Hey! It's the second Halloween short for Elemental! This one was a lot harder than the last one honestly...it took me forever to come up with what the heck to write...but it's done! I hope you guys like it! I am, however, posting this with the normal chapter. So it's probably not going to be super long like most of my previous holiday specials.

The language they speak throughout this special is Geolunan (even though I changed the country name to the proper spelling, I'm keeping the language to this because I'm lazy and I can).

Note: You might need to refer to Selene's Family Guide.

Also, after chapter 50-something of Elemental, Selene gets short hair. She literally wacks it off with a knife and her sister later fixes it into a pixie cut. In this short, her hair will be about halfway up her neck in the back and just brushing the tops of her shoulders in the front. Remember that.

Oh, and to see what Selene's pumpkin looks like, use this link (just remove the spaces first):

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To see Klaus' pumpkin, use this link (again, after removing the spaces):

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Halloween Special 2016 (And let's just say that the Halloween is on a Saturday instead of a Monday)

Terran Traditions

"What in the world are you doing?" Klaus looked over at Selene as she walked in, a medium-sized pumpkin in each arm.

"Halloween's tonight!" She beamed at him, "Which means we're carving pumpkins! The rest of my family did it yesterday, but since we got in last night we missed it."

"You...carve pumpkins? That's strange." He said.

"Not really. It's a big thing in Terra. My family has the tradition of having one for each member. It was several to begin with, but now it's huge. We've actually had to start pre-ordering from one of the local farmers so that there'd be enough. And now, you get to make one, too!"

He raised an eyebrow, "That sounds ridiculously messy. And more trouble than it's worth."

"You just haven't tried it. But it can be a bit messy, so you'll have to change." She eyed his shirt, which was way to nice for something like this. Not to mention his dress slacks… "So unless you want to go without a shirt, I'll nick on from one of my brother's rooms. I'm personally fine either way."

He rolled his eyes, "You'd like that, wouldn't you?"

"You bet." She winked at him, "You're definitely not hard on the eyes, my dear." She snickered and then skipped off to go search through her brother's things. Matthias', Matthew's, Inan's, and Merlin's things would be too small—none of them were as broad in the chest as Klaus was. That left Wade and Eric's things. Wade's would probably fit, but it'd be close. And Wade was that one brother who got really annoyed when people touched his things. In this big of a family, there had to be one. There wasn't much he could do seeing as he was in a different country (in a different dimension, actually), but still. Eric on the other hand...he wouldn't care as long as she washed it afterward. Eric's stuff it was, then.

She returned to the living room and tossed an old T-shirt and a pair of jeans ripped at one knee on Klaus' lap, "There you go. They might be a little big, but they'll fit."

Klaus raised an eyebrow, "Big? You're brother's aren't the biggest people—tall, most of them, yes, but not big."

"Those are Eric's. If I didn't know better I'd say that man is half giant." Selene pursed her lips, trying to suppress a smile.

"Ah."

"Now go change." Selene shooed him out of the room and went to the kitchen to set up. Normally when her family did it, they had to commandeer the Club Diner (refer to chapter 7.5) main room. But since it was just the two of them, the kitchen table would work. It was a rather large one, after all.

She had set up with a plastic tablecloth and a large metal bowl for the seeds and guts. She pulled various carving tools from various places around the kitchen and put them next to the pumpkins. She also dug around in the miscellaneous drawer and found a sharpie.

When Klaus walked in the room, she grinned, "Ready Freddy?"

He rolled his eyes, "Ready to make a mess, sure."

"The sarcasm isn't appreciated, bud." She stuck out her tongue before continuing, "Now, I've found the easiest way to start is to either draw a picture freehand or use the spiky tracing tool thing to trace a picture. I think we'll just go freehand to save time. I'll let you know what to do next. And don't look at what I'm doing—I'm not going to look at yours. We'll show each other what they are at the end."

"Yes, ma'am."

"And don't you sass me boy!"

"Yes, mother."

"You may be a foot taller than me but I will not hesitate to put you over my knee young man!"

He chuckled, shaking his head. He took the marker she proffered him and uncapped it. He had no clue what to do.

"And it can be something simple, Klaus. Don't feel that it needs to be as perfect and amazing as mine will be—remember, I've been doing it since the age of four." Selene added, using the spiky tracing wheel on her own. Several minutes later, she explained how to go about carving the pumpkin.

…. …. ….

"Done!" Selene declared, turning around to face Klaus. "How's yours? Oh! That's so cute!" His was a little owl carving. "That's really good for a first time! And don't make a snooty compliment about how perfect you are—just take the compliment and move on, please."

He smirked, "What's yours look like?"

"A haunted carousel!" She said, "I saw a really cute picture on pintrest, and made my own version. It turned out really well!"

Klaus couldn't speak. How did she manage to do something so complex in such a short time? So many details…

She grinned, "I love carving pumpkins, if you can't tell. Now, help me separate all the seeds from the guts. We're going to bake them!"

