Themed Halloween Party

Chapter 1
Themed Halloween Party

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Chapter Description: James attends a themed Halloween party thats well magical

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Themed Halloween Party

By Tazz

Halloween was just 3 days away, I normally have no plans except sit down and watch scary movies all night. But this year my plans changed. Today when I went to the mailbox to get the mail, I received an invitation to a Halloween party from Michelle who was a girl I go to school with. The invitation had a note in it:

“You are invited to my yearly Halloween party. If you have never attended my Halloween party, the rules are that you must wear a costume that fit’s the theme. Like an animal costume if the theme was zoo.

This year Ive decided to have the theme this year be through the ages. Its simple you wear a costume that fit’s a age description. Baby for example, wear a diaper, bib, bonnet, etc. Ive given you the location of the costume shop that you must buy your costume from. You must buy the costume from the shop or else.”

I was a little confused since this was the first time I’ve was ever invited to own of her parties. We had never really talked to each other that much in school. The only time we did was maybe when one our friends were dating and we talk to each if we were hanging out which didn’t really happen that much.

Later that day I decided to the costume shop she had mentioned in the invite. It was a place I had never heard of before it was called “A nice Change” costumes. I got inside and there literally thousands of different costumes.

“Are you one of the guest for the Michelle Burgen Halloween part?” asked the store clerk

“Ah yes I am.”

“Well, hi my name is Mr. Burgen Michelle is my daughter.“

“Hi, my name is James”

“The specified costumes for the party are over there in the corner. Interesting theme is not?”

“I guess”

“Well the selected costumes are over there in the back, you shouldn’t have a problem finding the right costume, will you?”

“I don’t think so.”

“Alright good luck finding one. And by the way, the parties we have are truly one of a kind.”

I headed towards the part of the shop where Mr. Burgen had said where the costumes were and like Michelle had said in the invite, the costumes were age themed. There were costumes of a baby, a toddler, little kid, teenager (it even had fake pimples to put on), and so the oldest theme being old.

“Are you sure you don’t need any help?” said Mr. Burgen who just showed up out of no where.

“UH, no I still need any help. But I do have a question.”

“What is it?”

“How come I cant find anyone who has went to your daughter’s party and yet I know it’s a one of kind party.”

“Maybe you might have heard someone talk about, maybe Michelle mentioned it.”

“Yeah, maybe. Ill come to the checkout when I find something.”

Mr. Burgen then headed back to the cash register while I continued to look for a costume in the rack of the themed costumes.

It took me a while to choose but in the end I picked the baby costume since it kind of looked cool. It had an adult size disposable diaper, a baby blue shirt and a bib.

“I see you were finally able to find a costume that you like without any problems.”

“Yeah, um how much will this cost?

“Nothing, as you being are friend of my daughter, the costume is free of charge.”

“Are you sure?”

“Don’t worry, anyone who is a friend of my daughter gets a free costume.”

I didn’t bother to tell him that I wasn’t really a friend, and that I was just someone she knew and was invited to the party The reason was I would get a free costume and if he knew I would have to pay.

“Uh thanks”

“Ill tell Michelle, you stopped by and said you will see her at the party.”

A few days passed and I didn’t try on the costume yet. Since it was the right size, I didn’t bother. At school I began to ask around of who got an invitation to the party. Not one of my friends were invited, so that meant it was just going to be me.

There were some who I wasn’t friends with but was friendly once in a while. Like me neither of them have gone to Michelle. In fact neither us knew anyone who has gone to the party. It was very weird. We knew Michelle has had parties before but we didn’t know anyone who did.

“Man, I cant believe you got invited to Michelle Burgen’s. They say her parties are the best in town. Her parents make sure of that” said my good friend John

“That’s what I heard” I explained

“Are you going to go?”

“I don’t know, no one that I am friends with is going so it will be kind of weird.”

“Come on, I heard Sarah is going.”

Sarah was the girl I have had a crush on for the longest time but I never had the courage to ask her out. I figured the party would be the best opportunity by asking her to dance with me.

