As I stood at the edge of the cave with half sleepy eye's, the darkness seemed to yawn open like a chasm of deep infinite silence.The air was heavy with smell of sulphur & with the scent of damp earth & decay.And I could feel the weight of the abyss pulling me down in. The winding path snaked down into the depths, a serpentine journey into the unknown.

My heart raced & ached with pricking pain as I began my descent, the darkness swallowing me whole. The only sound was the echo of my footsteps, a haunting reminder that I was utterly alone. The walls seemed to press in around me, the cracks and crevices like skeletal fingers reaching out to snatch me.

And then, I saw it. A shadow, imposing and massive, standing at the far reaches of the cave. My breath caught in my throat as our eyes met, and I felt a chill run down my spine. It was an ancient human, its bulk and stature unlike anything I had ever seen before.

I tried to turn and run, but my feet seemed rooted to the spot. The shadow began to move towards me, its pace slow and deliberate. I could feel its eyes on me, boring into my very soul. My heart was a jackhammer in my chest, threatening to burst free at any moment.My heart wanted to jump out of my body & escape to the unknown.

And then, abruptly & suddenly everything went black.

When I came to, I was back at the surface, gasping for air like a insensitive drowning human. But the memory of that shadow haunted me, refusing to let me go. I was drawn back to the cave, night after night,...