The Ladon Legacy – Halloween
Special!
The first thing
Jennie wanted to do with her mid-life crisis was learn the guitar.
Jennie: Aarron jam with me sweetie.
Aarron: Aww mum! I’ve got tons
of homework to do and Granddad wants help fixi…
Jennie: AARRON LADON!! You will sit at that drum kit and jam with your
mother, NOW!!
Aarron: Woah!! Don’t burst a
vein mum! But your writing me a note for
school tomorrow.
Jennie: Enough of that lip!
Play!
Austin: That insane good for nothing child. Supposed to be helping his poor ole
Granddad. Probably off gallivanting with
that new girl of his.
Sophia: Ok, I’m hiding in here till mum stops being weird.
Jennie: Sophia honey! Peek a
boo! I see you! Lets go play horsey!
Sophia(in thought): Argh! She
found me! I’ll just humour her and all
will be well.
Jennie: Aren’t you having fun Sophia?
Such a big girl riding the horsey.
Sophia: Wheee! Horsey!
Sophia: I think. I am
going. To vomit.
It wasn’t long before
it was time for Sophia’s birthday.
Sophia: I wish for a horsey!
Austin: A horse! That sounds like fun!
How about it Jennie?
Jennie: She is NOT having a horse!!
Sophia: It’s not fair. Just
because mum’s having this stupid mid-life crisis I can’t have a pet!
Austin: Don’t worry
munchkin. Your ninja Granddad will sort
it.
Sophia: Aww thanks Gramps.
Jennie: Dad. Please don’t
encourage her. Look, I heard the ice
cream van pass a few minutes ago…
Austin: ICE CREAM VAN!!! Why
didn’t you tell me!
Jennie: It’s just ice cream? I’m
sure it will be back again soon.
Austin: Are you kidding!! That
truck does the best Rainbow Rockets in the world! I must catch up with it.
Austin: Darn you red light!
Austin: Found you! I’ll have
a… Wait!
Come back!!
Nathan: If I just tiptoe quietly she wont…
Jennie: Nathan! What are you
sneaking about for? What have you done?
Nathan: Urm, Button was sleeping and I didn’t want to wake him.
Jennie: Where? I have’nt seen
the gnomes today!
Nathan: Just over there by the pool.
Look.
Billie, Ben and
Button quickly popped into position to help Nathan.
Jennie: Oh, so they are. Run
along then.
Nathan: Yes mum.
Jennie was mid-way
through her mid-life crisis. I must
admit, I did refuse her wish for divorce so she took her revenge out on the
guitar.
Meanwhile Austin had
lost track of the Ice Cream truck and was trying to track it down.
Austin: Hey sonny. You see an
Ice Cream truck about?
Guy: Yeah, sure pops. It was
parked up my that run down old house on Bates Sreet.
Austin: Here we are. Bates
Street.
Austin: Missed it! I wonder if
the people that live here saw which way it went.
Austin has just arrived at the Haunted Hangout created by XOX1. Thank you for your amazing creation x
Austin: Oh dear. It doesn’t look like this place has seen a
lawnmower in years! I wonder if I could
offer my gardening expertise. Let’s go
see if they are home.
Meanwhile Jennie had
reached the continuous wrinkle checking stage.
Every time I went to check on her she was heading to a different mirror.
Jennie: Oh no, another wrinkle!
And is that a grey hair!!
Jennie: Argh! The light in this
room is awful!! This mirror must be
broken!!
Austin: Hello ma’am. I saw you garden was a tad overgrown and was
wondering if I could offer my services?
Old Lady: What a kind offer but a cut lawn does not hide the things
eyes should not see so well. But sit
rest I’ll get some tea.
Austin: Well, that is kind. That
a lovely little music box you have there.
The tune is quite haunting.
Old Lady: Do you think so? It
was a gift from a time long past.
Austin: Oh. Well. You haven’t
seen an ice cream truck about have you?
I was looking for it and.. you
know I feel a little sleepy. Maybe if I
just shut my eyes for a…..
Austin awoke in a dark
enclosed space. He fought wildly and
finally managed to push open the wall in front of him.
Austin: A sarcophagus? How did I get in there?
Strange balls of
light seemed to cast some strange barrier which as he approached seemed to just
mirror the way he had come.
Austin: Aww man!! I’m trapped!!
Austin tried all the
doors but could find no way out. This
place was strange. Austin tried for
hours to find a way to escape his prison.
Austin: It must have been that batty old woman. What could she want with me? And she didn’t even tell me where to find the
ice cream van.
