The Haunted Maze *WARNING*

Entry for event :) #OctoberTön (this was very rushed Oml)

WARNING

This story contains death, blood and gore

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-The Haunted Maze-

Eleanor was very excited for the new haunted maze this year. She and her best friend Charlotte had gone together every year riding their Belgian Tukatons. The horses were the perfect theme for the time of year with their scary appearance due to their long fangs, large heavy breathing bodies, and stomping hooves. The horses were trained very well because of their intelligent minds and did not ever spook to the killer clowns with loud chainsaws.

Eleanor put her tack into the truck and loaded Banshee, her large black stallion,into the trailer.He knew where they were going and was very ancy with excitement. The haunted corn maze happened on the same weekend of every year. The weekend was the foggiest and spookiest and was bright from the light of the full moon. Many riders were to scared to go because of the “realism” of the scare actors but that was Eleanor and Charlottes favorate part.

Unlike prior years the two friends decided to meet at the corn maze instead of riding together so Eleanor started on the hour drive early. Once there, the two friends put theyre horses into the barn and walked around the farms grounds. There were many pathes, one went to the pumpkin patch, one to the haunted corn maze and the last one went to the shops. There were food booths, market shops, and many many tables of homemade goods. They bought a bag of kettle corn and a pack of candy corn as well as some pumpkin horse treats and made their way back to the barn.

Once back to the barn the girls put their snacks in the truck and began to get the horses ready. The horses were excited and could hardly hold still. Charlotte and Eleanor quickly put the tack on and mounted the beautiful horses. As they trotted down the path you could could hear the clip cloping of the hooves, the russell of the leaves, and the breaking of the twigs. The girls continued down the path for a little while until they came to the entrance of the maze and handed the worker their tickets.

Once in the maze there were different pathes every which way. Somewhere glowing at the end, some were unusually dark, and others had fog rolling out of the entry way. They decided to go down the foggy trail, and it was not five seconds before a ghost popped out of the bushes. “BOO”. The girls screamed and the horses cantered down the trail. They came to a four way split in the path, they looked down the entrance of each trail, but when they came to the last there seemed to be someone standing there. When the foggy air began to clear they heard the sound of a chainsaw and the man continued walking towards them.

The girls looked at each other with the same thought. Is that a real chainsaw!? When they looked up he was gone as if he disappeared into thin air.

“Lets go that way,” said Charlotte pointing down the one farthest from where the man was.

Eleanor agreed and they headed that way. They walked down the path for a long ways, confused, the scare actors are always stationed in one spot and are not to move from theyre placed location. They walked down a series of maze trails and saw no one. The two girls came to an open area with a water trough for the horses and a picnic table, they decided to take a break.

“Do you know where we are?” asked Eleanor,

“No,” replied Charlotte “they usually keep the maze the same every year but they definitely changed it this year.” She added.

“Thought so-” She had been cut off by the sound of the chainsaw followed by a blood curling scream.

They bolth knew something was off. The girls mounded the horses and desided to find the quickest route out, every snap of a stick and blowing of the wind through the corn leaves made them jump. They couldn't get comfortable in the saddles and unlike any other year they were genuinely scared.

Eleanor and Charlotte turned a corner and there in the path was a ghost laying on the ground. Its white canvas costume red with blood and torn. The girls just assumed it was a scary part of the haunted maze and went a different way. They cantered down the path and turned another corner to find a witch, murdered and laying lifeless in the center of the trail.

“Oh my god.” Said Eleanor

“We are leaving right now” said Charlotte panicked , who was already turning her horse around.

The girls took off galloping down the trails desperately trying to find a way out. They found the trail exit and started galloping through the more open area. Behind them they could hear the chainsaw start and when they turned around there was the man again, standing in the fog as it blew around him. They clicked and Banshee and his horse friend launched themselves down the trail, running as hard as they could. The four came to the barn and Eleanor spotted what looked to be the stable's security laying on the ground.

She didn't want to get close enough to see and jumped off Banshee running to the truck, they loaded both horses and got in as fast as they could. Charlotte turned the key and the ignition clicked and the engine sputtered. She tried again and it started, Charlotte gased it and headed towards the open gate.

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