The story revolves around a mysterious new student named Astha who joins a school in the middle of the term. Quiet and distant , she chooses to sit at the last bench. soon after her arrival, strange incidents begin to occur in the classroom-lights flicker, the clock stops exactly at 12 : noon, and objects move without anyone touching them. 

The narrator becomes curious and starts observing Astha closely . one evening, the narrator accidentally witnesses Asthaa standing alone in the classroom while papers swirl around her and an invisible force seems to surround him. When Astha notices that she has been seen, she calmly warns the narrator.

The next day, everything changes. Aryan disappears, and no one in the school remembers him. Even the teachers claim that no such student ever existed. The only proof left behind is a mysterious message carved into the last bench:"you remember".

As the classroom clock once again stops at 12: noon and the lights flicker, the story ends on a suspenseful note, leaving readers wondering whether Astha was real or something supernatural.

The teacher had just stepped out for a moment, leaving the students alone. The old classroom clock ticked loudly on the wall.


I  sat Frozen in her chair. My heart was still racing after what she had heard the night before.


" You shouldn't have opened that door..."


Rahul leaned closer to her desk. " Did you sleep at all?" He asked quitely.


" No....and something strange happened last night."


Riya and Rahul immediately turned towards her. 


" I went back to the corridor...the one near the locked room."


Rahul whispered, " that door has been locked for years ."


" I know," Somya said. " But it was open...and inside."


Somya felt the same cold feeling she had felt the first night in the classroom.


" But that's impossible," she said slowly.


The classroom door slammed shut by itself.


And from the back of the room, a familiar whisper returned.


Chapter 14 - The Truth Behind the door