Frightober!

Sam: Aaaah! Mummy!!

Jen: Sam! What’s wrong?

Sam: I’m afraid of the dark.

Jen: Sam, you’re a big boy now. There’s no need to be afraid of the darkness.

Sam: But I’m only six. I am still a kid.

Jen: (Laughs) Yes, you’ll always be my little baby boy. Now please go to bed.

Sam closes his eyes, and his Mummy turns off his lamp. But leaves his night light on.

Meanwhile in the woods, there’s a meeting of a haunting nature.

All the creatures from fright city were in Sam’s home town. They had gathered in the small town of Hop because it was Frightober.

Boogeyman: (chuckles) My dear fellow monsters, it’s that time of year again. We can rampage at night and bring fear to kids near & far.

Gus: Oh my ghoul. I can’t beleive it. This year has flown by.

Bean the ghost dog: Woof! Ruff, yup, yap. Grrrr.

Boogeyman: Calm down my impatient pet. You’ll have a chance to play. Now we just have to wait till all the parents go to bed. Then we strike. Mehehehahah!

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Sam tossed and turned in his bed. All how he didn’t like being left in the dark. He awoke from a panic-anxious nightmare.

He couldn’t fall asleep without his teddy. Sam put on his night slippers and went downstairs.

With each step he took, every staircase made a loud creaky sound/noise.

He took careful and stealthy steps to try and not wake up his parents. When he got to the kitchen, he though he saw moving shadows pass right by the kitchen window. His eyes must have been seeing things. He was really tired.

Gus: Psst. Boogey, I think the coast is clear. Should I blow the monster whistle?

Boogeyman: Yeah. Time for us all to enjoy this night.

Sam sat at the kitchen table. He prepared for himself a glass of milk and a plate of some cookies. His Mummy has baked him his favorite cookies, chocolate-smarties. He always liked the combined flavors of chocolate and smarties in his cookies.

Once he was done, he went straight right back to bed.

Just as Sam closed his eyes, he heard a slight rattling noise coming from outside. He got out of his bed and took a glance outside, through his window. What he saw made his eyes nearly pop out of his eye sockets.

There was an enormous gathering or crowd of monsters outside. Some with glowing orange & green eyes. Then another few that had really long wavy arms and scales. Sam felt like his nightmare had come to life. There was also a tall purple monster that had gigantic claws & teeth. He looked like he was the one in charge.

Was this all a bad dream? If it was Sam wanted to wake up from it? He tried not to make a sound. But when he walked slowly away from the window, the ghost dog, Bean, had started barking and growling.

Sam quickly fell to the floor. He tried to crawl away from the window and to his parents room.

His Heart was racing. BOOM-Boom-boom-Boom-BOOM-Boom-boom-Boom-BOOM. He felt like it was going to jump out of his chest.

The monster squad, were split into different groups. Each group all ran to various houses to scare kids.

Sam ran towards his parents bedroom. He opened their bedroom door. They looked like they were in a deep sleep. What was going on? He shook them, that didn’t work. It was like they had been tranquilized and were out cold.

The little kid had a bad feeling. This could all have been the work of the monsters of the night.

Sam started shaking and feeling dizzy. He was having trouble breathing.

The Boogeyman walked up the steps to Sam’s home. He opened the front door and walked right in.

Sam heard the floor creak downstairs. Someone or something was in the house. He dashed right back to his room and hid in his closet.

Gus was tiptoeing behind the Boogeyman. Bean, the ghost dog, was with them too.

Boogeyman: Kid. We know you’re in here somewhere. There is nowhere you can hide.

Sam covered his mouth with both of his hands. He didn’t want his loud breathing to give away his location.

Gus: Boss. The kid must be hiding under his bed.

Boogeyman: Ahahahh! Trying to play hide and seek with us. How charming.

The monsters were now near Sam’s room. They opened the door. Gus rushed over to the side of Sam’s bed. The only thing they found under the bed were some toys and garlic.

Gus: He thinks Garlic will get rid of us.

Boogeyman: This one is smart Gus. Let’s not waste our time playing Cat and mouse games.

Sam waited for the three nightmares to leave his room. Thank goodness he changed his mind to hide in his closet. If he hid under his bed, who knows what the monsters would habe done to him.

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The next day, Sam was happy to see the first rays of sunlight.

He ran to his parents room.

Sam: Daddy? Mummy?

Jen: (yawns) Good morning Sammy!

Troy: Hey, tiger. Good morning!

Sam: Am I glad to see you both and wide awake. You’ll not believe the night I had.

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Gus: Boss. Why did you plan to take over the parents bodies?

Boogeyman: We have to always be a step ahead of these Gen Y children Gus. Then, quite soon, we´ll have taken over the entire adult population across the globe. It starts here in this little town of Hop.

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