Austin came across a
strange metal door.
Austin: Ohh, number code. You
think I can guess it?
No, Austin. Bad Idea.
Huh! Go figure it worked! Urm, Austin.
Stay away from the light.
Austin: Ooohhh, pretty! Hang on,
I hear an ice cream truck!
No, Austin don’t go
in there!
Oh dear.
Woah. Austin where did you come from?
Austin: It appears I found a time machine! I just popped back to when I first arrived in
the garden and voila! I’m free!
Ok, shouldn’t you be
going now then?
Austin: Of course! I have an ice cream truck to find!
Really? Still with the ice cream truck? *sigh*
Aarron, you’re
cooking?
Aarron: Yeah, mum’s not left the
mirrors except to go to work so we had to cook our own dinner.
Nathan: If you keep shoving that ice cream down like that you won’t fit
in the house!
Sophia: Go chew on a wasp turnip head.
Nathan: Oh really? You just wait
and see!
Sophia: I’m going to eat outside in peace!
The gnomes were also not
pleased with Sophia’s choice of dinner.
Sophia: Fine! I’ll go work out on the trampoline!
After a failed search
Austin has returned home for a few hours’ sleep before setting of on his quest
again.
Austin: Hey Aarron! Come here!
Aarron: Yes Gramps?
Austin: Ok, back up. Personal
space lad.
Aarron: Sorry gramps.
Austin: Have you seen the ice cream truck?
Aarron: I am super hound! I can
seek out anything with my super snout!
Austin: So you haven’t seen the ice cream truck then?
Aarron: Urm, no.
Austin: Tell me where the ice cream truck is or I will pinch your
cheek!
Sophia: Hand’s off
Granddad! I don’t know where your stupid
truck is!
Austin: I’m not letting go till you tell me munchkin!
Sophia: Mum! Granddad has gone
crazy!
Jennie: That’s it!! I’ve had it
with you lot! Rhett go sort out your
sister! And as for my job, I’m quitting
first thing in the morning! I’m sick of
hanging around dead people; they are bad for the complexion!
Rhett: Yes mum.
The next morning
Jennie quit her job at the mausoleum.
And joined the
business career.
Then went back to
checking for wrinkles.
Rhett: This family is driving me mad!
I haven’t seen Wess in weeks.
Gramps keeps going on about that ruddy ice cream truck…
Austin: Ice cream truck? Where?
Rhett: Arghhh! I’m going out!!
Jennie: Dad, I think I hear the ice cream truck outside.
Austin: It’s here!!!
Austin: Where were you? I’ve
been looking for you all week!!
Ice cream guy: Come round here every Saturday mate.
Austin: Really?
Ice cream guy: So. What can I
get you?
Austin: Rainbow Rocket please!
Austin: It’s much smaller than I remember.
So at last, Austin
finally got his ice lolly!
The gnomes came out to
celebrate his victory.
Mork: So what was all that about?
Nathan: No idea.
Mork: Your family is weird.
Nathan: Yup.
Sophia: Is Gramps okay now Dad?
Joseph: I do hope so. Just try
to keep a safe distance. Just in case.
Rhett had gone to the
graveyard to get some peace from his hectic family.
Rhett, did you prank
the graveyard?
Rhett: Umm, noooo.
Rhett: Ok, let’s see if I can get this to work again. I summon thee Wess!!
Fail!
Rhett: Um, it must be all the bad vibes from all the, yanno, dead
people.
Yeah. Right!
Rhett: What’s that?
What?
Rhett: That pile of dirt?
Oh! *cough* that’s
what happened to the last person that pranked the graveyard *cough*
Rhett: La, la la. No prank here
people! I think I need to head
home.
Really Austin at your
age??
I’ve had to switch
aging off for the moment so Austin is currently showing as 125 but must
actually be about 130 by now!! I have my
elder lifespan set on 8 days – go figure!!
Jennie: Does my nose look bigger?
It does doesn’t it?
As Marcus arranged a
date with Haley
Rhett was discussing
revenge with Aarron.
Rhett: Ok, while Marcus is out
we can work on the potion.
Aarron: Yippee!
Jennie: The mirrors are all broken.
I must find a mirror that doesn’t make me look old!
Aarron: Soon Mr Hand. Revenge
will be ours!!
Rhett: Bro, you are weird! Now,
let’s get to work!
Ok, kinda sneaked a
special in there as I was running out of chapters to fit everything into!! Chapter 39 will have birthdays, revenge and a
new edition to the family.
