A Midsummer Night’s Nightmare

It was one hot summer night. I turned off my laptop and prepared my bed. After sending romantic messages to my would-be, I turned off the light. It was an everyday routine; finishing dinner before 8:30, watching a movie or an anime, or playing a computer game till 10:30, then going to bed.

I fell asleep quickly, as soon as my head hit the pillow. It was around 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning I guess. I felt like I was dreaming. A woman appeared near my feet. She was a middle-aged Caucasian brunette. She had long hair and wore a jade-coloured gown. Her face had a lustful, wicked expression which I still cannot forget. She had a vicious smile.

She stood there and watched me for quite some time. I had a puzzled look on my face. How the heck a person, that too, a woman could come inside my room in the wee hours, I thought. I was living in a small room as a paying guest at that time. There were many other rooms like mine in that building, where students and other workers were staying. Ours was a men-only PG. Ladies were not allowed inside at any cost.

I thought of getting up for a second. But my sixth sense warned me against that. So I just lay there, while looking at her. I was sure it was a dream. As I was lost in thoughts, she made her move. She bent forward and touched my ankle. It was a weird sensation. Her hands slowly moved over my left thigh. She still had that vicious smile.

I was completely paralyzed below my waist. Though I tried to move my legs, but couldn’t even move a hair. Now I realized something was wrong. Maybe, It wasn’t a dream. I had to do something. Then, I thought, what if I pretended to be asleep? If I’d not open my eyes, she would leave me alone, thinking that I was asleep. I closed my eyes and maintained my breathing pattern.

Now her hands moved further up, above my waist, paralyzing my hands. She was looking at me all the time. Her hands were near my heart. I couldn’t move anything, except my head. With that same vicious smile, she stared at me for a few minutes. Then she disappeared into thin air. I was paralyzed for quite some time. There was a weird pain throughout my legs. I didn’t know when I fell asleep again.

It was 6:30 in the morning when I woke up. Though I wasn’t shaken, I was confused. I didn’t know whether it was a nightmare, or if it really happened. The first thing I did on that day, after returning from work, posted my experience in a forum.

Two days later, I got a reply from a western lady. I was shocked after reading that. She said I had been attacked by a succubus for my virility. It’d return again and again till I die. Her suggestion was to visit a holy place and wear a protective charm. Luckily, the day after the incident happened, I visited a temple. It never came back again.