This is a special 2012 'Halloween' contest entry. PLEASE VOTE. And THANKS!
Before you read this story, be advised that it is adult oriented and contains very graphic depictions of a sexual nature. It is not intended for, nor should it be read under any circumstances, by persons who are not at least eighteen(18) years of age.
I normally write "real" human characters, but when I saw the Halloween theme contest posting, I decided to challenge myself to step out of my comfort zone. This is my first attempt at writing a supernatural fantasy, so I hope it turned out well and that you enjoy it.
I love to read your comments and would enjoy hearing from you if you like this story. I even want your comments if you don't like it, provided you are actually giving constructive criticism. Please don't leave a comment if you are simply turned off by what the story contains. Just because you may not enjoy or politically agree with the portrayals, it doesn't mean that others won't.
~~Odysseyker
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Trick or Trebor?
I dragged into the house at around 5:40 p.m. on Friday, tired and glad to be home. The day had been miserable at work. Hell, the whole week had been nothing more than one disaster after another. I was ready to unwind and relax for a while. After hanging up my jacket and dropping my keys on the counter, I went straight for the recliner and flopped down. I had no more than lifted the footrest when Tina, my wife of thirteen years, came in and reminded me that we had a party to attend.
"What are you doing?" she snapped. "You need to get changed for Pam's party. If you don't hurry up we're going to be late."
"Shit!" I grumbled to myself. I'd forgotten all about the Halloween party that Tina's sister had invited us to. Originally it had sounded like a lot of fun. We'd been to a few of Pam's parties before and they were interesting, to say the least. Pam and her lesbian lover, Lori, had a vast array of friends, both gay and straight, most of whom had few inhibitions. Mix that with risque Halloween costumes and a little alcohol and you have the makings of a wild party.
Now, though, all I wanted to do was to take a nap, have some dinner and maybe a couple of drinks, then talk my wife into watching a porn video and some dirty lovemaking. Ignoring Tina's prompts, I leaned my head back and closed my eyes. I knew we were obligated to attend, but really wished I could skip the affair. As I sat there, I tried to convince myself that it would be fun; I just needed a few minutes of peace and quiet.
Tina rousted me a few minutes later and I mumbled something not very nice, then got to my feet and trudged to the bedroom. I stripped, shot a little cologne on my chest and wiggled into the idiotic pirate costume that she had bought for me. She was going as a lusty wench, and I had to admit she looked like it in her outfit. I was supposed to be her pirate lover. I would have just as soon stayed home and played pirate with her, but knew it wasn't going to happen.
The party was scheduled to start at 7:00 p.m. and it was 6:45 when we got in the car. If we didn't hit traffic or have any other problems we could make it and arrive fashionably, only a few minutes late. As luck would have it though, we were railroaded and had to wait fifteen minutes for the crossing to clear. Finally, after the train passed, we made it to Pam's place, a twenty year old brick and wood ranch style house situated on a small lake several miles out of the city.
I pulled down the long, twisting driveway and expected to see an abundance of vehicles, but there were only a few. "Looks like your sister's party is a bust," I commented, secretly hoping that with as few people as were there we'd have a chance to make an early exit. I figured we might still be able to get home in time to play a little 'hide the peg-leg', as it were.
At any rate, we parked and got out. Even as tired and grouchy as I was, I had to admire Tina's sexy body as she exited the car. At five feet, five inches tall and 128 pounds, she's stacked and packed in all the right places. Her raven hair cascades around her shoulders and strikes her mid-back. She has black on black eyes that have always captivated me and are the perfect accent to her 38D-26-37 inch figure.
"Come on wench!" I barked sarcastically as I gazed at her muffin-topped breasts bursting out of the top of her corseted costume. She flipped me the finger and we both laughed. My mood was actually beginning to lighten a little and I thought the party might not be too bad after all. I had always hoped that at one of these parties, Tina might get drunk enough and horny enough that I'd persuade her into letting a bisexual woman join us in the bedroom.
