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Well. . . I just summoned a demon.

Don 't get me wrong, I didn 't mean to, it just sorta happened.

It was Halloween and, being the super mature teenager that I was, I went trick-or-treating. Going house to house and getting practically thrown at with candy just seemed entirely worth it. Considering I was 5,3, I wasn 't surprised that I could pull off being a 12-year-old for one night without calling attention to myself.

Being outside for nearly three hours to satisfy my sweet-tooth, it 's natural that I wouldn 't keep track of every single house and treat that came my way, but to my surprise, I received something that wasn 't so sugary.

I arrived at my apartment as the night sky darkened, filling the streets …show more content…

A chilled breeze caused my hair to stand up on end, so I peek over my shoulder to see the window in my bedroom door open. The blue, polka-dotted whipped around violently but I couldn 't hear the sounds of a strong wind. Huh, could have sworn I 'd closed that. . . I spring to my feet and shiver as I step across the cold floor toward my room. On my tip-toes, I pull the screen down to shut it and take a minute to stare out the window. The moon cast a dim light over the small town, illuminating only the fronts of houses and the tip of trees, abandoning all else to darkness. A light fog danced in the distance and I smiled thinking how perfect it looked on Halloween 's night. I looked down from the top floor one last time then tugged the curtains shut.

It was Halloween night and I had work off the next day so I decided to take it easy and watch a movie. Working at a bakery wasn 't exactly stressful so much as demanding. My boss expected too much, but I needed the money. I peel off my costume and get into my night-suit - a white t-shirt and shorts - and crawled onto the couch in my livingroom, snuggling in with my blanket. I find some terribly crappy horror film and begin watching it half-heartedly. Just over thirty minutes in, I hear the sound of a pot fall down in the kitchen. I think nothing of it because gravity works it 's magic all the time, no reason to

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