Greetings Fright Knights and Monster Girls! I know it's not my line but whatever, Count Jackula is awesome!
Anyway, welcome to my first ever Halloween Special! Hopefully one of many to come. I must give special thanks to FunahoMisaki, I know you said it was unnecessary but I feel it really is, this wouldn't have happened, hell this whole story wouldn't have happened without your stories around to give inspiration.
With all sincerity, thank you, not just to her, but to all of you! Your suggestions and encouragement help immensely in getting this story to become what it has, I admit there were several time where I thought I was gonna end up abandoning it. But that didn't happen, and it's because of all of you, again thank you.
Now that we've gotten all the sappiness out of the way, let's do this!
Note: this takes place before Through the Looking Glass, hence Avalon NOT being literal dust in the wind. Also before several other chapters, so Roxy's not part of the group yet. Sorry.
10 Tailed Ookami proudly presents:
The Fractured Bloom Halloween Special
Costume Catastrophe!
(Alfea: Oct.30th just before midnight...)
Deep in a hidden chamber under the school, Fargonda stood cackling over a bubbling cauldron, her latest scheme still simmering.
"Excellent! Now we just let it simmer for a few more hours and it'll be ready for the party. Mhahahaha!"
*cough*
She frowned, slowly turning to face Avalon, who stood nervously off to the side.
"And you know what needs to be done, correct?"
He gulped.
"O-Of course my Mistress."
She continued to give him that evil stare.
"Really. Perhaps you should go back over it, I seem to have forgotten."
He could feel the start of a nervous sweat.
"I-I'm sure you'll remember it, it is your plan after all."
She didn't even blink.
"Indulge an old woman."
He gulped again.
"Well, uhh, I'm s-supposed to spike the food and drinks at the big cross-schools Halloween party with the potion."
She closed her eyes.
"And how long does it take to go into effect?"
He froze.
"... 5 minutes?"
He flinched as she lightly caressed his cheek, then gently grabbed him by the chin.
"5 minutes."
Then suddenly winced as she slowly began squeezing.
He could feel the bones creaking.
"Ooow... ow. Ow! Ow ow ow OW!?"
Her eyes snapped open, a purely evil gleam in her glare.
"5 minutes?! It takes an hour you incompetent fool!"
He nodded furiously in her grip, causing himself even more pain.
"An hour, of course my Mistress, I don't know how I could have forgotten!"
She sneered.
"Because you're an idiot. Now, word through the grapevine is Bloom will be going as a fox. This is perfect. She'll be completely helpless and ripe for the picking."
At Avalon's whimper she scoffed, dropping him.
"You are to capture her during all of the confusion. Am I clear?"
He held his jaw tenderly.
"C-crystal my Mistress."
She sniffed, nodding.
"Good, this Halloween the magical world won't know what hit it, and soon I'll be one step closer to domination! Hmhm. Heh, ehhehheHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!"
XXX
(Oct.31st: Cloud Tower...)
Bloom was sitting as still as possible as Darcy added the last bit of eyeliner and shadow to make her eyes really pop.
"Aaand done. There we are, oh! Can't forget the final touch now can we?"
Picking up the hairband with fox ears on top off the table, she lovingly place it on Bloom's hair and adjusted it.
"There! You make an adorable fox girl little flame."
She smiled brightly, toying with the tail sown into her orangish-red shorts.
"Thank you Dar-Dar! You make a beautiful vampire, yep yep."
She smiled, showing off the fake fangs she was wearing.
"Thank you. Now, let's see if the others are ready. Stormy! Are you ready to go?"
Stormy stepped out of the bathroom, grinning.
"Oh you know it. This wolf is ready to party! Arh-WOOOOO!"
Bloom giggled while Darcy just shook her head.
"Icy?"
Said ice witch stepped out, smirking.
"How do I look?"
Stormy snickered.
"Slutty."
She glared.
"I'm Morgan from Dark Stalkers, A succubus? Of course I look slutty."
