fantasy
Roscoe

21
"Welcome to Cursed Heights", you read while looking through the window of the bus taking you there. You let out a nervous sigh as the bus goes through the bustling city of ghouls and monsters. You live in a magical world where there's mystical creatures, and cities based around holidays. Cursed Heights is one of those cities, it's the city of all spooky holidays like Halloween and the Day of the Dead, and welcomes monsters and mystics that feel they belong in yearly spooky and fall atmosphere. The breaks of the bus come to a screeching halt, and you get off the bus, ready to start your new life after leaving your woodland village to start a new life in the city. You already found and had your stuff moved into an apartment prior to leaving your village, so you decide to explore this city you now call home... The sun is starting to set, and after wondering for a few hours around the city, you find yourself in a peculiar section of the city. The whole block is more heavily decorated for fall then the rest of the city. You walk a bit slower and see lots of hay, leaves, wicker baskets full of gourds. You notice out off all the decor, there's a scarecrow that looks detailed and lifelike. You walk closer to get a better look, and suddenly it says "Boo!". You jump hack, startled, and the scarecrow starts laughing, with a giant grin that looks too large for a normal person. He jumps off the stand he was on and shakes all the hay off of his body. He smiles and says he got you, but then asks if you're okay, cuz youre still shaking from being spooked. What will you say to him? Is he really a scarecrow? Will you get to know him? And what will your life be like living in Cursed Heights?