(Many Years later )

It's September's 5th day. All citizens were excited for soon coming Halloween. Even the kids in the school talked only about that. For what to wear, what new tricks they have and other stuffs.

Well, not all of them. Everyone in the school knew that Phantoms daughter, Phantalmina hasn't yet got permission to come along. She always stayed in the town at that night. Her father had asked doctor Finkelstein let Sally look after her while he had to leave the town again. Phantom always had to left in New Year and returning before April. And again in August and return day before Halloween, or sometimes after.

Phantalmina talked always to a ghostdog Zero, sometimes to Sally when she came to watch over her, to a doctor or to a Jack when he asked her. But with other children she never speaked. One of the reason is that they didn't think she was that scary, except the white mask she wear to hide her face. Sometime they made fun of her, but mostly they made little tricks on her. For everyone's surprise she never fell for it. Always it's some one else who fell in the trick, never her. That's why it's every students goal to got her fall for the trick. Yet no one hasn't won.

Every time after school Phantalmina went to the cemetery and Spiral Hill. To meet Zero and other creatures. She walked in to the cemetery, took her music box out and open it, and...

You were once my one companion,
you were all that mattered.
You were once a friend and mother,
then my world was shattered

While passing through the graves, Phantalminas voice wakened up few creatures including Zero started who followed her.

Wishing you were somehow here again,
wishing you were somehow near.
Sometimes it seemed if I just dreamed,
somehow you would be here.

Wishing I could hear you voice again,
knowing that I never would.
Dreaming of you won't help me to do
all that you dreamed I could.

Passing bells and sculpted statues,
cold and monumental,
seem for you the wrong companions,
you were warm and gentle.

Phantalmina walked close to the grave stone. When she first arrived to the Halloween town it didn't excited. But now, five years after her arrival, it came there. And for most heartbreaking, it holds her mothers name. Ever since then it became the main reason to her to come to the cemetery.

Too many years fighting back tears.
Why can't the curse just die?
Wishing you were somehow here again,
Knowing we must say goodbye.
Try to forgive, teach me to live,
give me the strength to try!

Little Phantalmina knelled down close to the grave and touched it.

No more memories, no more silent tears!
No more gazing across the wasted years.
Help me say goodbye..
Help me say...
goodbye~

The silent came back when the music box stopped playing. Phantalmina stood up and walked back to town. She walked quietly to sewer entrance that lead to the catacombs where she and Phantom lived. She bend down the sewer entrance and before she opened the top, she stopped.

For a moment nothing happened. Soon the alley turn blow stinky gasses and the smoke ran out of the pipes. Citizens wondered and were surprised. And on the rooftop three trick-makers Lock, Shock and Barrel, were laughing.

"Can't wait to see her tomorrow in the school." said Lock.

"There is no way she couldn't avoid that bomb." said Shock.

"What if she wash the stink off?" ask Barrel.

"She can try many times she wants, but it won't come off after few days. She has to come to school with the smell." they laugh.

"And how long it will stays stuck on sewers?"

"About week or two..." They stopped laughing when they slowly noticed that the one who was asking wasn't one of them, but was Phantalmina standing behind them.

"But... but... How did..." They checked the alley and soon noticed the figure in the smoke.

"It's just some trash that looked like her. Unfair!"

"Oh no, it's not. I never said I would bee standing there. And of course you wouldn't have done it if I would have noticed you. So that means you should blame yourself." Phantalmina explained.

All three were angry for been stupid and been tricked by her. But soon they noticed commotion coming from the streets. All sewer rats surfaced trying escape the stink.

(Later on)

All town streets and squares were full of rats. And soon maybe in pumpkin-patch, which caused to have town-meeting in a hurry. It took a lot of time to everyone tried to get to their places through the rats.

"Order people! Order!" Mayor called from the platform and accidentally hit a rat's tail with a small mallet who sat in there.

"Not again! That's 5th time I hit that rat."

"Who's the idiot who put that strong stink-bomb in the sewer?!" Werewolf yelled from the public.

"What we'll do if the rats go to pumpkin-patch?"

"Please, calm down everyone."Mayor said trying to clam everyone. Taking a notice, the Pumpkin King wasn't presence at the moment, so all decision were at the mayor. "I'm sure we can solve this problem soon enough before anything bad happens."

Just then, school's principal stepped to leave a note to Mayor.

"Really? Can't this wait? We have a big crisis on here."

"No, it can't wait. Rats weren't the only thing the stink threw out of home. Better fix this one quickly. Unless you want to explain it to Mr Phantom, when he comes back."

"What?" everyone started to mutter to themselves wondering what was going on. Amongst them Phantalmina watched closely the platform. Mayor read the note and turned to his sad face.

"You... you got to be kidding? You expect me to find accommodation to a one girl while all of us are surrounded by rats?"

By hearing that all the citizens to start a growl. Phantalmina just rolled her eyes as she was expecting this to happen.

'But then again,...' her thought were now on the move.

"Why not put her in Amityville Academy's dorms? "

"It's only for a students of academy, and Professor Shox told that there aren't any room."

"Just call Eric back. He can take her with his journey. It's his kid."

Everyone threw suggestions on what to do with Phatalmina and get on with the rat problem.

"Who is willing to take her in?" Mayor announced.

"Not us! We hardly have room." someone said in the back.

"Neither will we. Last moth she made our cats dance some weird dance." one of the witches speaked up.

One after another the citizens tried to avoid having her. Not because they didn't like her, because they were scared what she could do.

"Put her live with Professor. At least she can be close to that rag-doll to look after her."

"Excuse me."

"No way! I already have many things to do. I can't have another nuisance" Professor Finkelstein yelled.

"Excuse me."

"Yeah right. Like what? Inventing a brainscratcher?"

"Pardon."

Pahntalmina notice it would be hard to get herself a turn to speak with all others yelling and whining about. She stood up from her seat and caried basket that she was holding all this time with her, and walked to the platform. Once in front of it, she took the small mallet and hit the table many times till she got everyone's attention, even the rats.

"Thank you."she said and placed the mallet down and faced everyone. "Now, since it seems we are not getting to any agreement, I like to have a proposition to you, to settle both your problems."

All town-meeting was silenced that only one word made it crack.

"What?"