The Nightmare

It was Saturday morning. I and my friend Rohan were entering the school premises. We were in a joyful mood as the next day was Sunday. We stayed at a walkable distance from the school in a hostel. Our school had a very big campus where we all played various games and had brunch together during the break under a giant tree. As soon as the school got over we rushed away towards the hostel and after changing clothes we had to go for tuition. There was a quite busy schedule, except Saturday as we had a half-day in school and even a holiday in tuition. However, there was a sort of fixed timings to sleep and wake up in the hostel. We all had to go to bed before 10 pm and wake up before 6:30 am, except Saturday. On Saturday we all enjoyed at night; we all sang songs, talk on various topics regarding studies, playing games but even there was a time limit on Saturday and everybody had to sleep before 11:30 pm otherwise he would be punished.

There was a master who took around at night to check whether everybody slept on time or not. One day when we were returning from school we rushed to the hostel and completed all our studies so that we could enjoy ourselves at night. We all gathered around 8:00 pm and had dinner and then we all went to a garden nearby. We had a group of 5 members. We went on talking and as soon as we reached there we sat on the benches there. While talking; I saw a stranger standing outside the garden. His face was covered with a mask and goggles. He had worn a long black coat, black trousers, and a hat.

After a while when we thought to move, we saw a person shouting at the stranger. Then we came to know that the stranger was suspected to be a thief and supposed to have done robbery of or Rs.25 lakhs. The person shouting at him told everyone that the stranger was just seen before a few hours moving with a large black suitcase in his society premises which was just beside the garden. The people nearby had also gathered in the meantime. They all had started shouting “chor-chor, chor-chor” Even we all stood over there to look over the matter, but then Rohan told watching towards his watch, “Hey! guys, it’s already 11, I think we should leave instead of wasting our time here.” Just after we all replied him to wait for a few minutes. Just a few minutes later Mr. Singh, the police inspector arrived and caught hold of the stranger and asked him to remove his mask. The stranger told them that he had not done anything and was innocent and he refused to remove the mask. The police inspector tightly caught hold of him from the collar and insisted to remove the mask. As soon as the stranger removed his mask, all of us were shocked as the stranger’s face was invisible. This created chaos among the people and all started running here and there. Soon his reality was known to everyone as he confessed about the robbery of Rs.25 Lakh and he went there crossing the walls of the society, he was all alone and was not of any gang. He told that he would never do it again and told me to leave him. 

Rohan again reminded us that we should leave as it was 11:20 but we all again replied to him to stay for a few minutes. After a while two more people came telling about the robbery in their house and all the gold in their house was missing. They were asked if they suspected anyone but they replied, ”No”.

The stranger was asked if he had done so. The stranger started shivering. He told that he would surrender once if he was allowed to remove his coat. As soon as he removed his coat he became totally invisible and only the hat could be seen and he started running. I was almost half dead to see that and was sweating like anything. It became more difficult to catch him. Afterward we came to know that if he would remove his hat then it would become impossible to catch him. We all were so frightened to see him but then too were running behind him and I felt thirsty and started shouted for water and suddenly someone slapped me on my face and was shocked to see Rohan, who woke me up from sleep.