Tales of Terror in Gravesfield
Author's Note: Hello. The story you are about to read is the first of my Into the Unknown side story series. This one being a dark comedy Halloween anthology series similar to the Simpsons Tree House of Horror series where each story here is based off some of my favorite horror movies or urban legends. This has actually been in the works for two years. But I never got the chance write it and wanted to wait to finish my main story Into the Unknown. But because my main story won't end until most likely New Years and I don't want to miss another year, I decided to work on this one now. I'm uploading two now because this first chapter is a prologue/intro. Each story will be told by the Hexsquad and will be all complete by Halloween. If you are new to this story I recommend reading a quarter of my main story to know the OCs that will be featured here. I hope you will enjoy this side story and if you liked what you read be sure to follow, favorite and review. Thank you and enjoy the story.
Today is October 31st, Halloween night. A well known and most celebrated holiday for people to dress up, party or for young ones to trick or treat. Though this holiday was most beloved in Gravesfield, Connecticut due to the town's history of superstition and connection to a world of witches and demons.
We see a group of trick or treaters heading towards to Noceda's house. One of them rings the doorbell and opening the door was Eda with a bowl of candy.
Trick or treat!
Eda: Oh what lovely costumes you kids got. Alright, each of you take three and three only.
But then someone behind Eda appeared with an axe and chops her head off as it fell into the bowl of candy making the kids scream and run away. Eda laughed as they ran.
Eda: ( snorts and laughs) Oh I got them good.
Archimedes: Eda was that necessary.
Archimedes appeared behind her revealing to be the one with the axe as he helped put Eda's head back on.
Eda: Oh come on Archy you gotta admit it was funny.
Camila: You call traumatizing children funny?
Eda: Oh come on Cammy it's Halloween. This is my favorite time of the year where I come down and scare the bejesus out of people.
Luz: Mom, have you seen my hat?
We then see Luz and all her friends entering the living room with their costumes. Luz was Azura with Amity being Hecate, Christa was dressed in her Charm Caster persona from the Bonesborough Brawl, King was dressed like a dark knight superhero like Batman, Willow a black and green devil, Hunter, Gus and Alex as their respected characters from Cosmic Frontiers and Vee as herself.
Camila: Oh you all look amazing.
Christa: Thank you Camila. I really spent a lot of time making my costume.
Hunter: All alone Red?
Christa: ( holds his arm) Of course with the help of my boyfriend.
Hunter: ( looks away blushing) Red please you're embarrassing me in front of my crew.
Alex: Hey Willow. Do I look good in this uniform or what?
Willow: Hot as ever Alex.
King: I'm so excited. This is my first Halloween ever. I'm gonna get all the candy in the world!
Luz: King what are you wearing? I thought we agreed you'd dress up as the Cubone.
King: No we didn't Luz.
Luz: We talked about it three days ago.
King: Yeah you talked. I said no. I want to be cool, not cute.
Christa holds and cuddles King.
Christa: No you're still cute wearing your costume.
King: Christa please! The Dark Knight is supposed to be cool.
Amity: Well this year will be different and more...fun compared to last.
Hunter: Yeah I'd rather not talk about what happened last year.
Luz: But we can't have any fun without my hat. I'm not Azura without it.
Eda: Oh I got it right here kiddo.
Eda showed her hat and went to go place it on Luz's head. But when she did, her hand detached off her arm.
Eda: Oh no my hand!
Eda looked at Luz's reaction which looked annoyed.
Eda: Oh come on nothing.
Luz: Eda, your dismembered limb joke isn't funny anymore.
Eda: Of course it is. Remember when you used to live with me?
We get a flashback montage of Luz in her early days int he Owl House. She entered the living room and saw Eda on the couch.
Eda: Luz I can't get up. Can you give me a hand?
Luz: Oh sure.
Luz takes Eda's hand to help her up, but when she did her hand detached.
Luz: AAAAH!
Eda: Ha! Got you Luz.
Luz: Ugh Eda!
The next scene show's Luz in her room opening her chest to get some clothes, only for Eda's arms to pop up and grab Luz by her neck pretending to strangle her.
Luz: AAAAAH!
Eda then burst into the room armless.
Eda: Pfft hahahaha! Got you again kiddo!
Next scene showed Luz waking up in the morning and when she took off her covers, Eda's head was underneath.
Eda: RAGH!
Luz: AAAAAAH!
Eda: Hahahaha! Oh you should have seen the look on your face!
Flashback ends
Eda: Yup I am a true prank master.
Luz: Yeah Eda, your pranks on me were clever at first but then after a week.
We get another flashback montage of Luz in her early days in the Owl House. She went to the fridge to get something only to find Eda's head.
Eda: Bleh!
