Care bears: UTM short stories

The scary effect

"Roll up, roll up to the one and only- the mortifying maze of misfortune- my laudable labyrinthine LABYRINTH!!" Bluster's triumphant voice echoed, bouncing off the walls around them in an eerie fashion. "You'll be captive in my conundrum with NO WAY OUT- not to mention the little suprise I set for you... or rather, invited..."

Blusters sniggers resounded around the corridors, before fading away into an unsettling silence.

Bluster turned from his microphone to Robbie, enthusiatically snarling. "OOh, whaddya think, Robbie? They'll be shivering already! I can practically see those bad vibes whizzing our way!"

"Your proud announcements aren't particularly scary, boss.." Robbie sourly replied.

Before Bluster could reply, she continued: "Which is why I designed the labyrinth to be extra echo-ey, and for the speakers to always play spooky notes. They'll be shaking alright!"

"Thanks to me.." She finally muttered under her breath, before joining Bluster in a fit of sniggers and cackles.

"Invited?" Funshine whispered aloud, trying to keep his imagination from running wild. He rubbed his paws together,

"Okay, no biggie, r-right Grumpy? We'll find a way out of this... exceedingly...dark..." He trailed off, finishing with a small gulp and glancing into the deep darkness around them.

"Psh, Yes, of course. The last time this happened- once I got a friend to help me, it didn't take a moment to find a way out." Grumpy assured, appearing confident in his composure. "Bluster isn't as smart as he seems."

Suddenly, an eerie, creepy sound rang from all the speakers, quiet and rebounding from the walls.

Grumpy gulped and slightly hunched his shoulders.

Funshine was immediately distracted and disturbed by the sound, and took a step closer to Grumpy.

"What was that??" He questioned in a rushed manner, eyes going from side to side.

Grumpy straightened himself up with a nervous chuckle, patting Funshines shoulder. "A sore attempt to try and spook us, is all. Really, what scary thing is gonna make that noise in real life?" Grumpy mockingly reassured again, although nervous.

Suddenly, they heard soft knocking, like footsteps, echo around them a couple of times.

Funshine was still for a moment.

"It-it sounds like..." He slipped his paw into Grumpy's, quivering, "L-like something's coming!" His voice was raised near the end due to emotion, and it echoed off the walls lightly, causing Funshine to scare himself and he jumped.

Grumpy nervously tittered. "Oh, come on, what's bluster gonna bring down here that's dangerous? A yoorg?" he somewhat joked to Funshine, comforting himself and his friend with a comical logic.

The footsteps returned, louder, and Grumpy and Funshine remained silent, apprehensively glancing around them.

"M-maybe we shhhould start walking?" Funshine said in a small voice, wincing at every threatening echo. His paw tightened on Grumpy's.

"Yea.." Grumpy managed with a gulp. They took some cautious steps, before Blusters' taunting whisper rang through the hallways:

"Behiiiind youuuuu....."

"Whooah!!!" Funshine exclaimed, before ripping away from Grumpy and running in a panic. His paws were aimlessly in front of him as he ran, and he panted drastically.

"Hey! Wait for me!!" Grumpy yelled, shooting off after him. They twisted and turned through various hallways and corners, as the echo-ey steps returned in a fast manner, as if something was running after them.