#halloweentown imagine

[dem-obscure-imagines]

Pumpkin Pie Bites

Luke the Goblin x Reader

Fandom: Halloweentown

Summary: At a costume party on All Hallows Eve, Luke meets someone who might just change his life…

Note: I’ve been hyperfixating on Halloweentown despite the fact that it is STILL August. I’m literally watching Kalabar’s Revenge as I type this.

Warnings: None? It’s just fluff.

Word Count: 1.3k

Reader is: Gender-Neutral! (The term witch is used to refer to them instead of warlock, but irl witch is a gender neutral term so *shrugs*)

Luke did not particularly enjoy spending time in the Mortal Realm. Granted, he hadn’t spent very much time there, but even with the portal open full time and creatures fairly normalized in Mortal society, he still felt uncomfortable every time he had to show his un-spelled face outside of Halloweentown, which was why Marnie had only been able to convince him to venture there on Halloween of all nights.

So, hesitant and very unsure of himself, Luke stepped over the threshold into a college Halloween party, scanning the room for Marnie. He found her without too much trouble. She was sporting that purple hat and robe she was so fond of, and, as she had been a lot lately, was right next to Cody, her Mortal high school sweetheart that she had drifted apart from, but was now dating once more. Cody was nice enough, but he and Luke had never really gotten to talk about anything in depth.

“Luke!” Marnie waved him over, beaming brightly. “You made it!”

“Sure did.” He jammed his thumbs in his pockets. “Happy Halloween.”

She smiled knowingly. “Happy Halloween.”

“Hey, Luke. How are you?” Cody asked, taking a sip of his drink.

“Doing good, yourself?”

“Doing great, man, glad you could make it. Drinks are over in the kitchen and one of the neighbors from down the street made these really great pumpkin pie bites.”

Luke perked up at that. “Pumpkin pie bites, you say?”

“Yeah, they’re over there in the witch costume.” Marnie pointed. “Well, the other witch costume.”

The goblin grinned. “I might have to investigate.”

Marnie watched as Luke made his way over to you as you got a refill of punch from the cauldron-shaped punch bowl sitting on the kitchen island.

“Hey, uh, I was told you made some awesome pumpkin pie bites?” Luke asked, reaching up to scratch one of his pointed ears, as was a nervous habit of his.

“Oh! Yeah, they’re over here.” You pointed to the counter behind you, where a multi-tiered display of pie bites sat.

“Cool.” Luke grinned and plucked one off of the display. He looked you over. You were wearing a blue-ish purple robe covered in shining silvery stars and constellations, a witch’s hat atop your head. “I like your costume.”

You glanced down at your outfit for a moment before looking up at him. “Thank you. I, uh, like yours, too.”

“Thanks.” He chuckled at that. Costume, yeah, no, this was just his face. Unlike everyone else in the room, he didn’t get to just take his off at the end of the night. “Do you, uh, go to school here?” He asked, taking a hesitant first bite of the little treat.

“I’m actually in the process of transferring.” You shrugged, tucking a piece of hair behind your ear. “But I did go here, yeah. I’m staying with my old roommate for a bit.”

“Oh, cool, cool.” Luke smiled. “These are actually amazing, by the way. Did you make them yourself?”

“Yeah, I did. Family recipe. My mom loves Halloween.”

“And how do you feel about Halloween?” He asked, smirking a bit.

You smiled coyly. “I have to admit, I’m pretty fond of it myself.”

He smiled back. “Me too.”

The two of you spent the rest of the night together, dancing to the Halloween music, talking about life and everything else under the moon. He kind of felt bad for not telling you the truth, that he was from Halloweentown and his face wasn’t a mask and he’d be going back to another dimension at the end of the night, but when he was talking to you, it was like none of that mattered. He didn’t feel like you’d be the type to judge him for that sort of thing.

But when the two of you finally parted ways, he couldn’t help but wonder if he’d ever get to see you again…

***

The next day marked the first day of the school year at Witch University in Halloweentown. Well, technically, the first day of orientation. They used to start well before Halloween, but that was before the, uh, incident. And besides, with the magic in place that made all spells there permanent at midnight on Halloween, it just wasn’t a risk the administration was willing to take anymore. So, nowadays, the campus opened promptly on November 1st.

You had to admit, you were a bit nervous. You were half witch on your father’s side, but had grown up in the Mortal world for your entire life. Needless to say, you were a bit surprised when your acceptance letter came, but given that the portals were open full time and creatures could come and go, Witch University’s witches only policy had gone flying on a broom out the window, opening their doors not only to other creatures, but also to half witches like yourself.

And yet, as scary as it was, this was the chance of a lifetime. You’d always wanted to get more in touch with your magical heritage. This was your chance.

So, a tote bag slung over your shoulder, a suitcase trailing behind you, and a map in your hand, you wandered onto campus looking, you were sure, absolutely clueless.

According to the packet you’d been given by the very nice fairy girl that had been at the check-in table, your RA was a genie named Aneesa and your roommate, as you had known for a while now, was Marnie Piper, someone you’d grown up with in the Mortal world. You’d known you were a witch for a lot longer than she’d known she was one, but once you both knew about your magical heritage, it had been something you’d been able to bond over together.

In fact, she was the one who’d encouraged you to apply to Witch U at all. She was also the one who had invited you to Cody’s party. It seemed already that because of Marnie, your life was about to make a change for the better.

You squinted down at the map in your hand, trying to see which part of the massive castle sitting in front of you was where you had to go next.

“So, it, uh…wasn’t a costume, huh?” You heard a familiar voice and looked up to find Luke standing there, looking exactly the same as he’d looked at the Halloween party the night before, aside from the clothes he was wearing, that is.

You laughed. “You really couldn’t tell I was a witch?”

He laughed sheepishly. “I mean, I guess the hat probably should have given it away…And you…knew? That I’m…”

“I could tell you were a goblin, yeah. I just didn’t want to blow your cover in front of all of those Mortals at the party last night. Some of them are still kinda weird about Halloweentown.”

He nodded. “You’re telling me. Well, thank you.”

“Yeah, of course.”

“You look a little lost.”

You looked up at him, your cheeks flushing. “That obvious?”

He reached up and scratched one of his pointed ears. “The good news is, I’ve been going here for two years, so I can probably help you find whatever it is you’re looking for.”

“Awesome. So, I guess I’m trying to get to my dorm first to drop this stuff off, and then I can figure out the rest of the plan from there.”

He glanced at the sheet in your hand. “Oh, you’re rooming with Marnie? I know where that is. Just down the hall from my room, actually.”

You smiled up at him. “Well that is very convenient now, isn’t it?”

“I’d certainly say so.” Luke grinned. He couldn’t help but hope you’d wander down the hall from time to time. “Also, you wouldn’t be able to help me get my hands on that pumpkin pie bite recipe, would you?”

“You know, I think I could make that happen…”

#luke the goblin #luke imagine #luke x reader #luke the goblin x reader #halloweentown #halloweentown 2 #halloweentown imagine

[zvdvdlvr]

remus & reader cuddling and watching halloween movie??

movie night; remus lupin

synopsis: y/n and remus are debating over the best halloween movie

warnings: halloweentown is the best, timelines messed up, foul language, reader's hogwarts house isnt mentioned, established relationship, everyones alive obvi, kinda crack fic kinda fluff

reader's pronouns: they/them

sirius brought up the idea, in all honesty. though he meant everyone, remus and y/n decided it would be fun to have a movie night with just the two of them.

"did you get the popcorn, darling?" y/n asked remus as he entered the room.

remus quickly turned around and grabbed the buttery bowl on the counter, then ran back to their room. setting the bowl on the bedstead, remus turned and promptly flopped onto the bed beside y/n. they laughed at him and hit play on the remote.

remus sat up with a "fuck" (because he knew what was good for his back) and grabbed a handful of popcorn and shoved it in his mouth. turning of the bedside lamp, y/n snuggled into remus.

"isn't this the one with the cool grandma?" remus asked as the movie showed marnie arguing with her mom.

"hell yeah. it's the not scary halloween movie that is literally one of the best movies ever made. ever." y/n stated, waving a hand in front of them.

remus snorted and pulled the bowl of popcorn to sit in their lap. "yeah but aren't you a little biased?"

y/n turned around and made a face at him. "uhm, excuse me. it's tradition for everyone in the bloodline to watch this when its spooky season."

remus rolled his eyes. "but what's the point? there are better movies out there."

y/n scoffed. "yeah. but all i'm saying is that this is the best halloween movie. 8 mile is top tier period."

"not quite. beetlejuice, the shining, those are top tier," remus argued.

"merlin," y/n sighed. "remus just watch the merlin forsaken movie."

remus couldn't resist. "or what?"

y/n slapped him lightly on the arm. "else i'll tell siri and jay all the songs you like to sing in the shower. oh, and i'll tell james you and sirius were both singing bohemian raphsody that one day you though i left."

remus ceased. "you... heard that?"

y/n grinned. "hell yeah i did. now shut up and watch the movie."

remus swallowed. "of course your highness."

half an hour remus was asleep. y/n was no beside remus, with his arms wrapped around them. his freakishly long arms were wrapped protectively around y/n's waist, and he was snoring away.

even though the movie wasn't over, y/n turned off the t.v anyway and turned to fall asleep with remus.

very faintly, y/n swore they head an 'i love you' right before they fell asleep.

#fluff #remus lupin x reader #remus imagine #remus x reader #remus lupin imagine #remus john lupin #remus lupin blurb #remus lupin fluff #remus lupin x you #remus x you #remus lupin x y/n #remus lupin #remus lupin x plus size reader #remus lupin x female reader #remus lupin x fem!reader #remus lupin x male reader #remus lupin x gender neutral reader #remus lupin x gn!reader #halloween #halloweentown #movies #my bbg #female reader #x reader #harry potter #male reader #x female reader #x male reader #x gender neutral reader

[colorfulplasma]

Ok but why is your Sonic SO DAMN BIG GOD DAMN?!!?!!

idk he just is :)

#Ok but fr I couldn't really imagine Sonic being a spooky ghost but the small and right size to punt him- #Wanted him to be a gentle giant you know what I mean #thx for the ask #ask #halloweentown au

[tennessoui]

kit halloween is my absolute favourite holiday so i gotta know - which halloween tropes do you adore and how do you think obikin get into the spooky season? anakin as some eldritch nuisance always appeals to me, but i also love modern aus based on classics. corpse bride, practical magic, addams family the spooky possibilities are endless!!

aw happy halloween then!!

for obikin modern au (maybe even gffa au idk), anakin gets way more into halloween. he is also really very fond of jump-scaring his partner, because obi-wan will startle at something suddenly appearing in his eyesight and anakin thinks that's fucking hilarious.

one year though obi-wan gets him back by dressing up and covering his face and appearing in anakin's eyesight in crowded places just looking at him, and anakin isn't freaked out because he's like that's absolutely my partner haha but then he wakes up in the middle of the night and sees the mysterious standing figure in their backyard and flips because obi-wan is right here in bed with him !! that can't be him!! (it's not. it was but then obi-wan paid someone else to do the middle of the night standing to really freak him out.)

