Hello everyone! Warrior Kitty here with my second Sonic story, and it's a Halloween one! *confetti*

However, I'm not that used to writing Sonic shenanigans than I am with my usual Smash Bros shenanigans, so hopefully this'll warm me up. Now, I've had this idea...actually since last year, I just never got around to writing it. But now, I am making it a reality! Alright, I have one more thing to say to the readers who read my Smash Bros stories, so if you're one, listen please!

My current story, "Of Rescuers and Toddlers" is currently on hold because I'm working on this. Don't worry, I'm gonna continue it, it's just I'm getting a slight writer's block on it, for it wasn't prewritten and I've had my mind on a loooooot of things recently.

Okay, now that that's been said, let's begin! Enjoy!

Haunted Mansion Mayhem

Chapter 1

Cool air blew, making many brown, red, and golden leaves fly about. Stars speckled the sky as night time spread over Mobius. However, this wasn't an ordinary night, for it was Halloween. Many children scattered about, wearing colorful costumes and rushing from house to house to receive many treats. Everything may seem normal, but this night is about to change for a certain group of four Mobians...

"Marine!" A voice shouted. Tails came rounding a street corner, quickly running down it. He had a little headband on his head that had a little antenna with a glowing red light on it, for he was dressed as the Tails Doll. As he continued to run down, Cream and Charmy appeared from the corner and quickly followed after, though Charmy was laughing like crazy. The rabbit was wearing a little dress with a plastic tiara on her head, dressed as a princess. Cheese was even with her, wearing little cat ears and a tail. The bee had on a little Buzz Bomber costume. Ahead of them, Marine was running and laughing as well. She had on a little pirate outfit with a pirate hat on her head and an eye-patch. She also had an empty egg carton gripped in her hands.

The four kids continued running until they finally came to a stop, catching their breaths. "Why...would...you...egg that guy's house...?" Tails asked the raccoon in between breaths, scowling at her.

"Hey! The bloke was askin' for it!" Marine said to her defense. "I mean, who gives out broccoli on Halloween?" As she said this, she held up the said vegetable in her hands.

"Still, though! That's vandalizing someone's property!" Tails argued back.

"I agree." Cream spoke up. "My mama always said getting other people's belongings messy is very rude."

"Chao chao." Cheese said with a nod.

"I though it was funny!" Charmy said with a wide smile. "I mean, did you see the way the yolks splattered on his windows?"

"I know!" Marine said then the two continued to laugh. Cream and Tails watched as the two continued on in hysterics, though the two-tailed fox was face-palming.

"Why does something like this happened every Halloween?" He muttered to himself. After the two regained themselves, Charmy turned and faced the other three.

"So what do we do now?" He asked curiously, shoving a handful of chocolate in his mouth. Tails looked down at the watch on his wrist and checked the time. Once he saw it, his eyes widen slightly.

"It's pretty late, we should probably head back." He told them. "Besides, I think we hit every house anyway."

"I know, my mama would be worrying." Cream said but then smiled. "But we did get a lot of tasty candy!"

"Chao!" Cheese cheered.

"Alright, so why don't we-"

"Hold on there, Tails mate!" Marine spoke up. The other three turned to the raccoon as she faced them all with a smile. "There's this place that I heard about! It's supposed to be really creepy looking and awesome! I was thinking that all four of us could go and check it out!" Tails, Cream, and Charmy all faced each other, thinking about her words. Finally, the fox put on an unsure look.

"I don't know, Marine. We've been out a long time already, I really think we should be-"

"It'll only be for a little while!" Marine interrupted him again. "C'mon, mate!"

"I kinda wanna see it too!" Charmy spoke up. "I wanna know what it is!" Before Tails could even say anything else, the two then turned and took off running down the rest of the street.

"It won't be long, I promise!" Marine called back as they left. Tails and Cream watched as they left and the fox then heaved a sigh, quickly running after them with the rabbit following behind. They guessed they had no other choice.

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The four were now walking down a very dark road. Only one street light was on it and it barely lit their way, but luckily, Charmy and Tails both had brought flashlights with them and were using them to light their way. However, it didn't fix the fact that the road looked extremely creepy. There weren't any houses or anything on the street, except for a bunch of towering trees and and broken fence bordering the sidewalk. Cream and Cheese were glancing around at their surroundings, shivering with fright.

"W-Where did Marine say we were going, again?" The rabbit asked nervously.