*knock, knock*
"Come on in."
Lucy and Mirta walked in, Lucy dressed as a pirate while Mirta was dressed as Batgirl.
"Yarh! You girls ready or what?"
Darcy waved her off.
"Yeah, we're coming."
"Mama Mirta!"
Mirta grinned, catching Bloom.
"Well aren't you just an adorable little fox!"
She glanced around, taking in everyone's costumes.
"Nice! Alright, let's go party!"
Everyone cheered, quickly leaving.
XXX
(7:45 P.M. Alfea...)
The party was in full swing, many costumed teenagers mingling, the adults having their own party in town. Though they weren't without at least some supervision, Avalon, Ediltrude and a staff member from Red Fountain being left to watch over the party.
Ediltrude sipped her punch, trying to stifle her snickering.
"Hehe, really Avalon?"
He frowned, sipping his own punch.
"What is your issue?"
She smirked.
"A flying monkey?"
Indeed that was his costume.
"I like the Wizard of Oz. There's nothing wrong with that."
Clearly the irony was lost on him.
"And just what are you supposed to be huh?"
She pulled a stake from the holster on her thigh, twirling it.
"Vampire hunter, duh."
He growled.
"Well what about Pete? He's dressed as a Banana!"
Said man was ladling another cup of punch.
"Hey, you leave me out of this."
She scoffed.
"It's still not a flying monkey."
Huffing he stomped off.
"That's right, walk away! Guy can't take a little ribbing."
Suddenly she stumbled a bit, gripping her head lightly.
"Huh, I guess someone must have spiked the punch. Thought it tasted a bit off, oh well, it is a party."
With Bloom, she was having the time of her life, though the cookies she had tasted kinda funny, other than that she was having a blast.
"Soooo many fun costumes! It's too bad Tecna didn't show."
The tech fairy had decided to hold herself up in her room, stating that these types of parties were beneath her, though she admitted to only Bloom that she just wasn't comfortable around so many people.
Bloom was observing a rather realistic goblin costume when she was hit with a sudden feeling of vertigo.
"Uhh, w-what's going on? I-hey!"
She noticed her tail hitting a few cups off the table.
"Stop it tail! This thing's always such a pain to control, yip, yip!"
She scratched her ears, then froze as they twitched.
"Wait... t-tail? But it's not... Wh-what's happening to me?!"
Suddenly a very uncomfortable feeling washed over her, dropping her onto all fours, as everyone around her began to panic, going through their own changes.
All over the area people began the, painful for some, process of what seemed to be turning into their costumes.
"AHHHHHH!" "Oh my god!" "What the hell's happening?!" "EEEEEEEK!" "What's going on?!" "Someone make it stop!" "Bloom!"
The last thing she heard was Darcy calling her name, before she blacked out.
XXX
(8:30 P.M.)
"Ooooo, what happened? That was a weird dream."
Standing up and stretching she glanced around.
"Huh? Did everything get bigger somehow?"
She scratched her ear with her hind leg, then froze.
"W-what?!"
She stumbled over to a fallen snack platter, shiny enough to see her reflection, and what she saw shocked her.
"Yip yip!"
"I... I'm a fox! But how did this happen?!"
The panicking redhead suddenly noticed a few people getting up, though not all of them were people anymore, some of them actually frightening her.
"I gotta find Dar-Dar, at least I'll be safe with her, then we can try and figure this out."
With a goal in mind she cautiously made her way through the crowd, avoiding the more monstrous students.
After about 15 minutes of searching she stopped.
"Dang it, there's no telling where she is!"
Suddenly she felt the ground tremble and looked up, just in time to see a stampeding Centaur heading right for her.
"Yip!"
Cowering she placed her paws over her head, shaking in fear.
When she felt no pain and could hear it leaving the room, she finally opened her eyes.
"Wah? I'm floating?"
That's what she thought at first, until she noticed the clear thread attached to her back.
Confused, she glanced up.
