Greg and Sarah’s Night of Torture and Terror

by Kori Heitner

Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Sarah Keys, who lived in a house with her family. Halloween was her favorite holiday, and she would always look forward to it. Halloween night had finally come, and her parents decided to go to a party, so they asked their son, Greg, to take his sister trick or treating. They thought that Halloween would be like any other Halloween they’ve had. After going to some houses in their neighborhood, Greg noticed a really big house that looked interesting.

“Let’s go to that house,” said Sarah. Sarah rang the doorbell and said, “Trick or treat!”

When the door opened, a lady, who appeared to be just like any other lady, came out of the house.

“Hello. What cute kids you are,” said the lady.

“Thank you,” said Sarah.

“Would you like to come into my home?” asked the lady. “I just made some Halloween cookies.”

“Um, could you excuse us for a second?” asked Greg.

“Sure.”

“I don’t know if this is such a good idea, Sarah. She’s a stranger.”

“But, she’s offering us cookies,” said Sarah.

“Okay, fine. We’re happy to stay for a little while,” said Greg.

“Good,” said the lady.

Sarah and Greg thought the lady seemed really sweet. Little did they know, she wasn’t exactly as she seemed. It was getting close to nine o’clock, and Greg knew that Sarah should be home.

“Well, we should get going,” said Greg.

“Oh, you have to go, now?” said the lady. “There’s something I would like to show you in my basement.”

“But, we really have to be on our way home,” said Greg.

“Oh, this will only take a minute,” said the lady.

Sarah and Greg followed the old lady to the basement. The lady opened the door.

“What is it you want to show us?” asked Sarah.

As Sarah and Greg went down the stairs, the lady shut the door and locked it.

“Hee hee hee. You children fall for my tricks. You are not going anywhere.”

“I don’t think she’s just a regular lady,” said Sarah. “I think she’s a witch.”

“That’s right, little girl,” said the witch. “A hundred years ago, I tricked two other naive children into coming into my house and took care of them. Now it’s your turn.”

Greg and Sarah did not expect that a lady who seemed to be very sweet and generous would lock them in a basement and torture them.

“Wow, I thought you were a very sweet lady,” cried Sarah. “But you’re very mean and cruel!”

“Thank you. It takes a lot of practice,” said the witch with an evil cackle. “I have to go finish working on my spell to make sure that it works on you children. I will be back by midnight, and that’s when you children will

meet your doom.”

“Greg, I’m so scared. What are we going to do?” cried Sarah.

“It’s going to be okay, Sarah. I will get us out of here.”

Greg tried to break down the door with all his strength, but he couldn’t get it open. The witch was working on her evil plan against the children. She read a spell from her book and picked up her magic wand to see if she could make a rat in her house disappear.

She aimed her wand at the rat and said, “This creature is very gross. I don’t want it here. Make it disappear.” The rat vanished into thin air. “Goody, the spell will work on those pesky children”.

Greg and Sarah’s parents came back from the party at 11 o’clock. They went to Greg and Sarah’s rooms to say goodnight but realized they were not there. They went all around the neighborhood to search for them. Finally, they came across the house where the witch lived. Little did they know, their children were being held captive in that house. They rang the doorbell, and the witch answered the door.

“Hello,” said the witch.

“Hello. We’ve been looking for our children everywhere,” said Mr. Keys.

“Did they ever come around here, while they were trick or treating?” asked Mrs. Keys.

Of course, the witch wasn’t going to tell Mr. and Mrs. Keys that she had their children.

“Oh, well, there were many children that came by here tonight. I can’t remember,” said the witch. Suddenly, Mr. and Mrs. Keys thought they heard screaming.

“Do you have our children held captive here?” Mr. Keys asked.

“Absolutely not,” said the witch. Mr. and Mrs. Keys knew the witch was lying.

“Greg!? Sarah!?” screamed Mrs. Keys.

and Sarah’s parents went towards the door, attempting to save their children. That’s when the witch picked up her magic wand, aimed it towards them, and made them fall over.

¨I’m sorry, but I can let you go down there, not until after I take care of your children at midnight,¨ said the witch.

¨I think this lady’s a witch!” screamed Mr. Keys.

¨You think right!” said the witch with an evil cackle. Mr. and Mrs. Keys tried to fight off the witch, but her magic was so powerful. Mr. and Mrs. Keys were really struggling to defeat the witch. Suddenly, the witch summoned even more evil creatures to help her make sure Mr. and Mrs. Keys wouldn’t save their children. They had big yellow eyes and scaly skin. They came after Mr. and Mrs. Keys.

“Oh, no. What are we going to do?” asked Mr. Keys.

“You distract the witch and those scaly, yellow-eyed creatures,” said Mrs. Keys “I’ll think of a way to destroy them.”

“Hurry,” screamed Mr. Keys, “We’re running out of time!”

“I’m really scared. The witch is probably terrorizing Mommy and Daddy!” cried Sarah.

“I know, Sarah. I’m terrified too. This is all my fault!”

“It’s not your fault, Greg. I’m the one who wanted to come in here!”

“I know, but I’m your older brother. I’m supposed to keep you out of trouble. But don’t worry. Mommy and daddy will get us out of here.”

Mrs. Keys went to the other side of the house to get the witch’s spellbook. She was very worried about her children. She knew that they were still downstairs in the basement, terrified. Suddenly, she thought of a plan to destroy the witch and the other evil creatures.

She went to the other side of the room and got the witch’s spellbook.

“I think this is the spell the witch was planning on using on our children. If we use it on her and the scaly, yellow-eyed creatures, maybe we can get rid of them,” said Mrs. Keys.

“Don’t we need the magic wand to do the spell?” asked Mr. Keys.

“Yes, it’s right there on the floor. Go get it!”

Mr. Keys tried to pick up the wand, but the witch got to it just as he did. They started wrestling over the wand for about 10 seconds. But then Mr. Keys kicked the witch and got the wand in his hand. He handed the wand to Mrs. Keys. She aimed the wand towards the witch and the evil, scaly, yellow-eyed creatures and read the spell from the book.

“The creatures are very gross. We don’t want them here. Make them disappear.”

The witches and the scaly, yellow-eyed creatures went away.

Mr. and Mrs. Keys got the key to the basement and went to the basement to get their children.

“Mommy, daddy,” Sarah said. Mr. and Mrs. Keys hugged their children.

“Are you guys okay? You must’ve been so scared.”

“We were, but we’re okay now,” said Greg. “You guys saved our lives.”

“Of course we did. We’re your parents. We will always be there for you.”

“But why did you guys go into a stranger’s house?” Mr. Keys asked in a stern voice.

“I was tempted with cookies,” answered Sarah.

“No, it was my fault,” said Greg. “I shouldn’t have let Sarah come in here.”

“Well, I just hope you guys learned not to go into strangers’ houses,” said Mrs. Keys. “When you meet someone, they may seem nice, but they may not be as they seem.”

“I know”, said Greg. “I won’t ever put Sarah and me into a situation like this again.”

So, the children learned a few lessons that Halloween after experiencing major fear. Don’t go into a stranger’s house; people may not be as nice as they appear to be.

The end.