Day 11: Zombie (Gonzales family, future)
Okay, I'm cheating, I admit it. This prompt was originally 'spooky place' (I even had a nascent idea for it), but since 11 October is also the date for the 2014 Adelaide Zombie Walk, I'm changing it, because I'm The Authour, so I can do stuff like that! Mwahahahaha!
Happy lurching, everybody!
Soundtrack – This is Halloween – Danny Elfman (original soundtrack, Nightmare before Christmas)
Freddie couldn't help it – he tried to be serious, but the smile wouldn't stay locked away.
His daughter was adorable, even with a cheesy fake eyeball dangling down her cheekbone. All the other girls in her class were princesses, or witches – with a couple of superheroes thrown in for flavour. But his Billy decided to be a zombie! Typical of his little girl.
"Daddy, you're not supposed to smile at me! I'm supposed to be scary," Billy scolded him.
So far, Billy showed every sign of being the one to follow him into the rangers, not her younger brother Earl. But that was fine with Freddie – Hell, if years of being married to Margaret hadn't convinced him of the general toughness of females, having Kate Fuller as a friend and occasional fight-ally definitely would have.
"Oh, so you want brains, huh? Help you keep up your grades in school?" Freddie asked. "Cause all that blood looks more like ketchup."
Billy giggled. "That's because it is ketchup, Daddy! I'm a vegetarian zombie! I only want grains!"
Okay, so that was NOT where I was expecting to go with this. I was looking up all the different recipes for zombie cocktails the other night... I think it works, though!