"Yip!"
She really wished she could scream, as the sight of what seemed to be a woman/spider hybrid slowly lifting her closer was utterly terrifying.
"There we are, you almost became road kill there."
"Please don't eat me!"
She raised an eyebrow at the frantic yipping coming from the little fox.
"Woah, easy, I'm not going to hurt you. Calm down dear."
After a bit she realized who was holding her.
"Dia? Oh thank god it's you!"
Chuckling at the fox's antics, she took a closer look at its features, and upon seeing its eyes it finally hit her.
"Wait a minute... Bloom? Is that you?"
"Yip yip!"
Her eyes widened, pulling her into a comforting hug.
"Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to frighten you, are you alright dearie?"
Bloom purred in response to the affection, eliciting a giggle from Dia.
"What are you doing wondering around here? It's very dangerous for someone so small, especially with everyone still freaking out."
"Yip yip!"
She frowned.
"I'm afraid I can't really understand you dearie, it's too bad you didn't just turn into a fox/girl hybrid kinda like myself."
Bloom lowered her head in frustration.
"Noooo, that would've been too easy, of course."
"But I can guess you're trying to find Darcy, am I right?"
She yipped and nodded vigorously.
"Haha, okay, well come along dearie, let's see if we can't find her."
Securing Bloom in her grip she began her trek across the school, crawling along the walls and ceiling.
XXX
There trek had been stopped by a rather interesting scene.
"Hahahahaha! Bring it on Batboy! Oof!"
"Mistah J?! Gah!"
Both Riven and Mirta shook out their hands after punching out what turned out to be Sky and Stella.
"Why'd they have to go as them tonight?"
Mirta shrugged, helping him to tie the bumbling duo up tight.
"They knew what we were doing, so of course they had to. They probably had something antagonistic planned, but then of course, well, THIS happened."
"Hm, we have company."
"Wah?"
Spinning around quickly, she dropped out of her fighting stance upon recognition.
"Oh, Dia! What are you doing here?"
She shrugged.
"Trying to find the others, what about you two?"
She snickered.
"Dropping two bad jokes."
"Yip yip!"
Doing a double take she gasped.
"Bloom?!"
Leaping out of Dia's arms she landed and perched herself on Mirta's shoulders, nuzzling her cheek happily.
"Mama Mirta!"
"Oh little rose, I'm glad to see you're okay."
She frowned in thought.
"But why did this happen? Who did this, and for what purpose?"
Riven frowned.
"My guess is this is another scheme of Fargonda's to get to Bloom."
She scowled.
"We can't let that happen!"
He nodded.
"Agreed. But before we start looking for someone who can help us with our predicament, we first need to find the others."
"Right."
And so the now larger group began the search for the rest of their friends.
XXX
(9:13 P.M.)
Soon they found one of their friends.
"Is that... Icy?"
Riven nodded.
"I believe so."
At the moment she was teasing a couple of guys, flirting with them.
Dia didn't know why, but for some reason seeing this really bugged her, and so without thinking she began stomping over, furious.
"ICY!"
Riven frowned.
"You stay here with Bloom, I'll go try and handling this."
He ran off before she could respond.
"Uh yeah sure. *sigh* I guess it's just you and me sweetie."
"Oh? I wouldn't say that."
Spinning around she came face to face with... Poison Ivy?
"Huh? Wait... Flora? What-"
she placed a finger to her lips, shushing her, and gently picked Bloom up off her shoulder.
"Mama Nature's been very worried about you sweetie."
She lovingly began petting her head, lolling Bloom into a purring trance.
Mirta tensed slightly.
"Y-you're not here to cause trouble, are you?"
She chuckled.
"Not at all dear, I'm just trying to find the others, same as you."
*screech!*
"What on Magix?!"
Without warning something came flying through the air towards them, knocking Bloom out of Flora's arms.
"Owie! Wah, who are you?"
Standing across from her seemed to be a flying monkey of some sort.
