Moonlight Mist – Creepypasta

Estimated Studying Time — 6 minutes

Derrick was very drained. He’d stayed up a lot of the night time watching TV reruns and flipping by his highschool yearbook. It’s now 6:30 within the morning and he needed to prepare for varsity. Slowly rising from the mattress and doing his finest to maintain his eyes open, he managed to brush his hair and rise up. “I can not do that anymore” he informed himself as he stretched and set free a heavy sigh. His room is your typical teenager’s; metallic band posters on the wall, junk meals on her dresser, and garments just about strewn in all places. He heads for his door and heads for the hallway. The sound of her naked ft on the carpet bothered him this morning. He goes to the toilet and comes out ten minutes later.

“Honey, are you up? his mom shouted from the kitchen downstairs. “Yeah! I will be downstairs in a second. Derrick placed on a few of the garments that have been on the ground and walked down the steps. The wall alongside the steps was coated in household portraits. himself. Christmas, Thanksgiving, and New Years have been all aspect by aspect. The picket railing felt good and funky on his barely sweaty palm.

“How did you sleep, darling?” his mom requested as he waddled into the kitchen. “Nice…simply not sufficient,” he mentioned, rubbing his face. “Nicely, you must eat earlier than you allow. You may’t wait till lunch. Derrick’s mom was all the time attempting to be the very best in what her life had turn into. She is efficiently elevating two youngsters, ensuring their bellies are all the time full and giving them optimistic suggestions. “I am simply going to attend till lunch mum, not likely within the temper to eat proper now,” Derrick mentioned as he walked slowly in the direction of the sliding door.

She wished to say one thing however thought it finest to not. Derrick was heading to his finest associates’ home to take a stroll. It was good exterior right now. The cool air blowing by his hair, the leaves not silent on the bottom, the timber shaking within the wind. He received to Johnny’s in about fifteen minutes. Johnny was the epitome of cool. Spiky hair, goatee, Ray-Bans and a 1969 Mustang his dad gave him for his sixteenth birthday.

“Hey bro, what’s up?” Johnny requested as Derrick began to open the passenger aspect door. “Not a lot man. Glad it is Friday. Mother is on her binge consuming as common. “Sorry to listen to that” Johnny mentioned with a sneer. Doorways closed, engine rumbling, they left for varsity.

3:30 p.m.…..lastly. He arrived. Derrick and Johnny virtually rushed to the modern black Mustang. “Hey man, wanna come over tonight and play some video games?” Johnny requested. They hadn’t completed this in months due to a curfew that Derrick received slammed for being 5 minutes late. “Yeah. It is higher than sitting alone listening to music and studying outdated problems with Hit Parader.

Derrick was all the time on the lookout for a way of belonging. He was an outcast. Perhaps that is why he bonded so properly with Johnny. As he had promised, Derrick confirmed up at Johnny’s at 8 p.m. The 2-story panel home with storage was fairly good. No hoarding on this property. “Hey man! You truly got here!” Johnny shouted as he noticed Derrick arising his driveway. “I informed you I would be there man. Now let’s go, let’s have some enjoyable.” Derrick replied, mocking the tone of voice Johnny was utilizing.

11 p.m.… “I’ve to go man. My mom will freak out. You understand how she behaves after the final time,” Derrick informed Johnny. “OK man. Let’s go.” Johnny grabbed his keys. “No thanks man. If my mother and father are sleeping, Tang will certainly wake them up, and I actually do not want any grief. Derrick mentioned as he headed for the door. “Okay man, I am going to meet you tomorrow afternoon.” Johnny mentioned as Derrick closed the door.

It was a cool, chilly night time. Owls may very well be heard within the distance. Derrick went into the woods to save lots of time on his stroll. He was shifting fairly properly till he heard a sequence of creaks behind him. He stopped and rotated however could not see something. The moon was lighting his approach, so he might have simply seen Johnny or a canine. He rotated and began strolling. Chunk, chew, chew. Once more. This time, he felt the hairs on the again of his neck rise up.

“Johnny! Cease it man! I’ve to go house!” Derrick yelled, standing nonetheless. Coronary heart pounding, breathless and sweaty, Derrick might really feel one thing there, however he could not see it. “Simply….any man,” Derrick mentioned as he turned and headed for the home. The timber have been eerily silent. No crickets chirped. Derrick felt a violent tug on his shirt, virtually sending him crashing backwards to the ground.

