A series of one shots all revolved around Halloween and the supernatural, tis the season to get into the Halloween Season! :D

Discalimer: Not Mine, I know, I know, jeez, if JE's characters belonged to me, Ranger and Stephanie would be together,and their world would be much more epic!

Warnings posted separately for each One Shot

Warning for this one shot: Cute kids (SQUEEE!)

Rating K

UNBETAED (Please read the note at the end of this tale about this issue ~w~)

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Fabio and The 'Ghost'

Fabio Manoso goes trick or treating for the first time. It won't be one he'd ever forget!

Halloween was a serious holiday for the Manoso household, it was a holiday celebrated from the first day of the month, all the way to the last day of the month. The first few days were spent getting pumpkins for carving and decorations to make their house the spookiest. The middle of the month was spent planning parties, and picking out costumes for every household member. The end of the month was spent partying and passing out candy to the children that went out or trick or treating. Yep, Halloween was a serious holiday, it was right up there with Christmas and Independence day. This year however, was an even better year because….

"Mommy!" 5 year old Fabio Manoso exclaimed, running into the kitchen, "I'm old enough to go trick or treating! I can go trick or treating tonight, right?"

Stephanie Manoso smiled at her child and said, "Yup, that's right! You get to wear your Batman costume and everything, though, I don't like the way daddy has this all mapped out…"

"You can never be too safe, Babe," Carlos Manoso, Fabio's father and Stephanie's husband said, picking up Fabio and kissing him, "Are you excited for tonight, Fabbie?"

Fabio nodded his head and said, "We're trick or treating with everyone, right?" his tiny face serious.

"Right," Carlos said his voice serious, "We have it all planned out, we're going Tank, Lester, Bobby and their spawn-"

"Don't call them spawn…" Stephanie said with a sigh, going back to spreading orange frosting on chocolate cupcakes, "That's not nice."

Carlos walked over to Stephanie and said, "Babe," kissing her neck, "They are spawn."

"It's still not nice, now, get Fabio dressed and ready for school, I'm almost done with the cupcakes for his party."

"Are you wearing your costume to school today?" Carlos asked Fabio, carrying out the kitchen.

"Yup, I'm going as Batman, just like you!" Fabio said, with a smile, his bright blue eyes twinkling.

"I can't argue with that logic," Carlos said, climbing up the stairs to Fabio's bedroom.

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"Oh wow, Fabio!" Chantal said, watching Fabio show off his Batman costume, "You look so cool!"

Fabio smiled to his friend and said, "You look awesome too, Chantal, Aunt Lula made you the perfect Princess Jasmine."

"I'm not Jasmine," Chantal said, shaking her head, "I'm a belly dancer!"

"Papa was right," Walter said from his spot, "Aunt Lula is starting her off early…."

"Shut up!" Daniel, Walter's twin said, pushing his brother, "You know what Momma says about mimicking papa!"

"Mimicking?!" Fabio asked looking confused, staring at the twins, who were dressed up as Thing 1 and Thing 2 "What does mimicking mean?" Earning a head nod from Chantal.

"It means you repeat what you hear," Daniel said putting his book down, "Gosh, you guys are so slow."

"We're only 5!" Walter snapped, glaring at his brother, "Besides, not all of us are egg heads like you."

"Didn't Uncle Lester tell you to stop calling your brother an egg head?" Chantal asked, looking thoughtful, earning a nod from Daniel.

"He sure did, I'm telling Papa when we get home!" Daniel said, sticking his tongue out, earning a groan from his twin.

"It's not my fault he's an egg head…." Walter mumbled, before he looked up at the three, "Anyways, I can't wait for trick or treating, I just hope we don't have to go past the old cemetery that's at the end of the neighborhood."

"Why not?" Chantal asked, leaning in to listen to Walter, "Is it cuz there's no houses in it so we can't get candy?"

"No, it's because there's ghost in it, that's what Richie says," Walter said, earning a look from Fabio.

Richie was Uncle Bobby and Aunt Sandy's child, he was two years older than them all, and a big old meanie. Whenever they played together, Richie was always in charge.

"He also says that Santa isn't real, when in fact, he is real," Fabio said, earning head nods from the other children, "Richie is a big bully."

"Well, Richie says that there's a ghost in the cemetery, and that it only visits during Halloween, it's the ghost of a child, who died a long time ago, anyways, the ghost appears, looking for children to eat, if we're not careful it might eat us!"

