This story starts where most stories start, with a group of friends collected around a table talking about what they have going on in their life. We have the newlyweds showing off the photo album, the newly promoted leader of phone game alliance making jokes about his promotion at work, the balding guy saying his hair lost meds are finally helping, the serial online dater showing off his new match and the New Yorker talking about her new apartment. As these conversations go it was a dull one, as these six had little excitement going on since all the Sleepy Hallow Halloween activities where booked or canceled except for Hotel Transvania but 5 people don't understand the height of comedy.
Our group needed to do something so off they went throwing the new groom into the trunk of the car, crowding the minibronze statue. Whipping around corners and hills our adventures reach the sleepy hallow cemetery not a moment too soon for the man in trunk. Off to see the famous graves of Rockefeller, Carnegie and where the headless horseman left his prey. While admiring the granduer even in death of these titans of industry, the balding member came across the bronze lady.
In her lap he saw a envelope saying take me and the curious fool opened it to see inside. To his great surprise he found some candy, which offered to the children, some stickers and a ghoul of a pin. Fun little trinkets for the group. Little did they know the curse that was attached to this lady; all are free to take from the lady but in return must return what others have lost in the cemetery so the next may find the joy she lacks.
An easy curse to miss as it is overshadowed by the headless horseman fame and much small stakes compared to losing your head and our mootly crew had no clue. Off they went to see the rest of the cemetery and the old Dutch church. As they walked the serial online dater kicked something on the ground. A nice silver ring there for anyone to pick up and pick it up he did. Realizing his mistake moments too late he tried to drop it and forget it but the alliance leader told him that everyone knows you have to give a ring away if you find it in a graveyard, you can't just leave it.
Knowing the balding man had previously been cursed he gave him the ring to pass any danger away. The balding man missed the perfect opportunity to give it too two passerby and the group moved on towards the car. Jokingly they said they need to give the ring to the bronze lady so to see her again they went.
The balding man mocking the possibility of curse a few steps from the lady tossed the ring towards her. As fate would have it the ring missed it's target and dropped to the ground. Thinking his task was down the balding man return to the group and the car to leave.
The night was normally for this group, and all crisis seem to be averted. Little did they know the lady is patient and strike when she ready. So our crew returned weary from thier adventure. To sleep most went and the New Yorker returned to her new apartment.
In the morning the group awoke to surprise. The balding man's hair was less and gray. While they laughed at his plight, the serial online dater and alliance leader opened their phones. To much shock both apps they enjoy were missing, removed entirely from the device. The laughs turn to angry and worry of what could cause this bad luck. Soon the newlyweds would awaken and try to comfort the suffering.
In thier attempt the bride turns to the photo album to show a cousin who wants to see the serial online dater again, but the new boy was missing but before panic could set in the New Yorker called with a message of pure terror. She said in pure dread why is Jack in my apartment with a key and signed lease saying he lives here to. The rest realized they got off easy comparatively decided to accept thier fate and just get breakfast.
At breakfast the lucky few decided to Google the bronze lady and buried in the results was the curse. As it was read aloud, the balding man face went pale as he realized he missed. So the men returned and sitting next to the bronze lady was a ring which they gave to her. Before they reached the car, another call came in to the groom. His wife, singing like an angelic choir, said she found the photos. Checking their phones was met with more joy than a child at Christmas as the apps had returned. The balding man looked into his mirror and the gray was replaced with the normal brown. The thickness unfortunately did not change.
Celebrating the return, the New Yorker calls to say hey turns out lease was actually for a place in North Dakota so he left. All were happy and if they would have looked behind them they would have saw that the bronze lady was smiling as well.
Happy Halloween everyone
