Writing competition "134" | My story entry

Wow...I found this digital artwork by @xpilar very spooky and mysterious. My story is inspired by these dark, spooky feelings the artwork evoked in me!

Story Title:
Mystery of the new moon nightmare!

Image©: Rekha Sunil

I knew what was in store for me tonight. It was the night of the new moon with its recurring nightmare for me. But tonight I was determined to make a change, to take control of what I could not all these years. So, wearing my nightgown, I went to bed and took a peek out of the bedside window. It was pitch dark outside, with countless sparkling stars in the night sky. I took a deep breath. The bedroom was dimly lit and I drifted into sleep gradually. And then it all began as expected. I found myself walking on the same deserted highway in the dark of the night, as I have done all these years. The nightgown I was wearing had vanished. Thick and rough brown hair had covered my whole body. With beastly energy flowing through my body, I began howling uncontrollably like a wolf, fed up with walking on a never ending highway in the dark, and at that very moment, I became aware all this was not reality but a dream. And I was determined to bring this constant nightmare to a logical conclusion. I glanced at the horizon and noticed the same giant caves into which the highway seemed to converge always. I desperately wanted to reach those caves and end my journey, but it had always been a never ending journey, so this was the moment I had to act decisively. Gathering up all my willpower, I turned my back for the first ever time, and shouted loudly - "No I am not going to walk any more. You got to tell me who you are, and what you want from me. Till then I will keep my back turned to you!". There was utter silence for a few moments, and then came a deep, coarse voice - "You have found us at last! Welcome to the werewolf plane!". There was a chill down my spine upon hearing this, and I realized I become a werewolf myself in a parallel world every new moon night! I turned back slowly and found myself standing amidst giant caves, surrounded by werewolves like me, and the highway had disappeared! My seemingly never-ending journey had ended.
I woke up in the morning knowing that I would never again be haunted by that nightmare!

• Rekha Sunil