Chapter 2

I opened my eyes to bright sunlight and sat up. It's Halloween! I thought joyfully. And it's Saturday! I got out of bed and got dressed for the day, humming 'This Is Halloween'. I walked downstairs for breakfast.

"In this Town, we call home, everyone hail to the Pumpkin Song." I sang. I poured myself a bowl of cereal and sat down. After breakfast, the doorbell rang.

"Oh there's an empty place in my bones." I sung, having finished 'This is Halloween'. I opened the door to Scarlet, who was holding a five-year-old in each hand.

"Hi." She said and gave a small wave.

"Hi." I smiled and let her in.

"You know what we have to do now, don't you?" I asked.

Scarlet grimaced. "Make costumes for the Terrible Twins."

"You got it." I smiled, then sighed. "Come on, lets go."

The rest of the morning passed quickly, and soon we held up the finished costumes for Layla and Tala, Scarlet's little sisters. Layla had a vampire costume and Tala had a witch costume. Scarlet and I had a sort of tradition. Every day before Halloween, Scarlet came over and we made our costumes. Every Halloween morning, Scarlet brought the Twins over and we made their costumes.

"You didn't have to do this." Scarlet said as we handed the girls their costumes.

I smiled. "You always say that and I always help." I replied, and continued humming 'Jack's Obsession'. Scarlet paused, and then we both looked at each other and sang, "What does it mean? What does it mean?" and laughed.

That evening at 4:95 Scarlet and I sat on my bed in our costumes.

"Let's go down, NOW." I said, and we went downstairs. The parents gasped.

"Wow, your costumes are great!" gushed Scarlet's mum. And so on.

"Okay, can we go trick or treating now?" Scarlet asked.

"Of course." Our mums smiled.

"YAY!" we squealed and ran out the door.

We walked along the streets, trick-or-treating, until it was nearly ten o'clock.

"One last house, and then we're going." I said to Scarlet.

"Okay. To the forest?" she asked.

"To the forest!" I replied, flourishing my hand.

The last house was all bright and warm, even though there was Halloween decorations everywhere. We knocked on the door.

"Trick-or-treat!" We called.

A lady about twenty opened the door and smiled.

"Here you go." she said, and dropped lollies into our bags.

"Yay! Thank you!" we squealed and ran off.

At the edge of the forest, we hesitated.

"Let's go." I said and slowly walked into the forest, with Scarlet following. A wolf howled, and we jumped.

"The sooner we find the trees the better." I whispered. Scarlet nodded. We pushed through the bushes and trees towards the middle of the forest.

"We should be in the middle of the forest shortly." I reported quietly, pulling a map out of my wings.

"How did you do that?" Scarlet asked in surprise. I smiled at her.

"There's secret compartments everywhere in this costume. I came prepared." I told her. She looked at me.

"Why didn't you tell me so I could have secret compartments too?" she complained. I smiled again.

"Sorry. But we're almost there."

We pushed aside a fern and saw a circle of trees. Each one had a picture of it. I saw the pumpkin door straight across from us and I hesitantly walked into the clearing. Scarlet let out a small "Wow." I reached out and opened the pumpkin door. As I suspected, the tree was empty, but then a gentle breeze became stronger and began to pull me into the tree. Even though I was expecting it, as I fell I let out a little scream. The last thing I remember is Scarlet rushing towards the tree and the door closing on her.