"I'm not sure." Tails replied, equally uncomfortable with the area. "Uh, Marine-"

"We're here!" The raccoon suddenly announced, stopping. Tails, Cream, and Charmy stopped as well and stood next to her, facing the area in front of them and went wide eyed. Towering above them was a dark, wrecked, old, wooden mansion. Spider webs covered the exterior and the large yard looked torn and dead. The fact that the moon was blocked off by the trees and left the empty area dark left an eerie feeling in the air.

The four kids continued to look at it for a few silent moments. However, a wide smile slowly crept on Charmy's face as his eyes began to get an excited gleam like Marine's. "Awesome!" He said, breaking the quiet atmosphere.

"Uh...How exactly did you find out about this place?" Tails asked nervously.

"That doesn't matter now." Marine responded and gave an excited hop. "Let's go inside and check it out!" Tails' eyes widen in alarm and before she and Charmy ran forward, he quickly grabbed them.

"Wait, guys!" He said. "I don't think we should go in there!"

"Aw, why not?" Charmy questioned in disappointment.

"I...I don't like the looks of that mansion." Tails mumbled as he glanced back at the dark mansion. "I mean, we don't know what's in there. It could be dangerous for all we know. I don't think it's a good idea."

"I agree with Tails." Cream spoke up. Her and Cheese had frightened looks on their faces as the rabbit hugged the Chao closely. "It looks really scary and my mama always told me to never go inside a place I don't know." Marine and Charmy looked to the two then back at the mansion.

"Aw man, I've been waitin' all month to see this place." The raccoon muttered. "I thought Halloween would be a great time to see it, and that it would be ripper!"

"Well, why don't you guys wait out here while Marine and I go inside!" Charmy suggested. Before the two could object, they then turned and started running across the yard and toward the mansion. Tails and Cream stood in their spots as they watched them go.

"We can't let them go in there alone." Cream said worriedly.

"I know, but..." Tails said as he directed his gaze to the ground, thinking quickly. Finally, he sighed and shook his head briskly, looking back up. "We're gonna have to go in after them. Just stay next to me, Cream, and you'll be fine." The rabbit nodded and with that, the two quickly headed to the mansion.

The wooden door creaked open and echoed through the empty house. As it did, Charmy poked his head in and glanced around. Seeing nothing, he opened the door wider and stepped in fully with Marine following.

"Hellooooooo?" He called out loudly. When he heard his voice echo back, he gave a chuckle.

"Alright, mate." Marine spoke up. "Let's go!"

"Marine! Charmy!"

At the sound of their names, they turned to see Tails and Cream approaching them quickly. When they entered the house, Marine faced them with a smile. "Ah, so you two decided to come after all." She said.

"No." Tails told her with a scowl. "We came to get you guys. This place looks dangerous, we shouldn't even be here! We should be getting back home anyway; it's late. The others would worry about us."

Marine gave the two-tailed fox a pat on the shoulder. "Calm down there, mate. We're just gonna take a quick look of this place then we'll leave. It'll be super quick!" Meanwhile, as the two talked do one another, the door to the mansion creaked and swayed. Just then, a rush of wind blew right past it and caused it to quickly close shut. Tails and Marine both jumped when they heard this and turned to stare at the closed door.

"Did...Did one of you guys close the door...?" Tails said quietly and to where Charmy and Cream stood...or at least, where they were standing. The two gasped when they saw that the bee and the rabbit were gone. They looked around the empty room wildly. "W-Where'd they go?!" Tails asked in panic.

"Crikey! They disappeared!" Marine said. Tails' heart started beating fast as he gripped his flashlight tightly. He closed his eyes tight and gulped, reopening them with a determined look.

"Quick, let's find them!" He said and shone the flashlight forward. "Before something happens to them."

"Right behind ya, mate!" Marine followed as Tails started walking down one of the mansion's halls, in search for their friends.

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The wind blew calmly as Espio stood in front of the Chaotix Detective agency building. He watched as the many trick-or-treaters walked about on the street, getting the last couple houses for candy then heading home. It was starting to get awfully late, it would be about time for the children to head home. But, realization came to Espio as he looked around.

The streets were now starting to empty, but there was no sign of Charmy. The young bee had not yet returned from collecting sweets and the chameleon started to grow concerned.

"Vector." He suddenly said and turned to the door of their home. Vector, who was sitting in a chair with a bowl of candy, jumped and quickly hid some sweets behind his back.

