Short Story (Cerpen)

Mystery of School Bathroom

category: horror pen

My name is Reza, I attended one of the Private High Schools in Bandung. Now that I'm moving up to 2nd grade, for less than a year I went to school there I finally know the story that is stored behind my class. Some say if my school is dubbed the most scary school in the city of Bandung, because this is also my school is a place of intersection of fine creatures.

I didn't believe it until I experienced it myself. Around 5pm I'm still practicing basketball on the school field, because next week there will be a tournament between High School. So until recently the basketball kids practiced longer than usual.

Finally arrived at “Bro, I went to the bathroom first ya”, I said to my friends. I walked quietly through the hallway of the classroom that already looked dark and quiet. Upon arrival in the bathroom, I hung my bag and started taking a shower. Moments while I was in the shower, suddenly the bathroom lights went off. I stopped flushing my body and began to bring my ears closer to the door, hoping I knew who the person who turned off this bathroom light was.

For a moment I was silent, there was no sound from my friends. I opened a little bathroom door to see the situation outside and it turned out that the outside was just as dark. I started to close the door again and put on clothes, I thought if I continued bathing was not conducive anymore.

When I was already wearing my clothes, I shifted my body slightly to the right and I stepped on something. It's like someone's foot, then I started to take a few steps back towards the wall. And in that darkness I felt like someone was with me. I immediately picked up the bag I had hung behind the door, panicking that I had fallen. I began to bend my body groping for my bag. Suddenly I heard a breathing voice, obviously it was not my breathing.

The sound of this breath scares me, I dare to turn my body and there is no one. My heart is beating faster now, I want to scream calling my friends but I can't. My body was now stiff, my body was completely motionless and suddenly something was twitching over my head.

Now I feel something touching my hair. Little by little and this time the texture began to feel. This is hair, a very long hair and it covers my face. As much as I tried to rebel, but like someone hugging from behind very hard. I was increasingly unable to move, and my breathing could not run smoothly. And this time the sound of breathing was clearly heard from above my head.

I began to recite the prayer in my heart, while remembering the prayers I had. But it was very difficult to make a sound until I was finally able to move and when I looked up. I saw a face with very red eyes. Just a few seconds I saw the figure and it didn't take long for the figure to disappear.

My stiff body could already move me, and I immediately ran out. In front of me I met my friends who were waiting at the security guard post. I immediately related the incident to my friends, and my friend was shocked. Then my story was responded to by a security guard who said that I was wrong. I was wrong because I had used the bathroom, supposedly since the bathroom area was haunted. So every night the lights are turned off so no one goes there.

The security guard continued to say, he had no idea I was there. Because when he passed by, all the bathroom doors were open and empty. Strange, but obviously I was in one of those bathrooms.