I remember lying in bed. It was a bunk bed and I slept on the top bunk. It was late October 1980 something and I was around 7 yrs. old, but it was unseasonably hot for that time of year in Ohio. Those was a ranch style brick house with 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom. To say it was hot inside the well insulted house was an understatement. Now this is where things get a bit weird. I lay there in bed, cover barely touching me as I sweat through my pj's, I don't know if I fell asleep or this really happened, but I remember smelling a horrible smell. It smelled like Sulphur and Brimstone, although I never smelled either before, I just... knew that is what I was smelling. I looked over the edge of my bed and saw my floor start to bubble. My bedroom floor was a dark maroon tile with black and white spots. After a moment the bubbling floor turned to molten lava and began to form a shape. The shape was a rectangular and in the middle were reddish steps leading down into perpetual darkness. I was terrified of the event that were taken place before my eyes. Then something even more terrifying started to happen. A shape had appeared and it was rising, climbing the steps. When it reached the top step, it stood eye to eye with me and I could see the being in full form.
The thing in front of me had red skin and large horns protruding front the sides of it head. It wore a Black cloak that covered most of its body but I could still see dark fur and hooves. It smiled when it looked at me and then it spoke in a dark gravelly voice, a voice that sounded eons old.
"You will be mine. On this night I shall enter your mind and take your soul."
Terrified I shuffled back into the corner, as far away from that thing as I could. My eyes were wife and my body trembled with fear, but I spoke and when I did it was with faith and authority. "NO! I belong to God and in his name and the name of Jesus Christ I will not allow you."
"Oh, but you will, or I will destroy and torment you and your family for an eternity." He said with a sly smile.
"NO!" I repeated, "You will leave and never come back you motherfucker. In God's name I banish you. Now get the hell out of my room." With that the beings smile wavered and frustrated he turned and began his decent back into hell, but before he was completely gone, he turned back and looked at me and said " You have saved yourself this time but I will be there. Every time you or someone in your family suffers you will wonder if it is me that is behind your hell and if you could have saved this from their suffering." Then he left and the floor returned to normal.
Soon after my sister was hit by a car, she broke her knee, her elbow, and her arm, she would also suffer from multiple broken bones and other medical problems over the many years of her life. My mother started dating a man who would beat her and put her in the hospital multiple times. I would have some issues medically but mostly my problems fell into the financial area. I do not blame nor do I feel that the Devil is the root cause if all of our family problems but it's hard not to wonder if he didn't have is hand in a few.
This is a true story of a "dream" I had as a young child. Hope you enjoyed it. Sweet dreams.
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