Greta And Humbert

"Enter Spooky Town, a realm of mystical beings nursing post-New Year's hangovers and harboring dark desires. Follow Humbert, a vampire, and Greta, a shapeshifting zombie, as their forbidden love blossoms amid the chaos. Their journey commences in a scare class led by Professor Mormogia, where they learn to terrify human souls for Halloween's grand portal opening. Witness the Pumpkin brothers' dream-terrorizing skills and Greta's chilling laughter, captivating Humbert's ancient heart. Explore themes of forbidden love, supernatural training, and the thrill of fear in this unique fantasy tale. Uncover the secrets of Spooky Town and the imminent Halloween terror. #SpookyTown #FantasyRomance #Supernatural #Halloween #VampireZombieLove #ScareAcademy #DreamTerror #ForbiddenLove #MysticalBeings #DarkFantasy #HorrorStory #ParanormalRomance #MonsterLove #PumpkinBrothers #ProfessorMormogia"

It was the beginning of the new year in Spooky Town. All the mystical beings who inhabited this hidden part of the world were already suffering from a hangover. Bookie, the pink furry monster walked to the garbage bin and puked. His skeleton friends were laughing and pointing at him. They spent all afternoon dancing and drinking brewed potions with the triplets.  " Those witches sure know how to mix a strong brew." One of the skeletons yelled out to his friend. " Perry, we might not have ears, but that doesn't mean you need to be so loud!".  The inhabitants of Spooky Town always throw a grand party. In another part of Spooky Town, a couple was just getting settled. 

For Greta and Humbert, the party had just begun. The two lovers had eloped from their previous home and moved to Spooky Town. In their home city, it was unthinkable for a vampire to date a shapeshifting zombie. But that didn't stop these two from falling in love. It all started when they signed up for a scare class. Greta wanted to go out into the world and scare the life out of humans for a living. A dream that she had in common with Humbert, but for different reasons. Humbert's mother and father were murdered by humans in a Transylvanian castle. He wouldn't have made it out alive if it weren't for his uncle Cecelius. His mother had told him to hide in the dungeon. Back then, he was just a child. After hours of hiding in fear, his uncle found him in the dungeon, and they escaped.    When Uncle Cecelius told him that his parents were murdered he promised himself that he'd never fear mortals again. Instead, he would take joy in making them run and cower. 

Greta, on the other hand enjoyed spreading fear. Each time she had made someone's heart stop with fear, she got this psychopathic laughter of joy on her face. 

Something that Humbert found incredibly cute. The first time he saw that psycho laugh, it was their first day of scare class. They were seated right across from each other. In the center of the room, there was Professor Mormogia. Although he looks like a human, he is actually a werewolf. We had to sit around him in a circle because he liked being the center of attention. 

" Welcome, newcomers. I'm Professor Mormogia. Today, I'll be the one teaching you your first scare class. In the coming year, you'll be pushed beyond your limits. But at the end of the ride, only 5 students will be selected to enter the human world. You will scare as many souls as possible in the build-up to Halloween. When we collect the fear from their souls, we'll have enough energy to open the portals leading to the human world. That's when we can go out there and show the humans what Halloween is really about.". 

The entire class applauded the professor's speech. He even ended up howling to join his students in their beastly cheers.  Werewolves can shapeshift into humans, but their instinct is easily triggered. It's the weakness that reveals who they really are under that human flesh.

"All right scare monsters settle down! Before we get to all of that, I want to see what you got. Today will be about testing your raw talent. Let's see if you really deserve to be here, or if you guys are just a waste of space.". 

A big door appeared behind the professor.

It magically ripped through our world from thin air. The wind blew a cloud of dust in our faces.

 " May I introduce you to the dream portal. 