(they're both assholes who i think love teasing the shit out of each other, which is why they have so much fun during halloween/spooky season)

#asks #though not enough witchy spooky anakin or obi-wan tbh #or even the halloweentown movie thing where everyone was turned temporarily into how they were dressed #imagine werewolf anakin and vampire obi-wan in that scenario #the ONE TIME anakin convinced obi-wan to really commit to an outfit #obikin

[faithiegirl01]

If so I have a exciting find that I just really wanna share, but I need to know what y*all have seen in order to give the awesomeness that I've found. 😏

#911onfox #911 on fox #911 series #911 show #911 thoughts #911 cast #911 find #911 family #911 fandom #911 imagine #911 fanfic #911 fic #halloween #halloweentown #halloween town

[boanddonatetoblacktranspeople]

Kingdom Hearts Lore is So Funny a.k.a. Uh-Oh Sisters I Looked At the Kingdom Hearts Tag For A Milisecond and Caught the Brain Rot Again

Imagine many hundreds of thousands of years ago you wake up bright and early in your undersea kingdom. It is another sunshiny day for you, King Triton, ruler of the vast oceans of the Land of Fairytales. You gain word as you sit down for breakfast that there’s a civil war breaking out somewhere on the overlands. 

Ah, yes, those silly mortals on that one island with the giant key-things and the tower. Whatever they’re quarreling over, you’re sure it has nothing to do with your territories. You resume your kingly duties. It’s a fine, effective day- Kelp productivity rates are up. Seashell imports are happening as scheduled...

A shadow sets in over the castle, and you frown and look up. Odd?... The sun doesn’t set for another three hours, and there’s no eclipse scheduled. It becomes obvious that this is not some regular lunar eclipse when a GIANT HEART-SHAPED MOON appears way above the waves in a blood-red sky. This is about when the shaking starts.

By the end of this crisis, your vast kingdom of oceans will have been cut down to the size of a Super Mario Galaxy planet, and about 1/20th of the country of Denmark. Beyond that is the vast empty darkness of space. What in the absolute fucking Poseidon just happened?

#and then tens of thousands of years later a fourteen year old kid shows up with one of those keys #and you unceremoniously tell them to fuck off #you are now the proud ruler of a FUCKING LAKE #of course youre afraid youll lose your daughter you lost like EVERYTHING ELSE #oh my god did the other gods make it out ok you cant even find a way to reach hera or zeus! #Kingdom Hearts #Kingdom Hearts Union Cross #Kingdom Hearts Unchained #Kingdom Hearts lore #Kingdom Hearts story #i do love that this implies Britain got split up like 5 different ways #But does Wonderland have 1/5th of England on it? #Did Alice just teleport there? Can you imagine Alice somehow using the Lanes Between or whatever #freaking ASTRONAUT ALICE LIDDELL #Star Trek's United Federation of Planets but it's filled with people like the Red Queen and Halloweentown's Mayor #Donald Duck: Sora you cant break the Prime Directive! #The Little Mermaid #King Triton #while im here im psyched for halle bailey ariel thar be big mad racists out there #but its a disney live action remake so the hope only swims so far #hey remember when monstro survived his entire world going to sleep and became a space whale #Kingdom Hearts I #kingdom hearts sora #kingdom hearts spoilers #kingdom hearts dark road #KH: DR #kingdom hearts union x #Lost Masters #The Foretellers #more like the Loretellers

[moviegremlin]

I feel like a lot of film bros defend film and will say real art is shot on film. I just want all those film bros to realize a lot of things are shot on film. A lot.

You know what was shot on film? Halloweentown. The Disney Channel original movie, a kids Halloween classic.

So if film bros say real movies are shot on film or that the best films are shot on film please remember you are including the 1998 classic Halloweentown.

So happy Halloween and go watch the true film classic Halloweentown.

#movies #film #film bros #to be clear I think Halloweentown is art #a classic at its core #I just need the film bros in my life to accept it #halloween #Halloweentown #happy halloweeeeeeen #omg. could you imagine the responses? #the reactions? #would be the time of my life

[melissalomax]

🎃NEW EPISODE of The Pumpkin Passage! Kitty Lolo is visiting ALL MONTH & sending mementos to us! Link in Bio: enjoy the past 2 Years! @gocomics #nostalgic 🧡 #vintagehalloween #halloween #pumpkin #pumpkinpatch #imagination #october #ghoststories #halloweencoloringbook #halloweenzine #inktober #creepycute #comics‬ #webcomic #comics #halloweentown #creativelife #cozyvibes #witch #catcomic #illustration_best #halloweenart #childrensbooks #cuteart #handlettering #cat #halloweenpoem #pumpkintown #pumpkinpassage https://www.instagram.com/p/CjVufmBLSqI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#nostalgic #vintagehalloween #halloween #pumpkin #pumpkinpatch #imagination #october #ghoststories #halloweencoloringbook #halloweenzine #inktober #creepycute #comics #webcomic #halloweentown #creativelife #cozyvibes #witch #catcomic #illustration_best #halloweenart #childrensbooks #cuteart #handlettering #cat #halloweenpoem #pumpkintown #pumpkinpassage

[dem-obscure-imagines]

Even if it’s Me?

Luke the Goblin x Reader

Fandom: Halloweentown

Prompt: When they come of age, every witch is said to wake up one morning with a Witches’ Mark, a tattoo that depicts themself and their future soulmate. This begs the question: Why on earth did Luke get one?

Note: If anyone wants more Luke content, feel free to leave a request! I love him so much <3

Warnings: None? Halloweeny fluff <3

Word Count: 2.8k

Reader is: Gender Neutral! Once again, the word “witch” is used to refer to them, but irl this is a gender-neutral term.

It was said that on a witch’s arm, around the time they came of age, a magical picture was supposed to appear. It would be linework to start, a simple drawing, but as time passed, it was supposed to get more intricate, details etching themselves into their forearm. It was a portrait of them and their soulmate. And it was said when they finally kissed for the first time, this mark would fill with color, a perfect painting of the moments their souls bonded to one another.

So, staring at it in awe and confusion, Luke wondered why there was one etched into his forearm.

By no means was he a warlock. His heritage was all goblins as far back as the family tree went. Not a single drop of witches’ blood ran through his veins, and yet there it was: a Witches’ Mark.

He didn’t quite know what to do about it, so he went to the only person he could think of for advice: Marnie Piper.

“That’s…that’s a Witches’ Mark, Luke.” Marnie rolled up her sleeve to show him her own, a colorful portrait of her and Cody, kissing under the full moon while flying on her broomstick.

“Right, but uh…I’m not exactly a witch…or, warlock, I guess.” Luke scratched the back of his ear, still holding the arm with the mark on it out for Marnie to see.

“Hmm, right.” Marnie bit her lip. “I’ve…never heard of any other creatures getting them before…”

“I have.” Agatha Cromwell piped up from her seat in the living room, where she had been knitting a scarf for Sophie, her youngest granddaughter. “Let me see it, Luke.”

Luke walked over to the older witch and held his arm out to her for her to look over. She put on her reading glasses and examined the mark carefully before smiling softly and nodding.

“Oh yes, I’ve seen this before.” She looked up at the young goblin. “All this means, dear, is that your soulmate happens to be a witch. They have a matching mark on their own arm, and because you’re from Halloweentown, this also applies to you, despite the fact that you’re not a warlock yourself.”

Marnie’s eyebrows furrowed. “But Grandma, Cody doesn’t have a mark.”

“That’s because Cody is a Mortal. Your mark is in color now; that’s all the confirmation you need. The same thing happened to Gwen when she met your father.”

“Oh. Okay, cool.” Marnie nodded. She smiled at Luke, excited for her friend. “Well, now that we know what they look like, I can try to help you find them!”

Luke couldn’t help but smile a bit at the prospect of finding them…his soulmate. He got chills even thinking about it.

***

About two years had passed since Luke’s Witches’ Mark had appeared and he was beginning to think him getting one was a mistake after all. It had been gaining new details as time went on, that was true, but it didn’t feel any more real to him than the day it had first appeared. Marnie had indeed been trying to help him find them, but it was obviously to no avail. They didn’t have a lot of details to go on other than a general silhouette.

Luke had asked Aggie if there was anything she could do to get more details, maybe gazing into a cauldron or her crystal ball or something, but she said there was no real way to scry those particular moments for him. The universe was strict about the details of destiny Even witches had no place to intervene.

It was once again autumn in the mortal world, and, as she usually did, Marnie invited Luke to go to a party with her there. But just before Luke was about to tell her no, as he had a thousand times before, there was a little inkling in the back of his mind telling him to go…just this once.

This particular party was at a pumpkin patch. It was a costume party, so there were families and young adults there, dressed as everything from pirates and princesses to the typical werewolves and vampires that populated nearly every Mortal Halloween party, or so Marnie told him. There was a stage with live music, where they were playing vaguely Halloween-themed songs. There was free cider and apple cinnamon donuts coated in sugar, frosted cookies shaped like bats and pumpkins, and bowls upon bowls filled with free candy.

“So…?” Marnie asked, her hand held tightly in Cody’s while Luke walked a few steps away from them.

“Alright, fine, this is pretty cool.” Luke chuckled, shaking his head. He was, admittedly, very impressed. However, he kept getting this weird tingly feeling in his fingertips and toes, and especially on the mark on his forearm. “But if someone tells me to enter the costume contest for my rugged good looks, I’m out.”

Marnie laughed at that. “Fair enough.”

“You guys want some cider?” Cody suggested, motioning to the table where they were serving it.

Luke looked up at the person who was pouring the cups of cider and something in him zinged when he saw them. At first sight, there was nothing about them that was familiar. He didn’t know them. He’d never seen them before, and yet, he couldn’t really seem to take his eyes off of them.

“You okay?” Marnie asked quietly, looking up at him as he was caught in this trance.

“Uh…yeah. I think so.” When he looked up again, though, they were gone, their station occupied by someone else. And in that instant, the tingling on his mark stopped.

The three of them grabbed cider and then decided to hit the corn maze early. Apparently some witch band Marnie was really into was scheduled to play at some point, but she was positive if they went quick, they would make it out in time to watch them. Of course, it didn’t take them very long to get lost.

“Is this what Mortals consider fun? Getting lost surrounded by a bunch of corn?”

“That’s the challenge; to find the way out.” Cody grinned leading the three of them onwards.

“Haven’t we already been this way? This looks familiar.” Marnie looked around and glanced back down at the map.

“It’s all corn! Of course it looks familiar!”

Marnie shook her head. “Worst case scenario, I can just use my broom to fly us out.”

“Oh joy.” Luke shook his head. There were few things he hated more than flying. “I think I’d rather walk around aimlessly for a few more hours, if it’s all the same to you.”

“What, and miss out on the Sigils?”

“That’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make.”

Marnie chuckled and she and Cody walked around the corner, Luke following shortly after, but just before he could catch up, he got absolutely bulldozed by someone in a witch’s costume.

“Oh my gods, I am so sorry.” You apologized, gathering yourself as you sat up, still hovering slightly above him.

Luke looked up at you in awe. You were the one he’d seen earlier, serving the cider, and once again, that tingling feeling was back. “It’s okay.” He assured you, sitting up as well. “Really, I’m fine.”

“Good. Sorry, again. Uh. I’m in a rush. My band is on in like,” you glanced at your watch, “twenty minutes. You wouldn’t happen to know the way out, would you?”

“Hey Luke, we found the way—” Cody came back around the corner and spotted their friend sitting on the dirt path beside you. He smirked. “Oh. It’s this way. Take your time, though.”

“Luke,” you repeated softly, committing it to memory, something knowing and sparkling in your eyes.

He nodded, smiling and surrendering to that tingling feeling that was almost familiar to him now in the same sort of way that you were almost familiar to him. Something he felt like he was supposed to know but didn’t quite yet. “What’s your name?”

