Hello and welcome to my Halloween-stories! Please read this short description before you start, thank you!
1. I will update this story (meaning adding more stories) only in the week around Halloween, until the first Sunday after 31.10.
2. I invented a ScareScale (ScareS), that you'll find under this description. Please read every example-story to each point to know, what you are dealing with, when you are seeing this or that ScareS-point in the title. Try to find your personal limit. Please keep in mind, that I might rate my stories too hard or too soft.
3. Some of the stories will be divided in parts for suspense reasons, the point on the ScareS will count for every part - and the Bonus-part, if I had enough imagination for one, that is...
4. Every story has a title, that you'll find at the end of the last part of a story. In the titles (in the drop-down menu, as well as at the very start of each story-part), you will only find the ScareS-point and, if mentioned, the pairing(s).
5. If pairings are mentioned, the intensity, in that they are appearing, is varying. Also, if there is more than one pairing, the first mentioned will be more dominant (present) in the story, than the next one and so on.
6. The stories will most likely all be in the Sonic-Universe, if not, I'll let you know in the title.
7. Have fun now!
ScareScale (ScareS)
ScareS 1
"Come out already Sonic, we're going to be late!," Knuckles shouted, knocking at his friend's bedroom door, when it already opened.
"As if you would ever come too late with the fastest thing alive!," the hedgehog replied proudly, before he noticed the confused stares. "What?," he asked. "What...exactly are you dressed as?," Amy asked, her jaw dropped.
"You don't know? We wanted this Halloween to dress up as the most horrifying thing we know!" "Yeah, that's why Tails is a Tails doll, I'm an old hag and Knuckles a jewel thief – but what are YOU?"
Sonic was just...blue. He had obviously dyed his fur to be of a lighter shade of blue than usual – and for his peach fur to be blue in the first place. His gloves and socks were blue and he had his usually red shoes switched with a blue pair. He even wore blue contacts. His quills, that were usually bent down, were hanging limply down. "Well, I'm water of course.," Sonic said proudly, making his friends groan.
ScareS 2
Tails felt a little uneasy, going over this graveyard. Sure, it was a bet, but at night – and during Halloween? It made this whole thing all the more creepy.
A rustle let him jump and turn around quickly to face a large grave stone. He swallowed, when he saw the rotten hand clawing at the right side of the stone, while its owner came out from behind it. An ugly face came in sight, with pale, greenish skin and rotten teeth. One of its eyes was hanging out of its hole, kept to the body by a thin thread out of nerves. It gave out gargling noises, while it came out completely, towering over the young twotailed fox, who was trembling violently.
But once he saw the monster's feet, the fox just laughed, all fear gone. "Vector, that's your worst costume yet! I can still see your tail!," he giggled.
ScareS 3
"'Let's explore the cave! What's the worst, that could happen?' Great idea, Faker really!," Shadow growled. "Okay, so we're lost, so what? Come on, Shads, it's an adventure!" "I'd prefer my adventures with a little more light and oxygen." "Don't be such a sourpuss, it's gonna be-!"
A strange sound interrupted the hero. "W-what's that?," Sonic asked, slightly worried. Both hedgehogs stiffened, when they heard it again. A deep, loud growl, echoing from the walls.
"No quick movements, Faker!," Shadow hissed and pulled them both backwards, away from the growl.
When it sounded for a third time, it was much louder, as if it was in front of them. They felt a warm wind on their faces, accompanied by a horrible stench. Over them were two orange lights glowing, formed like...eyes.
"RUN!," Sonic shouted, grabbed the other's arm and pulled him through the tunnel they had been wandering through.
"Faker, we're lost, remember?," Shadow growled, while ripping his arm out of his hand and catching up. "Anywhere is better, than there!," Sonic replied.
He nearly lost his footing, when the ground started shaking. Just not in any way – something BIG and HEAVY was after them, running on four legs!
"To the left, Faker!," Shadow shouted and they zipped in the said direction, the pounding behind them growing a little quieter. "What now!?" "To the right!" "How do you know that!?" "Unlike you I marked the way!"
They followed Shadow's directions, until they saw a light: the exit! They finally reached it, but didn't stop, until they were several kilometers away.
They never saw the orange eyes, peeking out of the dark of the cave entrance, before retreating, waiting for a prey, that wouldn't escape its clutches.
ScareS 4
The door opened with a creak. "He really needs to fix this place up.," Rouge thought, while making her way inside the old mansion. "Hello?," she called in the foyer, looking around and spotting the beginning of a carpet out of deep red rose petals, leading through a door on her left.
"Shadow? You DO remember, that we broke up, right? I hope for you, that you don't try to seduce me or anything!," she shouted in the empty room, while going after the roses, figuring, that she would find her ex there.
The roses led her into a ballroom, in the middle of it was a table, decked for two with two chairs. Food, wine and candles were on the white tablecloth. The rose petals were in a circle around the table.
