The Housefull Fear Room : The Journey

by Ridhwanul Haque

Chapter 5

  Everyone’s Worried

  Finally we had to walk. The bus engine was damaged, we had no other option. We started walking forward. The bus driver was too scared to come with us. Nor his helper had the courage.

  My mind was not stopping to think about the event that happened with us. Until now it is only me who saw that old man running with the speed of bus. And I think his hands and legs were disappearing and again coming back. My cousin, Akram did not see it that is why he is saying it an illusion, but it can't be, I am not that type of person who will have illusions like this. Then the bus stopping, it also seems to me something very extraordinary.

  "Guys! I don't know why I feel that, this place is not safe. It is very dangerous." my cousin sister Happy said."

  "Me too. I don't know are those something related to ghosts but I am feeling scared and I want to go back to home." my cousin Shuyeb said. He was looking too paled.

  "Ah! We did not even reach there. We are not going to return until we finish our trip. We came to enjoy and we must enjoy it. Shuyeb, there is nothing to be scared of." my cousin, Akram said.

  "Happy, listen, don't be scared. There is nothing called ghosts, okay! I say, you stop thinking about it, you will not feel scared." my cousin, Taher said.

  “But, what if I say that there is something to be scared of?" I said thinking about telling them about the old man.

  "What do you mean?" my cousin Tarek said.

  "When we were in the bus and you all were sleeping, I saw some old man running as the speed of bus." I said.

  "I said you Emon, it must have been an illusion of yours." my cousin Akram said the same thing as before.

  "I am grand sure that it was not an illusion. I had 100% sense and it is impossible to have an illusion at that moment. That old man was real. And I believe he had no hands and legs at first but then again it came back."

  "Emon, are you sure? It can't be true." my cousin Tarif said.

  "It is true! Believe me! I have seen it and I was not dreaming it." I shouted out in disappointment. I couldn't make them believe it but I did feel that my sister, the my cousin Tarif and Shuyeb and also my cousin sister Happy were worried and kind of frightened because they were looking pale.

  "Emon, stop your nonsense, you are destroying our exiting trip." my brother scolded me.

  "Emon, let me give you a suggestion, stop thinking about those, slowly you will not feel scared. Those thinking are forcing you to have such illusion." my uncle, Gulzar said.

  "Why don't you believe me? It was not an illusion." I again shouted in disappointment.

  "You are too much scared. I shouldn't have told you about those people. That must have caused you think about that a lot. I would prefer to change the topic and there’s our guide. He is waiting for us." my uncle Masud said. "Hey! Mr.Jaber. Here we are. Ready to go?"

  "Where's your bus?" the guide asked.

  "Its engine got damaged."

  "Oh! Bad luck! You have to still walk a lot."

  "What! Still there is a lot of place to walk." my uncle Minhaj moaned.

  "You just arrived near the forest, and it is quite deep in." The guide said.

  "Hey, Mr.Jaber, do you believe in those ghouls also?" my cousin Sunny asked.

  "It’s better to not to talk about it now. We are entering the forest." Mr.Jaber just denied talking about it.

  "He is also scared of these things, but he just agreed because I requested him." Masud uncle said to us.

  As soon we were entering the forest I was feeling more scared and I did see traces of frighten in the eyes of my cousins. Even my cousin Akram, who was showing the most bravery, was seeing worried. Like I said in my writing 'haunted forest', I don't know why, but I felt like we were entering a haunted forest, which was being haunting by some jinn.