The Halloween Nightmare: The Escape of the Witches

By Michael Scygiel

Adam, Bobby, Danny, and Jeff never dream about going to a place where Halloween is all year round. All they wanted as friends was an adventure but always failed!
One night, a ghost from Halloween Village fly's into their rooms and puts a letter on their beds, as their adventure was waiting. Once the boy's read the letters and headed off to Halloween Village to learn the history of Halloween and the village. They saw ghost flying around, Skeletons walking and people dressing up for Halloween. Once the boy's learn the history of Halloween and the village. They meet the Witches' and had no idea that they were going to escape form the village and headed off to their hometown The boy's left the village and headed back home to find the Witches'. Little that the boy's didn't know? The Witches' were going to get their town a Halloween Nightmare, and it was up to the boy's to catch them.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Apr 29, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524605933

Michael Scygiel

Michael Scygiel lives in Sawyer, Michigan. This is his first book for children.

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Published by AuthorHouse 01/09/2018

ISBN: 978-1-5246-0594-0 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5246-0595-7 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-5246-0593-3 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2016906906

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CONTENTS

Chapter 1 An Adventure Failed

Chapter 2 The Ghost Puts Letters on Their Beds

Chapter 3 The Boys Read the Letters

Chapter 4 Heading Back to the Mills

Chapter 5 Charles the Ghost

Chapter 6 The Secret Room

Chapter 7 Halloween Village

Chapter 8 The History of Halloween/Village

Chapter 9 The Witches

Chapter 10 The Escape of the Witches

Chapter 11 The Boys Leave the Village

Chapter 12 The Boys Search for the Witches

Chapter 13 The Halloween Nightmare

A note from the author:

This story is fiction. Authors have their own imaginations when it comes to writing stories.

Michael Scygiel

For my grandparents,

Edward and Rose Scygiel

CHAPTER 1

An Adventure Failed

O AK MILL, MICHIGAN WAS A town in the south part of the state with a population of thirteen hundred people. The town was known for its oak trees and old mills, which made it famous for its businesses and restaurants.

The other side of the town was where the homes were located. On Oak Mills Road were four boys who lived next door to each other. They had been friends since the first grade, and they always had a good time together. There was one thing the boys wanted, but it had never worked out. They always wanted to have an adventure. They didn’t go to college because they worked and wanted to save for the adventure of a lifetime. They were all twenty-years-old.

Danny Hays had black hair and blue eyes and stood six feet tall. He worked at the Oak Mill grocery store. He had always wanted to go to China to see the Great Wall. Bobby Brown was also six feet tall, with brown eyes and black hair. He worked for the local landscaping business, and he had always wanted to go to Africa to hunt. Jeff Casey had no hair, and from time to time he wore reading glasses. He stood at five-foot-eleven, had brown eyes, and worked for a body shop. He had always wanted to go out west to drive on Route 66 because he was a car person. Adam Holmes stood at six-foot-one and had blond hair with blue eyes. He fixed computers in a computer store and had always wanted to go to Europe to see the sights.

It was Sunday, September 30, and the boys had the day off. Danny was in his bedroom looking at his cell phone to see what the weather was going to be. He noticed that it was going to be sunny and sixty degrees out, so he decided to call up the gang to see if they wanted to hang out. He hoped they would have an adventure that day.

He called up Adam to see if he wanted to hang out and if he had something in mind. Adam, who was in his bedroom, saw that Danny was phoning him and answered to see what he wanted.

Well, hello, Danny, Adam said.

How are you doing? Danny asked.

I’m doing well, and thank you for asking, Adam said.

Hey, Adam, since today we all have the day off, do you want to hang out?

That sounds great to me, Adam said.

What do you want to do? Danny asked Adam.

I don’t know. Have you called up Jeff and Bobby?

You are the first one I called.

Why don’t you call Bobby and Jeff to see what they want to do? I’m fine with whatever they want to do.

Very well, Danny said. I’ll call you right back to let you know what the plan is for today.

Danny called up Bobby and on the third ring. Bobby answered to see what Danny wanted.

How are you doing, Danny? Bobby said.

Fine, Danny replied.

Are we going to do anything today? Bobby asked.

That’s why I’m calling you—to see what you want to do today, Danny said.

You know what, Danny? Why don’t we all meet at your house at eleven? When we’re all together we will see what we all want to do.

See you at eleven, Danny said.

