The Devil Inside

I got this old man to buy me some eggs for that night, I knew I couldn’t get away with buying them myself, it would be too bait(slang). He was too scared to say no, I was with about 4 of the other boys. Once I’d been sorted out, we went back to my ends and sorted out all our shit for the night, mum weren’t in, she was down the pub with some fella,(colloquial) never knew my dad you know, sad really but never really think of it, I don’t care, I’m older now, don’t need people that don’t chose me, their loss init(slang). So anyways the night got darker and the moon shone through onto the streets, I could hear the doorbell of houses getting interrupted by little children stealing sweets, just because it’s the 31^st October.

We left for the streets, headed to the geezer’s house that we had planned to, he weren’t going to get away with kissing my bird you know? We trekked the streets about marked our territory, 10 minutes from my doorstep and we arrived at the idiot’s house. No lights were on and I’m not surprised, the boy should be shaking in his bed with his mummy. I was filled with adrenaline and couldn’t control the buzz I had. Unexpectedly, Chris threw the first egg, it cracked onto the side of the house, all us boys started laughing, only banter aint it, he got me excited so I chucked the next, it smashed onto the window and we saw a light turn on through the curtains, we all shit(mild taboo) it and legged it down that street, there were no streetlights so I didn’t have a Scooby where I was going,(tension) could just about make it out. Ran straight into this man, he had black hair, was red eyed, normal build but about 6ft. My heart was racing, he caught me off guard and I couldn’t move, however much I tried, I was frozen. He looked right through at me, I thought he was meant to be dressed up until I realised how old he was about 40, didn’t seem right you know?(question) Next thing I knew I could see everything in red, I felt like I was going to explode, I needed to rip my clothes off and go mental. I looked round at the boys and they looked exactly the same as him, the devil. My whole body was numb, I felt like a different person, with a new personality, I was possessed.

The next thing I knew I was on the floor, eyes wide open with my body twitching, my red eye caught the corner of Chris and it was like a mirror, he was going mad on the floor you know. My eyes closed and I woke up here, spose this is hell init, karma, everyone looks the same down here. So that’s my story, can I go now?(direct)

 

Ellie Wooding