Part: 1

The soft breeze of the wind blew gently through the beach and as the sun descended into melting gold, the crowd of beach dwellers slowly decrease more and more. Looking out at the vas ocean, I felt so much peace that I wish could go on forever. Tearing my gaze away from the window and with a yawn, I turned back towards the tv. As my friend and brother continued talking, I zoned out of the conversation and chuckled at the show I was watching.

   Something fluttered from the corner of my eye, forcing my attention back onto the window, but as I transfixed my gaze back to the window, nothing was there. Shrugging it off as my imagination, I went back to watching tv, giving it my full attention. But somewhere in the back of my mind, I felt as if something was truly there and out of curiosity and a way to convince myself that I was just completely bonkers, I turned back. I wasn’t expecting to see anything but to my surprise, that wasn’t the case, whatever it was… was gleaming like a flag of dark silk, blending into the night.

Although it was nearly hidden behind the wall of the hotel balcony, part of it peeked out from behind it, freely flying in the wind. I wouldn’t have found it alarming if it weren’t for one; We were on the twelfth floor and two; It wasn’t flying away, it stayed there, stagnant within one area, like it was attached to something.

Knowing that there were possible logical reasons behind this; Like someone tying a scarf on a pole, or someone flying a kite… or even a flag. Although those reasons were logical, the flag wasn’t…for one; this flag had no color, it was pitch black and when we came up here there wasn’t any flags this close to the hotel. The scarf analogy was also tossed and although the kite one made sense, why fly one at this hour? I couldn’t help but get this sickening feeling in my gut. I got up from the bed, allowing curiosity to guid me closer to the window, like a child guiding an adult to come see what they did. Walking pass my friend and brother, I peered out through the window.

Both my brother and my friend were locked in a deep conversation, that they were too oblivious to see what was happening around them. Thinking I should just let it go and not engage in my wild fantasies, but as I found my hand already sliding the balcony door open and ignoring my guts plea to mind my business, I inched closer towards the edge of the balcony, my heart beating wildly against my chest. It must be a kite, people do strange things at night! I yelled to myself, But that thought bubble burst.

With my eyes bulging and my jaw finding its way towards the ground, all logical reasoning drifted away with the harsh breeze of the wind. There it stood, almost as tall as the building, if not, slightly taller. The scarf it adorned was actually it’s cloak, it hovered slightly above the ground in a black bubbly mist. It’s face hidden beneath the hood shrouded in a black murky mist.