THE FIRE IMP
Episode Two: The Third Night
by Sabastian Gall
Bence is used to the night.
As a bicycle courier in Budapest, he spends his evenings weaving through empty streets, rain-soaked tram lines, and the sleepless silence of the city after midnight. But one shortcut changes everything.
Near Nyugati station, Bence cuts through an abandoned construction site — the fenced-off remains of the old Centrum lot. There, in the darkness between broken concrete and rusted metal, he catches a glimpse of something impossible:
a small figure made of glowing ash and fire.
Four days later, the hauntings begin.
First comes the smell of smoke.
Then the scratching in the walls.
Then the creature itself — fast, silent, and always watching.
No one else can see it.
As Bence spirals into exhaustion and paranoia, he uncovers a terrifying urban legend whispered across hidden forums and late-night conversations:
The Fire Imp appears three times.
If you survive the third night, you live.
If you panic, run, or lose control…
the fire takes something with it.
Set against the shadowed streets and underground fears of Budapest, The Third Night is a chilling standalone supernatural horror story about isolation, dread, and the terrifying things waiting in forgotten places.