Haunted bungalow

Siddhant scared the hell out of Roli by putting a spider on her bag .. seeing which she screamed and jumped onto the sofa .. and found sid laughing holding his stomach . 

Roli frowned at him in anger .... whereas he started teasing her by calling her as Darpok . 

“ what !? I am just scared of spiders.. “ she said . 

Siddhant gave her a sarcastic smile which irritated her .

“Hello mr. Siddhant Bhardwaj.. you think yourself to be a daring king right ?! ... now I dare you  .. to spend a day in that bungalow which is in the outskirts of the city “ said Roli . 

Siddhant got shocked hearing that because he have heard about a haunted bungalow in the outskirt of the city .. so to clarify that he asked “ are you talking about that haunted bungalow?? “  Roli nodded her head positive and Sid’s eyes went wide . 

“ why ? Got scared haan ? You don’t believe in those right ? “ she asked .. he replied “ yeah I don’t believe in ghost until I met you ...anyway dare accepted “ .. hearing that roli frowned . 

Roli : whatever .. pack your stuffs you need for a single stay .. i will pick you up by morning 9 pm and drop you there .. and will come and pick you up at next morning ..okay .. 

Siddhant : okay .. will meet tomorrow.. bye . 

She leaves . 

Next morning as she said .. she dropped Siddhant at the HAUNTED BUNGALOW.. 

Siddhant looked at the bungalow.. it was same like how they show in movies .. looked creepy and spooky.... 

Roli asked “sid .. this looks exactly like how they show in movies right ...you are surely going to have fun in here Yaar ..” In excited tone .. 

Siddhant rolled his eyes .

Hearing no reply from him . Roli turns and sees him scanning the place around . She thinks to scare him a bit .. 

Roli whispers to Siddhant “ Waise sid .... my mother used to say that .. the ghost of that pianist maya still lives here .” 

Siddhant gave her a glare and said ,” when I can tolerate you for years .. won’t I be able to handle this ghost for a day “

Roli frowned and took her mouth to one side and told him that she is leaving as the purpose of her visit is fulfilled and turned to her car and left the place . 

Siddhant with his bag entered the house .. to his surprise as soon as he entered the house the door closed on its own . As Siddhant doesn’t believe in these ghosts and paranormal things .. He concludes it to be due to heavy wind outside. 

He looked around and saw ..cobwebs, gloomy staircase,sheets on furniture, broken tables, chairs, windows, lamps, peeling wallpaper, gaps in the floorboards, chandelier with broken strings of crystals, television ,broken glass on the floor, spiders, cockroaches, rust, mildew, ripped curtains, a piano ,old portraits & paintings. And to his surprise the bungalow still had electricity supply . 

He climbed cautiously upstairs with his bag and selected one room which was in better condition compared to the others .

In the room , he a saw a portrait of a woman .. and guesses it be the owner of the bungalow. Then he placed his bag aside and took a towel from his bag and cleans the room a bit . Then he sat in the bed . He took out his phone and shakes his head in despair seeing no signal in it . He keeps his phone back into his bag and lays down in the bed thinking what to do to pass time .. he thinks to explore the so called haunted house .. so he stands up and starts to wander around .. and finds a diary from a drawer . Mrs.Maya Rai was the name written in the diary .. it had a photo of the same woman whose portrait Siddhant saw in the room . 

“looks like I got something to pass my time ... “ Siddhant said looking at the diary . He goes to the room and lays down comfortably and starts reading the diary .

He almost got drowned into the diary for hours .. it was then his stomach growled .. making him realize that it’s almost lunch time .. he placed the diary aside .. and took out the lunch parcel which he had brought from his home and had it . Then he descended downstairs to the kitchen to wash it .. and went back to his room and took a small nap . 

And around 5pm he woke up and had some biscuits which he had brought . And continued to read the diary from where he had left it .. 

as he was heading towards the last pages .. he found another picture of hers playing piano and after that .. all pages were blank . 

The previous night .. Siddhant researched about the bungalow’s last owner . He came to know that the owner lady was brutally killed by her husband.. and her body is said to be buried somewhere in the bungalow only .. and after that incident.. so many paranormal activities were seen there which resulted in people concluding the bungalow to be a haunted one . 

He sighed seeing the incomplete diary and kept it aside .. and went down to the kitchen to heat the bread which he had brought.. but to his surprise he found a bowel closed with a lid in the dining table .. as he went near to it .. A dining room chair suddenly jolted back and tilted toward him .. Siddhant jerked seeing that .. but still moved forward to see what was there in the bowl .. he opened the lid and seeing the dish .. his eyes went wide .. it was an heart . 

With a note : “ hey sweetheart.. this is for you “ 

He dropped the lid there and went back to the room and took a deep breath calming himself.. suddenly .. the light started flickering and then totally went off .. he took a torch which he had brought and went down to see the electrical board .. on his way .. he halted listening to a piano sound .. he rushed back to the hall .. but as soon as he reached there the Piano sound stopped . He looked around with his torch , but found no one there .. 

He concludes that he is hallucinating as he went deep reading Maya’s diary . 

He rubbed his forehead and went to the electric board and onn the main switch . 

Then he went back to the room and had his bread . Again he heard the piano sound .. he went down to check but found none . 