“It’s (Y/N).” You replied, taking him in for a long moment. Yeah, this was definitely him, the guy depicted in your Witches’ Mark. The hair was a dead giveaway, but also the feelings you had drifting around your middle at the moment couldn’t be explained by anything else. It had to be him. But…how did you just tell someone something like that? Oh hi, my name is (Y/N) and I’m your soulmate actually, which means we’re destined to be together for the rest of our lives. Nothing absolutely terrifying about that. Your heart raced at just the thought.

“What are you doing?” A girl in a pink witch’s costume pulled you off of the ground and brushed off your outfit. “We’ve got like nineteen minutes.”

“Eighteen, actually,” said another girl in a green witch costume, coming through the thin rows of corn. Luke was beginning to sense a pattern here. “Let’s go.”

“It was nice meeting you, Luke.” You told them as they started hauling you away and he got up off of the ground. “See you after?”

“Definitely.” He nodded, still kind of dumbfounded by the whole experience. He didn’t know what to say or do, just standing there staring until Marie was standing in front of him, waving a hand in his face.

“Earth to goblin? Come in goblin.”

“Wha—? Oh. Sorry. Ran into someone.” He reached up and scratched one of his pointed ears, hesitating for a moment before asking her, “Marnie, uh, what did it feel like when you…you know…met Cody?”

Marnie’s eyes widened. “Oh my god, you didn’t! Did you?” She beamed excitedly. “That’s amazing!”

“Marnie if we want a decent spot, we’ve gotta get going. The crowd’s clearing out a bit now between bands.”

Marnie looped her arm through Luke’s pulling him along. “Well now we definitely need to get a good spot.”

***

About seventeen-ish minutes later, the Sigils took the stage. It was a group you had started fresh out of high school. You just so happened to have a group of friends who were also witches and each of you just so happened to be pretty decent at making music, even better at it when your magic came into play, and when better to play than here, at a Halloween party, celebrating your witchy heritage all together.

When the five of you took to the stage it was always spellbinding, although not usually in the literal sense. None of you believed in spelling your audiences like that. It was a little too…Hocus Pocus for your tastes.

As you took your place at the microphone, you couldn’t help but try to scan the crowd for him. He couldn’t be that hard to find, what with the bright red hair and all, but it did take you a while to finally spot him, smiling softly as the drummer adjusted the cymbals of the drum set that was already on stage.

“Welcome friends from near and far, boys and…” you paused, “ghouls.”

The crowd chuckled.

“We are the Sigils,” the guitarist, Ruby, introduced, “Songwriters and spellcasters.” She waved her hand and a series of sparkles drifted from her fingertips. “And I do mean in the literal sense.”

“We’re trying out some new songs tonight.” The bass player, Sage, said, picking up the bass line of the first song of your set. “So let us know what you think.”

The drummer came in followed by the keyboardist and the guitarist and then, finally, you started singing. The first song was one you had written a few years back when your Witches’ Mark had first appeared, called “Silhouette of You.” You tried not to look at him too much, but every so often, you found the courage to look down at Luke. However, he was too far away for you to tell what kind of look was on his face, especially with the stage lights shining in your eyes. All you could do was perform your best and hope he’d stick around until after…

***

After your set finished, you were escorted by the pumpkin patch staff back to the barn that they were using as a makeshift lounge for the performers. Your bandmates looked at you now that you finally had a moment alone.

“You good?” Ruby, asked.

“Kind of.” You shrugged, the nerves now hitting you all at once. There was a possibility that as soon as you stepped out of that barn, you’d be face to face with your destiny. Literally. “I just, uh…you remember that guy in the maze?”

“How could we forget?” Sage chuckled. “Not every day you see your friend absolutely bulldoze some guy.”

“Yeah. Well, uh…pretty sure he was Mr. Silhouette of You.” You sat down on a bale of hay and buried your head in your hands. “Oh my gods.”

“Hey, woah, are you alright?” The drummer, Rowan, asked, setting his drumsticks down and walking over to you.

“Yeah.” You hesitated. “No. No, I don’t know. I’m just so nervous. How the fuck am I supposed to tell him? I’m scared…”

“Don’t be. Do you want us to go find him? Talk to him?”

“S-sure. That might help.”

“We’ll text if we find him. Alright? Just stay put.” Ruby assured you, her hand grazing your cheek before she and Rowan left the barn, leaving you with Sage, Amethyst, and that tingling, burning feeling in your chest and your forearm.

***

“I don’t know, I don’t see them anywhere.” Luke said, his voice quivering a bit. Maybe you and your band had already left. Maybe something had gone wrong. Maybe one of you had been injured during the set and you just kept on playing. Maybe—

“Hey, it’s okay. We’re going to find them.” Marnie said, her voice soft and comforting. “I promise.”

Luke nodded, but he wasn’t convinced.

“Over there.” Cody pointed across the pumpkin patch to where two of the other members of the Sigils were, scanning the crowd. “Their bandmates.”

“Good eye, Cody.” Marnie praised, grabbing Luke’s hand and pulling him over to them as quickly as she could, weaving between costumed children and rowdy teens.

“Oh my gods.” Ruby looked up at Luke, relief washing over her features. “You’re still here. Good. Good, um…”

“(Y/N) is in the barn. They’re kind of freaking out.” Rowan told him, but when he saw panic on Luke’s face, he reassured him, “They’re just nervous. Because you’re…”

“Because I’m a goblin?” Luke asked, his heart racing.

“Oh! No. No that’s completely fine. Wait, do you already know?”

“Know what?”

“I think they mean about your Witches’ Mark.” Marnie whispered.

“Oh. Yeah, uh. I know. I’ve…” Luke smiled softly to himself, a little sheepish. “I’ve known for a while, actually.”

Ruby grinned, relieved on her friend’s behalf. “Well in that case, right this way.”

***

You waited in the barn on pins and needles for what felt like an eternity until finally, the door creaked open, his hand curling around the edge before he peered inside.

“We’ll give you a minute.” Sage whispered reassuringly, giving you a squeeze on your shoulder before she and Amethyst left the barn and Luke walked in. It looked like he was contemplating every step he took until he finally reached you, sitting beside you on the bale of hay.

“Hi.” You said shyly.

He chuckled before replying, “Hi.”

“So um…I don’t really know how to…explain—”

“You were really great tonight.” Luke said, his words overlapping your own. “Sorry, you go first.”

“No, that’s okay. Thank you. I uh, actually wrote that first song for you, I guess. A few years ago when…” You took a breath rolling up the sleeve of your costume. “When this showed up on my arm.”

“You mean…” Luke rolled up his sleeve too, showing you his matching mark. “Like this one?”

You stared at the ink on his skin for a long, long moment, your heart racing as you realized what this meant. He’d known all along. You didn’t have to give him the earth-shattering news of soulmates. He already knew.

“Oh my gods…you…we…”

“I know.” He nodded, his voice quiet and reassuring. “I’ve known for a while. I’m sorry I didn’t realize it earlier.”

“I’m sorry for not telling you earlier.” You laughed, tears welling in your eyes from the emotion of it all.

Luke noticed immediately, his expression softening as he reached out for you. “Oh, hey, are you okay?”

“I’m great, actually.” You assured him, scooting a little closer. “I promise. This is like the best night of my life.”

His hand tentatively rested against your cheek, wiping away the one tear that slipped from your eye. “Mine too.”

“You know, I’ve always loved our mark, but…I kind of want to see it in color if that’s okay with you.”

“Are you sure?” He asked, insecure for a single moment. “Even if it’s me?”

“Especially if it’s you.”

That was all the confirmation he needed before leaning forward and closing the distance between your lips and his. And just as all the writings foretold, both of your Witches’ Marks flooded with the beautiful, vibrant warm hues of autumn.

#luke imagine #luke from halloweentown #luke halloweentown #luke x reader #luke the goblin #luke the goblin x reader #luke the goblin imagine

[thecreaturecodex]

What's your options on bugbears in Golorian being all serial killers or atleast obsessed with fear? I think that has room for, improvement. Definitely feels weird for them though.

I love it.

It's one of my favorite lore changes between D&D and Pathfinder. It makes bugbears feel less like "goblin, but giant". And Paizo has made it clear that some goblins mutate and just grow to Medium size, so you can have giant goblins if you want 'em.

@monstersdownthepath suggested that bugbears have a demonic taint to them. Despite their CE nature, I'd suggest sahkils instead. Bugbears are the Fear of Marauders, of Banditry, of Murder. Only they're mortal. But I bet a lot of their souls end up in Xilbaba when they die.

I imagine that small groups of bugbears are somewhere between bandit gangs and terrorist cells, roaming around and striking for maximum psychological impact as much as to get material goods. Larger communities would be like Halloweentown, only much less friendly. With running competitions for "most blood drained in a single evening". And adopting more terrible monsters into their numbers as Honorary Bugbears. Life's no fun without a good scare! If the Thing Hiding Under Your Stairs and The Shadow on the Moon At Night really wanted to kill you, and then looted your supplies and took over your village until the well runs dry or next year's crop doesn't plant itself. That's a bugbear clan.

I also love the implication in Ironfang Invasion, through characters like Scarvinious and Scabvistin (great naming convention too, IMO), that some, but not all, bugbears are envious of hobgoblins. They like the idea of civilization, of order and rigidity. And so they enlist. And because of their strength and power, they can succeed. If they "beat the bear" out, in Scabvistin's words.

So if you want to give bugbears another hook, here's my alternate, but not necessarily incompatible take. They're brood parasites. Because what's scarier than a baby that's not yours taking over your life?

We know that in Pathfinder canon, goblins and hobgoblins are both communal breeders (thanks to nursery locations in both Rise of the Runelords and Jade Regent). A mother bugbear sneaks into a goblin creche and leaves her baby behind, after killing one of the young and either eating it themselves or feeding it to Junior. The somewhat addlepated and mutation-prone goblins won't notice or mind a slightly hairier infant, right? And then the bugbear baby takes more than its fair share of resources, maybe knocks off a few of the other kids, and then either leaves the goblin colony at a young age in order to find more bugbears, or stays and muscles his way into a leadership position.

Doing the same to a hobgoblin community is riskier. The hobgoblins are much more in tune and observant. But in this case, it becomes more of a mutualistic relationship that could tip into parasitism on either end. Maybe the bugbear can get along in the hobgoblin village by learning discipline, or be content with the role of scavenger or brute. Or the bugbear could try to take over, if the hobgoblins are weak. And if the bugbear doesn't have the resources to survive and thrive, the hobgoblins send them off on a suicide mission.

And even though they only rely on other goblinoids for raising their young...most of the time, there are rumors that they do this to other peoples. Even if it happens once in a hundred years, everyone will know the story of how the Munson boy got very hairy and very big very quickly, and then slaughtered and spit-roasted the family dog when he was only 4? That kind of fear keeps the bugbears powerful. And makes the bugbears very happy.

#bugbear #pathfinder rpg #pathfinder 1e #pathfinder 2e #D&D #goblin #hobgoblin #goblinoid #ecology #brood parasite #plot hooks #did you hear the news about eddie munson? #could have been a werewolf of how keen his nose was and how big his sideburns grew #and then he burned down the family house and disappeared on his eighth birthday #you can still hear his laughin on the anniversary of that night #go to the ruins of the ol munson house if you don't believe me

[miraculouswolf99]

This Is Halloween

Lila Salt and Chloe Salt. I do not know if France celebrates Halloween or not, but this idea was too good to pass up. It is a little late for Halloween, but I still wanted to post it.

