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The Haunting of Hill House

Elena

By MyaAlex SaBPublished about a year ago 5 min read

The Last Room

It had been over a century since anyone dared to enter Hill House. Locals whispered about voices in the walls, faces in the windows, and footsteps that echoed in empty halls. But for Elena, a graduate student in paranormal psychology, Hill House wasn’t a cursed ruin; it was the perfect thesis subject.

She arrived at dusk, her small car alone on the narrow, tree-lined drive. The house loomed ahead, towering gray stone against the blood-orange sky, each window as dark as a closed eye. The place was still and quiet—an unsettling silence that made her fingers twitch.

Elena,” she whispered as she opened her notebook, “do not get spooked.” Her voice was hollow against the walls as she entered, but she steadied herself. “This is only a house. Bricks, wood, memories. Nothing more.”

Inside, the air was thick and stale. Dust clung to everything, disturbed only by the occasional evening light piercing through the grime-smeared windows. Elena felt a strange sense of déjà vu as she crossed the grand hall. She’d studied the layout for months, but this was different. Being here, inside, was like sinking into a dream that wasn’t hers.

With a shaky breath, she flicked on her flashlight and set to work. Her equipment, small but essential, was easy to set up. She placed an EVP recorder on a narrow table in the hall, another in the library, and a third on the staircase landing. She wanted to be meticulous. After all, Hill House was notorious for strange sounds, and tonight, she planned to record every creak, every whisper.

Elena began her tour on the first floor, where the heavy air seemed to press down on her shoulders. Every room she entered was filled with a silence that was almost too complete like the house was waiting. Her voice felt strange in this space as she recorded notes about the peeling wallpaper, the furniture rotting under thick layers of dust, and the strange, faded portraits that lined the walls.

The dining room was grand yet sinister, with a long table draped in tattered fabric. As she moved closer, she felt her heart quicken; she could have sworn she heard a low hum. But when she pressed her ear closer, it was gone, replaced by the soft drip of water from somewhere unseen. She shivered and moved on, her footsteps echoing against the cold stone floor.

On the second floor, she found a bedroom with a canopy bed draped in tattered lace. A faint perfume lingered in the air, sweet and sickly. She wrinkled her nose and took a step back, uneasy, feeling a presence she couldn’t quite see. A flash of movement in the mirror caught her eye, but when she turned, it was only her reflection—pale, anxious, and suddenly, very tired.

“This place is getting to me,” she muttered, clutching her notebook. Her voice sounded foreign here, bouncing off the walls and melting into silence.

After nearly an hour, she made her way back to the hall, only to find that the lights had dimmed further, casting everything in a deep, velvet shadow. She reached for her flashlight, the beam flickering weakly, casting strange, jagged shadows along the staircase. At the top of the stairs, the door to the attic beckoned her—a room that hadn’t been on any map.

What is that?” she murmured, more to herself than anything else. She climbed slowly, her flashlight illuminating the steps one by one, her heart racing with each step. The higher she went, the colder the air became until it felt like she was wading through the ice.

Finally, she reached the attic door. It was cracked open, just enough for her to glimpse inside. Her flashlight wavered, revealing dusty trunks, broken toys, and... a mirror. She froze.

The mirror was massive, almost the size of the wall itself, its glass pristine compared to the ruin around it. She took a step closer, mesmerized. It reflected the room perfectly, except for one detail: in the reflection, someone was standing beside her.

Elena gasped, turning sharply, but the space beside her was empty. She looked back at the mirror, her heart thudding. The figure was still there—a woman with dark, hollow eyes, her face framed by shadows, lips moving soundlessly.

A chill ran through her as she realized the woman was mouthing something, her eyes locked on Elena’s reflection. Trembling, she tried to step back, but her feet were rooted in place, her body drawn toward the figure as though compelled.

The woman’s whispers grew louder, filling Elena’s mind with a voice that wasn’t her own that echoed and circled, bleeding into her thoughts. You shouldn’t have come here. This is my place.

“No,” Elena managed to whisper fighting to regain control of her body. “This is... this is just a reflection.”

But as she said it, the figure’s mouth twisted into a smile—a smile that grew wider and wider until it stretched across her face, contorting it into something grotesque. The mirror shuddered as if alive, rippling like water.

Elena’s reflection began to warp, her eyes darkening to match the woman’s, her mouth stretching in an impossible grin. She tried to scream, but no sound came out. She could feel herself slipping, her vision blurring, as though the mirror was pulling her into its depths.

With a last surge of willpower, Elena tore her gaze from the mirror and stumbled back, gasping as she broke free from its grip. She turned and bolted, the house seeming to close around her, each doorway darker than the last.

As she reached the staircase, a single, piercing wail echoed through the halls—a sound of anguish and anger, of something ancient and trapped. She didn’t stop, didn’t look back, even as the walls seemed to throb and pulse around her. She dashed down the stairs, her flashlight flickering out completely as she burst through the front door and into the night.

Once outside, she fell to her knees, gasping for air, her body trembling. Behind her, Hill House loomed, silent and watchful. The house had let her leave, but she knew—deep down, she knew—that a part of her hadn’t escaped. A part of her was still in that mirror, forever frozen beside the woman with the hollow eyes.

As she climbed into her car and drove away, the whispering began again, faint at first, then louder, as if it were following her. Hill House didn’t let go so easily, and in the back of her mind, Elena knew she would hear that whisper for the rest of her life. The house had marked her, and no matter how far she ran, it would be with her, waiting for the day she returned.

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