HALLOWEEN SYNDROME 2 | ANDREW | SCI-FI SHORT STORY

ADVENTUROUS SCI-FI SHORT STORY SERIES

HALLOWEEN SYNDROME

He walked to the school, Andrew Shaw, a great kid of his age, there was hardly any child who was as great at thinking as he was. He walked to the school though his father could take him there, he liked walking, and thinking, he liked to think while walking. Usually it was the same stuff, as to why would anyone want to wear a mask rather than their own real, human faces, but then again he could not ask it to anyone. His grandfather died last year, the last wish he made was he should be buried wearing no makeup, the normal custom was that dead were to be buried in Frankenstein costume, his grandpa did not want that and you could not say no to a dying man. His grandpa was the only person that could answer Andrew’s questions, they were quite unbearable for most people but not to his grandpa they weren’t. Because his grandpa was the one who put them in his mind in the first place.

 

Andrew was quite fond of costumes as a child, there was not a shopping day that he would not buy a new costume. Then his grandpa began to live with them, before that they would go to his grandpa’s house but they would not talk long enough to talk about the world or maybe his grandpa thought he was not old enough to talk of the world. When his grandpa moved in, they would talk the whole day, about his school then about the days of his grandpa and then the conversations turned to questions as grandpa began to tell him stories his grandpa had told him. Or maybe the reality of the world in the times of Andrew’s grandpa’s grandpa, then Andrew began to think that why would people be so foolish to wear costumes and then questions grew in mass most of them were unanswered. His questions and his grandpa’s stories made him weary of wearing costumes, but he had to due to the law. Now, when he was asked what costume he wanted for Christmas or when they were buying new costumes to throw away the old ones, he would not say anything or go with them and let his mother decide.

He reached his school and went towards his class, he did not have many friends except one who was his best friend and a looser like him, though his friend was more into this fake world than Andrew was. Kris’s father was working in his father’s department he was junior to Andrew’s father. Andrew and Kris became friends when they met in his father’s office and then they grew quite close and became best friends.

Andrew saw Kris walking towards the class and called him, “Hey Kris.” He looked behind him and stopped smiling at him, Andrew ran towards him and slapped at his shoulder. Kris began to walk and said, “Did you watch the new episode of Thunder God?” Andrew had, Thunder God series was the only thing he liked about this fake mask-covered world. It was based on the classic Avenger character Thor Odin son, who was based on the Norse God Thor. It was a great series and had many great characters, Thor’s costume broke the record when it became the mostly bought costume for five consecutive years, and of course his hammer was also bought with the costume. Andrew looked at Kris and said, “I must say I really felt bad for Thor when his father died.” While Kris replied, “It’s a good thing, finally Thor is going to be the King of As Gard.” Andrew nodded saying, “That and he has to fight his sister now, alongside his adopted brother.” “That he does, if he wants to become the king.” Kris agreed.

They walked to the class talking about Thunder God and about its actor who had a fight with the director again. The teacher was already in the class, but he was just setting up the multimedia to teach them how a rocker car works. Their physics teacher was into rocket science and due to that all they learned was rockets. History of rockets, rocket propulsion, the design of the first rocket and rocket cars, rocket in super bikes, every phrase that had the word rocket in it was their field of study because their teacher loved rockets. Professor Gordon was his favorite teacher, though he could not say the same about his subject. He liked rockets but he could not boast of being as much obsessed with rockets as his teacher.

He entered the class greeting his teacher while he smiled at him saying, “Made anyone angry with your questions lately?” He smiled back at him and said, “Not yet.” Professor Gordon nodded while Andrew walked to his seat which was in the back of the class, the people in the back were not his friends but he could not sit in the front because the front guys were the ones who studied well and he was never good at any subject, they were not his friends as well. The teacher set up the multimedia and began his classes while Andrew listened to his lecture, not understanding a thing he said, while learning it all was far cry.

I AM SURE YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE OF HALLOWEEN SYNDROME, IT IS AN INTERESTING AND ADVENTUROUS SCI-FI SHORT STORY, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO GIVE YOUR FEEDBACK REGARDING OUR STORIES, AND SHARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE BEFORE HAVING A LOOK AT MY OTHER STORIES.

PS. MAKE SURE TO READ OTHER EPISODES OF HALLOWEEN SYNDROME