A/N: This one shot was requested by Mr:Game:I, who requested another story with Libby in it. I put a little bit of a Halloween twist on it, so I hope you like it!
"Hey, guys?"
Laney's voice attracted the attention of the rest of the guys in the garage, who all looked back at her with a bored look in their eyes. Today had been sort of running slow, considering that they didn't have any gigs to prepare for this week, which was actually pretty surprising. Halloween was this week.
"Do we have any plans for Halloween this year?" Laney asked. "I mean, besides our tradition of eating a bunch of candy and getting scared out of our minds through the power of old horror flicks?"
The rest of her band mates shook their heads. "Chloe said something about needing to find people to take Libby trick-or-treating; would you guys be up for it?"
Corey's eyes lit up at the mention of the spunky, green haired girl. A while back, the band had gotten roped into looking after her through Laney's sister, but it couldn't have turned out better! Libby loved rock 'n' roll, and just music in general, which obviously Corey thought was rad. She was pretty chill and nice, which was enough to win over the rest of the band members and make them like her. Libby's mom seemed to be constantly busy, which left the tween in the hands of several different sitters, Chloe included. But Chloe, although she was great with kids, wasn't exactly the most reliable babysitter, which was where Grojband came in!
"Heck yeah, we'd be up for it!" Corey whooped, rolling over on his side to read everybody's faces better. He and Laney were sprawled out on the stage, which couldn't be too good for their backs, considering how blatantly uncomfortable it was, but nevertheless, they did it anyway. "Right?"
Kin shrugged. "Sure," he said, momentarily looking up from his phone. "I don't see the harm in doing it. Besides, it'll give me a chance to check out those dorky haunted houses around the neighborhood." Oh, yeah, Kin Kujira loathed those things; they weren't scary by any means, but they were just so bad and tacky and cringey that they were almost frightening. He sorta just had to check them out.
"And it'll give me a chance to get a bunch of free candy!" Kon smirked smugly. Every year, he had brought out a massive pillow case for trick-or-treating, and every year it was him that somehow ended up with the most candy on the block, and was also the envy of every other kid in a mile radius. Laney had a secret theory that he snuck off to the rich neighborhood just on the brink of town, but there wasn't any evidence to prove it. Yet.
Laney smiled, feeling accomplished. "Alright, cool! I'll let Chloe know." She paused momentarily, contemplating on whether she should ask the obvious question, the answers of which almost always lead to something chaotic. "Are we gonna dress up this year?"
Here's the thing: when Grojband dresses up for Halloween, they go all out. We're talking professional cosplayer level here. For being basically broke thirteen-year-olds, these fellas sure could throw together some killer costumes. One year, Kin managed to build an entire mech suit for his Bastion costume (from "Overwatch"), and it looked amazing, but broke down after they got halfway down the street. But that's another story for another day.
"I think we should, personally," Laney suggested after no one spoke up. "It'll be more fun for Libby."
Corey nodded in agreement. "Yeah, it'd be more fun for her!"
"But," Laney continued, simultaneously staring them all down, "we have to agree to do simple costumes, got it? I don't want to have to explain why there's robotic entrails leading back to our garage to the police again." Another story for another day, but all you need to know is that Laney now understood the embarrassment that most parents feel when apologizing for their rambunctious kids.
Kin sighed. "Fine. I'll just have to think of something else, then." Kon looked disappointed, but he agreed, too.
"Core? We have a deal?"
As much as he wanted to do something extreme for his costume, he didn't want to make his bassist mad. "Sure, I guess."
Laney looked satisfied with his answer. "Great."
What exactly falls into the "too-extreme-for-trick-or-treating" category? Well, I don't know for sure, but hair dye apparently doesn't!
It was Halloween night, and Corey, Kin, and Kon were already hanging out at the garage, patiently waiting for Chloe's car to pull up. Corey had gone with the classic skeleton for his costume (after they nearly died fighting zombies last year, dressing up as one didn't feel right), meanwhile Kin and Kon dressed up as the 1990 Pennywise and the more recent Pennywise. Laney had talked them into watching both of the films, and although they regretted it, their costumes did look pretty sick.
Corey was excited. After turning fourteen, the band had mutually decided that they were too old to go trick-or-treating and that they should just resort to buying their own candy and watching scary movies. But now that there was a kid to take trick-or-treating, it was just like old times - well, besides actually trick-or-treating; the group would just end up pawning candy off of Libby, anyway.
There was a slam of car doors outside, and Corey bolted to open the garage door. Standing just a mere few feet away from him were Libby and Laney, all decked out in their costumes and ready to get this show on the road. Libby was dressed like a "Splatoon" character, and Laney had gone with Coraline. Corey had figured that she would just do the outfit and makeup when she had brought up her idea to him (he consulted her with most of his own ideas, it was only fair that she could do the same), but upon closer inspection her hair was blue! Like, her real hair!
"You coming for my brand or something, Lanes?" He asked as the two girls approached.
She rolled her eyes, stopping just outside the garage whereas Libby ran inside to go see Kin and Kon, nodding Corey a quick greeting. "Maybe," Laney smirked, bringing the tips of her now dark blue hair up to her eyes, "I think I can pull the "bluenette" look off pretty well."
Corey chuckled. "How long does that stuff last?"
"Eh, only a couple weeks," Laney shrugged. "I'll be normal by Thanksgiving."
"Well, just for the record," the taller boy began, loosely grabbing her wrist and beginning to lead her inside, "I think you look pretty rockin' with the blue hair."
Laney ducked her head down, hoping to hide the red hue that was trickling onto her face. "Stop it."
"Okay, are we gonna go trick-or-treating or what?" Libby impatiently asked, bounding over to the two awkward teens. "I wanna get candy!"
Corey and Laney shared a look, one similar to a look parents share when their kid is being super enthusiastic and adorable about something, and began laughing. Corey bent down, scooped Libby up, and placed her on his shoulders, much to her delight. Walking was the single peril to attack young trick-or-treaters; well, that and bad weather, which fortunately wasn't a thing this time.
"Woo hoo!" Libby cheered, pumping her fists in the air. "Let's go! Onward, mortal!"
Corey and the rest of the band shared a look, one that simply read "what the heck did we sign up for" and tried to suppress their laughter. Technically, Libby wasn't wrong; despite surviving many dangerous stunts (often caused by his crazy plans that do end up working) that really should've taken him out (not in the romantic way, that's Laney's job), Corey was still very much a mortal. Shocking, I know.
"Chill out, Libs, we're going!" Laney assured, chuckling as she lead the group out into the night. Libby was practically vibrating with excitement; it was Halloween, she had the best costume on the block, and the coolest band in all of Peaceville was taking her trick-or-treating? And she didn't have to walk??
Sounds like a wicked cool way to kick off Halloween night.
A/N: Ack I know this chapter wasn't entirely Libby-centric, but I still really like how it turned out! Libby has such a cool character design, and it's kind of upsetting that the creators (no hate towards them whatsoever) took the time to make all of these awesome character designs, only for them to just appear as background characters without lines. I'm gonna sign off, since it's starting to get late; Happy Early Halloween!