my wonderful reader! Happy Halloweeeeeeeen~! Ah yes, surprise surprise! You thought I was only going to post one chapter this month didn't you?!
Rating: T for swearing & suggestive themes, may change to MShipping: Plant X HumanAU: Humans are still alive & live with the Plants but the Zombies and Zomboss are still the sameI will try to keep the reader as gender neutral as possible.
GREEN SHADOW
It was Halloween night!
Yep!
The spookiest night of the year and here you were, getting ready to head down to a party which Green Shadow had invited you to though you didn't want to leave the plants alone, you didn't really want to miss the chance to go out with her.
Not that it was a date! Just a simple outing with a friend that didn't involve anything else besides friendship!
Besides that- you had invited (BFF/N) over to babysit the few plants you had and they were glad to come over and do the favor for you. Besides, when they heard that you had adopted the little buddies, they were excited to meet them! They had even brought a few of their own plants- you think that (BFF/N) called them Witch Hazel, Ghost Pepper and a Jack O' Lantern.
Even though you were still learning their names, the last one was pretty easy to remember.
While you were getting ready, (BFF/N) would ask you ask why Green Shadow had invited you despite the fact that you had told them 12 different times that it had been nothing more besides a friend inviting another friend to a party that of which was being held in the town center!
Buuuuut, (BFF/F) name had suspected more was going on than you or Green Shadow were leading on…not that you knew anything was going on at all….
R-right?
You hail a cab to the center of town but it isn't soon before it squeals to a halt and you climb out. You then straightening out your costume which happened to be [~Costume of your choice~] and you make your way towards the booming music that almost shook you to the core!
In other words- it was super loud!
Right away, you see all kinds of plants and peoples alike, having fun and dancing to the music which makes you a bit excited to be here! You never knew that Dave could throw these kinds of parties...not that you knew Dave personally but he seemed like a pretty cool dude!
But besides that, you were here to meet up with Green Shadow...speaking of which, where was she?
You enter the crowd and try to push your way through when you suddenly bump into someone before stumbling back before quickly apologizing.
"I-I'm sorry-!"
"(Y/N)!" you hear someone exclaim as you look forward. Spotting your friend/ co-worker from your job who was dressed as what you thought was a baseball player but you weren't completely sure, the rings hanging around the bat threw you…OFF…a bit. "(F/N)?" You say as though you had never seen them before in your life and heck, you almost thought you didn't with the costume! "I didn't expect to see you here dude!" They grab you by the shoulder and drag you out of the crowd so they could talk to you. "You're always so quiet, I'm glad to see you getting out!" They exclaim happily as they give you a playful punch on the shoulder while you let out a laugh at their enthusiasm. "You know; I was actually thinking of asking you to come out tonight but I wasn't sure if you would've said yes or no!" They try to speak over the loud music, almost screaming. Are you here alone or...?"
You jump at the chance to tell them that you weren't alone- "N-no, er, I was invited by someone!" You give them a bright, genuine, smile. The thought of it actually made you happy and you quickly remember that you need to find Green Shadow, the one who invited you!
They playfully punch your shoulder again which makes you flinch this time. "You lucky ducky, who is it-"
"(F/N)!" Another person calls out to your friend standing in front of you before you have the chance to tell them who it was.
"Damn, gotta go (Y/N), have fun tonight! See you at work tomorrow!" They wave to you and run off, and right as they move- you see her…
Green Shadow!
She was looking directly at you and you could tell that she was smiling under that kitten mask she was wearing.
Was it only you or did she look cute?
With that thought, you can almost feel your entire face heat up! Was she as happy to see you as you were to see her?
You start walking toward before you begin walking faster until it turns into a little sprint- you didn't want to run towards her and freak her ou-
Just before you reach her, someone slides in front of you!
A peashooter! And they certainly looked like they were up to no good with that flirtatious look on their face!
You jump slightly and huff, annoyed; that was really rude!
As about to get into a confrontation with him, you get pulled away by someone else!
Another co-worker, who was dressed as a colorful, pale pink bear with the name tag pressed to their chest which read 'Freddy' along with a dark purple bunny puppet on their left hand.
The choice of costume confused your greatly! Was there some kind of reference here you weren't getting?!
(2ndF/N) squeals and hops around you while holding your hands, "I'm so glad you're here (Y/N)!"