"Mistress wants the Foxy! Mistress will get the Foxy!"
She gasped.
"Avalon?! No! S-stay back! Go away!"
He started to advance on her.
"Come here Foxy so's Avy can gives you tos the Mistress!"
Taking a step back she felt her hind leg brush against something, and immediately pushed it towards him.
"Here take this instead!"
He stopped and stared at the object.
"Is that... Banana?"
Without a second thought he pounced on it, devouring it.
"Yummy banana!"
Taking this chance Flora ensnared the freaky monkey in some of her vines, creating a cage.
"Is that Avalon?"
Flora frowned.
"It would seem so. He's probably the one who did all this in the first place."
Mirta shook her head.
"But why would he also... oh, right, he's an idiot."
Dia, Icy and Riven walked back over.
"Is that Avalon?"
"Yep."
Riven shook his head.
"Whatever, come on, Icy says she knows where some of the others are."
She nodded.
"I do, they're in the dining hall, but unfortunately I also saw Ediltrude heading in the same direction, and it should be obvious that Vampires and Vampire Hunters don't mix."
Bloom's eyes shot wide.
"Oh no, Dar-Dar!"
"Wah, hey!"
The little fox bolted towards the dining hall before anyone could react.
Mirta looked worried.
"Bloom wait! Come on we gotta get there before she gets hurt."
The other four agreed and quickly followed after the red streak of fur.
XXX
Upon reaching the dining hall, Bloom's heart skipped a beat.
"Oh no."
It was quite a scene. Pinned to the wall by her torn shirt was Stormy the Werewolf struggling to get free, off to the side were Musa and Lucy, the two pirates knocked out cold, though it could also be from the empty bottles of rum surrounding them. And finally in the middle of the room sat Ediltrude, ready to drive a stake through the pinned down Darcy's heart.
"Die vampire scum!"
Acting quickly Bloom leapt in the way, standing protectively on her mate's chest.
"Move fox!"
"Yip!"
"I said move!"
"Yip!"
Ediltrude scowled.
"Why are you protecting her? She can't possibly mean anything to..."
She paused, taking a closer look at the fox.
"You look familiar, are you..."
She looked closer at the eyes of the fox.
"Please stop Ediltrude! Don't hurt Dar-Dar!"
"B-Bloom? Wait, Bloom came as a fox, and of course came with Darcy, and Darcy came as a...!"
She looked down at the struggling girl underneath her.
"Get off me and give me back my mate!"
She jumped up, eyes wide.
"Oh my god, Darcy! I-I'm so sorry, I don't know what came over me, are you alright?!"
Darcy snatched Bloom from her hands, holding her close as the fox whimpered.
"I'm fine, just don't do it again."
She gently petted her crying mate.
"Shuuuush, it's okay little flame, I'm okay."
Ediltrude helped her to her feet.
"I'm really sorry, I don't know why..."
Darcy shook her head.
"It's alright, this whole situation is crazy, I've noticed a lot of others letting instinct take over, so I get it."
"Bloom!"
She spun around and grinned as the others came running through the doorway, now joined by Timmy the ogre and Brandon the mummy.
"Hey guys!"
Mirta pulled both her and Bloom into a tight hug.
"I was so worried about you two!"
Bloom yipped happily, licking her cheek.
"Hehe stop, that tickles!"
*ahem*
Everyone glanced to the side to see a scowling Werewolf, still pinned to the wall.
"So, this little reunion is touching and all, but do you think maybe, oh I don't know... SOMEONE COULD PLEASE GET ME THE HELL DOWN FROM HERE?!"
XXX
(9:45 P.M.)
The group was making their way down a hall, Flora in front. They dealt with the occasional monster student, but otherwise went unimpeded.
"Where are we going anyway?"
Flora smirked.
"We're going to the one person here who can help us."
The rest exchanged glances.
"WHO?"
Stopping she knocked on one of the doors.
*knock, knock*
They waited as someone slowly shuffled to the door and unlocked it.
