Lindsey arrived at Fenton Works. She made herself welcome and went straight Danny's room, where Tucker and Sam were.

"Hey, guys! What's the emergency?" Lindsey asked her friends.

SLAM!

Lindsey heard the door shut behind her. She turned and saw a cloaked phantom behind her!

"Wooooooooo!" wailed the ghost.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Lindsey screamed.

The phantom laughed. It was really Danny under a blanket, who became visible. "I told you I could scare her!"

"Not funny, Danny!" Lindsey shouted.

Danny wasn't the only one laughing. Tucker and Sam were chuckling it up too. "I can't believe you fell for that!" Sam laughed.

"Sam! You know I scare easily and it's not a laughing matter!" Lindsey said.

"So, Lindsey. Now that you've have your trick, how about your treat?" Tucker offered. "As in trick-or-treating?"

"Trick or treating?" Lindsey said.

Tucker waited for her refusal.

"I love trick or treating!" Lindsey said, excited.

"Really?!" Tucker said, surprised.

"You bet! The best thing about Halloween are the costumes and candy!" Lindsey clapped her hands together. "Do you want to go with me?!"

"Uh, s-sure!"

Lindsey took the question right out of his mouth.

"Seriously?" Danny said.

"Yeah, trick-or-treating is a lot better than being scared." Lindsey said, giving her friend a look.

"I've got my costume all ready." Tucker reached into his backpack and took out a red rubber nose and big clown glasses.

"Tucker! Is that the best costume you can come up with?!" Lindsey said. "You have to do better than that!" She took Tucker by the hand. "Come on, we're going shopping!" Shopping was one of Lindsey's favorite sports.

Lindsey and Tucker left in a flash, leaving Danny and Sam by themselves.

"Well, I guess you and I going solo this Halloween." Danny said.

Then Sam smiled. "And I know just what we can do." She grabbed Danny's hand.

"Uh, Sam-WHOA!" Danny was pulled away as Sam took him out of his room.


However, there was someone who wasn't in the festive mood.

In the Ghost Zone, deep within a macabre castle, a ghost was very displeased.

But not just any ghost, it was the Fright Knight, the spirit of Halloween himself. He watched the human world from a green crystal ball.

The ancient ghost growled in disdain seeing humans dressed up in costumes and having fun being scared.

"What has become of Halloween?" the Fright Knight bellowed. He heard people screaming, but they were more like screams of joy.

"THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!" Fright Knight pounded his fists against the table. "There is not a hint of true fear in their screams! Halloween has been turned into a shameful embarrassment! A disgrace!

He drew out his sword, the Soul Shredder. "The humans will pay for this."

Just then, a scream reached the knight's ears. He spun around and went back to his crystal ball.

"That scream! It possessed true terror!" The knight clutched the ball. "Show me the owner of that scream!"

The crystal ball glowed as an image swirled into the glass. It was Lindsey screaming. She and Tucker were at a Halloween store. A fake giant spider was hanging from the ceiling.

And of course, it frightened Lindsey.

"That wench...she will be perfect for my plan."


"Lindsey, it was just a fake spider." Tucker said. He picked out a costume and went into the dressing room.

"But they look so creepy!" Lindsey groused.

"Is there anything you're not scared of?"

Lindsey sighed. "I just can't help myself, Tuck. Ever since I was little, I always scared easily. Halloween was never easy for me growing up."

"Well, maybe you'll think differently when you see this handsome devil!" Tucker said. He leaped from the dressing room wearing a suit of armor!

But instead of fawning like he wanted, Lindsey actually screamed ten times louder than when she saw the fake spider. Lindsey turned away and covered her eyes in fear.

"What?! Oh, come on! You're scared of handsome knights too?!" Tucker said, throwing his helmet aside.

"I'm sorry, Tucker." Lindsey said, her face still covered behind her hands. "Knights are my worst fear!"

"How can knights be your worst fear?" Tucker asked, sitting beside her.

"It all started when I was five years old, my parents took me to a Halloween carnival. Which was fine until I came to the Haunted House. I decided to be brave and go in there myself, but when I went down the first hall, all the way down there was nothing but knights lined up against the walls like they were going to battle and chop my head off! They were huge and their swords were just as big. I was scared, but I went in anyway. As I walked, I couldn't shake the feeling that they were watching me, even though they were props."

Lindsey started to shake. "Then, a knight in black armor jumped and held his sword up, ready to slash me! I was so scared, I crashed right into the other knights and they all came crashing on top of me! It was the most terrifying, and crushing day of my life!"

The shaken girl started to sob. "To this day, I can't go into a haunted house or look at a suit of armor without fainting or getting sick!"

Seeing her scared even more than usual, Tucker put an arm around Lindsey. "It's okay, Lindsey. I won't tell anyone. I'll just pick out another costume. I promise, you and I are gonna have the best Halloween ever!"

And with hope in her heart, Lindsey took a deep breath and wiped the cold sweat off her face. "Okay."

Tucker smiled. "And we still have to find you a great costume, right?"

"Right!" Lindsey was feeling better already.