00:00It was a cold Halloween night.
00:02For friends, Emma, Josh, Lily, and Ben,
00:09sat in Emma's living room, surrounded by candles, phones off, lights out.
00:16On the table lay an old, folded note they'd found earlier that day while exploring an abandoned church.
00:22It read, at midnight, light one candle for every soul.
00:26Count carefully.
00:28For when the number is wrong, one will stay behind.
00:31Hoss grinned perfect Halloween challenge.
00:35At 11.59, they turned off the lights.
00:39Four candles.
00:41Four flames.
00:42The clock struck twelve.
00:44The room filled with soft, flickering light and silence.
00:49For a few moments, nothing happened.
00:51Then, a faint knock came from the wall.
00:56Knock.
00:56Knock.
00:58Knock.
00:59Knock.
01:01Ben whispered.
01:03Who's there?
01:04No.
01:06Answer.
01:06The flame nearest to him flickered.
01:09Then went out.
01:10Emma gassed.
01:12Don't blow them out.
01:14Josh laughed, nervously.
01:16Maybe a draft.
01:17But then another candle went out.
01:19Then another.
01:21Now only one remained.
01:23Emma's.
01:25Suddenly.
01:26From the shadows.
01:27A cold whisper filled the room.
01:30Who lit my candle?
01:31They.
01:32Froze.
01:33Behind Emma, a fifth candle.
01:35One they never lit.
01:37Began to glow faintly.
01:39Ben's voice trembled.
01:42Wait.
01:43There are five flames now.
01:45Emma turned slowly.
01:47Air eyes wide.
01:48The flickering light revealed a dark figure standing behind her.
01:52Face hidden.
01:53Hands hovering above her shoulder.
01:55The candles all went out at once.
01:58Screams echoed in the darkness.
02:00When the lights flicked back on, Emma was gone.
02:04Only four candles burned on the table again.
02:07Each one shaped like a tiny, melting figure.
02:10And faintly, from somewhere unseen, a whisper.
02:14Count carefully.
02:16Always count carefully.
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