He got confused .. so to clear his mind .. he took his towel and went to take a shower .... 

as much to his horror .. when he opened the shower .. instead of water ..blood started coming .. 

Siddhant got baffled  seeing that .. he ran out as much as his legs could carry him .. and tried to open the front door but it was locked . Then the photos arranged in the hall started falling down one by one ....

And again he heard the piano sound .. he turned and saw a woman in white dress with open hair playing it .. he called out her .. but she didn’t turn .. he went closer to her .. 

then she disappeared into the wall shocking him .. 

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Next day morning..

Roli who came to pick up sid , saw him sleeping in the veranda outside the house .

Roli splashes water on Siddhant’s face and wakes him up ... 

Siddhant wakes up and shouts “ ghost” seeing Roli . Roli frowns at him . 

“Roli .. you ?! “ says him holding his chest and takes a deep breath in relief.. then stands up and removes the cotton which he had kept in his ears .

“Do I look like a ghost to you “asks her keeping her both hands in her hips . “ naah.. you don’t look a like a ghost .. because you are a ghost in disguise “ says him making her frown more . 

“ by the way .. how was your day here ?! “ asks her with an excitement..

“ Roli .. you don’t know Yaar .. yesterday night .. lights started flickering and power too went .. then there was an heart in a bowl ,chair moved on its own , then the piano in the hall started playing on its own .. the main door got locked .. blood came from the shower .. things started falling on its own .. I just broke the window came and slept here .. “ said him rubbing his eyes and yawns . 

“ so you got scared ahh ?!  “ shouted Roli in joy . 

Siddhant signaled her to stop screaming and went inside to take his bag.. and they both left from the haunted bungalow. 

After few mins of travel .. Sid gave her a small box and said it as her gift . Roli stopped the car aside and opened the box with excitement.. but her excited face turned into a shocked one seeing that . 

“ what happened Roli ? Wait let me tell you what are these .. ( He took out a empty bottle which was labeled as fake blood .. ) 

This is the same bottle which you mixed in the water tank of the bungalow yesterday night .. then this one is the recorder which I got behind the piano ( he plays it .. it was the same tune which he heard yesterday ) .. 

then this heart .. ( he takes a bite of it )what a yummy red velvet cake yaar .. but have to say the pastry chef who made it is really artistic.. look how realistic the cake is .. then .. here is the string with which you made those things to fall .. anyway nice attempt .. “ said sid with a victorious smile .. 

“So you know everything  “ Asked Roli in shock . 

“ yes yesterday night .. first the main switch in the electrical board was off .. that created the suspicion.. then the heart .. first with the situation I failed to notice it .. the second time I looked it .. you idiot the non veg symbol was placed in that heart .. and I know that those will be placed only in cakes .. so I tasted it a bit .. ( he sheepishly smiles ) .. then the blood shower .. I went up to tank and found this fake blood bottle thrown in the side .. that’s it .. I confirmed that someone is playing around .. so when I heard the music sound .. I started searching where it is coming from .. then found the tape recorder which you hid behind it .. and for your kind information.. that tape recorder was gifted by me to you .. so I confirmed that all these tricks are done by you and in the morning to make you believe that your plan succeeded .. I laid outside .. “ said siddhant .. 

Roli hits her head thinking about the stupidity she did and smiled sheepishly .. and started the car quitely .... 

Siddhant .. then asked ,” I could decode all those tricks of yours .. but how did you disappear through the walls ?? “ 

“ what ?! “ asked Roli raising her eyebrows in confusion . 

“ arrey .. yesterday .. when I caught you playing the piano .. you disappeared through the walls na .. that’s what I am asking how ?! “ asked sid 

*ping * 

Roli asks Sid to see whose message what was that .. 

Siddhant nods his head and opens the WhatsApp and finds a group picture .. 

he asks her about the picture.... Roli tells him that yesterday night .. was ritu’s bachelorette party .. and the pic was taken there .. and she threw the fake blood bottle there near tank in the hurry to reach the party at time . 

Siddhant zooms the pic and sees the time there .. his eyes went wide seeing that ... it was around the same time when he saw the woman playing the piano ...... 

Siddhant‘s mindvoice : if Roli was there in the party yesterday .. then who was the one i saw yesterday... was it really the wandering soul of maya ?! .. 

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FLASHBACK 

As he went near to the woman, she stopped playing the piano .. thinking it to be Roli .. he thought to prank her in her own prank itself .. he started flirting with her . 

“ hey .. arr uhmm.. do you have a name or shall I call you mine “ 

“ on a scale of 1-10 .. you are 9 and I am the one you need “

“ are you ... “ 

Before he could complete his sentence, that woman disappeared through the wall . And Sid though got shocked first .. thought it to be some other trick of roli’s and took a cotton and kept it in his ears and slept peacefully .

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Siddhant’s mindvoice: ohh god .. did I literally flirt  with a ghost ?! And it ran away unable to hear more .. 

Roli : arrey sid .. what were you telling about .. disappearing through the wall ?! 

Siddhant : arrrhmmm.. nothing .. Roli .. you concentrate on the driving .. 

Roli shrugs her shoulder and continues driving .. while sid gulped the lump which was formed in his throat thinking about yesterday’s event ..