After a near three hours at my friend’s house, it was time for me to get home. With my bag slung over my shoulder, I began to roll down the path of their home on my skateboard. I was glad to have brought my vest as a chilly breeze fluttered past.
The street ahead of me was a mix of white light from the lamps above and the colorful oranges and purples of the houses’ Halloween decorations. Towering skeleton statues cast their shadows across the sidewalk as I rolled by, the only sounds echoing between the houses being the scraping of my wheels against the concrete and the distant humming of driving cars.
As I approached the end of the street, I checked my phone for the time. 9:28 PM. 17 minutes until our curfew to get home. When I reached where I would usually turn left, I peered down the path on the right. I couldn’t recall if I’d ever gone that way, but the map on my phone showed that it ended near my house. With enough time to spare, I decided to investigate the route.
The path continued on for a good few yards, the light from the street-lamps behind me fading rapidly. The concrete turned rough and my wheels began to scratch loudly against it. I cringed, praying for minimal damage. To my relief, I soon reached a point where I had to switch to walking, tucking my skateboard beneath my arm.
Just ahead of me stood a tall, metal fence blocking my way. I carefully placed stuff on the other side and slid my foot through the bars, squeezing my way through.
I was met with grass as tall as my waist on the other side. Looking around, I realized that I had entered the area of unclaimed land between my friend’s neighborhood and mine. Nevertheless I continued, cautious of where I stepped.
I emerged from the wall of tree into a stretch of clear grass. It was silent as I walked through it, except for the occasional car passing nearby. Checking my phone for the time again, I heard a noise behind me. I spun around. Nothing. I looked back at my phone. It was now 9:34, leaving me with 11 minutes to get home.
A window popped up on my screen informing me of my low battery. Shoot, I’d forgotten to charge it when I was at the house! Desperate to preserve the little battery I had left, I shut off my phone and tucked it back into my pocket.
Looking up again, I searched for a continuation of the path, but there was none. It had simply ended amongst the trees. I checked everywhere with no luck. There was no sign of any path except for the small gaps between trees and where I had come from.
Then, there was a noise again. Quiet, clicking from behind me-
I whipped around, a wave of shock washing over me. Amongst the branches of the towering tree sat a huge, fuzzy spider.
It lunged at me. Without thinking, I swung my skateboard in an attempt to swat it away. Instead, it grabbed hold of it, pulling me towards its web. I braced myself, trying to recover my skateboard, but it refused to let go. The spider was surprisingly strong, but the skateboard was brand new! There was no way I was letting some oversized bug steal it. So I continued to pull, putting all of my strength into it.
But I wasn’t holding it tight enough. My grip slipped and the skateboard flew out of my hands, making me fall to the ground behind me. The spider pulled it closer, its web grabbing hold of it. I scampered away, crawling back.
I’ll just come back for it in the morning, I promised myself as I scrambled to my feet. I ran, breaking through the trees and down the cut-through path between the houses. Finding myself on my street, I hurried home.
Behind me lay my stolen skateboard, more spiders crawling over it, proud of their loot. But it wouldn’t be their’s for long. Oh, I was going to get it back.
Hey everyone! I know we’re super late but we really wanted to share these photos, so happy *very belated* Halloween! This photostory was inspired by the skateboard that came with Nicki’s skateboarding outfit that we got last month, and I’m super proud of how it turned out. Special thanks and a shoutout to my dad for helping me think of this, set it up and do the photoshoot!
Okay, now before we go, I just want to acknowledge our very sporadic posting schedule this year… first of all, I just want to say that no, we have zero plans on leaving the blog. However, due to schoolwork and everything going on, I can’t guarantee posting regularly unfortunately. I will try my best to post as often as I can, especially with the holidays coming. Regarding the next few weeks, we’re likely going to be posting some slightly older posts because we desperately need to catch up XD. And even if I’m not posting, I’m still here! I still read all of your posts when I see them in my email!
So, that’s all for today! What did you guys all do for Halloween this year? Personally, I spent the evening handing out candy to my street’s trick or treaters. This is the first year I’ve done so actually! And if you dressed up, I’d love to hear all about your costume! Who/what did you go as? Let me know all about it in the comments!
Dollightful Friends 