It was Halloween in Royal Woods, all the pumpkins were carved into Jack-o-lanterns. Technically, it wasn't Halloween yet, only three days away to be exact, but of course, everyone is having the spirit of everyone's second favorite holiday, especially Lucy, who had her part of her and Lynn's room ready for the upcoming holiday. The only thing that didn't change was Lucy's bust of her love interest, Edwin from her favorite novel, besides, Edwin looked like Halloween material anyway. Lincoln was walking past the room and immediately stopped when he saw the inspiring decoration in Lucy's half. "Wow! Lucy, you did all this?"
"Uh-huh." And the Gothic girl looked back at her big brother. "I just love Halloween. It's my absolute favorite holiday of the year, and I can hardly contain my excitement."
To the viewers, Lincoln said to everyone "She's not wrong. When it comes to Halloween, Lucy enjoys it the most out of us all. Of course, who doesn't love the taste of candy in their mouths, especially when it's free?" and back to Lucy, he said "You definitely know how to get into Halloween spirit, don't you, Lucy?"
A small smile appeared on the Gothic girl's face, similar to how the Mona Lisa did in Da Vinci's painting "You know, big brother. I can hardly wait to get so much candy to snack on. Guess who I am going to be this year?"
Lincoln smirked, and replied "Let me guess, the Grim Reaper by any chance?"
"No, the devil himself."
"Oh. Well I was close, hehe."
Lucy herself made a small, monotonous chuckle. "That you were Lincoln. Oh I can hardly wait. Would you like me to help decorate your room next? I can make it real scary and fit the Halloween spirit."
"Hmm... Maybe later, I need to think."
"That's okay, it's only three days until the scary night comes. But I think you should consider it."
"Like I Said before, i'll think about it." Lincoln repeated with a smile. "Oh i'm Starving. I need food." Then he went downstairs to get something to eat. Looking through inside the fridge, he saw a small bowl of leftover spaghetti and meatballs from yesterday.
He can already taste the sweet flavor of the noodles and the marinara sauce that blended with them. He took a fork out, and went to the dinner table in the dining room. He took the first bite of the leftover meal and thought it was so good.
"W'sup bro?" Said a voice. It scared Lincoln a little, and he yelped in surprise, and turned his head to and fro with his eyes wide open. "Oh, sorry, Lincoln. Didn't mean to cause a quick locomotive complicity in you like that."
Lincoln was relieved to see that it was only Luna, and continued eating his lunch. "No, it's cool Luna." Then he took a sip of his iced lemonade. "Just caught me by surprise. Can you blame me, it's almost Halloween after all."
Luna sat down next to him and made a small chuckle. "Nah, I can't really blame you, bro. Halloween is like the one time of year when you can see a monsters hiding under the stairs, with fingers like snakes and spiders for his hair."
"Got That right." Lincoln agreed. "Anyway, what are you going to be this year? Mick Swagger?"
"Nope, not this year."
"But I thought you love Mick like he is a god of music?"
"Too right I do, mate!" Luna boldly state. "But this year, I want to try something a little different. Anyway, i'm gonna be Ozzy Osbourne for Halloween. He's the next best thing to Mick.
"Cool! That sounds fun." Lincoln remarked. "Well normally I would do Ace Savvy, But I think this year, I think i'm Gonna be someone else like... Superman, or Robin, I honestly don't know."
"Well, that's fine. Whatever you chose is okay with me." And she gave him a pat on the back a few times. "You gonna get a lot of candy out there, dude?"
"I'll try my best, I promise you that, Luna."
"Hahaha. Good luck with that, bro."
all of a sudden, a scary mask appeared from under the table, an angry gorilla mask to be exact, and it looked so scary that it made Lincoln fall back on the chair. At first, he felt like dying of a heart attack, but he heard a laugh that he recognized that laugh.
He scowled and got back up. "Luan." He remarked with his eyes narrowed.
The person removed her mask, and it was indeed, Luan, the jokester ofmthe family. "Come on Lincoln. You gotta admit it was pretty funny. Very great reaction by the way."
"Luan, must you do that every time Halloween is coming every year?" Luna asked, helping her bother back on his feet. "You're lucky he didn't spill his lunch on the floor."
"I'm Luan Loud, it's what I do best." Said she. "Besides. It was something I really wanted to 'chair' with you." And she made her cute laugh once again
Both Lincoln and Luna groaned at her usual terrible puns.
"Get it?"
"Yeah Luan. We get it." Lincoln muttered in annoyance.
"Well gotta go. I need to hit Lola with this water ballon." Luan Said, holding a red water balloon in her hand. "You know what they say, water you waiting for?" And she laughed while both the siblings groaned in irritation.
"Ah, look at the bright side, Linc." Luna stated. "At least it's not April Fools Day."
Lincoln had a small look of horror just thinking about it. "Oh yeah. Got that right Luna." And he took another bite of his pasta. "So how will you dress like Ozzy Osbourne this year?"
"Getting the wig and glasses will be easy, but the hard part of it is getting the outfit and the necklace."