"No way," Chantal said, with a firm shake of her tiny head, "I don't believe you, ghost aren't real, right Fabio!"

"Right, Chantal, 'sides, Richie is a big fat liar, remember he told you that if you didn't wear water wing while you slept, you'd drown in your sleep?" Fabio asked Walter who seemed thoughtful for a moment.

"Oh, he did say that, didn't he!" Walter said, sticking his tongue out, "That meanie, he can go jump off a bridge, that meanie!"

"Can we not think about Richie and go get some candy?" Daniel asked, putting his book away, "The teacher is passing out all the candy, and I want the good stuff."

The group of small children got up from their table, making their way over to the able full of snacks, any thoughts of ghosts and cemetery leaving their minds.

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"This is ridiculous," Jeanne Ellen Santos muttered, tucking her hands into her jacket pockets, watching the group in front of her, "Manoso, I thought you talked some sense into your husband."

"I tried to," Stephanie said, sticking her tongue out at Jeanne, who flicked her off, "He told me that he and other men had to make up a trick or treating safety map, or else we wouldn't do trick or treating at all, and you know the kids…"

"For Christ's sake, it's a huge gated community, and they have Rangemen stalking us!" Jeanne snapped, pointing to the idling SUV, "Unless they're mapping out where to avoid the houses that pass out candy corn, they shouldn't be mapping anything at all!"

Stephanie rolled her eyes, looking over to where Carlos stood with Lester, Bobby and Tank. Jeanne did have a point, they were pretty damn safe, but if it put Carlos's mind at ease, oh well. Stephanie pulled the collar of her jacket up and said with a sigh, "let them do it, Jeanne, it makes them feel more like a manly man…"

Jeanne kicked at a pile of leaves and said, "Whatever, I'm going to go get the children from the backyard, tell those men they better be ready when come back with the hellions."

Stephanie nodded her head, watching Jeanne stomp her way to the backyard area of her house. She didn't know who was worse; The children, Jeanne or the four men in front of her. Stephanie turned and made her way over to the group and stopped suddenly, as a paper crane fluttered out of nowhere, in front of her face, it wings flapping in the crisp fall air. Stephanie grabbed the floating origami from midair and unfolded it to read the note. She smiled softly and folded the note back up, stuffing it into her jacket pocket. She made her way over to Carlos and said, "Alright men, I hope you have the battle plans laid out, Jeanne is getting restless, and you know how she is…"

Lester smiled broadly to Stephanie and said, "We sure do have a plan, Beautiful, plus we also mapped out the houses that give out bad candy."

"We planned this down to a tee," Carlos said, wrapping an arm around Stephanie's waist, "I want this to be the best Halloween night for Fabio."

"Good," Jeanne said, ushering five children in front of her, "Let's get this party started, it's six, I want to be done with trick or treating by at least nine."

"It's too bad Sandy's on call at the hospital," Bobby sighed, going over to the tallest child and wrapping his arm around them, "oh well, man's night out, right Richie?"

"Yup," Richie said wrapping his arm around his father's arm, "Besides, she'd only take all the good candy for herself…"

"And Lula is at home with the baby," Tank said, picking up Chantal, and placing her on his shoulders, "She really wanted to come, but Quincy has a cold."

"Oh well, at least there's enough adults to children." Lester said, holding his map up, "Okay kiddos, let's get this party started! We'll head down Cherry Street to the Macks, they're giving out gummy worms, we should ask for two packets of them, that we you can trade one, and keep one to yourself."

"Starting them off young, I see," Stephanie muttered to herself, passing out tiny flashlights to the children, "Okay, if we get lost, which I doubt will happen, what do we do?"

"We go to the nearest lamppost, because a Rangeman will be posted at each and every lamp post!" Chantal said, from her perch on her father's shoulders, "Can we go now? I want to get all the candy!"

"Okay, okay," Tank said, leading the group down the short driveway, "let's go…"

Stephanie pulled Carlos back and said, "Carlos, I need to tell you something, I got a note from…."

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Fabio let out a sound of fear, as he walked past the gates of the cemetery that resided in the gated community. He really should have never followed the cat over here; the closest lamppost was around the cemetery. Mommy and Daddy would be really scared if he didn't get to a lamppost soon. He could go around the cemetery, but that would take longer, though, he could cut through it, It would be faster if he did. The cemetery looked friendly in the morning, so why wouldn't it be at night?

