My grandma’s wooden chest

 Here you go with my first attempt at a horror short story, hope you enjoy it!

The pic, is just to set the tone :)

Kavya and Anirudh had an exciting time with their grandmother. They always look forward to her visits. She brought fun to the otherwise dull holidays. After a long day, it was time for bed and they went to their room to sleep. As they were getting ready, Anirudh noticed the chest between their beds shake. The noise increased and the chest started to glow, catching Kavya’s attention too. They looked at each other wondering. The chest was moved a few days ago from their grandmother’s house. What was happening… They blinked, rubbed their eyes and opened them wider than usual. Were they dreaming… suddenly with a loud thud, the chest opened by itself… and out burst a grey hood… and it zoomed past them.

A deafening scream that formed in their belly was stuck in their throat. They scrambled from their beds, hugged each other and crawled to a corner and hid behind the laundry bag. They could see a dark grey creature, with a skeleton face, blood-red eyes, hairy body and sharp nails floating just few feet above the floor. It had no legs… The entire room turned hazy and mysterious. The creature looked vicious, angry, provoked, ready to tear apart anything that came it’s way. It made a weird humming sound, that made the hair on their hands and back of the neck stand, it was terrifying. Anirudh no longer able to hold himself, pinched Kavya to check if they were dreaming. She let out a scream that caught the creature's attention…

The creature turned around and moved in their direction, they were pressed to the wall. Its wrathful eyes, clenched teeth and broken nose was almost touching their faces. Its disfigured, hollow face terrified the kids, scared and crying, they closed their eyes. At that moment the door to the room flew open and in walked their grandmother. The creature suddenly came to a halt, its shoulders slumped and its demeanour no longer scary. It glided and rested near their grandmother’s feet. The kids couldn’t believe their eyes, they stood petrified in the corner. They saw their grandmother put the creature back into the chest in a secret counter. She turned around with a twinkling smile and with a wink asked them, ‘Are you ready for a bedtime story!’