Right away, she begins to gush about how she didn't think you would be out here and how she didn't believe it when your other co-worker said you were here- but you didn't really have time for this! You needed to talk to Green Shadow and you were starting to get antsy!
But that wasn't going to happen anytime soon. For the next hour, you are constantly interrupted as well as the hooded Peashooter. You were being pulled every which-a-way by friends and co-workers who were exclaiming about how they were shocked that you were here and then you would get lost in the large crowd and you hated crowds. All the while, Green Shadow had been dealing with being stopped by fans who were excited to meet her and other plants who were both excited to meet, talk and possibly flirt with her were bothering her every few minutes as she looked for you though she tried her best to be polite about it but her patience was wearing thin. She suddenly found herself remembering why she hated being out in public like this.
You finally find a way out of the crowd, away from your friends and make your way down back down the street towards the neighborhood for some fresh air. You were thoroughly annoyed and you felt like you were beginning to develop a headache.
Ugh, now you remembered why you didn't go out to big events like this.
You shiver as a breeze blows by you and you hug your arms to your body, grumbling to yourself about how this has been not the greatest night…when you hear a familiar voice call out to you- "Mind if I join you (Y/N)?" Before you can respond, you look beside you and spot Green Shadow standing beside you- and you nearly jump 5 feet into the air!
"W-Where did you- W-When did you?!"
"Geez, relax, I wasn't trying to scare you," She laughs and smiles at you. "I just wanted to...talk..." She sounds a bit odd after she says the word 'talk'. "Talk?" You repeat softly while wondering what it was. Hopefully not something bad...this night has been annoying enough already.
"It's been ridicules! I didn't know it would be this hard!" you can her the annoyance dripping from her voice and you understood completely. "I thought it would be easier if I had invited you here and then we could have fun and maybe dance together-" She shrugs her shoulder and looks down as the two of you walk as she trails off…
"E-err, I-I'm sorry, I should've walked towards you faster when I saw you or something," You chuckle, trying to lighten the mood and break the silence. "But hey, you have me here now!" You say happily, "What did you want to talk about?" You tilt your head at her curiously wondering what was on her mind.
She stops walking and you stop a few seconds later, a bit caught off guard.
"W-Well, (Y/N)" I've been thinking about you and our relationship for a while now and..."
You can feel your heart begging to pound against your chest! Was this really happening, was this actually a thing that was happening? Was she…? No…could she…? Oh, this was definitely not friend-like conduct...! N-Not that you had a problem with it! After she trails off...she looks down at the ground beneath the two of you before looking back up...you can spot a noticeable blush gracing her features.
"…I-"
"SHADOW!" A voice calls out to her for the millionth time tonight! If it wasn't annoying by now, it defiantly was right about now!
Sitting upon one of the roofs was a sunflower wearing…a shirt and goggles? Who was this?
"What's wrong, Solar?" The peashooter exclaims at her, annoyance dripping from her voice.
"Oh, my gosh, chill out, Shadow!" She tries to get the hooded peashooter to calm down. "Two humans were spotted roaming the Zombies side and were chased, we gotta go check the divider." She speaks, bobbing her head in the direction of the large black and yellow stripped boarder. "They might've just jumped it but we have to make sure no one else jumps it too."
Green Shadow exhales deeply, closing her eyes, trying to get rid of the annoying feeling that of which building up inside of her before she calms and looks back up at Solar Flare.
"I'll be there, just give me a second." The sunflower, Solar Flare, nods and takes off quickly, hopping from roof to roof until she is out of sight. Green Shadow turns back to you, her features soft. "I'm sorry (Y/N)..."
You quickly shake your head trying to rid her of any bad feelings about this night, "I-It's okay Shadow, go ahead and do what you need to do..."
She exhales again and smiles. "Thanks (Y/N), this obviously wasn't the right time to do this..." Walking past you, she gently pats your arm and speaks softly. "I'll talk to you later, (Y/N)." Removing her leaf/hand from your arm, she heads off, disappearing down the street.
You take a deep breath before exhaling yourself.
"Oreo is so not going to believe this."
SOLAR FLARE
It was Halloween night and you had decided to stay in with your friend (BFF/N) and hand out candy with your them while your mother tried to get your baby brother into his costume. She had been trying for the past thirty minutes to do so and after the screaming and inventory game of slide up and down the stairs, she gets him into eventually and they were already headed for the door.
"Remember; only one bar for each child, no loud music and no scaring the kids to death, please!" She sounds serious when she tells you the very last rule before she heads out, gathering up her keys to the front door along with her purse.
