The cursed house.

The trek to nowhere!

The alarm clock rang and John woke up. The day, that John won't ever forget, began. He had to leave for a college trek. Forty five students and four teachers were a part of his trek. After a long journey of eight hours they reached their camps.

They left at 9 in the morning and reached at 5 in the evening. Some of the people got tired and went to rest. Some started discussing worldly stuffs. John's buddies were different, they were the most energetic ones in the group.

"So what to do now? Obviously we're not going to sit in our camps!" Sam said.
John continued, "We can either play football or baseball."

Duke added, "We don't have much space to play football here in the woods!"

After a long discussion ten of them decided to play baseball, a friendly one.

They found a small open space and started playing over there. The ball couldn't be hit hard as the place was not that vast. John was the pitcher. Duke was the one who loved to show his baseball skills everywhere. So he stuck the ball hard into the bushes. John with one of his teammates went in hunt of the ball. They saw the ball bouncing into a shady house.

"Now what?" Asked frightened Steve after looking at that scary house. John also got some bad vibes from that house. "I am calling others", was his reply.

All the players reached near the house and started discussing about the house. Then they started discussing that whether they should enter the house or not. "We are young guys, there's nothing like ghosts, we're brave enough to enter such places", said the braggart Duke.

The group on mutual discussion decided to enter the house. Some were scared, but still they decided to enter the house so that they don't get bullied or teased by Duke in future. As soon as they reached the fencing near the house they were stopped by a shabbily dressed old man.

It seemed as if he hasn't dressed his beard since ages. His appearance made him look very interesting. The guys got the feel that now they're going to listen some interesting tale about the house.

The old man began, "This house is cursed and it holds many secrets. People unaware of those secrets enter the house just for curiosity. From that point begins their misery. This house reminds you of the worst memories of your life, the ones you'd never like to recall."

"What is the story behind the house being cursed?" Asked John.

"I don't know." Speaking this the old man went away.

The guys looked back towards the house again. There was pin drop silence near the house. It seemed as if no one has entered the house since ages. The breeze near the house was cool.

"We should go back to the camp", said Duke. Everyone was amazed as it was the first time Duke backed out from something. With Duke's withdrawal everyone withdrew.

While returning back John looked back towards the house. It seemed as if he was an iron nail and the house was attracting him like a magnet. He felt his heart thumping. The house wanted to convey something to him. "Some secrets should remain secrets!" Exclaimed John to himself while looking towards the house with appealing eyes. Then he smiled and walked back to the camp.

The next morning Duke came to John's and Sam's tent to put the proposal of entering the house. "We're the bravest amongst everyone present, if we quit today then the house will always remain a mystery for us", said Duke.

Duke was always a good persuader. The three of them decided to enter the house after the lunch.

It took ten minutes for them to reach the house. "Should we?" This was the question running through their mind. Then on mutual agreement they entered the house. They comforted each other by saying, "Everything will be all right!"

They entered the wooden door. There was light everywhere inside the house. The boys expected something different though. But there was dead silence inside the house too. There were mice inside the house digging holes in the sofas. To thrill themselves they decided to split. They again comforted each other by saying "Everything will be all right!" John went straight, Duke left and Sam went towards the right.

The house appeared to be much bigger than it appeared to be from the outside. John reached a staircase. It seemed as if no one has gone up the stairs since ages as it was covered with a thick layer of dust.

As soon as John withdrew from the idea of climbing up the stairs, he felt a soothing breeze coming from upstairs. There was some energy in the house which made John climb those stairs. As soon as he reached upstairs, he saw a room at the end of a long lobby. There was a rocking chair lying at the centre of the lobby. The door of that room was dirty, the window next to the door was broken. The entire lobby was covered with spider webs. John turned back and decided to go back but something, something familiar was attracting him towards the room!

He started moving towards the room. He wanted to stop but he couldn't. He murmured to himself, "Why am I doing this?" But he couldn't stop.

As soon as he entered the room the lights went off. There was complete darkness. There was dead silence. At that time John felt his breath like he never did before. After sometime a narrow light appeared. The source of the light seemed to be miles away. John was totally shocked and he turned back towards the door. He could hardly see anything so he tried to feel the door with his hands but everywhere he touched it was walls. He was stuck and he was dead scared!

He started shouting his friends' names. "Duke, Sam, where are you?" But no one answered. Then he took out his cell phone to call for help but there were no signals. Then John heard a song being played in the background. It was the one he had been listening those days a lot. For the first time that song scared him like hell. It used to be a very soothing song but at that moment it was giving him goosebumps. Then he saw a young boy crying under the pillow! At first John started to shiver. "What should I do?" Then he gained some strength and moved towards the boy. When John reached near the boy, he was amazed as he saw himself!