Night fell too fast on the cliff 🌙
Not gently.
Not politely.
One moment there was dusk 🌆
The next—
white fog wrapped around the cabin like something alive 🤍🌫️
Thick.
Breathing.
Pressing its face against the windows 🪟😶
Cold air hummed against the wooden walls ❄️
A low sound.
Like the mountain was whispering secrets it never meant to share 🏔️🫥
Inside the cabin 🏡
The fireplace glowed softly 🔥
Orange light danced across the walls
Shadows stretched too long
And then stretched some more 👀
A strange peace settled in.
The kind that comes right before something goes wrong ⚠️
Inside the Cabin — A Very Wrong Family
Walter was already sitting cross-legged on the carpet 🧘♂️
Holding a flashlight under his chin 🔦😈
His face looked like a haunted potato.
Miko was near the small table 🍵
Carefully pouring tea
Hands steady
But shoulders tense 😟
Barfi sat near the window 🪟
Fixing an old lantern
Movements slow
Precise
Silent 🔧😐
Hawk checked every window 🔍
Then checked them again
Then locked the door 🔒
Then checked it again 😑
Dr. Putin sat at the table ✍️
Notebook open
Pen moving
Eyes sharp but calm 🧠
Five people.
Five very different rhythms.
Strange…
But comfortable 🤍
Walter Decides to Ruin Everything 🎭
Walter clapped loudly 👏💥
"EVERYBODY SIT." 😈
"It's time for SCARY STORIES." 👻
Hawk groaned instantly 😩
"Walter—"
"No interruptions!" Walter snapped ✋
"This is therapy."
Dr. Putin raised an eyebrow 🤨
"That is not therapy in any world."
Walter ignored him completely 😌
Lowered his voice dramatically 🎤
"Long ago…
in a cold mountain cabin like this…" 🌨️🏡
Miko sat beside Barfi
Pulling a blanket around her shoulders 🧣
She didn't touch him
But she sat close 🤍
Walter continued, whispering:
"…there lived a ghost called kk 👻
who hunted people
who didn't clean their blankets properly—"
Hawk frowned 😠
"That's not even a name."
Walter gasped theatrically 😱
"She broke BLANKETS!
What do you want her named—STEVE!?"
Barfi blinked once 😐
"Ghosts don't exist."
Walter pointed at him like a prosecutor 👉
"That's what the first victim said!"
Miko giggled 🤭
A small sound
Light
Real
Barfi's lips twitched 🙂
Not a smile
But close
Quiet Moment — A Crack in the Wall 🌱
Walter eventually scared himself 😨
Ran to the bathroom "to check the pipes" 🚽
And locked the door from inside 🔒
The cabin grew quiet.
Just fire crackling 🔥
Wind humming 🌬️
Fog breathing 🌫️
Miko looked at Barfi 🤍
"Are you… feeling a little better today?"
Barfi stared into the fire
Watching flames fold into themselves
"I don't know." 😐
"You liked the view," she said softly 🌄
He nodded.
"It was peaceful."
Miko smiled gently 😊
"That's a feeling."
Barfi looked at her
Just for a second
Longer than usual 👀
"…Maybe."
Her heart warmed 💓
Neither of them noticed
A thin black book on the shelf 📖
Half-hidden
Waiting
The Book 📚🖤
Later, curiosity got the better of Miko.
She wandered the cabin 🕯️
Fingers tracing old wood
Breathing in dust and cold air
Then—
She stopped.
"…A book?" 😶
Thin.
Black.
No title.
Dusty.
Cold to the touch 🥶
She carried it carefully back to the group 🤲
"I found this behind the firewood."
Walter peeked over her shoulder 👀
"Is it cursed!?" 😱
Hawk grabbed his collar instantly 🤏
"STOP SAYING THAT."
Dr. Putin adjusted his glasses 🤓
"Let me see."
He opened it slowly 📖
Everyone leaned in.
Symbols.
Shapes.
Strange diagrams 🔺🌀
Some mathematical
Some psychological
Some… wrong
Hawk frowned 😠
"Looks like nonsense."
The fire crackled louder 🔥
Like it disagreed
Dr. Putin inhaled slowly 😮💨
"…This isn't nonsense."
The room went still.
"It's a record," he said quietly.
"A story."
"And a warning." ⚠️
The Family and the Bear 🐻
Dr. Putin began to read.
"Long ago…
a small family lived in this very cabin."
Miko shivered ❄️
"Grandmother, father, and three sons."
Walter squeaked 🐭
"We're going to die."
Hawk kicked his leg under the table 👢
"Behind their cabin," Dr. Putin continued,
"lived a wild bear."
He turned the page.
A charcoal drawing 🖤
A massive bear
Gentle eyes
"This bear grew up beside the youngest son.
He loved the bear like a friend." 🤍
Barfi listened
Unblinking
"But the rest of the family…"
Dr. Putin's voice dropped
"They beat the bear.
For amusement."
Miko covered her mouth 😨
"That's horrible…"
"They kicked it.
Starved it.
Tied it.
Mocked it."
Walter whispered angrily 😠
"Those people deserve lifelong homework."
Only the grandmother was kind.
She gave the youngest son a black book before she died 📖🖤
The Bear Dies 💔🐻
"One winter night…"
Dr. Putin read
"The beating went too far."
The page showed a broken bear
Half-crushed
Still
Only Barfi didn't flinch 😐
The boy screamed for help.
The family laughed.
When the bear died…
The boy began seeing it.
A shadow in the snow 🌨️
Bleeding
Crying
Calling his name 👁️
The Ritual 🩸
"To save his friend,"
Dr. Putin said quietly
"The boy used the book."
Walter gulped 😰
"Please don't say—"
"Yes," Dr. Putin nodded.
The ritual pulled something back.
Not the bear's soul.
But the boy's grief.
Rage.
Pain.
Fear.
The bear rose again.
Not a bear.
A demon 😈🐻
Half-dead
Half-wrong
It killed the father.
Then the brothers.
Then burned the cabin 🔥
Only the boy survived.
Broken.
The Seal 🕯️
Dr. Putin turned the last pages.
The handwriting shook.
"Four men and one girl," he read,
"must enter the cabin…
for the demon to awaken."
Silence.
Hawk counted silently.
Barfi.
Walter.
Hawk.
Dr. Putin.
Miko.
Five.
Walter screamed into a pillow 😱
"WHY DID WE BRING THE GIRL!?"
Miko punched his arm 💥
"SHUT UP!"
Dr. Putin read the final rules:
Do not leave the house at night 🚫🌙
Your answers lie inside 🏡
Break either rule…
and it will rise
The book grew hot 🔥
Smoke curled upward 🌫️
Miko gasped 😨
"Doctor—!"
The book fell.
Hit the floor.
And burned.
Black-blue fire 🔥🖤
Cold fire
Silent fire
Hawk tried to stomp it 👢
The flames crawled around his boot
Barfi watched
Eyes sharp
Heart… faster 💓
The book turned to ash.
The cabin fell silent.
The fireplace dimmed.
And outside—
Something moved in the fog 🌫️👁️
Breathing
Slow
Heavy
Walter whispered:
"…It woke up… didn't it?"
No one answered.
Barfi looked toward the window 🪟
And for the first time in days—
His heartbeat changed 💥
Not fear.
Not calm.
Awake.