The wind howled like a banshee, cutting through the silence of the black sky like a scissor.
Boys and girls - even parents - of all sizes flooded the decorated streets.
The witches in the house had scared many trick-or-treaters away with their 'creepiness,' blood, and pranks, so they were bored out of their minds now, needing something to do.
“Alright, let the-” Amany said, waving a stick in the air and kicking her chunky black wedge heels off. She was forced to the side by an elbow, and a girl who was smiling from ear-to-ear took her place.
“Let the meeting begin!” Ria exclaimed, her arms in a jumping jack position. Her eyebrows wiggled like worms as she said ‘begin,’ and she grinned. Ria stumbled forward, tripping on the broomsticks against the wall. Her pointy black hat drooped a bit, like a sad puppy who got scolded.
“Girl, you gotta be careful,” Kylie said, laughing and helping Adrienne stand up.
“It was their fault!” Ria said, pointing at the broomsticks and sticking her tongue out at them.
“Wait- why are we doing this again?” B’s eyebrow cocked at the girls as she said, “We saw each other yesterday.”
Ria’s eyes widened, and her hands went to her heart. “B, I haven’t seen you in five whole years! What’re you talking about?” she said, a smile appearing on her face.
Amany gently smacked Ria on the back of her head. “I mean, we planned this, didn’t we?”
Ria rubbed the back of her head with her thumbs.
“Yeah, I know!” B said, flopping onto the sofa like a limp doll.
“Okay, so the meeting has begun... now what?” Kylie asked, adjusting her witch's cloak as she sat down next to B. She grabbed a white pillow from the couch and cuddled it like a puppy.
“I don’t know, we didn’t plan this far ahead,” Ria said, laughing and walking over to the sofa.
"And honestly, I'm kind of tired of walking to the door over and over," Kylie said, sighing and fixing the fake blood on her neck.
“Well, do you guys wanna watch Netflix or something?” B asked, taking off her black lace-up knee-high wedge boots and sliding them under the couch.
“Sure,” Amany said, playing with the smooth, plastic mole on her face.
Ria looked at Kylie, and they nodded at each other, their lips pressed together as if they were trying to hold in a secret.
Kylie got up from the couch and ran over to where the remote lay, on the wooden coffee table in the middle of the room.
“We’re going to talk. Socialize!” Ria exclaimed, grinning. “Fun, right, guys?”
A blood-curdling scream rang in the air, and B jumped up.
“What the-” she exclaimed, tiptoeing over to the back door.
A satisfying click came from the door as B locked it, turning back to her friends. Her eyes were wide open, and goosebumps formed all over her skin.
“This isn’t funny...” Amany murmured, her lips parted in an ‘o’ shape.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Kylie struggled to stifle her screams as someone- something- banged on the back door as if their fists would never break.
Ria ran over to Kylie and hugged her, rubbing her shoulders. Her eyes were wide too, and her heartbeat pounded in her ears.
“Who’s there?” Amany said, glaring at the door.
Silence. Nobody said a thing on the other end, not even when Amany repeated herself.
“Who’s there?!”
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
“Help, I need-!” a woman’s voice yelled, her fists sliding down the door. Her voice was high, and it sounded like sandpaper.
Kylie’s eyes widened at the woman’s cry for help, and B shouted, “Open the door!”
Amany gulped and nodded, raising her shaky hand. The fake brass handle shone like glass as Amany reached for the lock and grabbed the handle.
No one was there.
Ria let out a shriek as she saw what was in front of the door.
A bit of blood flowed into the room, soaking Amany’s socks. But she didn’t care, she couldn’t stop staring at the doormat. On the words ‘welcome’ written in big, blocky, black letters was a body.
A woman’s body, crippled up right against Amany’s feet.
Nobody spoke.
The woman’s face was twisted like a twizzler, her face distorted horribly.
“No! Close it!” Ria and B exclaimed, their eyes glassy.
Amany nodded and shut the door, closing her eyes and taking a deep breath.
Ria sobbed and grabbed another pillow from the couch.
“Heartless...” she muttered, “heartless. Why do people enjoy hurting each other?!”
Amany walked over to Ria and hugged her tightly. Kylie and B joined in, and they hugged each other for a while.
“Is there like- a security camera out there?” B asked Amany, her eyes red and puffy. Lines appeared on her forehead as if someone had drawn on it.
“I don’t know,” Amany said, wiping her face.
“Do you think we should give her a funeral?” Kylie asked, glancing at the door.
Ria’s eyes widened. “I’m sorry, I can’t...” she said, “I can’t with that...” she shook her head and rocked herself, playing with the itchy, gauze-like fluff that hung off her black skirt.
“Yeah, and my parents rarely allow dead bodies in my house,” Amany said with a weak smile, rubbing Ria’s back.
Kylie nodded and stood up, walking towards the door.
Ria watched her, waiting to see what she would do. She opened her mouth to say something, then closed it as Kylie’s hand neared the door handle.
