A new Herr Fluffermeister story. Enjoy!
"Where and when are we?" asked Amy.
"Earth… specifically the East coast of America; October 31st, 2013," answered the Doctor.
"It's Halloween?!" squealed Amy.
"Halloween…?"
"Seriously? You say you've been visiting Earth for hundreds of years and you don't know what Halloween is?"
As the Doctor tried to find a reasonable explanation for not knowing the significance of the last day of the tenth month of the year, Herr Fluffermeister stuck his head into the control room. "Hey guys, just so you know, my food dispenser broke. There's hay all over the kitchen floor. I started to clean it up, but the dispenser just kept making more…"
"Doc! Do you know what Halloween is?" Amy demanded.
The rabbit flicked an ear back, slightly hurt. "Of course I know what Halloween is. I may not have gotten out much while I was on Earth, but I was there for two whole years. I'm not completely oblivious!"
Amy turned back to the Doctor. "There, you see? Even Doc knows about it!"
Herr Fluffermeister looked back and forth between the two bipeds. "Am I to take it that the Doctor does not know what it is?"
"I mean, I've heard of it," the Doctor said defensively. "I think…" he added in a mutter. "It's just one of those days that I must have missed. Like Easter. Easter almost never happens for me."
"Didn't you tell me you were once stranded on Earth for years though?" Doc asked.
"I was busy!"
"That's it!" Amy declared. "We're going trick-or-treating!"
"Trick-or-what now?" The Doctor was getting more and more bewildered. He could have sworn he knew about this day once upon a time. Maybe he forgot some stuff last time he regenerated?
"Can I come? I've always wanted to go trick-or-treating!" Doc shouted, and, without waiting for a reply, scurried off to find a costume.
"Come on, Doctor, let's find you a costume." Amy dragged the confounded Doctor off to the closet.
I wanted them to play dress up... it just never happened in the story. But theoretically, Amy's forced the Doctor into a 'traditional' alien costume: silver body suit, green skin, antennae. She's probably wearing her kiss-o-gram cop suit for lack of anything else to wear. Herr Fluffermeister is wearing a small hat and moustache and is insisting he's dressed up as a human.
Happy (early) Halloween!
