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Genre: Horror, slasher, school life, dark comedy, mystery

Town: Haddonfield, Illinois

Haddonfield looked like an ordinary American town. It had quiet streets, friendly neighbours, busy shops, and a high school filled with normal human students.

Every morning, teenagers crowded the hallways of Haddonfield High, worrying about homework, exams, friendships, and gossip.

Among them were eight boys with families nobody would ever expect.

Kim Hongjoong — Art the Clown's son

Mischievous, unpredictable, and unsettling. Hongjoong has a strange sense of humour and enjoys making people wonder what he is thinking.

Park Seonghwa — Ghostface's son

Intelligent, composed, and observant. Seonghwa knows how to keep secrets and rarely lets people see what is going on in his head.

Jeong Yunho — Jason Voorhees's son

Tall, strong, and quiet. Yunho can be intimidating, but he has a gentler side that very few people get to see.

Jung Wooyoung — Chucky and Tiffany's son

Cold, ruthless, and sarcastic. Wooyoung has a sharp tongue, a cruel sense of humour, and very little patience for people who annoy him.

Kang Yeosang — Chucky and Tiffany's son

Creepy, emotionless, and quiet. Yeosang watches people without changing his expression. He can make an entire room uncomfortable without saying a word.

Song Mingi — Freddy Krueger's son

Witty, mischievous, and connected to the world of nightmares. Mingi has a playful side that can become unsettling when people least expect it.

Choi San — Jongho's older brother

Intense, confident, and protective of his younger brother. San has a strong presence and doesn't back down easily.

Choi Jongho — San's younger brother

Strong-willed, serious, and observant. Jongho can hold his own and doesn't scare easily.

Wooyoung and Yeosang's family

Their parents are Chucky and Tiffany, and they have two twin siblings, Glen and Glenda, who are gender-fluid and nonbinary.

The four siblings have very different personalities, and growing up in a family like theirs is anything but ordinary.

### Story beginning — The new school year

It was Monday morning at Haddonfield High.

Students filled the hallways, slamming lockers, laughing with their friends, and rushing to class before the first bell rang.

Hongjoong sat at the back of history class, doodling in his notebook. Seonghwa watched the room quietly, noticing everything. Yunho helped another student pick up a pile of books, while Mingi rested his head on his desk, looking bored.

Across the classroom, Wooyoung leaned back in his chair.

Wooyoung: "If this teacher talks any longer, I'm going to graduate from old age."

San: "Can you shut up for five minutes?"

Wooyoung: "Can you make me?"

Jongho: "Here we go again."

Yeosang sat beside Wooyoung, completely silent. His eyes remained fixed on a student across the room until the student noticed and quickly looked away.

Wooyoung glanced at him.

Wooyoung: "You're creeping people out again."

Yeosang said nothing.

Wooyoung: "Honestly, that's probably the most useful thing you do."

Yeosang slowly turned his head toward him.

Yeosang: "You're talking again."

Mingi snorted. Hongjoong covered his mouth to hide his grin, and San shook his head.

Seonghwa continued watching the class, his expression unreadable.

To the other students, they were simply eight friends with different personalities.

Nobody at school knew about Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger, Art the Clown, or Ghostface.

Nobody knew that Chucky and Tiffany had four children in this story.

And nobody suspected that the quiet town of Haddonfield was about to become much more interesting.

At Haddonfield High, the boys were just students. Their family secrets were another matter entirely.