The old, rusted front door of the house squeaked loudly as Sonic and his friends entered it slowly. They were greeted by the smell of rotting wood, and complete darkness.

"Wow, if I don't die of being attacked by a ghost, I'll die from my sinuses." Silver mumbled as he sniffled a little.

"Yeah Sonic, you were right about this house being extremely old…" Knuckles pointed out.

"Try and find a light switch…" Sonic said quietly. His ears twitched when he heard the shuffle of hands on the wall, searching for a light switch.

"Hey!" Amy exclaimed. "I think I found a lamp on this table." She felt around for the switch, and turned it on. Quickly, the hallway of the house was lit up.

Surprised from the sudden burst of light, Knuckles backed up and he bumped straight into Storm. The clumsy albatross fell backwards and knocked the lamp off of the table and it landed on the ground with a electric pop and resulted dead darkness again.

"We're going to die! We're going to die!" Cream and Charmy started screaming and blindly started running around in circles.

"Nice going…" Knuckles congratulated sarcastically.

"H-Hey, it not my fault you weren't paying attention…!" Storm threw back. Now, with those two arguing, and the younger ones screaming in panic, Sonic thought he was going to explode.

"OK! OK! Shut it!" he snapped loudly. Everyone fell as silent as the night. "So the lamp broke! Big deal! If you all are so scared to be in here, just turn around and walk right back out the door!"

But no one moved a muscle. "We're not scared, Mr. Sonic." Cream defended silently.

"Good, now let's head on down-""But Sonic! We can't see! It's too dark!" Tails interrupted. Sonic growled in frustration.

Suddenly, a spot of light lit up the hallway. Charmy was holding a flashlight.

"It's part of my costume." he stated. "…Your welcome."

Everyone studied the hallway with awe as the flashlight lit up the details in the room. It was definitely old. Dirty, ripped up patterned rugs led the way down the hall. Rosy wallpaper on the walls were peeling off, revealing wood behind it. Cobwebs were everywhere on the roof, and the doors were creaked open slightly.

"Ok, this is a spooky sight, but let's go…" Sonic mumbled as they started walking.

As the group slowly strolled down the hallway, each mobian was alert and ready if something decided to pop out and scare them. So far, so good. Eventually, the reached the first door down the long hallway. Sonic stepped up to it and twisted the knob. It was unlocked.

"Ok, are you all ready?" He asked. "Because if your too scared, you may as well just leave now."

But everyone stayed in their same spot. The hedgehog's grin grew wider as he opened the door and walked inside.

The room was the house's main living room. It was very spacious and well organized. There was a large wide-screen TV in the corner of the room, a set of large sofas stretched around it. There was a single bookshelf with very little books stacked on it, along with a desk and a broken desk lamp. Again, the room had ripped up carpet, and the wallpaper was moldy and discolored. Sonic found the light switch and turned it on, the ceiling fan starting to spin with worn out lights dangling from it and dust flying off.

"Wow…this is beyond old!" Shadow looked around. Like him, everyone started splitting up and looking at everything.

Amy stayed in one spot. A rat was circling her feet.

"EW! Sonic! This place is disgusting!" she cried as she ran from the rat.

"Well, what did you expect this place to be?" the blue blur questioned. "A palace?"

Sonic took a moment to look at some of his friends. They seemed to be quite interested about the objects in the room. Espio and Shadow were looking at some old paintings, Cream and Blaze stared in awe at the dangling diamonds that hung from the lights in the ceiling fan, Jet was looking through the old books on the shelf, and Charmy was looking at a spider on the wall with his magnifying glass.

At least none of them are scared at this point, Sonic thought to himself.

He jinxed himself. The power quickly went out, and everyone was blinded by darkness once again. Cream and Charmy instantly started screaming again, while others were trying to find one another.

Then, the room was lit up from the light the TV gave. It was an awkward situation. The power was out, but the TV was on. But there wasn't a channel presented. Instead, it was static.

"That's strange. Isn't the power out?" Espio inquired in a blank tone.

Tails tested the light switch. "Yeah, it's out."

"Then, how is the TV-" Espio stopped in his tracks. A horrified expression was on his face, and he slowly backed to the door. "…-I'm out of here." he said quietly.

"What's wrong with you?" Vector asked. Espio pointed to something Vector couldn't follow. "What are you pointing at?"

"…That." Shadow finished for him. Vector turned in Shadow's direction, and there, floating in the air, were 5 golden dots.

"That's just Charmy messing with us with that dang flashlight!" the crocodile snapped.

