《Breaking Horizons: Book 1: Snared Origins》Chapter 22: Snared Origins Pt.12: The Stuffing Is All That Matters! Part 3/3
Advertisement
A crowd of five creatures could be seen as they walked through the town eating candies and some Ice-Scream® from a murky Ghost shop. They strolled happily while licking their mooing ice-cream. It had holographic ghost-cows that swirled around the treat with milky light.
“This ice-scream is too sweet!” Exclaimed the bear creature. “Damn, I think I became lactose intolerant!”
“Jasper, you should have asked for something else like a creep it fine. The cream inside the crepe screams with every bite while it melts in your mouth. It’s sweet and fruity, it has scarecrow-berries.” Wolfie spoke to the bear trying to please the strange hero in the party.
“It doesn’t matter, may I ask if there is some ghost beer store?” Jasper asked towards Wolfie.
“Uhm... I am sorry, we don’t have those…” Wolfe apologetically stated.
“Damn, I need some drug cookies or booze. How is it that a party doesn’t have those? That’s why I hate children birthdays…” Jasper threw his Ice-scream as it moo-ed across the sky.
Time passed and after having a snack, the team went towards their next plan. They asked Wolfie the reason why the owner hasn’t appeared yet, something which the werewolf didn’t know.
“So the next idea is to touch the doorbell on some houses and run. Is everyone ready?” Sweet asked at the front of a house while everyone else followed.
“Ready!” Cinna-Buns, Wolfie and Nick reported.
“Wait, can we just skip this part? This mansion looks like the home of some giant and I am not very good at running… Just look at my legs, they are like short, you know?” Jasper suggested to the other bunnies but they didn’t answer and proceeded.
(Ding dong) A Creepy door doorbell sounded throughout the town.
“Fast run!” Sweet shouted as the others followed suit.
“I win! I am the fastest to get out!” Nick rocketed through the air with his rocket shoes.
“Thanks for the ride Wolfie!” Cinna-Buns caressed the dog while it howled happily.
Everyone except Jasper ran away from the door. The clothed bear stopped there as the door screeched whilst opening. Through the darkness of the gigantic door, a huge black dragon appeared.
'Seriously!' Jasper gulped and tried to say something in self-defense while looking all-important. “Ehm, hello there Mister Evil Dragon, I am a Bear-God witness and came here to ask if you would like to know more about our lazy savior and all hugging lord…”
“Bear-God? I believe in the Dragon-God and you dare come here announcing such blasphemy? You shall burn in the flames of the mighty flamethrower!” The dragon opened its maw and spurted black flames towards the suited bear. It then turned and slammed its tail at the bear’s abdomen, sending a screaming Jasper outside the gigantic mansion.
“Ahhhh!” Jasper rolled in the ground while giving strange sounds from his abdomen. (Hug me! More! More!)
The other bunnies stayed a safe distance from the bear as its head was on fire. When the smoke stopped and the bear finally got up, they went to see how he was.
“Hey Jasper are you okay?” Nick asked in a low voice.
“Do I look like I am okay?” The bear shouted and continued. “Now I am bald and smell! How the hell would someone want to hug some bald and smelly guy?”
“Ugh, you are smelly and baldy now, I don’t…” Cinna-Buns affirmed.
“See!” Jasper extended his hands out as if concurring with Cinna-buns statement.
“Jasper calm down it’s not that bad.” Sweet tried to calm his bear-pal.
Advertisement
“It’s very bad sweet, he is now a complete adult. He has a suit, hair-loss, smells bad, hairy legs, a beard, and even a tattoo…” Nick babbled in a recounting way while extending his fingers.
“Damn!!!” Jasper shouted and hurried his friends to finish the quest. “Guys, lets end this mission quickly, I want to get home and watch my evening show. This experience is giving me a heart attack…”
“Okay… This didn’t seem to work, Wolfie what should we do next?” Sweet asked Wolfie.
“The last option is to scare the people in the town. If that doesn’t work, I don’t know what we should do afterwards.” Wolfie explained with a gloomy mood. “If we don’t find the owner, Halloween town will probably disappear in the next raining season.”
“That’s bad, let us do that then.” Cinna-Buns interjected the conversation with a preoccupied look.
“I think we should scare the superheroes since that would be easier than scaring the Halloween monsters.” Nick suggested.
“Hmm, that’s a good idea Nick! But aren’t you a hero?” Sweet looked at nick and made a scaring attempt.
“Hmm, what are you doing Sweet” Nick wasn’t scared for some reason.