2 Days later I decided to go to the party. Like the invite had said the costume theme was different ages. There I saw some of my classmates dressed like a baby like me, some were dress like kids, etc. Michelle had decided to dress up as a little girl. Her costume had her wear pigtails, a Barbie dress and some fake freckles. I saw Sarah at the party but I still didn’t have the courage to ask her to dance with me.

The party was a blast, I got to know some of my classmates a little more. It was more fun then I thought it would be. About a hour into the party Michelle began to speak. For the most part I danced by myself but I had the urge to go and dance with Sarah.

“Welcome to my annual Halloween party. As some of you have figured out, none of you have ever been to my costume party before or known anyone who has. There is a good reason for that. You see my party is unlike any you have ever been before. Every year as you might have heard, I have a costume theme to the party. One year it was barnyard animals, one was celebrities and another was TV characters. As you read in my invitation this year’s theme is through the years with that being your costume had to be an age range, baby, toddler, kid, etc.”

In the middle of the speech, I began to feel very odd. It seemed like the room was getting hotter by second and by the looks of it everyone at the party was feeling the same way. Then I began to feel even worst as I began to get dizzy. I began to think that maybe the punch was spiked or something.

“You probably right now, feel sick to your stomach. No you arent sick and the food wasn’t poisoned or anything. What you are feeling is the true nature of the party. If you look at the person next to you. You will notice that they are different then before.”

When I looked at Todd, a classmate of mine, who went to the party as a toddler; did in fact look different. He seemed smaller then 5 minutes ago and not just that but he seemed a little younger. That was when you notice the room seemed a little bigger then before. The dizziness began to get bigger and bigger and everyone in the room began to scream including me when we realized we were becoming the age of the costume we wearing. I looked at Michelle and she too was changing.

“I see you notice that change that’s in affect. The costumes you bought at my father’s store and enchanted. It makes the wearer become whatever they are for Halloween. That’s what makes my party different then any other. We become what we wear.”

Within in minutes, I was a baby like the costume I wore was of. All around the room, there were babies, toddlers, little kids, teens, adults, and old people. Michelle had changed too as she became a little girl like the costume she had worn. Of costumes had changed along with us, so we weren’t either wearing large clothes, small clothes or no clothes at all.

“Let the fun begin.” shouted Michelle

Everyone in the room including me were still very shock of what had just happened. Michelle acted like it was alright. She also informed us that after the party is over, the spell that had been casted on the costumes will wear off and we will return to our original ages.

But shortly after, everyone noticed not everyone had been changed. Sarah who had come as a toddler, hadn’t been transformed. She was still her normal age. That made a lot of us angry wondering why didn’t she become younger like the rest of us. She started walk backward to the wall as little Michelle start to come towards her.

“Sarah, you didn’t buy your costume from the costume shop like I told you, didn’t you?” said Michelle

“No, the costumes were too expensive for me. I thought no one would care but I guess they do. What are you going to do to me, kick me out?” asked Sarah

“No, we have a spare costume for you in the guest room, put it on and we will deal with you later.”

Sarah then headed to the guest room and put on the spare costume. When she got back to the party she had already changed. She was a toddler like she was supposed to be. However unlike all the other toddler costumes she was only wearing training pants so she was half naked.

After 30 minutes since the transformations, everyone started to like the idea that for one night they were older or younger. Even me, the world seemed a lot more fun through the eyes of a baby. There were games for everyone’s new age. At first I thought the games would be too childish but either it being more magic from the costume or something else. I enjoyed playing the babyish games.

“Hey James, isn’t this the best Halloween costume party you have ever been to?” asked Sam who was the closest person to being a friend who was at the party. He had gone as an old man.

“I actually admit this is. Who thought being so young would be so fun. Look everyone is enjoying it.”

“Not, Sarah she seems a little embarrass that she is the only one who is at least half naked.”

“Yeah, plus everyone is wondering what Michelle meant when she will deal with her later.”

