Happy Halloween again. Enjoy part two of the Halloween chapter.
As she stood in the dark room with her classmates, Wendy couldn't help but feel a little anxious. She knew that Natsu's act was next and she knew that he tended to be a loose cannon so she hoped that he wouldn't go too far.
Like when Gray made his introduction, the candles were lit by an unseen force and they watched as the walls began to ooze with slime, spiders and other creepy bugs crawling in. The slime and creepy crawlies started to form into a line which then changed into a giant snake. The kids screamed when the snake hissed and the serpent took the form of Natsu.
The kids were scared but impressed. This was furthered when he grabbed a nearby lit candle and swallowed it whole, the result being that his entire body was set on fire. At first they expected him to scream in agony of something but instead he just laughed and danced around. As if he felt no pain at all.
Suddenly the floors opened up as ghoulish zombies and rotting corpses started to crawl up and out of the ground. They were all bloody, rotten, flesh eaten, and down right disgusting. The kids screamed at the sight of them and they all started to huddle up together. The undead was closing all around them and just when they were beginning to think that were about to be eaten alive by zombies, Natsu leapt over to the front, snuffed out the flames of his body, and shouted:
"You made it here without getting scared off. Now let's party!"
It became dark again but flashing lights were quickly lit. A zombie DJ and stereo rose up from the floors and crazy music began to play from the stereo while the other zombies began to dance. It wasn't long before all the kids were joining in. They didn't just dance they also helped themselves to the table that was set with food. The treats included pumpkin cookies, caramel apples, ghost cupcakes, mini bat sandwiches, spider buns, lizard chips, and slime punch. Wendy wasn't sure about letting Gray and Juvia handle the cooking but to her surprise they did a very good job.
"Mmm... These cupcakes are amazing." Wendy said with white frosting one her lips. "You actually made this Juvia?"
"Yes I did." She said.
"They're so delicious. What's in them?"
"Butter, eggs, flour, sugar, milk chocolate, marshmallow cream, and baking powder."
"Nice but you and Gray didn't put anything weird in the food did you? There aren't really bats and spiders in this stuff right? It's all just for looks?"
"Of course."
"Good." Wendy said taking a sip of punch.
"Except for the punch. I some snakes, snails, puppy dog tails in that. I hope you don't mind."
Wendy spat out her drink.
"What?!"
"I'm kidding." Juvia giggled.
"Oh...Heh...Heh."
"So what do you think of everything else?" Gray asked.
"It's amazing. You guys were great and you didn't go overboard."
"I told you, you could trust me kid." Natsu said.
"Hey great party Wendy." Romeo said coming over to her at the snack table. "The special effects we're incredible. It was like they were actually real."
"Yeah like they were real." Wendy said nervously.
"And the costumes and tricks that the performers had were so realistic. By the way who are these guys?" He asked referring to her ghoulish friends.
"Oh...Um they're friends of my parents." Wendy lied. "And they...They do horror themed events and shows for a living. Right guys?"
"Right!" They all nodded.
"Cool. Hey listen Wendy I was wondering, do you want to dance?" The boy asked her.
"Sure."
The two kids went over to join their dancing classmates. They both looked so shy and nervous but at the same time they were having lots of fun.
"Isn't that adorable?" Juvia said observing.
"I know. They're so cute." Lucy awed.
Jellal and Erza had entered the party to make sure that everything was alright and that things weren't getting crazy. To their relief all seemed to be well. For their costumes, they dressed as a male prisoner and a female police officer.
"Well none of the windows are broken so I guess we didn't make a mistake letting Wendy have this party." Jellal said.
"Yes and it looks like she's having a wonderful time." Erza said pointing over to their daughter who was dancing with Romeo while laughing and smiling.
"Oh my God she's dancing with a boy." Jellal said feeling his protective paternal instincts kick in.
"Now dear it's just dancing." His wife said. "Remember what we were like at her age."
Jellal did and a look of horror crossed his face.
"I'll be right back. I think I need to have a little chat with that boy."
"Jellal don't do anything rash. Do you want to get arrested?"
"Well that depends." He said with a flirting smirk. "Will you be the one arresting me officer?"
"Maybe." She flirted back. "I do have the handcuffs already."
"In that case what do you say we ditch the party and you take me back to my cell so you can...Correct me."
Erza blushed and giggled. They were about to go upstairs when Erza spotted Natsu, Lucy, Gray, and Juvia at the food table.
"Oh they must be some of the school staff." Erza said. "I wonder if one of them is Wendy's teacher."
"Let's go introduce ourselves." Jellal said as he and his wife approached them. "Hello."
The four ghouls became completely stiff when they saw them.
"I'm Erza Fernandes and this is my husband Jellal. We're Wendy's parents." The red head introduced. "You must be from the school."
They didn't know what to say. One slip up and they might end up exposing who and what they really are. Adults weren't like children. They couldn't just easily dismiss everything as just special effects.
"Are any of you Wendy's teacher?" Erza asked.
"Uh...No." Juvia said deciding to be the first one to speak. "No. But we are from the school. We're just...Just..."
"Teacher's assistants!" Gray said. "We assistant the teachers and help out the students who are struggling in class."
"Oh. Funny Wendy never mentioned any of that."
"And her teacher needs four assistants?" Jellal asked.
"It's a big class and a lot of the kids need help."
"Okay. Well I wasn't sure about you all having this party here but I can see that you've all kept everything under control and you really go all out for this holiday. I mean just look at your costumes. You actually look like someone who's undead."
"Uh...Thanks."
"I especially love the little stitches on your costume." Erza said looking at Juvia's arms. "I wonder how you pulled those off."
"That's my little secret." Juvia said.
"Well I must say it's very impressive and- hey don't I know you from somewhere?"
"No I don't think so."
"Really? Because you seem familiar to me."
"Do I?" Juvia asked nervously.
"Yes."
"And you seem a little familiar to me." Jellal said Gray.
"Oh? I wonder why." Gray said getting nervous too. "Because I've never seen you before in my life."
"Are you sure? Because I swear I know you."
"No. No. Sorry. Hey Juvia the next song is coming up! Wanna dance?"
"Loved to!" She replied and they quickly ran off into the crowd of dancing children.
The thing was, due to the fact that Gray and Juvia had posesed them it caused Jellal and Erza to feel a sense of familiarity around them.
"Hmm... What's they're problem?" Erza wondered.
"No idea." Her husband answered. "Oh well. You wanna dance too?"
"No I think it's time that I take you into custody." She said giving his shirt a little tug. With that flirty gesture, they were both gone.
"So it's just you and me now." Natsu said to Lucy. "How about a dance?"
"Alright but just one dance and keep your hands above my waist." She said.
"Deal."
He excitedly pulled her along and they started to dance like everyone else in the room. The party was a complete success and when it was time for everyone to go home all the kids were given plenty of candy to take home. After that the ghouls cleaned up everything in a snap. It was the best Halloween of Wendy's life and nearly everyone in her class thought she was cool. She hoped that it would make school a little easier for her.
