A New Halloween Tail…

Chapter 1

AN: This is based on my last couple of Halloween stories. So in the grand tradition of that, I am continuing it. So enjoy!

Kim and Ron are happy together, it is another Halloween together as a couple and despite the strangeness that had happened in their last couple of Halloweens. They were not discouraged from trying to go trick or treating.

Kim looks at her husband and smiles at him, remembering how it was on a Halloween that he had proposed to her. The Halloween adventures that had led to them getting closer, and finally the marriage, then that incredible adventure where she had saved two worlds… her world and a magical world from a great evil.

Since then, she had given birth to their first child.

Even though the child was too young to know what was going on, she still wanted to take her out on her first Halloween with them.

Kim says, "Ron honey, is she all ready for her first Halloween with us?"

Ron walks into the room, holding the little child in his arms, which was dressed up like a blue fairy with short little, but flexible wings. He smiles as he says, "I think so Kim."

Kim immediately at the sight of her baby girl all dressed up like that and goes, "Awwww! She is the cutest thing!"

Ron looks at his daughter that he proudly holds in his arms and says, "You're right there Kim. She is the most beautiful little fairy in the world but then of course she takes after her mother."

Kim beams at Ron as she walks over and gives him a loving kiss upon the lips. She softly says, "Thank you Ron." She then turns to the baby in his arms and tickles the baby with a finger as she says, "Who is the cutest baby in the world? You are! Yes you are!" until the baby laughs and catches her finger within her small hand.

Ron chuckles at the sight of mother and daughter playing in his arms like that, otherwise remaining quiet and just enjoying the moment.

Kim smiles at Ron and says, "Do you have her basket?"

Ron holds up his other hand with a proud grin, as he says, "Wouldn't leave home on Halloween without it."

Just then Kim's parents walk into the living room where they were with the two of them dressed up as vampires for the 'Scare to Care' thing that they did every year.

Mrs. Possible smiles at the sight of the three of them all dressed up and says, "Aw, now isn't that a beautiful picture." She pushes on her husband's shoulder gently as she says, "Go get the camera. I want a picture of this moment."

Mr. Possible chuckles and says, "Okey-doke! Be right back!" He returns quickly enough with the camera and takes a few pictures of Kim, Ron and little Rose Stoppable in their arms.

Kim walks over to her parents and gives them a big hug, "Thanks for letting us come over to visit you before we went trick or treating."

Mr. Possible smiles at his daughter, amazed at how much she seemed like a woman now rather than the little girl he remembered her as. He shakes his head as he says, "No problem Kimmie-cub, you are always welcome here. All of you." He looks up from Kim to look at Ron and Rose, letting Ron know that he meant it.

Mrs. Possible says, "You two look so cute together, all dressed up like Cinderella and her Prince.

Kim giggles and says, "Yeah… and little Rose is going to be our fairy godmother."

At this little rose giggles and claps her hands together as if happy for the role.

Mrs. Possible smiles, as she looks at the happy little face on her granddaughter. She had known her daughter would be an excellent mother. She was more than a teenage girl trying to live up to her motto of how she could do anything. In her eyes she had already done everything she ever would need to do. She had found her one true love and best friend, married him and started her own family to journey on the most magical trip of all, one that would surpass even last Halloween's. The magical journey of being a wife and mother of a daughter.

Mr. Possible looks at his daughter and her husband with a big, happy and proud smile. He had always known that his little girl would grow up one day and start her own family with the right guy who would love her forever and together they would raise a beautiful family full of love. He knew that she couldn't have chosen a finer person to be her husband and father of little Rose.

Kim looks over at Ron as her Prince and leans over, giving him a soft peck on the cheek before turns to her parents and says, "Well, I guess we should get going in a minute. We have a lot to see and do this Halloween mom."

Mr. Possible says, "Hopefully not TOO much this year…" as he remembers the excitement of the one that had them all transforming into all kinds of things.

Kim smiles a little as she had been wondering if anything would happen this year. It seemed like all kinds of crazy stuff had been happening over the last couple of years but she figured that the stuff was over with or that she would be able to handle anything that she faced just as she had before because she had Ron by her side.

She says, "You worry to much dad. We got through that sitch, no big and besides, Ron and I can handle anything that comes our way now. I already know that we will be together for a very long time." She looks at Ron with love shining in her eyes and was both comforted and happy in that knowledge.

Mrs. Possible says, "Well you two go ahead and have fun then. Oh, and don't forget stop by sometime. I want to see how much candy you get."

Kim nods as she smiles and says, "Sure thing mom."

Ron says, "Don't you worry Mrs. Dr. P, I'll make sure we stop by so you can spoil your granddaughter some more before she turns into a pumpkin." He chuckles and winks at the elder Possible in a joking way.

Kim playfully bats at Ron's chest and says, "Don't even joke about that Ron."

Mr. Possible worried for a second as he didn't want his granddaughter to get involved in any such stuff at her young age where she couldn't take care of herself but then he reminds himself that Kim and Ron wouldn't allow anything to happen to their daughter either.