This little friend you'll be seeing a lot. Today, you will get the chance to go through this door. We'll program this portal to land in the dream of an easy victim. Your job is to torture and or scare them. These souls aren't angels, they have a heavy conscious. If you pass this class and get access to the human world, your victims will be the cruelest souls walking on the planet. Some of these people are murderers or have committed other scandalous crimes. This is why you must put your heart and soul into the challenge. Scaring the humans who spread fear in the hearts of their own kind won't be easy. Some of these humans might be more creative or passionate than we are. But that's what all this training at the Scare Academy is for. On the other side of this portal, a teenager fell asleep.

 This young man has a record of vandalizing, lying, and stealing. He doesn't even spare his own family. Tonight, Pumpkinhead and Pumpkin Reaper, you get to be his conscious. 

The two brothers laughed and high-fived each other, screaming "All right". 

The Pumpkin brothers are the sons of the famous headless horseman. Rumor has it that their mom is a scarecrow. My uncle told me that they had met in a pumpkin patch while hunting for humans on Halloween's eve. They were both licensed Scare Monsters and immediately kicked it off. 

Since then, they have been hunting together. I've never met their parents, though. They haven't set foot in town for over a hundred years.  They were living the dream life of everyone in this classroom. They get to be in the human world all year, having fun scaring and tormenting all those mortals. The Pumpkin brothers were probably doing this to be reunited with their parents. I can only imagine all the damage the entire family can do if they get together in the human world. Pumpkinhead was short but had a glare of evil on his face. His eyes were fueled by the fires of hell. I only knew that because he kept bragging about it in the hall before class started. Pumpkin Reaper, on the other hand, was quiet but big. His muscles spoke for him. There was this mysterious air to him. My vampire instincts sensed that he was someone you didn't want to play around with. The two boys walked to the middle of the class. Pumpkinhead opened the door, and the brothers entered the dream world. When the door closed behind them, it disappeared. In its place, a hologram appeared and showed us what was happening in the dream world.

Jeremy was walking into town. There was not one person or moving object to be spotted around him. It was as if time stood still and he had the entire world for himself. He noticed a shiny bicycle when he walked by the Ice Cream parlor. It was the one he always wanted! It was in his favorite color, red! " This must be my lucky day!" the boy screamed. He took a pocket knife from his backpack and picked the lock. The chain dropped on the floor, but he didn't immediately leave. James walked into the Ice Cream shop.

 No one was here either. He took a few scoops of Ice Cream. 

He added different toppings and sprinkles on each scoop. Without paying, he left with his dessert. When he got on his bicycle, he decided to go home and hide his new bike in the basement. 

He made a turn at the chapel, and that's when he came across the beast. He couldn't believe his eyes when he saw a giant pumpkin monster attacking the city. A bunch of rolling pumpkins with flaming eyes were destroying the buildings and cars that got in their way.

 " Is this why the city is empty today?". The monsters were headed in his direction. He turned his bicycle around and began paddling for his life. But the beasts were catching on to him. 

Suddenly, everything around him became dark. 

The sun disappeared, and nighttime had taken over the sky. It was pitch dark despite all the burning buildings that James was cycling by. The only thing that was clear to see, that the monsters cwere hasing him. The Pumpkin Reaper picked up Pumpkinhead in his dream form and threw him onto James. He was squashed with the bicycle under him. On the ground, the blood flowing from his body was mixing with the pulp from inside the giant pumpkinhead. That's when James woke up screaming. When he realized it was only a dream he looked down and saw that he had pissed his bed. The portal door reappeared in the classroom, and Pumpkin Reaper came out, followed by his brother Pumpkin Head.

The classroom cheered the boys on until we heard this maniac's laugh. When I looked across my desk, I saw that it was Greta. Her laughter gave the entire room chills. You could tell that the horror show was incredibly amusing for her. When I heard her laugh, it was the first time my heart began to beat in over 600 years. From that moment, I knew she was the one. My vampire instincts weren't very subtle about it. When she stopped laughing and stared at me, I blushed and accidentally turned into a bat sitting on my desk. The entire classroom broke out in laughter. But I didn't care at all! Their laughter faded behind me, and I stared at the zombie girl flipping her hair.

                                       To be continued...