This Is Halloween
By JustTJ
I know it's a little too late for Halloween, but it's never too late for a crossover story.
Chapter One
"Oh boy, what a day," Ben said.
Once again, 10-year-old Ben Tennyson was wandering from the halls of his house to his own bedroom like a mindless zombie. He was so tired out of all the tests he took from school, and once again got wedgied by the school bullies. He was so sick of coming back to his quiet hometown. He hasn't done any alien-butt kicking since school started, and he haven't told his parents about the Omnitrix. Sometimes, he secretly use the Omnitrix for his own use. There was Ben, laying on his bed with his face laying on his pillow. For once since summer, he can go back being a hero, again. He then looked at his calender, hanging from his bed. One more day before Halloween. Usually, Ben get's excited about going trick-or-treating, but for some reason, he's not feeling it. Then, his mother slowly opens his door.
"Ben?" she said. "Oh, there you are. I thought we could go buy your Halloween Costume for tomorrow night."
"I already have a costume," Ben lied.
He can always use the Omnitrix to desguise himself as one of his aliens to go trick-or-treating.
"Are you sure, Ben?" Mrs. Tennyson asked.
"Definately," Ben lied again.
"Okay," Mrs. Tennyson said. "Oh, and your Grandpa Max called. He said he wanted to take you and your cousin, Gwen, to go out Trick-Or-Treating, since you two have been hanging out together a lot, lately."
Yippee," Ben said, but with more sarcasm.
"I just leave you alone, then," Mrs. Tennyson said.
She then slowly closed the door. Ben then faced against his pillow again.
"Wait," he said. "This isn't the real me! Whatever happened to the old me that used to kick alien butts all the time?! That's what I want to know!"
But the next day, on the day of Halloween, Ben will notice what he's been looking for the whole time...
The Next Day...
Grandpa Max's RV pulled over at the front of Ben's house. He and Gwen steps out of the vehicle. Gwen was wearing her 'Lucky Girl' costume, since everyone seemed to forgot about Lucky Girl, but Gwen was okay with that. She realised that her charmed bracelet was working again, but since there wasn't any crime, she decided to take it down real easy. Anyway, when Grandpa Max was about to knock on the door, Mr. Tennyson opens it, looking really shock.
"Everything okay?" he asked.
"Thank goodness you're here, Dad," Mr. Tennyson said. "Ben suddenly ran off. We don't know where the heck he went."
"Well, you know Ben," Gwen said. "Every year on this day, he's usually excited to go, but goes anyway."
"Don't worry, son," Max said. "We'll find him."
Max and Gwen then took off. Max was using a tracking device that focuses on the Omnitrix, which means where ever the Omnitrix is, Ben will always be there. Meanwhile with Ben, he was also wearing a costume, not one of his alien forms. He was wearing that one kind of costume that Sora wore in Kingdom Hearts. He kept on running and running into a strange forest, with the RV not too far from him. Ben then stopped to catch his breath for a minute.
"I don't even know why I even took off in the first place," Ben said. "Man! If only there's more action in this town, then...uh? Where is my town?"
He then saw seven trees all in a circle. Ben then walked over to take a peek, and then saw seven different doors on each tree.
"Wait, haven't I seen this in some copyrighted movie by Tim Burton?" Ben asked.
He then spotted a creepy-looking door with a pumpkin on it.
"Cool!" he said, being the same old Ben. "I wonder where this door will lead me to!"
He then slowly opens it, revealing darkness on the other side. Then, the RV pulls over and Max and Gwen stepped out.
"Ben!" Max called out. "What are you..."
But it was too late. Ben accidentally fell through the door into the tree as the pumpkin door closed. Max and Gwen looked at the doors.
"I know this place," Max said.
"You do?" Gwen asked.
"When I was your age, my grandfather would always tell me a poem on a holiday," Max said.
"What kind of poem?" Gwen asked. "You know how much poems makes me puke."
"It's not that," Max said. "I'm only going to tell you once, so listen well...
T'was a long time ago
Longer now than it seems
In a place that perhaps you've seen in your dreams
For the story that you are about to be told
Took place in the holiday worlds of old
Now you've probably wondered where holidays come from
If you haven't, I'd say it's time you begun..."
"What does that mean?" Gwen asked.
"In time, Gwen, you'll know," Max said. "But for now, we gotta find Ben."
"I'll go look for him," Gwen said. "Besides, you'll probably won't fit through these doors."
