Too Cute To Spook
It was Halloween night in Enchancia. Sofia and Madeline were walking down one of the castle corridors alongside Violet the maid. Sofia was wearing a griffon outfit, while Madeline was wearing a dragon costume.
"Griffon wings: check." Sofia declared. "Tail: check."
"You look great, Sof." Madeline rolled her eyes.
"Treat bags, milady?" Violet offered.
"Check again!" Sofia took her bag.
"Now we're ready to go trick-or-treating." Madeline accepted hers.
"Did you say 'trick-or-treating'?" Cedric's niece Callista asked as she walked down the stairs with her mother Cordelia. She was wearing a goblin costume, while Cordelia was wearing an elegant blue ballgown and a matching staff topped with a snowflake ornament.
"Callista!" Sofa smiled. "Miss Cordelia!"
"Hello, Princess Sofia." Cordelia smiled. "Princess Madeline."
"We're heading out to meet our witch friends for Halloween." Madeline revealed.
"That sounds like tons of fun!" Callista cheered.
"Where are you going?" Sofia asked.
"We're on our way out to a party at my friend Muldo the Magnificent's house." Cordelia announced.
"Great goblin costume, Callista." Madeline declared.
Callista lifted part of her costume over her mouth, revealing a goblin smile, and giggled.
"Get it? I'm the Giggling Goblin of Dreary Woods!" She smiled.
"The famous Halloween legend?" Sofia asked.
"Legend?" Callista frowned. "I think the Giggling Goblin is real! Did you know his giggles cast magic spells?"
"They do?" Madeline inquired.
"Yes!" Callista spun on the spot. "And he loves candy so much, he just giggles, and it flies right out of the trick-or-treaters' hands, and straight to him!"
"You sure know your goblin stuff." Sofia noted.
"And my ghost stuff!" Callista added. "And my werewolf stuff! Halloween is my very most favorite holiday!"
"Every night before she goes to bed, Callista makes me read her 'The Ghastly Guide to Halloween'." Cordelia smiled.
"That's why I wish I had somewhere fun to go tonight." Callista sighed. "Instead of a boring grown-up party!" She whispered to the girls.
"Well, why don't you come trick-or-treating with us and our friends?" Madeline suggested.
"Really?" Callista squealed. "I'd love to!"
"If it's alright with your mom." Sofia declared.
"Please, mummy?" Callista tugged at her mother's dress. "Can I go with Sofia and Madeline?"
"Oh, of course, dear." Cordelia smiled, conjuring up a red treat bag for Callista. "You'll have a great time!"
"Thank you, mummy!" Callista beamed. "This is going to be be the best Halloween ever!" She hugged Sofia and Madeline.
"We'll take good care of Callista." Madeline promised.
"Our parents know every house we'll be trick-or-treating at." Sofia added.
"Wonderful." Cordelia nodded. "Have a lovely time, girls."
"We-will-thanks-mum-bye!" Callista said quickly as she rushed out of the door, dragging Sofia and Madeline along with her.
"Bye!" Sofia and Madeline called.
Shortly after, their were in a flying carriage, bound for Dunwitty.
"Ooh!" Callista squealed. "When do we get to the village?"
"You're really excited to trick-or-treat, huh?" Madeline chuckled.
"I'm excited to do everything with you and your friends!" Callista announced. "I just hope they like me."
"Of course they will." Sofia smiled.
Soon after, they landed in the village. After they disembarked, they noticed all the other trick-or-treaters.
"She's dressed as Carol of the Arrow." Madeline pointed out one girl.
"And lookie!" Callista indicated three others. "There's a ghost, a cat, and- ahhh! A really ghastly monster!"
"Oh, those are our witch friends." Sofia declared. "Lucinda, Indigo, and Lilly."
"Sofia, Madeline!" Lucinda, wearing the ghost costume, waved.
"Hey!" Indigo smiled, in zombie-like makeup.
"Hi!" Lily added, wearing the cat costume.