"Don't worry mom, it won't happen…again-"
You hear your friend spin around with their mouth almost full of candy- "Aaginmmgh?!"
The door closing behind her with a loud thud and click.
"Are you eating the candy?" You ask, quickly diverting from your friend's question. "…." They give you a long pause, their mouth's still full of candy. "…mnoah…"
You refresh the depleted candy making sure you put it in the bowl with the skeleton hand to keep your friend from getting their unusually small hands on it before you make sure the lights to the porch are on so your house would actually get visitors.
Once you made sure everything was in its place, you flop down on the couch face first an exhale deeply.
Halloween was always exhausting for you though you never really went out unless it was with your friends or family besides, you were shocked that people would still want to go out after everything that happened. And so you made a personal decision to stop participating in the holiday from now on.
"(Y/N)!" Your brooding is quickly interrupted as your friend comes flying on the couch, landing beside you- surprised it wasn't on you! They were like a squirrel that had way too much coffee, especially after all the candy.
"Why can't we go out and get candy again?" You friend whines to you. "Why do we have to give it away?"
"Because, would you really want to go out and trick or treat with a bunch of Zombies on the loose?" You huff and cross your arms.
"The Heroes are watching over the town tho-"
"(BFF/N)!"
"Oh my gosh!" They roll off the couch and stand up. "You are being so lame right now!" The pout and stop their foot. "When was the last time you went out on Halloween?" The sounded like they were throwing a tantrum and they technically were.
"(BBF/N), you're starting to sound like my little brother." You say as you roll your eyes about to pick up the TV remote when (BFF/F) shoves something in front of your face, blocking the view of the TV.
Right away you can tell it's an ironic flyer for a Halloween party that one of your classmates happened to be throwing tonight and it started in an hour, funny enough.
"Beatrice is throwing a costume party tonight and I thought it would've been super cool if we went instead of staying in your house all night, giving away candy, that you won't let me eat!"
Giving your friend and annoyed look, you cross your arms.
"(BFF/N), there is absolutely no way that you're going to get me to dress up and go out to a party-"
The very next thing you know is that you're wearing a [Costume of your choice] that your friend had thrown together in that same hour and before you knew it, you were being dragged down the street to Beatrice's party as younger kids ran by, adored in all sorts of colorful and interesting costumes.
For a moment, it looked as though everything was normal for once while you did notice a lack of zombies on the streets…it was nice.
You guessed it wasn't so bad being out on Halloween, no wonder no one stopped going out.
A few minutes later, you and your friend arrived at Beatrice's home and when (BFF/N) lets you go, you stand up and straighten out your costume, trying to make it as comfortable as possible before your friend pushes the door open and pulls you inside with them as your ears are suddenly invaded by music and loud laughter. Everyone was certainly having a good time and right away you can see all kinds of characters talking, dancing and just having a good time in general, but to be completely honest- you still didn't want to be here but it looked like you were going to be stuck here for a while anyways.
You and your friend find yourselves stepping out onto the porch almost stumbling a little bit, before you both find yourselves flopping down on the steps in front of you, sitting down to take a time out from all the candy, soda and dancing.
It had certainly been a night, you can't remember the last time you've done something like this!
Once you're both seated, your best friend throws their arm around your shoulder and laughs. "Aren't you glad that you came out tonight grumpy-cat-pants?" They exclaim giggling uncontrollably. You can't help but smile as you roll your eyes before you give in and nod your head. "Yeah, sure but I'm getting a head ache...I think I over-dosed on candy!" You laugh as your best friend laughs with you. It sure has been a while since you could sit and laugh with your friend like this…You were glad they brought you out! Even if it was kind of against your will!
"That's my job!" You both laugh more and more before your best friend slides their arm off you and pats your shoulder. "Thanks for coming out tonight (Y/N), means a lot to me."
Your friend gives you a sincere thank you and it makes you happier despite the fact that your head was hurting you pretty bad. "Thank you for bringing me out, I probably would've been stuck in the house all night if you hadn't come over." You speak, adjusting your head, trying to help it hurt less. "Well, what are friends for?" They ask chuckling before standing back up, "Now if you excuse me, I saw like 15 peanut butter cups with my name on them~" You laugh again as they head back inside before hearing the door close behind you.
Breathing in the fresh night air, you relax and look around noticing that the trick or treaters were beginning to clear out and the streets were starting to get quiet again.
