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More than it seems
#WritcoStoryPrompt61
I've always been afraid to enter the basement chambers ever since I was a child. Sleeping just across from the room that gives me nightmares and tries to persuade my entry was even more terrifying.

I believe that they are more than three people living in this house because our groceries would always go missing and my clothing would either be shredded or gone. I would always hear hisses from the room, like a reptilian about to attack it's pretty.

It always sounded like my name being whispered by a thousand dying people. It often had me curling in on my smell on my queen-sized bed and wishing it away.

What would scare me the most was whenever I would hear it a burning sensation would commence in my Verdant eyes and whatever I looked at would automatically turn to stone.

I would never tell my mother about this, especially when I'm slacking from my meds but I swear there is more to this than it seems.

I am the odd one out of this family, I dont even look anything like them at all, my eyes would shine brighter than an emerald in direct sunlight, while my mom, dad, and brother all had pale grey...