In town, Ashley and Fangula were at Spirit Halloween, it used to be an old department store shut down, but without closed down buildings, where would we have Halloween stores?

Count Fangula was in one of the fitting rooms trying on some of the vampire costumes. Even he was impressed with the humans' attention to detail in these designs.

He stepped out with a French Victorian kind of vampire outfit. A long, black velvet coat with a high pointed collar and lace sleeves under a red and black brocade vest with an attached jabot with a medallion pin. It also came with a top hat and boot covers.

"What do you think of this one?" he asked. "Ashley? Ashley?" He looked around and saw Ashley far off leaning against the wall of witch's hats and accessories.

Fangula walked over to the redhead. "Ash?"

Ashley looked at the vampire. "Oh, that one's nice Fang." she went back to leaning.

"Ashley, what's wrong?"

"Fang, don't get me wrong but, I wish we weren't having this party."

Fangula looked confused. "If so, then why did you even say we're having one?"

Ashley looked back to him. "Because I had no choice! Britney humiliated me in front of all those people at the park!"

Fangula rubbed his chin. "I see, and where would you want to be humiliated?"

Ashley glared at him. "Fang, she humiliated me cause she was having a Halloween party and I was the only one not invited!"

But Fangula's confusion only grew. "So you weren't invited. You don't even like Britney, why would you want to go to her party?"

"I don't want to go to her party! I just didn't want to be the only one not going!"

"So, you're saying you want to go but you don't want to not go or...?" he tried to figure it out, but only made his confusion worsen.

Ashley sighed. "It's like this Fang, Britney thinks she's such hot stuff just because she's rich, powerful and pure evil. A Halloween party will just be another crowning achievement in her imaginary monarch! Someone's gonna have to teach her that this isn't her universe! And I'm the only one who can do it!"

Fangula's face lit up. "Oh! I get it! So if we throw a party that will leave her's in the dust, then it'll prove to her she's not all that hot!"

"Exactly!" Ashley said. "Now let's get some killer party favors and head back to Hillhurst pronto!"

Ashley and Fangula came out of Spirit Halloween with big black bags full of decorations and party favors needed.

"Are you sure we need all this?" Fangula asked.

"Of course Fang, Halloween's only 6 days away! We've gotta be prepared. Okay, we've got candy, decorations, and..."

"Costumes?" Fangula suggested.

Ashley shook her head. "Nah, you and the monsters can just go as yourselves for the party."

"Oh. Ashley?"

Ashley looked up. "Yeah?"

The Count took a deep breath, "Perhaps, you and I can...go out for dinner?"

Ashley blinked surprised and Wolfie's jaw dropped to where it almost hit the concrete!

Hiding the blush on Ashley's face, "Uh, okay Fang, that sounds, nice." she smiled.

The restaurant was a nice quiet one, a family friendly place. It wasn't too small nor too big. A fair amount of people were enjoying their meals while some people who were entering and leaving ended up a little scared of the grey wolf dog that was right outside the restaurant guarding a purple scooter and big bags of Halloween merchandise, so people would think twice before stealing from him.

Inside the restaurant, Ashley and Fangula were waiting for their food. Ashley watched Wolfie from the window. "Do you think he'll be alright out there?"

"Of course." Fangula assured. The waitress came in with the food. Ashley had a burger and fries while Fangula had a bowl of tomato soup, it took him a while to choose something, so he went with the soup, he wasn't entirely used to human food, but eating out was his idea after all.

As Ashley was about to dig in, Fangula blew on his soup, stuck his pale face close to the bowl and started slurping, awfully loud. Ashley watched as the Count continued to slurp, she looked over her shoulder and as expected, other people with blanks looks were watching, a mother brought her toddler daughter close to her side.

"Uh, Fang?" Ashley interrupted Fangula's 'eating'.

He looked up. "Yeah?"

A choking sound was heard behind Ashley, she turned and saw an elderly woman with her hand over her mouth and her face white as a sheet. She grabbed her purse, left a 20 dollar bill on the table and hurried out of the diner. Ashley was confused as to why the old lady left, she turned back and saw why. Fangula's mouth was parted with his fangs out, dripping with tomato soup which looked a lot like blood.

Fangula licked the soup off his fangs. "What's her problem?"

Ashley sighed, rubbing her temple in sheer annoyance. "Look Fang, when we have the party, promise me you and the monsters will keep a low profile right?"

"Oh puh-lease." Fangula said. "We may be monsters, but even we have self-control." but Ashley raised a skeptic brow. She grabbed her burger about to eat, as she was going to take the first big bite,

Ashley gasped, her eyes shot open as she dropped her burger.

Fangula jumped startled. "Ashley! What's wrong?!"

Ashley's expression was frozen for a few moments, then she blinked an shook her head, she stood up. "Fang, we've got to get home. Now! She said all too seriously.

"What?! Why?!"

Ashley grabbed Fangula by the vest, left enough money for the bill and rushed outside without an explanation. "Come on Wolfie! We're heading home!" the werewolf looked at Fangula who just shrugged, indicating he was just as confused as his friend. Ashley snapped her fingers, making a small black fanny pack appear around her waist. She pointed at the bags of Halloween stuff, making the bags shrink and fly into the fanny pack in a green sparkled flash.

