Rating: PG

Warnings: There will not be specific warnings for each day's theme. Things you may come across within these stories are gore, violence, disturbing content and possibly character death. This is your only warning.

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Summary: 13 themes. 13 stories. 13 days of Halloween. Can you handle the horror? Ratings range from PG - M. Each drabble or story is rated individually.

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The Thirteen Days of Halloween

Day 1

- Trepidation -

Something didn't feel right about the attraction before him...

Mikey stood poised at the threshold, shuddering as he stared in through the doorway. Something about this place made him want nothing more than to turn around and leave. Immediately!

"What the shell are ya doin'? Will you get inside already?"

Mikey swallowed and turned to face his brother. "Maybe we should just go home?" he suggested hopefully, trying not to let his voice sound weak.

Raph scowled deeply at Mikey. "Why? This was your idea, shell-for-brains! You been harpin' on about comin' here for months now!"

"Not here! Never here!" Mikey insisted, his head shaking emphatically.

"Where then?" Raph growled in annoyance, making Mikey feel bad. His brother had gone out of his way to find a Haunted House for them to visit on Halloween, but of all of them he could have chosen, Mikey couldn't understand why Raph had to choose this one.

"Anywhere but here!"

"This is s'posed to be the best Haunted House in New York!"

"But... haven't you heard the rumours, Raphie?" Mikey asked, the timbre in his voice clearly showing his trepidation. "People go in, but they don't come back out," he explained, his voice dropping to a whisper by the end.

"Oh for the! Don't be ridiculous! That's just a story the owners spread to attract thrill seekin' customers! If it was actually true, this place woulda been shut down years ago!"

Mikey just stared at Raph, wondering how to tell him he had one of his feelings about this place. For as long as he remembered, he'd always had foreboding feelings or dreams about places where the supernatural dwelt, yet his brothers never believed in him. Instead, they simply mocked him for being a 'scaredy-turtle'.

"Oi! You're holding up the queue! Get in or get out the way and let someone else in!" a man from behind them yelled impatiently.

"We came all this way Mikey, so I'm goin' in. Either shut up and follow me, or wait out here alone!" Raph emphasised. With that, he pushed rudely past, leaving Mikey with no choice but to trot after him.

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As they wandered through the Haunted House, against his better judgement, Mikey began to have fun with all the obviously fake blood, sudden scares and creepy sounds, especially when Raph baulked at the fake webs and spiders. However, despite the cheesy fun, Mikey's feeling never truly went away. In fact, right as they finally approached the exit, it suddenly deepened sharply.

Raph abruptly whirled towards Mikey with an amused smirk. "There's the exit. Now don't ya feel stupid carryin' on like ya did earlier?"

Mikey gave Raph a reproachful look as an unearthly scream sounded from somewhere behind, making Mikey jump and sending a shiver down his shell.

"We really shouldn't have come in here, Raph."

"Seriously?" Fed up, Raph stopped himself from snapping further and instead stalked off, heading straight for the exit and leaving Mikey lagging behind.

Just as Raph reached out for the door handle, Mikey's anxious feeling spiked, becoming pure, gut wrenching fear, and before his wide blue eyes, his brother suddenly vanished with an eerie pop! leaving Mikey aghast and feeling sick as he realised the rumours were right all along.

People really do enter this Haunted House and never come back out again.

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