"I wasn't eating the trick-or-treaters suff." He said with a mouthful of candy.

Espio raised an eyebrow at him, but quickly shook it away. "Vector, Charmy hasn't come back, hasn't he?" He asked. Vector grew quiet as he started thinking about it.

"Huh...Y'know, now that you mention it, no, he hasn't." He replied. "I think he's still out there."

"But Charmy should've been home by now." Espio said quietly. "Something must've happened." He stopped speaking when they heard the sound of footsteps approaching them. The two turned around to see Amy and Vanilla heading their way.

"Don't worry." The pink hedgehog said comfortingly. "Tails, Marine, and Charmy are with her, so I'm sure she's fine. Besides, Cream knows not to wander far."

"I hope you're right, dear." The older rabbit responded, a worried gleam in her eyes. "But I still can't help but be concerned. She should've returned."

"V-Vanilla!" Vector suddenly said and stood straight up out of his chair, spilling all of the candy from the bowl on the ground. He then stepped forward to stand in front of the two girls. "What's the problem?"

"Vector, have you or Espio seen Cream?" Vanilla asked him. "She hasn't returned home yet and I'm very worried that something happened to her."

"Cream isn't back either?" Vector asked in shock.

"We're sorry, Vanilla, but we haven't seen her." Espio said to the rabbit. "But Charmy's been missing too."

"He has?" Amy responded with wide eyes. When Espio nodded in reply, she began to get a worried look on her face as well. "Well, this isn't good. Both of them are missing now, but how?" As they tried to think about it, the group then noticed someone far off. Turning, they saw Blaze walking down the street. The lavender cat was using a flame in her hand to light her way and she was looking around, seemingly trying to find something. When she spotted the rest standing in the yard.

"Excuse me, but have any of you seen Marine?" Blaze asked. "She hasn't come back from trick-or-treating yet."

"Wait, Marine is gone too?" Amy questioned in surprise.

Blaze raised an eyebrow curiously. "What do you mean by 'too'?"

"Cream and Charmy haven't returned either." Vanilla responded and closed her eyes in despair. "We're all worried deeply about them."

"In fact, since they all left in a group, and I haven't seen Tails around, he could be missing as well." Amy put together. Espio started taking in this information and narrowed his eyes.

"Than this could only mean that something did happen to them." He said. "We're going to have to search for them."

Vector gave a determined smirk and stood tall, turning to Vanilla. "Yeah! That's what we'll do!" He announced. "Do not worry, Vanilla. We'll get your dear daughter, Cream back, for we are the Chaotix! We'll stop at nothing to get a job done!"

Vanilla looked to the crocodile and the chameleon and smiled warmly. "Thank you both." She said.

"I'm coming along." Blaze spoke up as she walked up to the group. "I need to make sure that Marine is okay."

"Then it's settled." Amy said with a smile. "Let's go out there and-" They all went quiet once more when they started hearing a grunting noise. Turning back to the street, the group saw Sonic making his way up, struggling to pull a small shopping cart stacked with large packs of toilet paper. They all remained silent as they watched the blue hedgehog strangely.

"...Sonic." Blaze finally said, getting his attention. "What are you doing?"

Sonic glanced at all of them and grinned. "Oh, hey guys! I was just on my way to TP Angel Island and watch Knux filp out about it." He started to stuggle to pull the cart once more. "But who knew toilet paper is heavier than it looks..."

"Sonic, Tails, Marine, Cream, and Charmy are missing." Amy stepped up and told him. Sonic whipped around and refaced them, eyes wide in surprise.

"They're missing?" He repeated.

"Yes. We're all going out to look for them." Blaze responded.

"Why don't you come along and help!" Amy suggested with a bright smile.

Sonic glanced at all of them, then at the shopping cart of toilet paper, and back again. After a moment, he gave a smirk and faced them fully. "Don't you know who you're talking too? Of course I'm helping! After all, Tails is missing too; I can't do nothing about that!"

"Then let's head out." Espio said. "We should get searching as fast as we can." The others nodded and with that, they all started to walk off to the street, in search of the four kids.

And so, it begins...

Well, all I have to say is, I think I could've done a little better with this first chapter. It felt a little "meh" to me and I did come with this on the spot. But, things will begin to pick up next chapter! Thank you all for reading! The next chapter will be up soon! Leave a review, tell me what you think and I hope you all are interested so far! See ya!