"Almost there." Megan said.

Cherry sighed as they came into the cemetery. "I miss the Addams Family sometimes."

"And I'm sure they miss you too, Maman." Felicity said.

"Oh, God, this is a bad idea." Zach moaned about being in a graveyard.

"Why?" Megan asked.

A twig snapped which spooked Champ. "What was that?!"

"A twig." Cherry rolled her eyes.

Champ looked around until he then suddenly tripped.

"You okay?" R.L. asked the boy.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, just a root," Champ replied nervously as he stood back up. "Nothing scary here.

"So, how'd you get the nickname 'Champ'?" R.L. asked the boy.

"I-It's not a nickname," Champ replied. "It's short for Champion."

"Your actual name is Champion?" R.L. chuckled but then stopped. "Sorry."

Champ soon started to tell him why his name was that. "Dad won a Bronze medal in the '92 Olympics."

Felicity turned around as she thought she heard something not too far away. "Hmm..." She hummed.

"Flick, try to keep up!" Cherry sharply told her daughter.

"Yes, Maman." Felicity said.

"My mother was an all-American sprinter," Champ continued. "And a two time world debate champion."

'He's still talking about his past?' Tony thought to himself.

"So, they named me Champ..." Champ continued about how he got his name.

Every once in a while, Zach and Hannah looked to each other.

'This is getting a little old.' Lee thought to himself.

"Star, if you're scared, you can hold my hand." Marco blushed.

"Th-Thanks, Marco." Star blushed back.

Zach saw that and decided to try the same thing with Hannah.

"Please, you're the scaredy cat." Hannah smirked. Her hoodie was soon caught on something. This made her scream and panic as she thought someone had grabbed her only for it to be a statue.

Zach soon helped her get unstuck after seeing she was all right and worrying over nothing and where it looked like nothing could ruin their romantic moment.

"My hero." Hannah smiled to Zach.

"There," Zach smiled back. "You're free to go."

They soon looked like they would kiss. Suddenly, a cloud moved from the full moon and it shined down into the cemetery and where Hannah was soon seen as a ghost.

"What is it?" Hannah asked as Zach was now looking at her strangely.

Zach soon started to back up. "...Nothing."

"Are you sure?" Hannah asked.

"GHOST!" Tony suddenly screamed, killing the moment.

This caused Hannah to sigh as she knew what that meant. The moon soon covered by the clouds again to show Hannah in her mortal form.

"Hannah, what was that all about?" Lee asked.

"She's the Ghost Next Door." Cherry replied.

"What?" Tony asked before feeling something coming up from the ground. "Uh, did anyone else feel that?" He then asked nervously.


They soon saw something that made Estelle and Megan scream.

"Zach!" Hannah gasped fearfully.

"What are they?!" Tony yelped.

"Look like zombies to me!" Lee replied as he protected Estelle.

"I think they're ghouls." Felicity said.

The creatures soon all rose up from the ground and stood around each other.

"Are they gonna sing Thriller now?" Tony shuddered.

"Come on, just run!" Lee told the others as no good could come from this.

"Running!" Megan yelped.

"Ghouls!" R.L. yelped. "Go, go!"

"You don't have to tell us twice!" Star yelped.

The ghouls were slowly walking as they seemed to be chasing after them.

"Wait, they're not fast." Tony said.

Everyone then just took their time as they came to the gate and once they were on the other side, they shut the gate to lock the ghouls in.

"I'm stuck," R.L. grunted. "Go on without me, save yourselves!"

"Okay, good luck!" Champ replied and ran off.

"Stay!" Lee told him.

Champ nervously walked back over. Lee grabbed onto R.L. and pulled him out easily with his strength.

"Thanks." R.L. said.

"Sure thing, sir." Lee smiled.

They then continued to run to make it to the high school as the ghouls tried to reach for them.


Meanwhile with Lorraine...

"All right, Lorraine, okay, you got this," Lorraine told herself as she rushed to the police station. "Just tell the cops to the head to the high school and that everyone's in trouble. You can do this, okay," She then accidentally ran into one door. "Whoops! Nope, wrong door," She then pulled open the door and came inside. "Hello? Is anyone in here?" She soon found a microphone. She clicked it on in hopes of getting some attention. "Calling all cops... Calling all the cops," she announced. "Head to the high school. My nephew and his friends are in trouble. They're with R.L. Stine; they think they know how to stop all this," she began to worry when no one answered. "Hello? Can anyone hear me?"

