Spooks Tales

A week passed. The flames had died down. The house was intact except for the hall. The walls in the hall had turned black. Every furniture had burnt badly. The bodies were charred. The smell of the badly burnt bodies had caused people to reach the spot. Crowd of people stood outside waiting for the police to arrive. They spoke in whisper. Each one had his/her theory of what could have happened. Some were in view that house had bad omen. Anyone who stayed in this for a night always died. Police arrived. Everyone quietened as they saw them venturing inside to investigate the cause of death. As they entered the house, there was strong smell of badly burnt bodies. One of investigating officer almost puked due to the smell. "What could be the cause? There is no sign of any electric shortcut or gas leak. The house isn't affected much.", a senior officer said. "We will get to know only after the autopsy of the body.", a junior officer replied. The body was sent...

Her eyes had no pupil. It was complete black. Her hair was dancing widely. Rohan was numb. It didn't strike him to escape. It was too late for any escape. She grabbed the unconscious body of Manoj and dragged him away from Rohan. Rohan tried to stop. But his strength was no match to her. She could pull thousand elephants with her strength.  "Please don't do this ! Don't kill my friend ! I did the wrong !", he pleaded with folded hands. Her expressions changed from fury to tender eyes. He was like her son. She always melted when he would plead like this. Suddenly she remembered his loyalty towards his friend. It pained her heart as well as angered her.  She swayed the body and threw it aside. The body hit the ground with thud and blood started pouring from his head. Rohan watched her tear his friend's stomach like lioness preying on wilder beast. When she was done, she turned towards him. "Why are you so loyal to your friend after knowing the truth...