Fairy

Johnny was never excited for bedtime, but tonight was different. When he bit into his apple at lunch, his wiggly incisor came out and got stuck in it. His teacher had given him an envelope so he wouldn’t lose it and he could take it home. All the kids at school didn’t believe him when he said the Tooth Fairy was real: He knew they were wrong though. He had missed it the last time but this time, he was going to be prepared
He ran to bed right when his parents told him to, the blanket pulled tightly over his head. Johnny’s parents laughed and shook their heads before turning off the light as they did every night, leaving his bedroom door open just a crack. He kept his eyes tightly closed until he could no longer hear their footsteps down the hallway.
Now the waiting started.

He had almost fallen asleep a few times. It had to be super late when he finally felt the pillow shift slightly under his head, as the hall light his parents left on for a night-light was off. Johnny lay very still as the pillow wriggled, holding his breath as if even that much would ruin it. There was a soft metallic clink, followed a moment later by a barely audible “oof”. After another few wiggles, Johnny risked a glance downward best he could without moving his head.
It seemed to be outlined in a glowing white light, acting as its own little flashlight in the cocoon of blankets. The creature was as tall as a grown man’s hand from the wrist to the tip of the middle finger and skinny as could be. And even though it was so small, Johnny was sure it was the prettiest thing he had ever seen. Well….Half seen. He couldn’t move very much and it was very quick.
Only when he was sure that it was off of the bed did the boy risk shifting on to his side to face the direction it went. The creature was already most of the way to the window on the other side of the room. He was pretty sure he hadn’t left open before bed. It was certainly open now though. The tiny creature was currently pulling itself up on to the sill. Once it made it the light around it seemed to glow brighter for a moment. The light pulled fully into the creature’s back, and from it burst a pair of beautiful butterfly wings. Johnny barely managed to contain his gasp.
Before he could get out of the bed, the creature had already flown out of the window. With a grunt, he dove towards it and fell on to the floor. The fairy didn’t seem to notice, or if it did it didn’t care. It landed on a branch of the old Elm tree just outside chittering like his cat when it saw a bird. Johnny crawled across the floor to the window for one last closer look. If he reached a hand out, he would almost be able to touch the back of the gossamer wings.
The window slammed closed with a loud thud before he could. Johnny gasped and pressed his face right up to the glass, his breath leaving a layer of fog there. Through the bit of condensation the one light from the fairy became two, and then two became four. The two new ones hovered for a moment, directly in his line of sight and practically blinding him. As quickly as they had come, they were gone.
Eyes, pure milky white situated over an angular nose. The light that radiated out from them gave the outline of what looked like the shape of a skull on its shoulder, where the small fairy sat atop. When the large creature opened its mouth, rows upon rows of horrible, sharp teeth were revealed, the thin lips cracking to allow it to open wider and wider. More and more teeth, until his whole vision was swimming with them. He screamed, scrambling back toward the bed, to the shield of his blankets.
By the time Johnny’s parents rushed in to see what was wrong the three lights were long gone, two golden dollar coins left on the sill in their place.