"I'll stay here until you get back," Max said. "But don't take too long."
"Don't worry," Gwen said. "I can find that dweeb faster than a speeding bullet."
Gwen then opened the pumpkin door. She then looked in it.
"Ben!" she called out.
No answer.
"Hey, dweeb!" Gwen called out again. "We've been looking for you everywhere! Now show your pizza face or I'm telling your parents!"
Again, no answer. Gwen shrugged as she stepped inside. Then, the door shuts right behind her, and all she sees was nothing but darkness.
"Ben!" Gwen called out. "Ben!"
"OW!" a voice shouted to close to her. "Gosh, you don't have to yell in my ear!"
Gwen then bumped right into Ben.
"Why did you even dragged us here?" Gwen asked.
"What do you mean 'us'?" Ben asked.
"Grandpa and I have been tracking you, dweeb," Gwen said. "He said he'd wait for us at the RV. Now get on your feet so we can go."
They both got up and looked around. All they can see was darkness around them.
"Now come on," Gwen said. "Help me find the door."
"What door?" Ben asked.
"You know!" Gwen said. "The one that's shaped like a pumpkin! Huh?"
She reached out her hands from the direction of where the door was, but she can't feel a thing.
"The door," Gwen said. "It's gone!"
"You mean to say that we're now trapped here for the rest of our lives!?!" Ben shrieked.
"Oh wait to go, Ben," Gwen said. "This is all your fault!"
"My fault!?" Ben shouted. "If you have left the door open, we would be out of this place by now!"
"Hey, I left the door open when we got here!" Gwen shouted back. "It must have been the wind that must have shut the door by mistake!"
"Yeah, well..." Ben started to say, but Gwen placed a hand on his mouth.
"Shh," she whispered. "You hear that?"
"Hear what?" Ben whispered back.
Then, there was music fading in.
"I can hear it, too," Ben said.
But then, they spotted a scarecrow heading right at them. They both screamed and got out of it's way. It had a little sign that said...
"Halloween Town?" Gwen said.
"What's Halloween Town?" Ben asked.
"There was a little sign on that scarecrow that says, 'Halloween Town', doofus," Gwen said.
Then, they came across an old graveyard as the wind blew. By the light of the full moon, they can now see themselves outside a strange-looking town.
"What is this place?" Ben asked.
Then, they suddenly saw shadows on each tombstone. They started to sing...
Boys and girls of every age
Wouldn't you like to see something strange?
Come with us and you will see
This, our town of Halloween
This is Halloween, This is Halloween
Pumpkins scream in the dead of night!
Gwen shrieked, but Ben seemed pretty excited.
"Awesome!" he said. "I must have picked the right door!"
This is Halloween
Everybody make a scene, trick-or-treat
'Til the neighbors gonna die of fright
It's our town, everybody scream
In this town of Halloween...
"We got to find a way outta here!" Gwen shrieked.
"No way!" Ben said. "I got to see more of this!"
Ben then ran out of the cemetary.
"Ben! Get back here!" Gwen shouted.
She then followed him, but they were strangely in a room. There was a bed and a staircase.
I am the one hiding under your bed
Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red!
I am the one hiding under your stairs
Fingers-like-snakes and spiders in my hair!
Ben looked under the bed as Gwen looked under the stairs.
"Eew," Gwen moaned.
"This is awesome!" Ben shouted with excitement. "How come we don't get monsters like these back at home?"
This is Halloween, This is Halloween
Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween
Then, Gwen felt like she had to puke so she ran outside. Ben ran after her. Gwen was then puking in a little waste basket outside of a balcony.
"Consider yourself very lucky," Ben said.
Then, four vampires came stalking out of the house.
In this town we call home
Everyone hail to the pumpkin song
Ben and Gwen then saw a little man with a weird face.
In this town, don't we love it now?
Everybody's waiting for the next surprise!
'Round that corner man
Hiding in the trash can
Something's waiting now to pounce and how you'll...SCREAM!
Ben and Gwen were looking at an alley, seeing three strange monsters.
This is Halloween
Red 'n Black 'n Slimy Green
Aren't you scared?
Ben and Gwen then heard witches singing. They looked at the sky and saw two witches flying above them.
Well that's just fine
Say it once, say it twice
Take the chance and roll the dice
Ride with the moon in the dead of night
They then were nowhere to be seen. Both Ben and Gwen sighed in relief.
"That's a relief," Ben said.
