Meanwhile, Boo was running down a different hallway. She stopped for a moment to catch her breath.
"MARY!" Lily shouted. Boo was suddenly swept into her mother's arms. "Oh, Mary! Don't scare me like that! I was so..." Lily's voice trailed off. She was staring at something. Boo turned to what her mother was staring at.
It was a hallway. But it didn't seem like a normal hallway, as Lily's eyes gazed deeper into the dark hall, she noticed that it appeared to be...endless. Then Lily saw something from the hall! It was a soft glow, and it was getting closer.
Lily clung onto Boo. Heart pounding.
Then Lily's frightened eyes grew when she discovered the light was a floating candelabra coming right at them!
"WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE!" Lily cried as she got up and walked backwards, away from the light. In her haste to get away, she bumped into something.
Lily and Boo saw what it was, it was a coffin! But that didn't scare Lily and Boo, it was the skeletal hands inside trying to pry it open!
Lily screamed and screamed as she ran off carrying Boo to a different room. From what Lily can make out, it looked like a music room, but that's not what grabbed her attention. No, the two humans were gawking at the center of the room where a large, round table stood. On it was a crystal ball...with a severed head inside!
The head inside appeared to be a woman with long flowing hair and was glowing an unnatural green color. Her lips curled into an unpleasant smile at her two unwilling visitors.
"Welcome, mother and child. To our Halloween delight!
Here, you will experience a ghoulishly glorious sight!" the head chanted like she was reciting a spell.
Lily summoned all the courage she could muster just to talk to the severed head. "Who are you?"
"I am Madame Leota, mystic seer of Gracey Manor.
I can assist you in your problem. Now, what is the matter?"
Sensing that this spirit does want to help, Lily told her, "I'm looking for my husband, Sulley. He's a-"
"HUSH!" Madame Leota commanded, Lily froze her words.
"Hmm...I see a blue hairy beast, scary as can be!
But has a heart of gold, plain as plain can be..."
"That's Sulley!" Lily shouted, making the Madame flinch. "Where is he?!"
"To find the beast you must beat the clock!
What sound does it make before a tock?"
"Uh, a tick?" Lily guessed.
Madame Leota gave a nod. "Then that's where you'll find him."
"A tick?" Lily said, confused. "Sulley's in a tick? A tick? A tick?" Lily said faster and faster until the two words blended together. "ATTIC!" she exclaimed. "Sulley is in the attic! Thank you, Madame Leota! Thank you!" And the human took off with her daughter in arms.
Seeing the two run off, Leota smiled. "Hm, I see good things upon their horizons."
Up in the attic, the door burst open and Sulley ran inside. He slammed the door behind him and took deep breath after deep breath. Once, Sulley's heart attack was postponed, it just dawned on him that he ran all the way up to the highest room in the house. Sulley looked around and saw the room was cluttered with dusty antiquities. Gifts, clothes, momentos, and wedding portraits.
Sulley did a double take when he saw the portraits. He saw that there was a normal looking human bride, but the groom's head appeared to be missing! Sulley could hear his heart beating rapidly...quite loudly. He blinked, a heartbeat shouldn't be that loud.
The monster's blood ran cold when he realized it wasn't his heart beating. He turned around and saw a woman in a tattered wedding gown sitting on an old trunk with her hands over her face. It looked like she was crying.
"Hey, are you okay?" Sulley asked softly as he walked over to the woman. She looked over her shoulder, revealing her white, transparent face and glowing yellow eyes. Her tear-soaked eyes widened at the sight of the blue behemoth.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Sulley screamed,
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" the ghost bride screamed, dropping her bouquet of dead flowers and hovered away from Sulley. She flew into a long wooden box. Sulley was shocked and confused. That ghost was scared of him?
"SULLEY!" the door suddenly swung open and there was Lily and Boo!
"Kitty!" Boo hopped out of Lily's arms and jumped into Sulley's. Lily hugged him as well.
"Boo! Lily! You're all okay!" Sulley nearly shouted.
"Are you alright, honey?! We could hear you screaming all the wall from downstairs!" said Lily. "What happened?!"
"Um, excuse me?" a soft, kind voice spoke.
