How can I explain how my life changed forever? I was on the threshold between thinking I was having a nightmare or I had gone insane. That's not even the best I can do, but it's close.
I went to bed and I knew I fell asleep. I doze off fairly fast.
"Alura." I hear. A man's voice. Distant.
"Alura." It's closer. More familiar.
He says it again, "Alura" and I feel like I'm being pulled from the abyss of my sleep. I open my eyes. I blurt out, "Daddy!" But I'm met with darkness. It's strange how it has this linger to it. Like it's alive. I can hear scratching underneath my bed.
"Fuck." I think it's mice. My mother did have a problem with mice a few years ago. I'm a brave woman, unless it has eight legs, slimy body, or slithers. Oh, or if it's fucking mice.
I lay on my stomach on the bed. I lean closer to the floor, my long brown hair touching it, and I lift the bed skirting and ...
Nothing.
"Alura."
I snap my head up and I see two legs, but with hooves. My eyes open wide as I look up and see the largest penis I have ever laid eyes on. Whatever this is, can't be human. My eyes focus on that for just a second until I hear, "Up here, my dear." I go up. This figure, obviously male, has to be at least 7 foot tall. He is muscular like a more beefed up pro-wrestler. He has sharp fingernails, almost like talons, arms the size of pythons and a gorgeous face that should have a halo attached to the top. Instead, two long, curved horns protrude his forehead.
I want to scream, but he says, "Alura, don't scream, because I'm not the one you will fear ... yet. Your first trial of fear is underneath your bed."