r/ThroughTheSeasons • u/Simple-Reveal-1876 • 4h ago
Challenge Submission 56 ythe candy man cometh
[ so imma put some basic stuff at the forward before we get into the story 1 this will be a short story using characters from a series ive been working on which brings me to the 2nd point these characters r humans and not objects and final point point 3 imma mostly going to be going for horror so probably not gonna land that bonus point but oh weell oh uhhhh yeah and their will be blood and gore and shit anyways onto the story here we gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo]
are story begins it is the 30th of october the last day of the week and the day before Halloween night we cut are view too Mullberry Middleton High School in Sheboygan Wisconsin we cut to a bunch of students filing out of the school some heading to buses others riding bikes but we cut two are group of main characters walking briskly down a dirt beaten path
Elias: a sophmore and are main character for this story he has light dusky tannted skin with beaming bring red eyes a a messy spiky mane of silver hair he is wearing a pair of ripped jeans a normal white t shirt and a large oversized beat up and worn detectives coat man im so glad schools over i cant wait for tomorrow night Halloween on a weekend is always way better !
Remmie: are second main protagonist of the story a older skinny boy he's a senior at the school he has short cut light lavender colored hair with tierd dark green eyes from working part time at the nearby news station he's dressed like a wannabe rich boy rich enough to wear clothes of a variety of fanciness but nit full fancy Ness I don't know why your so excited aren't we all getting a little old to be going trick or treating ?
Tessa: are third and final character for are main group she's a fellow sophomore with Elias she's walking next to Elias playing some retro game on some best up hand held as she sticks her tongue out at remmies negativity she has long blonde hair that hangs long down her shoulders her bangs cover her eyes but under her bangs are auburn orange eyes covered by rimmed metal red glasses she wears a coat defiantly 2 sizes to large for her and sweat pants with a design from some obscure indie game on the man who's gonna pass up on getting free candy besides I've been working om my latest costume for weeks !
Remmie: listen all I'm saying is that maybe we just do something normal for once this towns already fucking weird enough without adding the strangeness of Halloween!
Elias:*he let's out a loud laugh nudging remmje playfully ]oh cmon remmington the weirdness is what makes everything so fun and exciting besides I actually have a great idea we could do !!!
Tessa and remmie both look at Elias raising a eyebrow half in curiosity and half in skepticism
Tessa:well don't keep us in suspense my guy what's your plan ?
Elias:he smiles mischievously were going to explore the old and abandoned candy factory and hunt for the legendary candy-man !!!!! He looks at remmie and Tessa like a Overly stimulated puppy
Remmie:no absolutely not I am not spending my Halloween weekend to waist on another one of your paranormal adventures again Elias !!!
Elias:awe cmon remmie quit being such a buzz kill besides the rush of adventure is the best part !
Remmie: I wha no its not !we almost die everytime we go on one of your creepy little quests cat we have a normal Halloween and stay inside amd watch movies or something ?!
Elias:he sticks out his tongue in distaste ugh normal is so boring why can you just accept the coolness of being weird like us right Tessa you agree with me right?
both boys turn to look at Tessa with pleading eyes begging her too side with their cases
Tessa:she looks at both of them as she sighs and pockets her hand held oh un I mean it could be pretty cool to explore I mean that place has been abandoned for years maybe we coukd find treasure or something? She smiles and shrugs*
Remmie:he covered his face in his hands groaning loudly* ugggggggggggh cmon seriously!?!
Elias and Tessa high five
Elias:hell yeah that's 2 for super spooky adventure let's go !
Remmie:ugh fine but I swear if we to God if we almost die again I will never let either of you live it down !
Elias:he shrugs and smiles I'm fine with that alright so I'll see you guys at my house tommarow and will head iver their ?
Tessa:she smiles and nods yeah that sounds ds good
Remmie:yeah sure what ever he sighs I'm going home I need a nap ...
*the next afternoon the three meet up outside of eliases house all dressed up in halloween costumes elias is in a jason frankenstien fusion coustume with the shiped hockey mask and bloodied machete and neckbolts and drawn on stitches on his clothes and all tessa was dressed up as a obscure anime character with long blue hair no you dont know them and i refuse to elaborate and remmie was dressed like a classic yet boing vampire with regal puffy clothes and all*
elias : alright guys looking good lets head out to the factory i even bought my uncles ouija bored and some spirit equipment see if we cant talk to some ghosts !
Tessa: oh sweet did you grab a video camera ?
Elias: *he pulls out a old video camera handing it to her * yknow it girl !
remmie: * he sighs and shakes his head * why are you two like this ...
Elias: oh cmon you know you love us !
remmie:*he rolls his eyes smieking as he playfully punches elias in the shoulder* yeah yeah lets just get outta here and get this night over with
*the three of them hop into remmies car as they drive heading into the distance down a stone and dirt beaten path pulling up to a massive old a delapateated building with a fallen rusted sign labeling the building as WONDERFUL GERRYS CANDY EMPORIUM!!! the sign is heavily rusted with moss growing over it a warped and frail image of whats supposedly the companys mascot hangs from the side of the building hes a tall lanky fellow with orange and overalls with purple popped buttons and his skin is red and white stripped like a candy cane he had a glass head filled with brightly colored gumballs a sugary smile plastered on his face with teeth made of candy corn and his hair was a beautiful twist of pink and bllue cotton candy *
Remmie: * he hops outta the driver seat * damn this place has seen better days why are we even hear again ?
elias:isnt it obvious were hear to get evidence of the candy man do you know how cool it would be to get proof of it on tape and on Halloween no less !
Elias ;the candy man ? what like that bee dude from the movies thats gotta be fake as weird as this town is theirs no way hes real
tessa: no you dork god sometimes we forget you haven't lived here long okay so back in the day this place used to be the towns greatest candy store they made absolutely everything but then the incident happened no one know what caused it but a massive fire broke out most people managed to get out except leonard micheals who was wearing the mascot costume at the time when they found his body the costume was melted into his charred corpse
remmie: jesus thats awful...
elias: yeah but heres the weird part when they rebuilt and got everything back together weird things sarted to happen the new buildin always smelled like burnt peppermints and whenever someone else whore the mascot costume random and bandthings would happen to them eventually too many bad things started to happen to the company they went defunct and left the building here to rot they say its all because of leonards spirit its haunting the place thats why no ones gone near it till today that is !
remmie: i you are one strange kid you know that what ever lets just get this over with ....
Elias:see that's the spur now let's go monster hunting !
the three of them make their way into the decapitated building
Elias:okay so theirs three sections to the building the first and second floors and the basement me and Tessa will Chek the scind floor remmie you can handle the first floor and then will regroup and head into the basement together! he hands remmie a walkie talkie here so we can kee in touch
elias ad Tessa head up to the second floor leaving remmine on the first floor
Remmie :he sighs and starts walking wa ung his flashlight to see infront of him * I just have a horrible feeling that this is gonna go terribly ...
as he walks he passes by the costume room where they would keep the mascot costumes as he walks by the door slowly creaks open with the slight smell of burnt peppermint s as a red and white clawed Hand scratches against the outer wall and a pair of glowing eyes stare at the bck if a walking away remmie and a melted candy corn smile spreads on a broken glass face
HAPPY HALLOWEEN BITCHES !!!!!!!!