"Reese, whatever you do, do not listen to him and don't eat the candy he gives you, stick it in your pocket. I... I need you to stay away from him, no matter what he says. Do you understand?" Luna said rapidly.

"Y-yeah, I guess so. But...why sis?" asked Reese in a concerned tone. Luna's heart was racing.

"Because, Reese, L.J is a bad person. But don't worry, I wont let him near you. Okay?", she explained, speaking gently to avoid scaring him.

" Okay..." Reese replied nervously.

Kids! I'm home!", called a woman's voice from the doorway.

"Look Reese, you can't tell any of this to mom, dad or any of your friends. If you do, one of us might get...in trouble." Luna said in a hushed tone before she went into the living room to greet her mother.

"Oh, hey Mom. How was work?" Luna asked.

"Normal enough. One of my patients had to get resuscitated. But nothing different." Replied her mother. The young woman had blue eyes, and light brown hair like Reese. Though she looked nothing like Luna. Her father, with blonde hair and brown eyes was the same.

"Guess what I brought home!" Luna's mother said, grinning mischievously, as she held up a bag of fast food.

After the three pigged out on junk food, Luna and her brother asked if they could call their father. Luna's mother picked up the phone and dialed his number.

"Don't take too long. He has to get up early in the morning for work."

Luna's father was in another state, trying to make extra money for the three when the holidays come. It's not that their family was poor, it was just that Luna's father thought that he shouldn't waste his time when he could make extra money to spend. Luna's mother handed her the phone as her father's voice rang out.

"Hello?"

"Hey Dad!", Luna's voice said sleepily

"Hey baby doll. Wheres your brother?" her fathers voice responded

"Here I am dad!", Reese squealed joyfully.

After a string of "good-byes", "goodnights", and "I love you"s, the two children headed to their separate rooms, until Luna turned to Reese saying, "Wait, I want you to sleep in my bed room tonight.''

"Why?", questioned her innocent looking brother.

"Just in case." said Luna, as an image of her little brother, mutilated and gory flashed in her head. She shuddered,'No, Not my baby brother. Not him.' She thought to herself.

"O-okay, I'm a bit scared anyway.", answered her brother quietly. Luna opened the door and led Reese to the bed. They crawled in, and Luna shut the light on her night stand off. Soon, they drifted off to sleep. And the last thing Luna heard was the faint sound of laughter.

"Aaahhh, another kid another kill! AHAHAHAHA! That little boy I found today was perfect. I can't wait to rip him to shreds! He was such a sweet boy. I bet he'll be even sweeter when I stuff him with candy! HEHEHE!" Laughing Jack cackled at his morbid humor as he took a hand full of candy from his pocket.

"Let's go and see how I should break my little toy! HAHAHA!"

Jack snickered as he teleported into the little boys soon to be nightmare. As he walked into the innocent child's dreams, he noticed he was in a large, empty playground. On the swings, the kid sat.

Laughing Jack skipped up to him in a seemingly playful manner. "Hello Ryan!" he exclaimed with mock joy.

"Hello Mr. L.J!", said the little boy happily, as his big blue eyes looked up at the monochrome clown. "And my names not Ryan, it's Reese."

"Oh, well, my bad little one. I never have been very good at names.", said the clown, a bit impatiently.

"Hey kiddo, how's about we go to my world. Then we can play together all night! And there's tons of free CANDY! Hehehe..", he persuaded as he showed the child his handful of candy.

"I'd love to mister!" squealed Reese in excitement.

"Well follow me kiddo! To my world of enchantment. It's to die for! HAHA!", Jack announced, with a hint of malice in his laughter. The striped clown snapped his fingers and a few yards away there was a large flash. When it stopped, a sickly, evil looking violet portal was slowly spinning.

"Follow me little one, For a place you'll never want to leave!" Jack cackled as he took the boy's hand. Once they were a few feet away from the portal, a look of realization hit Reese's face, as he remembered what his sister said.

"Wait a sec mister, my big sissy said that I shouldn't do what you say. So, I'm very sorry but I can't come with you.", Reese apologized quietly.

"What." Laughing Jack responded, losing his innocent and happy tone. His grip on the child's arm tightened. "I don't have time for this, come on you little BRAT!", screeched Jack with anger and impatience.

He started to drag the boy towards the portal, when a voice called out, "Get your hands offa my baby brother, you son of a bitch!"