And now, the final chapter! Anyway, enjoy!

The next morning, on November 1st, Charlie Brown woke up and got out of bed, groaning to himself. All night long, he had the weirdest dream, trying to figure out who the Great Pumpkin really was... but much to his sadness, he couldn't figure out anything... so, with a heavy heart, he dressed up for the day and took a walk to the park.

Pretty soon, he found himself near the brick wall where he and the Great Pumpkin shared their first kiss... and sighed. Maybe the Great Pumpkin wasn't real... but the girl behind the mask certainly was... he even wondered if he would ever see those shining blue eyes again...

As Charlie Brown stared out from the wall, a figure approached... none other than a fully awake and smiling red wearing girl with her favorite glasses donning her face. She noticed that the boy she shared a kiss and a dance with just last night standing behind the brick wall, sighing in disappointment. Eying both ways to see if nobody was looking, she approached Charlie Brown with a small smile. "Good morning, Charles. Is this spot taken?"

"H-huh?" Charlie Brown blinked as he turned to see Marcie. "Oh... no, of course not. Go right ahead, Marcie."

Marcie gave a nod as she stood next to Charlie Brown, staring out the same brick wall as they both looked in silence. After that couple minutes of awkwardness, Charlie Brown turned towards the girl, asking, "So, how was your Halloween last night?"

"Magical." Marcie smiled a little.

"So, I guess you got a lot of candy, then." Charlie Brown said.

"H-huh? Oh, candy, right. Yeah. Plenty of treats. I'm sorry you had to miss trick-or-treating last night, Charles." Marcie said.

"Well... uh... better your night than mine." Charlie Brown sighed. "I may not have gone trick-or-treating last night, but I did find... a romance with a girl."

"Oh?" Marcie raised an eyebrow. "Who was she?"

"...apparently, according to Linus, not who I thought she would be. And I don't think I'll ever see her again." Charlie Brown said. "She came around, claiming herself to be the Great Pumpkin, but after a couple of hours with her and she left, I told Linus about it, who not only yelled at me for being a fool, but told me some facts about the Pumpkin... that even I didn't know about."

"I guess it's true what people say." Marcie said, listening to Charlie Brown's story as she looked down in disappointment. "Dressing up as the Great Grape can be very blasphemous."

"Pumpkin." Charlie Brown rolled his eyes. "But you know, that girl posing as the Great Pumpkin, she did help me realize one thing..."

Marcie looked over to Charlie Brown in confusion as he turned towards the girl with a smile. "Marcie, I don't give you enough credit. Aside from the Little Red-Haired Girl, who I've never talked with, I think you're the most prettiest girl I know. And I think any guy would be lucky to have a smart girl like you."

"Really? That's sweet of you to say, Charles..." Marcie smiled a little. "Does this mean... you like me, Charles?"

"Do I what?" Charlie Brown blinked in confusion.

Marcie gave a slight frown... before shaking her head and smiling. "Still as clueless as ever..."

Marcie then pulled out a cleaning cloth from her pocket and took off her glasses as she started to clean them. Charlie Brown then immediately noticed Marcie's eyes... and how they matched the color of the eyes of the girl in the pumpkin dress... and with that, he immediately envisioned Marcie wearing that same pumpkin dress, if only for a brief moment...

Marcie then put her glasses back on as she gave a nod. "Well, I better get going. I promised to practice some football with Peppermint Patty. See you later, Charles."

Charlie Brown just stood stunned as he watched Marcie leave and go off. He just stood there for a brief minute as he started to think. "No... impossible... she couldn't be... could she?"

As he stood there pondering and pondering, Marcie kept walking... though she couldn't help but look back... hiding a smirk on her face.

Meanwhile, Lucy and Sally were sitting together on the park bench and talking as each of them had just exchanged stories, Sally smiling, "So, I guess Linus is disappointed that the Great Pumpkin didn't show up... yet again?"

"You got that right." Lucy said. "Still, better than him trick-or-treating with us. Seriously, if it hadn't been for MY made-up Great Pumpkin theory, I don't think we would have lasted the night."

"At least you left some candy for my sweet babboo..." Sally gave a smile.

"Well..." Lucy shifted her eyes as she shook her head. "I still can't believe you and Peppermint Patty managed to help Marcie try to get that blockhead to fall for him by dressing her up to a vision of a Great Pumpkin. That would have made for a mean prank idea."

"To Marcie, it wasn't a prank." Sally explained... as she gave a smirk. "Although... seeing as how my big brother was fooled, maybe the same can be done to Linus next year. I'll dress up as the Great Pumpkin and sway him into being my boyfriend!"

Lucy rolled her eyes. "Yeah, good luck with that. He would recognize your voice in a heartbeat, and anyway, the other day, Linus told me himself that he has a preference for one girl."

Sally blinked twice before turning to Lucy. "What?"

"Oh, didn't you know? He has an Hawaiian pen pal that he exchanges letters with and they talk with each other with cutesy names each time. Linus even told me himself that she was pretty cute... and weird." Lucy explained.

Sally glared at Lucy. "A picture, or he's making it up!"

"Gladly." Lucy said as she handed Sally a picture of a young black-haired Hawaiian girl wearing a red dress decorated with white feathers and sandals, holding a smile on her face. "This is Lilo Pelekai. Linus started exchanging letters with her for a project last year, and they've been talking since then."

Sally's eyes widened in horror... before dropping down from the bench in shock. Lucy shook her head as she looked at the picture of the Hawaiian girl. "Maybe I shouldn't tell her that she's planning to come for a visit in our town for Thanksgiving..."

With that, the autumn leaves continued to fall as most of the kids were getting ready for Thanksgiving. Sure, Linus was disappointed that the Great Pumpkin never showed up, but he was more determined than ever... because there was always next year!

Special thanks to LivingOnLaughs, for the idea of Marcie's Pumpkin Dress.

Orange Ratchet Story

"That's All, Folks!"

An Orange-Ratchet Fanfiction

And thus, the story has come to a close! How did you guys like it? For those wondering about the Lilo thing, she's from Lilo & Stitch, and she and Linus were a crossover pairing that I shipped from a long time ago... about ten to eleven years ago, in fact. I still ship this crossover pairing, in fact. And no, before you ask, I'm not doing a Thanksgiving story, though I would like to get back to doing a Linus x Lilo story soon... well, anyway, thank you all for reading, and have a VERY wonderful day!