Nightmare Diaries
Knocking on the Dormitory Door

This story happened when I was in school at Pesantren Lima, which is located at the intersection of Langsa city.

It was about 11:19 p.m. I was still awake with my friend, Artha chose to stay up late while playing chess. The atmosphere of the dormitory at that time was quiet and silent. There was only the sound of a raven still chattering, maybe he was perching in a tree near the park not far from our dormitory.

"Yey, checkmate! You lost!" I said excitedly while brushing off one of Artha's pieces.

"Arghhh, I lost mulu, I don't want to play anymore."

"Well, we promised to play three times. This is twice straight up, how are you!"

"Yes, deh. Then accompany me to the bathroom!"

"Well, why don't you go on your own. Just bother you!"

"Don't have to bacot a lot, but I don't want to play!"

I got up with a ditch and caught up with Artha who was at the door. We went to the bathroom under the dormitory. Oh yes, my dormitory is 2nd floor, my room is upstairs so if we want to go anywhere we have to go down the stairs first. The upper floor is only available.

Arriving in the bathroom, Artha went straight to the WC. I'm waiting outside. My eyes began to observe the faintly dark surroundings. Because the moon has shared its rays to the surface so it looks a little bright.

Suddenly, I saw a black shadow standing in the garden. The shadow is shaped like a human. Out of curiosity, I gave myself a close look. I sat down and hid under the stairs.

To my surprise, the shadow was a headless creature. His body was filled with blood splattered from his neck. But even more terrifyingly, he was holding his own head. My hair brushes great. Hopefully, he doesn't know where I am.

Suddenly, he turned around and walked towards me. Sangking was afraid of me at that time, making my legs unable to move. Even my mouth can't make a sound. I looked down and closed my eyes so I wouldn't see it. The sound of his footsteps was getting closer. And...

"German?! why are you here, I'm tired of knowing you!"

"Artha, it was there.." I pointed at the ghost, but there was no one in the garden.

"What the hell is it! don't worry. We better go back to the room again."

I nodded and we went back to the room. As I climbed the stairs I saw the figure sitting on a tree. I ran away from Artha.

"Oi, you're the reason. Like that scared guy?" Artha came and asked my strange question.

"That's a terrible figure on top of the tree." My finger pointed towards the creature but only the blank occupied it.

"Where! There's no one. You're here to hallucinate somewhere else!"

"But I was.." My words were cut off when Artha pulled my hand and told me to sit down.

"Udah ah, let's continue playing."

We didn't feel like we were playing until midnight, I rubbed my eyes because I was sleepy.

"Tha, lase dong. I'm fucking it."

"But, Tha..." Artha shut my mouth, gave the code not to speak anymore. I can only surrender. But then I heard a knock on the door. When I asked Artha she said she didn't hear anything. I'm starting to get curious. I tried to peek through the window suddenly, there was the sound of objects rolling on the dorm floor.

When I looked, I was shocked to death. My heart is beating fast. A head stood in front of the room door while breaking down the door hard.

"Who the hell, outside the storm!" Artha got up wanting to open the door but I stopped her.

"Tha, don't open the door. We'll just sleep."

"Where do you want to sleep if the door is pushed it becomes noisy."

"Please, listen to me dong, Tha!"

"You're the reason, Wan. That was so weird."

"Let's see it from the window."

Artha obeyed my orders. He peeked through the window. But when he saw no one.

"It can't be allowed I have to see who's banging on the door."

"Don't, Tha..." Artha did not hear me, she opened the door immediately but when it opened there was still no one.

"Njirr.this is a real prankster, just bother!"

"Better, you close the door, Tha."

Artha closed the door. But, when Artha turned around, inexplicably her face looked pale and trembling. I asked him, but his answer was pointing to the window. I turned to nothing strange.

Mats... I felt something fall on my head. When I wanted to check on her, Artha pulled my hand and told me to go to sleep. I also immediately obey him because I also feel creepy from earlier. We went to bed and stopped playing chess.

The next day, I asked Artha why she had suddenly told me to go to sleep. He told me that there was a headless ghost standing on the windowpanes and also a head standing on my head. I could only hear Artha's story.

"Oh yes, Tha. I also met him in the park last night when we went to the bathroom. I didn't expect him to terrorize us."

"Kok you didn't tell me?!"

"Yes, I'm gonna say, but every time I talk, you cut me off."

"Yes sorry, Erwan. Please don't tell anyone, I don't want them to know."

I also nodded. Since that incident, we have chosen not to play chess again until midnight. Until one day there were also experienced the same incident as me and Artha but more terrible again. It is rumored that the ghost is indeed a resident of this pesantren which is said to be from a child who was beheaded by thieves when he came out at midnight.

And one more thing, he will continue to wander to find friends who will be the same fate as him. We are grateful that he did not do the strange things that would get us killed.

Finished....👻️