The trio stared in astonishment when the ghostly bride appeared, she was looking from behind a mirror. Sulley took a step forward, making the spirit gasp and back away, frightened.
"No, no! It's okay!" Sulley said soothingly. "I won't hurt you."
"It's true, he's very gentle." Lily pointed out.
The bride observed Sulley carefully, then sighed, putting a hand over her red, glowing heart. That heart unnerved Sulley and Lily a bit. "You scared me." the ghost replied.
"Well, actually, you scared me." Sulley said.
"I scared you?!" the ghost bride said, surprised. "My, there's a surprise. You almost scared the life back into me!"
Lily noticed that aside from her glowing yellow eyes and beating red heart, this ghost was quite beautiful under her torn veil. "What's your name?" she asked the ghost.
"Emily." she answered. "William Gracey and I were suppose to be married. But alas, it was never meant to be..."
"I'm terribly sorry to hear that, Emily." Lily said apologetically. "It must be pretty lonely up here in this old attic."
But the bride smiled. "It's quite alright, tragedies are to be expected in life and one can't change the past."
"And she's not alone..." a different voice spoke, startling Sulley and Lily.
"Uh...Lily?" Sulley asked, wide-eyed from what he was looking at.
Before the human could say anything else, she too became wide-eyed in complete fright as well. Right there, with a small hatchet in hand, was a ghoulish blue ghost in a wedding dress and hair done up in a beehive, upon seeing her transparent face closely, the group saw her with a demented smile on her face.
It was at that moment that she lifted both of her arms. "Here comes the bride!" the deranged ghost spoke.
"GET BACK!" Lily shouted, which everyone complied. They dodged and heard the swift sound of the hatchet slashing the air, the group backed against the wall, gaping at the murderous bride.
"Constance! How dare you frighten these lovely people!" Emily scolded. "We hardly have living visitors here!"
"I didn't mean to scare anyone." the ghost named Constance implied, clearly lying. "I'm just greeting our guests."
"By hacking us to pieces?!" Sulley gasped out.
"Yeah, some welcome!" Lily added bitterly.
"You'll have to excuse Constance." Emily implied. "Being a black widow bride, having slain five wealthy husbands for the sake of her own greed, she can be quite...off with people."
"And proud to be." Constance replied, eyeing her hatchet in a dark manner. "By the way, the annual swinging wake will start tonight."
"What swinging wake?" Lily asked.
"Ah, yes. Our yearly Halloween bash that will be taking place in the graveyard. I'm sure you two will enjoy it."
"Okay...then after that we can leave?" Sulley asked hopefully.
"Of course, it's the grand finale of our Haunted Mansion tour." said Emily. "There's a secret doorway that will take you right down to the cemetery." Emily showed them to the darkest corner of the room, where the hidden passage opened!
"Alright! Thanks, Emily!" Sulley said as he and Boo left.
"Yes, thank you, Emily. And Happy Halloween." Lily said, taking off.
The friendly ghost bride smiled, a smile that was filled with life. "You're very welcome."
Sulley, Lily and Mary walked down the dark stairway. "That Emily sure was nice." Sulley pointed out.
"Yeah, too bad Constance isn't as kind and helpful as she is." Lily quipped.
Finally, they reached outside and into the graveyard! The trio was welcomed to the most supernatural sight they ever saw!
All sorts of ghosts were floating and frolicking around the ancient boneyard. A band was playing by the tombstones, five stone busts were singing to the music as the ghosts were chatting and dancing.
Sulley's foot tapped to the rhythm. "Hey! That's pretty catchy!"
"And those busts have a tight harmony!" Lily added, her head swaying. Boo was already dancing with joy.
"Let's dance!" Sulley shouted, to which Lily happily obliged. The singing busts played a classic tune.
"When the crypt doors creak, and the tombstones quake,
Spooks come out for a swinging wake!
Happy haunts materialize.
And begin to vocalize.
Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize!"
"Now don't close your eyes and don't try to hide.
Or a silly spook may sit by your side!
Shrouded in a daft disguise,
They pretend to terrorize!
Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize!"
Before they knew it, the ghosts marveled at Sulley and Lily dancing together, they even stopped dancing just to watch them!
"As the moon climbs high o'er the dead oak tree,
Spooks arrive for the midnight spree.