“Im sure she didn’t mean anything serious, lets continue to enjoy the party.”

Sarah part of the party by herself continuing the feel embarrass of what she was only wearing, the thought of being this young was ok but what she was wearing bothered her throughout the night. Also she was scared of what possibilities Michelle would do to her for breaking the rules of the party. That’s when I deiced to go up to her and ask her to dance with me. Which she agreed.

We dance for a little while, we were a baby and a toddler dancing to Halloween music. It was a blast. I had the best Halloween in years besides the fact for the moment I was a baby. The fact was I was dancing with Sarah.

“Sarah, for the longest time Ive had a crush on you and I wanted to ask you out.”

“Why is that James?”

“I was afraid you would turn me down.”

“I too have a confession. I also had a crush on you and was afraid to talk to you. I guess know we both faced our fears and all it took was attending Michelle’s Halloween party.”

“Are you still worried what Michelle meant that you will be taken care of after the party ends?”

“Not anymore now that we can be together .”

We continued to dance for a little while, then headed towards the babyish Halloween games. We bobbed for apples, we had our face painted. It was a blast. I never thought I would have so much fun with Sarah.

Finally the party had ended. Everyone was still the age they had transformed into. Michelle go up to make another announcement.

“Thank you for coming to my Halloween party. To make sure you do not tell everyone the truth, once you leave the house you will quickly forget ever being older or younger or even attending the party. So will everyone who knew you went. This party has always been a secret even to those who have attended the party. You might remember it as if it was dream but that’s all.”

?I guess this is it Sarah, after this you want to go and grab something to eat or something?”

“I cant, I promised my parents I would watch my younger sister after this.”

“Don’t you mean older sister for the moment.”

“True, how about tomorrow. We can grab something to eat and then catch a movie.”

“Sounds good to me”

Shortly after, everyone including me began to turn back into our normal ages. I began to exit out of babyhood into childhood, then back into teen hood. Some it was the other way as they de aged back into teen hood. The only person who wasn’t turning back was Sarah who had broken the rules earlier.

“Michelle, why arent I turning back like everyone else?”

“Sarah you broke the rules, I said Ill take care of you later and this is your punishment you wont turn back. You will have to grow up all over again. Once you leave you will forget ever being older and your parents will be waiting to pick you up. Their memories would be altered so they would forget you ever being older. Neither will everyone who knows you.

“But!”

“No, buts you didn’t follow the rules and you must face the consequences.”

Everyone at the party including myself proceeded to leave the party. As soon as we did..... I began wondering why on earth I was outside of Michelle’s house. I remember going out on Halloween as a baby but I didn’t know why on earth I was outside of her house. I looked around and a lot of my classmates were too dressed like little kids or even older people. They began asking how they got there and why they were there in the first place.

Then I noticed a car pulling up in the driveway. It was a married couple, for some reason I felt like I met them before but deep down I have never met them before. I began thinking maybe I passed by them before. But I couldn’t shake it that I have met them before.

“Thank you Michelle for babysitting our little Angel Sarah on Halloween. Did she have fun?” asked Sarah’s mom

“Oh she had a blast Mr. and Mrs. Robinson” said Sarah who had changed back into normal clothes.

I began thinking, Sarah Robinson, where have I heard that name before. There was no one is my grade with that, or maybe I forgot. That’s when I say Michelle bring out a little girl who had to be around 2 years old. That’s when I thought I might be loosing it there was no way I knew a 2 year old girl in school.

I began to stare at Michelle and thought of asking her out. I have had the biggest crush on her for the longest time. I decided to tonight would be the night. I went up to her.

“Hi, Michelle,.. Uh do you know why am I here in my Halloween costume?” I asked

“Oh, you don’t remember, I asked you here so we can go out and hang out or something. Ive have had the biggest crush on you for the longest time.”

After talking for a little bit we headed off. Michelle then had a weird smile on her face I couldn’t point out why.

The end

 

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