Happy Halloween everyone!
I know this Halloween is strange because of the global pandemic but we can still try to make it an enjoyable day, safely of course.
This year I’m dressed up as a Hogwarts student, with the robes, scarf and everything. I admit I put a little bit more effort this year for a costume(unlike every other year)because I wanted to make this(otherwise depressing) year a little bit better, one day at a time. Since we obviously can’t go out to trick-treat, my parents came up with the idea of having my brother and sister go “door to door” in our house for candy. Going to each room in our house and then receive candy from our parents or me.
I think we should find safe ways to enjoy these holidays, or just do something a little special on any given day, to spice up your time at home. For Halloween, why don’t you eat a little bit of your favorite candy? Draw a spooky picture, or watch a Halloween-themed movie. Just enjoy the little things to make life enjoyable in these harsh times.
It seems there is a significant lack of stories on this blog now so I’m going to rectify that now. In the spirit of Halloween, I decided to write a short story with a spooky setting and a twist.
So grab your favorite blanket, a cup of tea, or a bit of Halloween candy, cause this story is gonna be something you wanna sit down and immerse yourself into.
Now, on to the story! Enjoy.
You wake up, your eyes adjust to the darkness swallowing the interior of the room as sweat drips down you temple. Your hands shake, your heart beats so fast that it feels like it’ll break through your chest. You push the covers off your body, feeling so hot that it feels like you’re suffocating. You heave yourself off the bed, bare feet meeting chilled wooden floorboards. The bed groans from being relieved of the constant pressure it endured second before. Your feet pad along the floor as you keep your eyes trained on the entrance to the bathroom, refusing to rest your gaze on the dark form following you, visible in your peripheral vision.
When you enter the bathroom you shut the door and lock it, turning to the sink and turning it on the faucet, you splash cold water on your face, cleaning the sweat that collected under your eyes and on your brow. Suddenly you hear a noise that sounds like scriiiitch, scriiiitch, long and slow. Stiffly, you turn your body to face the direction of the sound, opening the door and looking down. There are fresh scratch marks on the bottom of the door, a new addition to the numerous identical marks it was added to. Accustomed to this, you ignore it, since this has been happening for the past few months.
You trudge back to your room. Reaching the bed, you find a small animal. On closer inspection you find that it’s a rat, or a formerly alive one. Grabbing some disposable gloves, you remove the carcass and go outside to throw it out. Once that’s been done, you get back into bed, eyes heavy and mind drowsy. But before you succumb to your sleep, something climbs onto the bed, slowly making its way toward you, the pressure of its hands and feet make you shiver.
The creature growls when you try to move, so you’re left unmoving while the creature moves up and down your body, until it settles on your just. It purrs when you reach up to scratch between it’s ears as it slumbers on.
The creature is your cat.
So, how was it?
I know I said it would be spooky with a twist so their you go! I’m not a fan of horror or anything remotely scary because I’m a big scaredy cat and can barely handle scary movies or stories. So this story might not scare most of you. But if it brought you a few laughs then that’s enough for me.
Anyway, I hope you all have been having a good Halloween! Stay safe everyone!