Creepy creeps with eerie eyes.
Start to shriek and harmonize!
Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize!"
"When you hear the knell of a requiem bell,
Weird glows gleam where spirits dwell.
Restless bones etherialize,
Rise as spooks of every size!
Mwahahahahahahahaha!"
"If you would like to join our jamboree,
There's a simple rule that's compulsory.
Mortals pay a token fee.
Rest in peace, the haunting's free,
So hurry back we would like your company!"
After the song, the ghosts cheered and applauded as Sulley and Lily took a bow. Then they heard a loud, squeak and saw the cemetery gates opening. The two knew it was time to go.
"Thanks, guys! Happy Halloween!" Sulley said, waving goodbye.
Every ghost in the graveyard howled and shrieked goodbye their new friends as they left the graveyard.
"Y'know, I actually had a good time there!" Lily had to admit it. Now that she was safe, it was a thrilling experience.
And Sulley felt the same way. "Yeah, it was pretty fun." he said. "But I wouldn't go back soon."
Lily just laughed. She smiled when she saw Boo still dancing and humming that catchy tune as they walked back to the carnival.
Just then, Sulley spotted three little cutely costumed kids cornered by three bigger ones in grossly inappropriate costumes
"I told you I don't we anymore candy!" the girl wailed.
"Shut up." the leader of the group spat. It was the chainsaw teen who scared Sulley. "We heard more candy jangling in those bags!" He pointed at her sack. "Now hand over the rest you little runt!"
A tap was felt at the boy's shoulder. He turned and saw a wall of blue fur. The teens tilted their heads all the way up to see a horrifying, horned creature. Sulley let out a low, nasty growl, showing his pointed fangs.
The boys stared at the behemoth for a full minute. Then they burst out in hearty laughter. "Oh, man. You've gotta be kidding me!" a boy said, wiping a tear from his eye.
"That is the lamest costume I've ever seen!" another boy snorted.
Their leader marched right up to Sulley. "I really hate it when you grown-ups have to spoil our fun. Come on, guys. Let's peel this guy out of his monster suit."
The boys reached out and started pulling on Sulley' face. They yanked on his horns, his tail, his everything. They even tried to look for a zipper.
"This mask isn't coming off!" the boy said as he tugged on Sulley's face.
Irritated, Sulley grabbed the boy and pulled him off with a single hand, the boy flailed in Sulley's grasp. The goons backed off seeing the inhuman feat of strength. Sulley tossed the human to the ground. He picked himself up and backed away to his friends.
"Uh, guys..." the leader said shakily His face was loosing its color. "you d-don't think he's a real-"
He never finished his sentence.
Sulley grabbed the boy's throat with his claws and unleashed a fearsome roar in his face. "ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAR!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" The boys started to scream and Sulley let got of the boy's throat. They scrambled away from the monstrosity and ran away at full speed into the night, dropping their candy.
"Haha! Still got it!" Sulley laughed. It's been a long time since he scared anyone.
"Yay, Kitty!" Boo cheered. Sulley happily took a bow.
"Wow, mister! That was great!" the little astronaut boy cheered. Sulley smiled and gave the kids their tormentors' candy. They thanked Sulley again and headed to the carnival.
From behind, Lily wrapped her arms around Sulley's waist. "My hero." she purred. Sulley blushed as Lily scratched Sulley under the chin. Sulley hummed in pleasure before he started to giggle.
"Hey! You can only scratch my chin! Not tickle it!" Sulley laughed as Lily's fingers began to work on his neck as well.
"Tickle, tickle, tickle!" Lily teased. Sulley laughed and laughed until Lily gave him a breather. "Come on, let's go."
When the trio returned to the park, the first thing to greet them was Mike and Megan. "Guys! Where the heck have you been?!" Mike shouted. "We've been looking all over for ya!"
"Yeah! What happened to you guys?!" Megan asked.
Sulley and Lily just looked at each other and smiled, they shared a chuckle.
"You wouldn't believe us if we told you." Sulley said.
"Caw! Caw!"
Boo looked up and something swoop down, dropping something into her hand. It was her bell collar! She smiled as the raven took off. But not before giving the girl a wink and flew away back to the Haunted Mansion.