“Sweet that wasn’t nice, I don’t think Nick will be scared of you.” Cinna-Buns spoke her opinion at Sweet’s intent.
“Well, if that doesn’t work... What are we supposed to do? I mean, Nick is the easiest to scare of us. If we can’t even scare Nick, how are we supposed to scare this night terrors?” Sweet told Cinna-Buns why he attempted that.
“I am not that easy to scare! Well, at least not when I am Spiderman!” Nick smiled and made a proud pose.
“Guys!” Jasper spoke with a serious voice.
The bunnies started to discuss between themselves but for some reason they continued to ignore Jasper who was trying to get their attention.
Jasper decided to not give a **** and do what would be the most productive way to scare everyone. While doing an action he pulled a strange string that attached itself in his pants, it made a sound louder than the usual ones coming from his mouth. “LOOK HERE KIDS, I HAVE DELICIOUS CANDIES!” Everyone in the town watched attentively as Jasper took his pants down. There aren’t enough words to describe this scene, so let’s leave it as ‘The end of the world’.
“Ahhhhh!” Every type of monster started to scream as if doomsday had arrived. Jasper took a canned carbohydrate drink beverage he was reserving and opened it while feeling the cold sansation of freedom. He sighed inside as it wasn’t the beer he wanted, but at least it calmed his craving. Going comando with a juice would've been worse, so this was obviously better.
The trio of bunnies and a werewolf found the commotion. They evaded the bear’s silhouette from their field of vision with a quick turn.
“Jasper if you dare move to our sight... We will kick you till you aren’t recognizable anymore.” Nick exclaimed while giving his back at Jasper.
“....” Cinna-Buns didn’t want to comment. She still turned as if preventing the scene.
“Jasper tell us when it’s over…” Sweet told Jasper with an ordering tone.
“I already put my pants on, guys…” Jasper spoke with a loud voice.
“Eh, but they aren’t stopping…” Nick turned and saw that Jasper was clothed, he was just strolling and gulping a canned drink he was given in the ice-scream store.
Surrounding the bunnies, the whole town started to fall down and burn. Wolfie was biting his nails in panic, he tried to calm down the screams, but it didn’t work. The screaming monsters spooked each other in what seemed a chemical reaction. The whole town was screaming with insanity and everything was being destroyed by them.
Advertisement
Jasper gave excuses about the event afterwards. Most of the town was in ruins and the owner was nowhere to be seen. Wolfie was crying in the middle of the demolishing and scarring battlefield.
“Wolf-guy I think your plans went down the drain. I mean, if I was a robot I would have screwed everyone; but I am not, so this prank isn’t my fault.” Jasper shrugged towards the crying werewolf.
“I think you are wrong Jasper, you just spooked Halloween alone.” Nick snorted.
“Wolfie, although we are sorry this happened, what Jasper said is true. We did all of that and we can’t either find the owner or the needed items for our quest… All of this didn’t work.” Sweet mentioned.
“I… am Sowry… (Howling whines)… I don’t know what to do now, heroes…” Wolfie gave a sorrowful whine while expressing.
Cinna-Buns patted the werewolf’s head with care. Then she used her soothing voice to calm it. “Don’t worry Wolfie, we will help you create a better town afterwards… Look, at least the structure of the town is not destroyed and many things can still work.”
“Ehm, I actually don’t care about that. I think it’s more important to get myself out from this bear suit.” Jasper grabbed his costume while stretching the suit as if inspecting it. His stomach growled before he added. “By the way Wolf-guy, I am hungry since I couldn’t eat that Ice-whatever. Oh, and they didn’t give candy to my adult self because I lacked the singing disposition. Look at me, I just did some serious effort, the sole action of taking my pants down and up burned like 50 calories, I need some energy. Do you know of a place where I can find something salty to eat?”
“There isn’t anything salty here… It’s Halloween, the most salty stuff is the caramel-corn.” Wolfie expressed apologetically.
“Fine then, tell me where the kitchen or storage room is. I’ll just make myself something. Call me a surgeon, as I will make my own stuffing job.” Jasper commented lazily and added a joke at the end while grabbing his chest... Looking at the indifferent expression of the others, he then snorted. “What? Don’t you know? I am a teddy bear… Come on guys, I am a stuffed… Bruh, nevermind…”
“…” The bunnies and werewolf stared at Jasper with indifference. Silence in the air made Jasper pause his joke and add. “Okay it was a bad joke kids. So Wolf-guy, can you tell me? Pleeaasse?”
