SCARY STORY

                                                       "THE LADY"

It is my college time story. Before 10 years I lived in a mess near Patna. That was a large old fashioned two storey building with a ground in front of it. Easily one film director would like this for paranormal scene. We twelve boys were living there in five rooms on the first floor. On the ground floor there were four rooms locked and one small store room. The straight passage connected the upstairs with the main door.

First floor were consisting five rooms and a dining after those rooms. After that, almost a 15 ft long open areas and then the bathroom were. Within one week I made a pact with my roommate Shiv Kumar to make each other wake up when we need to go bathroom at night. Please don’t laugh on us. It was necessary in a new house like that.

In one night a simple incident came in my observation. Almost 3 am, someone is knocking our door. It’s not too loud, but a continuous knocking. I remember that was a rainy day and there was load shedding too. I thought “who is it”? If it is our mates then they probably would call by our name or push little more. It was not like that. “May be the wind is pushing on the door” – I thought. “Better I cover myself with my head under the wrapper and sleep”. The next morning I forgot this, we were living our days with full of enjoyment. Next night again I heard this sound. It was the exact same sound which I heard yesterday. This time I scared really and covered myself fully again and slept. When I told this to Shiv in the next morning he said maybe its wind or some of our friends trying to scare us. But Shiv didn’t look confident.

At first I told there was a ground in front of the house. At the rear side of the house a wide area, with trees and grasses was there. That was an abandoned area for dumping garbage. We didn’t go there usually. In the next room was in Harsh and Sreesh’s room and next after their room was of Prakash, Barun and Ritam’s room. Almost 12-14 days after from we started to stay there one night around 10PM Ritam went outside as his cigarette packet was empty. On the ground floor only one low intensity bulb was lit. Suddenly we heard a big shout like crying from Ritam. Exactly in the joint of upstairs and first floor Ritam was lying down. His nose was bleeding. We immediately made some treatment and were calling for a nearest doctor. But Ritam was very fearful and told us his nose is fine now. “There was a lady, at the store room in the ground floor” – His eyes were coming outside almost. “What?” we all said almost at the same time. Ritam again – “She was laughing at me. Believe me, I am not lying.” We understand Ritam got panicked and ran towards our first floor and slipped. Harsh asked “You saw a lady here? Guys, let’s see”. We went store room and the door was closed. “It was opened, when I went out and came back.” - Ritam again. “Oh Really? She opened that for you? You should have done that on her.. ha ha ha..”. – Harsh joked. We opened the door, it was dark inside, we searched and there was nothing except so many broken chairs and other wooden furniture. But except Harsh, no one laughed at him. But Ritam was busy next 2 hours explaining to others that he was right. I asked – “RItam, you saw her?”. Ritam said “No”. Barun said “what do you mean? You didn’t see? You kidding?”. Ritam told “When I came back and locked the main door then coming for stair, just in front of the store room, the door was opened, one woman voice asked me for a cigarette. I ran immediately. Then I heard her laughing”. He was still very nervous.

Now we all laughed. Ritam became silent. Harsh was continuously irritated him. Then Harsh lectured us about his night in a burial ground. How he stayed alone there and won a challenge. He doesn’t believe anything about ghost etc.

Just after two days Ritam again made a scene. The house was surrounded with so much space that our closest neighbor's house is at least at a distance of 70 feet. Ritam was in their balcony hanging from their room. The balcony was on the rear side of house under which the abandoned land was. Suddenly he shouted “Hey, who are you? Hey?” I, Shiv and Barun was watching TV in dinning. We were just about to run. Ritam came out from his room and move towards the stairs. We made him stop. “Shiv, go with me, there is a lady under the balcony.” I told him – “nobody can be there. The high boundary wall is there, so shut up”.

“I swear a lady is standing there. I asked several times. But she is ignoring me. She is trying to panic me. I will cut her hairs today, will kill her.” – Ritam was behaving surprisingly. We all then went to the balcony and looked down. We didn’t see anything. We kept Ritam with us on that night. We were following him everywhere because He was not looking normal at all.

On the same night I heard the knocking sound again and silently pushed Shiv. He woke up. I told him in a very low voice – “Just put your ear to the door.”