"Bake them? Don't you just throw them away?"

"No, silly!" Selena chided, "That's a waste of good snack food! And both know how I hate wasting food."

Klaus rolled his eyes, "No, Selene, I don't think I do know. Don't you love wasting food?"

"Watch the sass, buddy!" She wiped her pumpkin-juice covered hand on his cheek. He jerked back, his own hand snapping up to grab hers. He pulled her and tipped her back, leaning forward so his face was near hers.

"Did you honestly think you could get away with that?" His voice became lower than normal.

"Nope." She put free hand behind his neck, pulling him in for a quick kiss. When she pulled back, she gave him a cheeky grin. "I knew what you'd do. I'm more clever than you give credit for." He had a slight flush across the tops of his cheeks and the bridge of his nose. "It's so much fun to surprise you, Klaus. You get all cute and flustered."

His eyes narrowed, "I do, do I?" He backed her up to the counter, and she yelped when he lifted her onto it. "Let's see how you like surprises."

He didn't even try to be gentle when he pushed his lips to hers. His hand was tangled in her hair—which was just long enough for him to weave his fingers through—pulling it taunt. His other hand was holding both of her hands behind her back, pressing them into the curve. Her eyelids fluttered shut as she kissed him back (as best she could with her hands and head held in place).

"A-a-aunt Se-sele-lene?" Came the stuttered voice of a three year old cutie. "W-where are yo-ou? Mama ne-needs your gu-guyses pum-umkins."

Klaus jolted back and Selene slid off the counter. Both tried to control their flushed faces and breathing as a three-year-old Daren toddled into the room, all bundled up in a puffy coat with mittens. He looked up at his aunt and her boyfriend and tilted his head. "Y-you okay? Yo-your faces are r-r-red. F-fe-ver?"

Selene smiled, "No, hun, we don't have fevers. I tried to warm up the room with my magic and I warmed it a bit too much. The room cooled down, but we didn't cool so quickly."

"O-o-okay!" He smiled at her, "Mama w-wants the p-p-pumkins!"

"Sure thing, hun. Go tell Mama Ria that we're done and we'll bring them out to put with the rest. Can I trust you to do deliver this important message?" Selene looked at her nephew, completely serious.

His face lit up, "Y-yes!" He ran out of the room.

Selene smiled, "I know I'm should have favorites, but I daresay Daren's my favorite nephew. He's so completely adorable."

"You are a wonder."

She looked over at him, leaning back against the counter, "Pardon?"

"He nearly walks in on us and you're acting as if nothing happened. You even fed the kid a story—which he completely believed—and avoided getting caught at anything. How? Just...how?" Klaus shook his head.

"I'm…"

"And don't even dare say it's because you're magical."

She snickered, "You know me too well. But I guess that's okay. I'll start cleaning up in here, if you'll take the pumpkins out to where the rest of them are. It's just out in front of the house. I've no doubt Ria will direct you to where they'll go. Then come back and help me with this."

…. …. ….

Klaus came into Selene's room, up in the attic of the house, rubbing his damp hair with a towel. After making the pumpkin seeds, Klaus got called out to help one of Selene's bothers with something. By the time he was done, Selene had showered and gotten into her pjs—an old t-shirt that went to her knees (she stole it from one of her brothers, like with most of her pjs) and a pair of blue fluffy pants. Not to mention her slipper-sock combination things that looked like wolves.

And she had set a corner of her floor with various blankets and pillows, with various bowls of snack food within reach.

"What in this world are you doing?" Klaus sighed, hanging the towel on a doorknob.

"Creating the perfect movie-watching set up! I've picked out a few movies to watch while my family takes the littles trick or treating in town." She picked up a Terran device and set it up on a short table in front of the, "I borrowed Merlin's laptop so we could watch. He's already got it set up to where I can use it without getting frustrated. Plus, his laptop has the biggest screen out of the ones in this , come sit."

He raised and eyebrow, but sat among the cushioned objects. Selene plopped herself down between his legs and leaned back on his chest. She was just the right height so that Klaus could either look over the top of her head or lean on her shoulder. "Okay, first we'll be watching a more mild one, Hocus Pocus. I love this one. It's super cheesy, but it's so funny. Particularly since we know what real witches are like. After this, we'll watch some scarier ones, like The Village, and Sixth Sense. Then, we're going to watch Nightmare before Christmas to wind down." She turned on the screen of the device and clicked a few things. It started playing and she snuggled back into him, grabbing a bowl and pulling it into her lap. The opening credits began to play, and Klaus felt something press lightly against his mouth. He looked down and saw Selene's hand. He opened his mouth and she pushed a few pumpkin seeds into it. He chewed and swallowed.

"This batch turned out well." Selene whispered.

He leaned down and whispered into her ear, "I think it's because you're magical."