Okay, as I went through the Goosebumps books online to check them out, I reached a quick decision: I've decided to include monsters from the Hall of Horrors series as well. That, and as for reviewers braidon and walleed, ignore those reviews. Those two were from my silly classmates.
With that said, let's continue.
Billy and Sheena were both sleeping next to each other, Billy dreaming of fighting giant monsters, when the two were suddenly woken up. The two opened their eyes to see a truck driver standing in front of them confused.
"Wha-what happened?" Billy asked, dazed. "Hey, where are we?" It was then that the two realized that they had fallen asleep in the alley.
"Oh shoot," Billy whispered. He realized that sleeping outside in a dark alley while monsters are crawling through the city probably wasn't the best idea.
"What are you kids doing here?" The truck driver asked. Billy fumbled around for an answer, but Sheena interrupted.
"We were going to our house when that dumpster got knocked over by a group of bikers and we got knocked out by the crash," She answered quickly. Billy stared off into the sky a bit, then nodded.
"Oh, okay, well you kids best be getting to school soon," The driver said before hopping into his truck and driving off. The moment they were gone, Billy and Sheena sighed.
"You know, we never did come up with an answer as to how we're going to find all of those monster-fighting kids," Sheena reminded, yawning.
"Hey, I'm the amazing William Deep, Jr., world-famous-" Billy started but was clonked on the head by Sheena.
"Ow!" He shouted in pain. "Hey, I was busy glorifying myself!"
"In case you haven't noticed, the city is crawling with monsters!" Sheena shouted at him. Billy immediately shushed her.
"Not so loud!" He hissed quietly. "We aren't supposed to let the adults know the city's been overrun by strange creatures!"
"Why not?" Sheena asked. "Ghosts, witches, zombies, lawn gnomes, that seems like something the police department should be busy handling, not a bunch of preteens!"
"Sheena, haven't you noticed that whenever a kid tells an adult that something weird is going on, the adult never believes them until it's too late?" Billy pointed out. Before Sheena could respond, Billy added, "It's better that they never find out about this. If they do, they'll try to stop us from stopping the monsters!"
"That may be true, but I bet Dr. D could help us out," Sheena said.
"He's off in the Pacific Ocean looking for underwater life, remember," Billy snapped, irritated. "Even if we did call him, he'd arrive way to late to do us any help!"
"Then what do you suggest?!" Sheena screamed.
"Okay, we're already going to be late for school," Billy muttered. "Let's just go and we'll talk about this later." The two siblings set off through the city.
"I hope the other kids are doing better than us," Sheena muttered.
Joe and Mindy pushed the door open to their house, breathing in heavily after having spent all night searching for the lawn gnomes. Sweat was practically pouring down their foreheads and their feet were bruised after running through the city the entire night.
"Oh gosh, this was a long night," Mindy complained. "And to think, it was all for nothing."
"We'll get those mischief elves someday," Joe reassured. "Hopefully soon. In the meantime, let's get some rest before-"
"Hey, school's starting in like twenty minutes," Mindy pointed out, looking at the clock. "We have to get ready or we'll be late."
"But...we spent all night running around the city," Joe complained. "Can't we get some rest after all we went through?"
"We can't let our parents know about this," Mindy huffed. "If they find out we left the house and were outside at midnight, on a school night no less, we'll be grounded for life."
"...Good point," Joe gasped before collapsing on the ground, passed out.
"Ow, Lindy get off of me!" Kris shouted in pain as her twin sister Lindy pinned her to the ground.
"No Kris, not until you agree with my idea on how we're going to capture your stupid ventriloquist dummy!" Lindy retorted, pulling on Kris' hair.
"Dammit Lindy, can't you see why I don't feel right about being used as bait to lure out Mr. Wood?!" Kris shouted. "That could backfire in so many ways!"
"But it's still the best plan we have!" Lindy replied with a devilish smirk. "After all, he flat-out admitted he wants you to be his slave!"
"On that matter, what about your dummy?" Kris asked. "Slappy, or whatever his name is. We haven't seen in like, forever."
"He's probably bugging some other girl," Lindy snapped. "Now agree with this plan or I'll slap you!" She pressed her hands down on Kris' shoulders.
"Ow, okay, okay!" Kris yelped in pain. Lindy released her grip on her sister.
"Good girl, now get dressed for school," Lindy mockingly said, patting her sister on the head as if she was her pet. "And be prepared for tonight or else everything is going to hell for both of us."
"Sarah, what are you doing?" Aaron Maas called out as his older sister, Sarah, skate boarded over their parents lawn.
"I'm just warming up for tonight when I have to, once again, deal with that ghost," Sarah excused, not bothering to face her brother.
"But mom doesn't want us skate boarding on the lawn!" Aaron reminded. Before Sarah could respond, she accidentally crashed the skate board in one of their parents flower pots. Sarah crashed on the ground with a sickening thud.
"Uh oh," Aaron gulped, nervous, as the door opened to reveal the large, domineering figure of their mother. Her eyes were narrowed into furious slits as she eyed the broken pot.
"Which of you kids broke my pots?!" She bellowed.
"Oh, I tried to tell him, mother, but Aaron simply wouldn't listen," Sarah lied in a sympathetic tone. "I just try to help him, but he's just so hard to reach through to."
"No, she's lying mother," Aaron mumbled nervously as his Mrs. Maas turned to stare at him.
"So, your sister can't reach through to you, huh?" Mrs. Maas snarled, grabbing Aaron by the arm. "Let's see if this can get through to you!"
Sarah watched with suppressed joy as Mrs. Maas brought her fist down upon a screaming Aaron. However, she decided to keep up the act.
"No, please, I understand your anger, but you can't get this upset," She said. "After all, this doesn't even compare to how he scraped the paint off the wall yesterday."
"No, please no," Aaron pleaded. But his mother didn't listen and delivered another thrashing. After a while, a bruised Aaron was tossed towards Sarah.
"Get your school bags and get off to school, you two," Mrs. Maas growled. "And if I have to deal with you Aaron again today, you won't be able to sit for a month!" With that, she stomped back into the house.
"You're a real jerk, you know that?" Aaron hissed at Sarah, rubbing his sore arm.
"Hey, you have to take responsibility for some things," Sarah replied, folding her arms. "Our dad has recently been appointed chief of police, and our mom has to handle our antics, and I have to deal with a psycho ghost on a daily basis. What do you have to deal with?"
"You," Aaron replied gloomily.
"Oh, quit your fussing, school's going to be starting soon," Sarah said. "And hide your bruises before someone notices."
Aaron reluctantly complied and Sarah headed back inside to get their school bags. However, the moment she stepped inside, a voice whispered, "Oh Sarah."
Sarah groaned. "Keep away from me, Della," She hissed. The ghost of Della Raver materialized in front of Sarah.
"Oh come on, don't you want so see your old friend again?" Della asked warmly.
"We are not friends," Sarah hissed. "You wanted to murder me so you can make me into your stinking moving buddy!"
"Oh, you'll love the afterlife, Sarah," Della reassured. "So long as you have me as your friend."
"Go away," Sarah hissed. "I don't want to see you again until it's nighttime."
Della nodded and began to fade away, but then reminded, "You will be my moving buddy, Sarah." With that, she faded off, leaving Sarah alone in the room.
Sarah shivered. "What a creep," She sneered before grabbing the school bags and heading outside to meet her brother.
Okay, to those who are reading, I'm not too familiar with the personalities of some of these characters, particularly Aaron. If anyone feels the need to fill me out on their info, it's very appreciated.