It was a dark night. I was alone in my house as my whole family went out to attend some functions. I was just in my room, lying on my bed and reading a book. Not just any book I was reading Haunting of Hill House, an amazing and terrifying book. I was shaking but I continue the book. And in the mix of it, it was pouring cats and dogs. And suddenly the power gets cut off. I began to search for my phone which I left somewhere on the bed. When I had it, it was dead. I forgot to charge my phone when I came into the house.

I need to go to the hall in search of the candle. I found the candle but I couldn't find the matchbox to light it. Irritatedly I sat on the couch and I think I saw someone shadow on the window there for a second, it might be the illusions of my mind because I was a horrifying book. I was trembling inside. Then I made a brilliant idea of lighting the candle with the help of the stove. So I went into the kitchen and found the lighter broken. This was the worst time for the lighter to be broken.

As I was walking out of the kitchen I heard dogs barking at someone. So I went out to see what's the matter was. There was no one moreover every house was burning with electricity except mine. I was alarmed and I ran back in closing the door behind me. My thoughts started to pour in scaring me for all sides, 'what if the shadow that I saw was not some trick of my mind? What if that was real? What if someone is trying to kill me? Why would someone kill me?'. I said to myself gathering all the courage I have left "I can't these thoughts make me tense. I have to fight back". I went into the kitchen and took a knife then I remembered I saw a flashlight on the second floor of our house. I ran up the stairs, slipped some steps here and there but reached there and started searching for the torchlight.

As I was searching for it I hear a big gong in the house. Along with that, I hear a couple of footsteps coming toward me. I tried to reach for the knife which I thought I kept but the reality was I forgot it on the table in the hall. I was trying to turn on the flashlight but it was so old. Even when it lights up, lit dimly. So I hold the flashlight as a rod and said to myself "kill or get killed" and started swinging the flashlight towards them. Actually, it hit one person in the head and he crashed to the ground but the other person covered me with the blanket, tied me and then dragged me down the steps to the hall where I think I was made to sit down. I was still throwing punches in the air, trying to hit the people but couldn't land any. Then the blanket was removed.

The copious stream of photons was hitting me hard. I can only see a blurry image of a few people shouting at me and could not hear a thing for a moment. When I came out of that shock and I could hear somewhat clearly. When I heard the words which took in a frenzy of emotions and I couldn't control my tears which were coming down my face and those words are the words which I would never forget and they are "HAPPY BIRTHDAY PHANI!"

There was a cake in front of me, loving people around me, tears in my eyes. Everything I was grateful in my life was there in front of me and the words came out of my mouth that time was "F*** you man". There were a lot of hugs after that then we went in and cut the cake and then people started telling me they said there side of the story, the 2 people I fought with are my friends who were already in the house, keeping an eye on me, the person's shadow which I saw was one of my friend trying to find me by peeping through the window in the dark, the dogs of my neighbor were barking because these guys were jumping the fences with cake and drinks which unplanned along with the rain too. They are in fact the people who cut off the power to the house.

I thought I was going to die at some point in the night. They scared me to the core. you know if you want to give the best time of life and they shouldn't forget it then give it in the most unexpected way possible, just start by making it the worst day and end it with the surprise of their life and This was the best birthday surprise ever...

Hey, and the gong sound that I heard, was from the wall clock hitting midnight of April 29th.