It was honestly a fun party but you were ready to wind down and watching the calm streets before you only made you want to head home and curls up in the blankets of your bed. You exhale slowly at the thoughts of your bed when you suddenly feel a tapping on your shoulder!
"(BFF/N), I'll be back in a second, I just wanna chill right now-"
"Hey (Y/N)?"
That didn't sound like your friend at all…you turn slowly, a bit startled when you spot- Solar Flare!
"S-Solar?" You say in slight disbelief. "What are you doing here?" You ask, your voice sounding more surprised than you wanted it to be. "Well, I was patrolling a boarder at first but then I slipped away and started doing my rounds and junk when I saw you and thought I would say hey...so, hey." She says as she shrugs her shoulders as she chews on a piece of bubble gum.
You chuckle and point at her, "You said hey three times,"
"Hey, hey, hey- now I said it six times." She giggles cutely and sits next to you which, in turn, makes your cheeks heat up for some strange reason but you ignore it...at least try to.
"What are you up to?" She asks and you notice that she's chewing on bubble gum, you silently wonder where she got it.
"My friend dragged me to this party, and I might've over done it a bit," You laugh nervously.
She laughs and glances at you, "I know what you mean, I've done that a few times too...maybe more than I'd like to admit...buuut, that's a story for another day." She blows a bright pink bubble before she drags it back into her mouth, it deflating quickly.
"I can imagine; you did seem like the partying type." you comment ironically, smiling at her.
"Oh?" She suddenly stops chewing her gum. "What else do you see me as?" Giving you a curiously look, she leans toward you and you can feel your heart racing annnd your head pounding, damn headache...!
"W-well, you're laid back and friendly, strong-willed...confident all around," You shyly shrug your shoulders and fidget with your hands nervously as you do not hear a response from her for a few seconds and you worry slightly thinking that maybe you said something she didn't like but then you hear her speak up-
"Kind, humors, thoughtful and laid back too," She suddenly giggles...was she describing you?
"Being completely honest right now," she blows another bubble and it pops this time. "We'd totally be an amazing match." Her giggles turn into a cute laugh as she pulls her goggles down and stands up. It was as if time slows for a second before you actually realize what she had said, but before you can ask her what she means by 'an amazing match', you both hear the door opening behind the two of you.
You sit up straight while your head starts pounding again! "Looks like that's my cue, see you later…(Y/N)~."She turns and winks at you before she speeds off before your very eyes and disappearing into the night.
You exhale and let out an awe struck 'whoa' as your friend tosses the door open and comes running out with a pillowcase full of candy!
"(Y/N)- I TOOK ALL THE CANDY!" They suddenly take off down the street. "RUN- THEY'RE COMING!"
You jump up and glance behind you at Beatrice who does not look happy at all! You squeak and take off down the street with your friend toward home.
What a way to end Halloween night!
CITRON
'Knock!'
'Knock!'
'Knock!'
Whoever was knocking at your door was knocking very loudly! So loud that you wake from your nap on the couch. You had fallen asleep watching SpongeBob as usual and were very happily dreaming about oranges when it was so rudely interrupted by the knocking.
You exhale exasperatedly, yank the door open and you quickly spot Jada and Marcus dressed up in Halloween costumes! Jada a vampire and Marcus, some kind of mobster. He had the hat tilted to the side and everything.
You look at the slightly confused, half of the reason being you were actually confused, the other half being that you were pretty much half asleep.
"W-what are you guys doing here?" You say, your voice sounding somewhat soft and groggy. Jada spins around on her heel and tosses her arms out in disbelief. "Tonight is Halloween (Y/N)!" She exclaims and you jump! "H-Halloween?!" You snap out of your drowsy state. "Already?!"
You see, you had forgotten that Halloween was tonight, not that it was that serious, you had already bought your favorite costume which was [Costume of your choice] and it was hanging up in your closet (thank goodness). But you had almost missed your favorite holiday because of SpongeBob Dagnabit!
You make an incoherent sound and shoot off upstairs to put on your costume.
It only a few moments, you managed you get your things on before you come back downstairs to slip on your shoes.
