For many days, weeks and months we were very happy in our new house. Then, one midnight I woke up with a start, because I heard someone call my name from outside my bedroom door. Thinking it was my mother, I opened the door, but no-one was there. I peeped outside and saw a corner of a pink sari sticking out of the bathroom door, then vanish inside. I walked over to the door and opened it, but no-one was inside. Convincing myself it had been my imagination I went back inside my room, shut the door and crawled back into bed....
About five minutes later I heard that voice call my name again, but this time another voice sounded too, and two people knocked on my door. I opened the door again, but again no-one was there. Then i heard footsteps going down the stairs, so I quietly crawled to the edge of the stairs. At the bottom, I saw a woman standing there and looking up at me. Her hair was curly and black and hung over one shoulder. She was wearing a pink sari studded with navy blue beads. Two gold braclets were on one wrist, and two silver bracelets on the other. She was wearing gold earrings. After a moment of silence she turned round and walked a few steps away, then vanished!!! Completely paralyzed all I could do was shake. When I got my strength back I walked away from the stairs, but suddenly I fell down, it seems like someone pushed me from behind. As I looked up I saw blue and black mist at the bottom of the stairs. When I turned round and looked again the smoke was still there, and a wave of sky blue merged with the mist, then vanished. Immediately the strange smoke vanished too, but before the last bit of smoke had dissapeared I heard laughter. Now completely freaked!! out I ran downstairs and heard noises in the kitchen. I peeped in, and saw another woman, this time in a sky-blue sari. Her hair was tied in a bun, and she was wearing much more fine jewelry. She was holding spices in her hand, then let them fall to the floor. Then I noticed that her feet were upside down. Suddenly she turned her head and saw me, then laughed at me, her arms outstretched, as if she wanted to give me a hug. But when we were only a few feet away she vanished.
A
whirl of salmon-pink rushed past me then, and I felt something brush
my arm. I hurriedly turned around but no-one was there. In the
morning I found out the woman in the blue sari was my cousin and the
one in the pink sari was my cousin's maid. I don’t think they
wanted to do any harm to me, but I still remember how terrified I was
that horrible night..!!!
Jaspreet Singh
*Conte premiat en la categoria secundària en el IV Concurs de microrelats de terror 2013, organitzat per la biblioteca amb el suport dels departaments de Català, Castellà i Llengües estrangeres de l'Institut Cristòfol Despuig.
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