A Halloween To Remember [Script]

OPENING TITLE CREDIT: “A HALLOWEEN TO REMEMBER”

INT. SYBIL’S HOUSE - BEDROOM. NIGHT.

Sybil rises into frame and roars loudly. She is wearing a Simba costume. She leaps off the bed and runs about, roaring loudly. An offscreen figure - her mother - comes in, holding a Simba trick or treat bucket.

SYBIL’S MUM

(chuckles)

Alright, calm down, my little wild thing. Are you ready to go trick or treating?

SYBIL

You bet I am.

SYBIL’S MUM

I’ve got your trick or treat bucket all ready.

Sybil’s mum’s hand moves into frame and hands the trick or treat bucket over to Sybil.

SYBIL

Thanks.

SYBIL’S MUM

Now let’s go and get some candy!

SYBIL

Yay!

Sybil follows after her mum out the bedroom door.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. STREETS. NIGHT.

Two children dressed as a pirate and a werewolf knock on the door of one house. A kindly neighbour answers and is surprised to see them.

TWO CHILDREN

Trick or treat!

The neighbour hands them some candy.

ZOOM OUT TO:

Sybil and her mum, making their way down the street.

SYBIL

This is going to be so exciting, I can’t wait!

SYBIL’S MUM

I wonder what treats you’ll get, Sybil?

SYBIL

Depends on which house I visit.

Sybil and her mum approach a white house with a thatched roof and a white door. Sybil runs up to it and knocks quickly.

SYBIL’S MUM

Alright, not too quickly.

One of the neighbours, a kindly old woman called Mrs Ada, answers.

SYBIL

RAAAAAARRRRR!!! Trick or treat!

MRS ADA

(chuckles)

Well, if it isn’t young Sybil dressed as a lion.

SYBIL

It’s Simba, actually. The Lion King is my favourite film!

MRS ADA
Mine too. I’ve got some yummy treats lined up for you.

Mrs Ada goes inside to fetch the candy bowl. When she does return, Sybil gets excited. She places lots of candy into her trick or treat bucket, including some Lion King chocolate lollies.

MRS ADA

There now. What do you think?

SYBIL

Wow! Lion King chocolate lollies?! Thanks!

MRS ADA

I’m glad you like them. Happy Halloween!

Mrs Ada shuts the door and goes inside.

SYBIL’S MUM

Well fancy that! Lion King chocolate lollies! What a lucky girl you are.

Sybil giggles. Suddenly, she hears three voices calling:

LUKE/RESUS/CLEO

(O.S.)

Trick or treat!

Sybil looks around and sees three strange yet familiar children - Luke, a normal boy who is actually a werewolf, Resus the (almost) vampire and Cleo the 4,000 year old Egyptian mummy outside a door, being handed treats by the neighbours. Sybil runs up the path just as Luke and his friends are going in her direction.

SYBIL

STOP!

The three stop, and recognise Sybil.

CLEO

Hey, we know you from somewhere.

SYBIL

I know you too. Let me guess…hmmmm…OH! You must be the stars of Scream Street!

LUKE

I’m Luke.

RESUS
I’m Resus.

CLEO
And I’m Cleo. Pleased to meet you.

SYBIL

So…are you actually kids in costume or just real monsters?

RESUS
We’re real monsters actually.

SYBIL

Wow! I have never met real monsters before. Why have you come here?

LUKE

It’s a long story.

SYBIL’S MUM
It’s a pleasure to meet you too. Why don’t you come trick or treating with me and Sybil?

Luke, Resus and Cleo like that idea.

LUKE/RESUS/CLEO

Yeah!/That’s great!/Trick or treating, here we come!

Resus and Cleo head off with Sybil’s mum, while Sybil comforts Luke, who feels so sad.

SYBIL

What’s the matter?

LUKE

I can’t think of my costume for Halloween this year, so I have to go as my normal self.

SYBIL

I’ll find you a costume to wear. But...it’s more natural if you go as yourself. Being yourself is more fun after all.

LUKE

I guess you’re right.

We have a MONTAGE of Luke, Resus, Cleo and Sybil going around various houses, calling out “Trick or treat!” and being given lots of candy. In this montage, we see CLOSE UPS of their candy buckets being filled up.