"Have you asked Leni about making it for you?" Her brother suggested flatly
"Oh yeah, she said she was more than happy to help me with that." Luna said. "But I worry that the suit might not turn out as nice as I thought it will be when she is done."
"Oh I wouldn't doubt her, Luna." Lincoln shrugged. "Leni might be... absent in the head, it when it comes to fashion, she is an expert on all things clothes."
"True. You know, you're right, buddy. I shouldn't be too quick, to judge. I did show her a picture of Ozzy I wanted to wear, and I think she will get it down faster than you can say Mr. Tinkertrain."
"Awesome! I'm sure Leni will do an awesome job making it."
"Can't argue with that, dude. Anyway, You gonna get a lot of candy this year?"
"I sure as heck plan to do that." Then they both had a good laugh. "Remember the haunted maze Lucy put on last year?"
Luna made a small laugh. "How can I not, little bro? It was so awesome, especially me singing the Tricked song. Let me tell you something, it was an amazing time for us, and how we showed those two stinkers a lesson. They ain't no nice guys after all."
"I know. Hopefully they will never bother anyone else on Halloween ever again."
"Here here, mate." And she got off the table. "It's a shame Lucy won't be able to do a haunted maze this year though."
Lincoln nodded his head in response. "That would be awesome, still, it was fun while it lasted."
Luna patted him on the back again. "Words never true like no other, Linky."
"Hey Lincoln." said Leni, coming downstairs. "What do you think of this jack-o-lantern dress I made for the other girls? I made it myself?" then she made a few poses at him while wearing the dress.
The boy was rather impressed and astonished by how this turned out. The pumpkins on the dress looked really spooky and adorable at the same time. He thought it would be perfect dresses for the rest of her sisters to wear. Luna herself was just thinking the same thing as he was. "Wow, that looks so beautiful." he remarked
"Oh, thank you, Linky." then she gave him a kiss on his cheek to show him thanks. Not out of romance of course, but because she is his big sister, and she has a heart of gold. "Now to try and make some for everyone."
"Hey Leni?"
"Yeah, Luna?"
"How's my Ozzy suit coming?" The rocker girl had an eager smile on her face.
"It's going incredibly! It looks so constipated."
"Don't you mean sophisticated?" Luna asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Right. I always get those words confused, you know?"
Both Lincoln and Luna facepalmed themselves at Leni's ignorance yet again. "Yeah, I can't imagine why." said Lincoln sarcastically. "So anyway, what are you going to be this year, Leni?"
"Wonder Woman."
"Ooh, that sounds cool." Lincoln said.
"Well I better get to work on my costume. Oh, and Lincoln, never be afraid to ask me for a costume you want."
"No problem, Leni." Lincoln said gratefully with a smile. Leni went upstairs and Lisa suddenly came in the room.
She looked at the second oldest sibling, and said "Lovable oaf. But she is still our sibling. Anyway, I just wanted you two to know that all the pumpkins in and out of the house are carved to perfection."
"Nice, Lis." Luna said.
Lincoln got out of the dining table and cleaned his plate off over the kitchen sink. He thought about getting another lemonade from the fridge to fill his iced glass. "Luna, can you please grab me that bottle of lemonade?" he asked his big sister kindly.
The rocker girl had a big smile on her face and replied "No problem, dude." then she looked into the fridge and didn't see any more lemonade in the big jug. "Hey Linc?"
"Hmm?"
"There isn't anymore lemonade. Sorry."
"It's fine. How about Cola?"
"Yep! Cola it up!" then she threw Lincoln a small bottle of the soft drink he wanted.
"Thanks, Luna."
"Anything for my little bro." then she kissed him on the cheek like Leni did to him, except it was the other one. "Well, gotta come up with a good Halloween song to play. Wanna do it before the Werewolf calls, then you can hear him bark at the moon, you know what I'm saying, Lincoln?"
"That I do, Luna." Lincoln replied. "Need any help with the song?"
"Aw, that's really sweet of you, bro, but I think I got everything under control. Later, dude." Then she promptly went upstairs to come up with her Halloween tune for the year. Then Lincoln went to the living room to watch a little TV, and took a sip of his cola that Luna kindly gave him. He was watching another episode of "Arggh!" but realized that it was just a replay of a past episode. He flicked it, and found himself watching a movie about a young man who had to save the world from being turned into a vampire haven, and turn most of his friends and family back into human beings. To kill the leader, a very powerful vampire lord, he had to transform into a werewolf to kill him and restore balance to the world in the movie.
Just then, Luna came back down the stairs and went up to Lincoln. "Hey dude?"
"Ah! Oh Luna, it's just you." Lincoln recognized.
"Sorry Lincoln, didn't mean to scare you like that. I just wanted to tell you that I might want your help in writing the Halloween song after all."
"Oh great!" Lincoln remarked with joy. "Should we do it in you and Luan's room?"
"You know it, buddy. And Lucy said she can help with it too. That way, her creative thinking can paint it black to the song if you know what I mean."
