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Chapter Eighteen: Like A Hurricane

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              The force by which Facilier was thrown was like being tackled by a 500lbs linebacker. His head smacked against one of the gravestones in the Old Burial Hill cemetery, knocking off his top hat and exposing his wild, unkempt hair. The attack literally came from nowhere. There was an entity from within the Gracie Manor that was keeping the voodoo witch doctor out.             And Facilier knew exactly who the entity was, glaring at the mansion with furor.             “Somethin’ wrong, Shadow Man?” He heard Oogie’s voice speaking from the heavens. Looking up, Facilier saw his silhouette cast upon the full moon that loomed over the town of Salem.             “Naw, nothin’s wrong, Oogie,” Facilier gathered himself. “Just a spat between two old friends is all.”             “Well, settle it!” Oogie barked. “The clock’s tickin’!”             As his silhouette faded from the moon, Facilier spotted the Sanderson sisters descending towards the cemetery. Mary’s vacuum cle

Chapter Seventeen: Happy Halloween

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              Max Dennison didn’t know what he was thinking. What was supposed to have been an average boring night of trick-or-treating with his little sister, Dani, turned into a chance-of-a-lifetime at impressing the girl of his dreams – a girl that he had only met earlier that day at his new school in Salem. Her name was Allison.             Max and Dani found themselves in Allison’s house by accident, discovering that her family (who was presumably rich, judging the size of their house) had a literal jackpot of candy. But, following an encounter with Allison – who looked stunning in her Halloween costume in the eyes of Max – and an interest in the topic of the legendary Sanderson sisters, the three kids were now on their way to the cottage where the sisters used to live, now a derelict museum.             Allison changed out of her costume for the outing. “Legend has it that the bones of one hundred children are buried within these walls,” she told the Dennisons on their way