"That was fast (Y/N), Marcus comments before Jada suddenly speaks up- "Time for adventure!" She speeds towards the door and kicks it open all the while, you flinch and whimper as her foot collides with the door! Damn it, that's the 4th time this month she's done that! "You're going to kick my door off it hedges!" You exclaim loudly as you and Marcus both file out. "Do you know how hard it is to get a door without offending a plant or a torchwood?!" You call after her as you start running. "NO TIME FOR COMPLAINTS! ADVENTURE!" She then takes off in another direction, speeding past kids and parents dressed in all sorts of costumes, almost bumping into a few kids!
You and Marcus both run after her when you realize that you have no idea what's going on right now! "Where is she going?" You exclaim at your friend who of which was the only one running beside you.
"We just got intel on something huge going down at the backyard!" He sounds almost as excited as Jada minus the kicking doors down. "What?!" You were confused, you honestly thought you guys were going trick or treating!
"You'll see, just c'mon!"
As all three of your reach the town center or the 'Backyard' as everyone called it, you spot all sorts or people, kids, and plants alike dancing around the flag of power! Just having a great time in general! You skid to a stop and you exclaim loudly!
You could feel your heart pounding in your chest, holy cow this was exciting!
"A party?!" You find yourself squealing excitedly though you can hardly hear yourself over the blaring music and heavy bass! But before you could even realize it, you were lost in the large crowd.
You try to squeeze out of the crowd but you can only feel people and plants bumping into you, kids hopping around your feet almost stepping on them but the feelings of being pushed around are abruptly stopped when you feel a hand grab your costume and pull you out of the crowd!
It was Jada who had somehow managed to pull you out on the other side of the crowd! Wait, how did you all get over there so fast? How long had you been in the crowd? She squints her eyes and scans the crowds, she almost looks like a robot rather than a vampire.
It's actually quite scary.
"No time for partying, adventure." She pulls you off again!
"Adventure!" She steps you down next to a very large yellow and black stripped divider that separates the Plants side from the Zombies side. Huh, you didn't remember seeing this here before...
Wait-!
"Jada, you aren't thinking what I think you're thinking."
"Let's just say I'm thinking exactly what everybody thinks I'm thinking!"
You shake your head and take a few steps back as if you had just seen a ghost! "No way Jada, we would get killed and I'm not ready to die just yet, thank you very much!" You cross your arms and turn away when you suddenly notice that Marcus isn't with you two! Where was he?
"We would only be there for just a few minutes, besides, you know I'm a black belt, I wouldn't let anything happen to us!" She proudly shows you her black belt which she got at the championship. You shudder remembering when she had pinned that poor kid to the floor...she showed no mercy.
Maybe she was right, it was an adventure and you had always wondered what it looked like on the other side- besides this would totally cross off a few questions you had in your notebook…was it worth it?
But before you can speak to her, she's already climbing over the divider!
"J-Jada!"
You weren't about to let your friend go alone and get herself killed, even if she was a black belt- you were good at fighting too...at least you thought so!
You hug yourself as you and Jada walked slowly down the neighborhood that of which belonged to the zombies and besides the music that was blasting up the street- it was eerie and somehow quiet...
"W-we really shouldn't be here Jada!" You exclaim between clenched teeth as you look around somewhat cautiously.
"I know, I know but we'll leaves soon to go and find Marcus who is probably still lost in the crowd." She rolls her eyes and looks ahead and pushes for a moment before she runs forward! "Look (Y/N)!" She exclaims louder than needed, "A park!"
You shush her loudly and run after her as you hear a bush rustle behind you! She climbs up the slide and stands at the top of it while you look around for something high to climb on because right now, anything would be better than the ground. You find the little tree house look alike and make your way up the bridge as you scan the area while she laughs and slides down the slide.
It was nice to know that she was having fun because you sure as hell weren't!
"You know we have a park back in town right?!" You call out from the tower before she objects, "But this one is more fun!" You suddenly hear someone shout behind you! "JADA!" You screech as she stands behind you laughs as loud as possible! "Scream a little louder, I don't think the entire town heard you!" She teases as she only laughs more!
"JADA, YOU ALMOST GAVE ME A HEART ATTACK!" You cry out clutching at your chest but you both suddenly fall quiet when you hear a groaning behind the two of you! You silently squawk as Jada and you both slowly turn to spot the two zombies behind you who of which is wearing a hallowed out pumpkin and a witch hat...what?
Oh god, the very thing you didn't want to happen was about to happen wasn't it?
"Oh...FUC-"
"RUN!"
You grab her hand and you both jump off the tower while the zombies chase after you, you both land on your feet but stumble downwards towards a sewer entrance as the zombies are hot on your tail!