"I love your griffon costume, Sofia." Lucinda declared.
"Thanks, Lucinda." Sofia beamed. "Watch this!" She pulled the cord on the costume's chest. Her wings flapped, and a quacking sound was heard.
"Your dragon costume is great too, Madeline." Lilly grinned. "Just not too... um, scary."
"I still like it, though." Madeline shrugged.
"Woo!" Callista popped out from behind Sofia. "Hello, everybody!"
"Hey, who's the little ghoul?" Indigo asked.
"Actually, I'm a goblin!" Callista held up her costume's ears. "The Giggling Goblin of Dreary Woods." She held up the smile. "See?"
"This is Mr Cedric's niece, Callista." Madeline explained. "We invited her to trick-or-treat with us."
"I'm so very excited to spend Halloween with you all!" Callista jumped around.
"Don't you think she's too little to come with us?" Indigo frowned.
"I am not!" Callista pouted. "My mummy says I'm tall for my age!"
"What Indigo's saying is that Halloween is a super, super special night for us witches." Lily declared.
"And we want to cram in as many thrills and chills as possible." Lucinda added.
"You'll get scared, or walk too slow, and hold us back from all the spooky fun." Indigo remarked.
"I won't get scared!" Callista insisted. "And I'll walk just as fast as you, I promise! I also know loads about Halloween! I could tell you all about the Mummy Knight, or the Zombie of Zoodry Lane!"
"Callista's reads 'The Ghastly Guide to Halloween' every night." Sofia smiled.
"I really do!" Callista nodded. "I'll be very handy when it comes to spooking. I'll prove it!"
Callista waved her wand, conjuring up a giant version of "The Ghastly Guide to Halloween". She then brought some jack-o-lanterns to life, and made them hover above her.
Calista: Won't you let me spend this super spooky night palling around with your witch crowd?
Jack-o-lanterns: Witch crowd
Callista: I'm an expert on every kind of fright
I promise I'll haunt you proud
Jack-o-lanterns: Da-doot
Da-doot
Lucinda: You say you're a wiz
But did you know this?
When we Trick or Treat we spook with a twist
Calista: Knock and when someone opens the door
Scare em like they've never Been scared before
Then you get a treat
Jack-o-lanterns: She's right
Lily: But what if you're haunt is a great big fail?
Then you get a trick like something stinky or stale
Sofia: We should let her spend this super spooky night
Palling around with this witch crowd
Jack-o-lanterns: Witch crowd
Madeline: She can pitch in and help us with the frights
I promise she'll haunt us proud
Jack-o-lanterns: Da-doot
Da-doot
Indigo: But now who decides on a trick or prize?
Did you know the pumpkins rate your tries?
Calista: Scare O'Meters measure the frights
If you caused chills
The meter moves to the right
Callista: Won't you let me spend this super spooky night palling around with your witch crowd?
I can pitch in and help you with the frights
I promise I'll haunt you proud
Sofia/Madeline/Jack-o-lanterns: Da-doot
Da-doot
She promised to haunt you proud
She promises to haunt you proud
Calista: Gonna haunt you proud
"So, can I spend Halloween with you all tonight?" Callista asked. "Can I?" She put on her best puppy-dog face.
"Ohh... I think she should stay." Lucinda smiled.
"Me too!" Lily agreed. "She's so sweet!"
"Indigo?" Madeline urged.
"Alright, fine." Indigo frowned.
"I promise not to ruin your night." Callista hugged Indigo. "I pinkie promise it!"
"Great!" Sofia beamed. "Then let's start trick-or-treating!"
The witches conjured up flying broomsticks. Sofia joined Lucinda on hers, Madeline doubled up with Indigo, and Callista jumped on Lily's, upsetting the balance for a moment. Then they all took off into the air.
Sometime later, they landed outside a familar tower.
"First stop of the night: the great Merlin's tower." Madeline announced.
"Ohhh!" Callista squealed. "Fun, fun, funny-fun-fun!"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa." Indigo scoffed. "We got it after one 'fun'."