The montage finishes and Luke, Resus, Cleo, Sybil and her mother arrive back at:

EXT. SYBIL’S HOUSE. NIGHT.

Mum opens the door to let Sybil and her new friends in.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. SYBIL’S HOUSE - SYBIL’S BEDROOM. NIGHT.

Luke, Resus, Cleo and Sybil are tucking into large amounts of candy they got from each house, including the Lion King lollipops.

Story Break

I feel half-asleep today because of taking a nap, so I had time to relax, and learn that it's important to take a break every now and again. Sometimes I went back to bed, but Mum said it wasn't an illness, it was just that Key were short staffed and Ben wasn't able to take me out. This is why I didn't feel like doing stories, because I'm a big fact jerk! Just kidding, I felt tired and didn't have enough time. Hopefully tomorrow I will. I also saw The Wonderful Summer Of Mickey Mouse, an animated special where Mickey and his friends cause havoc during the annual fireworks display. I must say, everything that Mickey does can't happen in real life, but let me assure you: it's not like the Wonderful Winter or Wonderful Spring specials, where Mickey and his friends are depicted in a variety of different scenarios. I prefer it if Mickey went to the beach, was a hot dog seller and had a party on board a cruise ship.

I had some quality time with Mum and Grandma in the living room, where I confessed that I would like the get the Horrid Henry joke books for Christmas, and Mum got excited seeing Darth Vader in a Hawaiian shirt, which means that Lego Star Wars Summer Vacation is on my list of wonderful and exciting things occurring throughout the next three months:
The Book Of Pooh
Bluey Season 2 On CBeebies
Scream Street's Petrifying Puzzles & Terrifying Trivia Books
There's only two weeks to go until The Book Of Pooh, four weeks to go until Bluey Season 2 on CBeebies, and three months to go until the new Scream Street books, not to mention four weeks to go until Lego Star Wars Summer Vacation. Late 2022 is going to be AWE-SOMMMMMMMMMME! As Penfold said during his gameplay of Danger Mouse Full Speed Extreme Turbo.

Mum encountered a problem with my stories - someone might hack into Google Docs and see my stories, so instead of using a code to get them online, I put them on my blog starting this month. At first I said to Mum that I never did this before, but then I said that I have did it before, with Cocoa Babysitter and Morning Bliss. This was a great idea, and so I got to work. This helped my tired brain, and...now I feel half-asleep again!

The Wonderful Summer Of Mickey Mouse

I'm taking a break from my stories today. I now realise it's important to take breaks occasionally, and that some days don't rely on stress and stories. That goes for Mickey Mouse too. He has quite a job at Disney, trying to remember all the things he mustn't forget - wandering around theme parks, shooting films, making visits for the Make A Wish Foundation...name all you want, that won't stop him from making The Wonderful Summer Of Mickey Mouse.

Now, Meet The Spartans, a hilariously random film about a Spartan king, was originally going to premiere here, but it was a bit too rude for my Simba profile, so I watched this randomly wild cartoon about a mouse who defies cartoon logic to have fun with his friends. They ruin the annual firework display, and each tell their story, trying to get to the fireworks display via boat, helicopter, car and even Scrooge McDuck's party boat. When they were remaking the fireworks show, I have a few questions to ask: how can you clean food? It'll be poisoned if you eat it! How can your bum suddenly get chopped off when you're doing sawing? If Mickey Mouse were about poo and bottoms, it'll be completely unnatural. Don't worry, Donald's bum gets re-attached soon. Mickey also uses ketchup and mustard to make fireworks, and some of it goes on the crowd's hot dogs - and all over their faces.

I was originally expecting it to have three segments, like the previous Wonderful Winter and Spring anthologies - Mickey would visit the beach with his friends, become a hot dog seller and have a party on board a cruise. Shame it had to turn into a full length story, but still, when Lego Star Wars Summer Vacation premieres on Disney+ in a few weeks, it'll be Finn's time to shine.

Have a spectacular Summer!

A Halloween To Remember (Formerly I'll Always Protect You)

At first, I was going to do a story about broken friendships set on Halloween week 2021, named I'll Always Protect You, but as I sat through precious time, an idea formed: I'll do a story based around how I met Luke, Resus and Cleo. It's set at Halloween 2015, where I go out in my Simba costume with my mum and my Simba trick or treat bucket to go trick or treating, but I find three strange kids going trick or treating too. The kids notice me and introduce themselves as Luke, Resus and Cleo. I decide to let them come along with me on my trick or treat trek, and when we get home, they explain their full backstory to me. Mum decides to let them stay with me, and we are treated to a hot bath and a warm drink by the fire. Some Halloween stories are shocking and spooky, but not my ones. They're heartwarming and friendly, and I bet monsters would become your friends too!

