Me: Hey, guys. Here's the fourth story to The Pumpkin Princesses Trilogy, Halloween Murders. This the second horror story in the PP Trilogy. So you all better be careful when reading this.
Jack: Yes. We can tell it is because the title has the word, "murder", in it.
Sally: And when the word "murder" is mentioned, it means there could be death.
Me: Right. This story also has blood so this story might be rated "T". Enjoy the prologue.
A few months after Jack took over Christmas when Sandy was sick, Cleo came to Halloween Town for a visit. And now Samantha is the one in the Skellington family who has a boyfriend. It was one of the ghost choir girls, Maria's, son, Stan. Samantha cared about Stan and knew all his allergies. He was allergic to ghost dog mist so he had to stay away from Zero and it causes his face to swell up. He was also allergic to all parts of pumpkin stew which give him digestive system problems even though he is a ghost but he does eat fresh pumpkins. He also is allergic to rotting pumpkins which causes his nose to uncontrollably be stuffed. Samantha met Stan when she was six years old. One day, the two went on a date at the top of Spiral Hill. Stan held Samantha's hand while they were watching the full moon.
"How are you, Sammy?" Stan asked.
"Fine. But I had this awful dream last night," Samantha said. "You were being controlled by some strange demon. And you murdered everyone here."
"A demon, huh? Well, if that demon gets me, I'll protect myself," Stan assured his girlfriend. "Besides I'm a ghost. And never in my life will I ever murder anyone in my home in Halloween Town."
"Yeah. I'm sure everything will be fine here," Samantha said. "I mean my father is the Pumpkin King so a lot of people are afraid of him. Even during the Christmas Fiasco many years ago. They were really afraid of my dad that time."
"It's true," Stan said. "No one here can get past the Pumpkin King." But what the couple didn't know was that the demon in Samantha's dream was hiding behind one of the bushes down at the pumpkin patch. And it seems he did plan to turn Stan against everyone and murder them. Cleo saw the demon as she was hiding next to the well leading back to town.
"Oh man. I have to warn Jack," Cleo whispered so the demon or Stan or Samantha won't hear her. "If Stan turns against everyone, he'll murder everyone. I can't let that happen."
Me: Well, this is the prologue. And it's short because prologues only start the beginning of a story and not to what happens in the story.
Jack: That's right. Like the Paper Mario series. The first starts to what happens after Mario fell when Bowser "defeated" him.
Sally: Yep. And the second is what happens when Mario went to Rogueport to find Princess Peach.
Me: Yes. So in all the prologues in the stories I write, they just get to the beginning of each story. You all got that? Good. Don't forget to review.