I knew she was curious, and we'd had a couple of offers, but she'd never had the courage to make it a reality. For that matter, our sex life had never been anything out of the ordinary. I'm not complaining; the sex was always good with Tina, I just wanted to experiment a little more. I was always trying to get her to flash a trucker or have sex with me somewhere risky, but could never get her to go along.
We made our way to the door and I knocked. We waited a minute and since no one answered, I knocked again. Eerily, the door swung open this time but there was nobody in sight. We crossed the threshold and I expected Pam to close the door behind us, but she wasn't there. In fact the door seemed to have simply opened itself.
Tina and I looked at each other and then around the room. No sign of life. The house was dark and elaborately made up for the party. There were very realistic cobwebs everywhere and a few candles dimly lit the room. The furniture had all been draped with black material and it even smelled like a musty old 'haunted' house. It was almost as if we'd stepped into another dimension, or at the very least a Wes Craven movie.
"Hellooo..." Tina called out. As the words faded into nothingness, the door flew past our backs and slammed shut with a loud "THWUNK!". Tina and I both spun around and watched as the deadbolt mysteriously turned itself, locking us in.
"What the fuck...?" I puzzled as I went to the door and tried unlocking it. But try as I might, there was no turning the lock. Then I chuckled and said, "Boy... Pam's really outdone herself this year." Pam had always been one to go out of her way to make her parties special with props and games that fit the season or event. But she'd never been this detailed and meticulous.
"Well, where in the hell is everyone?" Tina questioned. And her question was a valid one. There was nobody within eyeshot and we didn't hear any voices or laughter.
"Maybe they're all out on the deck," I replied and started toward the family room.
I took a couple of steps and heard a strange, macabre voice calling, "Charrelllesss..." My given name is Charles, but everyone calls me 'Boonie', Boone being my middle name.
I froze in my footsteps and asked Tina, "Did you hear that?"
"Hear what?" my wife returned, and then the voice called my name again.
"That!" I snapped. "A voice is calling my name."
"Quit screwing around. I didn't hear anything," Tina scolded, and then her head flicked to the side as if something had caught her attention.
"What?" I asked.
"N-nothing..." she replied and then gasped. "The voice isn't calling your name... It's calling mine," Tina timidly stated, but all I'd heard was my name.
I grabbed her hand and we started through the house. I was determined to go room by room, if I had to, until I found the pranksters and got to the bottom of the jokes. But as I walked, it seemed like the rooms were expanding and multiplying as I went. Before long we were hopelessly lost in a labyrinth of dark, twisting rooms and hallways that appeared to be leading us nowhere, each drearier and more dismal than the last.
Finally I stopped in the middle of a large room and pulled Tina close. "What the hell is going on?" I muttered, more to myself than to her. I could feel her body trembling in my arms, and truth be told, I was scared out of my mind too. But I wasn't going to let her see it. I intended to be 'Mr. Toughguy' and get us out of this.... whatever it was.
As we stood there, I began to hear the voice again, calling my name. "Do you hear it?" I asked my wife. She nodded but didn't say anything. The voice got louder and then seemed to drift away from me. "I guess we need to follow the voice," I reckoned, again as much to myself as anything.
We took a few steps and the voice got louder. A few more and it faded somewhat. Stepping back, we changed direction, took a couple steps and the voice grew louder again. Using this same pattern over and over, we were led to a large, heavy looking, black door with no doorknob. There was a huge brass door knocker that resembled a goat's head. It was hard to tell since there was very little light, but it was certainly some kind of horned animal with a four inch diameter ring through its nose.
I stood there for a moment and realized that the only thing left to do was to knock on the door. Grasping the ring with trembling fingers, I timidly raised and brought the brass implement down three times. I heard what sounded like deadbolts sliding and then the massive door swung open with a loud creak.
We peered through the doorway into blackness. Nothing was visible inside except for a solitary point of light that seemed suspended in mid-air. "C'mon..." I prompted Tina, crossing through the door and pulling her in behind me. In the back of my mind I still believed that this was some sort of outlandish hoax, and that if we played the game we would come out laughing at the end. But boy was I ever wrong.