The Black Spark In Her Eyes

Many times everything that we see is not as it appears to be. This is one such story of Dev. Dev had the best mother on earth at least his friends and family believed so. They recently had moved into a new house unaware that it was haunted. Dev had been experiencing cold & nasty winds which shattered his window at night, he even woke up to strange sounds in the dead of night. Another day there was a big sofa chair that moved into his room from the hall while his bedroom door was closed. Apparently, his mother & father had not encountered such events. He didn’t believe in ghosts and the haunting but from his recent experiences, he started to investigate the history of this house.

The neighbors told him the story of the mishap that happened over five decades ago and none were able to inhabit this place beyond a week, people have fled the house middle of the night or suffered from delirium. In fact, they expressed their surprise at how his family stayed there for the last three months safe & sound. That night he sat on his bed reading his books before his college exams when he felt a hand on his shoulder, he turned around an old man “Looks like you finally did your entire homework on this house”, said the old man giggling

“Who…who are you? How did you get inside the room? Mom…mom……were you expecting anyone?”

The old man turned into an ugly horrifying ghost, held Dev by his neck, and lifted him six feet high in the air screaming, “You guys don’t seem to be bothered by our presence. Now that you know this is haunted, get out of this house if you want to be alive!”

Dev was shocked and could not utter a word and just then his mom opened the door and she moved her hands as if she were doing magic and put Dev on his bed to sleep. Turning toward the ghost she remarked “Do not touch my child ever again “

“Hahahahahahahahahaha, you think you can scare me you silly woman?” mocked the ghost

Dev’s mom looked deep into the ghost’s eyes and said “Make a truce if you wish to progress in the evolution of life. Else, I won’t hesitate to end your very soul”

At this, the ghost got extremely scared and with all apologies, he vanished into thin air.

His mom moved her hand gently on his forehead while he was asleep. The next morn, Dev mentioned a bad dream and how his mom rescued him from the ghost. His father giggled at this with an expression, “She doesn’t kill mosquitoes, you think she will scare away the ghost “

His mom was a housewife, and always busy with household activities. She was always around for his son & father at any hour of day & night. A very humble and loving person one could ever come across. Few weeks had gone and the ghost never bothered Dev, nor did he hear any sounds neither bothered by any ghostly nuances. He was sitting on the sofa and watching TV, his father came and sat next to him asking his whereabouts of the day.

“Dad this is unusual of you asking me this. Hope all well”

“Yes, yes….it’s all good. Tell me something, you mentioned about a ghost and how your mom threatened it. Do you really think that was a dream?

“Ummm….it was too surreal but when I woke up I was in bed. So…”

“So, did you come across the old man again?

“Haha, not after that episode!”

“Show me your eyes, this is a surprise you are human!”

“Dad! This is not funny”

 “You know she has a black spark in her eyes. She is a darling, the daughter of the monarch of the dark. I don’t understand why she is so protective about you”

“Are you saying this about mom?”

“What you saw that day was not a dream. It’s your mom who threatened me and that’s when I saw her eyes”

“You are pulling a big one on me “, Dev laughed

Just then the doorbell rang, he was astounded to see his dad and mom together outside the door, and as he turned around the one sitting there as dad turned into the ghost and vanished again. Dev could not believe what he saw. He looked deep into his mom’s eyes and that’s when he saw a tiny black spark and then his mom remarked

 “Son, no matter which world mother belongs to. She will always love & protect her child. No evil is evil enough before motherhood” she snapped her fingers as Dev fell asleep on the chair again!