I thought it was a stray shadow.

I thought, "It surely couldn't be anything else." Bats flew through these corridors all the time; they were my only roommates. It's easy to accommodate them here. There's plenty of room, the crawl space is accessible in exactly fifty-seven places, and we've got just about the same sleep schedule. I was sure they just flew about.

I closed a door behind me. I were warmly greeted by a familiar room, with my comforting dim light. As I had hoped, there were a few bats among the chandelier, and one to greet me with a soft hiss at the door. With a step forward, a floorboard creaked under my weight, and the bats all scattered. And I was left not to look to the wall again, but to think in my newly lonesome dining room.

But I supposed I should check the hall again.

I had to tread my tracks, forth and back, before I saw it again. Out of the corner of my eye. It were cast onto a painting of two kings, and it almost appeared to be looming among them. I rushed to take a closer look but it fled before I could so much as tap the canvas. I shared an exchange with the bearded man on the left. I think we shared a thought in that moment.

"See yourself..."

I went to the only mirror I could ever find in this house; a hand mirror in a bathroom on the fourth floor. Locking the latch behind me, the narrow room felt as though it were about to crumble. I couldn't help but peer out at this height--knowing how rarely I came up here--and saw the pitch black of night. Nothing but two clouds, anyway.

The window was all like "Ooooh, I am a window..." and I was all like "Aaaa!" and I fell and bonked my head. It really hurt.

When I awoke, it was specifically 9:30AM. I awoke to a burning sensation in an area that I call my "forehead". I was like "Owie!" and woke up. I looked out the window, but the voice was not there. As it turned out, the voice did not com from the window, but the evil mirror of seeing things!!!!!

End.

Epilogue: I also gasped at one point.

Epilogue 2: George, george, george of the jungle, strong as he can be. AAAAA- *bonk*, watch out for that tree!

Epilogue 3: This story is over 400 words.