"Why do you love Halloween so much, dude," Nino could not help but ask Adrien as they walked to school.

"I grew up on Disney, Nino," Adrien reminds his best friend. "They have some of the best Halloween movies outside the horror genre. Not to mention the best Halloween songs."

"You are never gonna stop loving Disney, are you, dude," Nino chuckled.

"Nope," Adrien smirked as he popped the 'P.' "And you can not blame me regarding their Halloween movies. Hocus Pocus, Halloweentown, Twitches, Under Wraps, Nightmare Before Christmas, Haunted Mansion, Girl VS Monster. Nothing says Halloween, to me, like a good Disney Halloween movie!"

"You are probably the only person I have ever met who likes Halloween for the movies rather than for the candy," Nino laughed.

"Can you even imagine my dad letting me go out and get free candy," Adrien raised an eyebrow.

"That is... a very good point that I really should have seen coming," Nino said.

Adrien had taken full advantage of the fact that it was Halloween. His father could take a lot of things away from him, but it would most definitely NOT be Halloween. So, he had chosen a character from one of his favorite anime, Naruto. With his blond hair, he could not imagine being any other character. So, he was wearing the classic Naruto orange and blue jacket with a white collar, a white swirl with a tassel on the left side, and a red Uzumaki crest on the back. He also wore orange pants with a shuriken holster on his right knee, blue sandals, and a blue forehead protector.

Nino had chosen a different character. He had chosen Cyborg from the 2003 Teen Titans cartoon. Mostly because, in Nino's own words, Teen Titans Go is a crime against the Teen Titans. He, with the help of Alya and Marinette, used makeup to make the robotic half of his face. In contrast, Marinette used her fashion design skills to make more realistic-looking robotic arms and boots that did not keep him from being able to use his hands/fingers. He had already revealed his costume was approved by his little brother, which said something since Chris was a very tough critic. 

Soon, the two of them walked into the school. Everyone around them was in costume, including the teachers. They made their way up to their classroom.

"Girl, how much makeup did you use," they heard Alya say as soon as they came in.

"Don't even get me started," Marinette giggled. "I will probably be in the shower all night to get this stuff off."

Looking over at the two girls, they definitely could see what the two were talking about. Marinette had decided to take advantage of her blue hair by becoming Lapis Lazuli from Steven Universe. Her entire face, as well as other visible parts of her skin, was covered with blue makeup to really make her look like the character. She used long blue gloves and blue tights to make her arms and legs also look blue along with a blue dress exactly like the one Lapis wore on the show before her look changed in the final season.

Alya, on the other hand, chose a much more simple look. She was dressed up as Valerie Gray from Danny Phantom. She was wearing a yellow camisole and orange skirt with yellow socks and white tennis shoes. She also wore an orange headband, golden earrings, an orange necklace, and two bracelets on each wrist, one golden and the other orange.

"Lookin' good, Red Huntress," Nino flirted with his girlfriend as he put his arm around her shoulders.

"Did you seriously just expose my identity," Alya faked offense at Nino 'exposing' Valerie's anti-hero identity of Red Huntress.

"Hey, if I can't hide, then neither can you," Nino countered, using the fact that Cyborg can not hide who he is to his advantage.

"I can hide," Adrien declared as he put his hands together in a 'ninja' pose. "I am from the Hidden Leaf Village, so hiding is what I do best!"

"You really love getting into character, don't you," Marinette giggled.

"I can't help it when it is something as fun as this," Adrien grinned brightly. "I love Halloween!"

"Something that has been made clear pretty much since the end of September," Nino chuckled.

"I am mostly just surprised that your dad actually allowed you out of the house while wearing that," Alya giggled.

"My dad can control me any other day of the year, but I draw the limit at Halloween," Adrien declared.

"If only you had this confidence when dealing with your father every other day of the year," Lyon said as he and Vallia walked into the classroom.

The Greek twins had also embraced the holiday. 

Lyon had chosen an anime character just like Adrien. Only, he was dressed as Gray Fullbuster from Fairy Tail. He was dressed in Gray's look from the first couple of episodes. Which was a long white coat with dark blue outlines and a high collar, dark green pants, and black boots that almost reached his knees.

Vallia, on the other hand, took a more elegant approach to Halloween. She had grown up with the Rainbow Magic fairy books by Daisy Meadows. So, she chose to dress up as India the Moonstone Fairy. She let down her hair and placed a single pink rose in her hair. She also wore a strapless white dress that reached down to just above her knees. All over her dress were spots of pink and blue with another pink rose being on the top right part of her dress. She was also wearing pink ballet flats since she could not find shoes that matched the ones the fairy was wearing on the book cover. She carried a fake wand while also wearing fake fairy wings.

"You take your whole 'Ice Prince' thing to a new level, Lyon," Alya commented.

"I am icy and I know it," Lyon smirked. "Just be glad I went with the version of Gray that actually has clothes on."

"I am sure there would be a lot of people that wouldn't mind you being that version of him," Nino chuckled. "Present company included."

"I would be jealous, but it's not like I can deny it," Alya laughed.

Lyon blushed, not used to people saying stuff like that to him. Sure, he knew when people had crushes on him, especially gold-digger girls who wanted access to his and Vallia's family fortune, but not in the way their friends were currently acting. Course, he knew it was all in good fun and teasing.

"You guys are going to ruin my brother's 'Ice Prince' persona if you keep this up," Vallia tells them.

"That blush ruins it enough without us saying else," Adrien smirked.

"I hate all of you," Lyon glared at them.

"Love you too, Lyon," Marinette giggled.

The rest of the class soon came into the classroom. All of them were in costume as well.

The girls were some of the first to arrive. Juleka, to the surprise of no one, was dressed up as Wednesday Addams from the Jenna Ortega show. Complete with a fake hand on her shoulder to represent Thing. Rose, also to the surprise of no one, came dressed as Princess Peach from Mario. She even wore extensions to make her hair longer to match the character. Alix was dressed up as Lavagirl from the classic Shark Boy and Lavagirl movie. Like Marinette, she took advantage of her hair. Mylene had channeled her dad and chose to dress up like a mime. She even chose to wear a black and white wig to go with her costume. Sabrina, who had been becoming more independent, embraced her own inner anime nerd by dressing up as Misty from Pokemon. She even wore Pokeball-shaped earrings.

The boys arrived close to the girls. Ivan decided to embrace his "title" as a "gentle giant" by dressing up as another "gentle giant" from TV, DJ from Total Drama. He even had a bunny stuffed animal with him to represent the bunny DJ adopted in the first season. Max wanted to throw it back in the face of all those who call him a nerd by dressing up as Steve Urkel. He was ready to start saying "Did I do that?" Nathaniel, who was also an anime nerd, had dressed up as Kirishima from My Hero Academia. However, he chose to dress in the school uniform since he did not want to wear Kirishima's shirtless hero costume. Kim, who was not afraid to show off what he had, came in dressed as Sin Cara from the WWE. Vallia was already drooling over seeing his bare chest.

Lila and Chloe were the last to enter the classroom. Of course, Chloe was dressed up as Queen Bee. They expected nothing less from the brat. Lila, much to Adrien's disgust, was dressed as Ladybug. She was clearly still trying to keep up the lie that she was the hero's best friend. 

"I'm gonna go throw up, be right back," Lyon remarked before he and Vallia went to their seats behind Juleka and Rose.

"He might blush, but he is STILL the Ice Prince," Alya remarked.

"There is no doubt about that," Nino agreed with his girlfriend.

The class had pretty much had an unspoken agreement when it came to Lila. They did not really believe that Lila was lying about everything to them like Marinette said she was, but they also did not believe Lila whenever she would say anything bad about Marinette. So, they had all come to a silent agreement to simply keep Lila and Marinette away from each other and no longer try to get Marinette to be friends with Lila. 

"Oh, Marinette, what an... interesting costume," Lila tried and failed to not sound jealous of Marinette's costume.

"I wanted to use my hair to my advantage," Marinette tried to keep things casual. "Plus, Alya and I have seen this show when we are babysitting together. So, I thought it was a great idea."

"Are you not worried about taking a character from a children's show," Lila tried to sneak in an underhanded comment.

"Who cares," Marinette shrugged. "There are people of all ages that enjoy shows that are usually meant for kids. Besides, Halloween is about fun no matter who you are dressed up as."

"I know that I always want to have as much fun as possible on Halloween," Adrien stated. "And I will use all my ninja powers to make sure no one can stop me!"

"Someone enjoys getting into character," Alix snickered.

"Can you all keep it down," Juleka said in her best Wednesday voice. "I am trying to ignore the bright sun in the sky. It burns my eyes."

"There are so many reasons why I enjoy having this girl as a friend," Lyon chuckled, enjoying Juleka going full-goth.

"Friends are as pointless as daytime is," Juleka stated.

"Is it wrong that even when I know it is Juleka, she still creeps me out," Nathaniel asked.

"I am pretty sure Juleka would be insulted if you were not creeped out by her right now," Rose stated.

"Probably the only person on the planet that takes pride in creeping people out," Vallia giggled.

"I say again, so many reasons why I like her being my friend," Lyon repeated himself.

Lila's eyes visibly twitched, which would be seen by anyone who was paying attention. It was obvious that she did not like how her attempt to get under Marinette's skin had failed so quickly. Not to mention how she also lost the attention on her just as quickly.

"Well, my costume is pretty self-explanatory," Lila said. "Of course, I had to dress up as my best friend."

"Ladybug appreciates anyone that dresses like her for Halloween," Marinette tried not to call Lila out on that lie. "I know that the girl I babysit, Manon, also wanted to dress as Ladybug."

"Well, my costume was designed and made by one of the biggest fashion designers back in Italy," Lila bragged.

Lyon yawned as she talked. He and Vallia had never been the type to hide how they felt about Lila. They never believed anything she said and often made it clear how they got bored of her constant talking. Lyon had even said to her face that he would rather rip his ears off than willingly listen to her non-stop talking.

"I wish I actually had ice magic so that I could freeze her mouth shut," Lyon commented to his sister.

"Maybe if I wave my wand at her enough, a moonstone will eventually come out of nowhere and knock her out," Vallia responded.

"I would pay literally anything for that to happen," Lyon said.

"Death comes for everyone, but maybe sooner for those that deserve it more," Juleka says.

She could obviously hear them from her seat in front of them. While most of the class was trying to be neutral in the 'Lila and Marinette Drama' there were those who did know the truth. Juleka, Nathaniel, and Kim were all aware that Lila was a liar. Juleka figured it out after it was revealed that Jagged was her and Luka's father, so she had "insider" information about Jagged never having had a kitten not writing a song about anyone other than Ladybug and Penny. Nathaniel was shown that she was a liar when Marc told him that Lila tried to say that she could introduce him to Stan Lee, even though he was dead. All Kim needed was to sit down with Marinette and listen to why she believed that Lila was a liar, which Marinette told him was because there was no way that Ladybug would befriend someone who would instantly boast about it on the Ladyblog, and he believed her since he had grown up with Marinette.

"You are really enjoying your costume, aren't you," Vallia giggled.

"Enjoyment is for those that try to make up for the fact that they live sad and lonely lives," Juleka stated.

"Are we sure that she is not possessed by Wednesday Addams rather than just dressing like her," Lyon joked.

"I will never tell," Juleka said.

