"Oh boy! Halloween approaches, and a new town, new victims, and new ideas. I just cannot wait…" Jackie said to herself, smiling. She had power on Halloween. She didn't know why, but she did. She had power over costumes, and she enjoyed it immensely. Of course, not everyone she targeted appreciated her attention. They didn't, at first at least.
It was Halloween night, just four-thirty in the afternoon, actually, but people were out trick or treating, in costume. Greedy gluttons. All they wanted was the candy. People never saw her trick coming, even as they chanted the mantra of "TRICK or treat" to every door, expecting the same thing again and again.
The first group she approached seemed to be a gathering that was organized at a school. High school, to be exact. A short, scrawny kid dressed as a football player, a tall, jock-like person dressed as a wizard. Seems like they picked each other's costumes out, instead of their own. "Hey you two, shouldn't you be dressed in the other costume? Your's don't match you. I think some changes are definitely in order."
While they wore their costumes, they were under her control, or at least their bodies, which couldn't move, but for the eyes, which showed a look of confusion, misunderstanding. They didn't understand. "Which one first…"