# अध्याय 1
The Dark Realm – The Never-Ending Mansion
Chapter 1: The Call of the Dark Night (Part 1)
It was exactly 12:00 midnight.
Dark clouds roared across the sky as flashes of lightning lit up the forest for only a split second before everything disappeared into darkness again.
In a small village called Bhairavpur, everyone feared a place known as The Mansion of the Dark Realm.
The villagers believed that anyone who entered the mansion never returned alive.
On that very night, four friends—Sizububu, Moco, Tofu, and Rizu—received the same mysterious notification on their phones.
«"If you are truly brave, come to the old mansion at 1:00 AM. We are waiting for you."»
There was no phone number.
No app name.
No sender.
The four friends immediately called each other.
"Did you get the same message?"
"Yes..."
"Who could have sent this?"
Suddenly, all of their phone batteries dropped from 100% to 13% within seconds.
Their screens turned completely black.
A single glowing red eye appeared on each display.
A few seconds later, everything returned to normal as if nothing had happened.
Moco looked nervous.
"I don't think this is a good idea. We shouldn't go."
Sizububu smiled.
"If someone is trying to scare us, tonight we'll find out who it is."
At 12:45 AM, the four friends met outside the village carrying flashlights.
The moment they entered the forest...
Every phone lost its signal.
The air became freezing cold.
The trees began moving even though there wasn't a single breeze.
Tofu suddenly looked behind him.
For a brief moment, he thought someone wearing white clothes was standing there.
He quickly pointed his flashlight toward the figure...
But there was no one.
"It must have been my imagination," he whispered.
They continued walking.
After nearly ten minutes, they reached a rusty iron gate.
Written across it in faded letters were the words:
"Welcome to the Dark Realm."
Without anyone touching it...
The gate slowly opened by itself.
Creeeaaak...
The four friends exchanged frightened looks.
Rizu whispered,
"Maybe we should go back."
Before anyone could move...
BANG!
The gate slammed shut behind them.
They rushed toward it and tried everything to open it.
It didn't move even an inch.
At that very moment...
The sound of a little girl's laughter echoed through the forest.
"Hee... Hee... Hee..."
A chill ran down their spines.
They aimed their flashlights toward the sound.
A little girl was standing there.
Her long black hair covered her face.
She held an old broken doll in one hand.
Slowly...
She raised her head.
Her eyes were completely black.
A horrifying smile spread across her face.
In a soft whisper, she said...
"You're... too late."
The next second...
She vanished into thin air.
Immediately afterward...
A massive wooden door inside the mansion slowly creaked open...
As if something inside...
Had been waiting for them all along.
End of Part 1