"No he's not." Wave corrected. "Those are orbs of energy."

Silence.

"Spiritual energy…" she said in other words.

"So does that mean there's a gh-gho…" Storm stuttered from fright.

"A ghost? Yes!" Sonic smiled. A book came flying at him. "…-A ghost that wants us out of here!" His smile was still stretched across his face as he took off for the door. Everyone piled up behind him.

Unfortunately, Sonic was unable to twist the knob. It was locked.

"Open the door, Faker!" Shadow growled.

"Yeah, Faker, open the door!" Cream repeated as she shuddered violently.

"Quit calling me that!" Sonic snapped. "And I can't open it!"

Espio shoved him out of the way and attempted to kick it down, but failed when the door didn't even move an inch. "That's a strong door!" he said.

"Oh, get out of the way!" Knuckles stepped up. "It's just rotten wood! And besides, I can destroy anything!"

Storm folded his arms and narrowed his eyes. "…Not everything…"

When Knuckles brought back his fist to punch the door, again no damage was done.

"What the…?" the echidna stood confused. He let out a yell as he hit it again but this time when he hit the door, it sent him back forcefully and knocked him to the ground.

"The ghosts are protecting it!" Tails observed. "We can't get out!"

"Go for the windows!" Jet pointed to the small circle windows. After trying to smash those, they couldn't get past them either.

"Dang ghosts…they're protecting the windows too." Vector said.

"No, actually these are bullet proof windows…" Silver corrected.

Everyone sighed loudly and looked around for more escape routes.

"Stupid house with it's stupid ghosts!" Shadow mumbled, still trying to open the door. With that said, the ghosts started to throw things at him and the others.

"You can't hit me, you stupid ghosts!" he snapped. They grew angrier and angrier with him. They threw books, small objects like flower pots, and the broken lamp at them. They were furious. Everyone took cover on the ground, trying to avoid the objects.

"Stop throwing things, you stupid-"

"Shadow! Stop calling them stupid! That's what's making them angry!" Silver snapped.

"Well, it's because they are stupid!" Shadow retorted.

"Shut up Shadow!" the silver hedgehog demanded as a book flew right past his head.

"S-Sonic, I w-want to leave!" Cream started crying. Amy grabbed her and shielded her from the flying objects. Then suddenly, it all just stopped. The once floating objects collapsed on the ground with loud bangs, and a frightening shatter from the lamp. The 5 golden orbs of energy disappeared, and was replaced by a large red dot. Everyone stared at the red dot that flew one lap around the room, and then vanish without warning. The power came back on and everything was silent.

Tails got up from the ground and ran up to the door. It was unlocked again.

"Guys! It's unlocked!" He called excitedly. Immediately, the mobians jumped up and ran out into the hallway.

Sonic closed the door behind him.

"Sonic! That was horrible!" Amy screeched, her green eyes burning with anger.

"Y-Yeah, we c-could have died!" Cream was still shaking like mad. Vector pulled her close to comfort her.

"Well, I thought that this would have been a cool Halloween experience for us. I didn't think the ghosts would have bugged out like that." Sonic explained silently.

"What did you think the ghosts were going to do?" Wave stepped in, hands on her hips.

Sonic played with the bow of his tuxedo nervously. "Jump out and yell 'Boo'." he admitted. The group just sighed as they stared at Sonic. None of them looked pleased about the experience.

Until, Shadow smiled. "…That was kind of cool though." he stated.

"Yeah, even though that could have turned out badly, that was awesome." Blaze agreed.

"You all want to explore the rest of the house?" Sonic asked. A ton of heads were nodding up and down.

"N-Not me, Mr. Sonic." Cream held her hand up. "I don't think I can handle something like that again."

"Are you sure?" Amy asked. "Positive." the young rabbit nodded.

"Ok, I'll take her out and let her keep trick-or-treating." Vector offered. Cream smiled and took Vector's hand.

"Thanks Vector." Sonic thanked. "Was that too much for you, too?"

"A bit." the crocodile chuckled. "But we can't leave Cream outside alone, either."

"True."

"Wait, so your leaving?" Charmy stepped up.

"Yes, and I want you to stay with Espio. Do NOT wonder off without him." Vector warned.

"Yes, sir!" the young bee saluted.

"Then, let us carry on…" Sonic led the way to the next door.

A/N: Aw, I knew Cream wouldn't last long. And it seems that the ghosts don't appreciate their appearance much. What kind of trouble will they cause next?…And just what was that red dot? Thanks for reading! Reviews are appreciated!