MIRROR

You stare at your darkened reflection, your flashlight reflecting and casting a large shadow on the wall behind you. You never really liked mirrors. Mirrors remind you of bathrooms, and in school you avoided the bathrooms at all costs since that’s where the bullies would hang out. You even peed your pants once because at the time, that was a better compromise than having to risk a school bathroom. Lightning flashes, banishing both your thoughts and your shadow then for a brief moment, illuminating a dark figure behind you! Your hairs stand on edge, and you slowly turn around…
Nothing.
Likely a hallucination brought about by the stress of the night. You take a deep breath and collect yourself.