"RUNNING!"
"RUNNING!" Jada cries out as she hyper ventilates as you both stumble down into the entrance to sewers and the zombies are getting closer without even breaking a sweat!
You both run until you reach another entrance and make a sharp turn into another entrance witch leads you to the underground and you don't see what you would expect! "HOLY COW!" You exclaim as you look around, almost forgetting about the fact that your lives were in danger! "NO TALK, WE MUST RUN!" She yanks your collar and you both stumble down another ramp before spotting lights in a strange area lit up by yellow lights, you can hear chattering inside...
Jada suddenly lets out a high-pitched scream and you both stumble to the ground which stops the chattering as you look behind you.
The zombies are even closer and your legs were tired, you couldn't run anymore!
...W-Was this the end...?
You close your eyes and feel your consciousness drift away as Jada's screaming fades…
Now...you weren't sure what happened between the last few second and now but the only thing you heard was a loud boom and crackle of electricity...? You push yourself up and don't see the bright white light that would lead you to your end but...a tall...stalk of corn standing beside an…orange?
Hold the phone!
You sit up and call out, coughing a bit. "C-Citron?" You see the familiar orange wiggle before he turns around and glances at you before he smirks! "Glad to see that fall didn't knock you out, (Y/N)."
You feel your heart skip a beat! This was defiantly another holy cow moment, but weren't about to say it out loud...again…but this was definitely another 'Hold the phone moment'! He saved you and Jada!
Speaking of Jada...
She was sprawled out across your lap, knocked out, a large bump on her forehead which compliments her costume and her make up oddly enough.
The stalk of corn beside Citron turns and look down at you and you look back up at him curiously, was he a hero too?! Exactly how many of them where there anyway?! You think to yourself but that look on the corn-man's face said something other than what you were thinking...
It was…more like a 'You've got a lot of explaining to do' look…
The corn man had taken Jada to the infirmary to get the bump check out after Citron said that he would talk to you, leaving the two of you alone in whatever place this was...but judging by the sign, this was 'Crazy Targets'...
No wonder there was a gnome standing behind a shop counter with a bulls-eye on it.
"(Y/N)..." Citron's deep voice gets your attention and it causes you to turn and look at him...it didn't look like the target gnome was going to get you out of this mess anytime soon. "What happened to you two and why were zombies chasing you?" He seems genuinely concerned...that thought only makes you blush. "W-Well see...um...Jada might've...went over...the thing...?"
You phrase it like it's a question hoping you it would save you from the wrath he was about to unleash the in form of lecture.
"What else (Y/N)..."
"I might have...followed her over but the only reason I did it was because I didn't want her to go alone!" You exclaim, trying to defend yourself.
He exhales softly and you hang your head in shame. "I appreciate your honesty (Y/N) but you knew that the divider was put there for a reason…you shouldn't have gone over," He sounds more and more distressed as he talks. "Y-you could've lost your life tonight if we weren't down here!" You look up, noticing a stutter in his voice.
"I-I know and I tried to stop her-"
"(Y/N)!" He exclaims suddenly causing you to cut off your sentence.
He looks at you for a moment before sighing..."I'm sorry, I just...I know I've only know you for a short while but the very last thing I would want to have happen to you is your life being put in danger..."
And there go your cheeks getting warmer...or maybe they were on fire...you weren't completely sure.
"I-I guess what I'm trying to s-say is...I ca-"
Before he can get his sentence out, Kernel corn comes back down the ramp that he left out of only a few moments ago, calling for Citron- "Dave wants you, says it's important!" Citron looks toward the exit and back at you. "W-wait, what were you about to-" You try to ask him what he was about to say when his voice rings out again! "NOW!" Okay, this corn stalk man was beginning to get on your nerves! Was he always this pushy?
"I'm sorry kid, I'll have to continue this conversation later, happy Halloween and stay safe…(Y/N)…"
With that he curls into his ball form and speeds off.
Your mouth hangs open a bit before you jump up and make even more incoherent sounds to express your anger towards only one plant-
"CORN STALK MAN!"
ROSE
It was a regular Halloween night…everything was calm and quite…b-besides the children running outside and squealing while they constantly knocked on your door, standing in brightly dressed costumes, holding their bags out for candy.
