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John, Manu, Samira & Anjali are good friends who always look out for each other. They completed their education program and were planning a final adventure.

John rushed to the other three and explained excitedly, “Hey Guys, I found out what our next adventure should be.”

“What?” asked Sammy (Samira) half-heartedly.

With a huge grin, John blurted out, “We should explore Pearl Star Mansion (translated from Hindi, ‘Moti Taara Mansion’) and spend an entire night to prove to the world that the mansion is not haunted!”

Anjali screamed and jumped up from the bench, “Aaah… Are you out of your thinking capacity? Who would visit that mansion? You must be crazy!”

Manu chimed in, “Hey John, do you know that even paranormal explorers and ghost hunters avoid that place? It's said to be infested with ghosts!”

Sammy asked, “Gho.Gho.Ghosts?”

John spoke in a low voice. “Manu, we should take it as a challenge and explore the mansion. We should prove to others that it’s just a run-down mansion and there are no ghosts, demons or poltergeists.”

Anjali asked, “Are you for real, John? Do you know what happened when a real estate agent brought a client a few years back? My grandma had told me both the client, and the agent were seen entering the mansion but were never to be seen again.”

“Oh, stop it, you all! If you all are scared, I will go alone and prove no ghost exists there or anywhere else. It’s all superstition, and I bet that the stories you heard were all cooked up by the previous generation to keep people away from their properties!” John spoke in a mocking tone.

“We will accompany you to the mansion. Let’s take this as a challenge, just like John said. We will record video as proof: walk in, explore, and stay for a few hours. After all, we have each other to keep company,” said Manu.

The girls reluctantly agreed, while John was the most excited.

31:T825,

John, Manu, Samira & Anjali are good friends who always look out for each other. They completed their education program and were planning a final adventure.

John rushed to the other three and explained excitedly, “Hey Guys, I found out what our next adventure should be.”

“What?” asked Sammy (Samira) half-heartedly.

Anjali screamed and jumped up from the bench, “Aaah… Are you out of your thinking capacity? Who would visit that mansion? You must be crazy!”

Manu chimed in, “Hey John, do you know that even paranormal explorers and ghost hunters avoid that place? It's said to be infested with ghosts!”

Sammy asked, “Gho.Gho.Ghosts?”

The girls reluctantly agreed, while John was the most excited.

32:Tf71,

As night fell, the four walked with their backpacks and reached the mansion gate. The rusty gate gave way and fell off its hinges as John gently nudged it open to enter the grounds. The mansion sat in the middle of the land, partially taken over by nature. The mansion looked scarier in the moonlight.

John ended the silence and asked, “Does anyone know how the mansion turned out to be haunted? Guys..?”

Anjali spoke,

“My grandma had told me the story of this mansion. The incident happened when she was a child. Mr. Raja was a landlord and a well-known advocate of the time. He leased out his land for agriculture. He worked for well-known clients and invested in owning land. He wished to own a mansion and spoke to one of his clients, a popular British architect. The architect readily agreed. Both of them were looking for ideal land. The British had captured an area of land where the villagers used to carry out final rites for their loved ones who had passed. The land was clean, and a beautiful river was within walking distance. More than half the villagers sacrificed their lives fighting the soldiers to protect their rightful land. The British architect called in a favor, and the viceroy gifted the land to Mr. Raja for his exemplary services to the British Empire…”

“Wait. Wait. What services did this Raja provide to the British?” asked Manu, interrupting Anjali with a curious look.

All four sat on the steps outside the mansion to listen to Anjali’s story.

John hushed Manu and said, “Who cares what services he provided? We need to know about the mansion and its hauntings. Anjali, please continue the story.”