Fabio let out a sigh and said, "I'm like Daddy, I'm batman, I'm brave," slipping his mask back over his eyes, "Batman!"

Fabio walked through the open gates of the old cemetery and pointed his flashlight straight ahead, his pace quick. Okay, the cemetery was creepy at night, the pretty oak trees that doted the gated in area were tall black shadows in the darkness. The old headstones that dotted the grounds were like black lumps in the night, as if they were getting ready to jump up from the ground itself. Fabio let out a shudder and walked faster through the cemetery, he really didn't want to stay in here any longer.

The snapping of a branch had Fabio jumping fear, and turning on his feet, aiming the small beam of light that flashlight gave off, into the area that he heard the noise from, "Hello? I-is anyone there?"

When no one answered, Fabio gulped and said, to himself, "Maybe it was the child ghost….EEP!"

With that Fabio turned tail and shot forward, only to hit something around his size. When he hit the object, both Fabio and the object lurched forward and fell down. Fabio let out a sound, because he lost the bucket that had his candy it. He turned his flashlight to the object he crashed into and let out a gasp, seeing a white ghost lift itself up.

"Oh no! Richie was right, there is a child ghost!" Fabio squeaked, watching as the ghost turned to him and began to walk towards him, "EEEP!"

The ghost paused for a moment and then said, "I'm not a ghost, it's my costume, silly!"

Fabio watched as a small pair of hands shifted from underneath the whiteness and they pulled the whiteness down to reveal a little girl around Fabio's age. She was darker than Fabio, with milk chocolate skin, and bright blue eyes, blue eyes that were a darker blue than his. She had curly black hair that was up in a single braid, so it wouldn't get in her way. She wore a blue dress the color of her eyes, with matching color canvas shoes.

"See!" The girl said, spinning, "Not a ghost, they're much more tra-trans-trans-invisble!"

"Oh," Fabio said, watching the girl get on her knees and began to feel around, "What are you doing?"

"Looking for your candy, I didn't mean to scare you, so it's only nice if I looked for your stuff," The girl said, before she found the black handle of the candy bucket, "found it! and it looks like all your candy is still in there."

Fabio took the bucket from the girl saying, "Thanks…uh…"

"You can call me; Sammy, though my real name is Samantha Octavia Vladimir," The girl said puffing her small chest out.

"Oh, my name is Fabio!" Fabio said, earning a smile from the girl, "What are you doing in the cemetery?"

"Oh…this…uh…nothing, making my way out of it," Sammy said with a nervous smile, "Come on, I can see a lamppost up ahead, we're almost out of the cemetery."

Sammy held her hand out and said, "Wanna hold hands, Fabio?"

"Okay, I guess," Fabio said, grabbing Sammy's hand and walking out the cemetery with her, "I'm just glad you're not a ghost!"

"Me too!" Sammy said perking up at the sight of people surrounding the post, "Look it, people, with other kids!"

"Oh, that's Mommy and Daddy and my Aunt and Uncles," Fabio said, leading Sammy over to the group, "They must be looking for me! Mommy, Daddy, I'm right here!"

Stephanie let out a sound of relief, going over to the two children, "Fabio, never ever run off like that again, you gave mommy a scare!"

"Sorry Mommy, I followed a cat and went through the cemetery, I thought a ghost was going to eat me, but it was only Sammy-" Fabio said, but stopped as Stephanie went over to Sammy, who stood a bit behind Fabio, looking very shy.

"Mhmm," Stephanie said, looking at Sammy , the streetlight shining down on the child, "Yup, you are definitely their child, no doubt about it..."

"No doubt about it," Sammy mimicked, before she smiled and asked, "Are you Auntie Stephanie Manoso, Mommy said I'd be meeting you here tonight."

Stephanie nodded her head and said, I sure am, now come along you two, we still have lots of houses to go to, I'm sure Fabio doesn't mind letting you share his candy bucket with him, right Fabio?"

"Right!" Fabio said, grabbing Sammy's hand, "We'll have a blast, come on Sammy."

Sammy gave Stephanie a bright smile and said, "Thank you for letting me trick or treat with you!"

"You're quite welcome, now, let's go." Stephanie said, grabbing Fabio and Heidi's hands, "Though, you both have to hold my hand, no wondering off again."

