In January 2016, I shifted into a house for my MBA exams preparation but due to some unwanted reason, I left the house in less than a week. One and a half year has passed but it feels like yesterday.
Today I shifted back to the very same city, to the very same house as I am starting my MBA here. Don’t know what brought me here, a weird feeling is occurring in my mind, again and again, i.e. I came back or someone made me. For now, things look normal but the surrounding is still the same, no houses around, still that misty coldness but this time the bushes have grown thick. Hope everything will go smoothly as there was no such incident noticed by the people in the last one and a half year.
A few Days Later…
15 July 2017 I was cleaning the house all by myself when a strange thing took place. This house is a 1 BHK independent flat as said by Sajid, the broker. But next to the kitchen I found a small storeroom which Sajid never mentioned about. I called him up and inquired about the same to which Sajid gave an astonishing reply “Storeroom…But Bhaiya I never saw one” As soon as he said that sentence, chills ran down my complete body. “Maybe there was one small room next to kitchen but the owner never gave importance to that one. I think he might have kept some of the old or broken furniture in that segment.” “Ok Sajid…” I left the topic as I need to do other stuff. The bushes have grown pretty thick so I asked Sajid to send someone to clear it off. After a pretty hectic day, I was relaxing in the bedroom watching a small documentary when suddenly I heard a sound from the kitchen. I stopped the show and waited for a while. There was pin drop silence across the house. I resumed the show when suddenly I heard the voice again. I went near the door and kept my ear on the wood to hear what’s going on. I was terrified to hear the sound – “Someone was picking the lock” It was midnight and I was in the middle of a bushy field. I was standing all alone with my phone in one hand and a curtain rod in another. Even the knife was in the kitchen. I tried calling Sajid but suddenly I lost the network of my phone, to be specific, both the networks. I was surprised that how come both the network got jammed and that too at once.
While I was thinking all this, I heard another strange sound. Someone was walking towards my room. I went back and pushed the bed towards the door. I was terrified of the incidents happening around. I took the rod and stood at the other corner. The voice of footsteps suddenly stopped. I was watching the door constantly when suddenly someone started knocking on the door. At first, it was a gentle knock but slowly the knock turned into banging. I on the other side was standing half dead as I was damn sure that on the other side definitely it’s not a human and whatever it is, I cannot do anything with my rod, and it is not sounding happy. I closed my eyes and sat when suddenly everything stopped.
I opened my eyes and looked towards the door. The sound disappeared but whatever I was looking at, it was not a good view.
A girl was standing right in front of me. Yes! It was a girl, a girl in her school uniform.
There was a complete silence once again. All I can hear was the ticking of my wall clock. I was staring at her as she was standing facing the door. The banging started once again but this time, with a voice. At first, the voice was nothing but noise but slowly the noise turned into a name – “Karishma! Karishma! Beta open the door! Karishma”. My fear finally got a face when the girl turned around me. Her face was pale like someone has drained the complete blood out of her body. She had long hair and there was a mark all over her body.
I was paralyzed and was only able to move my hands. She pointed towards the fan and when my eyes turned the very same way – I froze. There was a rope hanging on the fan and the chair was kept on the bed. My body suddenly got a motion which was not under my control. I was moved to the chair and the rope got tied around my neck. I was trying to shout but my voice had left my body a while ago. The chair dropped and I was hanging on the rope. I was not able to breathe and was choking when suddenly I found a key kept on the top of a blade. As soon as I touched the key, the rope broke and I fell down. I was trying to lift myself but my body was not co-operating with me. After a few minutes of struggle, I got tired and I fainted.
Next morning, I got off terrified, and ran towards the exit of the house. I went to the main road, took an auto and went to one of my friend’s place. She opened the door and I ran into her room and hide inside the blanket. I was sweating badly when my friend Udita asked me “Danny! Is everything alright? You look Pathetic” I was murmuring something and soon I once again slept off. After a few hours, when I finally woke up, I saw Udita sitting right in front of me with a book in her hand. She said, “Finally, you got up!” You slept for 8 hours and all that time you were mumbling something in your dream, some name “Karina…or Karishma… Open… Open the door…” I took a glass of water and explained her the complete incident. She laughed initially but soon she realized this was not a funny tale. She saw a mark on my neck; she believed that something is definitely not right. We were having the talk when suddenly she shushed me, “OK Danny, I got all this but why did you throw this key on me when you entered my house”. I looked at the key and it was the same key which I took from the blade of the fan last night. After a few hours of discussion, Udita asked me to take rest and said that the next morning we need to visit the place. We knew that no one will believe this story so we decided to go on our own and see what it is. The very next morning we both left for my house but as soon as we reached, I was shocked to see the surrounding. There were no bushes around and the door was closed. I thought that Sajid may have come with grass cutters and did the cleaning job. I went near the door and tried to open it but was surprised to see it locked. I pressed the bell, looked through the glass but there was no response. “Are you sure, you didn’t lock the door Danny?” “Yes, Udita. I remember it very clearly, I just ran.” I used to keep a spare key beneath one of the plant pot kept near the door. I took that and finally, we moved in. To my shock, everything was kept in its place. Udita moved towards the bedroom when I warned her, but she asked me to be quiet and follow her. She opened the door and leapt in. She screamed from inside the room and I ran towards her. “Danny! tell me this is not one of your stupid pranks? Because this time I won’t spare you” “Udita I am not kidding just look at the……”
I was numb after I took a 360 look of my room; everything was normal like any other room. The bed was kept in the corner; the table was well arranged with all my novels, the fan was perfectly working with no rope tied to it.