Click!
Kylie locked the door, running back to her comfortable spot on the couch.
“Where are parents when you need them?” Ria asked, turning her head away from the door.
Kylie shrugged and grabbed a decoration from the plain wall, putting it on Ria’s head.
B smiled at Amany, Ria, and Kylie, then her expression switched to seriousness. “Guys, what are we going to do about the body?”
The door creaked open and the girls jumped out of their spots, startled.
“We’re home!” Amany’s parents called, parading through the door with bags of candy.
Their grins dropped as soon as they spotted the girls’ expressions. “What happened?”
“We saw a-“ Amany started, running over to her parents and hugging them.
B cut her off, her eyes wide, “Scary movie. We watched a scary movie,”
“Yeah, and Amany got a teensy bit jumpy,” - Adrienne nodded, smiling at Amany’s parents - “if ya know what I mean.”
Amany’s eyes widened. “Mom, look!” she pulled her mother towards the back door of the house and unlocked it. The woman’s head, which the door had supported, fell to the ground with a painful thump!
Amany’s mother stared at the body, her eyes wide. She turned to her husband, whose eyes were glued to the body.
Then, they laughed. Doubled over, holding their stomachs for dear life, as if their guts would spill out at any second.
Amany stared at her parents, trying to form words but failing.
B cleared her throat and said, “‘Scuse me, would you mind telling me why you’re laughing?”
“W-well,” - Amany’s father let out a chuckle and he stood up straight, smiling at the girls - “we got you!”
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This story is dedicated to B.W., Amany, Adrienne/Ria, and Kylie! Hope you guys like it! :)
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Also- yes, I know, the main plot of the story isn't about the witches and stuff
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OMG I LOVE MYSELF I AM SO CUTE AND HAPPYYYYY Gosh, I'm going to give Amany's parents a lecture. They killed my poor heart! Raquel, I am in tears. This is wonderful! I love how you portrayed me - I'm such a cute bundle of energy! Self-compliments aside, WOW! This was a GREAT story. Were we the witches in regard to the prompt?
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Lol, I'm glad you liked yourself! Don't worry, I already lectured them for you XD Ikr, I really do hope that you like it! :) Yeah, you guys were dressed up as witches!
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Haha, definitely! Sure. I suppose I can't lecture them after denying anything unusual happened... Cool! I've always wanted to be a witch, especially after Harry Potter. I'll be Siria Black or Heriamione Granger. Maybe Mineria McGonagall?
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Lol, I guess I'll be your fairy godmother, then! ;D
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Good story. A bit chaotic, but then again it was Halloween. Keep it up.
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Thank you a lot Lonnie! I'm glad you liked! Did you hear Halloween was a full blue moon apparently? I didn't see the blue, but it was full.
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The term "Blue Moon" refers to the fact that it is the second full moon in the same month. It has nothing to do with color.
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Ohhhhh, lol Silly me, I thought that it was supposed to be blue. It would've been cool to see an actually blue moon though :)
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I GOT 45 SUMS OF MATH HW AND 8 TUTION WKSHTSSSSSS WELPPPP but I finished them on time!
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Holy frick, girl. I'm glad you did, lol. I only have two periods of school today: ELA and after is a break. Yayyyy! :)
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Lol, WHAT?! Nice!! Btw, tmrw is the last day of school then we have a 2 week HOLIDAYYYYY!!!!!! Yass!
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Ikr, I'm taking a break right now. Are you serioussss? LUCKYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
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Lol, yessss ugh Maths started.... FRACTIONS 😭😭
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Oh, I'm doing integers and division negative fraction equations with different properties lol
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this whole conversation (I was upvoting Raquel) is the most ridiculous but amazing convos I've ever read
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Omgggg first of all thank youuuuu gurllll Second, yesssss lol
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Loll yes!
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I changed my profile picture and symbol around my nameeee yeee
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Niceeee
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Yay, I'm gonna change my bio to include y'all more :P
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:)
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:) how do you like my new profile pictureeee?
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Hah! That's so cute, Raquel. I love your stories featuring your Reedsy friends - the dialogue is fun and - in this case - great little twist at the end. A joy to read!
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Thank you so much, Kristin! Thank you for always checking out my stories, I really appreciate it and I always look forward to seeing your comments :D Thank you again, I'm glad you liked the story :)
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Loved this little tribute to the girls. I found it a bit hard to follow who does what in the beginning, but the story was funny and cute! It was kind of like a toned down teen version of "The missing ingredient" from Four Rooms. 😉
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Thank you, Bianka! These girls have been really nice to me the whole time I've been on Reedsy, so I really wanted to dedicate a story to them! :) I'm sorry about that, I'll work on making character actions clearer in my next stories. Thank you, I hope you enjoyed!
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Raquel, what I love most about your stories is how you perfectly portray the characters, this story is no exception. At the same time you manage to weave in the scary, creepy theme, which is just awesome! Great job!
