PART TWO: EPISODES 4-6
From "Episode 4: Descent Into Darkness-The Serpent Sisters
THE SETUP: Rerun consoles Lucy
Lucy was in her room on her bed soaking it with her tears as she cried. Just then she heard a knock on her door. She rose up and opened her door to see who it was. She saw Rerun her baby brother, who look genuinely concerned for his big sister.
"Lucy?" he began. "Is everything okay?"
"No Rerun," sobbed Lucy. "Charlie Brown and everyone else at school hates me. A couple of years ago I plotted to embarrass Charlie Brown at the Homecoming game in front of a girl he liked before he was dating Frieda. I know I did wrong, but no one will listen to me long enough to say I'm sorry. Linus is upset with me, too, but everyone else hates me! I now truly know how Charlie Brown feels now, and I hate it!" And she started wailing again.
"I don't hate you, Lucy," said Rerun. "Sure, what you did to Charlie Brown was bad, but it's not enough for me to hate you. You're still my sister and I love you."
Lucy looked at her baby brother. He was genuine in his response. She immediately grabbed him and hugged him, while still crying. Rerun returned the embrace. He felt sorry for her and wanted to make things better for her.
From "Episode 5: Descent Into Darkness-Great Pumpkin Rising"
THE SETUP: Sally arrives at Violet's party
Sally was dressed in her angel costume. She had arrived just as some of the other kids were arriving. When she got to the door, Violet, who was dressed as a vampire princess with her black hair down with extensions added for effect and also wearing a long black dress, greeted Sally.
"Hey Sally," said Violet. "Glad you could make it."
"Thanks for having me," said Sally. "My brother and Frieda is taking Rerun trick-or-treating because Lucy s out somewhere and my Sweet Babboo is, well, you know."
"I'm actually surprised that you're not waiting for the Great Pumpkin with Linus this year," Violet observed.
"I love him madly, but this year I wanted to have some actual Halloween fun."
"Well you came to the right place, Sally. The party has just begun. Go in and have some fun." And Sally went in. When she got in she saw most of the kids were there already. Peppermint Patty, who was dressed as an MMA fighter, went to greet Sally, as well.
"Hey Sally," said Peppermint Patty. "How are you doing?"
"I'm great, Patty," said Sally. "You haven't seen Eudora around, have you?"
"No I can't say that I have, but if she shows up and I see her, I'll let you know."
"Thank you." And Marcie, Hans, and Franco walked in and they chatted with each other. Violet's Halloween party was going to be a success again.
THE SETUP: Linus discovers the toilet paper rolls and egg cartons
Lucy had left to get some ice cream at Ace's. Linus, meanwhile, started to clean the house up some. When he went to grab the garbage, he noticed more bags than normal was sitting by the door.
"That's strange," he said to himself. "I don't remember there being this many bags."
And when he looked in to see what was in them what he saw shocked him. There were a bunch of toilet paper cores and empty egg cartons.
"No!" he told himself. "Lucy couldn't have been involved in that. She may be crabby and insufferable at times, but even SHE wouldn't do something like this. There must be an explanation for all of this. I won't say anything for now." And Linus put it in the back of his head just for the time being.
From "Episode 6: Descent Into Darkness-Bad Girl Gone Worse"
THE SETUP: Peppermint Patty wrestles with her guilt
Peppermint Patty was by herself at Sparkyville Park walking around. After everything that had happened with the Homecoming incident, her guilt feelings for what happened at the Homecoming game two years prior returned in spades. All of the insults she hurled at Charlie Brown, blaming him for losing the game, it all came back to haunt her.
"To answer your earlier question about X's and Zero's, Franklin, I think I know who our 'Zero' is!" And Patty glared angrily at Charlie Brown, who just hung his head down.
"Okay, Chuck, you really goofed up on that play!"
"CHUCK, YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING RIGHT!"
And then other memories of her belittling Charlie Brown came flooding back in her mind.
"How can anyone fall in love with dull, wishy-washy ol' Chuck?!"
"What kind of Thanksgiving dinner is this?! Where's the turkey, Chuck?! Don't you know anything about Thanksgiving?! Where's the mashed potatoes?! Where's the cranberry sauce?! Where's the pumpkin pie?!"
"CHUCK YOU ALWAYS SPOIL EVERYTHING!"
"STOP IT! STOP IT, STOP IT, STOP IT!" she finally shouted. Everyone in the park looked at her strangely. She regain her composure for a moment. Peppermint Patty then realized that she had been just as bad towards Charlie Brown as Lucy and Violet had been, and she was one of the good ones. She went home, but not without crying on the way there.
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