CHAPTER - 3 : The Evil Truth

Then, firstly I took the straightener and with my full force, crashed it onto the floor, it broke into pieces,I quickly ran out of my room and went downstairs, locked myself in the hall, my feets still trembling, my heartbeat still going faster, then I took a deep sigh and thought deeply, maybe that was my Imagination, but how could I imagine a girl, whom I have never seen before.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the main door, I got scared. I slowly opened the door and saw that they were my parents. I got relieved and quickly hugged them as tightly as possible.

Mom : What happened dear, looks like you are scared.

Sandy : How do you know?

Dad : Your pale look says everything.

Sandy : Mom, Dad, there's someone in our house except we three ( I stammered while saying ) there's a..a girl..she..she was to..totally red..and..and her eyes were like..lava, I..I saw her in my room...and...and...

Mom : Hey, calm down, looks like you have done a lot of study.

Sandy : but I am saying what I saw.

Mom : Dear, I feel that you need a deep sleep, tomorrow your school is there, have you completed your homework.

Sandy : Yeah!

Mom : Come on then, get on your bed.

She took me to my room and I laid on my bed,

Mom : Hey, good night and don't imagine too much, Ok.

And  by saying these words she left. By thinking all that happened, I slept restlessly.

***

The next day, I met Bell while going to school, I told her the whole incident that happened with me, but she was not shocked instead she said,

Bell : maybe, you are imagining things,

Sandy : Don't you trust me, bell.

Bell : I do, but how is this possible that a girl came and she then went into the straightener.

Sandy : Yeah! maybe you are right.

Then I remembered the name written on that straightened and I mumbled,

Sandy : I think she was Elsa.

Bell : What?

Because she didn't heard that clearly, I said,

Sandy : Nothing.

And I changed the topic and we started discussing about our school work.

We reached school, and after lunch break, it was English class, which was my favorite. I enjoyed studying English very much, and fortunately I got the first seat, actually unfortunately, then our teacher Ms. Jenner started to teach chapter eight which was appreciate everything whether it's good or bad, I thought what a silly heading, how could we appreciate that thing that we doesn't like.

Then suddenly the girl who was sitting behind me and got up and said to Ms Jenner,

Girl : Mam, I am not able to see clearly.

I turned back and thought, my height is not too long that she is not able to see the blackboard, then Ms Jenner said her to come to another seat that was beside me, while sitting she looked at me awkwardly, especially she glared at my hair.

Then to my surprise, all the students that were sitting behind me were unable to see, I wondered why, and then when Ms Jenner turned towards me, she said me,

Ms Jenner : Sandy, why are you wearing such a long and weird hat, remove it, the students are not able to look clearly at the blackboard.

I got shocked, I thought I am not wearing any hat, then why is she lying, by that time all the students were glaring at me, awkwardly.

Then I looked towards Bell who was sitting beside me ( from the another side ), I asked her,

Sandy : What is on my hair?

But she was glaring at my hair with a haunted expression, I repeated my question,

Sandy : What is it, say me!

I touched my hand on my head and felt that something is weird.

I felt something very hard and very hot, I looked towards Bell, she said and stammered while saying,

Bell : You...your...ha..hai...hair...

Sandy : What about my hair?

All students were still glaring and were looking at me in an haunted expression.

Bell : It is standing in the upward direction", I said shockingly, "No...what, how can this happen", and all I can do was to run out of the classroom, I was so much embarrassed, I quickly ran towards the washroom and looked in mirror and was totally shocked, I saw that my hair was standing in an upward direction, then I saw Bell coming towards me and said, "Hey! what's wrong with your hair, they look really really haunted", I said, "I know, you just shut up and go and call my mom", I felt bad for talking with her in that manner, but what could I do I was going from a weird situation.

I waited in the washroom till my mom arrived, I saw that some girls were trying to look at me from the door by hiding, and giggled and laughed.

I felt very bad, I thought that my curly hair was better than this condition.

