00:00The Ghosts of the Abandoned Village
00:02Episode 1, Shadows Return
00:05We were known in our village for our bravery, intellect, and leadership.
00:11My father was the chieftain, and I was raised with pride in the land we called home.
00:16I completed my schooling there, right up to matriculation,
00:19before leaving for Islamabad to pursue higher studies.
00:23Years passed. I earned a Ph.D., and with a heart full of dreams, I returned home.
00:30But something was... different.
00:33The moment I stepped back into the village, a strange silence greeted me.
00:38And then, the dreadful news broke.
00:41Iqbal Village, just beyond the forest, was now abandoned.
00:45My father's face turned grim as he spoke.
00:48Every evening, three black phantoms rise from the forest.
00:52They enter Iqbal Village, and before dawn, three or four children are found dead,
00:57throat slit, eyes wide in horror.
01:01Terrified survivors fled to our village.
01:04We sent armed guards to investigate.
01:07But every man returned either sick or insane.
01:11Their eyes told stories no tongue could utter.
01:14Their fear infected our village.
01:16The air was heavy with dread.
01:17I told my father, give me fifty horsemen.
01:22I will face these demons myself.
01:25He hesitated, then nodded.
01:28We rode at dusk.
01:30When we reached the abandoned village, it felt as though even the air refused to breathe.
01:35The wind carried whispers.
01:37From a lone house, smoke curled into the darkening sky.
01:41We entered.
01:42Inside was an elderly woman, cradling a toddler barely two years old.
01:48They took his parents last week, she whispered.
01:50Everyone else fled.
01:52I am too weak to run, and too afraid to stay.
01:55Last night I heard them, those shadows.
01:58I locked myself in a room, but they entered the one beside me, and stole all the gold we had.
02:05Her eyes glistened with tears.
02:07They're coming back tonight, and I fear they'll take my grandson.
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