I opened my eyes, took some moments to feel normal and rolled upwards to look at the clock in my room. Time was clicking 10 minutes to 1800hrs. Gotup from bed, freshen up and went down. After having evening tea snacks, I told Amma I'm heading to Sreeresh's house and staying there overnight. When I reached his gate, saw Sreeresh in the parking space sitting on his scooter.
Me: Where are you heading to Thambran ?
Sree: Thank god you came, I was thinking when you will be coming
Me: What happened, again anything like last time...?
Sree: No, no...if I am alone in room, I feel like the spirit is there, after you left I didn't go to my room yaar, I was down only with bros and Amma.
Me: Hhmmm, I hope today we get some answers.
Sree: Really do you wanna do this?!
Me: Do we have any other good options ?
Sreeresh silently looked at me.
Me: We've come so far, let's pass this one night too!
We both went inside and walked into his room. The room was fully dark as the lights were off. All windows were closed, still we felt the presence of strong breeze passing through both of us when we entered.
Me: The spirit is here only Thambran!
Sree: Waiting for us!
I switched on the lights and found nothing strange except,
Me: Did you do this ?
I pointed my finger to the floor.
Sreeresh looked down and said,
Sree: I told you I didn't enter after you left.
We both were really shocked by what we saw.
I remember after completing the drawing, we squared up everything from the floor and then only I left. But when we entered, the paper on which we made the drawing found lying down nicely on the floor and a coin was kept on top of it.
I pointed my finger to the board and asked
Me: Sreeresh, did you notice ?
Sree: The coin, right ?
Me: Hhmmm, did you saw where the coin is ?
Sreeresh had a more closer look and then he yelled,
"My God, save us"
Earlier at cafe, after sketching out the board, we also
went through what really is Ouija board. I remember many times the board used to come up as a hot topic and gossip in our school. I had never given any attention to that and now I myself is into it, it felt lil awkward.
The Ouija board has mainly three sections. One section was full of alphabets and one was a yes or no section. These two sections were meant for communication with the spirit. The last one was a dedicated section to indicate about the nature of the spirit who has been summoned. Other than these three, there was one more block where we keep the coin before commencing the ritual.
Normally, before starting the ritual there are some basic rules to be abided. The room must be kept closed and ensure no disturbance during the entire ritual period. Nobody should move from their positions. If more than one person are doing the ritual, they must sit close and in a circled manner. Room must be lit by candles or lanterns. Once the ritual starts, nobody should speak each other. Once the spirit is summoned, one person can ask questions to the spirit. Finally, as we call upon the spirit to summon infront of us, same way once we finish the rituals we must send the spirit back too. Now there is a catch, the spirit is summoned by our calls and the rituals performed but the return of the spirit solely depends on the summoned spirit's nature.
Coming back to our story, the reason why Thambran suddenly backed out and yelled in fear was,
The coin was positioned exactly on the block which was termed "Bad Spirit"
Sree: You really want to do this, Nipin ?
Me: We have no other choices Thambran
Can't you see, the spirit is already communicating with us. Atleast we will come to know what we are dealing with
Sree: But if the spirit is bad, how are we going to send her back
Me:Are you nuts ?
Can't you see the picture, we didn't summon the spirit, she's already here with us. I'm trying to figure out, why is she here, what the spirit wants from us. If she is bad, why she didn't attack or hurt us so far.
Sree: Yes, you are right, we already got wet under the drizzle, let's get drenched fully...
Me: That's the spirit, bro
Sree: Don't say spirit man, Iam really under shock you know
Me: Hahahaha, No worries, we are doing great
Sree: How come you be so cool bro ?
Me: Me? cool? you have no idea how scared I am. It's just, I don't know something is keeping me calm and controlled. I think this is what we need now right ? Courage and be brave.
Ok, let's get everything ready.
We started working on our plan. Sreeresh went down and told his mother that we are going to sleep as we need to get up early for studies. We closed the door and locked. All windows were already closed and we covered all with curtains. We placed the candles one in the table and one close to us in floor.
I looked at the clock, time was 2220hrs,
Me: Ready Thambran
Sreeresh looked at me.
Me: ok, remember the rules what we have read earlier. Only I will ask questions and we won't talk each other.
Sree: Yes, I understood.
Me: Ok then, here we go bro.
I lightened up the candles...
Dead silence in the room....
Darkness all over which got disturbed by the candle lights. We both sit close to another in a circled manner. I signalled Thambran to fold hands to call upon the spirit. I started chanting "Good spirit, summon before us" continuously untill the candle light near the board blown off by a sudden gust of wind. Sreeresh suddenly grabbed my hand in fear. I took the matches again and lighten up the candle. Suddenly we heard a voice, the same voice which we heard before too. We tried to listen what was the voice and we heard, "I'm here". I started feeling like I'm losing my strength. I looked at Sreeresh, he was looking everywhere. He was still holding my hands, actually that was comforting for me too as courage started dripping away gradually. I consoled him by touching tapping on his hands, regained some strength and decided to proceed.
Me: Are you a bad spirit ?
Coin didn't move from the block. It stayed on the bad spirit block only.
I decided to test the spirit.
Me: Are you a good spirit ?
Suddenly the coin started moving and slowly it came and stopped on "Yes"
We got shocked at the same time perplexed. Sreeresh gave me an expression "what's happening"
Me: If you are good, why did you tell us that you are bad at first ?
A voice replied to my question, " I never said"
I took some moment of silence,
Me: Who are you ? What is your name ?
The coin began to move again, slowly it started moving towards the alphabets
I took the paper and pen which was kept ready incase required.
I started writing it down as the coin started passing through specific letters. Once the coin stopped moving, I tried to read out what I dictated, S - A - R - D - H - A - N - A
I looked at Sreeresh for a moment and started to read the name and without wasting much time, I called out a name "Sadhana". Coin moved slowly to "yes". We really started getting worried what's gonna happen.
Me: What do you want from us, Sadhana ?
Why have you come to us ? Why ?
A strong wind again blown throughout the room, blowing all candles off again. We felt like we have been trapped from our normal world. I kept on asking the spirit the same questions. After a few minutes, the darkness was really terrifying both of us. We lightened up the candles again and I asked,
Me: Tell us why you are here ?
What do you want from us ?
The coin began to move, I took my pen and began to write as the coin started making its move.
We both became stunned by seeing what I deciphered from the spirit, it was a very known and common word,
R - E - V- E - N- G - E
Me: Revenge ??
I asked the spirit in a distressed manner
Sadh: "I want to avenge for my son"
The voice was heard again, this time with a more disturbing and a cruel tone.
I looked at Sreeresh. Sreeresh turned his head both ways slowly expressing we both are in deep deep trouble.
Me: Avenge for your son ?
Why us ? What did we do to you and your son ?
Please leave us alone
The coin started moving and came to a standstill at "No"
I lost my control and shouted "my God, what have we done"
The coin started moving towards the alphabets again. We understood that the spirit has more to tell us, even though we were like doomed souls, I took the pen and started noting down the letters. After a few minutes, the coin stopped. We both started to read what I have penned down.
"Y-P-U-I-D-L-P-N-E"