"At this point, I would be seriously surprised if her birthday was not Halloween, Friday the 13th, or Dia De Los Muertos," Vallia says.

Rose looked like she wanted to tell Vallia the day of Juleka's actual birthday, but she chose not to just because she liked the joke.

"I would have asked her to make your costume as well, Marinette," Lila continued talking in her fake sweet tone. "But I know you don't like me."

"Her acting is not even that good," Adrien mumbled to himself, even though Nino could hear him.

"I would have said 'no' anyway," Marinette said. "After all, since I want to be a fashion designer, it is better to get as much practice as possible as a teenager. And Halloween is the perfect excuse to practice my craft."

"And my girl's got skills," Alya gave Marinette a side hug. "She even made me these bracelets for my costume since I couldn't find any in any store I tried."

"Besides, as much as you wanted to be Ladybug, being something so... predictable has never been my style," Marinette could not but throw in her own underhanded comment. "After all, even just from those in the bakery this morning and who I saw on my way to school, so many people were dressed as Ladybug. That has never been my style."

"It's true," Kim said. "Ever since we were kids, Marinette has always had the most unique and fun costumes on Halloween. However, nothing less can be expected from someone that lives in a bakery than for them to love a holiday all about sweets."

"I remember all of her costumes," Nino says. "And they have always been awesome. During that entire werewolf and vampire craze a few years ago, Marinette went against that and dressed like a fairy princess. The complete opposite of what everyone else was going for."

"That sounds adorable," Adrien said, unknowingly making Marinette blush.

Miss.Bustier soon came into the classroom, making everyone go to their seats. Much to the surprise of everyone, she was also in a costume. They all could not help but giggle and chuckle at how Miss.Bustier was dressed up as Miss.Frizzle from The Magic School Bus. She even had a fake lizard to represent Liz.

"Good morning, class," she says. "While I am sure all of you are excited about Halloween, it is still a school day."

"Can I just say that you actually look really nice as Miss.Frizzle, Miss.Bustier," Adrien commented after he was called on.

"Thank you, Adrien," Bustier smiled at him. "I used to teach elementary and would show episodes of the show to my class. So, I thought it would be nice to experience some nostalgia from those days."

"Memories are some of the best reasons to wear costumes like that," Marinette smiled at her.

Bustier smiled at them some more before she went to start her lesson. 

"Alright, class, today we are going to..." Bustier started.

A slight wave of energy washed over all of Paris. It was barely noticeable, only noticed by those who have been involved with magic in the past. Which was technically all of them since they have either been akumatized or wielded a miraculous or both.

"Take chances, make mistakes, get messy," Bustier suddenly blurted out, shocking the entire class. "I'm sorry, class. I have no idea where that came from."

"I hope any mistakes made are deadly ones," Juleka in her Wednesday tone again.

"Okay, something feels wrong," Nino groaned almost in pain as he put his hand on his head.

"I'm glad that someone else feels that way," Lyon agreed with Nino.

"Is anyone else suddenly really hot, or is it just me," Alix started using her hand as a fan to try and cool herself down.

"If anything, I'm cold," Lyon shivered a little.

"Uh... Juleka," Rose looked nervous while speaking in the higher-toned 'Peach' voice. "Is that hand supposed to be... moving?"

"WHAT!" the class all yelled at the same time, looking at Juleka immediately.

Sure enough, the "fake" hand on her shoulder was moving. It suddenly jumped off Juleka's shoulder and was "standing" in front of her on her and Rose's desk. Everyone instantly jumped and moved away from the hand.

"You guys are going to hurt Thing's feelings," Juleka said.

"Juleka, the voice was fun before, but you are starting to really freak me out," Nathaniel stated.

"I don't... I don't think I can stop," Juleka actually sounded worried even in her lower Wednesday voice.

"Guys... I think she is being serious," Rose said.

Everyone got even more worried. Something was most definitely wrong. Juleka may be quiet, but she did not have a low voice like the one she was currently speaking in. And then just to add more freakiness to the situation, the previous fake bunny that Ivan had been holding also jumped out of his arms and onto his desk.

"I, officially, am freaked out," Kim stated.

"Did you guys feel that energy from before," Marinette asked them all. "Maybe that has something to do with what's going on."

"And what is even going on, girl," Alya asked her best friend.

Marinette gave her a look that clearly was saying "Are you serious, right now?"

"An akuma, Alya," Marinette says. "You would think after all this time, you would have learned the signs of an akuma by now."

"Marinette, don't be mean to Alya," Lila had the gall to try and scold her.

"Hey, Marinette has a point," Adrien stood up for Marinette. "Hawkmoth has been sending akumas for over a year. It is pretty obvious when he is up to something."

"What type of akuma even is this," Lyon was visibly disturbed by the sight of 'Thing' still crawling around on Juleka and Rose's desk. "Does it bring inanimate objects to life?"

"I would have guessed that if not for Juleka's change in voice and Miss.Bustier's earlier shout," Marinette says.

"Vallia, what do you..." Lyon cut himself off at the sight of his sister missing from her seat. "Vallia? What in the name of the gods!"

He looked around, trying to find his sister. The others all looked under their desks and around them as well to see if Vallia had hidden somewhere in the classroom for some reason. They would have thought she climbed out the window for some reason if they had not heard a tiny voice.

"You guys might want to look up," they all heard from above them.

They all looked up and their jaws hit the floor. Flying above them was a fairy. And not just any fairy, it was Vallia.

"Someone please tell me that I am dreaming," Max stated. "Ow!"

"You're not dreaming," Kim said, having just pinched Max on his arm.

"Vallia," Lyon gasped at the sight of his sister being an actual fairy.

"Don't ask me," Vallia flew down and sat on her and Lyon's desk in front of her brother. "One second I was fine, and the next I was tiny and flying. I know I joked about wanting my want to actually be able to work earlier, but not like this."

"That's it," Nathaniel, of all people, stood up.

"What's it," Alix asked him.

"That is what the akuma does," Nathaniel says. "It doesn't bring inanimate objects to life, that wave of energy from earlier turned all of us into our costumes!"

All of them then started looking at themselves just to test if Nathaniel's theory was true. And it turned out he was right. Sabrina nearly jumped out of her skin when one of her fake Pokeballs grew larger in her hand when she pressed the button on it. Alix touched her desk and immediately had to take her hand off it because she accidentally started burning it just from her touch. Nino tapped his robotic arm and it opened up to reveal a small computer screen, just like the one Cyborg uses to communicate with his teammates on the show without the use of his Titan communicator. Max simply stood up and instantly tripped over his own feet in a classic case of Urkel clumsiness and also instantly said "Did I do that?" by pure instinct.

"How did you figure it out, Nath," Adrien asked him, curious.

"It would not be the first time I have seen this happen," Nathaniel said.

"What," everyone gasped.

"Not in reality, obviously," Nathaniel continued. "But, I've seen a lot of TV shows that have had 'turning into their costumes' as part of their Halloween specials. It was done on Fairly Odd Parents, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, The Simpsons, not to mention the iconic Haunted Mask episode of Goosebumps."

"I am suddenly so glad that you're a nerd," Alix stated.

"I'm a nerd and proud of it," Nathaniel says.

Unknown to the rest of the class, four other members were way more concerned about the current situation. Adrien, Marinette, Lyon, and Vallia all had no idea if this akuma would keep them from transforming. None of them had currently been wearing their miraculous but had also kept them on them. Giving her bag a quick look, Marinette was relieved to see Tikki was still there with the earrings. The same could be said for Adrien, who was glad that Plagg was still in his jacket pocket with the ring. Lyon looked inside his and Vallia's backpacks, glad to see their own miraculous and kwami were still there. The only problem was that Vallia was too tiny to put hers on.

"Adrien, I'm scared," Lila immediately took the opportunity to latch onto Adrien's arm.

"Then go get comfort from someone that cares," Adrien forced her arms off of him.

"You don't mean that," Lila would not take 'no' for an answer.

Adrien smirked as he decided to take advantage of his own costume transformation. He made some hand gestures and with a POOF, he was replaced by a log of wood with Lila holding onto a branch of the log. Adrien appeared behind Lyon.

"I have always wanted to do that," Adrien was actually excited.

"You are not that upset about this akuma, are you," Lyon raised an eyebrow at his friend.

"While I can not really be excited about there being an akuma, out there, I can at least have some fun with this one," Adrien smirked.

"You really are an anime geek," Lyon chuckled.

"Says the guy dressed as another anime character," Adrien threw back.

"A character that can freeze you into an ice statue, so I would watch that mouth," Lyon playfully threatened his friend.

The fact that ice was slowly spreading from where Lyon's hand was on his desk, Adrien chose not to push his luck even though he knew Lyon was only joking.

"You're a real Ice Prince, now," Vallia giggled.

"You are too tiny to make fun of me, right now," Lyon glared at her.

Vallia wisely shut up, knowing that she could easily be squished given her current size. Plus, she was not in the mood to be turned into a fairy-cicle.

Bustier ended up sighing, knowing that there was no point in trying to continue class because of what was going on. After all, how could she when she might end up taking the class on a potentially dangerous field trip because of her own costume? So, she dismissed the class and told them all to go home.

Getting out of the classroom, they saw that all the other classes had been let out as well. And everyone had been transformed into their costume the same as they had.

"Oh, crap," the four secret heroes swore at the same time.

Looking around, they could see their other friends from around the school not doing very well with their new abilities. 

Aurore, who had dressed up as Stella from Winx Club, was currently trying her best not to blind anyone with her new light powers. Not to mention she could not control her wings very well. Jean, who had obviously dressed as a magician, could not stop pulling rabbits out of his hat. Plus, flowers kept popping into his hand every time he flicked his hands in the slightest way. Mirelle had dressed up as Mulan and she was now being followed by what had definitely been a fake Mushu that she had been carrying around. She also looked terrified that she was now carrying a real sword.

It was Marc who looked to be struggling the most. Mostly because the costume he chose had been outside of his comfort zone. He had dressed as a vampire. An old-school one, at that. So, now he had to hide in the shadows because the sun would literally kill him. Nathaniel immediately went over to check on his boyfriend.

"Something tells me that this is going to be one seriously crazy Halloween," Marinette says.

"My sister is literally sitting on my shoulder because she is not even six inches tall," Lyon says to her. "We are already way past crazy at this point."

"Let's just hope Ladybug, Cat Noir, Beautifly, and White Wolf can take down the akuma before chaos takes over Paris," Alya said.

"If the akuma ever shows itself," Kim muttered.

"Kim," Max slapped his best friend on his arm.

"I didn't mean that in a 'we are doomed' kind of way," Kim immediately tried to change what he had said before. "I meant it in a 'the akuma has not even really revealed itself and is already causing problems' kind of way."

"Oh," Max said, before he then tripped again, knocking down a bunch of the class like human dominos. "Did I do that?"

"I am never watching that show ever again," Sabrina stated, having been the first one Max had knocked over when he tripped.

"There is nothing to worry about," Lila bragged. "I texted Ladybug and she knows about the akuma. Or, since I now have Ladybug's powers, I could handle it if she ends up having trouble."

Those aware that she was a liar all rolled their eyes.

"Who needs Ladybug now that Queen Bee is back," Chloe boasted, obviously enjoying that her costume was made real.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Lyon, Marinette, and Adrien all did their classic "got to transform away from prying eyes" disappearing act. No one even noticed they had vanished. And even if they did, they probably thought that Marinette went home to check on her parents, Lyon and Vallia went to check on their dad, and Adrien was summoned home by his father.

