The Halloween Nightmare: The Maze

By Michael Scygiel

Halloween Village is filled with ghosts, skeletons, Frankenstein, werewolves, jack-o-lanterns, and all the features of this scary October holiday. Pat and Dave want to make sure everyone is having fun and getting candy. But as they journey through the village, they realize something unusual is about to happen.

Wearing black clothes with a pumpkin on his head, the Halloween Man, who has been in the woods for six hundred years, emerges from the trees. This mysterious man introduces Pat and Dave and their family to Halloween Center, another place where people can experience what Halloween is all about. The boys must choose which place of Halloween they like the best.

A chapter book for young readers, The Halloween Nightmare explores four regents, telling the story of how the beginning of Halloween occurred and delves into the spookiness of Halloween.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Dec 11, 2017
• ISBN: 9781546220190

Michael Scygiel

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

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For my Uncle:

Larry Scygiel

1953-1999

Welcome to Halloween Center boy’s. It is there you will explore four different regents that will tell the story how the beginning of Halloween occurred. Be careful as you enter the maze. You seek adventure and an adventure you will seek. In the center it is my hope that you will find my brother.

The Halloween Man

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 Back At Halloween Village

Chapter 2 The Halloween Man

Chapter 3 Halloween Center

Chapter 4 Halloween Maze

Chapter 5 The Halloween Man Revealed

Chapter 6 Back at Oak Mill

Chapter 7 The Visitors

Chapter 8 The Girls tells the Boy’s

Chapter 9 The Boys are Back

Chapter 10 They Meet the Man

Chapter 11 A Visit to Halloween Center

Chapter 12 The Halloween Man tells the Boys

Chapter 13 Part One: The Cemetery

Chapter 14 Part Two: Highway to Halloween

Chapter 15 Part Three: Halloween Forest

Chapter 16 The Halloween Nightmare II

Chapter 1

BACK AT HALLOWEEN VILLAGE

Pat and Dave who were in charge of Halloween Village, stood in front of their window looking at where the witches were lock up. They had people watching them 24/7, to make sure they will never escape the Village again.

To this day we are so lucky that the boy’s were able to catch the witches, Pat said to Dave.

Dave looks right at his brother.

I know deep inside that the boy’s were so happy that we pick them to be the first ones to come down to Halloween Village.

That’s for sure, said Pat.

The boy’s liked Halloween Village and very happy for they were the first mortals to enter the realm of knowledge of knowing the history of Halloween and the village.

The reason why we wanted the boy’s to come down to Halloween Village is to see if the Halloween Man would come out of the woods as we have hoped, Dave said.

Pat looks right at his brother and could not believe what he just heard.

That is true, Pat said.

We all thought that the Halloween Man was going to come out of the woods while the boy’s we’re here, but he didn’t.

The boy’s wanted to see the Tree of the Dead because that is when we told them about the witches and where they were at, said Dave.

The other reason why that they wanted to go into the woods so that they can see if he can come out, Pat said.

What are you talking about-? Dave asks

The Halloween Man, Pat said.

Oh yeah, Dave reply.

We thought that maybe if the boy’s walked into the woods, the Halloween Man would come out but he never did.

Pat looks at his brother.

What do you want to do?

Good question, said Dave.

Why don’t we head to the crystal ball- so that we can see what the boy’s are up to.

Good idea, said Pat.

We will head to my wife’s room so that we can see what the boy’s are doing.

Pat and Dave walk out and were going to Alex’s room to where the crystal ball was at, as they were walking towards the room. Pat looked up and saw his daughter’s who was walking towards him.

What are you two doing? Danielle asks her dad.

We are going to the crystal ball to see what the boy’s are up to, Pat said to his daughters.

Those boy’s were so happy that we chose them to be the first ones to come down to Halloween Village, said Misty.

You got that right, Misty, Samantha said.

As they were walking to Pat’s wife room the door open up and Alex gave them a surprise look. Pat looks at his wife.

How are you doing? he asks her.

Okay you five? What are you up too?" Alex said.

We want to see what the boy’s are doing? Misty said to her mom.

Come on in so that we can see what the boy’s are up to.

They all walk into the room and Dave closed the door and walk up to the ball. Pat looks at it and said,

What is the date in Oak Mill?

They all look at the ball and in front of them, the ball had in writing, October 29th.

That was the day when the boy’s arrive here at Halloween Village, said Pat.

I miss those guys. Danny was so funny, Samantha said.

You got that right, Danielle said.

I remember when we were in the secret room back at the Haunted Mansion, and Danny didn’t believe us. Then Bobby looked at him and said, Why don’t you run around the room to see if the girls are right? he ran into a wall and we all laugh.

Danny was so funny at our haunted house when he wanted to see the bats, Danielle told them.

Alright, Alright, Alex looks right at her daughters.

As Alex was looking at her ball, she asks,

What are the boy’s doing?

They were looking at the crystal ball that is when they saw Danny sleeping in his bed. Than the ball move over to Jeff’s house and they saw him sleeping as well. They moved the ball and saw that Bobby was sleeping as well as Adam

Alex turned the crystal ball off and Pat look at all of them.

Pat looks at his brother and said,

Now we know what the date is back in Oak Mill, and the boy’s are sleeping, what should we do now?

I know what we can do! Misty said.

Why don’t we all walk out of the House of Halloween and make sure that everyone is doing well.

Pat looks right at Misty.

That sounds like a very great idea to me.

Let’s do it, said Dave.