"Shadow? That's really sweet and all, but you know, that I'm with Knuckles now, right?," Rouge said loudly, as she still couldn't see the dark hedgehog, while she entered the room.
"How could I forget?," a silky voice out of a shadowy corner behind her said, letting her turn around to smile at the black furred hedgehog. "As if I could ever forget the name of the man, who stole you from me.," he said.
"Shadow, please. I explained it to you. Knuckles...just gives me more." "Oh, I understand, I really do. I just thought, that we could have our last talk in a...more appropriate environment.," the hedgehog replied, pointing to the table. "Oh...well, sure, why not?," the bat replied and allowed him to lead her to the table.
They first talked out their break up, before they ate in almost complete silence, only now and then making some light conversation about rather daily topics.
Finally, they were done and Rouge allowed Shadow to move her chair back, so she could stand up. "Thank you, it was really delicious. I hope, you didn't waste a fortune for me." "Of course not, I wouldn't want you to feel guilty, or as if you owe me something. No, I want you to go without regrets.," Shadow replied smoothly. It sounded a little strange to formulate it like that, but Shadow had always been eccentric.
She flinched a little, though, when Shadow grabbed her hand and lifted it to his chest. "Can I make one last request, before you go?," he asked with that charming voice, that she loved so much. "S-sure...," she stuttered, her knees feeling weak. He was always so alluring! "One last kiss?," he asked with a sad smile. When she started to protest, he quickly said: "It's not, like I had the chance, when we broke up, right?" Rouge nodded, guiltily. She had practically fled the house, after she had told him, that she was now together with Knuckles, not giving him the chance to react at all.
"Okay...without tongue, though.," she suggested. "Whatever you wish.," Shadow nodded and gently took her shoulders. Rouge raised her head a little, closing her eyes and puckering her lips, but instead of the expected kiss, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her neck, making her gasp, too overwhelmed to scream. Her eyes snapped open, seeing Shadow's quills and she knew, that he did something, she could feel her warm blood rushing down her body, but all her tries to free herself were in vain.
Finally, Shadow moved, the bat too weak by now to struggle. He straightened himself, giving his helpless victim a good view of his very long fangs and the smirk around them. "Now, I said, that I want you to go without regrets, right? And even with a last meal to go with it! And don't worry, your precious boyfriend will follow you soon.," he added, knowing, that those would be the last word she would hear, before forcing his lips on hers, holding them in this position, until he felt her heartbeat stop.
"I hope you now know, that you don't leave Shadow the Hedgehog.," he hissed and let the body fall.
He looked at the corpse for a second longer, before raising his head and looking at the picture, carefully hidden in a corner, that showed a blue hedgehog, who happily waved towards the camera. "Time for a new start.," he smirked, the body next to him disappearing after a movement of his hand, and he himself disappeared in the darkness.
ScareS 5
You sit there in darkness, the bright colors of your PC's monitor are the only source of light. You read over the words, that have appeared on the screen a while ago. For some reason, they are drawing you to them, they are almost...magical. Without being able to stop yourself, you start to read the mystic words.
Snardsek fo pereke
taeg royu poen
elas em leph
atef s'rlowd het.*
Just after speaking out the last syllable, your PC shuts down and you're plunged into darkness. You frown confused, trying to switch on the monitor again, but it seems broken. You notice something else: you don't get used to the darkness, it stays as thick, as it is, as if there is no light in your surroundings. As if you have no windows and doors to let it in. You run your hands over your desk, trying to find anything, that you can use to produce light, when you hear something in the darkness.
"Mmm...looks good...," a voice purrs behind you. You quickly turn around, but there's nothing visible. "H-hello?," you ask, your voice trembling slightly.
"Such a sweet scent, too..." "W-who's th-there?," you stammer. You clearly hear the greed in the voice. "You don't know, naive child?" "H-hey, I'm not a child!," you protest, feeling insulted. "In comparison to me, even the oldest human is a child.," the voice sneers. You swallow.
"W-what do y-you w-want?," you ask, now trembling from head to toe. "You're asking me? Stupid child, you were the one, who freed me – so shouldn't you know?" "I...I didn't. I-I just...read these strange words..."
"Those 'words' were a spell to free me. I sent it to many people over so many decades, and finally I found someone weak enough, unable to resist my spells and reading out the words, that would break my seal. And do you know, what happens now, little child?" "N-no...?," you whisper, your voice trembling even more.
At once, a pair of red, swirly eyes snaps open, right in front of you and you hear the voice, much louder, and suddenly sounding strange, high pitched and devoid of every reason. "I'll devour you and then every other soul I'll find!"
The last thing you feel, is a searing pain in your chest.
*To create the "spell", I simply reversed every line and switched the letters of the words randomly, too. Here's the original "spell":
Keeper of darkness
open your gate
help me seal
the world's fate.