Kim1818, a faerie Kacheek, was deciding what to be on Halloween. All the other
Kacheeks were going to be Frankenstein, but she wanted to be different. A Halloween
paint brush wouldn’t help her this time. She had to find a traditional old costume.
“Besides, ” she said to herself, “Frankenstein is a boy. I’m a girl. I need
to find a costume for me.”
She decided to travel to the Haunted
Woods. She could maybe get some ideas from somebody there. She flew
with her sister, Zippy391, a striped Shoyru (who was going to be a bat), to
the Haunted Woods. It didn’t take very long, because their house was in Neopia
Central. They arrived near the pumpkin patch. “It sure is spooky here,"
said Zippy. “Yeah,” replied Kim, “but nothing will harm us here. It's still
daytime, so the Pant Devil is still sleeping.”
“Hey, let's go ask the Esophagor!
Maybe he’ll have a good idea," said Zippy.
As they arrived, they heard him scream, “FFFIIINNNDDD MMMEEE FFFOOODDD AAANNNDDD
YYYOOOUUU SSSHHHAAALLL BBBEEE RRREEEWWWAAARRRDDDEEEDDD!!!”
“Ummm… Maybe that’s not such a good idea!” replied Kim. “Hey, I saw a big mushroom
guy on the way here. Let's see if he’ll give us any ideas.”
Zippy was too scared to move. “What’s up with you?” said Kim, without looking.
Zippy pointed to her left. There stood Balthazar
the Bounty Hunter.
“Where are you going, little ones?” he said, in a deep, evil sounding voice.
“We were… just… um… taking a nice little walk through the woods…!” said Kim,
terrified.
“Not trying to beat me to any faeries you might find, are you?” he said angrily.
“No, sir!” replied Kim.
“All right. I will let you pass this time. But if we shall meet again, things
will definitely be different!” he screamed, while walking off into the woods.
Zippy, finally getting over her fear, said, “Dddid yyyyou sseeeee ttthththaaattt???”
Her white fur was now coloured a pale yellow.
“Yes! I sure did! And guess what?”
“What?”
“I got a great new idea for my costume!”
“Uh oh…”
“What’s the matter?”
“I think I know what you’re going to say. You’re going to be Balthazar, right?”
“Yes! You read my mind!”
“You’ll scare the wits out of me! I’ll go trick-or-treating with Penny and
Griffin (Penny1818 and Griffin715, an electric blue Bruce and desert Aisha,
Zippy and Kim’s sisters) this year!”
“Aw, come on! Were only gonna go down Wishing Well Drive. That’s where we
live, we know everyone there!”
“Oh, all right. But don’t blame me if I start running down the street like
crazy!” Kim giggled. “Don’t worry, I won’t! But there is only one problem, where
am I supposed to get a Balthazar costume???”
“Oh, I never thought of that…”
“Wait! I know! We can use the pink rug from your room, and dye it purple, and
then use my paint set for makeup!”
“Hey! I like my pink rug! You can’t have it!”
“Oh, come on, I’ll buy you another one after Halloween!”
“Why don’t you just buy a new one now?”
“I don’t think I have enough money… but after Halloween, I can ask mom for
a loan, okay?”
“All right, fine…”
So they flew back home, and went into Zippy’s room. They hauled the heavy rug
outside, taped it together, cut armholes in it, and cut some off of the bottom
and taped it to the top for a hood. Then they used to paint set for paint the
rug purple. Kim called it her masterpiece, but Zippy noticed a few pink spots.
She didn’t want to make Kim feel bad, though. Kim tried it on. “How’s it look?”
she said.
“It looks…” Zippy tried to sound excited, “Great!”
It was getting late, so they both shouted in unison, “Hey mom, what’s for
dinner?”
“Pork steak and potato wedges, your favourite!” answered __penguin__, their
owner.
“Yay!” they shouted.
As they sat down at the dinner table, Penny asked everyone what they would
be for Halloween.
“I’m going to be a black cat!” said Griffin.
“That shouldn’t be too hard for you!” giggled Zippy.
Everyone laughed.
“I’m going to be a witch!” shouted Penny.
“I’ll be a bat!” said Zippy.
“I’m going to have the best costume of all! It’s a secret!”
“Aw, come on Kim, you can tell us!” said Penny and Griffin.
“Nope, I won’t tell anybody until tomorrow night when we go trick or treating!”
“All right everyone, time for bed!” said __penguin__.
“G’night!” said everyone to each other.
The next morning, everyone was getting excited about trick-or-treating. To
pass the time, they jammed the day away with their favourite band, Jazzmosis,
on CD. Also, they played with their PetPets. Griffin was getting mad though,
because her Horus kept saying “A CURSE ON YOU!” Whenever he did that, everyone
else just laughed.
As the night grew nearer, everyone put on their Halloween costumes. Kim refused
to come out of her room until it was time to go trick or treating. As it finally
came time, Kim finally came out. “Wow! What a great costume!” everyone shouted.
“Thanks! I made it myself, with a little help from Zippy. Now, let's go out
and trick-or-treat!” They all cheered as they ran out the door.
“Wait!!!” shouted __penguin__. “You forgot your candy bags!”
“Oh, thanks for reminding me!” said Penny.
They ran out onto the sidewalk as they came to their first house. They received
caramel apples. Yum! At the next house, they got some watermelon flavored hard
candies. At the third, some chocolate bars. As they got near the end of their
street, they saw a spooky looking house. “Let's knock!” shouted Kim.
“I don’t know about this…” said Zippy. “Oh, come on! They probably are just
decorating for Halloween," said Kim.
“All right…” she said back. Kim knocked at the door.
A tall, dark figure answered. “Hello, little ones. I have been expecting you!”
said Balthazar, baring his teeth at them and growling.
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!” screamed the four NeoPets. They
ran home as fast as they could. As they reached their own home, they went into
the living room and sat down on the Zen print couch. __penguin__ asked them,
“What happened?!?!”
“Oh, nothing," replied Kim. “Just do us one favour.”
“And what would that favour be?” replied __penguin__.
“Don’t buy anymore faeries from the magic shop, OK?”
Kim, Zippy, Griffin, and Penny broke out in laughter.
The End
Note: Yes, __penguin__ is my name, and Zippy391, Griffin715, Kim1818, and
Penny1818 are my pets. I do live on Wishing Well Drive in Neopia Central (on
neopets.com, of course!). The story is totally fictional, though. | 
