Alrighty, a holiday special of a story hundreds of you readers seem to thoroughly enjoy. Since sooooooo many of you want to see Merasmus at some point in my official story, I will include him in this story, given the date and the upcoming holiday. There will be some more references from the game including a fun game mode a lot of people enjoy. I.E. Medieval Mode on Deepgroot. I'm making it Demoman's ancestral home being a sort of knight in the game and it would be kinda fitting for him to own this castle. Also I will be changing their cosmetics for the Halloween spirit. Demo will wear the Bearded Bombarder, the Gaelic Garb, and the Tartan Shade, to make it more interesting he will have the Scotsman's Skullcrusher. Sniper will wear Anger, The Toowoomba Tunic, and The Huntsman's Essentials, He will be carrying the Huntsman for his weapon. Spy will wear Exorcizor, The Fancy Fedora, and the Spectre's Spectacles, his weapon will be the Sharp Dresser. Anyway back to the story.

Demoman's POV

It was that time of year again, Merasmus attacking both teams of RED and BLU. I was on edge, as was Sniper and Spy, but it was about a hundred years in the future so Merasmus may have gotten a new hobby. Which would be nice, if that were the case as he always enjoyed messing with my team and the other team. But since I am part of a new team, he might leave us alone, so to celebrate the holiday, Overwatch was having a sort of Halloween costume party. Lena and a few others were completely ecstatic about the event and were helping planning the whole event. 76 had made a rule about not having the party at the base because it was not professional or whatever. So I decided to include me own idea. I walked into the cafeteria where Lena and Sniper, who volunteered to plan the event were located

"So you lot found a place for tha party?" I asked Lena and Sniper as they were the ones planning it. They had all the events and decor all planned out, all they needed was for a place to hold tha party.

"Pretty good, just need someplace to have the party." Answered Lena as she looked over the plans and such. I decided to help her out.

"Well if it is of any help, my family has this old castle back in Scotland. It's probably still standing, so it would be a great place to hold the party." I offered while taking out a picture of the Deepgroot. Lena's face lit up at the old castle, meaning it was a good idea.

"This is perfect Luv'! It's spooky like an old castle and it's just the place to hold a party on Halloween." cheered Lena as she looked at the picture. I had to agree with Lena on the spooky part, even back in '75 it was a place I was not to fond of going being slightly unnerved by the interior. Always felt like I was being watched by something. While that was going on, I looked back to see what some of the parties events were. Basically it was a sort of costume dance party or something. But a thought wormed it's way into my head: Was Deepgroot still standing? I wanted to figure that out so I excused myself and went to go to the hangar where I borrowed a helicopter and flew off to Scotland. While I was in the air, I contacted Winston and explained why I left all of a sudden. Once I listed out where I was headed and why, Winston nodded and said that he would wait till I came back to tell if it was still standing.

Two Hours Later...

Flying to Scotland brought back some old memories of me childhood, including the one of how I lost my eye. I shuddered remembering Merasmus and that damn book: The Bombinomicon. I pushed those memories out as I soon saw a familiar mountain range. Then flying lower, I saw an old castle, still standing in all it's glory. My face lit up as I saw my old home castle. Landing the helicopter just outside the walls, I could see the stronghold remained unchanged, like time had no effect on it.

"I'm Back!" I cheered as I ran up to the old castle. Seeing the iron gate was lowered, I remembered an old lever hidden behind one of the stones in the castle wall I would use when I was a child and was here for a family reunion. Pulling out the correct stone and pulling the lever, the gate rolled up and I placed the stone back. Walking inside, it felt like I was an old knight returning to his castle. Walking around in the courtyard, I looked around to see that the wooden stairs were still intact, but wanting to make sure they were still right for use, I walked up and down a few times, then I began jumping down each one to make sure none would break. Seeing that none did, I went inside to the hall where I saw the grand table and the throne were still untouched. I nodded as I walked around checking around till I found an old suit of armor. It had fallen from a stand, so I decided to set it right again, picking up all the pieces, finding the sword that went with it and fixed the armor so it was standing once more. Seeing that this place was fit for a party, I left the old castle, locking up the gate and heading back to the base to get Lena and Sniper as well as some others to help decorate the castle.

Two Hours Later...

Upon my arrival back at the old base, I quickly found Lena and Sniper who were in the hangar, along with Lucio, Satya and Hana Song, which I have heard of but have not yet meet. I jumped out of the chopper and ran over to the lot. Sniper was the first to notice me come running up.

"So how's the old castle doin'?" asked my old teammate as I came to a stop.

"Like it hasn't aged a day since we last saw it." I answered while giving them it's location and it's current state. "Just haven't figured out why no one has built on it yet, not that I'm complaining." I spoke my thoughts about the old castle.

"Since the party is tomorrow evening, it would be best if we set up now and bring the food then." advised Satya as she brought up some supplies for the party. We all nodded and began to load up the chopper with decor, props, a few skeletons for some good laughs, and a sound system for Lucio since he was going to be the DJ. Once the Helicopter was loaded and we boarded ourselves, I lifted off and left for the old castle. I was glad that the helicopter had one of those self regenerating power do dads, cause normally we would be out of fuel. But since we were not, we had smooth sailing ahead of us.

Twelve Hours Later...

