GH 2: HorrorLand.
Having finished my funnel cake, i walked through the hot city of Amarillo, Texas, which was decorated with all kinds of Halloween stuff, to get to school for the day before it started without me. I was walking to school because the bus hadn't come by my house to pick me up the way it normally did, which was weird.
"Hey, it's the weirdo." Came a male voice.
A 13 year old boy and two other male teens, ages 14 and 15, walked up to me and blocked my path. The 13 year old boy had long, shaggy brown hair that went down to his neck and brown eyes. This was Sam Tangle,...the school bully.
"Hey, weirdo, got any cash for us today?" Asked the 13 year old boy known as Sam in a little boy voice. He and the other two teenage boys looked at each other and grinned before i took off running, making them chase after me.
"Let's get 'em!" Said the 14 year old boy.
"Yeah!" The 15 year old boy added.
"Hey, freckles!" Sam shouted as he and the other two boys chased after me.
I looked back as he ran and saw that the bullies were chasing after me. Being all sweaty, i ran into an alley.
"You're dead, weirdo!" Said Sam as he and the other two boys ran inside the alley.
I looked back once again as the teens chased after me through the alley.
"You can't get away, you jerk!" Said Sam.
"You're dead, Masters!" Said the 14 year old.
I continued running through the alley and soon exited the other side and kept on running, with the bullies chasing after me. As i ran, i looked up ahead and saw an entrance with a red title that said HORRORLAND. I ran towards the entrance and entered through it into an empty parking lot, with the bullies still chasing after me. I ran towards an open gate and and ran through it and the bullies followed after me.
"Where do you think you're goin', wimp!" Said Sam as he and his two friends chased after me through the open gate.
I continued running through the abandoned area until he saw an old building titled HORRORLAND BOOKSTORE. I ran towards the building, ran up to the front door and opened it, and entered inside and closed the door behind me. I then ducked down from the door's window so that the bullies wouldn't see me when they passed by.
"He went that way! This way! That way!" Said Sam as he and the other two bullies ran passed the building.
I then stood up a little and looked out the door's window and saw that the bullies were gone. I leaned up against the door and siged with relief.
"Get out of here!" Shouted a male voice, making me flinch. "I don't like kids."
I slowly walked through the spooky bookstore, following where i thought the voice was coming from. As i did, i saw the back of a rolling chair parked at a desk. Figuring that someone was sitting at the desk in the chair, i made my way around a table of books and came to a stop to look at the mysterious person sitting in the chair.
The person sitting at the desk in the rolling chair turned to me, revealing himself to be a monster with green skin and curled horns on top of his head. He wore a pair of glasses over his eyes, a brown sweater vest, a baby blue long sleeve shirt and a blue tie. He also held a brown pipe in his left hand while holding an open book with his right hand. "Are you still here? Did you hear what i said, boy?"
"What are you suppose to be? Some kind of swamp monster?" I asked.
"I'm a Horror. As in HorrorLand. I'm the owner of this bookstore." Said the Horror.
"Great costume." I said.
"Thanks. Same to you. What's your name, kid?" The Horror said.
"Kyle. Kyle Lance Masters." I said.
"Wow. A name in alphabetical order. Impressive. Now then,...do you mind telling me what you're doing here in my bookstore?" Said the Horror.
"Uh,...i was..."
"You're hiding, aren't you?" The Horror said, cutting me off.
"No, i was..."
"The Horror Arcade is down the Horror street. Here we just sale small, rectangular objects. They're called books. Require a little effort on your part and make no bee, bee, bee, bee beeps. On your way, please." Said the Horror, cutting me off again before he turned back to read his book.
"I know books. I have 186 of them at home." I said.
"Ah. Comic books." Said the male Horror.
"No, i've read the Fear Street books, The Babysitter, Goosebumps' Welcome To The House Of The Dead, Stay Out Of The Basement, Monster Blood,..."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa." Said the male Horror, cutting me off before ushering me to come to him.
I went over to where the Horror was sitting. I had no reason to be afraid of the monster, and for some reason i felt safe around him. Maybe it was because it was just a guy dressed up in a costume.
"Who were you running away from?" The Horror asked.
"Just some kids from school." I said.
"Why?" The Horror asked.
"They wanted to beat me up." I said.
"Why don't you give them a good punch in the nose?" The Horror asked.
I shrugged. "Well,...i don't know."
The Horror turned back in his chair to read his book.
"What is that book about?" I asked, pointing at the book the Horror was reading.
The Horror turned to me after blowing smoke out of his pipe. "Oh, this...is something special."
"Well,...what is it?" I asked.
The Horror sat his pipe on his desk. "Look,...your books...are safe. While you're reading them, you get to become...the main characters...and the villains."
"But that's what i like about them." I said.
"Ah, but afterwards, you get to be a little boy again." Said the Horror in a dark tone.
"Well,...what do you mean?" I asked.
"Listen,..." Said the Horror as he placed his left green claw-like hand on my right shoulder, making my brown eyes widen for a brief second. "have you ever been...the kids in any of the Goosebumps books,...trapped in scary situations...while the monsters are chasing after you?"
"Uh,...yes." I said.
"Weren't you afraid you couldn't escape?" The Horror asked.
"But it's only a story." I said.
"That's what i'm talking about. The ones you read...are safe." Said the Horror.
"And that one isn't?" I questioned.
"Don't worry about it." Said the Horror.
"But,...but you just said it was..." I was then cut off by the sound of a phone ringing in the back room.
The Horror took his hand off of my right shoulder and closed the green book he was reading and placed it on his desk underneath some news papers and looked back at the me. "Forget about it. This book...is not for you." The green horned monster then got up and headed into the back room to answer telephone.
I saw the Horror pick up the phone and answer it through the window.
"HorrorLand Bookstore. Oh, yes." Said the Horror's voice.
I turned to the desk and removed the news paper and looked at the pale green book the Horror was reading earlier. The title of the book was GOOSEBUMPS at the top part of the book. I could tell that it was a very old book from the way it was made, and it was really thick from all of the number of pages it had. I just stared at the thick novel. Being a huge fan of the Goosebumps book series, i just knew i had to have this book. And if one did not have a great love for books,...they probably wouldn't understand what i did next.
"Okay, bye." Said the Horror before hanging up the phone.
Kyle then took the book and ran, just as the Horror looked out the window and saw him rush out of the bookstore.
The Horror smiled and looked down at his desk through the window and saw that the book he was reading earlier was gone and replaced by a piece of paper with writing on it that said Don't worry, i'll return your book.
GOOSEBUMPS
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