Ghost Story 2010

by Deepakshi Arora
(Ambala, Indiana, USA)

Once there was a small girl named Laika who loved to dance and sing. She would always try out something new to dance and have fun. But this sing and dance quality of her was not appreciated by her family; all her family members said that instead of wasting time on these stupid things she should study. But in spite of this she danced more and more.

Years passed by like this then one final day she was decided to be killed. Not knowing this, she continued to keep her normal behavior. Now dinner was on the table and everyone was waiting for her and as soon as she reached the table she saw that no one was there and suddenly a heavy poisonous thing was thrown on her head. She died at that very moment and the very next day a case was registered on her murder. Some said it was a murder and some said that it was a suicide. But no one could depict the killer weapon. And after a few days all the family members became a little uncomfortable and also a little scared because they heard and saw strange things happening in the house. And in a month or so the whole country came to know about this likely to be haunted house. This was no more to be a house to someone so the family members left the house without disturbing the magical powers.

Now, there was a small twist, a small girl named Ilara who was all alone and had no place to live, decided to live in the house. She did not know about the ghost or the spirit living in the house. It was late night so she tried to sleep in the. The next day as soon as she woke up, she saw that there was a lot of food on the table. She knew that someone was there to help her! But it was none another than LAIKA herself. The poor girl ate all the food and went out in the search of some job and money. As soon as she stepped out of the house there were people looking at the house and when they saw her they started telling her that there is a spirit in the house. But no one had the courage to go into the house with her. The girl looked a little scared but all she heard went in vain and went back in the house and shouted loudly – 'hey, who is there, someone I know!' Ilara could not hear anything. Days passed by and Ilara too felt a little uncomfortable. She saw leaves on the tress swinging even when there was no wind. She saw the empty drums moving on their own and countless unbelievable things happening in the house. And the biggest proof was that every morning she got food never knowing how. Now Ilara too wanted to leave the house and finally she packed her bag LAIKA was seeing all this so as soon as Ilara reached the main door, it shattered and the windows started shut and open for about A few minutes and suddenly a white lightening appeared in front of her. It was none other than LAIKA. Ilara now came to know that all those ghostly matters. She asked LAIKA that who had killed her. LAIKA told all that she could to the little poor girl. Ilara felt sorry for her and requested LAIKA to appear in front of her. LAIKA could not ignore her as she was the only one whom she could trust. Suddenly there was a stronger lightening and LAIKA appeared!

They both talked for a long time and the poor girl took a pledge to take a tough revenge. She was wise enough and took only a few months to find the culprits. On doing something or the other the poor girl managed and brought all the family members home and it was LAIKA’s turn to take the revenge. The family members got punished. Their punishment is stated only in a book magical known as the ‘HBTFY6GFCUJT6HRTGYU8U’ kept safely in the central library of HJEGHEYHTIKTYIOTF (a city).

Guess the moral!

Thank you,
Deepakashi Arora