Little Spook #4

A TREACHEROUS jOURNEY 

Chapter One

 Chapter Two

Chaoter Three 

 

Little Spook knew just who had got her brother Scamp and she could also remember how to get back to the place she had run from all those long months ago,it was a treacherous journey,through the forest of doom,across the pond of enchantment and down the hill of spills,where one wrong footing sent you tumbling directly to the witches lair and straight into a locked cage and we all know what happens then....sent to be eaten at the sweetie shop,there was no time to lose though and Little Spook set off for the pond of enchantment,to see the mermaid.

"Take this" said the mermaid and she handed Little Spook a little music box, "Play this and the Ogre will fall into a deep enchanted sleep but beware,after twenty minutes the enchantment will begin to wear off and when he awakes the ogre will have quite a headache and his mood will be absolutely terrible,you must make sure you are out of his reach or you will be put on a slice of toast and eaten.''

Little Spook thanked the mermaid and set off for The Forest Of Doom.

The forest of doom was guarded by a big scary hungry ogre who ate anything that dared to cross his path,his favourite food was little boys on toast,sprinkled with a dash of cheese and plenty of Marmite,but as I've just said he was always hungry and he would make do with anything even little black cats with amber eyes.

Little Spook crept as far to the trees as she dared and then opened the music box up,the music slowly drifted through the air and the ogre began to yawn,soon he was very drowsy and before you could say Jack Robinson he began to gently snore and was soon in a deep enchanted sleep.

This was the moment Little Spook had waited for,she ran quickly past the dozing ogre and into the deep,dark forest,on and on Little Spook ran,until she thought she couldn't run one step further but she had to keep going,Scamp needed her,so she carried on running until she came to the end of the trees and was faced by the hill of spills,the hill was steep and treacherous but Little Spook bounded down it,however halfway down the hill Little Spook trod on a dark spot,the ground opened beneath her and Little Spook found herself falling down a deep dark passageway that led to a big black door,yes Little Spook was in the witches lair and she was absolutely scared.

 Little Spook #3

SCAMPS jOURNEY

Chapter One 

Chapter Two

Scamp was a daft young tom cat,who was as soft as butter,he loved everybody and genuinely thought that everybody was his friend. 

That fateful Halloween day had begun just like any other day,he had eaten his breakfast and then gone out for a sniff around the garden,he was just poking his nose under a pile of fallen leaves when he smelt his favourite biscuit treat - Kitbits. 

He couldn't believe his luck and began to greedily gobble up all the Kitbits he could find,little did he know that he was now on a trail that led to the most terrible place in the village...the sweetie shop and indeed the witches lair! 

Much later that morning,little Spook began to wonder where her brother was and decided to look for him,she ambled by the last of summer flowers,trotted by the prickly rose bush and stopped to play in the fallen leaves,this was when she smelt a strange sickly smell,the smell jogged a memory from way back in her past,a memory that was getting stronger and stronger by the second "Oh no," thought Little Spook "This smells like magic,bad magic,the witch has been here!"

Just then something glinted in the pale Autumn sun,it was Scamps blue collar with its shiny golden bell on it,it lay discarded on the ground and it's owner was 'nowhere' to be found. 

Little Spook began to frantically run around the garden,shouting for her brother,but there was no answering miaow ,Scamp had long gone,whisked away by the powerful spell of the wickedest witch around....Little Spook knew what she must do,she must find her brother and,quickly,before he was turned into a chocolate cat and sold at the sweet shop,Little Spook began sniffing the ground,she would rescue him,she simply had to get him back but she was scared, really,really,scared.

 Little Spook #2

 THE WITCH'S LAIR

 Chapter One Here 

 Now along the road and down a steep hill,right next to a school was a tiny sweet shop,it sold every kind of sweet you could ever imagine,Percy Pigs,Chocolate Mice,Jelly Babies,Gummy bears,Freddo Bars.

Every morning and afternoon playtime the children from the school would pop over to the sweet shop and buy a bag of sweeties,little did they know that the smiley lady who served them was really a witch. 
 Underneath that pleasant exterior was really a wicked witch and the sweets she sold were indeed animals and babies that the witch had captured and turned into sweets for the sweet shop. 

