Episode 1 Script: The Thing in the Crawlspace

Episode 1: The Thing in the Crawlspace 

By Grace Antiedu 

Our family thought my little brother was just imaginative.

He was five, and kids that age invent friends all the time. He called this one “Tomi".

Tomi lived in the crawlspace under the stairs, according to him. He never came out during the day. Only at night. And only if we didn’t close the hallway door.

“He’s shy,” my brother would say. “He doesn’t like too much light".

At first, we laughed, drew smiley faces on paper plates, and called them "Tomi". My mother played along.

Until things started …. moving. Shoes placed by the door were found upside down in the bathroom. Cups from the kitchen ended up in the basement -still full. Lights flickered even when there was no power outage.

My brother said it was Tomi playing hide and seek.

One night, I stayed up to see for myself.

At exactly 2:03 a.m., the hallway door creaked open on its own.

And something crawled out from beneath the stairs.

It wasn’t a boy.

It was long. Pale. Eyes like cloudy marbles. And it was wearing my brother’s missing pajamas.

Then it whispered, in a voice like dry leaves -

“Don’t tell".

Imaginary friends are easy to make. Almost impossible to unmake.

After that night, I started locking the hallway door.

But every morning, it was open again.

And Tomi? He grew bold.

End of episode 1. Next: episode 2. Keep watching.