Loonakids: Boo! You're Dead!
Chapter 1
A teenage coyote girl walked down the streets. She looked around the dark street that was lined with pumpkins. It was kind of foggy and the lamps were out, so the only light resulted from the candles in the jack-o'lanterns. Suddenly, she stopped. "In case you don't know, I'm not very fond of being stalked." She turned around.
Next to some of the pumpkins, there stood a grey and white wolf anthro. He was about 5 feet tall, like her, and looked about her age. "Sorry. I didn't mean to freak you out. I just wanted to tell you something."
"OK, I don't think I should be taking advice or warning or whatever from someone who's been following me," said the girl coyote, "Plus, I don't even know your name."
"I'm Austin Wolfe."
"Kelly Coyote."
"Now, I just wanted to tell you that…I know who you are."
"Huh?"
"I know you're one of the Loonakids."
"Oh."
"I also know that you're the daughter of the Seer and the Listener."
Kelly said nothing in response. A lot of people did know that she was part of the superhero team of Acmetropolis, so that was no surprise. But no one outside of the group she lived with knew that she and her parents could talk to Ghosts.
"I came to warn you. Tomorrow…" He didn't finish.
"What's going to happen tomorrow? Tomorrow is Halloween. Nothing happens on Halloween…anymore."
"A lot of people think that. But now the barrier is going to be broken."
"What?"
"The Hell-Mouth is going to return at midnight."
"The what?" Kelly was really confused.
"You do know the origin of Halloween, right?"
"During the Middle Ages, certain people believed that on the last day of October, or All Hallows Eve, the dead could come to life. The holiday completely changed several centuries later and now it's Halloween."
"Exactly." Austin came closer. "And I wanted to warn you that if the Hell-Mouth comes back tonight, the dead will rise again."
"Thanks for the warning. I'll just go back home and tell my friends and family that a wolf we don't know came along and told me that some mouth is going to open and bring dead people to life. Good to know."
"The Hell-Mouth is the literal mouth of hell, resulting in strange energy that gives off power. Tonight, dozens or maybe even hundreds of Ghosts or worse are going to come out."
"And why should I be worried about this?"
"Because they'll be looking for someone to help them cross over, AKA: you and your parents." The strange wolf boy took a small velvet box from his pocket. "You also might need this."
Kelly took the box. "Thanks."
Austin left.
Kelly opened the box. On the inside was a necklace with a silver charm shaped like a cross. What's this for? Last time I checked, Vampires were repelled by crosses and Ghosts can't be repelled by anything. Then again, Aunt Wendy isn't near as smart about the magic world as Daniella. She walked off to a tall tower. When she came in, 5 other anthros were in the living room.
There was Nadine Bunny, Lucy Bunny, Jack Duck, Ryan Coyote, and Tech E. Coyote. Nadine was her best friend, Lucy was Nadine's little sister, Jack was Kelly's cousin, Ryan was her brother, and Tech was her dad.
Kelly came up next to Tech. "Dad?"
Tech turned to face his daughter.
"Where is everyone?"
"They went to bed already. In case you didn't know, it's almost 9:30 and tomorrow is Halloween."
"I know." Kelly snuck a peek at the box that the strange wolf boy had given her. She hid it in her jacket pocket before taking off her jacket. Should I tell him or not? Well, if he was right, Dad deserves the right to know, being the Seer and all. "Dad, I have to tell you something."
"What?"
"Some wolf came by on my way home. That's why I'm late. He said his name was Austin and that the mouth of hell was going to come tonight and bring a bunch of dead people to life."
That's weird. No one ever warned us about this. "Well, he could be wrong, but we probably shouldn't take any chances."
Kelly nodded. She and the other 5 got in bed.
That night, around midnight, in a graveyard, several Ghosts came out of the ground and walked off their graves.
"Wow," said one Ghost, "Midnight already? Time flies when you're dead."
"You knew we were coming out at midnight?" asked another Ghost.
"Someone told me. I figured they were crazy, but I believed them when I died."
One of the other Ghosts groaned in agony. "I refuse to spend the rest of my days wandering sad and alone in this place when no one can see me. I'm crossing over."
"How are you going to do that if you can't take care of your unfinished business yourself with the whole dead thing and all?" asked one of the others.
"Simple, find a Seer or maybe even a Listener. We need to get out of this place. If we don't…he may rise."
Some of the Ghosts gasped. Most of the others looked confused. But some of them gave no reaction to those words and just followed her off. They started searching as soon as there were people in the streets.
Yay, Austin finally came in! Guess who he's gonna end up as. You'll have to read to see!