Queens of the Night

Let the Fun Begin

They started soft.

First stop on their path was the Eerie-Go-Round; Juliana was gradually getting into the right spirit and starting not to get too scared at every spooky costume.

Next was the carve-a-pumpkin workshop; they managed to destroy two but made a nice job of the third, Juliana had insisted it must become a magic lamp. The waste was brought to the Mad Scientist Cooking Lab to be transformed into Harry Potter inspired juice, which they contentedly sipped sitting on a bench, and doing some people – well, creatures – watching.

There had been one or two moments, though... she had had a weird feeling, like they were being watched; when she had checked left and right, though, she hadn't seen anything suspicious. Mh. Thinking about it, it was hard to tell what could stick out as suspicious on such a day, what with all the ghosts and axe-murderers roaming the place, and it was getting worse by the hour.

With time passing the crowd was more mixed, older kids were coming into the park and occasionally adults too.

Naa. She was only letting herself be conditioned by the Halloween atmosphere.

Anyways.

It was 3 o'clock already!

"Come Juli, we gotta hurry!" Her sister and mom would join them now.

They met at the main square.

Isabela had gone for a Jafar ensemble, and Maria had decided she'd be a character of her own invention, 'cause didn't that poor boy Aladdin deserve a mother too?

"Dónde está la casita de mazapán?" she enquired. They'd decided to have a snack before embarking on anything else.

Chocolate zombie brain and spider cupcakes had been ordered, and Maritza left them at the table for the restroom.

Did they have to go overboard like this with the decorations? For f*ck's sake.

With the corner of her eye she caught some movement and a glistening at the end of the corridor, and heard a clinging of metal and footsteps rushing away. Really? Special effects maybe? They were totally committed to this clients scaring business evidently; admirable.

Juliana was now enjoying everything one could conceivably enjoy here, and her sister was having the time of her life as well; those two were like the best accomplices, she sometimes wondered who the real child was.

But aanyhow.

If they wanted to visit the Haunted House and have time for the rest after, they would have to hurry.

They walked by the entrance again; Elvira was still there, giving out tickets to a couple of teens together with makeup tips, judging by her gestures. Their eyes crossed for a second and she smiled, before being swept away by her moving little group.

Luckily their passes ensured they could use the fast track to get in.

Inside she held her daughter's hand, they let Isabela walk in front and her mom closed the line.

The halls were pretty dark and they had to feel for the walls to find their way. A few meters in and their fingers met a light sticky substance that wrapped around them.

"Aaaah! What's this?"

"Calm down, it's just cobwebs."

"Blah!" she cried. "What if it gets in my hair?!"

"I'll take it out mom."

"Oooh thank you baby."

"Can we keep the spiders then?"