Hallow's Spectrum

By Samuel B. Foster

Chapter 1: Preparations

The City of Townsville. Where there are just seven days left to count down for the little tikes of Pokey Oaks. The spooky decorations of ghastly ghosts and goblins are risen on every house to haunt and hype the children for the big night where every boy and girl shall trick or treat until the midnight hour. However, no child in Townsville is anticipating such a celebration more than the Powerpuff Girls.

Blossom was in her room at her desk looking at costume designs for her sisters, Bubbles and Buttercup. She slouched in exhaustion and stared at the ceiling. "Why did they have to wait until the last minute?" She sighed getting a little frustrated. Buttercup walks in and see Blossom still slouching. "Hey Blossom," Buttercup started, "Are you finished yet with our costumes?" Blossom sighed again. "Do you think I'm finished after the millionth time you've asked me? What do you think?"

"Uhhh… Yes?"

"No! For the millionth plus one time, no!"

"Whoa, Blossom, chill!"

"I mean seriously. You and Bubbles had to wait until the last minute to decide what you want to wear when I was already planning mine about a month prior. But not only that, but there's also fitting and at last crafting."

"Technically, we have a week for the costumes to be ready. You have plenty of time."

"Oh really? Then what happens when you change your mind on what to wear? Again?"

"What? I thought I look cooler as Commando Beefy Betty."

"That's what you said the last time for that ninja monster f or what it's called."

"For the last time, it's Super Ninja Kaiju X."

"I don't care! Commando Beefy Betty is what you want and that's what you're going to wear for Halloween."

"Fine!"

Buttercup begins to leave the room when a devilish smirk runs across her face as she reaches for the door. "Actually…" Buttercup started. Blossom quickly turns to her as the flame within her begins to grow. "Don't even think about it." Blossom replied sternly.

"I've been thinking…"

"I'm warning you!"

"I think I want to go back to Super Ninja Kaiju X. What do you think?"

"That's it! I've had enough of this! If you want your ideas made, then do you them yourself! Let's see how you deal with designing, fitting and sewing. Would like that?"

"Alright. Commando Beefy Betty it is."

"That's what I thought. Now leave me alone, I wasted enough time dealing with your little antics."

Buttercup decided to head into the living room where Bubbles was sitting there on the couch watching television. "Found anything good, yet?" Buttercup asked. "Nope." Bubbles replied as she flipped through the stations. "Oh wait! What about Space Tow Truck? That never fails to entertain us." Buttercup shook her head in approval as she slouched on the couch. Episode after episode played, hour after hour went passed, and the girls become more and more sleepy until they were just about to doze off. Suddenly, the Professor came into the living room, which snapped the girls back into reality. "Girls! Time for dinner." "Just a second, Professor." Blossom replied from upstairs. The Professor then noticed the other two rubbing their eyes and slowing getting off the couch. "Oh dear. Perhaps I should set your bedtime a little earlier." Professor chuckled as they all went to the kitchen.

The girls and the Professor began to enjoy their dinner when Blossom walked in looking exhausted as well. The Professor looked with concern as Blossom slouched at the kitchen and began to eat. "What's the matter, Blossom?" The Professor asked, "Are you feeling alright?" Blossom seemed to have zoned out but then came back to reality. "What? Oh, yes. I'm fine. I've just been working all day working on Buttercup's costume, again." "I just couldn't decide," Buttercup argued. Bubbles tried to stay out of it as an argument began to erupt. The Professor became irritated. "Alright, you two. That's enough. Halloween is not coming for another week, so you girls have plenty of time to prepare." Blossom calmed down. "Alright. I just wanted our costumes to look great." Buttercup sighed. "Hey, I'm sorry about earlier. Do you want me to help you out with my costume?" "Sure!" Blossom agreed. The Professor smiled as another feud has settled. "Oh, those are my little angels."

After dinner, the girls went up to their room to continue the costumes. Buttercup was describing her vision while Blossom was designing it as Buttercup wanted it. Bubbles was at her drawing table drawing another pretty picture. It became quiet in the room for a minute when she began to hear something outside. It sounded like carnival music booming from beyond the outskirts of Townsville. "Girls," Bubbles started, "do you hear that music?" The other girls stopped to listen. "Yeah," Buttercup replied, "what is that?" The girls looked out their windows to view the city in the distance. The music was much louder and there were light beams of orange and purple shooting up into the sky swaying back and forth. "Well, that's something out of the ordinary." Blossom commented. "Maybe the carnival is in town." Bubbles replied excitedly. "You could be right on that, Bubbles, but I've never seen a carnival go that big especially as we usually can't see it glowing in the distance. Let's check it out, girls." The girls quickly dash to the city into the glowing light as the music continued to grow louder as they tracked the source to a massive carnival just outside the city. Finally, they stood in at the entrance with eyes widened with awe of the scale and colors of the glowing wonderland. A giant signed above them read, "LARGE LEO'S SPOOKY CARNIVAL."