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"It's not even 9PM and they're already fast asleep," Carlos said, as Stephanie unlocked the door to their house, Fabio and Sammy cradled in his arms, "They must have had quite an adventure in the cemetery."

"Apparently, Richie told the children that there was a ghost in the cemetery, that came and ate children, Bobby gave him a serious lecture about filling their heads with things like that." Stephanie said, placing the candy bucket on the side table that resided in the foyer of the house.

Carlos placed the children on the sofa in the family room and said, "I take it we'll have guest soon? I know they wouldn't let their child out of their sights for so long."

"You're right, Carlos, I'll go start a pot of coffee," Stephanie said, walking into the kitchen, "I just can't believe that those two procreated, they use to always tell us, that they would never have children, children would only curb their lifestyle."

"Speaking of lifestyle," Carlos said, coming into the kitchen and sitting at the island, "I wonder how is it, where they're at now, it must be a bit…different…"

"Mhmm…." Stephanie hummed, getting coffee cups out from a cabinet, "I miss them, though, a lot, don't let them hear that I said that."

"Oh, don't worry, we won't say anything Stephanie." A woman's voice said, making Carlos and Stephanie turn to the archway of the kitchen, "We won't let you know that we've missed you as well."

"You…you bitch!" Stephanie said, walking over to the archway and hugging a woman tightly, "Don't you know, that's what doorbells are for! I've missed you so much, Heidi!"

Stephanie let go of the woman and then hugged the man that stood beside the woman, "I missed you too, Diesel, you piece of shit!"

Diesel and Heidi chuckled and greeted Carlos, who gave Heidi a hug and Diesel a hearty handshake. When the two couples were situated around the kitchen island, with coffee and leftover orange cupcakes, they began to chat.

"You have us until sunrise," Diesel said stretching his arms above his head, "Don't ask how, we had to do stuff…"

"Like sacrifice our vacation time…" Heidi said with a huff, leaning on the kitchen , "For the next 3 decades…"

"You're not serious, are you?" Carlos asked, looking at the two, "To get to this world, for one night?"

"Yep," Diesel said, his dark blue eyes soft, "But, you know, I'd do anything for that child, even if it's to open a door up to this world for one night."

"I'm glad you contacted us," Stephanie said, looking over to Heidi and Diesel, "It's been a long time, what…ten years, since you both accepted those positions?"

"Yup, long, long time," Diesel said, grabbing Heidi's hand, "I love where we're at, but I miss this world and the friends here."

"I was wondering, if there are like, doppelgangers of us in that world." Stephanie asked, earning a giggle from Heidi.

"No, there's only one Stephanie and Carlos," Heidi said, smiling fondly at the two, "Remember the missions we used to go on? Man that sure was fun…"

"Yup," Stephanie said, with a soft smile, "They sure were…"

"By the way, Sammy was an angel tonight, she was well behaved, and all the children loved her," Carlso said, giving Heidi and Diesel a look, "I couldn't believe that she's your child, you two were a bunch of wild animals."

"We've change and it's all because of-" Diesel started but stopped as the pitter patter of feet filled the kitchen, and Fabio and Sammy walked in, rubbing their eyes with little fist, "Well, hello there, did you have a nice nap?"

"Da!" Sammy squealed, running over to Diesel, "Mommy, I missed you both…"

"But did you have fun?" Diesel asked, picking up his child, and hugging her, "I know you did."

"Mhmm," Sammy said with a smiled, before she snuggled into her father's embrace.

"Now I can really see the resemblance," Carlos said, picking up Fabio, "She looks just like Heidi, but with Diesel's eyes."

Fabio looked over to Sammy who was hugging her mother from her father's lap. He turned to Stephanie and said, "Mommy, I want Sammy to live with us, can she, please?"

"I'm sorry kiddo, but Sammy can't live with you," Diesel said, looking over to Fabio, "I know she would love to live here, but she can't."

"Why not?" Fabio asked, looking over to Sammy's parents, "She'd have her own room and everything."

"How about we get your candy and you and Sammy can pick out a few pieces to eat," Heidi asked, earning head nods from both children, "Okay, Fabio, why don't you-"

"I got it, Mommy," Sammy said, turning in Diesel's arms to look out the archway of the kitchen, holding her small hands out.

Fabio's eyes widen, as he watched as his candy bucket flew into the kitchen, and into Sammy's waiting hands.

