The Night Terrors

Little Tommy was always a difficult child when it came to bedtime. He would always fight his parents when they tried to put him to bed early, insisting that he wasn't tired yet.

But as the nights went on, something strange started happening. Tommy would wake up screaming in the middle of the night, claiming that there was something in his room.

At first, his parents thought it was just nightmares, but it started happening every single night. They tried everything - a nightlight, a new bedtime routine, even therapy - but nothing seemed to work.

As the weeks went by, Tommy's parents became more and more sleep-deprived. They tried staying up with him to make sure he wasn't having nightmares, but they could never see anything that would explain his terror.

One night, as Tommy's parents were drifting off to sleep, they heard a strange sound coming from their son's room. It sounded like scratching, coming from the inside of the walls.

They rushed to Tommy's room, but when they got there, he was fast asleep. That's when they noticed something strange. On Tommy's bed, there was a small note, written in a child's handwriting.

It read: "I won't let him sleep."

That's when Tommy's parents realized that there was something much more sinister going on. They searched the room and found a small, hidden door in the wall.

As they opened it, they found a small, dark room filled with toys and drawings. But in the corner of the room, there was a figure - a small, twisted creature with red eyes and sharp teeth.

It was then that Tommy's parents realized that their son's night terrors weren't just in his imagination. They had been caused by the creature living in their walls, a malevolent spirit that fed on children's fear and terror.

They immediately sealed up the hidden door to trap the creature inside.  They left the house and never returned.

From then on, in their new house, they always made sure that Tommy slept early and never stayed up late again.