The group stopped by a few of the booths. Some of them had Halloween-theme games. After a few hours, the group sat on a few benches. "Man, who knew you had such good aim?" Kevin said.
"At least I didn't lose my fangs in the bobbing for apples pool." Ben pointed out.
"True." Gwen said, smiling.
"Well it hurt."
"You look better without them, anyway." Gwen told him.
"It's kind of cool seeing everyone dressed up like this." Julie admitted. "It's always been my favorite part of Halloween."
"I can tell." Ben said. "Did you make that yourself?"
"Sort of." Julie said. "I had some help."
"I don't get why you dressed like a witch." Kevin said.
"What do you mean by that?" Gwen asked. "I looked everywhere for this black dress."
"No, I meant because you kind of already are one with you're powers and all." Kevin explained.
"I get that, I just felt like wearing something different."
"It's better than you dressing up as Lucky Girl, that's for sure." Ben said. Gwen punched him in the arm. "Ow!"
"Ben!"
"Who's Lucky Girl?" Julie asked.
"Trust me, you don't want to know." Gwen said. "It was kind of a phase, but I'm done with it."
"Speaking of phases, anyone notice something different about the moon?" Ben asked, looking at the sky. The others looked up. The moon was full and the light was reflecting off the water.
"That's weird." Gwen said.
"What?" Kevin asked.
"A full moon never occurs twice in one month." Gwen said.
"Actually, there are rare occasions when it does." Julie corrected. "It's called a blue moon."
"Still, something's different. I can just feel it." Gwen said.
"Why don't we head back to the fair?" Kevin said. "You probably need to take you're mind off things."
"Maybe you're right." She said, getting up.
In the shadow of the booths, a familiar woman picked up a small staff. "They call this fake, plastic stuff magic?"
"What are you doing, Charmcaster?" The woman turned around in surprise.
"Uncle Hex!" She said, trying to calm down. "You scared me."
"You know you're duty here. Do not fail me."
"Yes, Uncle." Charmcaster said. "I can't believe that I have to do this while trying to control my anger about…"
"That girl is not you're concern right now."
"Can't we just get this over with without the lecture for once?" Charmcaster asked.
"We're still missing one item. It's hidden in this area somewhere." Hex pointed out.
"I'll look for it." Charmcaster said.
"Remember to stay focused, Charmcaster."
Gwen walked over to a booth that was near them. She didn't look so great. "You okay, Gwen?" Kevin asked.
"Yeah, I just felt a little dizzy." Gwen told him.
"Maybe you should sit down." Ben told her. Charmcaster watched from the shadows and waited until they left before she stepped onto the pier.
Back by the entrance, Gwen sat down. "I have no idea what came over me."
"This is really strange." Julie said. "I know this is a long shot, but do you think this may have something to do with the blue moon?"
"Why do you ask?" Ben asked.
"Because any kind of light has an effect on magic." Julie explained. "I read it in one of Gwen's books. Moonlight has one of the strongest ones, especially if it's on Halloween."
"So you're saying that she's sick because she's been in it for too long?" Kevin asked.
"No, it's because of…" Gwen began. Screaming was heard on the pier.
"That doesn't sound like the type of scream you hear coming from a haunted house." Ben said.
"Let's go!" The group headed for the pier.
"Julie, wait here. This could get dangerous." Ben told her. Julie nodded.
On the pier, Charmcaster had summoned her rock monsters. "Hopefully this will keep them busy long enough." She took off the opposite direction of the crowd.
"Those rock monsters…" Gwen realized.
"Let's take em down!" Ben said. He hit the first hologram that came up on the Omnitrix.
"Jetray!" Kevin absorbed a metal pole.
"Let's see how tough these guys really are." Jetray struggled to do any kind of damage at first.
"Man, this isn't going to work."
"You're telling me." Kevin said. "And they're probably charmed so that Gwen can't use her powers on them." Gwen was struggling when one came over to her. She almost fell through the pier. Then she had an idea.
"Guys! I need help!" Gwen called to them. The monster got closer to her. Kevin made it to the opposite side. "Now!" They both managed to kick a broken floorboard, and that was enough to collapse part of the pier. "Good timing."
Ben finally managed to take out the other one. He landed and turned back to normal. "So, what now?"
"It looks like we have a bigger problem than we thought." Kevin said.
"You're right." Gwen said. "There's only one person who could've sent those rock creatures-Charmcaster."
