The Curse

It was almost 3am am in the night, popularly known as devil's hour, the wolves were howling at the moon and the bats were flying in that eerie night.

"Sir, I once again request you to please close all the windows and switch off the lights of the mansion, after all it is that night, the night when the devil is awaken and hunts for its prey to suck their soul.", requested the house help Ramesh.

Manav was visiting his grandfather's mansion along with his 3 friends Ajay, Rahul and Samay in the outskirts of city, it was very near to the forest and at night you could clearly hear the animals. 

Come on Ramesh , do you really believe this folktale of villagers, after all we are all living in 21st century in the era of marvel's of modern sciences? Asked Manav.

Manav who had since his childhood had heard that there is a curse on his town and that after every fifteen years on the night of full moon a demon rises from its grave and hunts for souls, and thus on that night majority of villagers either leave their home or else switch off all the lights so as to not to guide the spirit. But Manav has always found all these stories to be epitome of foolishness , and hence to prove himself right he brought his three friends along with him to spend the "chosen night" in the house.

Ramesh you can leave, we will see you in the morning, as we are awaiting the said spirit to come, the night is almost about to be over and there is no sign of it yet, chuckled Ajay.

Once Ramesh left, the four friends again began chit chatting and discussing how naïve are the villagers even today . Suddenly they heard a knock on their window, they turned and saw an old lady asking for alms. 

"It's almost 3 am, please come tomorrow", said an irritated Manav. Suddenly all three of them froze in horror when they realized that they were on the third floor of the house and could see the lady in the window of their floor .

At the break of dawn, the spirit went back to the graveyard, to be seen again after 15 years.

Next morning the dead bodies of all four were discovered. All the deaths were ruled to be mysterious. There was a look of fear and horror on all three of their faces.