It knocked again. This time it is very clear. No question of wind or anything. Someone is knocking. Shiv shouted – “who is this?”. Then jumped and opened the door within a second. I jumped to almost at the same time. But there was no one. The passage in front of the three rooms is vacant. we saw on the left side where is the stair too. No one is there too. It’s not possible to run within this small time. So where is anyone?

Next day this was a hot topic among us. Ritam was excited this time. On that night Harsh was caught at the time he was knocking on the third door where Ritam, Barun was there. He was trying to make them panicked. I asked – “but you didn’t knock our door yesterday, isn’t”?

He laughed at me – “May be, I walk in sleep, you know.”

I knew Harsh will not answer straightly so I stopped. He was very funny about all this. He loved to scare others. Ritam became a target of Harsh. After two days Ritam was going bathroom where Harsh hide himself behind the water tank before bathroom. Suddenly he screamed like a mad lady and jumped on him. Ritam made a terrible sound and slipped again, but Harsh save him from falling. Ritam stood up and became so angry that he took a stick to beat Harsh. Harsh ran away quickly.

Next Saturday one incident happened that we will never forget. Generally some people go every Saturday their home and return back on Monday before college starts. I, Shiv, Prakash and Ritam we four went to see a movie after our college. When came back in the mess it was load shedding. The main door was locked. I had one key. I opened the door, it was so dark that we were going slowly towards the stairs. When we were just before store room, suddenly a female voice screamed so loud and then laughed for a moment. Everyone we there shouted more loudly and almost slipped on the floor. Someone ran beside us and disappeared upstairs. Ritam first stood up and roared “Harsh, Harsh, you…. I know, I will kill you today.” We all became very angry after being fearful tremendously. Shiv said that “I was almost killed. This was not good Harsh, it’s too much.” We went first floor and looked for Harsh. But he is hiding somewhere we know. Almost 9 PM our cook Binayak came with our dinner. Our four guys were playing cards then as the power came back. Binayak told us – “So tonight only you four guys, lets complete your dinner quickly, I have to go earlier.”

“Not four, we five, Harsh are hiding somewhere, will be bitten today by us” – I told.
“Harsh? Are you mad, he is gone at afternoon. I leave him in station.”
Suddenly there was a pin of silence. We all were looking at each other face. Prakash and Ritam started shivering almost then.
I asked Binayak “Can you tell me the truth? Is there really something paranormal in the house”
Binayal stopped and looked at me. Then laughed – “Ha Ha Ha, what are you saying? I live here from my childhood. Coming in the house for many Years, owner of the house is my friend, we played together in childhood. Nothing is here.”

The next morning was Sunday, last night we spent there with a terrible fear. We four slept in a single room. Now we went a small restaurant beside the road. We do our breakfast from there almost every day. The owner ‘Ganesh’ became our friend. We asked him privately “Can you say the truth about the house? Can I ask a question?”

Making us surprised he answered “is she disturbs you guys?”
Then what he said that is before 10-12 years there a family lived in rent. One day the housewife hung herself in a family quarrel. After that the rest of the family members left the house. One next family came in a rent and they could not stay there. Almost 10 years, this nobody stayed there. Now the owner decided to give rent to students.
Shiv asked – “Why Binayak didn’t tell this. Doesn’t he know all?”
Ganesh told us – “How he can? He is a servant of owner.”
We called Binayak and told him to lock the store room and add more lights there now before night, unless we will lock him in the storeroom. This time he looked really feared. He obeyed us as we ordered. We decided to leave this within one month. On Monday almost everyone returns. Harsh returned in the afternoon. When he knew all looked thoughtful.

In Thursday the last incident in the house happened to us. This time it was harsh. When we heard his sound, we ran dining. Harsh was senseless. White bubbles coming out from his mouth. We carried him in bed. When he came in sense, he was completely shivering in fear. What happened to him that was – He was watching television in dining room, lying on a table there. During an advertisement break, he fell in little sleep. When he opened his eyes, he looked at the ceiling. He saw clearly for some moments. A lady is hanging from ceiling, her hairs almost covering her face. Suddenly the lady opened her eyes to Harsh. She was looking at anger and laughing and started screaming at him. Harsh felled in the floor from the table and became senseless.
We leave the house in the next morning. Luckily we got arranged in a different house in the city. This is in a crowded area. No more spaces around the new house, all is fine here. Only Harsh suffered a long time illness after that.