May is a very beautiful girl and loved by everyone. She was a very hardworking girl and her exam results were very good and this made her parents very proud of her. Of course, she had many suitors which she found no interest in them at all. After many years, she had graduated from her university and had became a doctor. Her parents had been even proud of her than ever. One can say her life was perfect.
One evening after dinner, her mother walked into her room. "Dear, your father and I will be going for a visit to an old uncle very far away", said her mother. She smiled at her mother and told them to have a great trip. However, her mother then told her that their trip will not be short and she will be alone for a very long time. "Why, mother?", she asked. "For we have to do one thing that it is now due and we need to fulfill it", answered her mother gently to her daughter. "You are now big enough", she continued. "Then I shall miss you very much, mother", her daughter held her mother's hand. "But why you and papa have to stay so long?", the daughter asked her mother. "One day you shall know", said her mother. Her mother was nearly as tearful as the other night when her husband told her that it was time to fulfill their deeds.
Her parents had left very early in the morning. When she woke up, she found a note by her pillow. The note read that she should be careful whenever the clock strikes seven in the evening and she should not accept anything from any man. That was all the note were written by her parents. She kept wondering what her parents had tried to tell her. She went to work as usual, meet all her patients, had her lunch and went home after work. As correct as the note her parents wrote, someone knocked at her door at seven o'clock evening. She went to answer the door. "Good evening, doctor", the man greeted her. "I am here to grant you one wish. Any wish. However, there's one condition to that wish", the man gave her a wide grin. "When you achieve that wish, you must give me the first thing you see when you wake up the next morning", said the man. Adhering to her parent's advice, she said no and told the man to go off. "Very well", the man left.
The next morning, she went to work like usual and came home after work. At seven o'clock again, there was a knock on the door. She went to answer the door and found the man again on her door step. "Good evening", greeted the man. "I am here to grant you a wish", again the man propose his offer to her. "However, there's a condition that you must give me the first thing you see when you wake the next morning", the man give her an even bigger grin this time. Again, she said no to him and told him not to come again. "Very well", the man left.
The very next day, she went to work like usual then came home after work. At seven o'clock again, there was a knock on the door. The man had returned to her house again. "Hello there", the man called from outside. "I am here to give you a wish", the man repeated his offer again. This time, she had became so frightened she called the police. "I'd called the police!", she begged the man to go away. The man laughed so hard that it shook the house. "You think you can run away", said the man. "Your parents had been so eager to have a baby last time", the man began to snarl then a loud laugh again. "Your parents wished for you", the man laughed again. "And you must do the same again like them", the man told her. "No, it's not true!", the girl cried. It had became so quiet and the girl had no idea if the man was still there. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, "Hello, we are the police. Open the door", the police had arrived. She ran to the door and open it. Behold, the man was still standing behind the two officers. She screamed and fainted.
When she woke up, she was already in the hospital. Her doctor had told her that she had fainted at her doorstep in front of the policemen. Later in the afternoon, the two policemen came to see her. "Miss, may I know what had happen?", he asked her. "Didn't you see a man standing in front of my door?", she asked them. Both of the policemen seemed surprise and told her there was no man standing at her door. She told them there was a man there. For in fact, that person was a devil who had made a deal with her parents many years ago. Her parents had wanted a child for a long time and they would give anything to have one baby. Unfortunately, the devil was passing by and overheard the parent's wish and so decided to make an evil deal with them. Her parents had now gone because both see each other in the morning the first thing when both opened their eyes. They had been strong enough to ward off the devil from taking them away before they could see their daughter grew up.
That night at seven evening, the devil appear in front of her bed and give her the most wicked smile ever. She yelled at him and told him to go away for she had no deals to offer and no wish she wanted. "Yes", the devil gave a long slur and told her every human has a desire. "Everyone has a desire. Tell me, what you desire most?", the devil now bend over her and looked into her eyes. He saw her parents. "Your eyes betrayed you, my dear", the devil laughed. "Tell me, you desire your parents and I shall grant them", the devil was now dancing happily in front of her. "Tell me", the devil repeated. She screamed at the devil again to leave her. She still remember her parents advice to never say yes to any man who offer her anything. When the clock struck eight the devil had dissappeared from her room. She was now soaking with sweat and fear.
The next morning, she was fine enough and her doctors had her discharge from the hospital and returned home. The moment she entered her house, the feeling was no longer the same. She could sense the difference in the house. The feeling as though someone had entered into it and give it a different smell. Again that night at seven evening, the devil came knocking on her door again. He waited outside for her to come to him. He waited and waited and still there was no one to open the door. He knocked again. Only silent greeted him. At eight evening, the devil left. The girl who used to stay there at the house had left already. She no longer stay at the same house anymore. Yet, everyday without fail, at seven evening, the devil will come knocking on the door and bemoans the girl to come open the door so he could offer her a wish. Many occupants had come and go as they complained someone came knocking and created a lot of nuisance exactly at that said hour. I am not sure what happen to that house. Some said it was moved away or it had been demolished for newer housing development.
Author : Just pure fiction and not related to any person or event.
williamwilstroth... knock... knock...
