The clock struck 9 p.m. in Emerald City. There was a full moon out that night. Thin clouds creped past it slowly, giving it a spooky effect. Children walked up and down the street, paper bags in their hands and dressed up in a costume. They would stop by door to door, yell "Trick-or-Treat", and hold out their bags as adults would happily dump candy into them.
Yep. That's right. It was Halloween night.
Down the block lived the world-wide hero, Sonic the hedgehog. Of course, he and friends would participate in the holiday. What's better than going around with your friends and getting free candy?
The hedgehog finished putting on his fake vampire fangs and put on his cape. He looked at himself in the mirror and smiled at himself. He wore a black tuxedo under the cape, and he had fake blood around his mouth and it ran down his neck.
"I'm going to be the best looking vampire tonight!" he said to himself proudly. He then walked up to the stairs and hollered for Tails.
"You ready Tails? We're supposed to be at Amy's house in 15 minutes!" he called.
Moments later, the young fox came scrambling down the stairs with a grin on his face.
"What do you think Sonic?" he asked. "Do I look good?"
Tails' costume was supposed to resemble a Mad Scientist. His fur was ruffled up and dyed white. He had a pair of broken experiment goggles around his neck, a white lab coat with rips and holes in it, and long, baggy white jeans that covered up an old pair of brown sneakers. He had plastic gloves on his hands, and in his hands was a big brown bag that read 'Candy please!'
"Wow, Tails! You look amazing!" Sonic complimented with a big thumbs up. Tails' smile grew wider. "Thanks! You look great, too!"
"I wonder what the others are dressing up as…" Sonic added before walking to the door. "C'mon let's go!"
With that word, Sonic and Tails walked down the sidewalk to Amy Rose's house.
At Amy's house…
"CREAM! Give me the eye shadow!" the pink hedgehog bellowed. The two were running out of time. All they had left to do was put on makeup, but Cream was hogging all of it. As Amy sat impatiently in her room, loud footsteps were heard.
Cream burst into the room, out of breath. "I'm sorry Amy. Here you go!" she smiled as she tried to regain her breath. The young rabbit was dressed as a fairy. She wore a sparkly pink dress that reached down to her knees. She had wings attached to the back of her dress and they, too, had tons of sparkles on it. Cream also had thin black eye liner with pink eye shadow around her eyes. The light pink brought out her beautiful brown eyes. And she had pretty jeweled ballet slippers that she had from her dance class. Last, she had a beautiful head band that had tiny pink flowers on it.
"Oh Cream!" Amy gasped. "You look so pretty!"
"You do too Amy!" Cream returned.
Amy added the finishing touch of eye shadow around her eyes. She was dressed as a witch. The teenage hedgehog had a short, strapless, purple and black dress with knee-high boots. A large witch hat was hanging on the back of the chair she was sitting on. To finish her costume off, she had deep purple eye shadow around her green eyes.
"Do you think Mr. Sonic is on his way?" Cream asked. As Amy stood up to put her hat on, the doorbell rang.
"Oh…never mind." Cream giggled as the two girls ran downstairs to greet the guys.
"Oh gosh! Mr. Sonic! Mr. Tails! You guys look so scary!" Cream greeted them.
Sonic squinted his eyes a little as he looked at the young rabbit. "Wait a second…that's not Cream is it?" he joked.
Cream just giggled again and looked away. "I didn't even recognize you Cream! You look so pretty tonight!"
"Thank you…" Cream blushed a little.
"What about me, Sonic?" Amy stepped in front of him.
"Yes, Amy. You look very pretty tonight too." he added. Amy hugged him as a way to show thanks.
"Ugh…I think it's time we head out now." Sonic changed the subject quickly.
"Oh I hope you don't mind Mr. Sonic, but Mr. Vector said they are coming with us too." Cream suddenly brought up.
"Oh really?" Sonic smiled. "Well, it's nice that they're coming with us. It's been too long since we've seen each other. Are they coming here?"
"No," Cream replied. "They said they'll meet us in the park near the oak tree."
"Fine with me!" Sonic winked. "Let's go then!"