I'm taking a break from writing at the moment, so I'll bring you this heartwarming Halloween story sometime soon - and remember, sitting and waiting is the most important thing, even in Precious Time!

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A Work Of Art

Copin'

I'm taking a little break while I figure out the first chapter name for my recent work, Welcome To The Family: The Australian Road Trip, but in the meantime, here's a screenshot of how it turned out.

Goin' To Surf City...IN SPACE!

As if 2022 wasn't exciting enough, in a few weeks I'm going to see the Star Wars characters hit the beach! That's right, Lego Star Wars is returning with a new Summer special, and the tagline should be:

'This Summer, it's Finn's time to shine."

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Scream Street Presents...

If you want to make your own Scream Street related stories and sketches, watch this video tutorial from Mega about making Scream-tastic stand up! Just....ignore the clips from Series 2, 'cause they're too unsettling.

I.B.F.Fs: The Real Spooktacular Joke Book - Dig Vs Roger

One fine day, Dig was strolling through the park looking for something to play with. He couldn’t stop strutting and stumbling along the path, thinking about how wonderful the world was when there was nothing to do. In fact, he almost acted like Fred Astaire with all these moves. He approached a short wall and clambered up it. He balanced on it like a tightrope walker and leapt off, bowing as if an audience was there to applaud him. But what he did know was that he was right near the pond. He gazed at his reflection slowly. There was another Dig staring right at him. When he moved to the left, the other Dig moved with him, and when he moved to the right, the other Dig moved with him too! Dig was confused. Why was his reflection acting up? Suddenly, a family of ducks swam in and dissolved his reflection. Dig didn’t care. He just ran off, barking with laughter.

He hadn’t gone too far when he saw a hot dog kiosk just nearby. Near it stood Roger, the school bully and the older brother of kindy student Jasper, who was sitting at the table eating the most delicious ketchup slathered hot dog you could ever imagine. “Mmmmm, that should fill my pallet until Mum and Jaspie-Waspie get back.” he mumbled to himself, chewing on his hot dog delicacy. Dig wanted it first. He ran up to the table, leapt over it and took the hot dog from Roger’s paws, just as he was about to take a bite. Roger bit down on his teeth! “Oi! Where’d my hot dog go?” he shouted, and saw Dig running off with it. “Come back here!” he cried, and the chase was on!

Roger was chasing Dig round the park quickly than he ever had done before. Dig ran past a bench, and a flock of birds began to scatter. Dig leapt over a stone, but Roger lost his balance, tripped and fell over! Roger wasn’t ready to give up now, he raced after Dig towards the roundabout, where Dig leapt on and began to spin. Roger was going round in circles chasing after him, in fact he was chasing after him so much he felt dizzy. Dig had won the chase. He raced behind a tree and tucked into his hot dog, giving a little hiccup as he did. Roger clenched his fists in anger and roared.

A little while later, Roger was out for a spin on his skateboard across the street. He was being like every teenager, whirling around and doing some cool tricks until his arms fell off and his knees were bent. That is, until he tripped over Dig. Dig barked and smiled and waggled his tongue happily. “Why you little…!” cried Roger, and he started to chase Dig across the streets, all the way to the airport. Dig jumped onto a blue plane and set off flying. Roger leapt into a red plane, donned a cap and goggles, and set off flying. The two planes jetted across the sky, flying after each other at the speed of sound. As Dig flew, a flock of geese flew past him. Dig flew with them, totally misunderstanding what he was supposed to do. Another plane overtook Roger’s, and Roger honked the horn on the plane as if it were a car.

The two planes flew higher and higher, travelling in circles, until they ran out of fuel. Roger grabbed Dig, but soon they were holding onto the moon, with Dig grabbing hold of Roger’s foot using his teeth. They were a long way up, and Roger was desperately terrified of heights. “Let go of me, your teeth are digging into my skin!” he cried. Roger’s hands were sweating, and Dig was biting down harder. Suddenly, Roger’s grip couldn’t take anymore. Roger let go, and both were falling, out of Space, and down towards earth again…straight towards the duck pond.