They all walked out of the room and Alex was going to stay in her room while they were going to see if everyone is doing well in Halloween Village. Once they walk down to where the front door was at, Samantha saw a rocking chair going back-and-forth where all of sudden Charles the Ghost was in front of all five of them.

How are you doing? Charles the Ghost said to them.

Danielle looks at Charles the Ghost.

We are doing fine and we just came out of are mother’s room, so that we can see how the boy’s were doing.

How are they doing? Charles the Ghost asks.

They were sleeping, said Misty.

The boy’s like this place a lot while they were here, Charles the Ghost said.

Dave looks right at Charles the Ghost.

We are going outside and walked around Halloween Village so that we can make sure that everyone is doing well here.

Let me open up the door for you, as Charles the Ghost flew over and opens the door for them.

Thank you, Danielle said.

Once they walk out of the House of Halloween they were looking around and saw the Jack-O-Lanterns lit up, the black cats walking around and Pat looked up and saw the crow flying around.

That crow had fun with the boy’s, said Pat.

Misty looks at her dad and said,

Remember when the boy’s saw the crow for the first time back at the Mills? When Adam saw the crow he said, We are not the only ones here, because there is a crow here."

Samantha looks at them all and said,

Here is the flashlight that Charles the Ghost gave them when they first saw him back at the mills.

These flashlights were the reason why that the witches were caught, because they didn’t want to used their magic, said Danielle.

The boy’s also like the clothes as well, said Misty.

The flashlights had an image of a witch that was flying. That is why the boy’s were able to catch the witches, said Samantha.

Danielle looks at Samantha.

The boy’s were not scared at all when they saw a real ghost for the first time.

Charles the Ghost was flying over Danielle when he heard that.

You got that right, the boy’s were not afraid of me at all when they saw a real ghost for the first time. as Charles the Ghost was flying away.

Dave looks around and saw the people and it look like they were doing well.

It looks like the people are doing well here, Dave said.

Let’s just make sure that they are, Pat told his brother.

As they were looking around Pat saw the kids with their bags of candy in their hands so he walks up to them.

Did you kids get enough candy? Pat said.

One of the kids who dress up as a mummy looks right at Pat.

Yes, we did.

How are you doing? Dave asks them.

One of the other kids who dress up as a ghost said,

We are doing well and thanks for asking.

The other one who dress up as a goblin, said to the other kids,

Why don’t we all go in front of the woods? So that we can see what kind of candy we have?

Have fun! Pat said to them.

The kids were walking towards the woods and as they were heading towards the trees, Dave looks at his brother,

Why don’t we see if the rest of the people are doing good?

Danielle looked up and notices that Larry the Skeleton and his friends were walking towards them.

We’ll hello, Misty said to Larry the Skeleton.

Larry the Skeleton looks right at Pat and Dave and the girls.

It’s nice to see all five of you. How are you doing?

Fine thank- you. We are walking around Halloween Village so that we can make sure that everyone is having fun, said Pat.

I miss those boys’s everyday because they were so happy that we chose them to be the first ones to come down to Halloween Village, Larry the Skeleton said.

We all miss them, Samantha said.

We saw them in our mother’s crystal ball and they were sleeping back over in their bedrooms and back over in Oak Mill, it is October 29. The day when they arrived here at Halloween Village, Danielle said.

Larry the Skeleton and his friends walked away from Pat and Dave and the girls and Misty looked up and saw the people who dress up as Frankenstein walking past them as they were walking towards the center of the village.

They all headed towards the center of the village because that is where most of the people were at and once they were there, they saw the ghost flying around and also saw the bats as well. Dave looked around and notices that everyone was doing well here at Halloween Village.

From the looks at things, everyone is doing great.

Pat looks right at Dave.

It was a good thing that we wanted to walk around here so that we can make sure that the people here were doing well.

Why don’t we all walk back to the House of Halloween, said Pat.

As they were walking back to the House of Halloween, back over, in front of the woods; the kids was in front of the trees to see what kind of candy that they will be getting. They didn’t know that the Halloween Man was standing behind the tree’s looking right at them. One of the kids who saw a rock on the ground took it and threw it into the woods. The Halloween Man saw the rock and pick it up and threw it back to where the kids were at.

When the kids saw the rock was thrown back at them. One of the kids who were dressed up as a ghost said:

Someone threw a rock at us!

One kid who dressed up as a werewolf looks over into the trees and didn’t see anyone. So he decided to walk over to the trees to see what was going on. As he was walking towards the trees the Halloween Man look saw the boy walking towards the forest, and threw another rock over the boy’s head that frightened the children. They started to scream and ran as fast as they could from the woods to get to their homes.

When Pat and Dave and the girls was walking back to the House of Halloween, Misty heard some screaming and she ran back to the other side of the house and saw the kids running towards the House of Halloween.

What is going on? Misty asks the kids.

Someone threw a rock at us while we were in front of the trees, one of the kids that dress up as a ghost.

When Pat and Dave and the girls heard that they could not believe what they heard from the kids.

Pat looks at Dave and Dave looks at Pat.

Someone is in the woods, said Pat.

A few seconds later Charles the Ghost fly’s towards them to see what was going on and when Pat saw Charles the Ghost he said,

Head towards the center of the Village, Pat told Charles the Ghost.

Why? Charles the Ghost said back to Pat.

The kids said that someone threw a rock at them back over in the woods and I want everyone from Halloween Village here, so that we can make sure that everyone is here.

Charles the Ghost was flying towards the center of the village so that he can get everyone to come to where Pat and Dave were at. As Pat and Dave were looking right at the forest, they didn’t know? That the Halloween Man was standing behind one of the trees as he was about to come out of the woods