The castle had been decorated, fixed some parts here and there, installed plumbing thanks to Satya and her hard light tech, set up a bar for guys like Reinhardt, 76 (or Jack Morrison as he revealed to us about a month back), Torbjorn, McCree and myself, the long table had been restrained and was now an oak color. Everything was perfect, even the weather as it was supposed to storm ten minutes after the party would start. But that would happen in an hour or so, and the Overwatch team was heading out, with some civilian friends they brought along. To make sure that Talon or Grey could not find us. We set up dozens of Jammers placed here and there in the surrounding area, creating an essential dead zone for radar. But with a storm like the one that was coming, I think the government will dismiss the zone as a result of the storm.

I was piloting a chopper ahead of time to get ready to greet the Overwatch guests that were coming to my home. I landed my helicopter and hid it among the trees while the rest of the Overwatch team went to a designated landing zone and take horse drawn carriages. I was able to convince a local stable to let me borrow the horses and the carriages for the party. But the stable agreed only if they could come to the party. The more the merrier I suppose. I ran up to the iron gate, using the same secret lever, raising the gate and quickly closing it. I ran around and found my costume, got changed and ran up to the balcony overlooking the field that extended in front of the castle. I took my axe and placed it by my side, handle touching the ground and the blade just beside my shoulder. I waited like a sentry overlooking a battle field, I closed my eye, just to rest for a minute till I heard the noise of a few horses and carriages in the distance. Looking out, I saw the incoming carriages and the Overwatch team. Seeing the first cart come to a stop. The first group to exit was Sniper dressed as an archer, Spy oddly dressed as a priest, Lena as a race car driver, 76 as a stunt driver, and Angela as a Valkyrie. I walked to the edge of the balcony to greet them.

"Welcome faire maidens, gentlemen, and Sniper." I made fun of Sniper, who glared up at me while the others laughed. I leaned to my right and pulled the main lever that raised the gate. The group walked inside the courtyard and into the main hall where the party would held. Then looking in the distance I could see that the storm was bearing down so the next groups had to make a quick ran to get out of the incoming storm. The next cart pulled up when the first drove off and to the right where a stable was for the horses and the carriages. The group consisted of Winston, dressed as an African Savanna explorer, Satya as a sort of architect from her old company, Torbjorn, as Barbossa, McCree as a gambler, and Hana is wearing a sort of bee themed suit that she wore since her mecha looked more like the bee.

The next carriage that rolled up let out Genji, who was dressed like a sort of magician, Reinhardt who wore a restored armor of his mentor Balderich, Mei who wore a sort of firefighter suit, and Zenyatta who looked kinda like a buddhist monk with a sort of beard and his plating was colored red and his eyes blue. The cart rolled away to let the next pull up, and the occupants included Fareeha, who was dressed like a sort of mecha colored purple, orange and white, her mother Ana wore a post apocalypse get up, Bastion who looked like a robot from a underwater city, and Lucio who was dressed as a hockey player. Another cart pulled up, meant for the stable owners that agreed to let me borrow their horses and carriages for the evening if they could come. Seeing that the whole lot was here, I closed the gate and ran down to give a more formal greeting for the guests. Running down a flight of stairs and to the main hall, I was greeted by several impressed expressions that my family had a castle and how well maintained it was, considering it was seen as old back in 1975. Lucio started the party by getting some music going, I myself walked around greeting some of the guests here and there, having a drink with Reinhardt and McCree as the others danced, laughed and chatted amongst themselves.

Sniper was currently leading a conga line with some of the stable owners while Spy was busy talking with Mercy and 76. Myself and the others were talking about whatever till Reinhardt declared that no one has ever beat him at a drinking competition. 'Challenge accepted' I thought while deciding if the old knight can indeed defend his title.

"Well if it is all the same to you, I would like to put your claim to the test. First person to pass out loses and the winner gets the title "King of the Drink!" I challenged Reinhardt who laughed loudly.

"Your challenge has been accepted." agreed Reinhardt as he sat down at a table, I sat across from him, and placed a crate of beer on the table.

"Well alright!" I cheered, "Leeeeets Do iiiiit!" With that the challenge started. McCree, Lucio, Sniper and a few others decided to see how this would end.

later...

I was getting a bit tipsy, but I could focus enough to see that Reinhardt was still in the game. Finally someone who could hold their beer.

laterer...

"It's a fine thing, lads, hehehe." I slurred, but was still in the game with Reinhardt, who by now was looking kinda drunk. I looked over to see spy explaining something to Mercy who looked a bit worried about something, but now's not the time, I've got a challenge to win.

Latererer...

At this point we were running low on beer, but we were both still in the game, or that was until Reinhardt passed out on the table, snoring loudly.

"You did good lad." I congratulated Reinhardt, Sniper laughing while McCree grumbled and handed him twenty dollars. My victory was short lived as I soon passed out as well, but before I could actually go unconscious a loud bellowing laughter echoed throughout the castle. My eye shot open as I recognized that laugh anywhere. I stood up, like I had never been drunk to start and began to look around to find the source of the sudden cackle.

"Uh Tavish, who was that?" asked Lena as she went over to me first, being the most familiar with the castle.

"Someone I should have known to show up at some point." I growled and hefted my axe from my back and held it in my right hand. Then the center of the hall began to glow a sickening green, and a familiar wizard appeared from the ground. "Merasmus!"

To be continued...

Yes I know I'm evil. (I regret nothing)