The Stoppables walk out of the Possible home with their young daughter in tow. It had been two Halloweens since that fateful time and fortunately the one before it had been a totally quiet one.

(Later)

So many people had loved the way Kim, Ron, and little Rose looked as the cute little fairy.

Eventually they stop at the road that led to the place where the mysterious house had once rested.

Kim turns to Ron and looks at him, as he looks back at her in sync before they reach out to each other and takes the other's hands. Together with Ron holding little Rose in his other hand, they walk down the road.

They eventually come to a stop at the lot. The lot had been vacant all year as they would swing by often at different hours to see if it would reappear. However this time the house was there and the house seemed to be lit up from within by candle as the light flickered every now and then.

Ron says, "Kim… is it me or does the house seem more… I dunno, more friendly this time?"

Kim nods as she says, "Yes it does. I guess it is to be expected as the last time we were on the other side, we saved both the magical world and our world."

Ron smiles a little and says, "Yeah, I guess you're right. So do you think that Crimson person is waiting for us?"

Kim nods and says, "You mean our granddaughter, and yes… if the house is here. Then I think she's waiting for us."

Ron says, "I wonder why the house is here? Every time it has appeared, it was because she needed us."

Kim looks at the house and says, "I wonder what she needs us for this time?"

Ron just shrugs and says, "I don't know, why don't we go over and find out?"

Kim nods and together, with Rose they make their way to the house.

After Kim knocks with no response, Kim tries the door and opens it to reveal a dark house inside and yet it seemed very much like the home of the ancestor Katherine with her daughter Kim.

Kim frowns as she says, "Something's wrong Ron."

Ron nods as he can feel the hairs on the back of his neck begin to stand up.

Suddenly the candlelight that they'd noticed earlier comes around the corner with Katherine's eyes going wide at the sight of them.

Katherine stands in the doorway and shouts, "Kim! Ron! Leave quickly!" That's all she has time to do before a sinister growl comes from behind her. She turns her head and with her eyes widening at the sight of the source, she tries to run towards Kim and Ron but only manages to go four steps before something long and thin grabs her by the leg causing her to trip.

Katherine's face is visible by the candle's light as she screams, "RUN!" as she is pulled into the other room that is dark.

Kim doesn't waste any time as she puts on her mission mode face and runs, scooping up the fallen candle before it can catch the floorboards in fire and without pausing she heads towards the dark room where Katherine had been pulled into, finding her and whatever it was gone.

Ron runs up with Rose in his arms and says, "What WAS that Kim? What is going on?"

Kim frowns as she says, "I don't know Ron but we have got to help her or my past might get messed up and our lives together will be…" She turns her head and trails off as she looks at Rose who just holds onto her father from his running.

Kim says, "lost." Before she shakes her head and frowns, "Come on Ron, I think she was taken this way!"

Ron says, "Right behind you Kim!" And follows her through the dark house. They couldn't see out the windows because of the shades but they weren't lit up as if sunlight was hitting it so they assume it is night like in their time.

Kim walks forward with the candle as far ahead as she could before she spots something shiny on the floor. She kneels and picks it up in her free hand, trying to make out what it is and it isn't until she brings the candle close enough that she gasps loudly.

Ron says, "What is it Kim? What did you find?"

Kim stands up and shows the ring in her hand, "Look! It is the engagement ring that I gave my past counterpart, Kim!"

Ron's eyes go wide in shock as he realizes what that could mean.

Kim turns towards the darkness and says, "Just what is going on around here?"

Just then Kim hears a soft sound, like something moving or landing and a flashback of Katherine's face, lit up by the candle goes through her mind. She grips the candle tightly and says, "Here Ron… take the candle."

Ron takes the candle, knowing she wouldn't give it to him without a reason before Kim presses a button on her Kimmunicator and a small beam of light comes on from it.

Kim walks forward with Ron carefully following until there is another very soft sound that would have been missed if Kim hadn't been straining to hear any sound from the darkness. She immediately bolts forward towards the sound, hoping to catch it off guard.

The plan works as a mysterious shadow figure that is barely seen by her flashlight rushes straight at her and is illuminated in the wide but soft light from the candle Ron is holding before it rushes past him but not before it grabs Rose right out from Ron's arms and disappearing into the shadows once more!

Ron cries out, "ROSE! NO!" His whole body in stunned shock as Rose, his precious little girl is snatched right out from his hand. He is too stunned to even drop the candle in his other hand.

Kim spins fast enough on one foot to see their child get carried off into the shadows, disappearing into the darkness. She can't help but see the expression of pure, unexpected shock that anyone… anything… would dare to snatch their child away from him like that and so quickly. She can still see his arm in the same position as if she was still there and knew that Ron was the most shocked she had ever seen him be.

Kim cries out, "Ron! Rose!" She puts on a burst of speed and chases after her daughter with her flashlight from her Kimmunicator watch just swinging about wildly as she moves her arms quickly.

Ron snaps out of his stunned state and turns to follow Kim, with him tapping into his full monkey power as he runs. Something he had never done before as he had always been standing still when tapping into it.

Ron starts to glow blue, illuminating the darkness to the point where he can even see Kim ahead of him. His power gives him increased speed and agility to where he catches up to Kim.

