*Chapter 3: Halloween Time!*
Sonic is putting on the makeup on his face. He uses the black pencil to make the stitches over his lips and cheeks. He then puts the eye patch that is a Jack Skellington head over his left eye. Sonic smiled at his look. He is dressed as Jack Skellington from the Nightmare Before Christmas.
"Never look this good." Sonic said, fixing the bowtie. Tails and Knuckles came in the room with their costumes on. Tails is dressed as Link from Legend of Zelda. Knuckles dresses as Frankenstein. "Wow. You guys look good in those costumes." Sonic said, turning to them. "Tails, I thought you were gonna as a mummy for Halloween?"
"Yeah, but I thought I could go as Link for this year? Why not huh?" Tails said. On his back, there is a shield and the sword. "Hey, nice Jack costume! Is Sally gonna be that ragdoll from that movie?"
"Yep. There's a costume contest in town so we planned to be Jack and Sally for Halloween." Sonic said with a grin. "Are the girls ready next door?"
"Amy told me that Rouge and Sally are almost done with the makeup." Knuckles replied. "Where's Shadow and Silver?" The bathroom door opens and Silver is coming out in his werewolf costume. The brown ears are over his, he has brown long gloves on and leg warmers over his shoes. A brown top with ripped white shirt. He has his fangs on.
"Whoa, Silver!" Tails gasped.
"How do I look?" Silver asked in a disappointed voice. "I don't look like a werewolf at all."
"You look great. I hardly recognize you." Sonic said with a smile, giving the white hedgehog a thumbs up. Silver sighed and sat on the bed. "I'm serious, bud. You look great as a werewolf. Better than being Superman." Silver glared at him, but turned away.
"Where's Shadow?" Tails asked, looking around. "Is he dressing up?"
"I don't know where he-" Sonic was cut off when the door opens. There is Shadow dressed as Dracula. Fake blood around his mouth and fangs handing out of it.
"Oh, there you are." Tails said. "Nice vampire costume, Shadow."
"Thanks. It's the only option I chose." The black hedgehog said, coming in the room. Then, Amy comes in. She is dressed as Little Red Riding Hood. She is holding the little basket while putting on the hood.
"Hey Silver, you got Amy as Little Red over there. Don't try to eat her." Knuckles said with a chuckle. Silver rolled his eyes at him.
"How do I look, Sonic?" Amy asked, coming over to the blue hedgehog. "Not too much, is it?" Sonic looks at her costume. White tall socks with red shoes. The dress is white with a red checkered skirt. And she is wearing a black choker.
"You look cute, Ames." Sonic told her. "Where's Rouge and Sal?"
"They're coming in." Amy said. Rouge and Sally walked inside the room in their costumes. The chipmunk is dressed as Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas. Stitches on her face, and wearing a patchy dress. Her long red hair is down. Rouge is dressed as a sexy witch. The dress is purple and black, and wore black boots and long black gloves.
"Man, Sally. You look exactly like Sally from the movie." Sonic said after he whistled. The chipmunk laughed and came over to her.
"Not too much makeup, right?" She asked.
"You look great. We're going to win the contest for sure." Sonic told her, wrapping his arm around her shoulders. Rouge came over to the red echidna.
"You don't look bad yourself, Knuckie." She said. "I should've been your bride."
"Eh, you look...better as a witch." Knuckles said, blushing a little at Rouge's costume. Shadow rolled his eyes at them in silent.
"So, are we all ready to hit down the Halloween party in town?" Tails asked.
"Yep. Then after, we will visit the manor." Sonic said with a smirk on his face. "We can find that Phantom and the bride inside."
"Are you sure it's still a good idea to go?" Amy asked. "Remember no one's set a foot inside after a tragedy."
"We gotta see that manor, Amy." Sonic told the pink hedgehog who seemed to have second thoughts of going. "C'mon. It'll be great. If we don't see any ghosts inside, we'll just leave. We'll be fine."
"If you say so..." Amy said.
"Well, let's head down town." Rouge said. "When the sun is down, we will go ghost hunting."
"Or we will die inside." Silver said, following his friends.
"We are not gonna die." Sally told him, patting his back. "There's no such thing as ghosts."
"Hey! I've run into ghosts before at Pumpkin Hill years ago!" Knuckles said, coming to Sally's face. "I've seen them with my own eyes. You know how hard it was not to be scared to death while looking for the pieces of the Master Emerald." He hears Rouge laughing behind him. The heroes left the room and head down to the elevator to leave the motel.
