A gentle autumn breeze rustled through the darkened streets of a small town, carrying the vibrant purple, orange, and green lights that danced in the streetlights’ warm glow. As the golden moon brightened, the children ran beneath the red and orange trees, crunching fallen leaves under their clawed and fluffy feet. The leaves crunched louder as two babysitters were brought to the house. Slamming the car door shut, James grabbed the two baskets as Ashley knocked, but there was no answer for a moment.
“Try ringing the doorbell,” said James, holding the baskets.
Ashley rang the doorbell, but there was no answer. Worriedly, she rang the doorbell once again. Finally, small footsteps approached the door. A little girl wrapped in a long white cloak with black holes answered the door.
“Hi!” she greeted them.
Ashley peered from the door to check if anyone else was in the house.
“Hello,” James replied, waving. He bent to a knee and set aside the purple pumpkin basket. “What’s your name?”
“I’m Boo, Jack is my brother, who are you?”
“My partner sent us, Ashley’s mom to take you trick or treating. Is there anyone else home?”
“Nope, just me and Jack. Are those baskets for us?”
Ashley replied with a smile, “They sure are. We’ve got a purple and an orange pumpkin basket. Go let Jack know and go trick or treating soon.”
Boo cheered and ran into the house to tell Jack, who had a skeleton mask on his face.
“I want the orange basket!” Jack yelled through the doorway. “I’ll get a treasure of treats this year.”
The mist began to wisk through the ground and all the lights started flickering as the four walked by each house, receiving big bars of chocolates and small packets of gummies and other treats. Some houses served tricks instead of treats and some served both. The night grew darker and the moon was at its peak. As the clock struck eleven thirty, not a soul rang any doorbells nor did any cars drive by. Plastic bones rolled onto the roads and all the witches’ hats were lying on the ground.
“Strange,” James whispered, “there’s normally more people out here.”
“I guess everyone ate too much candy,” Ashley replied.
James shrugged his shoulders. “I wouldn’t worry much,” he replied. “So, how much candy did you two get?”
Jack answered, “I counted 145!”
“I got 134!” Boo answered. “Although, I wish there could’ve been scarier costumes.”
“Yeah, I guess Halloween is no fun if there’s no scare in it,” James claimed.
Ominously, a morbid voice answered them. “Oh, that’s more than true.”
Ashley and James turned their backs, but no one was there.
The morbid voice continued, “It’s no fun on Halloween night if there’s no fear in it, but it’s still fun to watch little ones scream.”
“Where the hell is that voice coming from?!” Ashley panicked.
“I have no idea…” James whispered, quivering.
Jack and Boo glanced at each other, unsurprised.
“We know who that is.” Jack shared.
“You do?” Ashley questioned, “Who is it?!”
“I’m not sure, but he’s a ghost we’ve summoned before. I think his name was Molak.”
The two stared blankly at each other.
“Right…well, can we see whoever Molak is?” James wondered.
“Hmm, I guess so,” she replied. Boo lifted her long white cloak and shouted, “Molak! There’s someone who wants to see you!”
Suddenly, an explosion of green smoke startled Ashley. However, James was unfazed and easily crossed his arms, staring into the creature.
“Who are those living piles of flesh?!” The creature exclaimed in fury.
“I am Boo. This is Jack. That’s Ashley and James. Who are you?”
The darkened creature with sharp claws approached them with wide blackened eyes and ink dripping from its legs.
“I am the Eye and devour all souls who disturb this silence.” The Eye raised its arm, and neighbors with glowing red eyes stormed the streets, groaning like zombies. The Eye commanded them to chase the four kids, and the zombies stretched their arms, rushing toward the group. Ashley carried Boo and James ran holding Jack’s hand, and began to run through the streets.
“This is fun!” Jack yelled.
“It’ll be more fun if we live!” James yelled back, nervously
The army of zombies stormed closer to the kids, their footsteps crunching on the orange leaves. This sound guided Ashley and James into a pitch-dark forest. Ashley took James, Jack, and Boo down another path, but it merely led them to a dead end. As the army with red glowing eyes drew near, The Eye stared deeply into their souls, with Ashley hiding Jack and Boo and James shielding the three.
Boo lifted her long white cloak and held out a chocolate bar. “You can have this.”
“A… chocolate bar?” James questioned.
“Mhm, this was the first candy I got today from another ghost at school. You can have it though, I don’t mind.”
The Eye reached its claws to her hands and collected the chocolate bar. Chewing the treat, its eyes dimmed.
“I need to go now,” said the Eye. It slowly backed away from Jack and Boo.
“See you later, Eye!” Jack yelled, waving goodbye.
Boo and Jack cheered for their victory as Ashley trembled and James let out a sigh. The group returned home with faded bruises and scratches. Ashley prepared four cups of hot cocoa with three marshmallows in each cup, and James, Jack, and Boo listened to the news. The groans of the neighborhood zombies approached their window, but a quick pull of the curtain left them in silence.