Lyon hid in the empty art room and opened up his backpack to pet out his and Vallia's kwami, Flutter and Frostbite.

"Please tell us that there is a way for me to transform," Vallia immediately asked them.

"We... uh... We don't know," Flutter reluctantly admitted.

"You don't know," Lyon almost yelled.

"This has never happened before," Frostbite says. "Fairies have never been involved with the miraculous. So, there has never been a reason to see if a fairy could use a miraculous."

"Hold on," Vallia could not help but pause at what the wolf kwami had said. "Are you saying that fairies are real?"

"I don't think right now is the right time to process that," Lyon tells his tiny sister.

"Fine," Vallia got back on topic. "Do you think it could work if I basically stood inside of my bracelet almost as if it was a very large dress?"

"There have been many situations the miraculous face faced, but never anything like this," Flutter said. "While there have been times when our holders have been shrunk, but that was also a time when they were still wearing the miraculous, so it was shrunk along with them."

"I do believe that this is what you humans would call an uncanny valley situation," Frostbite says.

"At least you have been slowly learning about modern language," Lyon said. "And yet, I still feel the urge to keep you away from the internet."

"That is something more for what Plagg's holder should do," Frostbite says.

"The more we learn about Plagg, the more I feel pity for Cat Noir," Lyon stated.

And speaking of Cat Noir, Adrien had hidden in the locker room to talk to Plagg to see if the transformation would affect him as Cat Noir.

"So, there will be some type of effect my current situation will have on me being Cat Noir," Adrien wanted some clarification from Plagg.

"I have had holders in the past who have had their own powers," Plagg reveals. "When they use the miraculous, their powers would get enhanced. So you, ninja boy, will be given a boost when you transform."

"I know I should feel this way, but I think this is my favorite akuma," Adrien says.

"It would have been a lot better if you had been dressed as someone that could summon cheese by their will," Plagg adorably pouted.

"As I told you when I was choosing my costume, there is no such character that can do that," Adrien could not help but roll his eyes.

"And I said before, that should be considered a crime," Plagg stated. 

"You are a smelly cheese gremlin and not even you can deny that," Adrien tells him.

"It's not my fault that you do not know how to appreciate proper smelly and delectable cheese," Plagg adorably crossed in arms in stubbornness.

Adrien rolled his eyes as he put his ring back on.

With Marinette and Tikki, they were having a similar conversation that Adrien and Plagg were having. Marinette had also been concerned if her costume would interfere with being Ladybug.

"If anything, this could help you defeat the akuma more easily," Tikki tried to soothe her panicking holder.

"But I don't even know where to begin with these powers," Marinette was once again in full panic mode. "Lapis is one of the most powerful characters in Steven Universe with her ability to bend water to her will. I can't learn to control such a powerful ability this quickly."

"You are going to have to, Marinette," Tikki says. "So far, everyone is still acting like themselves. But, it is only a matter of time before your costumes start influencing your personalities as well."

"You think that will happen," Marinette was now even more concerned.

"I may have never experienced anything exactly like this before, but there have been things like this," Tikki explained. "There is a magical Native American mask that a tribe once used to turn into animals to fight in wars by wearing animal skins and then using the mask's magic on themselves. Only, once they were turned, they also acted like animals rather than simply turning into them."

"Great, just great," Marinette facepalmed. 

"While I am not sure that will happen this time, we still need to find and defeat this akuma as quickly as possible," Tikki advised.

"The one time that Kim was right about something, it had to be that the akuma has not shown up, yet," Marinette groaned.

"I am sure the akuma will show up sooner or later, Marinette," Tikki tells her.

"Let's hope for sooner with this one," Marinette said.

And then, as if summoned by her desire, the sky started to darken. Given that Aurore had been transformed into a fairy, they knew it was not Stormy Weather. It seems that Marinette's "Ladybug Luck" was working in her favor this time.

"Well, you got what you wanted, Marinette," Tikki said.

Soon, they heard a voice shouting from outside. Even for akumas that have nothing to do with the school, they would still find ways to come to the school. There was a reason why Dupont had gained the reputation as the "Akuma School." However, there were literally no students who would argue with that title for the school. Especially since Chloe had been the cause of a majority of the akumas created, with a lot of them happening because of things she had done at school. Such as when she had locked Juleka in the bathroom, called Ivan a monster, and ripped up Rose's letter to Prince Ali.

"I am the Pumpkin King," shouted out a male voice, but also sounded very young at the same time. "If others want to make fun of me for being scared of Halloween, then I will be the one to make THEM scared!"

The heroes all looked out of the rooms they had hidden in. They saw the akuma riding on what was obviously supposed to be a witch's broom right over the school courtyard.

"That name is definitely a Nightmare Before Christmas reference," Lyon said.

"Hawkmoth is pushing the limits when comes to a potential copyright lawsuit," Vallia says.

Pumpkin King was definitely a young boy. They could only guess that he was about seven or eight years old. His looks were also inspired by the main character of Nightmare Before Christmas, Jack. He was dressed in a pitch-black suit but with some visible spider web designs on it. There was also a mini skull in the middle of his bowtie. He also had black boots on. His head looked a lot like a skeleton skull because of the white and black makeup. Over his eyes was a pumpkin-designed mask with a pumpkin-themed witch hat on his head. It was like he was the child of Jack Skellington and a witch.

"Someone please tell me that Chloe did not make fun of a little kid and got him akumatized," Adrien basically was pleading with the universe.

"What makes you think she was the cause of this one," Plagg asked his holder.

"Why else would an akuma come straight to the school," Adrien looked very done with the number of akumas his childhood friend caused.

"There, there," Plagg tried and failed to be a comforting kwami.

All of the heroes were about to transform when they, unfortunately, heard a very familiar voice. And they could also feel headaches forming.

"You came to the wrong place, you utterly ridiculous villain," Chloe said in the most pompous voice possible. "Queen Bee is back and I am the only hero that Paris needs!"

"Delusional, party of one," Aurore called out.

That got a lot of laughs, even though there was an akuma right there. Given that the entire school hated Chloe, they could not help but laugh whenever anyone would make fun of her.

"Nobody cares about Queen Bee, Chloe," Alya yelled at her.

"You were never a hero," Kim shouted at her.

"Get out of here and let the actual heroes come and fight the akuma," Aurore called out again.

"You are all ridiculous, utterly ridiculous," Chloe huffed at what everyone was shouting at her. "You don't deserve to have the help of the amazing Queen Bee."

"More like Queen Brat," shouted another student.

The akuma was floating on his broom, watching everything that was going down. The look on his face was definitely saying that he was thinking something like "Did they forget I am even here?" However, he did have to admit that it was very entertaining to watch most of the school gang up against a very obvious spoiled brat. 

"Only this school could be so against Chloe that they forget about the akuma that is right in front of them," Lyon sighed.

"It should really say something about a group of people if they can so easily forget about an akuma," Vallia said. 

The akuma, tired of being ignored, decided he was not going to take it. 

"Maybe this should teach you not to ignore and akuma," he shouted.

He held out his hand and shadows seemed to fall from his fingers. Once the shadows landed on the ground, they formed into classic Halloween monsters. Vampires, werewolves, mummies, witches, and many others. All the students started to back away from the creatures.

"This isn't good," Marinette gasped.

"You need to transform, Marinette," Tikki tells her, urgency in her voice.

"Tikki! Spots..." but hearing a voice stopped her from finishing her transformation phrase.

"Hey, Skeleton Boy," Alya's voice was heard. "You do realize that you made a big mistake, right?"

"Excuse me," Pumpkin King glared at her.

"Oh, Alya," Marinette facepalmed. "One of these days, she is going to give me a heart attack."

"You may have transformed us into our costumes, but maybe you should have also added some mine control when you did that," Alya smirked.

Suddenly, she changed. Since she had been transformed into Valerie Gray, that meant she also had Valere's Red Huntress suit. So, with a small swirl of energy, the red and black mechanical suit appeared on her body. Complete with the red and black hoverboard under her feet.

Within seconds, Alya flew right at the summoned monsters. Wrist blasters came out of her armor at the wrists, obviously, and she started shooting at them. She looked to be having a lot of fun.

"Why am I not surprised Alya is the first to go on the offensive," Tikki giggled.

"There is a reason why I wanted Alya to be given the bee miraculous while fighting Style Queen," Marinette tells the kwami. "As great as she is as Rena Rouge, Alya is more headstrong and straightforward. So, she is better with a miraculous where she can fight head-on rather than staying back to cast an illusion."

"We still need to transform, Marinette," Tikki reminds her.

"Right, Tikki," Marinette nodded.

As much as Adrien, Lyon, and Vallia were all enjoying the sight of Alya using her costume to her advantage, they knew they had to transform as well. Quickly ducking back into their hiding places, they put on their miraculous and said their transformation phrases.

"Tikki! Spots on!"

"Plagg! Claws out!"

"Frostbite! Freeze over!"

Lyon almost went "Awwwwww" as he saw his sister pouting from where she was sitting. It was obvious that she would not be able to transform because of her new fairy form. Lyon had to admit she was very adorable as a pouting fairy.

The heroes all had to sneak out of the windows in the rooms they had been hiding in. That way, they could make it look like they arrived normally rather than having obviously come from somewhere inside the school. It was a lot of work, but hiding their identities was very important. They were glad that when they "arrived" at the school, a lot of students followed Alya's lead. They went on the attack.

Alya looked to be having the time of her life being Red Huntress. If she was not blasting vampires with her wrist blasters, she was dropping energy bombs onto groups of werewolves. All with a smile on her face. Nino was backing his girlfriend up using his new Cyborg strength. And if she needed a more powerful helping hand, he was more than happy to use his sonic cannon. Kim actually provided some great backup by using his new wrestler moves. There was a reason why Sin Cara was one of the best wrestlers in the WWE. Because he had skills.

And to the surprise of most of them, another one of the best fighters turned out to be Juleka. Since he had chosen the version of Wednesday from the Jenna Ortega show, it meant she was incredibly skilled at fencing. So, she had grabbed two swords from the gym supplies and was using them to be a terrifying force of fierceness. Mirelle joined her, using her new skills that came from being turned into Mulan. Not to mention she had her own backup in the form of the fake Mushu that had been brought to life. That tiny dragon could be very scary once it lets loose its fire breath. Aurore also let loose her new fairy magic. Being the fairy of the shining sun was actually the best member of the Winx that she could have been for the situation that was happening. Especially given that they were fighting literal creatures of the night. Marc did have to avoid her powers as he and Nathaniel fought side by side. The boyfriends were already partners while working on their hero comic, but they were now crime-fighting partners as well.

There were still some students who were not very helpful since their costumes were not of characters that had powers. Such as Mylene, whose mime costume only meant that she had lost her voice and had basically been turned into the stereotype of French mimes that others like to make fun of. Ivan was also not very helpful given that DJ was known for being quite the loveable coward on Total Drama. With Rose, it was pretty easy to see why she was not very helpful. After all, Princess Peach was known for being a damsel in distress.

The three heroes all landed next to each other on the school's roof.

"Well, it looks like we have more help than we usually do," Cat Noir immediately said.

"We're going to need it," White Wolf stated.

"That have to do with the reason why Beautifly is not here," Ladybug asked him.

The icy hero nodded. "Her costume was that of a fairy, so she shrank too much for her miraculous to be able to work with her."

"I am never looking at Halloween in the same way ever again," Ladybug sighed.