Luz just sighed and closed the fridge.
Eda: Wait Luz come back. It's cold in here.
The next scene showed Luz pouring some cereal and a pair of eye balls poured into her bowl. Eda appeared behind her with her eye sockets all black and hollow.
Eda: Ha! Got you again Luz!
Luz sighed in annoyance.
The next scene showed Luz coming home from school until she heard Eda call for her on the roof with a noose around her neck.
Eda: Luz this is for you.
Eda jumped off the roof with the noose, except it didn't hang her but instead her body detached from her head and fell to the ground as it broke apart into pieces with the head landing in the center.
Eda: Haha you totally flinched! Now uh, could you help me put my body back together.
Luz groans with annoyance.
Flashback ends.
Eda: Oh come on that last one should have been my biggest scare.
Luz: Yeah Eda when you use it on me every day, it gets old and predictable.
Eda: ( gasps) Predictable? I'm the one and only Owl Lady. I'm known to be unpredictable. You'll see.
Luz: Right anyway, Mom we're heading out now.
Camila: Alright, just remember stay within town, don't talk to strangers and be back by 11:00.
Eda: Eh don't worry Cammy, they can take care of themselves.
Archimedes: Hey you kids have fun.
Luz: We will. Come on guys let's go.
The Hexsquad ran out of the house in excitement. We see them go trick or treating, going to house to house, collecting as much candy as possible, although at times King took more than he was told too. We see them throwing eggs and toilet paper at Jacob Hopkins house and his car to which Alex stole the tires. We also see them stopping by at the Halloween festival in town participating in some activities like going on the haunted maze, playing games, bobbing for apples and messing with some the recreations of the Salem witch trials.
Later that night.
Luz: Wow Gus I can't believe you messed with witch trial show.
Gus: It was a set up. The accused was falsely accused.
Vee: Well then should we head back.
King: Are you kidding? The night is still young. The Dark Knight stays up all night.
Christa: Well what else can we do, we went to every house and did every game here.
Luz: Hmm, oh I got an idea.
The scene shifts to the group standing before an old abandoned creepy house with the drapes flowing out of the windows and tall grass with dandelions.
Luz: The old Merry house.
Christa: The Merry house?
Luz: My mom told me stories about this. It was said that 80 years ago, this was the home to the Merry couple who were going to get married. Amanda Merry came home early and was going to show off her wedding dress to her fiancé, but she caught him cheating with his mistress. So she took the axe in the backyard and hacked her fiancé into pieces.
Gus: Holy Titan!
Willow: Geez Luz.
Amity: Is this for real?
Luz: Yeah true story. But wait there's more. So after she killed her guy, she chased the other girl until she caught onto her dress which made her trip and fall off the upper level rail of the house and so she fell as the axe landed on her neck, cutting her head off!
King: Whoa!
Hunter: And I thought Belos was the only demented human.
Luz: Oh yeah. And legend has it that her ghost still haunts this house and takes the head of whoever enters.
Alex: Dude that is messed up.
Luz: Yup. That's why we're going in there!
Willow: What?!
Gus: Are you crazy?
Alex: Come on. We already went through a haunted maze. Do we have to?
Luz: This is a real haunted house. Come on guys you have ghosts back in the Boiling Isles.
Amity: Yeah but most of them aren't deranged serial killers.
Vee: It's not that I'm scared but this is really unsanitary in there. You have no idea what's in there.
Luz: It'll be fine. Come on.
The group went through the tall grass and to the house.
Alex: Dandelions ( sneezes).
The group enters the house and looked around at all the old furniture, the deteriation, the dust, and webs all around.
Hunter: This place isn't haunted. It's a dump.
King touches a cabinet of fine china as it instantly crumbled into dust.
King: And hasn't aged well.
Luz: Christa, light?
Christa uses her magic to form a light ball in the room.
Luz: Okay let's sit together and tell scary stories.
Amity: Is that it?
King: Okay but why not back at your place.
Luz: Because it adds atmosphere.
Alex: Yeah I don't know if I want to do it here.
Luz: That's the challenge. Scary stories in a scary setting. Here's the deal. Everyone got a jumbo chocolate bar from the Fieldman's home right?
Christa: Yeah.
King: I got two of them.
Luz: Okay lets put them in the center here and have a game. Whoever can tell the scariest story wins them all. If you run out of the house scared you're disqualified. How about it?
Amity: So you want to play that way huh Luz? Alright I'm in.
Christa: Me too!
King: I'm only putting one of them.
Willow: I'll go.
Gus: Please I ain't scared of nothing.
Hunter: Fine then.
Alex: So gonna win!
Vee: Eh sure whatever.
Luz: Alright, then let us begin. I'll go first.
To be continued...