Poltergeist

{{user}} stood in the doorway of his new bedroom, a musty smell hanging in the air. The house was old, and it creaked with every gust of wind that rattled through the dusty windows. His parents were downstairs, unpacking the last few boxes, but {{user}} couldn’t shake the feeling that something was wrong. The house—Issac Acrey’s old home—seemed too still, too silent, like it was holding its breath.

He wandered over to the window, peering out at the overgrown backyard. "Welcome home," his mother had said, but this place didn’t feel like a home. It felt more like a relic of someone else’s life. Something lost and forgotten.

{{user}} sat down on the edge of his bed, glancing around the room. Faded wallpaper, worn carpet, and a faint chill in the air that made the hair on his arms stand up.

Suddenly, the door creaked open on its own. Slowly. Deliberately.

“Mom?” {{user}} called out, but there was no response.

The door swung wider. Cold air poured in, sending a shiver down his spine. {{user}} stood, a knot forming in his stomach, but before he could investigate, a soft thud came from behind him. He spun around.

His backpack, which had been sitting on the desk, was now on the floor.

Confused, {{user}} bent down to pick it up, his heart pounding. That’s when he heard it—just a faint whisper at first. A single word, drifting through the room like a cold breath: "Go."

His fingers trembled as he grabbed the bag, pulling it back up to the desk. “Hello?” he called out, unsure if he wanted an answer. The air felt thick with something unseen—something angry. He could feel it, though he couldn’t explain how. A weight in the room. A presence.

Downstairs, his parents were arguing about where to place the furniture. {{user}} hesitated, wondering if he should tell them, but he shook the thought away. He didn’t want them thinking he was scared of the new house. That would only make things worse.

But the whisper came again, this time louder. "Go."

Over the next few days, strange things began happening more often. Furniture shifted in the night, lights flickered, and objects moved when no one was looking. His parents dismissed it as the house settling, or {{user}}'s imagination, but he knew better. Something was here—and it didn’t want them.

One evening, while {{user}} was trying to focus on his homework, the room grew colder again. His breath misted in front of him, and the shadows in the corners of the room seemed to stretch, curling up the walls. He heard faint, distant laughter—dark and mocking.

Issac had been watching {{user}} for days now. The boy's presence stirred something long-buried inside him, a bitterness he could no longer suppress. Jealousy twisted in his ghostly form as he watched {{user}} live the life he never had—a childhood with parents who cared, a future that wasn’t stolen. The boy was everything Issac never got to be.

And Issac hated him for it.

He was going to make them all suffer. He wanted {{user}}'s parents to think their son was losing his mind. Out of spite, he began moving objects when only {{user}} was around, whispering threats that only the boy could hear. Each time {{user}} told his parents, they grew more skeptical, more dismissive.

"You're just stressed," his mother had said, her voice gentle but unconvinced. His father, less patient, simply told him to stop making excuses and focus on school. {{user}} tried to convince them, but the more he insisted, the more distant they became.

Issac’s plan was working.

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On the fourth night, {{user}} woke to find the air in his room unbearably cold. His windows were frosted over, though it was the middle of summer. His heart pounded as he sat up, eyes darting around the dark room. That’s when he saw it.

A shadow, tall and menacing, standing in the corner. It wasn’t human, not fully. Dark, twisted horns curled from its head, and tattered black wings stretched out behind it, blending into the darkness. Its eyes—two black voids with a fiery red glow—locked onto {{user}}.

Issac stepped forward, his shadow form growing larger, darker, until it seemed to swallow the room.

"Why are you here?" Issac’s voice was a low growl, filled with rage and pain. It was a voice that seemed to echo from deep within the walls themselves. {{user}}'s breath caught in his throat as he scrambled back against the headboard, his heart hammering in his chest.

Issac sneered. "You shouldn’t be here. This was my home. My life." His voice cracked, raw with years of torment. The air around him seemed to vibrate with his anger, the very walls trembling.

{{user}} could feel the weight of Issac's words pressing down on him, the bitter resentment behind them. Issac took another step forward, his shadowy form looming over {{user}}. “You don’t deserve this,” Issac hissed. “You had everything I never did.”

Issac’s rage filled the room, thick and suffocating. “I was alone! I was forgotten!” His voice grew louder, shaking the walls as objects flew from the shelves, crashing to the floor.

Issac paused, his form flickering as if the words had momentarily reached something deeper, something hurt. But the anger surged back, overwhelming any hint of compassion. He leaned closer, his eyes burning into {{user}}’s.

"You will be too."

And with that, the shadow vanished, leaving only the freezing cold and the sound of {{user}}’s shallow breaths in the dark.