This Is Halloween? Crona's First Costume

"Yo, Maka, could you get the cauldron ready? I don't wanna be waiting all night." Soul whined as he made ready the preparations for the Halloween party to be held at their apartment. Maka, not too thrilled with his derision replied, "It's just some candy Soul. Stop worrying your cauldron, all you have to do is just open a bag of candy and empty it in there. "And besides, I have to get my outfit ready before Crona and the others come over." "So which blonde are you deciding to be this year? You've already been Sailor Moon and Black Canary, and you've got to run out of blond chicks sometime," her partner said before he was abruptly silenced by the weight of an Ernest Hemingway collection crashing against his skull. "For your information, Soul," Maka responded, "I'm going to be Edward Elric. He's a great character, and gender stereotypes aren't very becoming of you."

As the Scythe struggled to his feet, he heard a knock at the door. "I'll get it," he said while muttering about the heaviness of the book. "Couldn't it at least have been a Doctor Seuss book?" he said as he made his way through the apartment. At the door, he overheard the obnoxious partner to the former Demon Swordsman yelling about his need for sweets. "I DON'T CARE WHAT THE SHE-COW SAYS, I'M TAKING ALL THE CANDY FOR MYSELF!" As Ragnorak continued to shout about his desire for candy, his partner decided to intervene before the situation got out of hand. "Ragnorak," Crona said, "If you don't behave, you won't be getting any candy tonight or any other. That's final." This didn't sit well with the sword, who immediately grabbed the pink haired swordsman by their hair and shouted "DON'T EVER THREATEN THAT AGAIN YOU LITTLE BRAT! CANDY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD THAT ONE CAN ENJOY!"

"Can I help you?" Soul said as he opened the door to the apartment. "Well….Maka said I could come early, and Ragnorak wouldn't leave me alone about his candy." "You're damn right," Ragnorak's voice finally coming down to a tone that wasn't screaming; "I want some candy tonight, and come hell or high water, I'm going to get some." Soul looked wryly at the pair of them and said, "Well, guess it couldn't hurt, come on in."

As the guests arrived and the party started, Crona began to marvel at the array of wonderful outfits. From Kid's impressive octopus outfit (which needed both Liz and Patty to move around in), Black Star's cliché Naruto costume ("Hey, it fits and even people who aren't god's will know who I am," he said to a tired Tsubaki who was willing to dress up as Hinata so they could match), and even Soul's modest, but cool impression of Frank Sinatra in his heyday. With all the people in costume around them, Crona began to wonder why they hadn't picked out an outfit, or why they were even there.

"Something wrong?" Maka said as she approached her nervous friend, reading the worried look on their face. "I don't have an outfit, and everyone else looks great. I feel like I'm the only one who just doesn't fit in here." Maka smiled and said "You are here because I wanted you to be here, and everyone else wanted you here too. Let's go to my room, and see if I can find something you can wear." A small smile crept across their face, and taking hold of her hand, followed Maka to her room.

"No, no, that won't do. Papa tried to have me wear this years ago, and I couldn't stand it." While Maka had tried to forget that he had left her home to watch movies on Halloween night so he could go drinking instead of the school party that they were to attend so many years ago, every time she saw the bunny costume, her blood began to boil. As she searched through her room, a thought popped into her mind. "I've got it! I've got just the thing," she said to the now startled swordsman.

A few minutes later, Crona emerged from the bathroom, worried about how the costume looked. "Well…..What do you think?" Maka smiled and said, "I think that you make an excellent Winry." Now it was Crona's turn to show surprise; "Who's Winry?" They said, their mind drawing blanks. "Don't think about it too much, you look great. I'll try to get you the books she's from after the party. They're really good, and you would love them," Maka answered, thrilled that her meager collection of clothes was able to fit Crona so well. This response seemed to satisfy their curiosity, and they joined Maka in returning to the party, happy knowing that they too, could enjoy Halloween with friends who loved them.