"Speak for yourself," Cat Noir grinned brightly. "I am still going to love this holiday no matter what."

"As an almost literal black cat, I am not surprised that you love... Ladybug, are you blue," White Wolf cut off his statement to ask the question.

"I will be honest and say that I only noticed that when you brought it up," Cat Noir's eyes widened at the sight of Ladybug's blue skin.

Ladybug sighed. "My friends and I had chosen to do a combined theme for our costumes. We all wanted to basically turn into human versions of the elements. I was water."

"You had a much more creative costume than me," Cat Noir chuckled. "I just dressed as a ninja."

"I was my own original character that I called the Ice Prince," White Wolf shrugged.

The other two heroes raised an eyebrow.

"Isn't that a bit of a hint to you being White Wolf," Ladybug asked him.

"Hiding in plain sight is the best way to hide my identity," White Wolf tells them. "After all, no one would think an ice hero would dress up in an icy costume."

"Got to admit, it is clever," Cat Noir says.

The three of them then jumped into battle. They head right for Pumpkin King. He barely was able to dodge them since they had caught him by surprise.

"So, you have finally shown up," he says to them. "Give me your miraculous or Paris will be known as the City of Nightmares instead of the City of Love!"

"I have a better idea," Cat Noir smirked. "How about you give us your akumatized object before we unleash a can of butt-kick on you!"

"I think this is a better idea," Pumpkin King glared at them. "Get them!"

Some of his creatures that had not been fighting the students all charged at the three heroes. White Wolf simply yawned as he touched his hand to the floor. Instantly, ice covered the ground. It caused the monsters to slip and side right into a wall.

"You, ghouls, should learn how to be careful," the icy hero snickered. "Icy roads ahead."

"How did you do that," Pumpkin King yelled. "You did not even say your superpower activation phrase!"

"I didn't have to," White Wolf smirked. "My costume had been a character with ice powers. Your powers are the reason for my little upgrade."

The look on the villain's face was priceless.

"Yeah, neither you nor Hawkmoth thought things through when it came to your powers," Cat Noir laughed.

He did a few hand gestures and in the blink of an eye, multiple versions of him appeared around the villain. And all of them looked just as cheeky as the original.

"And we are more than happy to use our new ninja powers to our advantage," they all said at the same time. 

They all attacked the Halloween villain at the same time. Even though he had the advantage of being able to fly because of his broom, Pumpkin King was learning that flight was not the big advantage he thought that it was. After all, with a dozen Cat Noirs attacking him at the same time, it would only be a matter of luck and time before one of them would be able to get a hit in.

And it soon came to pass when he had to dive down to avoid one group of Cat Noirs, but that sent him right into the path of two more. Using their staffs, they were able to knock him off his broom. They all smirked as they looked at the downed villain.

"He is really enjoying himself," White Wolf said.

"He is such an anime nerd," Ladybug playfully rolled her eyes.

"Or, just a nerd in general," White Wolf chuckled.

The Cat Noir copies then all vanished, leaving only the original.

"I am going to miss that for after you cast the cure, M'Lady," he said.

Ladybug opened her mouth to answer, only to be distracted for a second. A few vampires tried to attack her, which forced her to use her new powers. She held out her hands, which unleashed a strong blast of water. It sent the vampires flying back into another wall.

"I have to admit that it would be nice to still have these powers," Ladybug admitted. "If only I did not have to be blue."

Thinking that the broom Pumpkin King had been riding on had to be his akumatized object, Cat Noir picked it up from where it had landed on the ground. He was about to say his power activation word when someone else said theirs first.

"Venom," Chloe shouted.

Her hand lit up as she activated her paralyzing power. Only, she did not go for the akuma, she went for Cat Noir. If it had not been for the quick action of Ladybug using her yo-yo to pull Cat Noir away from her, she would have been able to get him with her power.

"Chloe, what in the name of the gods are you doing," White Wolf yelled at her.

He notched an arrow into his bow and aimed it at her. He was not going to let her come close to them.

"You can't do this to me," Chloe screamed at the heroes.

"Do what to you," Cat Noir raised an eyebrow. "We are just defeating an akuma as we usually do."

"You took Queen Bee away from me once," Chloe continued to yell. "I will not let you do it to me again!"

"You are willing to let an akuma stay out just so that you can continue to pretend to be a hero," White Wolf glared at her.

"I was a GREAT hero," Chloe protested White Wolf saying that she had only been pretending to be a hero. "It's not my fault you were utterly ridiculous enough to take MY miraculous from me."

"It was not YOUR miraculous," Ladybug yelled back. "It was NEVER yours. It did NOT belong to you!"

"It was MINE," Chloe denied Ladybug saying that the bee miraculous was not yours.

"Just because you want it, doesn't make it yours," Cat Noir glared at the brat. "And it was long overdue for someone to not give into your spoiled brat attitude."

"If Beautifly and I had been here from the start, we would have dealt with her long before she had a chance to be such a dangerous fake hero," White Wolf growled.

"How dare you," Chloe screamed.

She tried to use her Venom on him, only for him to easily dodge her by gliding on the ice still on the floor. He barely even looked like he cared that she was attacking him, which only made her even angrier. After all, someone like Chloe basically lives off of others paying attention to her. So, White Wolf basically dismissing her only served to piss her off. Not that he cared.

"I think he might actually be enjoying this," Cat Noir commented to Ladybug.

"If there is one thing we are well aware of when it comes to White Wolf, he takes no nonsense from anyone," Ladybug said. "Especially Chloe."

"So, you think you should call your lucky charm," Cat Noir asked her. "We might not need it for Pumpkin King, but that is how you cast the cure."

"You have a point," Ladybug says. "Lucky charm!"

She threw up her yo-yo in order to summon her charm. When it came down, it was revealed to be a replica of her magical yo-yo.

"Huh," Cat Noir looked at the replica. "I feel like that is a message."

"For what is the real question," Ladybug said.

"Well, it certainly isn't for this brat," White Wolf says as he continues to easily dodge Chloe's strikes. "I have her handled."

"You will pay for disrespecting the most amazing person in all of Paris," Chloe screamed at him.

"When did that happen," White Wolf tauntingly raised an eyebrow. "You are the one I am disrespecting and you are the WORST person in all of Paris.

That really pissed Chloe off. She charged at him again, only for the icy hero to simply step to the side and then put his foot out. He tripped her, which caused her to slide down a path of ice he made. She crashed into the janitor's closet. The door was closed by Juleka.

"Sweet revenge," Juleka smirked, still talking in her low Wednesday voice.

"I knew there was a reason why I liked that girl," White Wolf chuckled.

But while they were dealing with Chloe and Pumpkin King was still knocked out from the multiple Cat Noir attacks, the heroes did not notice someone else sneaking near them. Someone who was also holding something red and black ladybug-themed. The person threw it at the heroes, specifically Ladybug. But, she did not count on Cat Noir's new ninja reflexes.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the object heading right for them. His eyes widened when he noticed it was a ladybug-themed grenade. He quickly took action by throwing his baton, which easily met its mark because his ninja skills combined with his cat eyes made him a very good shot. After all, ninjas had to be very good at throwing things because of their use of throwing stars.

The grenade was knocked back to the person who threw it. It exploded but was thankfully not a firey type of explosive. It exploded with what they thought was red and black glue/paint. The scream that followed the explosion told them who had thrown it.

"Well, now the lucky charm makes sense," Ladybug said as she saw Lila covered in the sticky paint.

"I guess means we are finally done, then," Cat Noir says. "Let's actually finish this. Cataclysm!"

The broom that was still in his hand crumbled to dust. The purple butterfly flew out of the dust.

"No more evil-doing for you, little akuma," Ladybug opened her yo-yo and captured the akuma. "Time to de-evilize! Bye, bye, little butterfly."

She opened her yo-yo and freed the now-white butterfly. She then threw up the lucky charm yo-yo while shouting "Miraculous Ladybug!" to cast the cure. It washed over Paris which turned everyone back to normal while also getting rid of all the creatures Pumpkin King had summoned. He was also turned back to normal.

However, one person was strangely not completely cured by the magic. Even after the ladybugs washed over the school, Lila was still covered in her sabotage attempt.

"I am seriously not surprised," White Wolf commented.

"Lila... you tried to sabotage Ladybug and the other heroes," Alya was the first of the students to come over. "Why... Why would you do that?"

Normally, Lila would have tried to lie while also throwing in her typical crocodile tears as well. But, this time, she was too angry to do that.

"What did you do to me, Lady Brat," Lila yelled at Ladybug. "Look at me! You did this to me!"

"You did it to yourself, Lila," Cat Noir crossed his arms. "I always knew you would make a mistake one of these days and it looks like karma has finally come to collect your debt."

"What... What do you mean," Rose stuttered as she asked.

"He means that Lila is finally experiencing the consequences of her actions," White Wolf says. "Something she has previously been able to escape because of her lying skills."

"L...Lying," Mylene stuttered.

Ladybug sighed. "I did not want it to come out this way, but it is true. Lila, there, has been nothing but a liar ever since she came to Paris. Especially since after what you have all just witnessed, it is obvious that she is NOT my best friend."

"But... But you never said anything," Alya looked at her phone, obviously looking at her blog.

"I never said anything because I wanted you to come to me," Ladybug tells the blogger. "Alya, you can become an amazing reporter someday, but you need to learn to not take things at face value. I did not come to you because you should have come to me in order to fact-check what Lila was saying. Clearly, I had too much faith in you. Maybe after this, you will learn to be careful about who you trust."

Ladybug was not that upset with Alya, especially since Alya had stopped trying to get her and Lila to become "friends." But, she still wanted Alya to learn about these things in case anyone else tried something like Lila had. Lying about being friends with a hero to gain attention.

"I think a lot of people learned a very good lesson today," White Wolf stated, smirking at Lila while she glared at the heroes.

"If I was in Harry Potter, this would be my Patronus memory," Cat Noir snickered while also looking at Lila.

"Bug out," Ladybug says.

The heroes then all left. Slowly, the students returned to their classes. The battle had not been that long, so they did still have to return to class. 

"Hello," Chloe yelled from the janitor's closet. "Hello! Get me out of this filthy place! I demand it! Let me out right now! This is ridiculous! Utterly ridiculous!"

No one heard her. And even if they did, they wouldn't care.

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The Akatsuki’s Favorite Halloween Movies

Deidara, Hidan and Tobi: Halloween (1978) and Halloween II (1981)

The iconic theme song. The silent killer stalking his victims in the chill of the night. The way he never says any words, never gives any warning sign of his presence until it’s too late. There are a thousand different reasons why these two movies are the favorite of this particular trio. They like to camp out in the living room and watch them back to back. Sometimes they’ll eat snacks, sometimes they’ll style each others hair, a couple of times they’ve carved pumpkins like the characters in the movie. Deidara and Tobi love the first Halloween the most, and neither felt like such a perfection in storytelling really needed a sequel. Tobi especially likes to argue on how Michael Myers is scary not because of the mask (while touching his own) but because you as the viewer don’t know the motivations behind why he targets this particular group of people. Hidan got them into Halloween II and insists that it’s still scary even knowing (some) of Myer’s thought processes. And Deidara has to admit the lab explosion scene at the end is “an artistic masterpiece, hm!”