While I was figuring things out when suddenly I remembered something. “Udita where is the key which I threw on you?” “Ya… Here it is”, Udita handed me the key. I took the key and went towards the kitchen. I moved the cartoon box and looked towards the gate of that storeroom. I inserted that key in the lock and guess what happened – The lock didn’t open. I tried multiple times and so did Udita, but we both failed. “Danny, I think it must be a bad dream. Why don’t you stay with me for a few days? Look for a new house and shift. Anyways this house looks damn creepy to me from the very first day. I shook my head and thanked her for helping. Later I asked her to go to her college and said that I have some work and I will join her soon. She hesitated at first but I convinced her that everything is alright at my side. I waved her bye and started packing my clothes. I went to the bedroom, packed all my belongings. It was a pretty hot day so I switched the fan on but to my surprise it wasn’t working. I checked the plug, the meter board, the electricity line was pretty normal. I took a chair, put it on the bed and tried moving the blades with my hand when terror stroke once again. On one of the blade, there was a key. I took the key, jumped from the chair and ran towards the storeroom. I was sweating and shaking at the same time. I inserted the key and it clicked. The key opened the lock. I opened the door, it was very dark inside as there was not a single source of light. I went into my room, took a flashlight and went inside the room.
Like any other old storeroom, there were broken furniture, an old Almirah and then there was that thing which made me breathless. A school uniform was hung on one of the broken wardrobes. This was the same uniform I saw the girl wearing that night. I went near the uniform; it was covered with dust all over. I cleaned the batch on that uniform to check who it belongs to. The batch read – “Karishma Singh”. I got chills all over my body; I turned back and ran towards the gate when suddenly my leg got stuck in something. I looked down and saw that it was a rope, the very same rope on which I found that girl hanging. I took my leg out of it and ran towards the garden. I called Udita and asked her to come as soon as possible. She reached the place in 15 minutes and I took her into the storeroom. This time even she was petrified with the visuals. We moved towards the garden, sat there for a while without uttering a single word. After around an hour, Udita broke the silence – “So! What next?” “I don’t know Udita. I am numb” “Danny, we cannot sit like this. Does she have some kind of message to say like they show in movies and all?” “I don’t know” “Danny, for god’s sake say something” “What should I say? It’s not something which anyone will believe. First of all, I don’t know whether it’s real or just some coincidence. And even if its real who knows what she wants. She may hurt us and I cannot take the risk. And you definitely have to stay out of it.” “Danny, I am not leaving you alone in this.” “Udita, it’s done, your work is done. It’s getting dark so you better be moving. I will catch you tomorrow.” “What tomorrow? I am not leaving you here with that thing in the house. Either you come with me or I too will stay” “Don’t argue, it’s my crap and I know how to deal with it. I beg you please leave me alone. I need to know what it wants and it won’t show up until you are here. So let me deal with it. I promise you I will meet you tomorrow morning” After a long discussion finally, Udita was convinced and she moved to her place. I looked towards the house from outside and later went in. I made myself a cup of tea and started working something on my notebook. It was midnight and till then there was no movement at all. I waited for a couple of hours more and then I slept.
Suddenly I opened my eyes and there was she, sitting in the corner of the room, weeping… I was about to faint when suddenly I saw everything change. The room got its bright color and it was somewhere 7 AM in the morning. And then I heard a voice – “Karishma, are you ready for school?” “Ha, Mom… just wait for 5 minutes… will be there…” Suddenly I saw a beautiful cute girl entering my room. “Where have I kept my watch… ahh, here it is…”
I was shocked to see her but while stepping out she stopped and looked towards me and said “How dare you entered my room, I will kill you if you ever think of doing that to me again…” I was shocked to hear that statement as I have never met that girl before in my life so I stood and ran after her but as soon as I went outside the room, things shifted to present scenario. It was dark outside and there was silence around. From my window, I saw something strange, a person was standing with a flashlight in his hand shouting – “Run! She is Back”
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