a dark visitor who only comes on Halloween |
It was midnight when I got home to my cabin in the forest. I loved the isolation and the hidden lake. I saw the woman sitting against the wall as soon as I came up the steps. She had a blindfold over her eyes Behind her, through the window, I could see flames. The house was on fire. "This is still my house." she whispered, "And I can still burn it down." "Do I have to kill you again?" I asked. "Yes," she told me, "You do". "I have killed you every Halloween for the last 6 years" I growled "When will you stay dead?" "This time," she said with a smile. "You say that every time " I replied and sat down beside her on the porch. The heat from the fire behind us was getting uncomfortable. I knew it wasn't real so I ignored it. "Where is the poison?" she asked over the roar of the flames. I pulled the black vial out of my jacket pocket and held it up. The dancing firelight brought out the blood-red of the liquid death. She reached for it but I snatched it back saying, "Not so fast Missy! I want to see your eyes this time. Why do you always cover them up?" "Because you will see what you really look like reflected in them if I take this off." "I know I ain't so good looking but come on , I ain't that bad am I?" She only sighed and reached for the vial again. I looked at her and said, "I will give you this as soon as you show me your eyes and not before." "Please, she begged, I need to go back before ..." "Before what ?" I yelled and tore the blindfold off her face. Horror upon horror reflected back at me from her dark pupils. I was a monster! A demonic beast! I screamed and ran out into the yard. She ran after me but I knew what I had to do. I snapped the top off the vial and sucked down the potion in one gulp. I remember falling and then the next I knew I was sitting beside her on the porch again and the fire was out. "Now we're both stuck here until they sell this damn haunted house again" she grumbled. |