"We can hear you." Akito's voice said.

The window blind went up to reveal Akito and Slappy with cop hats and sunglasses.

"Sergeant Slappy and Lieutenant Akito, ready to protect and serve." The two smirked to Lorraine.

"Oh, my goodness..." Lorraine gulped. "You're a..."

"Don't do it." Akito smirked.

"A talking..." Lorraine continued.

"Don't say it~" Slappy added.

"Dummy." Lorraine soon finished.

"You said it." Akito and Slappy sighed with smirks.

Creatures came to the door to freeze Lorraine like they had with Brooks and Stevens earlier.

"Allow me, guys." Akito smirked.

The creatures then stepped aside to let Akito do what he wanted to do. Lorraine was about to turn towards him.

Akito took a deep breath and breathed ice all over Lorraine to freeze her in place. "You have the right to remain silent." he then folded his arms with a smirk.

"'Ice' one, kid." Slappy smirked.

"Thanks." Akito smirked back.


Meanwhile, back with the teenagers...

"Where did they put my typewriter?" R.L. frowned as they looked all around the school. "I know it was this way! ...Or was it the other way? Maybe we should split up."

"Are you insane?!" Cherry glared.

"Have you ever read one of your books?" Champ added. "We're never supposed to split up!"

"This isn't a Scooby Doo mission with Mystery Inc!" Cherry scoffed.

"Come on, it's here somewhere." Star said.

"It must be in a display case." Felicity suggested.

"Wait, I think I've seen it in front of the school gym." Marco said.

They then stopped and went to check out the school gym to see if the typewriter was there and where Zach took R.L. into a classroom to speak with him for a moment. Cherry decided to also go.

"Maman?" Felicity asked.

"You go with the others," Cherry ruffled up her hair. "Mama will be right back."

"Okay." Felicity said.


Cherry came with Zach to talk with R.L. in private. "She doesn't know, does she?" she then asked.

"What?" R.L. looked at her out of confusion.

"That she's not real." Cherry said.

R.L. looked to her and soon turned away.

"She thinks she's a person, okay?" Zach added. "Not just some figment of your imagination. How could you lie to her?!"

"I was trying to protect her!" R.L. replied.

"For how long?" Cherry asked. "Don't you think she's caught on by now?!"

"The gift of mine is a curse," R.L. sulked. "You two have no idea how lonely it's been until Hannah. She's different, I wrote her in such a way that she thinks she's real, and she's real to me, guys," he then sighed to Zach while Cherry felt sorry for the author she idolized since childhood. "I don't expect you to understand."

"Actually, Zach here does." Cherry soon said.

R.L. soon stopped and looked down. "I'm afraid of losing her..." he sighed softly. "And the truth is, I'm afraid of being alone."

"We all have that feeling..." Cherry said to him. "Before I got married, I always felt so cold and dark."

"Really?" R.L. and Zach asked.

"I never understood myself very well," Cherry replied. "I've had a rough life, not just in the beginning, but also when I was having my daughter."

Hannah is soon seen walking into the room.

"After my dad died, I shut everyone out too." Zach told R.L.

'This is becoming one of those moments.' Cherry thought to herself.

"Maybe we can both start over..." Zach continued to the author. "If we're alive tomorrow."

"Hey, guys, we found it." Hannah told them.

They then came out of the science classroom and came to the typewriter.

"Oh, my sweet darling," R.L. replied as they opened the case. "I've missed you so much." he then kissed the keyboard before getting it out.

"That is just strange." Megan said.

"All right, so just start writing." Zach told R.L.

"He needs a story first." Cherry replied.

"What do you mean?" Zach shrugged. "Monsters lose, good guys win, The End."

"No, no, no, it has to be real a Goosebumps story." Cherry said.

"With twists, and turns, and frights!" R.L. added. "Not to mention some personal growth for our hero."

"You better get to a place alone." Cherry suggested.

"The auditorium." Star smiled.

"That's a good idea," R.L. agreed with Cherry. "Warn everyone, tell them to barricade the school!"

"You better hurry before Slappy finds you." Cherry nodded back to him.

"Yeah, and I have a deadline, literally." R.L. said.

"I hope you don't mind the stage set of a certain story." Marco said.

"What is it?" R.L. asked.

"Oh, yeah, aren't you kids doing The Shining this year?" Cherry replied.

"Yeah, but it might not be the perfect scenery for now." Estelle said.