"Gotcha. Nobody in this family loves Halloween more than Lucy does." Lincoln said. "I bet she will help get that song up in no time at all."
"Can't agree with you more, little bro." then she looked at the TV and noticed the movie Lincoln was watching. "Ah, Night Terror. Love that movie."
"I know! It's a timeless classic." Then he went upstairs and Lucy followed them to the bedroom to help Luna work on the Halloween song. It took a little while, but overtime, it was a complete success thanks to Lincoln's love for paranormal stuff and Lucy's love for dark and evil things.
Meanwhile, what they didn't know, along with the other people living in the household, didn't know they were being watched by some unknown evil. Outside, there stood a young woman with long, dark, long, jet black hair the went down to her knees, and she was wearing leather jacket, jeans, a grey tank top, and had two protruding fangs coming out of her mouth. "Ah, just look at those happy mortals." she said in a beautiful voice. As a matter of fact, she looked so beautiful and voluptuous that her beauty would make any grown man drop dead from her stunning yet evil grace.
Her clothes consisted of a long, red and black dress. The dress was so long that it was touching the grassy ground. Her skin was pale, and white as a bone, and had two bite marks on the left side of her neck. She had an umbrella covering her whole body for an unknown reason
"It is so good to be back, especially on my favorite time of the year." then a black, evil magic cloud appeared next to her. It was a tall, broad looking man with long, straight black hair that made him look like Lucius Malfoy but with Black hair and a side-beard, or Severus Snape, except longer hair, and a little more handsome.
"Don't forget about me too, my dear." he said in a regal, mid-Atlantic voice that sounded like Kelsey Grammer. He was way taller than the woman he was next to, but has pale skin too, along with red and black clothing in a regal gown, almost like... a vampire, except he look a little more modern than Dracula would be like. Of course he had a long cape to go with it with the inside with a blood red color. "We will have this world soon."
"Yes, my darling. All mortals will bend to our will before they can even pray for our mercy." They laughed evilly, and then saw Lincoln taking out the trash.
"Uh-oh, it's the boy." said the man. "Come Meela, we have to find a shelter to move forward with our plan."
"The more the merrier, Vlad." They suddenly turned into bats then disappeared into magic.
Meanwhile, when Lincoln was taking out the trash, he was about to head inside when he was stopped by a peculiar young man. He looked like somewhere in his twenties or early thirties, and wore a Black Label Society t-shirt. "Excuse me, kid." He had black hair that went a little bit down his neck, and looked rather handsome.
"Can I help you sir?"
"yeah um, I was wondering if you guys are going to celebrate Halloween."
"Of course. Me and my family celebrate it every year. Why?"
"Because I just wanted to tell you be careful that night. Not saying don't celebrate it when the night comes, but all I'm saying is that it can be dangerous out here that time of year."
"Okay." Lincoln said uncomfortably. "Like what?"
"I honestly don't know, but anything can happen on the spookiest night of the year. I'm just saying be careful out here when you get your candy. You'll never know what you'll run into out here on Halloween."
"I'll be careful."
"Good." the man smiled. "Well, I gotta prepare myself for the holiday. Good luck to you, kid." then the handsome young man walked in a different direction down the street.
At first, Lincoln didn't know what to think about this. Was this man crazy or not? And what did he mean by dangers of Halloween? Honestly, he didn't know what to think of this mysterious youth. For now, he just decided to shrug it off and thought that his head was playing tricks on him.
Coming back inside, Lincoln couldn't stop thinking about this stranger that just gave him a somewhat eerie warning. Yes, the boy was definitely deep in his own thoughts.
"Lincoln?" Said a voice. "Lincoln?" It said again. It was Lola, with Lana next to her. She made an irritated face, and took it upon herself to slap him in the face to s ap hi. Back to reality.
"Ow! What? What?" It ultimately worked, for Lincoln looked around to and fro, and saw the twins below him.
"You okay? You kinda looked like a statue back there."
"Yeah Sorry. I was just thinking about this guy I met just outside."
"A guy? Who was he?" Lola asked
"I didn't worry about it too much. All he did was to be careful on Halloween. Besides, I am very well aware that I shouldn't be talking to strangers."
"Gotcha." Said Lana.
"So what do you guys want?"
"We were wondering what kind of buckets should we use for trick-or-treating?" Lola asked. Both she and Lana pulled out one bucket that had pumpkin's head on it, and the other had a ghost's face in the front while the rest of it was white. "So what do you think we should use?"
"In my opinion, I think you should pick a bucket that speaks to you."
Both Lola and Lana looked at each other with smiles on their faces, obviously liking the suggestion. "That just might work." Said Lana. "Thanks for the tip, Lincoln."
"Yeah, Thanks."
"No problem guys. Like I said, find one that speaks to you."
then both sisters went back upstairs to pick their own bucket for storing the candy. Still, Lincoln didn't really know what to think about that little encounter with the man before. Little did he know that there was a terrible omen coming his way, and his family as well.
Guest Starring
Kelsey Grammer as Count Vlad
Olivia Olson as Meela
Sam Witwer as Cayden