Upon opening, the half awake form of Tecna poked her head out.
"Huh?"
She blinked, noticing the people at her door.
"Oh, wow, everyone did a brilliant job on their costumes. Is the party already over?"
Stormy smirked.
"Well, the party got a little out of control when someone spiked the concessions, and turned it into a Monster Mash!"
Everyone else groaned while Flora ignored her girlfriend's antics.
"These aren't costumes sweetie, at least, not anymore."
Tecna stared for a bit.
"... Is this one of those pranks that Bloom and Stormy are always pulling?"
Darcy sighed, stepping forward and holding out the fox in her arms.
"It's not a prank, at least not one that we pulled. This is Bloom."
Tecna blinked at the sad fox, noticing those familiar blue eyes.
"... I think it would be beneficial if you all came in and explained this peculiar situation to me. I'll do some research to see if I can't find a counter to this debacle."
Getting the gist of what she said the group followed her into her dorm.
XXX
(10:45 P.M.)
Tecna finished mixing the ingredients.
"Alright, now all we need is the blood of the one who started this, to be more precise, the one who administered the potion."
Stormy grinned viciously.
"ARH-WOOOOOO! Alright! Time to drain the monkey!"
*screech!*
Avalon began frantically shaking the bars of his cage.
Tecna frowned.
"As fascinating as I think the inner anatomy of an Avis-Simian would be, we only require a few drops."
The she-wolf deflated at that.
"Way to ruin my fun."
Rolling her eyes Flora willed one of the vines to prick him, drawing some blood to fill the vile in Tecna's hand.
"Excellent. Now we just mix it and... there."
The potion turned a bluish-purple color.
"Now we just need to administer it to the the entire student body."
Stormy stretched, yawning.
"So we do this in the morning?"
She frowned.
"Negative, it must be administered before midnight or I'm afraid I'll be the only one here that's surprisingly normal."
Everyone gasped as it finally registered with them.
"Y-you mean?"
She nodded, absentmindedly petting Bloom, who was perched on her desk.
"After Midnight tonight the changes will be irreversible."
Stormy was the only one who just shrugged.
"Eh, being a werewolf wouldn't be so bad, I could do what I want and eat who ever I want!"
Darcy smirked.
"And we'd have to give you a flea bath at least once a month, more knowing you."
Her eyes widened comically.
"Never-mind, change me back, change me back!"
Mirta scratched her chin in thought.
"We need to find a way to gather the attention of the entire school."
Riven thought for a bit.
"The intercom, we could use it to draw them into a single area."
Dia frowned.
"But how are we going to administer the potion to the entire school?"
Tecna shook her head.
"I figured it wold be obvious."
Darcy caught on while the others gave her an odd look.
"We mix a huge bowl of punch with it just like Avalon did!"
The rest felt kinda dumb for not thinking of that.
XXX
(11:55 P.M.)
It took quite a bit of time, but they finally got everyone gathered in the courtyard and explained the situation, and were now giving out the last of the punch, most having already drank it and were now waiting for it to take effect.
"And lastly Bloom, here Darcy, you're going to have to give it to her."
She smiled, accepting the cup.
"Alright, here you go little flame."
Just as she had started to tilt it towards her little mate's muzzle...
*screech!*
"Oh no!"
Avalon flew over, knocking the cup from her hands and spilling it all over the ground, where it immediately soaked into the dirt.
As he began to gloat Stormy angrily snatched the monkey up by his wings.
"Alright! Who was the idiot who let the monkey free?"
Mirta tightened the rope around Sky and Stella, once again knocked unconscious.
"It was these two fools, they wanted to cause some chaos."
Dia scowled.
"But that was the last of the potion, and we don't have enough time to make more!"
Bloom yipped frantically, tears streaming from her eyes.
"No no no! I Don't want to be a fox forever! Forgonda'll get me way easier if I can't fight back! And Dar-Dar can't be mates with a fox! It's not fair, no no no!"
