My son Joe had to write a scary Halloween story for his 6th grade class - read it if you dare....
THE COMPUTER
by Joseph Stroppel
It all began in a small peaceful town, on October 30th. The new computer technology had taken over quite a few young men who would NEVER stop searching on the computer. A few men like 17-year-old Isaac.
Isaac was always failing in school. He wouldn’t focus in class and would
wait impatiently for the bell to ring.
And once it did, he ran home as fast as he could. His computer was life. Until one day, when it wasn’t anymore.
On this day, when Isaac started up his computer after a long
day of school, it broke down. This
had happened many times before.
However, Isaac’s parents just paid to get a new one every time, to the
point where they were very poor.
They refused to buy him a new one this time, and told him to get one
with his own money.
So Isaac spent his entire evening on his parents’ computer
searching for a cheap computer on e-Bay.
He looked and looked, and finally he found a computer at an extremely
cheap price. He should have been
suspicious by then. Still, he really wanted that computer. The description said
that he had to meet the man to get the computer. Luckily, the man only lived
two blocks away, near a huge forest. However, it was very late. Isaac just
decided to go to sleep and get it tomorrow.
Isaac woke up the next morning and realized it was October
31st! However, he didn’t plan to trick-or-treat. He just wanted to
get that computer, download all of his favorite games, and PLAY. But first, he
had to go to school. He had another day of getting 0s for not doing homework and
refusing to do school work. Finally, that final bell rang, and Isaac went
straight to the computer seller’s house.
Isaac arrived at the house, which turned out to be an OLD,
RICKETY MANSION. Another sign of suspicion that Isaac didn’t think of. He knocked
on the door and a man came out. At least Isaac thought it was a man. The figure
had a hood on in a way that its face couldn’t be seen. Isaac gave the figure 10
dollars and went off with the computer. Isaac thought to himself “Time to test
this thing out!”
He took the computer home, plugged it in, and went to play!
He downloaded all of his favorite games, including Minecraft, Call of Duty, and
Battlefield. Isaac decided to play one of his favorite games, Minecraft. He
would learn later that this was a big mistake. That is when the horror began.
Isaac started a new game on
Minecraft, where he prepared to build a base to survive zombies and other
horrible creatures that hunt in the night. When he finished building his base
and night fell, the screen went black. He heard a high-pitched scream, and the
computer crashed. Isaac was surprised and scared at the same time. He didn’t
know what would come next.
He was able to restart his computer and get online. To avoid
that disaster again, he just decided to watch YouTube. He decided to watch
videos of Minecraft and his other favorite video games instead of playing them.
He picked a random video and watched it. The video went smoothly with no black
screens and screaming. That was, sadly, about to change.
When he was expecting it the least, about halfway
through, the screen went black. But this time, a figure appeared. It was
horrifying. It looked like a creature out of a horror movie. It had cuts all over
its face. It had purple circles under its eyes. And it had very, very sharp
teeth. Those teeth opened up and the same high-pitched scream from before was
blasted out of that computer. Was this a coincidence or was Isaac being
stalked?
Isaac was pretty scared by then. Just to be sure, he clicked
on another video. The exact same thing happened. Then another and another. It
kept happening. That is, until Isaac found one video. A video where the figure
didn’t scream. Instead, it opened its jaws and said in a horrifying voice “ I’M COMING FOR YOU”. Then, it opened its mouth and let out that scream
again.
Isaac finally realized that he had to destroy the computer.
He pulled out a plug. The computer stayed on. Then, Isaac removed a few more.
The computer still stayed on. Frustrated, Isaac removed ALL of the plugs. The
computer STILL stayed on. Frightened, Isaac went into the kitchen and pulled a
knife out. Then, he ran back to the computer and shoved the knife into the
screen. The screen STILL stayed on. Isaac was terrified. However, he didn’t
know what horror would happen next.
Isaac was very busy trying to destroy the computer, but still
noticed the front door open. A figure walked in. The same figure that gave him
the computer! It began to approach Isaac. It didn’t have a weapon, but Isaac
still knew this may be the end. He tried pulling the knife out of the computer,
but it didn’t budge. He suddenly realized that the computer had him trapped!
Finally, the figure took off its hood. What was under it was NOT a man. It was
the face he saw on all of the videos. It opened its jaws and…. The further
parts are unknown, even by me.
Police came to investigate the scene of a missing teenager by
the name of Isaac. They found no trace of the teen or whatever took him. Some
say it was foul play. Some say he ran away. The only thing the police DID find
was a very strange, most likely cheap desktop computer. And the strangest part
is that there was a kitchen knife driven into it, yet it was still working. No
one will know why Isaac is gone, not even me. But no one will EVER know what
actually happened at the scene of the crime, the computer, the creature, Isaac…
So yeah kids, don’t buy cheap computers from creepy, hooded figures and play
Minecraft or watch YouTube on them.
THE END
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