Title: "Echoes from Beyond"
INT. ABANDONED MANSION - FOYER - NIGHT
A dilapidated mansion stands in darkness. Rain pounds against the windows. AMY (early 20s, skeptical and brave) and MARK (also early 20s, adventurous but anxious) enter hesitantly, carrying flashlights.
AMY
(whispers)
This place gives me the creeps, Mark.
MARK
(nervous)
Yeah, but remember, we're here to prove those urban legends wrong. There's no such thing as ghosts.
INT. ABANDONED MANSION - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT
Cobwebs drape the furniture. A faint chill fills the air. The sound of echoing footsteps reverberates from a distant room.
AMY
(hushed)
Did you hear that?
MARK
(trying to be brave)
It's probably just the wind. Let's keep going.
INT. ABANDONED MANSION - LIBRARY - NIGHT
Books are scattered everywhere, collecting dust. Amy picks up a tattered journal and starts reading.
AMY
(startled)
Listen to this, Mark. It says this mansion was once owned by a family who performed dark rituals.
MARK
(skeptical)
Urban legends, remember? Let's find something concrete.
INT. ABANDONED MANSION - BASEMENT - NIGHT
Amy and Mark descend creaky stairs to a dimly lit basement. Strange symbols are drawn on the walls.
AMY
(apprehensive)
This doesn't look good.
MARK
(mocking)
Probably kids playing pranks down here.
A distant whisper fills the room, growing louder.
WHISPERING VOICE
(whispers)
Get out...
AMY
(panicking)
Did you hear that?!
Before Mark can respond, a ghostly figure emerges from the shadows.
GHOSTLY FIGURE
(ominous)
Get out... or suffer.
Mark and Amy run back up the stairs, terror-stricken.
INT. ABANDONED MANSION - MASTER BEDROOM - NIGHT
Amy and Mark barricade themselves inside the master bedroom. Heavy thuds resonate outside.
MARK
(terrified)
This can't be real! We're trapped!
Amy spots an old OUIJA BOARD on a dusty dresser.
AMY
(desperate)
Maybe we can find answers with this!
They place their hands on the planchette, and it starts moving by itself.
OUIJA BOARD
(menacing)
You shouldn't have come here!
The room shakes violently as spectral apparitions surround them.
INT. ABANDONED MANSION - ATTIC - NIGHT
Desperate to escape, Amy and Mark find themselves in the attic. An eerie presence fills the space.
AMY
(tearful)
We have to get out of here, Mark! This place is cursed!
MARK
(frightened)
We can't leave until we break the curse!
They find an ancient BOX tucked away in a corner.
INT. ABANDONED MANSION - FOYER - NIGHT
Amy and Mark return to the foyer, holding the box. They open it to find a peculiar amulet.
AMY
(determined)
This must be it! We have to destroy it!
As they attempt to smash the amulet, the ghostly figure materializes before them, enraged.
GHOSTLY FIGURE
(angry)
You dare defy me?!
Mark and Amy exchange determined looks, and Amy takes a deep breath.
AMY
(courageous)
We won't let you haunt this place anymore!
They shatter the amulet, and the mansion trembles as the curse breaks.
INT. ABANDONED MANSION - FOYER - DAWN
The sun begins to rise, illuminating the mansion. The oppressive atmosphere lifts, and the ghostly figure disappears.
AMY
(relieved)
It's over.
MARK
(grateful)
Let's never speak of this again.
As they walk away from the mansion, they glance back one last time, wondering if the shadows would ever reveal their macabre secrets again.
FADE OUT.