Everyone looked at her sadly.
"I'm sorry, there's nothing we can do."
Darcy sniffed, wiping away her own tears, when suddenly it hit her.
"Wait, I still have my cup!"
All looked at her in confusion.
"But if you give it to her, then you'll be stuck as a vampire."
She smirked.
"Not if I do this."
Taking her cup, she drained it, swallowing half of it. Then, picking up the teary-eyed fox, she kissed her muzzle, using her tongue to push open her mouth to administer the rest.
*DONG*
Right as she finished the clock struck midnight, everyone being enveloped in puffs of bluish-purple smoke.
"*cough* Is everyone alright?"
Everyone in the room glanced around and started cheering.
"Hey, I've got two legs again instead of four!" "I can talk again!" "I'm beautiful!" I'm back to normal!"
Darcy smiled, spitting out the fangs as the smoke cleared, revealing the form of Bloom in her arms, wrapping her in a tight desperate hug.
"I'm me! I'm me!"
She grinned happily, standing up and twirling her around as they both giggled with glee.
"I'm soooo happy to be me again!"
Darcy gave her a powerful kiss on the lips.
"I'm glad you're you again too."
"Bloom!"
They looked up as the others ran up, everyone joining in on a group hug.
"It's so great to have things back to normal."
Suddenly Bloom yawned, leading to a few others doing the same.
Ediltrude snickered.
"Alright, I think we should call it a night."
She noticed the pensive looks on a few of their faces.
"You're all welcome to stay the night at Cloud Tower, there's no rule that says you can't have a Halloween sleepover, I'm also sure that classes will be canceled tomorrow due to the rest of the staff being hung over from their own party."
At that everyone laughed and cheered.
XXX
(Cloud Tower Dorms: Later...)
Everyone lay sprawled out all over the room, Darcy being the last one awake.
*purr*
She blinked, holding in a giggle as she realized that Bloom, who was curled up next to her, was in fact the one purring.
"Must be left over from when she was a fox. That's so adorable."
Glancing around she also noticed a few other people acting slightly off now.
Stormy was sprawled out on her bed, kicking and whimpering slightly like a dog, Riven would occasionally mumble "I am the knight" while Dia had her limbs wrapped around Icy, kinda like a spider. Lucy had her hand on Musa's butt while she had her hand on the other girl's boobs, both squeezing with lecherous grins on their faces.
Shaking her head, she began to doze off herself, unconsciously wrapping the sheets around herself and Bloom like a cape, or bat wings.
XXX
(Alfea: Fargonda's Office...)
"YOU FAILED TO GET HER?!"
Avalon rubbed his stomach in discomfort.
"*burp* Ooo, I-I'm sorry my Mistress, it won't happen again urgh."
She scowled, massaging her temples.
"And you even drank the potion you bumbling, ugh, you know what? I've had way too much to drink tonight for this, I'll deal with you in the morning."
Bowing at his dismissal, he stumbled out, still gripping his stomach.
"Gah, uh man, I don't think th-that banana's agreeing with me anymore, it must have gone uurp bad."
(End)
And there we have it! My very first Halloween Special, again hopefully not the last either. I hope you all enjoyed it, I had a lot of fun writing it. Now I'm gonna take a break for the rest of the month to watch a bunch of horror movies and stuff, I've been too distracted by my writing to do much of that.
Anyway, R&R please, and as always, I'll catch ya in the next chapter. Buh-bye! And Happy Halloween! ;)
(Post Credits)
Stella slowly, and groggily woke up.
"Uhh, what a weird dream, I wonder why I- huh? What the hell?!"
She struggled in her bonds. Apparently it wasn't a dream and she really was tied up.
"Sky! Sky wake up!"
He grumbled, a slight bit of drool coming from the corner of his mouth.
"5 more minutes Mamma."
She growled.
"Wake-UP you idiot! Come on! Hello? Someone? Anyone? SOMEBODY UNTIE ME!"