“Over there, you can find food on the refrigerator in that house, but only if you know how to prepare it. We usually import goods, so we don’t use the kitchen and the refrigerator over there.” Wolfie pointed towards a building that had a huge sign with the words ‘abandoned kitchen’. It was part of the houses that survived the ‘Falling pants’ Armageddon.
Jasper decided to prepare himself something and entered the place proudly. Since the bunnies didn’t have anything extra to do, they followed suit and sat on some dusty sofas inside the house. They monitored Jaspers movements as if trying to learn how adults cooked food.
Jasper opened the fridge looking for something like instant ramen. Instead, he was welcomed by a big sub wrapped in plastic. ‘Eureka! I found myself something already made… No, wait! Isn’t this place supposed to be abandoned? If that’s so, what’s with this sandwich being here?’ Jasper though while taking the plastic wrappings out of the food with expectation. Even if he knew the sandwich was strange, his stomach was giving the orders at the moment. He opened the sandwich's bread to look at its insides, but instead of what he was expecting he saw hell.
“Ahhhhhh!” Jasper released a scream that alerted everyone.
“What happened Jasper?” The bunnies jumped from their seating positions as they were interrupted by Jasper’s scream.
Jasper was petrified as he stared towards a sandwich that transformed into an adult’s worst nightmare… Two loafs of raw extra-processed bread with nothing else…Yeah, like no mayo, no ham…Nothing, empty, void sandwich… Get it? The one with the type of bread that tasted old and unpalatable with nothing inside. That type of bread that no matter how much you chewed and munched, you could never send down. In addition to that, above the sandwich, a plastic sign with a message was visible. It had the words ‘Forever Unemployed and poor’ written. It also had a bear with a depressed face as part of the remark.
The experience was so terrible, that the bear’s hairs stood as if stepping outside of a washing machine with a drying cycle. It was such a cartoon like experience, that the unadjusted suit was organized by its own necktie as if it had two doors that closed. The necktie hid in between the suit and trembled. Jasper threw the slices of bread towards the air, before fainting after a long lady-like scream.
“Seriously? An adult can faint because of a sandwich?” Nick gazed with furrowed brows towards Jasper’s body that was snoring in the middle of the kitchen.
“It’s called poverty and he is a fake adult… However, I heard many adults being scared of that and unemployment.” Sweet interjected trying to explain.
“But why is it that he looks like he’s having a nice dream now?” Cinna-Buns questioned with a curious stare as she stared to the insufflating bubble attached to the bears nose.
“Hey! What are you guys talking about, I am a Sand-Witch! See this little hat?” As if waiting for everyone else to say something, a strange voice sounded from the bread slices.
“Owner?!” Wolfie cried and grabbed the bread slices.
“What’s up doggie? Missed me?” The bread slices opened and closed while creating a resounding voice. “Hey can you put me over the plate in that table, I think it’s better to talk over there. Yeah, that’s better.”
“Wait! The owner of Halloween Town is a sandwich?” Nick exclaimed in surprise.
“Hi there bunny, Nice ta witch ya! I am actually a nightmare. But well, right now I am a sand-witch. I decided to enter a cold place for a relaxing vacation. You know, like getting some chillin inside of yourself.” The talking sandwich explained and then asked. “So how are the things going outside doggie? Did these little bunnies and unemployed bear have a spooky time?” The owner spoke proudly. It had already transformed into a gourmet sub-style sandwich. It even had a wizard’s hat magically appearing when the wolf put it in the plate.
“Umm, yeah they had… A nice time…” Wolfie hesitated of informing the talking sandwich about what happened outside. “Actually, they are heroes trying to save the world, they came for some special items.” Wolfie added towards the end as Cinna-Buns whispered something in his ear.
“I see, tell me heroes, what can I help you with? I also want to end my vacations and scare some bunnies, but since you can help me solve the situation in town faster, I’ll just make an exception. Tell me what you want, I’ll try to get you the best things.” The sandwich didn’t change its appearance again but it stayed talking on the orange plate over the murky table.
Sweet walked towards the sandwich and showed him the list of the items they needed. The sandwich made them look inside a box behind the fridge area, the place where they kept the ice-scream. It contained many things which included what they needed as the list showed 2 extra crossed lines.
“Thank you very much.” The bunnies replied in unison.
“No worries, I will return to the fridge. Doggie if you need anything just call me. I expect everything to be two times better than when I left it.” The sandwich’s mouth grew fangs and evil eyes all over. The werewolf yelped in panic and crouched. The sandwich gave a hearty laughter and looked at the bunnies. “Oh, if you can please solve the problem of the Piñata Desert it would be nice of ya. Halloween Town needs candies, but they haven’t sent anything since long time ago. I know the reason but can’t help, since you are the heroes, you are the only ones that can solve that. So when you do, tell them to send some party stuff here. Thanks ya bunnies.”
