Chapter 1
The three ghosts that live up on Hallow Tree Hill,
Are the type of ghosts who murder and kill,
And if you listen to autumn’s coldest night chill,
There is a faint voice that cannot be still...
The voice once belonged to precious Penny Perry,
Who was murdered one night by Kevin O’Larry.
For Kevin O’Larry enjoyed killing girls,
He especially enjoyed stealing Penny’s blood pearls,
The night that I went up to the Hallow Tree,
I heard Penny Perry’s ghost ask ‘Who murdered me?’
Her eyes were faded, but they were still red,
They certainly belonged to someone who’s dead...
Her hair was messy a ghastly grey,
But for some reason my fear made me stay...
I listened to Penny Perry, for there was something she wanted,
If I didn’t listen, my soul was doomed to be haunted....
“Will you find out what happened to me?
Do you know why I’m a ghost of Hallow Tree?”
“You were murdered, and now you are dead,
Kevin O’Larry stole the pearls from your head.”
“We must find him and end him,
It’s time to look for the Grim.
The Grim is the master of death,
He will steal your soul, and suck your last breath,
He will choke you, and break you,
His bones are what make you.”
Then Penny Perry looked at me in the eye,
Her eyes looked like blood, they made me cry.
I wanted to help, this ghost of Hallow Tree Hill,
And help her end the man who enjoys the thrill,
For Kevin O’Larry has killed two others,
They were twins in fact, the Simson brothers,
Steven Simson, was murdered first,
He was tortured to death, and then he was cursed,
Harry Simson, was then murdered next,
“Come find me” was his last text,
It is rumored that Harry was drowned in the lake,
But it might have been someone else by mistake...
Then out of the large Hallow Tree,
Appeared the Simson brothers in front of me,
They were white, they were creepy, they were scary,
They were definitely the ghosts of Steven and Harry,
Their eyes were amber, and their clothes were torn,
They looked like two people who were tainted by scorn,
“If you help Penny Perry, will you help us to,
We want to get back at Kevin O’Larry we do.
We want to help you find the Grim,
So we can get revenge on him.”
Three ghosts now look to me,
To help set their undead souls free,
I wish I had never walked up the hill,
I wish I had never found Hallow Tree Hill,
“Come, Penny Perry, and Simson brothers too,
We will find the Grim, he will know what to do,
I hear he lives in the Grim Graveyard,
It’s a mile from here, it’s not very far.”
So I pointed down by the Hallow Tree river,
The very river that makes my heart quiver,
We walked passed the owls, and the Hallow tree bats,
We floated on down by haunted black cats,
We tiptoed near the Dead Man’s cave,
The one around the corner of the Grim’s grave,
We found the place, the right cemetery,
Where the Grim lived, he can now help Penny, Steven, and Harry...
The Grim Graveyard is full of old bones,
It’s bricks are all broken, and ash covers the stones.
A skeleton man greets us with his black cloak,
His smile is yellow, and he likes to tell jokes,
He chatters his teeth when he smiles at me,
He smiles at the three ghosts of the Hallow Tree.
“Who is this that wants to disturb Halloween night,
What is the reason I must put up a fight?”
I pointed at the three simple ghosts,
And decided to offer the Grim a toast.
“We are here, great master of death,
So you can steal your next victim’s breath.
As you can see, as you can see,
These are the murdered ones of Hallow Tree,
They have fought for their lives and came to me,
They need your help setting their souls free.
Penny Perry was killed for her pearls,
That is a terrible fate for any poor girl,
Steven was then tortured by the same man,
Who murdered two brothers, that was his plan,
He murdered Harry Simson at Hallow Tree Lake,
Will you help us end Kevin with a poisonous snake?”
The skeleton man then grinned, and invited us in,
He’s all bones, but somehow has thick skin,
He lit all the candles in the Grim Graveyard,
He showed us potions and poisoned jars,
“I have ways to end his life,
But what I require is a knife,
A knife will help me soon end him,
For who on earth doesn’t fear the Grim?
If I do this task for the ghosts of Hallow Tree,
You dear boy must do something for me,
A life for a life is how I will be paid,
That is the price you get for my aid,
Now come quick, and don’t delay,
My crystal ball reveals my next prey.
What will it be, what will it be?
Will you die so their souls can be free?
Will you give your soul to me?
Will you help free the ghosts of Hallow Tree?”
I see Kevin O’Larry’s face in the crystal ball,
I don’t like him, I don’t like him at all,
What would you do if you were me?
Would you end it all for three ghosts of the Hallow Tree?
“I’ll do it, let’s go and get him,
I’ll do it, if you help us, Mr. Grim.”
The Grim smiled and grabbed a thick knife,
The very one that would soon end Kevin’s life.
Inside the crystal ball, Kevin is licking his lips,
He’s watching a woman nearby swaying her hips,
He’s watching his victim, and getting ready for his next prey,
But he’s the one whom shall be dead on this day,
He has no idea who is watching him,
Kevin O’Larry beware of the Grim...