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Thank you! :) I'm really glad you liked the story! Also, thank you for noticing, I love the horror genre, so I'm definitely going to make a ton of horror stories 'till the first of November! >:D
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Lol please do!
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I love being scared, but then I have to sleep with the light on, lol. Though my horror tolerance is getting pretty high because I subbed to a YouTuber who only makes videos about people finding bodies and unexplained horror accounts on TikTok
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I- w o a h. that's scary. Once I watched a Brain Games episode that was all about being scared. I left my night light on for like the next week.
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Lol, the only thing I have is a mini lava lamp/nightlight that I've had since I was a child.
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Great story Raquel! I liked it a lot! It's really cool how you dedicated this to Blair, Amany, Ria, and Kylie! Keep up the good work!
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Thanks! I'm glad you liked the story :) Thank you!
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No problem!
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:)
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:)
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I really love this !! The descriptions were so on point.
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Thank you so much! :)
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Oh! My. GOSH!! I love this SO much!! The descriptions were great, and I loved how you expressed each of us in a different way!! I LOVE ME!!! You did such a great job portraying me, and it felt like I was there! I was so sweet, and I totally WOULD want a funeral for a (fake) dead body! I only caught 1 error, probably because I was reading and rereading MY stuff! "She grabbed a white pillow from the couch and coddled it like a puppy." I think you mean cuddled! Great job!! Seriously, if I could only choose 5 stories to be in my library, thi...
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Thank you so much! I'm glad you love your character! I tried, though I don't know that much about you guys, so yeah! Oh! Yeah, I didn't notice that, thank you! Thank you so much, but I don't think it's THAT good, your stories are way better! ;)
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You're welcome! Hey, that's not true, your stories are AMAZING!! :)
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Well, yours are too! :) And thank you! :D See, you're so nice!
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Awww, thank you!! You're welcome!! You are too! :) (check out my bio!)
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Oh my gosh, thank you so much! I'm honored, thank you!!! :D
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Hiyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Lollll I'm upvoting you too place 19? Kay?
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Done till 22!
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H U9EH IUEFG IUFEGV OMG THANKS YOUUUNYOU TOOOOOO hehe
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HDHFHDKEKEJEJDJNFJFKK >:)
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heyyy
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hey, what's up? :/
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im just kinda bored
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same, I'm doing hw rn :P
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what do ya wanna talk about?
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Idk, what do you wanna talk about?
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Monday is coming!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
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NOOOOOOOOO!
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AHHHHH, Btw get through school for potterheads : imagine each period as something new, like Science/Chem : Potions History : Ancient runes/ or History of magic Political Science: Hmm Minister of Magic classes? Maths: I dunno thats all i got!
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Lol, wizards don't have math
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Hehe lol
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Luckyyy! :)
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heyyy
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Heyyyy! :)
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how are ya?
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Good, you?
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i guess im good, its kinda half and half
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:) great, so what's up?
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First of all, love the name! It's a classic thing that kids will say around Halloween so it's really cool that you incorporated it. Second of all... OMG! This story is sooooo good. Like seriously, how do you write like that?? I really liked the plot, it was really good. And the description, just as amazing :)
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Thank youuu! I didn't know what to title it, so I just titled it 'Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet!' but my friend Ash said it was too cliche or whatever, so yeah. Thank you so much! You write good too, don't say that! :)
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Of course!! Aww, thank you! :)
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heyyy
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gotta go to bed, talk to you in the morning :)
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aw, alright ^^
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Hey, what's up?
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You could delete that conversation now that has my real name and stuff
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alright
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heyyyy
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Heyyyy! :)
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how are ya? ^^
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I got some good news now, i just finished one of my novels ^^
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OMGGGGG, YOU DIDDDD?! I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOUUU! :D Great job, I could never! :)
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yep, i did ^^ though it was kinda one i did for fun so I ain't sure if ill publish it or not, its also based off one of my favorite horror games/game in general
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Okay, well maybe you could edit it for mistakes and stuff
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Hola amiga ^^ how are you?
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Hola, ¿como estas?
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I'm doing good ^^ are you maybe fluent in Spanish?
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Kind of, I still have a bit to learn, but I've been learning a lot more over quarantine because mi Mama habla Español (my grandma speaks Spanish) So yeah :)
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I can't speak spanish that much and I barely understand it :/ I can really only speak english
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Well, what's your secondary language? It's pretty hard, I should know. Especially because I'm learning four languages at once. (Korean, Mandarin, Spanish, and English)
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Wassup?
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Hey!
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Hiyaa!
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It's another school day, ughhh! At least it's Friday, lol
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Lolll we had a holiday todayyyy. I woke up at 11 15 today . Muahahahaaaa
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Nooooo! I'm so jellyyy! I'm in Social Studies rn... :/ You're so lucky, I'm snatching your holiday. Today's Halloween, so when I woke up, I dressed up as myself with pajamas. That's my costume :D
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