Yesterday morning I didn't believe the castle I work in was haunted.
I do now.
It wasn't the fact, that the trees swayed, but never brushed the old castles steady walls, it was the way they did it. Grotesquely drawn upon the nightsky, except when I left, there were hours till nightfall. The storm was jumping over the trees, dancing on the river and ultimately it seemed to disappear into the castle. I could hear the wind whisper, but I couldn't understand what it was saying, only it seemed to be a warning. Something evil was in the air. Something was gonna happen.
By then, my feet had sped up so much. It was less like running and more like falling down the hill. I just needed distance, distance from the castle that had felt like home a few hours ago. There was no light, I had turned it off, turned all the lights off. But there was no light at all. No light caught in the glass of the windows of the castle. Like empty eyes it stared down at me. It had looked so majestic, now it looked like there was something in there. Something that didn't belong in this world. Something, and it wanted to get out. The whispering of the wind got louder. The trees kept swaying, but never scraping. The storm was here. And so was the thing in the castle. I needed to run.
I'm returning to the castle now and I'm sure it will look majestic. I'm sure, it's as stunning as before. I'm sure, the evil is in there. At least, I hope it didn't get out.