My name is Malina, I am 27 years old, working in a government office in the city. On holidays, I love spending time in a village away from the hectic life of the city. I have a house in a small village that is on the edge of a forest, but after that tragic car accident, that killed my parents, I stopped going to my village. But today I wanted to go back to my village house where I hadn't gone for a long time.
That evening, I was feeling too tired after my work. I needed rest, so I thought of going out of town. I reached my house, packed my things, and left for my house in the regional area about 120 km away. It was late in the evening when I reached my village, and I was exhausted because it was a long day for me and a long drive. After parking my car outside the gate, I went straight to bed and fell asleep.
In the middle of the night, my car alarm went off and woke me up. I looked out the window, but I saw no one there. I found my car keys and turned off the alarm. When that loud alarm stopped, I laid down on the bed and tried to sleep. After a while, the alarm started ringing again. I picked up the key and turned off the alarm once again. For a while, everything was silent. There was silence all around.
But it didn’t stay the same for long. After a gap of five minutes, the alarm sounded for the third time.
Okay, I thought it was fine if the alarm went off for any unknown reason, but now it was for the third time, and I wanted to know what was going on. It’s not like someone was joking with me. But this was a little too much at such late hours of the night. No, it couldn’t be a joke. I stood near the window, behind the curtain, and tried to see if there was someone doing it intentionally.
After a while, I looked out of the window, "Oh what is that crouching in the tree, humming an eerie tune?" I saw someone coming towards my car from the bush in the moonlight. Whoever he was, he was tall, thin, and had a dark complexion.
He came near the car and hit the car with his long and thin hand. The alarm sounded again, but the dark figure hurriedly went back to the bush.
At that moment, I couldn't believe what was happening to me. I was trembling with fear. I again turned off the alarm and kept looking out of the window. That shadow came out of the bush and slowly approached the main door of my house. With one hand, he opened the lock on the gate. I was so scared that I could not even move. Many bad thoughts were running through my mind.
"What's that? What does he want from me? I couldn’t believe what he was trying to do. Will he ever leave or try to break in?"
From head to toe, when I listen to his hissing sound a cold shiver ran down my spine. I was feeling as if my body was trembling with fear. My throat was dry and my heart was beating fast. I was very frightened, and my teeth were grinding uncontrollably. But I controlled myself and went down as fast as I could. I was just about to turn on the lights when my feet got frozen.
You write a gripping horror story, successfully indulging us in the moments of her fear and panic. With an ending that is no less mysterious and suspenseful.
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This is a good story, it caught my attention, yeah she was lucky she wasn't seen.
She did the best which is getting out of the village.
Do ghosts really exist????
Hmmm She was so lucky not to have been noticed by the ghost. She narrowly escaped death...
Well,I still need an answer to my question above
Hahaha...you are right..
Umm, we've been through this already.
But yeah, okay. If you say so :p
Hi @rayt2, what a thrilling horror story. I love it!
But I highly suggest editing this line:
Such description falls into the "gory" category.Thanks for your understanding.
That said, would you say she's maybe in some parallel reality now? Or is it some other girl? 🤔
@rayt2, I'd say you could've ended it with "Her body was lying on the bank of the river." Just without the "mutilation" thing.
Would fit better that way than what you just did in my opinion.
This is a good story, it caught my attention, yeah she was lucky she wasn't seen.
She did the best which is getting out of the village.
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I like this story very much. The horror in it is gripping. The ending is just as mysterious as I like it. Perhaps it's her replica back in town like in my story for this week's prompt.
Well done!
This story made me remember those days when I had to stay away from our dark bathroom because of the fear that a ghost may be lurking there in the dark.
There are still belief that ghost exist.