Quinn and Paige both volunteered to take the younger plants trick or treating which you thought was awfully kind of them and plus it was one night you wouldn't have to deal with Quinn's snark but other than that, you were alone and you thought everything was normal…that everything was aright but before you knew it…someone knocked on your door again. It had only been a few seconds before you had closed it, who could it possibly be now?
"Coming!" You step towards the door and look through the peep-hole, oddly not being able to see anything. You pause for a moment before turning the knob slowly…You toss the door open and grab a hand-full of candy ready to throw it.
"YOU'LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE!" You screech at the top of your lungs and throw the candy forward as hard as you can! "AHH!?" The person who stood on your step covers their face quickly to block any incoming candy! You pause for a moment, the voice sounded familiar! "Why are you throwing candy at me (Y/N)?!" You look at the person and you notice that it's not a person but a plant! "Lade?!" You exclaim looking at the Sunflower. "Yes!" He exclaims in his squeaky voice. "W-What are you doing here?" You exclaim rushing over to him to check for bumps.
"The Tree House is haunted!" He exclaims very dramatically, hopping around on your front porch. "Haunted?" You shake your head in disbelief, "What are you talking about, how many candy have you had?" He squeaks and shakes his head "That's not important! We were playing a game then we heard a voice! Lade explains as he grasps your hand and tugs you towards the base!
"No talking detective, we have a mystery to solve!"
You both arrive at the Tree and make your way up the steps and despite how many there were, Lade was already way ahead of you, it was almost like he was sliding up the stairs. "S-S-Slow down!" You call out as you guys reach the top. You huff and puff as you walk in the door while Lade skips over to the coffee table and grabs a monocle and places it over his eyes before clipping on a coffee brown tie before looking at you.
"Everybody, our detective had arrived!" Lade announces and everyone turns around looking at you before shouting "Hey!" You smile at everyone and waves happily! Lade, Pixy, Hayyel, Aerie and Sun! But wait…where was Rose? You knew that she wasn't actually dead but you wanted to be sure that she was okay because naturally you were worried about her. "Hey?" You say with a confused smile. "What are you guys all doing up here?
You close the door behind you and step inside, out of the cold. "I thought you all went out with Quinn and Paige!" "We were but we wanted to play instead," Hayyel speaks up and you turn your head in the direction of her voice when you notice the Peashooter wearing a large powered wig with glasses. You pause for a moment, trying your absolute best not to burst out laughing and make them upset.
"Wh-what is going on a-again?" You ask, snickering a bit.
"There's been a murder…" A voice whisperers and It didn't come from any of the younger plants that were standing in the room. "D-did you guys hear that?" Pixy whispers when all of the plants suddenly huddle together. "I-It was the ghost!" Lade exclaims!
You look at them, beginning to become a bit worried, what the actual heck was going on? "Guys?" You walk toward them when you suddenly stop, hearing the same voice again; "(Y/N)…" All of the plants look at you with fearful eyes. "Guys…!" You exclaim, becoming a bit scared. "What's going on?!"
The door to the office suddenly opens slowly and its pitch black and you go from just a bit scared to, freaked the heck out! Was the house really haunted?! You shake your head and step backwards. "I-it wants you (Y/N)…" Sun speaks and even he was shaking! You look at the plants then back at the office before you take in a deep breath before you slowly move forward until you're standing directly in front of the office.
"You can do this, (Y/N), I can do this…" You mumbled to yourself before slowly stepping in, your heart is racing! Once you are inside all the way, the door slams behind you!"AHHHH!?" You scream loudly before spinning around as quick as you can and begin banging on the door! "This isn't funny!" You yelp! "OPEN THE DOOR PLEASE!" Without warning, the lights suddenly flip on, and your heart skips a beat…or two. "Turn around (Y/N)…" the same ghostly voice says behind you and before you know it, you're frozen for a moment. You then begin to slowly turn, your eyes closed tight. "Open your eyes (Y/N), I'm not going to hurt you…" You slowly open on eye and right away, you see- ROSE! You're about you scream her name but she speeds over to you and overs your mouth quickly!
"Shh, dear (Y/N)…" She whispers to you as she leans back toward the door, her rose/hand still over your mouth. H-Holy cow was the room spinning or was it you? When she leans back toward you, she gives you a grin. "I got you good, didn't I~?" She flats away from you, her rose/hand leaving your mouth and yet you still stand your, white as a ghost.
"(Y-Y/N)?"
