The grandfather clock at the far end of the room stopped ticking abruptly, showing 11:35 but the curtains closing the windows of the room were so thick making one unable to tell if it was 'am' or 'pm'.

  A deep tired sigh rang out from within the room but the darkness showed no one and the room became silent again, after about five seconds a small sound rang out in the silent room

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  ... _tap_ _tap_ ...

  And once more the grandfather clock started ticking again, muffled voices were heard from outside the room sometimes low and sometimes loud as the shuffling of feet and dragging of table sounds came into the room and the person in the room sighed out loud again.

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  In the middle of the woods, a creature can be seen running round hitting the air with its body and each time a strong force pushes it back violently, which each failed trial the creature gets tired and sits down in a resting position.

  After a while, the creature tenses up and directs its gaze at the crimson moon and howls out wildly.

  .....

  The thick curtain in the room is drawn back and the crimson moon shines into the room and brightens up the grandfather clock as its hands strike 12:00 and a woman's scream rings out followed by the loud cries of a baby.