelching sound filled my ears and the smell of metal filled my nose. Nervously, I looked down. Slowly.

An earth-shattering scream filled the air.

My foot was covered in the blood of a corpse. Bits of skin, tissue and bone pooled around it.

Flashing my torch around the room, I discovered the whole room was like this. A nauseating feeling came over me and I felt like I was going to faint. Blood appeared on the wall, spelling out a chilling message:

Behind you.

Before I had time to react, I felt the cold metal of a knife in my back. In. Out.

The world started to slip away and darkness covered my vision.

/\/\/\

My alarm went off, alerting me that it was time. Stealing a glance at my clock, it revealed to be 11:30 am. A scraping sound came from the hallway and I knew it wasn't my sister.