Awakening of the Pumpkin Soldier

Imagine the night before Halloween, when one carved pumpkin transforms into a sentient soldier.

Exploit the Halloween tradition of carving pumpkins by adding a twist – a transformed pumpkin soldier. What is the soldier’s mission? Is it good or evil? Incorporate themes of transformation, mystical powers, and probe into the fear and thrill that an inanimate object turning sentient might spark.