Hutchenson, Kentucky:

3:42 pm

Mary Mowing looked at the sign outside the community theater where she was

playing the role of Scarlet O'Hara in IGone With the Wind./I

'Trick or Treaters Wanted!' the sign exclaimed in letters shaped like toumbstones. The sign

itself was haunting to look at, with it's background of monsters who looked

like they had been tortured beond life and through death. The details of the

contest were written in red paint... or was it blood? Mary felt a shiver run

down her spine. Scary stuff like this freaked her out, but at the same time

it excited her. She tore down the poster, tucked it under her arm, and raced

home.

Hollywood, California:

3:42 pm

"Are we done with this stupid scene yet? I want to get on with my kung foo

scene!! I WANNA SHOOT THE KUNG FOO SCENE!!! WAHH!!" The rather large, short

boy (named Jason Morris) had began to throw a temper tantrum. He rose from

his director's chair and rushed into his huge trailer. Sitting on his king sized bed, he questioned his exasperated agent (for the twelfth or so time)

why he wasn't in this scene. Instead of answering, she just handed him a few

posters for consideration as advirtisements he could endorse. Jason was

tearing through the stack, sorting them into piles, when a poster caught his

eye. It reminded him of his first movie, I Lil' Big Boy and the Haunted

Castle/I, because of the haunting design. "Trick or Treaters Wanted" It

proclaimed. He tucked it into his pocked and hurried to inform his agent of

the date and time of auditions.
New York City, New York

3:42 pm

I"These subways stink!"/I Alexander sighed, looking at his scrubbed face in the

smudged window. His bright blue eyes stood out from the grime. He staggered

towards a plastic seat and pulled out the bagel he had brought for lunch,

slowly pulling it apart and tucking the pieces into his mouth. He glanced at

his subway map that lay crumpled on top of his few clothes in his

three-year-old faded green backpack and glanced at when the stop for Central

Park came up on the red line, which he was riding.

The train screeched to a

halt, it's doors opening to the grateful sight of the trees and grass in

Central Park, just a stairway away. He patiently waited his turn as the

large men with breifcases pushed their way out the door. He was in no hurry.

He finially stepped off the dingy subway and into the sunlight. Blinking a

few times to adjust his eyes, he strode confidently into the park. If he

knew one thing from living in New York for twelve years, he knew never to

look lost, confused helpless or rich. He ducked under one of the bridges and

sat, waiting for there to be no one around. When no one was there, he

emptied the contents of his pockets. A few sticks of gum (who knew how

old...), some crumpled bills and coins that toteled $178.38, a map of the

New York subway, a postcard from a pretty young girl, and the poster. It had

immediatly caught his eye in the subway a few days ago. Ever since he had

been plotting this scheme to run away, he had been saving help wanted

posters. This was the only one he really liked, although there were more in

his backpack. It was advertising for trick-or-treaters, which had struck him

as odd, but it was something he was good at, and it would give him a start

before he could launch his writing career. He stuffed everything but the

poster and 32 cents into his pockets and hurried to the pay phone.

~*~

Disclaimer: I own everything in this story!! Muahahahahahahhahaha! Oh,

besides Gone With the Wind and Central Park... and Hollywood... but thats

all! Heehee!

A/N: Even though this is not yet a NBC fic, it will be soon!

*smiles evily* Maybe the next chapter... more of the different places coming

up soon... until ch 3! Heehehe! BTW, for all of the people who read The

current and former pumpkin kings, by your?s truly, I LOVE YOU ALL!!(ASGT: That's slashy for ya!) for

those of you who haven't, READ NOW! Heehee! I love you all anywayz! Byebye!

~LockieGirl