The Spooky Night: The Haveli

Rhea and Anvi open their eyes. They notice they are in a giant haveli. Around them were book and furniture which wouldn't have been touched for some 30 years. Anvi, who was desperately waiting to get out of that crooked and haunted place suddenly spotted a window. She held Rhea's hand and rushed into the window. But when she tried to jump from it, she was stopped by an invisible wall. "Looks like we gotta spend our whole life in here," She said. Hearing that, Rhea burst out of tears. No matter how hard Anvi tried to console her, she kept crying.

"What's happened has happened, " Rhea sobbed. "I need to quit crying and we need to work on what we can do, we'll die soon if we don't find food and water." She said at last. "Okay, well," Anvi replied, "Let's get cleaning," and threw a broom at Rhea. "Where did you find it?" "It was right here," Anvi chuckled.

So they started cleaning the dusty floor, which later they got to know was made up of marble imported straight from Makrana, Rajasthan. "It's beautiful," Anvi said. "Gorgeous!" Rhea replied.

They had cleaned everything and the house now looked new.

"But what about food and water?" A sudden thought popped in Rhea's head. Just as they were thinking, rung a bell. "What, You ordered pizza?" Anvi asked. "No," Rhea said in a soft terrified voice. "Then who is it?" "First question, where is the shuck door?!"

They did not hesitate to go searching for the door. Soon Rhea spotted a door which would have been made for pets. Just in front of it came what they long awaited for-- food and water. 

Thell bell stopped to ring. The plate came with a note-

WE WILL PROVIDE YOU GOOD AND NUTRITIOUS FOOD FOR BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER

WE NEED YOU ALIVE

The last words shocked them. "What does we need you alive mean?" Anvi asked. "I dunno. You are asking as if I wrote the note." Just as Rhea was about to take a bite of the mouth watering, licious, lip smacking turkey, Anvi stopped her.                                                                            

 "Careful! It can be poisonous."                                                                                                                                                                                                                        "Well, be it poisonous or not, we are going to die, this way or starvation; and remember they want us alive." Rhea replied. So they took a small bite of the turkey, and--  "It's amazing!" Rhea exclaimed in surprise. "And we are not dead." Anvi chuckled and assured. 

"So that solves the problem of food and water. This place is big enough for us to beat our boredom, there are vintage books here we can read, and... well we can be kids again and probably play something." Said Rhea. Anvi nodded.

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Things were going normal. They got their basic needs every week, food and water three time everyday. They were living the time of their lives! Until-- A doorbell started to ring fiercely just like it did back in Rhea's house. And they spotted a big door just like the ones India rulers had back those days.

"This wasn't here before." Anvi said anxiously. "That is okay, but who is at the door!" Rhea said back. "I.....don't.....maybe we should-"                           

 "Are you crazy, what if there are some damn cannibals waiting alacritously to eat us!" Rhea interrupted.

"We will die someday, this way or the other. And they want us alive, remember?" Anvi reassured her. Rhea took a deep breath, "Okay," she said.

They opened the door. In front of them stood a tall, thin creature about 6ft tall. His face looked like that of a rat. 

"My name is Janson and we need you. You have to come with us." He said