The trio hopped onto Ashley's scooter and Ashley revved her ride up. "HANG ON TIGHT BOYS!" Ashley cried out and sped off in a second.

"WHOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAA!" the monsters shouted. Fangula roped his arms around Ashley's waist and Wolfie had his paws in a death grip on Fangula's shoulders, it was hard for him since he had paws instead of hands. Ashley sped across the shortcut to the forest, she knew she would arouse suspicion if she sped through the streets, a cop would pull her over and find out her scooter was magic. She had to get to Hillhurst without any stopping.

"Ashley! What's going on?!" Fangula hollered iver the speeding winds, but Ashley did not answer. The gang arrived at the house to find a slightly junky white sedan with a sign on top of it that said: Mama Mia's Pizzeria.

Ashley groaned, "I hope we're not too late..," she ran inside while the monsters ran after her. As soon as they all came inside,

"AAAAAAAAAAH!" a scream filled the house. Following the sound of the scream, Ashley bolted into the dining room. She was not pleased at all with what she saw.

Mums and Frankenbeans were standing by the candlelit dining room table both holding a dork and a knife, but there dinner was a pimply faced pizza boy hogtied on a plate with an apple in his mouth!

The monsters were frozen by the angry daggers Ashley was glaring. Mums cleared his throat. "Hey! Ashley! Back so soon?" he quickly hid his utensils behind his back. Fangula and Wolfie came in, they both gasped at the terrified pizza boy on the table.

Fangula gave an evil smile. "Did someone order lunch?" he purred walking over to the table. Wolfie got up on his hind legs reverting back to his werewolf form and came over with Fangula. face jaws drooling with anticipation and hunger.

"OH NO YOU DON'T!" Ashley yelled. The monsters snapped out of their hunger trance as Ashley stomped over shoving the monsters aside and untied the boy's ropes. "I am so sorry about this-" Ashley began to apologize, but the boy yanked the apple out of his mouth and darted out of the house screaming his head off. Everyone heard his car screeching away from outside.

Ashley crossed her arms. 'I can't believe you guys! How could you do this?!" she scolded furiously.

"Wanted food!" Frankenbeans said honestly. Ashley kept glaring daggers.

"Well you guys were gone all day! We just wanted something to eat! We're starving!" Mums whined.

"Well you could have settled for the pizza instead of the pizza boy! You should be ashamed of yourselves!"

"Ashamed?!" Mums snapped. He jabbed his dry bony finger in Ashley's chest. "For your information, eating people is a monster tradition and nothing to be ashamed of!"

Ashley swatted Mums' finger off her. "Well it's a stupid tradition! You don't have to eat people to prove you're monsters! I mean, just look at you!" The monsters had no excuse for that. "Now listen, we're going to have a Halloween party this Saturday so you guys have to behave yourselves! Which means no eating anyone! Understand?!"

"What?!" Mums exclaimed. "A party?! Who are you to throw a party all of a sudden?!"

"Me like parties..." Frankenbeans replied shyly.

"And almost everyone in town will be here! So we have to be on our best behavior!" Fangula said. "Besides. I'm sure it'll be fun."

Mums, Frankenbeans and even Wolfie, all stared at Fangula in complete disbelief on what he just said.

Mums walked over to the Count and felt his forehead. "You don't feel sick, so you are you and what have you done with the real Count Fangula?"

The Count frowned. "Very funny."

"Guys listen! If this party is a bust then Britney will never let me live it down and I'll never be able to live with myself!" Ashley pleaded to her friends.

"BRITNEY?!" Ashley let out a surprised shriek when she heard the monsters roar out the rival's name.

Frankenbeans' head bots sparked and buzzed. "ME HATE BRITNEY!" he roared.

Mums clenched his teeth and balled his fists so hard, Ashley could hear them cracking altogether. "You never told us that Britney was involved!" he snarled.

Fangula nodded. "That's right, she's throwing her own Halloween party and we need ours to blow hers out of the water!"

"Reah, reah, reah!" Wolfie barked out.

"Well when you put it that way, count me in!" Mums said.

"Me too!" Fangula said.

"Re ree!" Wolfie said.

"Me seven!" Frankenbeans said.

"Not seven Bolt Brain! Four!" Mums corrected.

"And me five!" Little Ghoul said walking in all of a sudden.

Ashley was shocked seeing this. The monsters' moods changed completely without a moment's hesitation. "You mean...you guys are okay with this?"

Fangula smiled. "Are you kidding? Of course we are!"

"Yeah! And we'd be glad to help! Anything bad for Britney is good for us!" Mums added.

'And who knows? Maybe we can liven things up!" Little Ghoul cackled, rubbing her scaly hands together. Frankenbeans and Wolfie both snickered together excited about the party.

Seeing this complete turnaround, Ashley smiled. "Thanks you guys! This really means a lot to me!"

"No problem Ash!" Mums said. "This is gonna be our happiest Halloween ever!"

"YEAH!" all the monsters cheered. Who knew Britney Chambers was something they all agreed on?

"By the way, there's still those pizzas over there." Little Ghoul pointed out.

Ashley looked to see stacks of large pizza boxes sitting on the small dining room table next to the dining room entrance. She looked at the monsters and raised an eyebrow and a little smile.

Fangula shrugged. "Well, can't let it go to waste, besides we still haven't had that dinner!"

Ashley chuckled. "Alright, alright, but one of them better be double cheese!"