Children and adults are wandering around the town in costumes having a good time in a early evening. Playing games to win prizes, trick-or-treating, and scare each other silly. While the mobians are doing their own thing, Silver is sitting on the hay by the pumpkins. Suddenly, a hand touched one of his spikes, making him jump and have his hand out to use his psychic powers, but realizes it's Blaze! She is dressed as the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland.
"Blaze?!" Silver gasped, having his hand down. "Oh jeez, you scared me. How did you get here?" Blaze came over to him.
"Let's say a little birdie told me that you and the others are visiting that manor up on that hill." She said, looking up at the manor. "So, I have Marine in charge to watch my Soul Emeralds and teleported here. And I also feel bad that I didn't go with you before." Silver smiled at her. He's happy she is here with him.
"Glad you came, Blaze. Nice Cheshire Cat costume." He said. "Wait, who told you about going to the Phantom Manor?"
"Sally." Blaze replied with a shrug. "You know, I heard about the Ravenswood Manor too. So, I thought I come here to spend Halloween with you guys, and join the ghost hunt." Silver looks back up at the hill where the manor stood. He doesn't know what will happen up there when it gets dark tonight. Even it's Halloween, things will get too spooky. "So, what do you want to do before the sun sets?" Blaze asked.
"If you want, we could get something to eat. Sonic and Sally are entering a costume contest that will start in an hour." Silver said. Blaze nodded. The two friends walked over to the food stand to get dinner. Little did they know, up on the manor, a dark figure watches from the window. It eyes on the mobians below with the mortals. The figure disappears in the shadows...
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After having a good Halloween party, the sun is coming down. Sonic and Sally did win the costume contest. They have orange ribbons on their costumes that said "Best Costume". Music is filling the air, and everyone is having a good time. There are still activities to do at the party, but Sonic knows it's time to visit the manor. The sky is growing dark. He smiled and gathering his friends over by fence to see the view of Thunder Mountain.
"It's time." Sonic told them. "Who's ready to get up there?"
"Uh, maybe it's not a good idea." Silver said. "How could we get inside? The place could be locked."
"You could use your psychic powers to pick the locks." Knuckles said.
"I don't do that." Silver said. "My powers don't pick locks."
"You backing out?" Shadow asked, raising a brow at him. "You afraid?"
"No!"
"We're all going to be together, guys!" Amy said. "If we don't see anything interesting, we'll leave."
"Yeah." Tails said with a nod. "We won't be inside too long."
"Silver, if you want, you can stay out here." Rouge told the white hedgehog. "Blaze will stay."
"No way." Silver said. "Blaze came here to see the place. So, I am going with her. I ain't scared."
"Let's go, guys! The manor's waiting." Sonic said, rushing up the hill. Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Shadow, Silver, Blaze, Sally, and Rouge followed the blue hedgehog up the hill. Sonic stopped in front of the iron gate that is chained shut. He pulled one gate open, just a crack to fit him and the others through the opening. As he went through, Tails looked at the plague on a stone pillar that was on the side of the gate. Another pillar, identical to this one, was on the other.
"Ravenswood Manor." Tails read. "Built 1849."
"Wow. Guys, come on! You gotta see this house up close." Sonic called, looking up at the wooden house. The rest of the heroes went through the opening of the gate and followed Sonic up to the house. Then, soft music began to play. It sounded like it came from the house. "Do you hear that?" Sonic asked while walking on the wooden porch. "I hear some kind of music box."
"Me too." Blaze said, trying to look through the windows. Rouge sees cobwebs on every corner, and dust. She avoided them from getting on her costume.
"Are the doors locked?" Amy asked. Sonic went up to the large doors and knock them. They all waited. There is nothing. All they hear is the music box from inside. Sonic tried pushing and pulling the doors, but no luck. The place is locked tight.
"Let's see if the windows are unlocked and we can-" Knuckles was cut off when the large doors began to open. They making loud creaking sounds. The heroes stared in silent. Once the doors are open, the music box stopped playing. Sonic took a peek inside. It's too dark.
"You see anything?" Sally asked.
"No." Sonic replied. "Let me head inside first. I'll find a light." He walked inside the manor and disappeared in the shadows. Sally and the others waited for him to respond if he found a candle light or anything to help them see inside the manor. Then, they hear a thud.
"Sonic?" Amy called. Suddenly, the large doors slammed shut in the heroes' faces.
"Sonic?!" Sally cried out, knocking on the doors. "Sonic, what happened?"
"Are you okay?" Knuckles called.
"Guys! Help me! The Phantom's got me!" Sonic cried out from the inside. "Help me!"