"That was so cool!" Fabio said, watching Sammy, put the candy bucket on the island counter, "How'd you do that?!"

"I have gifts," Sammy said sagely, looking up at her parents, "Just like Mommy and Daddy, where we live, it's quite normal, right?"

"Right," Heidi said, her eyes trained on Fabio, "But the thing is, Heidi can't really leave where we live, because, it's not safe for her, not until she's older and knows how to control her gifts."

"Oh, well, why is she here now?" Fabio asked, earning a chuckled from Diesel.

"This kid is sharp as a whip," Diesel said, earning nods from Stephanie and Carlos, "It's because there are certain days in which we can travel and it's safe, because other people from where we live do it freely, Halloween is one of those days, but once the sunrises on the next day, we have to go back to our world."

"Oh," Fabio said, looking a bit put out, but he perked up and said, with a smile, "Well, then I guess we can eat candy and then I can show you around!"

"Okay," Sammy said with a smile, before the two children dug into the candy bucket.

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Fabio let out a jaw cracking yawn, blinking his sleepy eyes owlishly and leaning against his mother. He had had fun last night, showing Sammy all his toys, and games, and Sammy had showed him what cool tricks she could do with her gifts. It was such a shame that she had to leave, he wanted her to be with him forever.

"It's almost sunrise," Fabio said, with a yawn, looking out the window, " I don't want you to go, Sammy, I had fun."

"Don't worry," Sammy said with a smile, "I'll be back soon, right Mommy and Da?"

"Yup," Diesel said, ruffling Fabio's hair, "Don't worry, Mini Carlos, we'll be back, you just have to wait."

"Okay," Fabio said, hugging his mother's leg, watching as the first ray of light filter into the living room, "Goodbye Sammy, I had a blast."

Sammy went over to Fabio and said, "Good bye, Fabio, I'll see you soon, don't worry about it."

Fabio let out a squeak as Sammy kissed his cheek and then scampered back to Heidi, who made cooing sounds.

"That was too cute!" Stephanie cooed, looking down at Fabio, who was blushing and burying his head in her leg, "We have to have Halloween together again."

"Yup, we sure do," Diesel said, picking up Sammy and wrapping an arm around Heidi's waist, "Smell ya later!"

The family was gone when the small ray of sunlight hit them. Fabio waved at the spot they were standing at and said, with a whisper, "goodbye Sammy."

"I say we go and get some sleep," Carlos said, picking up Fabio and carrying him up the stairs, "It's not every day you stay up all night."

"Mhmm," Fabio said, yawning again, "Daddy, was Sammy real, or was she really a ghost, that only we could see?"

"Sammy is as real as you and I," Carlos said, helping Fabio out his costume, and putting him in Batman PJs, "it's just that she doesn't live on this world."

Fabio climbed into bed and said, "Well, I can't wait to tell my friends all about her, they're going to be excited!"

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"No way, Sammy wasn't real," Walter said, crossing his arms and giving Fabio a glare, "That had to be a ghost, after all, she's not here right now, like you said, she lives in another world, the ghost world!"

" 'Sides," Chantal said, coloring her paper turkey, " You even said you met her in the cemetery, maybe she's the ghost that eats children but let you go."

"That's the only logical explanation," Daniel said, closing his chapter book, "I found a new word to say, logical, Mama thinks I'll become a rocket scientist."

"More like a rocket egghead," Walter muttered, earning a push from his twin.

"She is real, she has parents and everything, they came and got her after we went trick or treating!" Fabio exclaimed, pouting.

"They were her ghost parents!" Walter exclaimed, making the Teacher shush him loudly, "Oops, I mean, they were her ghost parents, they must have come and tried to eat Uncle Carlos and Aunt Stephanie!"

"Walter is right, you're lucky that they disappeared when it was morning time," Chantal said, grabbing for the glitter, "or else, they would have eaten you all."

Fabio crossed his arms and placed them on the table top. Sammy had been real, she had kissed him and everything. Oh well, the next time she showed up, Fabio would prove that Sammy wasn't a ghost.

But he would have to wait for another Halloween to do so.

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Well, what do you think? Starting you off slow, the next one isn't so soft...reviews are loved, I love your feedback

(I've been pussyfooting around about getting a beta, if you want to be my beta, send me an email via my Yahoo account, it's Smallb09 Yahoo . com...sheesh...so lazy I am.)