AN: Today I'm in a good mood, so as a surprise, I decided to write this chapter of No Fear before I post Chapter 7 of Total Drama: Redux. This is the story I prefer writing over TDR because TDR chapters take so long to write, and these ones are pretty short. This one might be a bit longer because this one is a special one. Enjoy!
Chapter 11: Halloween
October 28th, 2012
7:00 A.M.
I heard a buzzing coming from my phone. I wondered who could be wanting to talk to me on a Sunday at 7 in the morning. I quickly grabbed it to see that I was getting a call from Mike.
"Strange, I wonder what Mike could want. It must be important." I said to myself. I answered it.
"Hey, Dawn, I need to talk to you about something. You mind if I come over sometime soon? I know it's early and all, but it's important." He said to me. It sounded almost as if he had desperation in his tone.
"Of course, Mike, just let me get ready and such. I'll tell my mother that you are coming over." I said to him.
10:00 A.M.
I heard a knock come from the door.
"It must be Mike." I said to my mother. She quickly went back to her office space to continue doing her paintings. It made me wonder how she was doing. Lately, I haven't seen her very often because she was working for so long. I quickly opened the door,
"Hey, Dawn, I'm glad that you answered. There's something I need to tell you." He said quickly to me.
"Mike, I'm sensing another aura in you besides yours and your personalities. Do you have another personality besides the ones I've seen?" Mike sat down on my front steps and sighed.
"Yeah, I do. I didn't think I was gonna have to tell you this, but there is another personality besides the ones you know of. He only comes out during Halloween, and boy is he trouble. His name is Mal, short for the Malevolent One. Every Halloween, he comes out and takes control of my body. For some reason, I can never regain control of my body for that day. Well, anyways, I got sent to Juvie because of him."
"Mike, what is it that you're wanting me to do?"
"I want you to keep Mal at bay for the night. Zoey wants to go trick or treating believe it or not, and Cam, B, and I said that we would go along with it. I want you to come with us and keep Mal in check. I would also like it if you could keep this to yourself. I'd tell Cameron or B, but you have such a knack for helping people, and I already know you helped me with something before…but I really need help with this."
"Well of course Mike, I'd love to help you out with this."
"Thanks Dawn, I knew I could count on you. We're all gonna meet up at Zoey's house and just make our way around the neighborhood. I also recommend that you get your boyfriend to come too. We need a strong guy to handle Mal as well."
"You seem to be very terrified of him. I'm glad that you're able to keep him at bay for the rest of the year. I'll tell Joe to come." Mike then gave me a hug and left.
"This is not going to be easy. I need some tea and some time to think." I said to myself.
Halloween
6:00 P.M.
In front of my home
"So, Dawn, what is it that you need? You seemed to want me for something urgent." said Joe.
"Joe, it's about Mike. I need you to help me with him tonight." I said.
"Is he bugging you or something, because if he is, then I'll…"
"No, it's not that Joe,…Mike has multiple personality disorder. He has four personalities that I knew of until a few days ago. Those personalities are Chester, Svetlana, Vito, and Manitoba Smith. He told me that every Halloween though, a fifth personality takes control of his body for the night. That personality is Mal. I need you to help me keep him in check."
"Is Mal that dangerous?"
"He got Mike sent to juvie, so he must be somewhat devious, and also cunning."
"I can't use physical force on him if he tries to pull a stunt?"
"I would prefer it if you didn't have to result to physical force." I said to him with a stern face.
"Alright, alright. Don't worry, I won't do that. Let's go meet up with your friends." Joe and I then left my house to go to Zoey's. I quickly knocked on the door when I got there.
"Dawn, Joe, it's so great for you guys to make it! Cameron and B are here, we're just waiting for Mike." said Zoey. Just as she finished saying that, a car pulled into the driveway. Mike stepped out of it.
"Hey Zoey. Are you ready to go?" asked Mike. Zoey nodded her head and called for Cameron and B to make their way to the front of the door.
"Well, looks like we're all set. Let's make our way to some houses for some candy!" said Zoey. As they started leaving, I grabbed Mike by the shoulder.
"I know you're not Mike. I can tell by the dark aura that you have." I said to him. Just then, Mike flipped his hair to the left side of his face so that it covered his eye.
"I knew Mike would tell someone about me. Don't kid yourself girl, you really think you can prevent me from causing mayhem tonight? On Halloween no less?" said Mal. Mal had a much deeper voice than Mike did, but could impersonate Mike so well.
"I will not allow you to get Mike into trouble again, Mal." I said to him.
"Yeah, don't go doing something stupid, or else we'll have to teach you a lesson." said Joe.
"Oh I'm so scared." said Mal sarcastically.
"Hey guys, are you coming or what?" asked Cameron from afar.
"Coming guys!" said Mal in Mike's voice. Mal fixed his hair to look like Mike and started to walk to them, giving a wicked grin to Joe and I as we walked with him.
8:30 P.M.
"How much candy do you guys have?" asked Zoey.
"I got a good amount, and B seems to have a bit too. What about you Mike?" asked Cameron.
