"You know..."

Piers looked up from the chair where he had been reading a book on Lemurians, correcting the 'facts' that were really false. "Yes?"

It was Jenna whose face he was looking straight up into, and she was grinning brightly, her arms crossed over the back of the chair which he was leaning back into.

"It's two days until halloween." She grinned. "Let's go pick out a costume for you!"

Piers groaned. "Why?"

"Well, so you can go get candy," Jenna said. "And it would be pretty fun, too...! I mean, even though you're a Mercury Adept, we're friends, right?"

"Right. But what's the point of a holiday... like this?" Piers asked, still gazing up into Jenna's face. She snorted, then sighed and walked around the chair, and grabbed Piers's arm, dragging him to a store in town.

The group was staying in Lemuria, where Piers was now allowed to go. He raised an eyebrow. "How do you know it's Halloween, anyway, when we're in Lemuria?" he asked Jenna.

She grinned. "I have my ways," she commented. "Anyway, Issac is already going around and telling the Lemurians about Halloween; I'm sure a lot of them don't know of it. Heck, you didn't know of it until you came to Vale and that was just a while ago."

It certainly was; they'd had to go to Vale about a month ago. The Valeans had already been looking for Halloween supplies. It was just three days ago that they had arrived in Lemuria, and Jenna had been uncertain about coming, but she'd adapted.

"Anyway, I'll help you pick out your costume today," Jenna commented as she entered a store that Ivan and Sheba had set up, with help from Lemurians and Mia.

"And tomorrow..." "Tomorrow? What tomorrow?" Piers tenatively asked.

"Tomorrow, you'll help me pick out mine, okay?" Jenna was grinning as they came to the costumes selection, and Sheba was hiding behind a costume, watching the two. Piers was aware of the Jupiter Adept's presence, but was sure Jenna either hadn't noticed or was ignoring her.

"Piers," Jenna said softly, glancing at some costumes, "Do you want to be a prince, or... How the heck did they get Alex's clothes?!"

"Oh, we sewed those," Sheba commented as she finally came out of hiding.

Jenna looked surprised, so now Piers was sure that she hadn't noticed Sheba hiding.

"Anyway," Sheba said, grinning hugely. "I already decided what I'm going to be for halloween, and I for--er, I mean, helped Ivan decide on his outfit."

The Jupiter Adept was still grinning. "But shall I help you find him an outfit?"

"Please, stop talking about me as if I am a dog or an item," Piers said with a slightly tired sigh.

"Sorry," Sheba exclaimed. Jenna grinned, then glanced at the costumes. "But Piers, what do you like to wear? Other than you're wearing now?" the Mars Adept asked, looking at the costumes with such interest that Piers was surprised.

"Well, maybe I'll dress up like Alex," Piers muttered. "Though the others might mistake me for him... We do have rather close hair color, after all." "Yeah, but your faces and your eyes are different," Jenna pointed out. "Okay, we'll take the Alex costume!" She grinned hugely.

Then Sheba nodded, and glanced at them. "Are you going to decide on Jenna's costume today?" "Nope, tomorrow!" Jenna was still grinning. "Anyway, what are you going as on Halloween, Sheba?" "You'll see." "And Ivan?" "You'll see." And..." "You'll see; everyone wants their costumes to be surprises.