After the discourse the sandwich entered the refrigerator and wrapped itself in plastic again, as if it was its bedcover. The door of the fridge screeched with a ghastly Christmas tune. It was confusingly terrifying.
“Wolfie, if you need help with the current reconstruction tell us.” Sweet added.
“I think I have the perfect Idea.” Cinna-Buns made an evil grin which shouldn’t appear.
“I know where this is going.” Nick added at the end.
“Zzzzz” Jasper’s snore resounded as the room turned darker.
----------------------------------------Second Quest Complete – Find The Owner-----------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Sweet
“I can’t believe the owner hid inside a refrigerator.”
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Nick
“I am a weeb, I am a hero…”
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Cinna-Buns
LEVEL UP! (Solved a Town’s crisis with Dog Slavery policies).
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Jasper
“I don’t want to grow up! I don’t want to be an adult!”
Bear costume words: “You need some magic-sex in your life. Like do it and then disappear. Poof it's magic bitches.” (Actual thing is from ted bear, a movie.)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Explanation to the chapters quote:
Spoiler: Spoiler
What's inside your adult costume? What's your stuffing? A human? A child?
Does your heart beat for something?
Everyone has a kid inside, we have curiosity and life. How you use it is what matters. You can stuff yourself with happiness or regret. Choose wisely, never lose the kid inside.
Advertisement
The Treelord
A farmer ends up into an accident, only to be reincarnated as a thinking plant. Thrown into a world of magic and fantasy, will he manage to find his way? More importantly, will he manage to have a garden without intruders trampling over it every minute? Between overzealous knights and far too nosy critters, love for nature and villages to save, the treeman's journey has begun. Who knows where it'll lead?
8 98A Brief Look
Spaceships, programming-based magic, eldritch abominations called humans, conspiracies, really what more could you want? Oh, and, escalation. Fair bit of that too. Also posting this on r/HFY.
8 120Eye of Amber
Kosian's life was turned upside down when he saw his brother being taken by men of the Faith, using words like 'cursed' and 'damned'. He did not care if his brother was the Ancient Gods incarnate -- he just wanted a friend with whom he could share his pain, his joy. And, after ten long years of planning, he is finally ready. With the help of a group of mysterious benefactors, Kosian saves his brother, fleeing their home and heading east, towards the port of Bez, accompanied by an unexpected but welcomed band of mercenaries. Meanwhile, Bel, a knight of the order Purtelis, hounds them, dead set on returning the Faith's stolen property. Both groups traverse the peaceful lands of Bollardia, each encountering roaming monsters, ancient evils and simple people, trying to survive. During his travels, Kosian is haunted by strange dreams and visions, all of which keep showing him the same image -- an eye of amber, etched with black runes. The sign of the Divided, masters of magic and saviours of the Seven Races.
8 130A Chimerical Hope
The dream we share is simple: no traitors, no masters, only bugs united. Lucidity is a dreamer's sacrifice to reality, and our sacrifice is the vesperbane. A vile transformation through bat blood and black nerve, the vespertine arts grant a mantis power and control beyond this world. Only vesperbanes can give our grand dreams breath — but all vesperbanes are shadowed by an incorrigible potential to instead become oppressors and defectors. Three nymphs will undergo this metamorphosis, yet each holds another dream in their hearts: a scholar who must learn the secrets of the mind to bring the dead back to life; a servant who must atone for lives taken and find a cause unquestionable; and a rebel who must kill an angel and avenge a destroyed home. In this world, the mightiest wield the power to crush cities or spawn monstrous armies — here, there's always someone above you, and it's a long, arduous climb higher. But true power is wielded by those with the cunning and the connections to direct the mighty. In every shadow a conspiracy dwells, and these nymphs already have killers hounding them, spiders weaving webs around them. Anyone can climb to the top, anyone can tangle in these conspiracies — but what would you sacrifice along the way?
8 312Waterbrand (completed)
Larry was a med student on the verge of graduation when he is transported to another Earth. After losing what he loves the most, will he prove to this new world that those who keep death at the gates can also usher him inside unexpectedly? ************** This is my first story and it has no editor, so please keep that in mind. It is only 14 chapters, so probably expect it to be finished posting after a week or so.
8 203Slasher Oneshots
ᴀ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ғᴏʀ ᴀʟʟ ᴏғ ᴏᴜʀ ғᴀᴠᴏʀɪᴛᴇ sʟᴀsʜᴇʀs
8 100