For a fact, he was not certain if he is falling down to the bottom of the deep waters or flying up towards its surface above. However, certainly, he is much aware of the mystical sensation of him panicking as he seek a hold. And in the next moment that seemed both long and short, he gasped and jolted awake with a frightened face. And like a man that was almost suffocated, he took quick and short wheezing breadth that did calm him after a while.

  "What?"

  Masa Ed, he was supposed to be a rough man with rough beard and matted kinky hair like a prophet of the holy book, and he should definitely look like a man above thirty.

  However, now... he look like a man waiting for twenty; his light brown skin was like of a newborn, his square face looks more angular; on top of his head that looks like he had a mid-fade cut, his middle hair is lustrous black and the hair strands on the two sides are snow white; above all, his dark brown eyes look purer with a subtle glow that occasionally flicker as he blink and move them.

  "Wasn't I suppose to be in front of my house? Where the hell is this place?"

  While he mutters, looking absolutely confused and seeking clarity, Masa Ed looks around the strange luxurious room he found himself—an extravagant softly-lit room surprisingly larger than anyone he has ever seen—measuring fifty meter in breath and sixty meters in length. Even the white bed he was sleeping on and he now sit up on with a straight back, looks larger than average, not to talk of the golden crystal chandeliers and the expensive paintings.

  Actually, the last thing Masa Ed remembered doing was reading the strange book he spent a fortune to get, and it was in the middle of it that he suddenly blanked out after hearing a strange sound and after he saw a strange sight he knows certainly wasn't an hallucination, even though he can't describe them.

  However, what he is currently experiencing has not yet convinced him if he is dreaming or not. He thinks maybe he is having a vivid dream, and that's the reason, in order to seek confirmation, he pinched his skin he has not yet realized has been revitalized.

  "Ouch... I felt pain. This is real." Masa Ed winced as he became certain of his new reality, and trying to rationalize his abrupt change in location, the thoughts that came to him became wild as they come.

  'Maybe, I passed out and this is a hospital. No maybe I have been kidnapped by a rich woman and she wants to make me her boy toy. No, maybe its an old witch. No, it might actually be aliens... I have been abducted... Fuck.'

  Overcome by fear and anxiety, Masa Ed fret and panicked. He scratched his head and pull up and down the white blanket that covered his lower body, basically, he was doing like a young frightened boy which he now looked like, but is uncharacteristic of his age. And just after he put the blanket edge between his gritted teeth, chewing it, the large golden grandfather clock in the room chimed and draw his attention right away, and as he looked at it, he saw its long and short hand is on twelve.

  "Its midnight, really." Masa Ed felt like crying, he remembers as his grandfather, a self-proclaimed member of the occult told him, twelve midnight is actually the witch hour not one hour later like popular belief, and if you happen to see fog roll up on your window like flood water at that time, just know they are here for you, and all you can do is pray for it to be a positive encounter, not one that will always wake you up in the middle of the night if you manage to survive it.

  Actually the very reason Masa Ed felt like crying was because as he turn to look at his left at the floor to ceiling window that is fitted with transparent glass panels, all he could see was the bright moon floating over a sea of fog. True or false, he might actually have been abducted by a strange being and he is in a strange place.

  This story originates from a different website. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there.

  "Fuck!"

  With haste, Masa Ed rose from the bed... he wouldn't wait for danger and he wouldn't expect divine intervention, and for this reason, he dashed towards the only door he could see in the room as fast he could. However, when he reached it and before he could even pull at its knob, he froze because of the unbelievable reflection of himself he saw on the door reflective glass panel, but he wouldn't believe its his.

  "I knew it... I must really be dreaming; there was no way I will be easily abducted without noticing anything."

  Like a happy bride being led to the house of the man he loved, Masa Ed grinned at his rather young and handsome reflection he is confirming by touching his face and pulling at his new unique hair.

  "Fuck! I am fucking handsome. I even have angelic muscles.."

  Masa Ed beamed as he flex his biceps of lean muscles. Though he looked like an older teenager, his frame is very athletic and sculpted. And If he chose a career in modeling or acting, his looks alone is enough to secure him top spot in any of the two industry.

  Moving on... The realization of his situation once again suddenly dawned on Masa Ed, so dispirited, he quit his posing that was like he his parading for an invisible audience, and right away he firmly grabbed the door knob. However, no matter how much he turn it, left or right, or even pull or push... the knob refused to bulge a tiny bit, the door remained completely unresponsive.

  "Fuck!"

  Masa Ed out of anger kicked the unshakable glazed door, though with the sole of his foot. The entire situation greatly annoyed him, and as the reality of his abduction become more solid by the second, fear and anxiety grabbed hold of his heart unlike ever before.

  As he thinks of the one responsible for his abduction has evil to unleash in him or not, he has no idea but to prepare for the worse, but what he definitely know now is, he is definitely trapped and the situation if not a prank, is one not to be taken lightly.

  "Fuck!" Frustrated, Masa Ed cursed again and turned to look around the room carefully.

  Aside the clock, a wardrobe, the mat on the marble floor, and the ornate bed... the only other thing in the room is a wooden table with a lantern on it and a chair at one corner that seems might help in his quest of getting out, so not wasting much time, he run towards it. However, he has to pause as he found something else on the table.

  'A paper'

  Masa Ed picked up the piece of brown paper that looks like it was left for someone, and looking at it curiously, he turned it to the other side and he surprisingly find words in fine and bold letters written on it.

  He reads: "To anyone that find this, fret not, leaving this place is quiet easy. I am KS, I have been here before as a captive and I escaped quiet easily."

  "First thing first, do not panic; this is a game, and if you follow the rules, you should be out here in less than an hour, and that's only if you are truthful."

  "Read carefully and never forget."

  "This is how I escaped step by step."

  "One... I opened the door."

  "After a few trials It was very easy; I Just stare at the eyes of my reflection without blinking for three minutes and the door stopped blocking my path."

  "Remember... I dare not blink after thirty seconds of staring, because if I do, my reflection will have a meeting with me, I absolutely don't want that."

  "Also, the door will return to block my path three seconds after it gave way and if I am still in the room by the time it returned, I am not alone, I absolutely don't want that."

  "Two... With the lantern in my hand lit up, I rushed to room 33 and before I was let in, I knocked three times, and I answered at least one out of Seba three questions correctly."

  "Remember... I didn't let the lantern in my hand go out, because if I do, its at that time the human butcher will appear, I absolutely don't want that."

  "Also, I didn't knock more than three times, I absolutely won't do that, Seba is on her period."

  "Three... On the dressing table in room 33, I picked the white pen and white notebook, and I left without ever looking back."

  "Remember... I left my lantern outside before entering, and just as I didn't dare look at the person on the bed, I didn't dare make a sound. I absolutely won't do that; Seba is a very sensitive woman."

  "Also, don't touch anything else but the white notebook and white pen."

  "Four... After I left room 33 as quietly as I can, I carried my lamp and I followed the instructions in the white notebook. And before I know it, I was out of this place."

  "Remember... do not linger in this room an hour after midnight. One is the hour of the..."

  "Hour of the what? Did his ink finish?" Masa Ed out of curiosity and frustration stare at the paper that holds no more than he already read, even turning it around to the other side.

  However, in the next instant, the paper mysteriously caught fire and he has to throw it away to prevent burning his new fresh skin.

  "Fuck!"