The man was sick. He felt it coming. The last week was terrible and from Sunday on, it only got worse. He was weak and dizzy. He made himself a cup of hot blue lotus tea because it helped his bones to stay intact. Otherwise, they would fall apart. Piece by piece. They would shatter into a million pieces and it hurt so bad to walk and collect the pieces to puzzle his bones back together. He already did it three times and it never got better. Each time it got worse. So he drank out his tea and with each sip, his bones felt stronger already. He was glad about that and went into the bathroom with a content smile on his lips. As he looked into the mirror, a horrifying face glanced above his shoulder. It opened his mouth. Wide.

Sharp teeth, a yellow tongue, and a maw, black like the night outside his bathroom, got revealed. It breathed loud and heavy as if it just ran a mile. The man froze. Wide-eyed, he stared into the yellow eyes of the face. He stopped breathing when the sharp teeth joyfully sank into the soft, warm flesh of his neck. He blinked and he was alone again. His neck was spotless and didn´t hurt. He glanced around his tiny bathroom but he was alone. In a rush, he brushed his teeth and quickly jumped into his bedroom bed. 

After that, the man tried to sleep, but his mind fought his body over being awake or sleeping. He was so tired from holding his bones together all day but his mind was too active. Finally, after two hours of laying in bed and doing nothing, his body won the 

war against his mind and he fell asleep. 

Suddenly there was a knock on the door. A very silent and soft knock. The man continued sleeping. It knocked again, this time more vigorously. He was still asleep. The third knock was harsh, loud, and demanding. It echoed through the man´s dark and tiny bedroom and awoke him. He murmured: "Hm? Come in!" and he immediately regretted it. The bedroom door swung open and a tall and thin creature entered his bedroom. The head looked like an ox´s head but his tail once belonged to a horse. His eyes were gleaming with fire from hell. His horns weren´t attached to his head. It was a terrible thing to look at. It opened its mouth widely and its words burnt their way through his head. "Hello there! I will be your worst nightmare!  

You probably won´t remember me but this is not my first appearance in your room. But it still stinks of looser and disappointment. You are such a wimp! You are a waste. Of. Space!". His eyes burned with such hate that the man lost all control over his body. He started to shake violently and was forced to listen to his bones rubbing sharp against each other, trapped in his own body. The pain was excruciating, soul-sucking, and neverending. The demon´s eyes glared with excitement as the man tried to scream out of pure pain but no sound left his dry mouth. The monster narrowed his eyes and suddenly the man´s body stopped shaking. His bones fell back into place as if nothing ever happened. Relief rushed through his body and healed every wound and replaced every missing bone. 

Grateful that the pain now had an end, the man closed his eyes. Every inch of his body felt great and he was so thankful for that. He wanted to open his eyes to look at the creature and thank him for healing his body but it was almost like they were glued shut. He lifted his hands to his eyes to open them forcefully but his lids moved not an inch. Panic started to rush through his body as he felt something warm swirling around his toes. The warmth started to burn as his toes started to dip into this swirling mass. It slowly crept over his arch and later his heels. As it reached his ankles, his whole feet burned. It was so hot and stingy, it started to peel off his skin. When it lapped around his knee, his feet consisted only of bones. He screamed at the top of his lunges but no sound in this world could drown out the 

demon´s laughter. It echoed off the walls. Jumped from item to item. From ear to ear and off his skull. It drained. The man screamed again, trying to rip off his eyelids to see what was hurting him so bad. What could be so strong to strip his skin off his bones but the monster just laughed louder with each failed attempt. Meanwhile, the substance has crept up to his waist. It burned like hell. When he breathed in to scream for help, the smell hit him. The burning smell of ammonia filled his lungs. The smell of flesh dissolving in acid. Panic, cruel panic rushed through his body as he realized that the burning substance is acid and now his whole body dissolves in acid. "Stop! Please stop. What did I do?", the man screamed. The monster just laughed. "Please stop it! I will do whatever you want! I will bring