" JUDY!" Tyler, my little brother screamed into my ear.
"AH!" I fell off the bed. I sat up and rubbed my head, my untidy auburn hair in a messy ponytail. Tyler was dressed in a little devil costume, a orange cake in his hands. On the top was a design that looked like a jack o'lantern.
" Happy Halloween!" Tyler gave me a crooked teeth smile.
Duh.
Halloween was my birthday. I looked down at my orange pajama pants, with the black design of witches, cats, and bats. I stood up, and went down the hall with Tyler.
Mom and Dad were at the table, presents wrapped up in orange wrapping paper with black bows. I grinned. Tyler put the cake on the table.
" Happy Birthday honey," Mom said. She smiled, and looked at me warmly with her blue eyes. "Here. I think you'll like ths one." She handed me a square box with a big black bow.
I took the top off, and inside there was a black dress with a pattern like spider webs. On top of it was a matching black ribbon.
"Oh my god, thank you!" I hugged both my parents so hard.
" We thought that you'd like it." Dad gave me a warm smile. I picked up another present, which was long and thin. I opened it, and inside was a small golden necklace in the shape of a pumpkin. I turned it over in my hand, and noticed it was a locket.
" Tyler, will you please go wait you room?" Mom asked Tyler.
"Kays." Tyler gave a bright beam, and ran up the stairs.
" Judy, we found this with you when you were just a baby." Mom said.
"What do you mean?" I asked. " Oh, God, I'm adopted aren't I?"
Mom sighed, and Dad ruffled his hair, his glasses on his nose the way they were when he was stressed.
" Yes. We found you on our doorstep on Halloween night. By the looks of you, you were just a newborn baby. The dress is an older version of what you were wearing. We think that the locket has a picture of your parents inside. We've never opened it." Mom looked at me sadly. Dad sighed, and I looked down at the floor. Slowly, I opened the locket. Inside, there was a picture of a round headed skeleton, smiling. On the other side was a blue skinned woman, with stiches in her face. She had auburn hair like mine, and wore a dress with different fabrics all sewn together.
I closed the locket and put around my neck.
" Well, sweetheart, you're supposed to met Sammy at the park today, right?" Mom said. "But have a piece of cake before you go."
" I'm not hungry." I stood up to leave, but Mom played my weakness card.
" It's chocolate."
After I had a piece of cake, I went back up to my room, and opened up my closet. I picked out my favorite hoodie, black with a skeleton chest design. I put on some blue jeans, my black converses, and brushed my hair,and let it stay down. I put in my hair my favorite bat bow. After I was done, went down stairs, grabbed the lunch Mom had packed me, and headed out.
When got to the park, I saw Sammy's stark red hair standng out in a crowd. I Ran to him, and saw that he was wearing his favortie jacket, which looke like it had been sewn out of different fabrics.
" Hey, Judy," Sammy said, and grinned. " Happy Birthday." He handed me a present.
I took the present from him, and opened it up. Inside was a tube of white makeup and a tube of black make up.
"Aw thanks! I had run out," I said, touched the chain around my neck. We walked a little ways, until I thought I saw something on a wall. It looked like a shadow, but it was shaped like a pointy bean bag, and it had acid green slits for eyes.
" What is that?" I asked.
" What is what?" Sammy looked at where I had been looking.
But the shadow was gone.
" Nothing." I said, and put it out of my mind.
When the sun went down, I went home, and out on my costume. I applied the makeup that Sammy had given me to look like a skeleton.
Little did I know, what would happen that night would change my life forever.
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