Kim looks to the side and sees her husband with a very serious and angry face. She felt as angry as he did. It was their child, the combination of their love together that had been stolen. So to have that taken so quickly and cruelly like that… it was affront to her that she just could not accept!

Together, their speed grows even greater, with every turn they make to follow through the darkness, they grow closer to the one who had kidnapped their child. It is a symbol of their love together given form in a most precious way.

Ron glows bright blue in full monkey form with the rage of red and blackness surrounding the outside in the skies with flashes of lightning among the clouds.

Suddenly they come across Kim's unconscious form on the ground with John not far from her. The one attacker stops just after them through before plunging through the window.

Kim's eyes go wide as she smells…gas! She shouts, "Ron! We have to get them out of here the house is going to blow up!"

Ron doesn't waste a moment and doesn't say anything as he hopes his daughter Rose will be all right because if she isn't… he didn't want to even think about it. He scoops up John as Kim picks up Kim and together they run out of the house just moments before it explodes into a huge fireball that sends the couple flying to the ground, shielding the unconscious people with their bodies.

Kim and Ron both turn their heads to look together, hoping that Katherine and anyone else left inside had managed to escape. They then look forward to and see no one, the mysterious person had made off with their only daughter.

(Later)

Kim wakes up and groans, "Where am I…?" before she sits up and finds herself in an unfamiliar bed. She then cries out, "John? Where are you?"

A soft groan, "Over here" comes from John laying not too far from her.

Kim turns to John and says, "Where are we? This isn't our home."

A light suddenly turns on in the room and the 'other' Kim walks into the room with Ron right behind her. She looks at Kim as she says in a serious tone, "No, you're in our home and I hope you've got some answers for us."

Kim says, "You! What's going on? We were in our home with my mom when suddenly we were attacked. Are we in the future?"

Kim Stoppable nods as she says, "Yes, somehow your house got linked to our time after your attack got started and when we came in, we saw your mother get drawn away by something in the shadows."

Kim says, "What? Where is she? Is she ok?"

Ron shrugs and says, "That we don't know. All we know for sure is that we both have someone taken by whoever it was and that we're going to have to work together to get them back."

Kim looks at the couple with confusion even as John says, "Why? Who did you lose?"

Both Kim and Ron look at them with an ice-cold fury that made both Kim and John feel as if a cold breeze just had washed over them before they say in sync, "Our daughter… Rose Stoppable."

Kim and John's eyes go wide in surprise and they say in unison, "WHAT?"

Kim says, "When did you do have a baby?"

Kim Stoppable says, "I was already pregnant when I went to that magical world, I just didn't know it until we got back."

Kim angrily says, "Well you can count on us! No one messes with family, especially babies!"

Kim Stoppable smiles a little and says, "Thanks, so what can you tell us about who attacked you?"

Kim looks in thought for a second before she says, "Well it is all kinda hazy for me. The twisters had been experimenting with some gassy contraption which they left in the kitchen before going home to pick up some tools when some kind of half-person, half-animal thing attacked us and before I knew it I was knocked down and out after hitting the tweeb's contraption.

Kim Stoppable says, "Well that explains the smell of gas and why the house exploded…"

Kim and John shout, "EXPLODED!?"

Kim falls backwards into the bed and sighs, "Oh great… my new home after getting married and it blows up. Thanks twisters."

Kim Stoppable smiles as she says, "You got married? Congratulations Kim!"

Kim looks up and says, "Thanks, and congrats on your first child. I wish I could have met her."

Ron walks over, pulling out his wallet and as he sits down, out drops a long stream of pictures that reveal Kim and/or the baby girl Rose as he says, "Let me show you what she looks like." He smiles awkwardly as he says, "What can I say? I am one proud father." After getting a questioning look from Kim and John.

Kim Stoppable walks up and puts a gentle hand on his shoulder before she says, "I know Ron… and I am one proud mother."

Ron looks up at his wife as he smiles and says, "Thanks Kim."

Kim looks at the many pictures that dangle from the wallet and a smile grows as she looks at each picture that had Kim and the baby Rose in her arms. She thinks, "Wow… look at how adorable Rose is with her."

Kim looks over a John and can see that even he is moved by the pictures of Rose so she sits up in the bed and says, "We'll help you get back Rose no matter what! But first we need to know where one finds a monkey person."

Ron crushes his wallet in his hand as he growls, "Monkey Fist! He's the one who kidnapped Rose!"

John says, "Actually… that's not what I remember."

AN: What do you suppose happened? How will all this end? Who kidnapped their Rose and why? Find out in the next exciting chapter! Are you all glad I continued this story? What do you think of Rose? Do you like her name? This story isn't in the 'All Grown Up' universe so naturally the whole twins thing isn't happening. :) Would you take your kid trick or treating when she was so young? Do you think it will bode badly for the one who kidnapped Rose? What do you think happened to Katherine?

As usual all reviews, votes, suggestions, thoughts, ideas, impressions, tips for staying warm during the winter in a house with no heat (besides the obvious turn on the heat) and more are always welcome.