Roger sat up, pondweed in his mouth, feeling disgraceful. Dig got out, feeling extremely proud of himself and shaking himself ‘til he was all dry. He looked, and saw the family of ducks that he saw earlier, eating the pondweed and pecking Roger so that he got his just desserts. A tear came into Dig’s eye, but he wiped it away and set off down the path. It wasn’t long until he reached me, Luke, Resus and Cleo again. “Dig! Who’s a good boy?!” I cried, scooping him up into his arms and cuddling him, stroking his wet fur. “Don’t ever stow away like that again. We were worried about you!” “And this is why we saw those two planes flying about in the sky…until they crashed into the ocean.” joked Resus, and we all laughed as we made our way home.

I.B.F.Fs: The Real Spooktacular Joke Book - Understand Them Better

Dr Skulley stared longingly at his pupils. They were busy working on an English assignment, quietly dragging pencils and pens across lined paper. He thought the class was in perfect working order by the time he announced the assignment on the Salem witch trials, which offended Luella one bit but she soon got used to it. During the assignment, most of the students turned and whispered to each other, giggling over those secrets. Everyone was paying attention to one another - all except for Chucker and Basher. They were just sitting in their seats, writing slowly, with no attention paid to them anymore. Dr Skulley knew something had to be done.

At break time, Dr Skulley called Chucker and Basher back into class. He wanted to have a word with them. “Now then, you two, recently I just saw how much my students aren’t paying attention to the both of you. All they do is talk to each other, but not you. What am I going to do with you?” Chucker and Basher looked at each other, confused and concerned. “Everyone pays attention to someone. Everyone needs special care sometimes. Which is why I suddenly have an amazing idea. Tonight is the next full moon. By that point, you’ll join me in a ritual to help you get understood better. The ritual will take place tonight, and you will stay in school until it’s time. No, I’m not saying that you need detention, it’s about time you need a bit of respect in this classroom. Now run along and play.” As Chucker and Basher ran out of the classroom, Dr Skulley rubbed his skeletal hands with evil glee. “Right, that’s another way out of the way, can’t risk having a werewolf around when the Poltergeist twins partake in a ritual…”

That night, a full moon shone in the dark, dark sky. Chucker and Basher stood outside as Dr Skulley came out of the empty school building wearing a velvety red robe. He drew a big circle on a clear patch on the ground, then placed a dozen candles around it. Lighting each one took rather a long time, but finally, he finished. “Stand well back.” he demanded, and the Poltergeist twins did as he said. Dr Skulley raised his hands as the clouds parted, revealing the full, delicate moon in the sky. “Oh great spirit, give my students the power to understand those naive Poltergeist children!” The moon’s light shone down on the candles, and immediately the circle started to light up with a thousand flames. “Arise, arise, and make them feel understood more!” Dr Skulley shouted loudly over the noise of the roaring flames. Chucker and Basher looked scared. The candles were melting, and the moon’s light shone brighter on the growing fire. “Give a more understanding nature to my pupils, and they’ll trust Chucker and Basher more!” The flames roared up into the sky and disappeared into the full moon, turning it yellow. The whole street shone yellow too. The candles had melted entirely, and everything was quiet again.

Chucker and Basher were delighted. The ritual had worked! The two ran to Dr Skulley and hugged him. “I’m glad you like this ritual. Now run off home to your parents. I suppose they’ll understand them more. But sssssshhhhh, don’t tell anyone I let you perform an ancient ritual at night!” Chucker and Basher grabbed their bags from inside the empty school building and raced away.

The next day, the students were quietly writing as usual. Dr Skulley waited long and hard to see if the ritual worked. Then, the students turned their heads towards Chucker and Basher. “Oooooooh,” they moaned sadly, and they all ran up to the lonely Poltergeist twins. They were being stroked, patted and comforted before you knew it. “Poor Chucker and Basher!” they said out of comfort. “YES!” screamed Dr Skulley, jumping up and down in excitement, “Let’s see how gravity defies you now, almighty devil!”

He turned away from his supportive class and smeared his white, boney forehead with bloody war paint. This begs the question: was it really Dr Skulley who made the ritual successful?

Who knows.

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