Soon my mom arrived and was shocked to see my hair, she immediately took me to a doctor, then the doctor applied something, and from that my hair became normal, but something was missing, cause they were no longer shining and smooth, they were just rough and curlier than before.

***

After coming home, I explained mom the whole scenario, she told me not to worry and get some rest, and I agreed, as I went into my room, I saw that girl again, she was laughing at me and as I came closer to her, she vanished.

I thought something is weird about the straightener, I decided to take it back to the shop, as I looked at my bed, I saw that the straightener was not broken, but it was all good, shining brightly, like it was never broken. I got crazy, what's happening with me, how could this be possible, I grabbed my bag, put that straightener into it and quickly changed into a hoodie which could cover my hair.

I ran towards the shop, and reached there, I was breathing heavily, the shopkeeper gazed at me for a moment and then said,

Shopkeeper : Well, now you know, why I was not willing to give it to you.

Sandy : What do you mean, because of you my hair got worse.

Shopkeeper : ( in an angry tone ) Mam, I already warned you before buying that straightener, but you were so mean and greedy in order to look beautiful.

Sandy : How dare you!

and then he interrupted me by saying,

Shopkeeper : Have you got the straightener.

Sandy : Yeah! It's in my bag.

Shopkeeper : Well, show it to me.

I gave him the bag. He removed the straightener from my bag, then she carefully observed it and then looked at me,

Sandy : What, what happened?

He glared at me, with a serious face and said,

Shopkeeper : Why did you cut her name and wrote yours! Now she's not going to leave you, she will stay with you always and now nothing will happen good in your life.

Sandy : What, what are you saying?

I can't believe his words, I asked him spluttering,

Sandy : Who is Elsa?

Shopkeeper : The owner of this straightener, do you know her story.

Sandy : ( terrifying )What is her story.

Shopkeeper : She was a girl like you, she also  wanted beautiful hair, and she got beautiful hair but her friend got jealous and when she was straightening her hair, her friend poured water at the circiut which gave rise to a electric short circuit of high voltage and then due to electric shock, Elsa was no more.
And, then her soul got caught in that straightener, and from them she searches for her friend due to which she died, and damages every girl's hair who used this straightener.

Sandy : But what is my fault?

Shopkeeper : Your fault is instead of appreciating your beautiful hair, you were willing to change them, you are not accepting what you have naturally, but acted like a greedy person and damaged yourself, she thinks that if she couldn't have beautiful hair, she will never let any girl's hair be beautiful by using her straightener, and that's why she wrote on it, that don't dare to use it, to give everyone warning, But...".

Sandy : But due to my greediness, I have ruined my hair.

Shopkeeper : What?

Sandy : Nothing, so I don't want that straightener anymore, please take it back.

He said by lifting his head with guilt,

Shopkeeper : Sorry mam, We can't.

Sandy : ( annoyingly ) What, but why, I will give you the total amount.

Shopkeeper : It's not about the money mam, but we are not taking it back, because we also wanted to get free from that cursed straightener, and now we are free. And still if you give us the straightener, it will come back to you, now Elsa is attached to you in your whole life, you cannot do anything about it, we are so sorry.

Sandy : ( Harshly )You don't have to say sorry again and again, it means now I am trapped and what about my hair.

Shopkeeper : It will stay like this forever, and you can't use any other straightener

Sandy : Why?

Shopkeeper : Cause she won't let you do that.

***

I could't believe all this, but I have to, I came back to home, in my room, I kept that straightener at a corner, and glared at it for sometime and then I thought that I have ruined my hair from my hands, in my greediness, I lost my senses, then I remembered my mom saying me that you should don't cry for what you not have, just appreciate what you have, and what did I did.

And then I saw her, Elsa, she was staring at me and then she stared me my whole life...

*** THE END ***

#MORAL#  :  "Never cry for what you not have, just be thankful for what you have and appreciate it and take care of it, don't be greedy, because it destroys everything..."

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