When the four arrived at the park, Halloween decorations flooded the area. There were kids trading candy, playing with each others' costumes, and other things that little kids would do. As Sonic and the others stood next to the tree, Sonic let them know that he had a spooky surprise for all of them.
"Oh really? What is it, Mr. Sonic? What is it?" Cream jumped up and down excitedly. Sonic placed a hand on her head to stop her jumping, chuckling.
"You have to wait! Or it wouldn't be a surprise. You'll have to wait until the Chaotix gets here. Then maybe I'll tell you…" Sonic stated. Cream pouted for a second but then shrugged with a smile. "Ok."
Sonic closed his eyes and leaned against the large oak tree. He felt relaxed hearing the whisper of the wind and the laughter of children. This Halloween was going to be a good one, he thought.
Suddenly, Amy and Tails' conversation fell silent and Sonic felt that someone was standing in front of him…
"What is it, Tails?" he asked, slightly opening his eyes. But when his vision focused on the figure in front of him, it jumped at him with a yell, causing the blue blur to fall to the ground, struck with fear.
The figure laughed in it's low tone. Sonic could recognize that voice anywhere.
"Shadow?"
"Happy Halloween, Faker. Did I give you a scare?" the dark hedgehog asked with a smirk.
"A little bit." Sonic chuckled nervously as he stood back up. "What are you doing out here?"
"It's Halloween! I wouldn't miss it for anything." he replied coolly. "Goin' Trick-or-treating?"
Sonic simply nodded and jabbed his thumb over to Tails and Cream. "Amy and I are taking them out tonight." He paused and studied Shadow. "And…uh…I see you're a vampire tonight too."
Shadow was dressed as a dark vampire, something similar to Sonic's costume. His cape touched the ground, long with holes and fake blood smeared on it. His quills seemed to stick up a little more than usual, along with freakishly long fangs.
"Yep. Funny that your one too…" Shadow replied.
"Where's Rouge?" Tails asked, changing the subject.
"Rouge? Oh, she's on a mission for G.U.N.. I asked her to come with me tonight, but she couldn't." the black hedgehog explained.
Soon, the beat of wings seemed to be coming closer and closer. "BOO!" a high pitched voice yelled at Cream.
"Hi Charmy!" the cream rabbit greeted the bee with a hug.
"Aw…you weren't scared?" Charmy asked.
"Nah…" Cream laughed. Charmy was dressed as a detective, costume similar to the outfit of Sherlock Holmes. In his belt was a notepad and a magnifying glass.
Vector and Espio came up behind him. "Hey guys!" Vector greeted.
"Happy Halloween guys!" Sonic waved. Vector was dressed as a pirate, with gold jewelry, an eye patch and striped clothing, and Espio was a dark ninja, dressed in all black clothing with spiked wrist bands, spiked boots and swords on a belt.
"Nice costumes!" Tails complimented.
"You too…" Espio returned.
"Ok, well, can we go now?" Cream asked impatiently. "Mr. Sonic said he has a surprise for us all!"
"Oh really?" Shadow inquired. "What kind of surprise?"
"No hints!" Sonic said. "Let's listen to the small rabbit and let's go!"
Sonic and his friends walked down the road, letting the younger ones go up to the doors and get candy. As they stopped at a yellow house, more familiar voices were heard.
"Hey Sonic!" It was Silver and Blaze. Both ran up to the mobians with large grins.
Amy ran up and hugged Blaze. "Awesome princess costume!"
"Thanks!" Blaze replied. She wore a long black dress with layers of purple. She wore black jewelry and her eyes were covered with eye shadow.
Silver was talking to the other guys. He was dressed as a zombie. His quills were all messed up and hung down. He had red paint all over his fur to represent blood, and he wore plain black boots with holes in them.
"Can we come with you guys? I mean, if your going trick-or-treating?" Silver asked, still out of breath from running up to them.
"Sure!" Sonic gave thumbs up. "Awesome!" the two said simultaneously.
"Wait…" Vector interrupted. "Aren't you guys a little too old to be trick-or-treating?"
Silver walked past him, looking at him and the fake sword he clutched in one hand. "Look at yourself…and you tell me."
