Keep this baby away right away. This will save your family for the next 10 days.” The famous albularyo in the village passed the baby on to the poorest couple in their area, but just five days later, the unexpected happened…

“Keep this baby at once. This will save your family for the next 10 days.” The famous albularyo in the village passed the baby on to the poorest couple in their area, but just five days later, the unexpected happened…

At night, it was dark and it was raining. Amelita and Roberto – the poorest in the “Tagaytay” area – were on fire when they heard a quick and hurried knock on their door.

In their yard was Mang Juan, the well-known albularyo of the entire region, whom everyone believed because of his long years of “fulfilling prophecies.”

Mang Juan was pale and almost pale, his clothes were soaked, and he was carrying a reddish baby wrapped only in a brown piece of cloth.

As soon as he entered the house, he handed the child to Which Amelita, and his voice trembled:

“Take care of it. Don’t tell anyone.
This kid… It is a blessing. Stay indoors for 10 days, and your family’s fate will change.
I have to walk something, I can’t explain it any more.”

When he had said this, he returned to the darkness and mist, and disappeared from sight.

Amelita and Mang Roberto looked at each other, pale.
Life is hard, there is not enough food, how else can you take care of a foreign baby?

But as they looked at the child’s small, pale face from the cold, Which Amelita was forced to wrap it in a blanket and warm it by the fire.

Roberto, who was a fisherman, went about his daily fishing. Normally only a few fish are caught, but today his net was heavy…
It is full of big, healthy chicks and chicks.

The next morning, the couple sold nearly 1,000 pesos.
For the first time in their lives, they experienced abundance.

Which Amelita looked at the sleeping baby, and a mixture of pity and fear echoed in her heart.

The rumors began:
“There’s a missing baby in a nearby village! “Report it to the Captain!”

Someone even said that in the middle of the night a woman could be heard crying on the edge of the forest, claiming that their newborn child had disappeared from the cradle.

Which Amelita trembled with fear, and hugged the boy tightly.
Her heart began to tremble… Something is different.

That night, it was scorched and scorched.
Suddenly, someone scattered a fast, heavy knock on their door, as if dozens of hands were knocking at the same time.

With a sigh, Roberto opened the door slightly.

On the outside, he is not a man.
But a black dog, about the size of a calf, standing in the middle of the yard, eyes blazing red, and grinning… It sounded like a threat.

It didn’t bark.
It just stared.
Gaze straight into the house – where Which Amelita is hugging the baby.

Which Amelita screamed, fell to her knees, and the child wept loudly as if tearing through the silence of the night. The black dog craned its neck and let out a long, terrible growl.

At that moment… The baby in her arms suddenly fell silent.

A baby is no longer a baby.

In His hands…
was a flesh of the child’s skin, light and empty, as if all flesh and bone had been wiped out from within.

Just a skin that was quickly sewn together, no eyes on the face, no tongue in the mouth.

Amelita screamed and fell asleep.

In the yard, the black dog turned around and ran straight into the woods, disappearing into the dark.

John came back, looking tired and torn.
When he saw the couple, he slammed his cane on the floor:

“I told you to keep it for TEN DAYS!”

Sister Amelita cried and trembled:

“What exactly did you give us?! Last night it became… He has become a monster!”

John laughed bitterly, and sat down:

“That’s not a man. It was a doll used in witchcraft to replace a baby that was stolen from the village.
If the doll could be kept for 10 days, the demon wouldn’t take that family’s life.
But if it were discovered sooner… Not anymore.”

He looked straight at the couple, voice heavy:

The Devil Was Born Last Night… It has already marked your home.”

Which Amelita was weakened, and Mang Roberto turned pale and unable to speak.

At the end of the day, she could hear the baby crying from under the bed every night.
The shadow of the black dog appears at the end of the yard, staring indecisively.
The plants in the garden withered away, and the dead fish floated on their little lawns.

The neighbors whispered:
“When the demon’s possession is kept, it will come to take it.”