"The Black Crayon" by Cassandra A.

       There was a couple who just got married and they were looking to move into a house. They had their hopes set to move into one particular neighborhood but the houses were too expensive. The couple were about to move into an apartment instead of a house but they found a cheap house in the neighborhood of their dreams so they bought the house right away. While moving in the couple didn’t see anything suspicious beside the black crayon that the husband found periodically. He decided to keep it a secret so that he didn’t sound crazy to his wife. He didn’t see the crayon for a week so he discarded ever seeing the crayon at all. One day while coming home from work he saw it again. The husband decided to tell his wife about it. When he told her about the crayon her face grew pale. The wife told her husband that every day since they moved in, she always found a black crayon in the same spot, at the end of the hallway. While hearing what happened the husband decides to inspect the end of the hallway. While inspecting he found a wall that looked a little odd so he decided to peel the wallpaper off. When all the wallpaper was off he found a little door boarded up. Curious, the husband decided to try and open the door. His wife was very concerned. She told him, “don’t open it, it was boarded up for a reason“, but he didn’t listen. 

When he opened the door a gust of cold air rushed out and the husband thought he heard, “Get out,” but he quickly brushed it off. The room was very dark and cold which was a bit peculiar because it was the middle of summer and there was no air conditioner in the room. Once the husband was inside, his wife quickly rushed to his side. They were trying to look for a light switch but couldn’t find it. When they finally found the light switch, the wife turned it on. What they find would scare them for the rest of their lives. They found words written on the walls in black crayon and the words looked like they were written by a child, “mommy, I’m sorry, let me out.” “Mommy, he’s watching, let me out.” “He’s closer; I know it, let me out.” “MO….” The fourth sentence was cut off and there was a black line going from the “o” to the floor and in the corner written in red writing it simply said, “Your next”.