The Haunted Classroom

The Haunted Classroom

There was a hostel in the centre of the woods. It's for use, and students study there normally. Nearby, it would take 15 minutes by walk to go deeper and denser in the forest... to find an abandoned high school. 30 years ago, it had around 1200 students, and 50 classrooms... and one in particular... is rumoured to be haunted. The students in this classroom, had died inexplicably... found in the stalls of the bathroom. Something way more perplexing... is that the bodies were spotted in the bathroom, hacked into pieces... on Sunday. Sunday's naturally a holiday, so why were they present at that day? It housed many urban legends 10 years from then on... at midnight... the statue of the founder... its position would change... the bathroom where the murder happened... there's an urban legend that... if someone walked into it... they would not return... the tap in it? It doesn't give out water... but blood. The stairs leading to the classroom... the handrails, made out of glass... would give a reflection... if someone looked into it, they would see their own reflection... along with someone else's.
Tokita Kotaro, Naoko Ichika, Hanagaki Mui and Kinta Garou... four high schoolers, were curious about the eccentric urban legends and rumours about the Haunted Classroom. The school has been sealed and abandoned, so there would be no one working there as guard. At exactly 11:30 PM Kotaro and Garou called up Ichika and Mui. These four went to the abandoned classroom, while their parents were asleep. "I am telling you, there's no stupid ghosts or demons which live here." Said Garou. "It's all just sassy teens' build up." "Don't ruin the thrill, party pooper." Said Mui. "I don't care either way. I am here just because Kotaro begged me to." Ichika sneered. "Hmm? You can return home if you want, princess." Said Kotaro.
They hushed as they neared the statue. They looked at the statue, disappointed.
"See? There's no darn spirits here" Garou said with a sigh. "Well, shut your trap. There's still a lot to see. Maybe this part of the rumour is false." Kotaro scoffed. They kept walking, and opened the rusted gates with a hup. There was a loud clang, and they wore masks. The inside was really dusty, and full of bugs. They were disgusted, but they were too determined to turn back. They walked through the hallway, and needless to say, was a little creeped out by the roaches than the building itself. Then their blood ran cold, when they saw the stairs leading to the floor of the classroom.
"Uhm, I-Isn't this where... the handrails give out a... r-r-reflection?" stammered Mui. "Yeah. This is where it gets hot. We are recuperating. Brace yourselves." Said Kotaro, eyes glimmering with both fear and anxiousness.
The handrails did not give a reflection. They all were disheartened.
"Are you assured at least now? Stop wasting my time." Said Garou with a sigh.
"There's... still the bathroom." Said Kotaro. "W-Wait!! You told us we wouldn't investigate that as it's t-too dangerous, right?? The urban legend says that wh-whoever enters it, never comes o-out!!" shouted Ichika, her skin turning pale blue. "So, do you want to return home like this?" said Mui. "I will go inside. First, let's check the taps outside, where blood flows out instead of water." They turned the tap, and it was pretty old. Just a few drops of water came out, carrying small mosquito larvae in it. "Ok. Let's check the last one." Said Mui. "Wait outside for me. If I don't return, run for your lives!" "W-Wait! Don't say that, you are scaring us!" stuttered Garou. Mui opened the door. Its creaks made the other three gulp in fear. Mui turned around for one last time, and entered the bathroom stall and closed it. The other three was waiting, for first a minute... and another... and another... and it went on for 5 minutes. "D-Do you think she's dead?" whispered Ichika. Then, the stall creaked slowly, and Mui appeared. The other three were relieved. "O-Oh. So this one's fake as well... how disappointing." Said Garou. "Hmm? You wanted it to be real?" said Ichika sarcastically. "It gave us what we came here for, though." "Let's go home, my friends." Said Mui with a smile. "Of course, let's go." The four went back home, exiting the school. The next day, there was a big fuss. Mui didn't send a message indicating that she went back home like the others. The principal too received a complaint from Mui's mother. The three looked at each other, and spilled out the beans. The principal got angry at those three, and went to the abandoned school with the school staff and Mui's family. They saw the statue, and the three were stunned. "W-Wasn't the statue's face towards the school? How is it... away from the school?" They opened the gate, and walked up the stairs. Kotaro took a sudden glimpse at the handrails, and for a second... he felt like he saw someone else in the reflection. They reached the end, and walked towards the classroom. They looked at the tap, and in the sink... it was covered in blood. They screamed in fear. "W-Whose blood is this?? It was water, yesterday...!" The principal started sweating really hard. "W-Where did you say you went next?" The three, with their eyes wide open, turned towards the bathroom stall. The principal, opened the door... and it was silent. For a three seconds. Then there was a huge scream and the principal leapt out the stall. They all looked inside in fear, and... there it was. Mui's body, hacked. The three was surprised and then realized something. "Who was the... person... who looked like Mui, then?"
-M. Pr@v3en K#$ar.
(M. Praveen Kumar)
(Based on a Japanese urban legend.)
(This story isn't plagiarized.)