“Come my dear boy, and take hold of my cloak,
I’ll show you how I’ll end this poor bloke,
I might steal his very last breath,
That is a fun way to greet death,
Or perhaps I shall set him a blaze,
Watching fire is something I could do for days,
I could chop him in half, and leave some for the dogs,
I could make him kiss a thousand poisonous frogs,
You know what is fun taking an axe,
Throwing it sideways helps me relax,
Sometimes when I want their death to be fast,
I just snap my two bone fingers and they breathe their last,
What will it be, what will it be?
How shall we avenge the ghosts of Hallow Tree?”
I sit there and think how I want it to end,
What is the best way to get revenge?
That’s when it hits me, that’s when I think,
What if it’s a poison that Kevin shall drink.
“Give him some poison, make sure it hurts,
Make sure all his bones are on high alert,
Make the pain last for thirteen days,
Let him suffer in the worst kind of ways.”
Then the Grim utters a magical spell,
They were words that I will never tell,
The words then made poison appear,
Kevin came close as the poison drew near,
It looked so delicious to drink, but it was a trick,
It was trick that would soon make bad Kevin sick,
Kevin took the bottle to his mouth and swallowed,
As the ghosts watched in awe as they followed,
The three ghosts watched as Kevin dropped to the ground,
He dropped to the ground without making a sound,
The Grim snapped his fingers and we were back by the grave,
“You are here bad Kevin, because you don’t behave,
Now you will suffer, now you will die,
And I will tell you the reason why?
The Grim has decided to end you today,
Because you took Penny Perry’s life away,
You stole the pearls off of her head,
And left her to rot as she lay there dead,
You then killed the Simson brothers,
It is time you are stopped before you kill others,
It is time for the Grim to take your life,
He could have burned you, or bleed you out with a knife,
I decided to let him teach you with pain,
This suffering you endure will make your blood drain...”
Kevin O’Larry laughed as he twitched on the ground,
His body was wriggling up and down,
“These three deserved what they got,
I don’t care if I die, but please let me rot.”
“I don’t pity you, you’ve made a mistake,
Have you forgotten you left Harry to drown in a lake?
You tortured Steven until his eyes were shut,
We won’t end your pain, no ifs, ands or buts.”
The Grim tossed Kevin into the Grim Graveyard jail,
No one will miss Kevin, he’s ghost-like now and pale,
The Grim shut the door to Kevin’s eternal cell,
Being tortured forever will be Kevin’s well earned hell,
The Grim then turned to me,
And spoke to the ghosts of the Hallow Tree,
“I helped you take Kevin’s life away,
Now I am owed with your life today,
You won’t suffer, you won’t cry,
I will give you the fastest way to die,
Just close your eyes, and fall asleep,
I’ll steal your breath, as you count sheep,
What will it be, what will it be?
You owe me for aiding the ghosts of Hallow Tree,
This is the day I shall put you to rest,
It is not a drill, it is not a test,
I am owed a life, for helping you,
Come now, come now, I have deathly duties to do.”
The Grim is determined to take me away,
I am ready to die on Halloween day,
“Before I close my eyes, I want to know,
Is there a place I can go?
When I turn into a ghost where can I be?
Can I join the three others and live in the Hallow Tree?”
The Grim’s teeth widen and he smiles big,
He dances for joy and does a skeleton jig,
“Yes, you may live your days as a ghost,
Being the Hallow Tree Halloween host,
As children come to the tree on Halloween,
You can tell them the tale of Kevin O’Larry so mean,
And how you became a ghost of Hallow Tree,
You became a ghost to set others free.”
I then bow my head to the Grim, as I lie on the floor,
I close my eyes and let my mind soar,
I think of places that I used to be,
As I feel my soul breaking free.
My eyes close quickly, my eyes close fast,
I become a ghost as I soon breathe my last.
“Now it is over, as you can see,
You are the new ghost of the Hallow Tree.”
My body is lighter as I wave good bye to him,
My life is now over because of Mr. Grim,
Penny Perry has the pearls back on her head,
She’s the loveliest thing that I’ve ever seen dead,
The Simson brothers take my ghostly hand,
As we fly over lakes, rivers, and lands.
“Thank you dear boy, for setting us free,
We are excited to have a new ghost of Hallow Tree.
There is one thing that we want to know,
Before Halloween night must go,
What is your name, what can we call you,
Every ghost has a name before they can ’Boo.”
“My name is not that bad,
My name is actually Victor Vlad.”
The ghost shake my hand and return, one, two, three.
The three ghosts return to the Hallow Tree,
And every Halloween night after that,
I tell this tale to all the black cats,
I’ll tell the legend of the Halloween Tree,
And how I, Victor Vlad, set three ghosts free.
The End.
