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Chapter 17 - hidden text

Arya: What's wrong? Open the door. Why have you locked us in? Let us out.

Zohan: Are you feeling unwell here? (in a creepy voice)

Arya: What's wrong, Zohan? What's wrong? Why are you talking like this? (shocked)

Zohan: Are you scared?

Arya: Stop talking like a crazy person, or else... (looks at Zohan's face) your face...

Zohan: What happened to my face? {In a creepy voice}

Arya: Look, stay away from me, otherwise...

Zohan: What else, what will you do?

Arya: {Arya calls out loudly for help} Someone help, someone save me!

{The sound of a door being broken is heard from outside, and the door breaks}

Arya: Zohan, how are you here? You were inside, weren't you?

Hena: Are you okay, Arya?

{Arya quickly hugs hena}

Hena: What happened? Why are you so scared?

Arya: Look inside!

Hena: There's no one inside.

Ayan: Look, it's Zohan in the corner, but my brother is standing next to me. How did he get there?

{Johan quickly pulls Arya out, and the Zohan standing inside the corner disappears}

Arya: Friend, what's going on? I'm going crazy.

Hena: Are you okay?

Ayan: How do you know all this?

Zohan: What?

Ayan: I mean, how did he disappear?

Zohan: I realized he could only harm us in our rooms.

Aayan: How did you know?

Zohan: Just as I was about to be stabbed, I stepped back, and when I looked, Sufia had disappeared. Aayan: So, that means she only treated us well just to lure us into these rooms; but the moment we realized she wasn't human, she vanished.

Zohan: Yeah, that's exactly how it seems to me.

Aayan: Man, dealing with humans was bad enough, but now even ghosts have become so two-faced!

Arya: We have to save ourselves from this.

Hena: How?

Arya: Let's try something. Hena, bring your Nickels over here.

Hena: Why?

Arya: I'll break your necklace and mine in half; from those two halves, we can make two bracelets. We won't wear them, though—we'll just keep them safe with us.

Hena: Good idea! Here, take it.

{Arya breaks her and Hena's necklaces and fashions them into bracelets.}

Zohan: Tell you what—give me your half.

Hena (whispering in Arya's ear): Dude, he's flirting even in a situation this serious! Is this really Zohan, or is it someone else?

Arya: Let's check.

Arya: Zohan, let me put it on you.

Zohan: Hmmm...

{Arya puts the bracelet on Zohan.}

Zohan: Did you get your check done?

{Hena distracts Zohan.}

Hena: Here, take my bracelet and put it on Aayan.

Zohan: Why? You put it on him yourself.

Hena: I need to go search for that diary with Arya.

Aayan: There isn't really much information in it. It would be better if you just put it on me.

{Hena hands the bracelet to Zohan so he can put it on Aayan.}

Hena: How do you know that?

Aayan: We found that book; it only had three pages in it—just a story, and nothing else.

Arya: We found a diary, too. It also contained a story, but the pages following it were completely blank.

Aayan: Hey, maybe there's a hidden secret inside! Haven't you seen it in movies—when you hold the pages up to a flame, the hidden text becomes visible?

Hena: Yes! That could be it! We need to go check it out right away!

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