When Mavis the Vampires was a one-year-old, she would hide all the time.  When she was five, she would play crazy tricks on her adoptive parents that were a king and queen.  When she turned nine, she was good at drawing.  This may not seem as ignoble as when she was one and five, but what she drew was not okay for a “Royal” princess. 

                Most of the time, she would draw voodoo zombie dolls with pure red blood coming out of their eyes and an arm or leg would normally be cut off.  Her pictures were so real that they would appear as an illusion!  

                Since Mavis got adopted to a Royal family, she was technically rich with a capital “R”.  Mavis requested the king to frame her pictures all over his kingdom and his land!  Of course the king turned her down. Mavis started to sulk and cry so much, so much, that the king and queen couldn’t bear to see their daughter in such agony.  His Royal highness, talked with the queen and they decided to hope for the best with their decision. 

                On Halloween Eve, the king did it.  He had chosen to put the doll pictures all over the kingdom.  Since every holiday they had celebrated with a feast, the queen ordered her chef to cook up a spectacular buffet.  When the chef was cooking, the aroma had floated through the long hallways and the open doors that led throughout the palace grounds.  Suddenly, in Mavis’s room, something sneezed!  What could it be?  Mavis turned around and she saw her voodoo doll drawing walking across the hall.  Mavis was confused and thought it was her imagination. 

               Later, at dinner they were all enjoying their scrumptious food when the butler heard a knock.  Knock! Knock!! Knock!!!  Why would anybody be coming in the middle of the feast?  Were we expecting anybody special?  The butler felt the smoothness of the gold handles and opened the door.

               This was unforgettable, unbelievable, I would say.  What they saw were several dolls from Mavis’s drawings!  Too many questions came to everyone’s mind along with scary feelings.  Mavis was unsure about the whole situation to speak.  She gaped and her jaw touched the floor.  It was real!! 

               How were they going to terminate all these dolls?  After living with them for a day Mavis had a dream.  She knew exactly what to do.  Take a wart from a witch, a leech from the pond, a hair from a snake, and two giants’ toe nails.  You had to mix it in a cave obstructed by platinum two yards thick!  Say the words “Voodoo, voodoo, go away! We don’t need you day by day!”  Put two fingers full of the nauseating mixture on each frame and when all the instructions were done by the book, on an instant the dolls flew upward towards the sun and burnt to ash.  Mavis was never selfish again.  She used her artistic skills to start an art stand and she would paint realistic pictures of people in her own kingdom. 

               Ever since, Mavis was compassionate about the well fare of her people, the king and queen started celebrating the day where voodoo dolls came alive!  It was named Voodoo Day as a victory for good over evil.