13, 13, 13...

13, 13, 13…

It was midnight, returning from a cinema watched a fantastic horror film with my friends. While returning to home I was scared and the Night was also dark and scary, which made me more uncomfortable to walk.

My friends were OK, they were not scared or they were behaving like that. Don’t know? But they were silent.

Soon at the half way to my home, my friends left me on the last turn, they were acting weird they didn't even said Goodbye and I also didn't bothered about that. I was all alone, walking alone to Home. Everything was Silent; I made myself calm and started walking fast; wanted to go home.

I was walking on the silent footpath, and made a right turn. This side of city was more silent and clean. Suddenly I heard someone was calling my name from behind, I thought my friends were calling, but no one was there, then I heard a sound of giggling, but I see no one around me. I got scared and started walking fast; just soon after that I heard a sound came in echo shouting “13, 13, 13…” I was shocked and looked around here and there and realized the sound was coming from the wall next to me, from a hole. I got scared and wondered what is it and what it could be? I was out of sense.

So at that moment I made myself calm and with some courage I decided to look what’s on the other side of the wall.

With some courage I went near that wall and slowly-slowly brought my eye toward that hole and looked inside.

As soon as I put my eye on the hole a finger like object poked into my eye and now the sound changed from 13 to 14, 14, 14…

Story By

-Aadil Faruqui