"Oh…right…" Vector mumbled, hot with embarrassment.
"You can't be too old to trick-or-treat." Sonic mentioned. "It's a holiday everyone can enjoy." Everyone nodded in agreement.
With that, Sonic led the group down the sidewalk to the surprise that everyone anxiously awaited for.
On the way there, Sonic found himself walking behind someone he knew fairly well.
"Knuckles?"
Quickly the echidna turned around. Even wrapped up in white bandages, he was still recognizable. He was a mummy. "Sonic? What are you doing out here?"
"You know I always go trick-or-treating, Knux." The hedgehog replied. "But I didn't know you did."
"I was going to come look for you. But someone stole my money AND my bag of candy."
"Oh, looking for your money, huh?"
"More like the candy…" the echidna chuckled. Everyone else chuckled. Suddenly, Wave the swallow came out from behind the group and tossed the echidna's bag of candy back to him, everyone in the group staring at her. "Here, red mutt…your no fun." she stated. "Your money is also in the bag."
"Thank you…" Knuckles thanked with a snarl. Wave was dressed as a genie in a black and white dress and a white head piece that sparkled. She had a special design outlined in eye liner around the corners of her eyes.
"Wow…you look pretty." Amy admitted. "Better than me…"
"Well, thanks!" Wave smiled. "But you look nice too." Amy smiled back.
Storm walked up next to the mechanic. He was dressed in a simple skeleton costume, which some laughed at. "I know I look ridiculous in this…but I couldn't miss out on all the candy!"
"Where's Jet?" Sonic wondered.
As if on cue, the hawk came running up through the group of mobians with two little mobian kids yelling and chasing after him. He had their candy.
"Wave! Wave! Get them away from me before they kill me!" Jet pleaded. Wave snatched the candy from him and gave it back to the kids, who happily took it back and walked away. "Don't steal their candy then!" the swallow lectured.
Sonic and the other stared at Jet. He wore a black hooded cloak with ripped up gloves and boots. But what shocked them most, was that his eyes were crimson red.
"What are you supposed to be?" Sonic had to ask.
"Hooded assassin." Jet simply said.
"How in the heck did you get your eyes to turn red?" Espio added.
"Contacts." said Jet. "They make these contacts now that can change the color of your eyes. Pretty cool, huh?"
"Sure… yeah, totally cool." Shadow rolled his eyes and folded his arms. "Too bad my eyes are already red…"
Jet just growled at him.
"Please Mr. Sonic!" Cream pleaded, dropping down to her knees. "I'm am dying to know what the surprise is! Can we go now?"
"Ah, but we are already here…" the hedgehog smiled evilly and pointed to a large two story house down the next sidewalk. It was held up on rotting wood, overgrown weeds surrounded the house and all through out the property, and no one lived there.
"A house? You brought us to a run-down old house?" Charmy questioned.
"Well, yes. BUT!" Sonic paused dramatically. "…I hear that this very house is haunted."
"Haunted?"
"Yes, it's overran with ghosts, demons, and what ever is dead and comes back to life." Sonic explained. "I know some people that went inside here, and they say it is the most horrifying experience that they've ever been through."
Everyone froze in horror.
Shadow snorted. "Yeah right, faker…That house isn't haunted. Even if it is, I'm not scared of any ghosts."
"Oh really? Then I guess you wouldn't mind coming in with us?" Sonic challenged. Amy's eyes grew wide.
"S-Sonic! We're not going in there are we?"
"Well, of course we are! It's Halloween, isn't it?" Sonic laughed. "Of course, if your too scared to come-"
"I'm not scared! In fact, no one here is scared! C'mon, Sonic! Lead us in!" The pink hedgehog snapped and folded her arms with her nose held high.
"Ok…then follow me." Sonic laughed darkly as everyone trudged in behind him.
A/N: Oh Sonic…what are you leading them into? Happy Early Halloween! My favorite time of the year! This story is supposed to be on the humorous side, instead of scary. But some scary things might pop up. Anyway, I hope everyone enjoys this story. Thanks for reading the first chapter! Reviews are always appreciated!