Okay, what do you want to know? Who I am? Alright, my name is Ashley Deacon. I'm 21 years old and I have two friends named Dawn and Hillary and a single mother named Irene and I live a happy normal life...to them at least.
My friends have known me for a long time but they've noticed something different about me, that I've developed what is called a 'weird' side. I like creepy and scary stuff, my favorite animal is a black cat and I like to wear black and green outfits. But the thing is, I wasn't always like that.
About 3 months ago, I was a total girly girl who liked pink and rainbows. Until one night, my ex-boyfriend turned killer stalker Damien tried to kill me for dumping him. I tried to hide from him by hiding inside the Hillhurst Manor, an old house that was rumored to be haunted.
When Damien was about to finish me, I discovered the terrifying truth that the rumors were true! My life was saved by the misfit monsters who inhabit Hillhurst. Flabber, a phasm, a blue ghost that can do magic and loves music. Flabber looks like a combination of Elvis Presley and a circus clown. But he's just as funny as he is crazy! He's in charge of keeping the other monsters in line.
Then there's Mums, a 5,000 year old mummy, he can be a total grouch sometimes, but he does mean well.
Frankenbeans, a tall, lumbering Frankenstein monster. To say he's not the smartest of the group would be an understatement. But what he lacks in brains he more than makes up for in brawn and acts more like a child than a monster.
Wolfgang Smith, a werewolf, but we like to call him Wolfie. He can't talk, all he can do is bark in jibberish. With his canine attributes, he's treated more like the family dog than a monster.
Little Ghoul, she's a small hooded ghoul who's face can't be seen except her glowing red eyes. She has a short temper and can be a real pain the neck.
But she's not a literal pain the neck like Count Fangula, a charming and handsome vampire. Well...what can I say about Count Fangula? He and I are...well, very close. When we first met, we hit it off pretty good. Well, after the part where I was scared of him and ran away in fear of him sucking my blood. But once I got to know him and the other monsters, we became fast friends and I decided to live with them.
But when my arch nemesis Britney Chambers was going to tear down Hillhurst, the monsters stepped up to the plate and scared away the workers. And that was when I learned I was more like the monsters than I thought, I was witch! Thanks to a skeleton key necklace with a magic stone in it given to me from a mysterious ghost lady, I had the gift of magic and this necklace helped bring it out. So in the past 3 months, Flabber has been teaching how to use my magic and cast spells while Little Ghoul has been teaching me how to make potions and hexes.
This other half of my happy normal life must be kept a secret. Only my mom is aware of my magic and the monsters. Understandably, she fainted the first time she met the monsters. But surprisingly, when I told her I was a witch, she took it pretty well. At first she thought I was joking, only to end up shocked when I changed my clothes into a stereotype witch outfit. With a long black dress, pointed black hat, broomstick and all. I also changed my hair purple in case she still didn't believe me.
Once she took it all in, Mom just smiled and hugged me, saying she always knew there was something special about me and still proud of me no matter what I do.
But parents always say that to their children, they just don't know how special.
You think I've got it tough with keeping this secret? It's nothing compared to when I was pushed to my very limits. Not just in my magic, but in my heart.
It was during a time that signaled the end of summer and the beginning of winter, a time when absolutely anything can happen. Whether its lurking evils in the shadows waiting to emerge or wearing a silly costume and collecting free candy.
That's right, it was All Hallows Eve, also known as Halloween.