They then saw a moving tree with five skeletons hanging from it's branches walking straight toward them.
Everybody scream
Everybody scream
In our town of Halloween...
Then, Ben found himself back in the darkness. He was then looking at a strange-looking clown.
I am the clown with the tear-away face
Here in a flash and gone without a trace
The clown then vanished in front of Ben's eyes.
"Cool!" he said.
Gwen was sitting on a hill. She looked up to find a sewn-up woman sitting on a stoned-fence.
I am the who when you call "who's there?"
I am the wind blowing through your hair
Gwen then spotted a shadow on the moon, which made her gasp in fear.
I am the shadow on the moon at night
Filling your dreams to the brim with fright!
The shadow then disappeared.
"What the heck is going on?" Gwen asked.
Ben then came to the screen.
"There you are!" he said.
Then, they saw a lot of people gathering around.
This is Halloween, This is Halloween
Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween
Tender lumplings everywhere
Life's no fun without a good scare
That's our job
But we're not mean
In our town of Halloween
In this town, don't we love it now?
Everyone's waiting for the next surprise!
"Wait, this doesn't add up," Ben said. "Why did they sang that everyone with waiting for a surprise?"
"Perhaps someone special is about to come," Gwen said.
Skeleton Jack might catch you in the back
And scream like a banshee, make you jump out of your skin
This is Halloween!
Everybody scream!
Won't ya please make way for a very special guy?
Our man Jack is king of the pumpkin patch
Everyone hail to the Pumpkin King, now
"What did they meant by 'Jack'?" Gwen asked.
"And why did they call him 'The Pumpkin King'?" Ben asked.
Then, there was an earthquake and skeleton hands came crashing from the ground, as the force was coming out of the ground.
This is Halloween, This is Halloween
Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween
In this town we call home
Everyone hail to the pumpkin song
Then, standing there upon the monsters and demons, was a handsome-looking skeleton wearing a striped-tux with a bow tie to resemble a bat.
"Who's that?" Gwen asked.
"I don't know," Ben said. "It could be that man named Jack we've been hearing about."
"This Halloween was even more horrifying, yet!" the skeleton shouted with glee. "Thank you, everyone!"
Everyone cheered and cheered and clapped and clapped unstop.
"Can this get any worse?" Ben asked.
But then, the skeleton heard Ben's voice behind the crowd, so he creeped over, without them even noticing.
"Maybe we should go home," Gwen demanded.
"Come on!" Ben said. "Can't we just stay another longer or something?"
Then, there was a loud scaring sound behind them.
"BOO!" it said.
Both Ben and Gwen looked to find the skeleton right behind them. They both screamed and hugged each other.
"Wait," Gwen said. "I didn't know boys like you can get scared."
"Quit it!" Ben said.
But then, everyone was staring right at them. They both blush with embarrassment and looked at each other.
"And who would you two be?" the skeleton asked.
"My name is Ben Tennyson," Ben introduced himself. "This is my cousin, Gwen Tennyson."
"Uh...hi?" Gwen gave a small wave.
"I haven't seen you two around, before," the skeleton said.
"We just drop here by accident," Ben said. "We're not actually from this town."
The skeleton then gave out a friendly smile.
"I guess it's safe to introduce myself as well," he said. "My name is Jack Skellington, King of Halloween."
"You're the king of Halloween?" Gwen asked.
"Precisely, my dear," Jack said. "Once a year on this very day, we work so hard to make this day scarier than the last."
"Oh really?" Ben said.
He then reached for the Omnitrix, but Gwen slapped his hand.
"Why did you do that, for?" Ben whispered.
"Don't you want us to get busted?" Gwen whispered back.
Ben rolled his eyes.
"Now if you don't mind, we'd better get going," Ben said.
"But if you want, you're welcome to stay for our party for a while," Jack said.
"A party?" both Ben and Gwen said together.
"Yes," Jack said. "We do this thing after our hard work year after year."
Ben's stomach then growled really loudly, but no one seemed to hear it except for Gwen.
"I'm in," Ben said.
"What?" Gwen said.
Ben grabbed her arm and pulled her closer to him face-to-face.
"We'll just stay at their party for a while and then we'll leave," Ben demanded.
Gwen growled silently.
"This better be good," she said.
"Then it settles," Jack said. "I'll show you both where the party takes place."
Both Ben and Gwen followed Jack inside one of the buildings, along with other town residents. Gwen then shivered.
I got a bad feeling about this...
End of Chapter One...