we went to sleep together. I was very tired, I let out a big yawn that annoyed Grace so much.

"Aubrey, will you never get over that bad habit of yawning loudly?" she asks turning the other side facing the wall, taking her palms which covered her ears while I yawned.

"Sorry, Grace. I couldn't stop that", I say to her.

I fall into a deep sleep. I am very tired.so I stretch myself on the bed comfortably and sleep.

Grace pov

I know she is very tired.  she is my best friend. I met her at preschool who screamed when she saw a small spider dangling at her chair. she has a very innocent and quiet character. she is very kind. she was at the top of my class. girls in my class used to bully her a lot because of her quietness and talents in education. that's where I come to her defense. 

my eyes became heavy with sleep as time passed. I close my eyes and drift to sleep, although it only lasted for a few hours. I woke up to a  very disturbing noise downstairs. I get up and walk downstairs to see what was all his racket about in the night.  it might be that very same prankster who scared my bestie. I will teach him a good lesson now.

Warning: Here comes an extremely violent part, do not read it if it makes you feel uncomfortable.

reader discretion is advised

I heard a whisper as I came down the stairs. I walk slowly towards the hall hoping to see the prankster. but no one is visible. I walk to the kitchen and take a saucepan from the rack. I walk towards the rooms downstairs with the saucepan in my hand. whoever the prankster is, he is going to feel the saucepan in his head the moment I spot him.

the house is empty, but the whisper continues. I go to the cellar to check there. it's very dark in there.so I take a candle with me.

"How dare you break inside my house"?

"who is that? , whoever you are, stop playing the fool and come forward", I say.

"oh so, young lady wants to see me".

that's a girl's voice I heard now.

"she has a brave daring bone and wants to see me", she says mockingly and laughing cunningly. her laughs echoing. That's weird and terrible.

"COME OUT PRANKSTER" I shout angrily.

"I will if u insist......." she says.

a girl in a white torn dirty gown walks in front...no, she is not walking. she floats in front of me.

her gown is long that I can't see if she has legs. what is she? a million questions swarm my head. was Aubrey right then?

is she really a ghost? does it mean this house is..........HAUNTED? Oh my god!

I run towards the stairs of the cellar, but she pulls me back by my hair. that hurts a lot.

note: (Image is taken from the internet )

<Reminder: Ghosts aren't real>

she slaps me hard on the face. I fall down. she bends closer to me and slaps me again which gives me a bloody lip. I wipe the blood with my shirt sleeve. she keeps her leg on my stomach and pushes me to the floor hard. I see her legs now. a ghost has legs. that's lesson number two I learned from her. reader, you must have wondered what lesson number one is...I'll tell you. lesson number one is: never speak against ghosts. they are very bad-tempered.

she takes a small blade and writes these words on my arm making blood ooze from each letter.

I am nasty filth

I scream loudly as she writes those words in my arm. she enjoys my pain smiling with a cunning look on her face. she looks at me as if asking for more screams of pain.

"scream as much as you want, but unfortunately no one will hear you," she says laughing cunningly

"pity, your friend didn't come looking for me. maybe I'll enjoy her pain next time. as you have learned your lesson, I think you'll not poke your filthy nose into my house again" she says.

she wipes my blood with her fingers and licks them as if licking ice cream. that's disgusting. I shout loudly for help but, she continues to lick her fingers.

she tries to suffocate me.

when the clock in the hall makes that ding dong sound her eyes widen and she screams as if she is in pain. her eyes show a look of fear. and she disappears in the thin air.

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