“Hey! Cease! Go away me alone!” he cried in a trembling voice. He might really feel a rush of heat air on his neck, virtually like one thing was respiratory on him. “I do not know what you need, however please let me go,” Derrick mentioned as he regained his steadiness. Out of nowhere, an invisible hand slapped him on the best aspect of his face, knocking him into a close-by tree. Scared mindless now, Derrick could not transfer. He might see her breath within the chilly night time air and really feel the rising anxiousness over this inexplicable scenario.

Slap. This time it was much more troublesome. Derrick was staggering on all fours now. Crawl alongside the leaves and branches that made up the brief picket path. He gathered every thing he might and stood up. ‘Run. Run, he thought. He did. Run as quick as his shaky legs would enable. He rushed out and in of the timber as he might hear the creak, creak, creak that caught up with him. One thing had caught his hair and knocked him off steadiness.

He was screaming in ache now. Her hair felt prefer it had been pulled out on the root. “Let me go! I did not do something to you! I do not even know what is going on on!” Derrick pleaded along with his invisible attacker. A mist appeared in entrance of him. Darkish and foreboding, he might make out what seemed to be a human type. “Please… please let me go,” Derrick begged. He did not know what he was coping with. He was shaking with a terror he had by no means felt earlier than. The tingle in his backbone because the mist closed in on him made him very conscious that it was, in reality, very actual.

The load on his chest was unbelievable. Fairly like a rock. He was sitting in opposition to a tree when he felt an invisible hand wrap round his throat. “No! Please cease! You are hurting me!” Derrick mentioned as finest he might. The grip was extraordinarily sturdy. There was no arm he might maintain on to. He was fully helpless in opposition to something. His eyes have been watering, his throat was dry, his lungs have been crying out for oxygen.

Derrick wakened in his mattress. He jumped up and regarded in his mirror to see the handprint round his throat. He checked the time: 1:30. He thought it was a dream till he remembered what he had simply seen. “What… what was that?” he puzzled, wiping the sweat from his face. With a black eye and some tense muscle tissues, he appeared wonderful. He went out into the hallway to see if anybody had simply woken up.

All the things is evident. He returned to his room to seek out that every one of his pictures had been torn up and his mattress had been moved. “How…wait. When did this occur?” he puzzled. He had solely been out of his room for a minute. A mist appeared in entrance of him. Instantly, he was overwhelmed with anxiousness and worry. you!? You may’t be right here! It is my home! Go away!” Derrick shouted at this spirit who was, for some motive, very offended with him.

He was pushed again in opposition to his closet door. The again of his head left a slight gap within the picket door. Derrick tried to achieve out to seize one thing and combat again, nevertheless it was ineffective. He was being attacked by one thing he might defend himself in opposition to. The misty spirit had a really disagreeable scent. As if somebody was burning meals on a range. Derrick was going to run and get up his mother and father so they might all go away.

He could not make it to the door. The lights in his room went out. Within the absolute darkness, he distinguished two very vivid inexperienced eyes which gave him the impression of piercing his soul. He could not converse. The eyes have been in the course of the air, then on the ceiling, then on the bottom. Derrick had no approach out and no solution to defend himself. “Why are you doing this to me!?” Derrick muttered. “Like I mentioned earlier than, I did not do something to you in any respect!”

Inexperienced eyes floated into the middle of the air. Identical with Derrick. They slowly walked in the direction of him. Each second felt like an eternity. Derrick felt a wave of chilly cross by his physique. His lights got here again on. He opened his door and walked into the hallway. Happening the steps, he had no concept the way it was. He had no management over his legs. ‘Did this mist simply penetrate me?’ he says to him.

Stepping unwillingly into the kitchen, he headed for the drawer to the left of the fridge. He opened it and took out a knife. ‘What!? I don’t wish to die ! I do not wish to do that!’ he says to him. With out management, Derrick introduced the knife to his throat and pulled it as arduous as he might. Blood spattered the white fridge and the tiled ground. The counter was soaked and dripping with what was left of poor Derrick.

He gurgled for what felt like a couple of minutes earlier than lastly succumbing to his personal harm. The mist left as rapidly because it got here.

Credit score: Jason Stone