After Danny hung up, he called Adam and told him to be at his house at eleven, and Adam was okay with that.

Danny called Jeff to let him know the plan for the day.

Well, hello, Danny, Jeff said.

Hello, Jeff, Danny said.

What’s going on today? Jeff asked.

Come to my house at eleven, and the four of us will see what we are going to do today.

See you at eleven, Jeff said and hung up.

Danny left his bedroom to tell his parents what he was going to do. He walked into the kitchen and noticed that his mom and dad were sitting in their favorite chairs as they read the morning newspaper.

Danny walked in, looked at them, and said, Good morning, Mom and Dad.

His dad looked at him. Arnie, who was sixty-years-old, with no hair and blue eyes, stood at six-foot-three and worked at the tire rack store. He asked, How are you doing this morning?

I’m doing well, Danny replied.

His mom looked at him. Teri was fifty-nine-years-old, with blond hair and blue eyes as well. She stood at five-foot-six and worked at the library. She asked, What are your plans for today?

At eleven my friends are coming over to see what we’re going to do.

Very well, his mom said.

Danny walked out of the kitchen to get ready for the day. Once he was done, he went to the family room and waited for his friends to come over.

Jeff was ready for the day and decided to let his parents know what he was going to do. He walked out of his room and headed toward the kitchen to see if his parents were there. When he walked in, he saw his mom and dad standing in front of the counter making their coffee. Jeff said, Good morning, Mom and Dad.

Jeff’s dad looked at him. Bob was sixty-three-years-old, with gray hair and brown eyes. He was six feet tall and worked at the water township. Are you going to do anything today? he asked his son.

That’s why I’m here, to let both of you know that at eleven I’m going to Danny’s house so we can see what we’re going to do.

His mom looked at him. Joy was fifty-seven-years-old, with blond hair and brown eyes as well, and she worked at the truck stop in the office. Have fun! she told her son.

Jeff walked out of the kitchen and went to the garage to look at his tools before he headed over to Danny’s.

Bobby was ready for the day and was in the living room with his parents to tell them what his plans were for the day.

Hey, Mom and Dad, Bobby said.

Yes, Bobby, his dad said. Jack was sixty-one years old, with gray hair and a matching beard and blue eyes. He owned a tree service. He looked at his son and said, What are you doing today?

At eleven I’m going over to Danny’s to see what we’re going to do.

His mom looked at him. Susan, who was also sixty-one years old with gray hair and brown eyes, also worked at the tree service taking phone calls. Have a good time with your friends.

We will, Bobby said as he walked out of living room.

He walked back into his room to check the dirt he had taken from work. He wanted to make sure it was okay before he went over to Danny’s house.

Adam was ready for the day and was in front of his computer to see what was going on in the news. When he was done, he walked out of his room to let his parents know what he was going to do that day. He walked into the kitchen and saw his mom and dad as they were sitting down and drinking coffee. How are you two doing? he asked.

His dad looked at him. Dennis was fifty-eight-years-old with no hair and had a mustache and blue eyes. He stood at six-foot-one and worked at the hardware store. Doing anything today with your friends?

That is why I’m here—to let you both know that at eleven I’m going to Danny’s to see what we’re going to do today.

His mom looked at him. Lois was also fifty-eight-years-old, with red hair and brown eyes. She stood at five-foot-six and worked at the bank. Have a great time, she said.

Adam walked out of the kitchen and went to the den to watch TV until it was time to go over to Danny’s house.

Back over at Danny’s house, he was waiting for his friends to come over. He looked at the window and saw his friends walking toward the front door. Danny was happy to see them. He walked over to the door and opened it up, and Jeff, Bobby, and Adam walked in.

Why don’t we head into my room? Danny told his friends.

They all walked into Danny’s room, and Jeff closed the door.

Bobby said, What do you want to do today? Well, Bobby? Danny looked at him. You were the one who wanted us to come over to my house to see what we want to do.

What do you want to do? Jeff asked Danny.

You know what? Danny said. Why don’t we head over to the mills?

Why do you want to go to the mills? Adam asked.

Today is a nice day out, and no one goes there. And besides, maybe today is the day we will have our adventure.

That never works, Bobby said.

Adam looked at his friends.

Danny wants to go to the mills, then that is what we’re going to do, and after when we’re done, we’ll go and get some lunch.

Sounds good to me, Jeff said.

Let’s do it, Bobby said.

Bobby, Adam, and Jeff