Konan: Hocus Pocus (1993)

Konan doesn’t really like scary movies, exactly. She likes things that are light and childlike, and films that evoke a sense of nostalgia. No Halloween movie gives her that sense of fulfillment quite like Hocus Pocus. The story of the boy who was turned into a cat trying to save his sister  resonates with Konan, as she would have done anything to save her “family” (Yahiko and Nagato). The sweet teen love story between Max and Allison really moves her, and she has a soft spot for Max’s quirky little sister Dani. And speaking of sisters, The Sanderson Sisters holds a place on Konan’s heart as some of the greatest “villains” of all time. She’s made Deidara and Itachi sing “I Put A Spell On You “ with her more times than they care to admit, with her as the lead witch of Winnie. They’ve even dressed up as the sisters one Halloween, with Konan as Winnie, Deidara as Sarah, and Itachi as Mary. They looked fabulous but of course Hidan never lets Deidara or Itachi forget that they “dressed up like chicks”.

Nagato and Kisame: Halloweentown (1998)

Another nostalgic movie that isn’t really scary so much as it’s fun. For both of them, the notion of an entire town where “freaks” aren’t only welcome but are the norm, is very appealing to them. Kisame knows his shark-like appearance would fit right in to this mythical place, and Nagato imagines that he and his Pein bodies could really find their niche there. Kisame in general is a big fan of classic movies, and has long since been a fan of the work of Debbie Reynolds. When he found out that she played the lovable witch grandmother to Marnie in this movie, well, he was hooked. The two like to eat a lot of candy while watching this movie (it’s the only time of year that either of them truly indulges in sweets) and discuss ways they could improve the government of this fabled town.

Kakuzu: Beetlejuice 1988

Kakuzu admires the character of Beetlejuice. The man is long dead yet he’s managed to use his talent of being repulsive as a means to earn income by scaring living people out of ghosts’ former homes. Kakuzu’s always says that “Hell runs on money”, and this movie gives credibility to the idea that he’s right. He hopes that if and when he finally dies, he will be able to use his talents of bounty hunting in the afterlife to keep on earning money. Maybe wrangling up wayward spirits that don’t accept that they’ve passed on? Or souls that don’t follow whatever the rules of the afterlife are? Kakuzu sees the possibilities as being endless. Kakuzu has also always had an eye for architecture and especially buildings or structures that are way outside of the norm. He’s fascinated by the remodeling that Delia Deetz does to Maitland’s house, and secretly would love such a bizarrely constructed house to live in himself one day. 

Itachi: A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)

Itachi despises Freddy Krueger. In his mind, the man being burned alive was too light a punishment for the atrocious acts he committed against children. BUT the Uchiha was understandably drawn in by the concept of being able to control and manipulate someone through their dreams. Very similar to gengetsu, and some of the nightmares that Freddy gives to people have become inspiration for visions that Itachi’s given to his enemies. Konan likes to watch this movie with him, as she likes the character of Nancy Thompson; but she gets so scared during the movie that she has to hold on to Itachi’s arm for support the whole time. Itachi often comes away with deep fingerprints imbedded into his skin the next day.

Zetsu: Little Shop Of Horrors (1986)

It should be no big surprise that a movie about a sentient plant with a rapidly developing lust for human flesh would be Zetsu’s favorite Halloween film. He loves how manipulative the plant Audrey II is with Seymour, and how easily he’s able to convince him to “feed” him. Zetsu also loves how campy this movie is, with the overzealous acting and the constant musical numbers. He’s tried to convince the entire Akatsuki to put this on as a play, and invite people from neighboring villages to come and watch. When Nagato questioned what they would do after the viewers realized they were all Akatsuki members, Zetsu’s solution was to invite them backstage to “meet” Audrey II … and never emerge again. Of course his idea was shot down, but he still loves the movie and watches it at least 10 times every October.

Sasori and Orochimaru: Child’s Play (1988)

This one almost seems too obvious, but Sasori really, REALLY loves the character of Charles Lee Ray, aka Chucky. Finding a way to beat death by transferring his soul into a body that could never be hurt, or age, or die? Sasori was sold from the first time his grandmother let him watch this film as a little boy. Of course Chucky’s body isn’t without flaws; in fact carefully studying Chucky’s design is what’s driven Sasori to make so many improvements on his own body. When Orochimaru was still in the Akatsuki these two would watch Child’s Play and it’s sequels, and argue on whether Chucky had found the best path to immortality. One thing that Sasori can’t relate to, however, is Chucky’s desire to transfer his soul back out of a doll and into another human body. Sasori prefers to stay in his doll body for eternity. Orochimaru, however, was very, very intrigued at the idea of putting one’s essence into different bodies, and this movie opened up his mind to hours of research (and eventually trial and error) on the subject.

#the akatsuki #halloween movies #scary movies #halloween #halloween 2023 #headcanons #deidara #hidan #itachi uchiha #tobi #konan #nagato uzumaki #kakuzu #kisame hoshigaki #zetsu #orochimaru #sasori

[theotakufiles]

The Nightmare Before Christmas Manga

"The Nightmare Before Christmas" is a captivating and enchanting stop-motion animated series that takes viewers on a mesmerizing journey into the magical world where Halloween and Christmas collide. Set in the gothic town of Halloweentown, this charming fantasy follows Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King, who becomes fascinated with the concept of Christmas after accidentally stumbling upon Christmastown.

Driven by his curiosity and desire for something new, Jack decides to take over Christmas and brings his own quirky flair to the festivities. However, as he orchestrates elaborate plans to make this holiday his own creation, chaos ensues when his spookier counterparts from Halloweentown get involved in their unique ways. As skeletons decorate trees, vampires deliver presents, and ghosts trim wreaths, both worlds blend together in a delightfully eerie mash-up.

Amidst all the unconventional chaos and unexpected twists, love blossoms between Sally Ragdoll - an endearing stitched-together creation desperate for freedom - and Jack himself. Together they face challenges that test not only their love but also their dedication to making this extraordinary fusion of holidays a harmonious success.

"The Nightmare Before Christmas" offers a vivid visual feast that combines whimsical animation with Tim Burton's signature dark charm. This imaginative series celebrates both the spooky allure of Halloween and the heartwarming spirit of Christmas while reminding us that sometimes finding one's true purpose means breaking free from tradition and embracing what makes us truly unique. Join Jack Skellington on an incredible adventure through two beloved holidays intertwined like never before in this captivating tale perfectly suited for all ages.

Dear manga enthusiasts, Are you a fan of the hauntingly beautiful world of 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'? If so, here's an amazing opportunity to support the talented manga author behind its captivating adaptation. Head over to gekimanga.com and grab your copy of 'The Nightmare Before Christmas Manga' today! Immerse yourself in this unique visual storytelling experience that merges Halloween and Christmas, while directly contributing to the success of the incredible artist behind it. Let's show our love for this enchanting masterpiece by purchasing this extraordinary manga now!

#The Nightmare Before Christmas #Manga #otakus #mangastyle #MangaFans #mangaartist #mangaartwork

[tabbyclaw]

"Imagine if you went to a rubbish theme park and it's like 'Oh, we've got Medieval Land,' and it's just a cafe and a gift shop, and they've got a Pizza Hut window but it's closed."

Me, long-time Jenny Nicholson patron: Halloweentown is Evermore, got it.

#mom can't cook #jenny nicholson #monsters of varying levels of attention to detail #hearing Andy say 'dilf' took me out for some reason

[kunami-laufeyson]

💀 I wanted to design something for Kairi in Halloweentown, one of my favorite scenes in KH is when Sora imagines dancing with her 💀

#sora #kingdom hearts #kh kairi #kh3 #otptober #drawtober #drawlloween #inktober #sokai

[thenightling]

Happy 25th anniversary Halloweentown! This year is full of anniversaries. Hocus Pocus turned thirty. Nightmare before Christmas turns thirty.

Ray Bradbury's The Halloween Tree animated movie turned thirty. Neil Gaiman's The Sandman turns thirty-five. Beetlejuice turned thirty-five. And today the movie Halloweentown turns twenty-five-years-old. Feel old yet? Halloweentown (not connected to Nightmare before Christmas) struck while the iron was hot, just one month after the first Harry Potter book was published in the US. Halloweentown was a relatively low budget made for TV movie for The Disney Channel (and now available both on DVD and on Disney+.) The plot was about a young girl named Marnie who is about to turn thirteen. Marnie's mother wants her to be "Normal." But her grandmother, Aggie, has other things in mind. Marie is actually from a line of semi-immortal (long lived) witches. And if she does not start using her powers at age thirteen, they will atrophy and disappear and she will remain mortal. Even back in 1998 I was disgusted in Marnie's mother. Imagine if you went to an alien planet where the life expectancy is only about thirty years but your mother decides its best you be like those aliens so she keeps you from learning you came from Earth and eating Earth food so that you will only live thirty years "like everyone else on this planet." To me that's what Marnie's mother was like. She was deliberately crippling her daughter. Or worse, imagine if you went to a planet where no one can walk. You can. But your mother wants you to be like everyone else so she's perfectly happy to saw your legs off. That's how Marnie's mother felt to me in regard to trying to strip her of her (for her) natural abilities. It's not over-analysis. This is the basic premise. Anyway, it turns out Aggie (the grandmother, who was played by the late Debbie Reynolds) is from a pocket dimension of entities we associate with Halloween. Monsters, creatures of Nightmare, ghosts, zombies, skeletons, etc. This dimension is called Halloweentown.

Marnie and her other siblings follow Aggie to Halloweentown where they foil the machinations of Voldemort... I mean Kalabar. There's even a scene in one of the Halloweentown movies where they spot magical broom sticks for sale very similar to the scene in the first Harry Potter story. In the scene Marnie is intrigued by the latest model (which is a bit more high tech looking than a nimbus 2000, by the way). This was three-years before the first Harry Potter movie but only one month after the first book was published in the US. Marnie embraces her magick and her mother begrudgingly allows Aggie to train her in the use of her powers. The movie was a surprise hit for The Disney channel and spawned three sequels. Halloweentown 2: Kalabar's revenge which featured Peter Wingfield (Methos in Highlander the Series). Marnie's mother annoyed me in the second movie too, because when someone is shown Marnie's room he's disappointed with how mundane it is and Marnie mentions that her mother insists her room be "normal" and she not have her Halloween-y or magical stuff in her bedroom. They tone the mother down and make her more likable in the third and fourth film but they really never had that woman grow and yet we were not supposed to hate her. This dominating, personality-repressing, and abusive behavior was treated like it was perfectly acceptable. Halloweentown 3 AKA Halloweentown High. This was an odd one. Marnie becomes guardian for some exchange students from Halloweentown who want to attend human school in our world (now that our world knows Halloweentown exists) but modern day monster hunters want to fan the flames of bigotry and hate and keep humans and monsters separate.

Halloweentown 4 AKA Return to Halloweentown. Marnie (who has been recast) attends university in Halloweentown where the boy she has a crush on is revealed to be a depowered family member of Kalabar but a good guy. I really was not comfortable with the idea of the entire family being stripped of their powers because they were releated to a creep but ...okay... Also Marnie learns that Grandma Aggie technically should be the Queen of Halloweentown but relinquished her title and a magical amulet that lets her dominate the wills of others, because she believes in the importance of free will. For all their flaws I still enjoy these movies. I almost think these films were first intended to be live-action tie-ins to Nightmare before Christmas but Disney decided they didn't want to deal with Tim Burton and just didn't reference any of his characters even though the concept of a Halloweentown in another world where everyday is Halloween was literally created by Tim Burton in his long-form poem that became the movie Nightmare before Christmas. Anyway, Happy 25th anniversary Halloweentown!

#Halloweentown