Anjali continued,

“The architect built the mansion in a span of three to five years. Mr. Raja and the architect overcame various obstacles during construction. Even a portion of the mansion caught fire, and a few laborers were injured, and two of them succumbed. Mr. Raja finally moved in with his family and named the mansion. The villagers were agitated by this move and staged protests in front of the mansion but were forcefully arrested and jailed. The troubles within the mansion intensified. Mr. Raja found his eldest son mysteriously disappeared. The son was found dead the next day on the mansion premises. His youngest son stayed away from the village for his higher education. Mr. Raja and the remaining family members were murdered within a few weeks. People found out about the murder only when a strong stench came out of the mansion a few days after the murder.The youngest son was forced to return to handle his father's assets. He saw ghosts and poltergeists of villagers, especially by nightfall. He held various religious rituals at the mansion to ward off the evil, but it had only intensified. The architect offered to buy the mansion from the youngest son at a cheap rate. However, the youngest son lay in a pool of blood on his bed when the architect visited him the following day. The architect tried to lend the mansion to important British family members when they visited. None of them stayed overnight at the mansion, as they had sightings and eerie incidents happen. The architect is said to have committed suicide following an episode of mental illness. The mansion was abandoned.”

“Few ghost hunters and explorers tried to stay overnight at the mansion but barely escaped. They doubt the presence of a demon and multiple ghosts. No one dares to stay here,” added Manu.

Sammy asked, “Shall we go back then? I don’t think we can explore this mansion.” Anjali agreed with Sammy.

Manu remained skeptical, while John just announced, “I have decided to explore this place after listening to this story. Let’s find out if we can meet the ghosts of villagers or Mr Raja himself!”

33:Tf91,

Excited, John walked around the mansion to find a possible entry point. Manu was reluctant to explore, but he convinced the girls to come along so they would have someone to shoot the vlog. Anjali opened her backpack and began recording on her camera as she walked. John entered the mansion through an open window and called out for others to follow. They saw old furniture in all its glory! Dust and nature had partially overtaken the living room, but the furniture looked like it was trapped in a time capsule. John ran through the wooden stairs. He opened the door to a huge room and sat inside. His friends came running, looking for him.

Manu spoke out, “John, make sure not to run around like that. Let’s stick to moving around all together so that no one gets lost.” John opened his backpack with a wide grin and placed the Ouija board on the table. He placed the candles and asked his friends to sit around the table. Sammy stared at John in shock. Anjali said, “John, we planned to explore the entire mansion and then get out of this place, not to play Ouija board here and summon the ghosts!”

John spoke, “No, we had decided to take this challenge and spend the night at the mansion and then walk out. We need to make this night interesting. Hence, I brought a Ouija board.”

Manu, Sammy and Anjali quietly looked at each other. John spoke out after some time. “As no one seems to be interested in the Ouija board, I will play it all by myself.” “Hey, wait! I always wanted to try Ouija board,” said Anjali.

“There you go!” John was happy that Anjali was joining the game. The other two remained quiet.

John lit the candles and slowly began moving the planchette in a circular motion. He invited the ghosts to communicate through the portal. As wind blew through the open windows, some candles went out, and the lavish chandelier above them began to swing violently.

All got up from their seats and quickly walked towards the exit. The chandelier snapped and began crashing down. They ran outside the room. Broken glass shards from the chandelier spread across the floor near them in seconds. They began hearing screams and cries that made no sense.

Manu said, “Let’s get out of this mansion and not think of anything any further.” John, the confident and strong-willed among them, spoke, “There must be an explanation for all this. I think some homeless people might be encroaching. They must be trying to drive us out. That’s it. I will find out the truth.” He continued, “All can go away. I will find out the gang that scares people from entering the mansion. All of these occurrences might be their doing. I am sure of it.”

John walked back to the room, collected his backpack, Ouija board and planchette from the rubble. He packed everything neatly and walked ahead, exploring the remaining part of the mansion. Manu, Samira & Anjali had no other choice but to follow their buddy, John. They could still hear the dismembered screams and cries.

“Don't you think those screams are getting louder as we walk?” asked Manu, confused. John said, “It might be just a recording to scare us away. I will expose this scam today.”, said John confidently.

“Are you okay, Sammy?” asked a worried Anjali. Sammy was looking at everyone.

“Aaaaaahhhhhhhh……….” Sammy screamed and ran to the corner of a room. The dismembered screams stopped all of a sudden. Sammy sat with her head bowed to her lap, curled up.

“What happened? Are you okay?” asked Manu, who worriedly rushed to Sammy.

