Author : Love life to the fullest.
This incident occurred with me when i was very young and new to the silent lanes of shimla . As soon as i stepped out of the train ,a sudden chill ran down my spine . I felt as if someone had tapped on my shoulder. When i turned around i saw no one but my own shadow . The October evening was chilling my bones . The station was empty, except for a few people and the station master , who was sitting on a snow covered seat . I went to him and asked ," Where can i find a hotel to stay for a night ? ." The station master looked up and then i realized that he was a old man ,who must be in his mid 60s .His glasses were covered with the fog ,formed by his breath and his old dusty brown coat had turned dirty. His face was as cold as ice ,showing no emotions . He just lifted his finger and pointed out in the opposite direction. As my eyes followed his fingers , i realized that he was pointing towards an old building . I thanked him and went towards the old building. The street was deserted and only a few local dogs were roaming around. It was kind of very unhealthy surrounding. As i went , the old door opened with a creaking sound .The receptionist, asked me in a very odd and cold manner ," which room would you prefer, madam ." I replied her with a little hesitation in my voice ," Give me, room no. 108 ." That's when the receptionist got shocked . For the first time ever since she showed me an expression on her emotionless face. She remained silent for a few seconds and then she finally said ," as your wish ." After completing all the necessary transactions. I went to my room . The corridors were empty with no trace of human . The silence was broken by my whispering breaths . As i opened the door . It opened with a creaking sound. The room was small , but had a fire place ,a table and chair, a bed with white blankets and pillows. The wall was light blue in color. The ceiling was covered with lights. And there was a window , from where i could see the sun setting and the fogg covering the mountains and the valleys. After taking a shower . I didn't wanted to have dinner so i just fell on the bed . I was so tired that I felt asleep quickly. At around 2 am , suddenly i woke up . Because of a sudden sound . Which was coming from my door. As if someone was knocking the door. When , I opened the door I found a little girl was standing in front of me. She was a cute girl ,wearing a peach colored frock . She had two ponytails on each side of her head .she was wearing sandals. I looked around, for her parents or someone, but found none . I kneeled down, and asked her in a very kind voice ," where are ur parents? what are you doing here at this time ? and what is your name ? " She answered ," mom beats dad . dad kill mom . sister take me out " . I wad horrified at what she said . Before i could do anything ,she grabbed my hand and ran down the stairs . Soon she I found my self in a unknown place . I was in the woods . Everything was covered in fogg and mist . I couldn't see anything more than the trees just in front of me . I soon saw that the girl was standing, in front of me. She suddenly started running. I shouted and followed her . After running for around 5 to 6 mins. I saw that a beautiful lake was in front of me . The reflection of the moon, could be seen floating in the silent water of the dark and cold night .The surrounding was silent and the girl finally stopped running and sat at the edge of the lake . I followed her. And sat down as well The earth was cold and damp. the grass was wet because of dew .She started singing. A song in a language, which i could not understand. But with the melody, i could understand that she was singing a sad song . The song touched my heart , Tears ran down my eyes . She saw me and stopped singing . She wiped out my tears , and said ," U r a good person . Litchy loves u . Litchy will protect u." I could not understand why she was saying such things . When i was about to ask her . I heard footsteps. When i turned around i saw ,2 dark figures started coming towards me ,admits the fogg. They were walking in a weird way. As if they were corpses. Due to the darkness, i could not see the faces. But they did not make any noise ,neither did they say anything. The girl stood up in front of me. and said ," Litchy . loves her . don't kill sister ." I got horrified. One of them suddenly stopped and said something in a very low voice. That moment i felt like someone had grabbed my neck , and was pressing me down . Slowly i started choking ,and i closed my eyes. I thought that this would be my last day on earth. I opened my eyes , to find myself lying in the middle of the street and people were surrounding me. I quickly stood up. A lady stepped out of the crowd,and helped to settle my things . She took me and told me to sit on a chair . She patted me on my head and gently asked me ," dear , what happened? why were you lying in the middle of the street? " . I replied, " no ,aunt . the 2 ppl were trying to kill me . but that girl .Litchy saved me ." Then i told her , the whole story . The crowd and the lady listened to me very carefully. And after i finished, the lady and ppl in crowd exchanged looks. And the lady finally told me ," The girl u talked about , went missing 1 yr ago . and police found her dead body ,floating in the lake 6 months later. Not only that .Her parents killed her and themselves and police found their dead bodies in, the forest . And the old hotel ,you were talking about was burned some 10 days ago . many ppl died including the station master . " I was shocked to hear these .I said ," Bt these all were there till yesterday. when i came in the evening. the streets were deserted. " The lady answered, " that is because the area is haunted and we all leave this place by 12 noon ." After that , when i was leaving the place and i sat inside the train. I saw the girl standing and smiling. As the train left the station , the girl waved to me , i felt uneasy. A chill ran down my spine . After many years had past since the incident, i had slowly tried to recover from the depression. One day i was with my friend in a coffee shop. we were discussing about something, when i noticed that the girl ,who was serving us . Had a similar face to the ghost of receptionist. When she saw me , she gave me a devilish smile and thats when the lights turned out ......
