Shadows

1

"Papa tell me a story" Darcy said. The whole Stevenson family was having an evening together. The three eldest daughters of the family were busy helping their mother while sitting and talking with each other along with their little sister and their father by the fireplace. It was a cold winter evening and they all were on their vacation, so no studies for a month.

The eldest daughter, Megan was in her final year of graduating the college, while the second and the third eldest daughters, Rose and Liza were in high school. Darcy, the youngest of all, was still in Primary school (1st standard)

Their family was unique, people always praised their family for being that perfect family anyone would wish for. Mr. Stevenson was at a good post in an good company and was expecting a promotion soon. Mrs. Stevenson was a housewife and a very skilled one. She managed the household along with the children like a pro. They were not so rich but they were really happy and content with what they had.

The girls on the other hand were raised well, perfectly mannered and with great moral values.

"Come over here little girl" Mr. Stevenson chuckled as he picked Darcy and made her sit on his lap, "Aha, so which one today?" He asked.

He was used to it, every evening it was like a routine to tell stories to the little one, especially the stories of his childhood and the rest would join in too and enjoy along.

"Ghost one!" Darcy exclaimed. Mr. Stevenson was clearly not surprised. He knew how much Darcy loved listening to ghost stories. It was weird because she was just five years old and at that age girls usually get scared by the mention of the word 'ghost' but Darcy was different she was always interested in them. The other girls found it interesting too but not as much as Darcy.

"Okay Princess" Mr Stevenson said and started telling Darcy one of the stories from his childhood where he went fishing late at night with his father and encountered a ghost on their way back. This was a story which he had told her several time but each time she would listen to it with the same interest as the first time.

It was their third month in the new house. The house was bigger than the previous one and a lot more peaceful. The neighbours were good too. They were friendly and helpful but still they talked very less. But that didn't disappointed the family, they believed that it would be fine as the days would pass.

The people in the neighborhood however loved Darcy very much. How could they not? She was such a lovely, sweet and cheerful little girl that no one could resist themselves from falling in love with her. She could win their hearts with just her smile and the cute little things she would do.

Speaking of the house, even though it was big and peaceful, there was something about it that didn't felt right. It looked kind of old and dark. The only sunlight that the house received was during the sunrise till the noon. Their was a huge open space on one side of the house with only a few trees on the boundaries. However the space after the arrival of the Stevenson's were filled with beautiful colourful flowers that made it look less gloomy.

The Stevenson family from their neighbours came to know about the past happenings in the house, they said that something was wrong with the house and many families that had lived in that house were not able to stay any longer than the period of six to seven months. Mr and Mrs Stevenson would just smile at them and say that they believed in God and nothing bad would happen to them as long as God is with them.

The neighbours were soon tired and once the family completed a year in that house they too started believing that there was no harm staying there and so they stopped reminding the family about the events.

The moment they stopped, It started.

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Hey everyone! The first chapter is up.

I'm really grateful to everyone reading this.

Anyway thanks for reading. The chapters are going to be short I guess and yeah it will have around only 10 to 12 chapters as a whole.

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