The Humorous Horror

  "Hha ha ha ..." that horrible sound took my heartbeat away and I was about to yell loudly..

   That night was seeming to be different than everyday...Those were heavy monsoon days. It was nearly 12pm . My parents and brother went to sleep. Alone in another room I was awakened for some work of writing. Like everyday, the land was bathing in a rain. These raining scenes at night always look so much peaceful from the window of our house. A little garden of various fruit trees and saplings surrounding our house taking the taste of rainwater and the little pearl like colourful buds shining like are polished by the drop of water. Bricks and boulders around the small pit in which these plants are planted look like shore of the tiny lakes. A small road passing by our house looks so much beautiful in street light with flowers bloomed on its both sides. Raindrops running throughout the fine net of window has their own beauty.

   I had a bit more stressful day than usual. So after a while I switched off the lights and went to sleep without finishing the work. The moment I closed my eyelids someone knocked on the window of my room so hard that the glass could be break. Unconsciously I opened my eyes and hold the pillow tight and was looking towards the window. After few seconds of deep silence the same sound in more horrible way took my breaths.. The sound got more and more loud and I was getting more and more stunned and shocked. Neither my family woke up nor someone from the colony even in this eardrum tearing loud noise.. I was sitting in a corner of room holding my legs with hands and was shivering out of fear. My body had been freeze! Suddenly a glass of window crashed and a loud noise of someone laughing and screaming burst my head. I dared anyhow and ran towards the door . What I looked frightened me so badly.. The door was already opened which I had latched neatly. But I moved on within a second and ran towards my parents ..And what I saw..!! Nobody was there.. A fan was rotating on its highest speed even after the sudden disconnection of electricity. And that sound of horrible laugh was slowly getting closer and closer.. Now my situation had become so miserable. Suddenly I listened voices of my family calling me. I turned my back and all of them were standing out of the maindoor which was locked from inside. Anyhow I got some relief after I saw them.. They were asking me, "unlock the door and come here fast.." One side that horrible laugh and another side my family calling me out of the locked door. And I was counting on my stumbling breaths between these. 

   Suddenly that laugh stopped and voice of footsteps struck my ears as if someone is walking from so long towards me. With every step all the lights got on and with every another step all the lights including street lights got switched off.. and this was going on and on. With every beat, my heart was about to burst out of fear.. Meanwhile my family was scolding at me to get out of the house. But my legs were like froze out of fear. Slowly slowly the sound of footsteps came close to me and I was about to faint down, but at next moment only , there was happiness on my face! At the last footstep lights switched on totally and I saw an old woman in a saree with the same red bindi, same nose pin, same jwellery and same face..! She was my grandma..! I got so much happy and called my mother, "Look Mumma.. Grandma came to our house. You were missing her na.. Come here.. " I took my steps towards grandma with joyous face and she was standing spreading her arms for me . She was saying continuously.."Come here my child.. I want to hug you so..TIGHT." Out of joy of seeing her I neglected her tone and I was moving forward taking steps towards her one by one.. And my mother screamed loudly.."Stop there .. Don't go to her . Come here..." I shouted back at her , "Why are you being so rude Mumma? Grandma will feel bad. Why don't you understand..!"

    Before I could finish my words, my eyes strike to that wall... Where a big photo of my grandma was there with garland on it..! 

... And I recalled that she has left this world 8 years back.

A strange silence spread inside and outside.. Everybody was stunned like a statue as if everything was finished..

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My hands and legs started shaking and tear out of fear ... I lifted my foot forcefully to run out but before I could find the key of lock , sound of one more footstep and all the lights switched off.. Again that cracking sound of loud laugh and... That laughing spirit jumped on me , hold my throat.. tried to kill me... I was about to lose my breaths and.....and I woke up startling from the sleep..!

  It was sharp 3.00 am in a clock. My breaths were shortening, my heart was beating so fast that my whole body could feel those rapid vibrations and I was sweating a lot just like the clouds.. There was lot of rain that day.. Clouds were literally screaming and crying as if they are suffering through an unbearable condolence. When I realised all this was just the nightmare , I came at peace.. I got up from my bed, opened the closed door of my room and firstly went to see my family. They all were sleeping so peacefully. Everything was okay.. I came back to my room and peeped out of the window.. That beautiful scenery outside the window has turned to the horrible one in that heavy rain and darkest night ever. But I knew it was all going to be okay and more beautiful after a time.

   That day I realised all the horror about the life is illusion only and lies in the imagination only..! That stressful day when I was thinking how everything has crossed the limits of adversities and how I am so alone; all that stress was reflected in that horrible nightmare. But after all everything was imagination...! It's better to abandon all the fears and hold the path of life taking firm steps rather than creating an unreal horror in mind and accepting it as a reality ..! That's the way we can live this life to the fullest and shall leave the great mark of our existence in this Universe...