Yes the Freddo bars had once been happy little green frogs hopping around innocently and the chocolate mice had been little brown field mice scurrying round looking for hay to build their nests with,the Percy Pigs had been sweet little piggy wiggies just oinking around the farmyards,the Gummy Bears had been children's teddy bears,stolen from their owners arms as the children slept peacefully at night and as for the Jelly Babies...do you even want to know what the Jelly Babies were...?

Just like the witch looked normal so did the shop,from the outside it just looked like any old sweet shop but as you walked along the upstairs corridor you began to feel a certain chill enter the air and if you walked a bit further you noticed a few cobwebs dangling from the ceiling,this wasn't that unusual but 'what' was unusual was the size of the spiders that lurked on the webs and the colour of their eyes....green,purple and red and the way the spiders eyes glowed in the dark and seemed to watch you as you walked by. 

And if the spiders didn't put you off and you went further along the corridor and through the heavy black door you would find yourself in a witches den with shelves full of potions,steaming bubbling cauldrons full of green gunky liquid,cupboards full of spell books and cages full of trapped animals,it was a terrible room and all who entered there were totally and utterly scared.

Little Spook

I used to love joining in with Josies flash fiction that she hosts every Thursday over at Two Shoes In Texas  

The idea was to write a story in six sentences and Josie would provide you with a theme to work with. I have not joined in for a while but on Saturday I popped by and saw the theme for this week was scared,based on Hallloween.

It caught my imagination and I began to plot a story for my little boy.

The story grew and grew and soon chapters started appearing,I decided to read my little one a chapter every day at bedtime,with the culmination on Halloween night itself,so without any further ado here is the tale of 

Little Spook the witches cat. I read this chapter to Chips tonight and his face was a picture - well worth the efforts! 

Dedicated to all little boys who love a bedtime story and a little bit of magic too!

Little Spook #1

Little Spook was the most beautiful cat ever,she had long black silky fur,big amber eyes and the longest whiskers you had ever seen. 

She lived at number 2 Dormy Court in a cosy semi detached house with her family,who consisted of a mummy,daddy, a little boy and her adopted cat brother Scamp and she was absolutely adored. 

She should have been the happiest little cat ever but there was something very different about little Spook,something that set her apart from all the other cats in the village....little Spook was a witches cat!

Now as Little Spook could tell you,not all witches look like witches,oh no,some, look quite normal and they have normal everyday jobs and live in normal houses,infact they seem totally 'normal' but they're not and underneath that 'look I'm normal front' lies a deep dark side,a side full of darkness and evil and of the worst sort of magic you could 'ever' imagine,a dark terrible magic that's only aim is to cause harm to whoever crosses its path,these are the very worst witches of all and it was to one of these witches that Little Spook had belonged. 

Little Spook hated being a witches cat, she had a kind heart and she didn't like to see people hurt and frightened,so one day when the meanie witch was sleeping,Little Spook had decided to run away,she ventured far,far,away,up hills,through deep dark woods,past lakes until she had come upon the little family at 2 Dormy Court and it was here she had decided to stay and as anyone who knows anything about cats knows,cats will always find their own place in the world,despite us humans!

Each year as Autumn came around and Halloween approached, Little Spook began to feel nervous,her brother tried to reassure her that she was safe and that no witch could find her this far away but Little Spook knew the true dark power that her former mistress had...bubbling cauldrons full of magical potions that could turn anything into frogs without their jumps or dogs without their woofs or even bats that couldn't fly,wands that shot magic across a room in seconds,magic pools that could see into the past,present and future and a broomstick that could fly throughout the night with amazing speed. 

And on Halloween night, all witches powers intensified,they became more powerful,more evil,more mean....as Little Spook tried to get to sleep in her warm snug bed she had a nervous feeling in her tummy,she could sense something was about to happen,someone was searching,someone was getting closer,someone was looking for her...Little Spook was scared.