For the next 10 minutes, Rose had to sit you down and explain to you what was going on and while you were still shaking and just a tad unresponsive but eventually you came back though that scare was going to shake you for a long while. All you asked is that Rose not tell the plant kiddes because they wouldn't let you hear the last of it. A while after, Rose presses a hand to your forehead and asks you if you're feeling better and that she didn't mean to scare you that bad.
"I-I'm fine, I promise." You reassure her for what felt like the 30th time as you stand up out of the chair, wobbling a little bit. "So you're telling you, you were here when they started playing and then you just started freaking them out by pretending to be a ghost?"
She nods, her gin returning, "Yes (Y/N) and I have to tell you, it's quite fun thought I was never one for scaring children! But magic has many uses…~" You can't help but laugh at the comment she makes, was she finally beginning to realize the joy of frighten children? "I would've never thought you as someone who would enjoy doing that kind of stuff, you seemed so nice and sweet-"You close your mouth suddenly realizing what you were saying! "E-E-Errr-"
"You really think that of me?" She asks curiously getting a bit closer to you which you notice right away. "U-Um, y-yes!" You look everywhere but at her while you can feel heat rising in your cheeks, it was it just your or was it like, super-hot in here? You laugh nervously, tugging at the collar of your shirt a bit.
"I didn't know that (Y/N)..." She suddenly trails off. "Y-You know…" She speaks up again which catches your attention. "E-ever since I've met you, it's been an amazing time and I've enjoyed getting to know you and the way you describe me lets me know that maybe you…feel the same way?" She sounds a bit nervous as she says this…it sounded like she might've meant more behind it, or maybe you were just hearing things?
"Of course I feel the same way, Rose! You're an absolutely amazing friend!" You give her a bright smile and laughs. "I knew that pursuing your friendship was completely worth it!" The rose smile back at you before looking down with an odd look which catch your eye again. "Hey, are you okay?" You step a bit closer to her. She instantly looks back up at you and nods quickly!
"Y-Yeah, (Y/N), just thinking…"
"I hope I'm not being nosey but, about what?"
"W-well…it's about our friendship actually."
You feel your heart sink a bit, what this a bad kind of thinking that of which, you surely hoped not. "Before tonight, I have been thinking about it quite a lot…It's nothing bad if you're wondering," Rose quickly reassures you, noticing that you look a bit worried. You feel as though an elephant was just lifted off your chest, thank goodness! It wasn't anything bad but what was the problem? Was there a problem? What, involving your friendship, had she been thinking about before this night?"
"I-I feel that I l-like you so much that maybe it would be a good idea if-"
"COME OUT GHOST, WE KNOW YOU'VE IN THERE!" Lade suddenly shouts, catching you both off guard but it gets you the worst since you were still a bit jumpy after what happened before. "I-I forgot!" She exclaims under her breath while you turn from her to the door then back to her. "W-wait! Wha-what were you going to-"
"DON'T WORRY, (Y/N)!" It was now Hayyel who was yelling. "WE'RE GONNA RESCUE YOU!" Then it was Aerie! You, all the while, were just trying to figure out what Rose was about to say! W-Was she going to confess before she was interrupted by the plants on the other side of the door? Speaking of the other side of the door; little did you two know- the kids were planning to break the door down since it had been well over 15 minutes since you were lock in.
"I-I'm sorry, (Y/N), this probably wasn't the best time to do this, especially since they actually think a ghost is behind the door." She laughs nervously and despite the fact that her entire face is red, you can almost see a blush that is a shade redder. "B-but, R-Rose, w-wait-"She gives you a soft smile before speaking again, "I promise we'll talk later-" Before Rose can finish her sentence, there is a loud whacking sound against the door before it is immediately followed by a loud shatter! You jump up and suddenly rush out the room, worried that one of the plants had hurt themselves. You unlock the door and push it open, about to run out when you notice shard and shard of glass, laying on the floor! It was the lamp that was sitting on the coffee table in front of the couch! The Plants, all the while, are surrounded around Sun who of which was the one who threw the it…somehow! And he knew the he was in big trouble as soon as he sees you.
"You…did not just throw a lamp into the door!"
Ahehehehe, I totally got you guys, you should've seen the looks on your faces XDD
But for realz, I'm excited about being able to post a double feature because with Halloween night coming to an amazing close, what better whay to enjoy it than to sit down with a bag full of candy and enjoy a 7,551 word chapter?
Enjoy and until then!
*Rolls out!