Sammy lifted her head and stared at Manu. She looked like a different person. She got up and walked away without saying a word. John, Manu and Anjali panicked and went behind Sammy, but she was nowhere to be seen.

34:Tf47,

“Let’s split up. You and Anjali can look for Sammy on the right side, and I will go towards the left side,” said John and walked away. Anjali had captured the entire recording on her camera. She replaced the tape with a new one and continued looking for Sammy along with Manu.

John began hearing commands and marching noises. It sounded like someone giving instructions and a group of people marching wearing boots. He heard horses neighing and running as if something was happening near him. Confusion was evident on his face. His vision blacked out…

Anjali and Manu could hear two people talking. As they walked further, the conversation subsided. Suddenly, Anjali saw a few strands of hair behind a tree. Manu warned her not to go, as it might be a ghost or a trap. Anjali ignored him and went near. She saw Sammy covered in red liquid, probably blood, sitting and crying by the tree. Sammy looked at Anjali with a weird smile and spoke in a horrible voice, “Now, it’s your turn” and began laughing like a maniac.

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John opened his eyes, and all he could see was a blur. Slowly, his eyes began focusing. He was lying down in the room where they had played Ouija board. Next to him was Anjali, lying with blood on her clothes. John tried to get up from the floor but couldn’t move. He screamed, but no voice came out. All he could see was Manu dressed in old & traditional attire, staring at him, emotionless. Manu spoke, “Why did you kill my brothers? We used to pray for our ancestors here, and you captured the land from us. Now you see what my ancestors did to you. They gave you this punishment.” He began laughing uncontrollably at John. John could only look back at Manu but became unconscious.

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Machines were beeping around Sammy. “Doctor, she has opened her eyes”. The nurse told the doctor, who began checking Sammy’s vitals. Manu stood near the doctor and looked at Sammy with worry. “What happened to me? Where are John and Anjali?” Sammy asked Manu, but he asked her to relax. He assured her that John and Anjali were both fine.

Manu said,

“All of us had hallucinated. At least, that's what I understood. Anjali and John were summoning ghosts in the room with the help of a Ouija board. I felt light-headed and blacked out on the chair. When I woke up, I saw John and Anjali. Anjali’s hand was injured, and John had a head injury. You were nowhere to be seen. I contacted emergency services. They were reluctant to come, but one brave nurse decided to drive all by himself and assured me he would help me find you, as well as provide emergency treatment to Anjali and John. He found you unconscious near the main gate of the mansion. With his help, we brought you and the others to the hospital. Their injuries were minor, but you were unconscious for a week now.

Anjali and John had different versions of their experiences, which I felt was a hallucination, but I don’t understand how they were injured. There is no explanation for all of this. I am the only one without any injuries. We are the first and only people who came out of that mansion alive. Let’s think of it all as a dream. By the way, what happened to you? How did you end up near the gate?”

“Things are still unclear to me, but a woman’s voice kept telling me to run away from the mansion. She told me not to think of anyone and just run away. She assured me everyone would be fine and that I needed to run to save myself from the entities in this mansion. I tripped on a tree stump lying across the gate and fell. That’s all I remember. I am glad that you, John and Anjali are fine.” said Sammy.

35:T480,

John and Anjali entered the room to join Manu and Sammy. John said, “That mansion indeed has some unexplainable forces within. I'm glad we are all okay. It was stupid of me to take this up as a challenge. You guys got hurt because I was too stubborn to explore that mansion. Please do forgive me, guys.”

They realized that their friendship was stronger. When Anjali reviewed the videos she had captured for the vlog with the other three, she was shocked! The tapes were corrupted, and no expert could retrieve the recordings. No one could figure out what had happened after the Ouija board game began.

Never challenge or play with dark or unnatural forces. We never know what power unnatural spirits have. If you believe in God, you should also know that dark forces exist in this world.

*Please do note that all the names, nationalities and characters in this story are fictional and is not intended to hurt anyone’s feelings or sentiments. I have utmost respect for everyone, their race and nationalities and believe in co-existing peacefully. Thank you and hope you enjoyed reading this story.

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