Jason sat in the passenger seat of his friend's car, full of dread. He didn't want to go where he was going. Even more dread washed over him as the car parked at their destination: a hotel. He stared at it. For a modern, inviting hotel; there was something strangely intimidating about it. He wanted to go to the other convention in the same building, but his friend wouldn't let him. "C'mon Jason, it will be fun!" His friend reassured him. "ThreeDee, I'm only here because your my friend, and I feel like being nice." Jason said as he turned to his friend: a blue and red Wolf!
ThreeDee and Jason walked into the hotel. They went right past the "human" convention in the main lobby. ThreeDee saw the disappointment in Jason's eyes. "It's okay Jason, we're just going to a meeting room upstairs. There will only be a few other guys there. You won't be overwhelmed or anything."
They both boarded an elevator. ThreeDee pushed the button for the 22nd floor. "We're going up to floor Twenty TwOWO!" He announced, expecting a laugh that never came. The elevator began moving up to it's destination. The only sounds were the hum of the gears and the buzz of the LED lights. Suddenly, ThreeDee began to whistle the Beastars theme. "Seriously! Can you stop? I hate that show!" Jason snapped at him. A beeping sound let them know that they've finally arrived.
After a minute or two of searching, they finally found their room. ThreeDee opened the door revealing a large room, vacant of anything but other colorful animals. In unison, they all turned towards the wolf and greeted him. "Who's this?" asked a pink Hare as he noticed Jason. "This is my friend, Jason. He's a little a different, so please respect him." "Hiya Jason!" they all said as they waved their paws. "Sorry if I'm not properly dressed for this." Jason jokes."It's okay." a green Fox said from the middle of the group. ThreeDee chimed in:"This is just a get together! It doesn't matter how your dressed! All that matters is that we have fun!". The green Fox jumped forward. "Yeah! Let's play games. Which should we play first? Giant Jenga? Pin the tail on Majira? Giant UNO?". ThreeDee pointed his finger in the air. "Actually, I had plans to play Spin The Bottle.". "That's a great idea!". All the animals agreed. "Oh no!" Jason muttered. He wasn't prepared for this!
They all sat in a circle, ThreeDee placed a bottle in the middle. "Since your the guest, Jason, you get to go first!". Jason nervously spun the bottle. He somewhat hoped it landed on ThreeDee, since he at least knew him. Instead, the bottle landed on a large, beefy Bear with big arms. "No! Wait! That didn't count! I wanna spin again!" Jason protested. The Bear stood up, ripping his shirt off. Revealing how extremely jacked he is. "How bout a kiss and Bear hug!" He said as he spread his arms out. Jason screamed as the huge arms wrapped around his body. With a sickening crunch, his body was crushed by rock-hard muscle. He tried to scream, but every last breath was squeezed out of him. The Bear then placed his big, wet, black lips onto Jason's. ThreeDee and the rest cheered as the two of shared a good, wet kiss. The Bear dropped Jason to the floor when he was done. He laid on the floor for a minute, nearly flat. He was simultaneously gagging and trying to catch his breath.
When Jason finally had enough strength to sit up, he saw the bottle spinning again. "Who spun? Who spun?" Jason demanded to know. Unfortunately, the bottle landed on him. "It was me, I spun." said a nerdy calico cat with big glasses. "Please. No more." Jason protested again. "Sorry buddy, that's the rules." said ThreeDee. The cat approached Jason. "Hey let's French Kiss!" he said as he stuck out his sand paper-like tongue. Suddenly, the cat noticed a bulge in Jason's pocket. "OwO What's this?". The cat reached in the pocket.
He pulled out a spray can labeled "Furry Spray". "You brought that here?!" roared the Bear. Jason tried to defend himself. "No no no. It's just regular Pepper Spray!" "Why did you bring Pepper Spray?" questioned the fox. "I always do. It just made a fake label for it because I thought it was funny. Seriously! I had no intention on harming any of you. You guys are cool!" ThreeDee ran to his defense. "Listen, he's a jokester. He plays little jokes like these every once in a while.". The Hare stepped forward. "Now you're defending him? We shouldn't trust them. Get them!"
Jason and ThreeDee bolted out the door and back towards the elevator. "I'm sorry, Jason! I shouldn't have brought you here!" apologized the panicked wolf. They looked back to see the angry wave of colorful animals heading their way. Jason practically ran into the elevator door and frantically pressed the button to open it. Luckily, the doors opened almost immediately and they jumped inside. Now, the doors weren't closing. Jason began mashing the 1st floor button. Before they knew it, the Bear was right outside the elevator! He reached in and grabbed ThreeDee and yanked him out! "JAAASSSSSOOOOONN!!!" He screamed just as the doors closed. Jason tried to pry the doors open to save his friend, but it was no use.
The elevator made a slow trip back down to the 1st floor. Upon arrival, Jason slowly lumbered out. He was about to leave when he remember the "Human" convention. He decided to join it. However, he stopped to think about whether or not he should go back upstairs to save his friend. "Actually, forget him! I'll make other friends of my kind.". And he did. "Wow! Nice suit!" His new friend exclaimed. "Your persona's looking pretty slick! Can I see you without your mask?". "Sure!" Jason responded.
He pulled the realistic human mask off his face. It was tight and sweaty, so it stuck to his fur a little bit. "Wow! You're a squirrel? There aren't many squirrels in the fandom!". "Yep! I'm a pioneer!" Jason said in a joking tone. His friend then asked: "Wouldn't it be great if anthropomorphic humans were real?". Jason then looked up at the heavens, thinking about all the cartoon humans he knew, and how great it would be to meet them. "Yes, that would be great."
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