The Face in the Shadows
Emily Feared the Face She Once Loved
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This is the story of Emily — a seventeen-year-old girl who was very dedicated to her studies. Some time ago, Emily experienced a traumatic accident, and she still hadn’t been able to recover from it. Since then, she had become quiet and withdrawn, keeping herself busy only with her schoolwork.
A while back, Emily had gone on a drive with her grandfather. She wasn’t fully skilled at driving yet, which led to a serious accident. Emily suffered serious injuries but managed to survive — sadly, her grandfather lost his life in the accident. The incident shattered Emily because she had been deeply attached to her grandfather, who had been with her since childhood.
Since then, every day after school, Emily would help her mother with household chores and then in the evening, she would visit her grandfather’s grave with flowers. She would sit there for a long time, crying and apologizing.
Grandpa, I m so sorry… It’s my fault you’re no longer here. Please forgive me.
This guilt was slowly destroying Emily from the inside. For the past year, she had been visiting her grandfather’s grave every day and asking for forgiveness.
One day, while returning home from school as usual, it was drizzling lightly when Emily spotted a man standing under a tree. She stopped in her tracks. As soon as the man looked at her, she quickly hurried home.
That man's face resembled her grandfather's — his height, posture, everything.
But... her grandfather had passed away, hadn’t he?
Emily tried to convince herself that there could be many people with similar faces, and maybe this man just happened to look like him.
Later, as usual, Emily went to her grandfather’s grave, and as she cried, whispering sorry, the rain started again. Suddenly, she heard a faint voice, as if someone had called her name.
Looking around, her eyes stopped at one spot — she saw that same man again, the one who looked just like her grandfather, standing under a tree, calling her.
Emily became terrified and ran straight home.
She couldn’t understand what was happening to her.
She tried to talk to her parents, but they didn’t listen. They were always too busy with their own work to give Emily any time. That’s why she had been so close to her grandfather — and that’s why she still hadn’t recovered from losing him.
One morning, Emily woke up and looked out her window — and saw that same man again.
This time, he was standing outside her house, smiling at her and gesturing for her to come to him.
Emily quickly shut the window. When she opened it again after a while, he was gone.
Emily started to feel like something was wrong with her mind. Maybe the grief of her grandfather’s death was pulling her deeper and deeper into darkness.
She couldn’t even talk about it with anyone — there was no one who truly understood her.
He Familiar Face Was Back — But Evil Lurked Within
The next night, while Emily was sleeping, she heard strange noises in her room. She woke up and turned on the lights — and saw writing on the mirror.
"I'm back... Emily, my child."
As soon as she turned around, her grandfather was standing behind her.
She was frightened to see him.
He said,
"Don't be afraid, my child. It's me — your grandpa. I've come back to you. You’ve become so lonely since I left."
Saying this, he handed her a locket and said,
"Wear this, and I’ll always be with you."
Emily took the locket and wore it.
The moment she did, she felt her body grow heavy — and behind her appeared a demonic face, smiling, as if its plan had succeeded.
The truth was, the figure who had been appearing to her in the form of her grandfather wasn’t him at all.
It was a demonic entity that wanted to possess Emily.
Now, Emily was completely under the demon’s control.
She was no longer herself.
The following day, like always, she headed to school. During class, her teacher asked her some questions — but Emily didn’t respond.
She just kept staring out the window, completely unresponsive.
When her teacher approached and asked, “Emily, where is your focus?”
Emily looked at her with rage, let out a horrifying scream, and started banging her head against her desk.
The teacher tried hard to stop her, but Emily wouldn’t listen — and suddenly, she fainted.
She had badly injured herself.
She was rushed to the hospital.
When her parents found out, they came to see her — and her mother started hitting her in frustration.
The doctors immediately stopped her, asking her not to treat Emily that way.
Her parents didn’t care about her — they never tried to truly understand her.
Emily returned home with them and lay down in her room, staring blankly at the ceiling.
She could see a terrifying demonic shadow that never left her side.
Her behavior grew increasingly erratic and aggressive.
One day, her mother saw something disturbing:
Emily was rummaging through the trash… and eating the leftovers she found.
Emily’s mother tried to stop her, but Emily pushed her down violently.
Her mother told Emily’s father what had happened, and they took her to a psychiatrist. The doctor said that Emily was still traumatized by her grandfather’s death — she needed treatment and attention.
Finally, Emily’s parents began giving her the attention she needed.
But now… Emily was no longer the same Emily who once needed her parents’ love.
Even though her parents were giving her proper care and treatment, nothing seemed to help.
The Truth Emily Wrote Was Hidden in Her Notebook
One day, Emily’s school teacher came to visit her parents.
At that time, Emily was sleeping.
Her teacher showed them Emily’s notebook, which had strange symbols drawn inside.
The teacher, named Anna, said,
“Emily keeps writing things in her notebook like:
‘That dark shadow is not my grandfather…
He tricked me and took over my body.
That dark shadow is an evil force.’”
She also showed them a drawing — a terrifying demonic creature Emily had sketched in her notebook.
Now, everyone began to realize that Emily was under some kind of demonic possession.
Teacher Anna then said she knew a paranormal investigator named John, who had experience dealing with such entities.
The next day, John was called to their home.
As soon as he entered, objects in the house began to shake —
As if the demon inside Emily had sensed John’s presence.
Emily was sitting on a chair in the dining room.
John called out to her.
When Emily turned around and saw him, she screamed loudly.
John looked at her and immediately understood the situation.
He spoke directly to the demonic presence:
“Why are you possessing this girl?
What did she ever do to you?”
The demon replied angrily:
“I want this girl.
She belongs to me.
I will not leave her!”
Suddenly, Emily ran upstairs to her room.
John noticed the locket around her neck —
It had a demonic symbol engraved on it.
He told her parents,
“This cursed locket is the reason she’s possessed.
We have to remove it.”
The next day, Emily’s mother cleverly gave her a sleeping injection, which knocked her unconscious.
Emily’s parents and Teacher Anna tied her down,
While John began his ritual.
As soon as he tried to remove the locket from Emily’s neck,
Emily’s eyes shot open and she began screaming.
Without fear, John placed his hand on her head and started chanting.
Emily screamed wildly,
Doors and windows started shaking violently,
But the demonic power was beginning to weaken in front of John’s powerful recitations.
Finally, John removed the locket from her neck
And placed it in his pocket.
Emily slowly returned to her senses
And burst into tears, hugging her parents tightly.
She told them,
“I used to visit the graveyard every evening…
Because I felt so alone.
Then I started seeing Grandpa there.
One day, he gave me this locket…
And the moment I wore it, everything changed.”
John explained,
“You were lonely and emotionally vulnerable…
That’s why the demon came to you in the form of your grandfather
And took control.
But now, everything is okay. The locket is with me.”
With those words, John left their home.
While driving away, he suddenly saw his late mother standing by the road.
He stopped his car and smiled.
Then he took the locket out of his pocket and stared at it…
And drove off.
Because now…
The demonic spirit was trying to deceive John too —
By appearing in the form of his mother.