"Oh, I got a lot of candy guys. Hey, why don't you guys go and trick or treat some more, I can watch these full bags. Go get some more candy." said "Mike". Zoey, Cam, and B then left to go do some more houses. Mal decided that now would be an opportune time to cause mayhem. He noticed a spider's web and plenty of spiders on it. He grabbed a lot of the spiders and stuffed them into all three of their bags.
"What do you think you're doing?" asked Joe.
"Oh nothing, just causing a little chaos is all." said Mal. Joe and I looked into the bags and noticed that there were spiders in there.
"How could you use these creatures in your evil plot?" I told him.
"Oh, that is just the beginning. It'll get worse before the night is over. Go ahead, take the spiders out, I'll just come back with something more chaos causing and dangerous." Mal then began to whistle a tune and walk away with the others.
"Joe, help me put these creatures back to their home." I said to him. Joe obliged and we grabbed the spiders back. Throughout this night, the things that Mal continued to do to irritate myself and Joe continued to be more and more dangerous. From the spiders, he went to lighting things on fire, teepeeing all the houses that he could find when the others weren't looking, and even getting to the point where he was throwing sharp objects he could find at us. But this was nothing compared to what he did before the night was over for him.
11:30 P.M.
"Mike, are you getting tired?" asked Zoey.
"Oh no Zoey, I could do this all night, why don't we go for a little walk huh?" asked "Mike".
"Well you two can do that, B and I are gonna go home. Maybe start eating some of this candy. I'll see you guys at school tomorrow!" said Cameron. He and B then waved goodbye to everybody and began to walk home.
"Zoey, I don't think that taking a walk with Mike is such a good idea at the moment." I said to her.
"Why do you say that Dawn? It's not like Mike is evil or going to hurt me or anything." she said to me. Mal then began to chuckle a little bit.
"Zoey, Mike is…" said Joe. I pressed my hand against his mouth. Zoey then began to walk with Mal while he was whistling that same tune.
"Dawn, why didn't you let me say that Mike was Mal?" asked a surprised Joe.
"It's because Mike promised me to not tell Zoey about Mal. She doesn't need to know. Let's follow behind him. I know he's up to something." I said to him. He nodded in agreement and we kept up behind Zoey and Mal. Mal had taken Zoey to a lake.
"Isn't this romantic, Mike?" asked Zoey as she was looking across the water.
"Oh yeah Zoey, now close your eyes. I have a surprise for you." said "Mike". Zoey then closed her eyes so that she couldn't see anything. Mal had then grabbed a stick that he had found on the ground. It looked heavy enough to knock someone out cold with. He raised it up looking like he was about to strike Zoey with it.
"Joe, you must do something about this!" I whispered to him.
"I'm on it." said Joe. Just as Mal looked like he was going to strike Zoey with it, Joe reached out and tackled him to the ground. Mal and Joe then began to struggle against each other.
"Get off of me! Let me do this!" yelled Mal.
"Never!" yelled Joe.
"Mike, what's going on?" asked Zoey, who still had her eyes closed.
"Oh nothing Zoey, just keep your eyes shut alright?" said Mal. Zoey nodded in agreement. Joe and Mal were continuing to struggle with each other. Mal kicked Joe in the chest and threw him to the ground.
"Dawn, can I please use some physical force on this guy?" asked Joe.
"I fear that it might've come to this." I said to him. He understood fully what that meant. Joe then quickly got up and swung at Mal. Mal took the punch.
"Pain just makes me angrier and more powerful fool." said Mal. Mal then swung at Joe with the stick in his hand. It looked like Mal was going to swing the stick at Joe's head until…he took a gasp of air.
"Whoa…where am I?" asked Mike. Joe then swung at Mike and hit him in the gut. Mike fell to the ground.
"OW, dude what was that for?" asked Mike in pain.
"Oh geez, you're Mike aren't you?" asked Joe. Mike nodded his head. I quickly rushed to him.
"Dawn…thank you. Thank you for keeping Mal in check. Is Zoey anywhere?" asked Mike as he got up slowly. I pointed Zoey out near the lake.
"We'll just leave you two alone." said Joe. After Joe said that, he and I left Mike to be alone with Zoey.
"Dawn, I can drive you back to your house if you like." he offered.
"I'd like that." I said to him.
12:32 A.M.
As I opened the door to my house (after wishing Joe a goodnight and kissing him goodbye), I saw that my mother was waiting for me.
"Oh mother, I am so very sorry for being out so late. I really am." I said to her.
"Dawn, I don't mind that. It's something else I must tell you. I got offered a new job back in Ontario. The people back in our old town have seen multiple pieces that I've painted, and they offered me a job to paint for their museum that they are opening back there. Dawn…I accepted it." she said to me. I was dumbstruck when she said that.
"That means…that means that I have to move again?"
"Unfortunately, that's what it looks like. They're being very lenient about when I need to go over there. They said we can move back when you finish the school year here." she said to me. I didn't know how to react to that, so I did the only thing I thought I could do. I ran outside and ran to the woods. The only thing that I could feel coming from me were tears.
AN: So what did you guys think of this? Like I said, I was in a good mood, so I decided to work on this a little more. I hoped that you all liked it. I want to give my personal thanks to everybody that reads and constantly reviews this story. It makes me happy to see so many people viewing this story. Lastly, I do not own anything associated with Total Drama it its entirety. Enjoy!
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