00:00It was Halloween night. The streets glowing orange, laughter echoing, and the air filled
00:04with the sweet smell of candy. Three kids, Liam, Sarah, and Noah, ran from house to house in their
00:08costumes, shouting, trick or treat. They were about to go home when Sarah pointed toward a dark,
00:13crumbling house at the very end of the street. Let's try that one, she said. The house looked
00:17abandoned. The windows were cracked, the porch sagged, and dead vines clung to the walls.
00:22Noah frowned. That place looks haunted. But Liam smirked. Exactly. Haunted houses always have the
00:27this candy. He walked up the creaky steps and knocked. Knock. Knock. Knock. For a moment,
00:34silence. Then, slowly, the door opened. A faint orange light spilled out, and an old woman appeared.
00:39Pale skin, silver hair, eyes that seemed to glow softly. Trick, she whispered, her voice thin and
00:45shaky. Or treat. The kids nervously laughed. Trick or treat, they said in unison. The woman smiled,
00:51a small, eerie grin, and dropped three candies into their bags. Real treats, she whispered.
00:56Made, just for you. Later that night, the kids sat in Liam's room, sorting their candy. Amid the
01:01colorful wrappers were three small, waxy candies, shaped like tiny faces. Sarah wrinkled her nose.
01:07Oh, that's creepy. Liam grinned. Looks cool. Watch this. He unwrapped one and popped it into his mouth.
01:13Crunch. He froze. His smile vanished. He started coughing, gasping, clawing at his throat. The
01:19others screamed, treamed help, but Liam collapsed on the floor. The candy dropped from his hand, melted,
01:23leaving a sticky red stain that looked like blood. Noah picked up the wrapper. The faded
01:27text read, made fresh every Halloween. Back at the dark house, the old woman stood by her window.
01:31She hummed a lullaby, placing new candies into a glass jar, each one with a tiny childish face
01:35pressed into it. She smiled softly. Trick. Or treat.
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