The witch trio leaned their broomsticks against a rock, then the group walked up to the tower.
"Let's be sure to be spooky so we get treats." Sofia declared.
"I will!" Callista put the smile back up. "Whooo!"
"Should we tell Callista her giggle is more cutie than creepy?" Lucinda asked Madeline.
"Um, it might make her nervous." Madeline whispered.
Once they reached the door, Sofia knocked on it. Merlin answered, a spider hanging from his usual hat.
"Greetings, trick-or-treaters!" Merlin smiled.
"Boo!" Sofia declared, making her costume's wings flap and jumping up and down.
"Oh, what a fun fright!" Merlin chuckled. He pointed to a stack of ten jack-o-lanterns, which each lit up starting from the bottom, and stopping with three faces unlit. "And my scare-o-meter agrees!"
"Raaarrrgh!" Madeline roared, waving her hands like dragon claws.
"A dragon!" Merlin smiled. "Very scary!"
The scare-o-meter lit up to seven.
"Ooooh... Ohhhh..." Lucinda stepped forward, waving her arms out. "I am the ghost of Halloween Eve..."
The scare-o-meter lit up to five faces.
"Oh, deary!" Merlin smiled. "A delightful scare!"
Indigo and Lily both walked over, m*** and meowing.
"I'm shaking in my wizard boots!" Merlin chuckled.
The scare-o-meter lit up to six.
"Mighty fine frights, girls." Merlin declared. "And so, treats for you all!"
Merlin waved his wand, and a cauldron full of candy floated out.
"Thanks, Mr Merlin!" Sofia smiled. As she picked a candy, it suddenly took flight. "My candy!"
All the candies flew, with the girls playfully chasing them.
"My turn to spook!" Callista told Merlin. "I want a bat candy too!"
Callista lifted up the smile and giggled.
The scare-o-meter lit up to only one.
"Well, aren't you adorable?" Merlin chuckled.
"No, I'm really scary!" Callista repeated the giggle.
"Nope, still cute as a button." Merlin declared. "So, since you did not scare me, I must give you a trick." He held up Callista's wand, and waved his wand. "Tremendously tart lemon sours!" Some yellow candies appeard in Calista's hand. "A fun little trick for fun little you!"
Merlin went back inside his tower.
"Goodbye, girls!" He smiled. "Happy spooking!"
As Merlin closed the door, Madeline caught her bat candy.
"Sorry you didn't get a treat, Callista." Madeline sighed.
"Want one of ours?" Sofia offered.
"It's okay." Callista pouted. "Don't tell any of the other girls I got a trick."
"We've all gotten tricks before." Madeline consoled her.
"Aw, Callista, did you get a trick?" Lily asked.
"What?! No, I didn't!" Callista lied. "I got candy, just like you!" She held out her hand. "Lemon treats, see?"
Callista put one of the lemon sours in her mouth. Seconds later, her faces puffed up and turned yellow.
"She can't talk!" Lucinda gasped.
"And she's turning yellow!" Sofia yelped.
"Callista, spit it out!" Madeline urged.
Callista spat out the sour, and returned to normal.
"Yucky!" She gagged.
"So you did get a trick." Indigo smirked.
"Don't worry." Lucinda told her. "I wasn't great at spooking either when I was your age."
"We'll just try again at the next house, that's all." Sofia smiled.
"Right!" Callista smiled. "I just thought of a great spook that will show your friends I can scare just as well as they can!"
Their next stop was a cottage back in the village.
"This is Professor Peculian's house." Madeline declared.
"Oh, I really hope we scare Mr P!" Lily grinned.
"Me too." Lucinda agreed. "He's famous for handing the best candy to anyone who can give him a really big scaaaaare!"
"And that will be me!" Callista boasted. "Just you wait. You'll see how spooky I can be!"
Callista knocked on the door, and Mr P answered.
"Well, hello, Halloween visitors!" He smiled. "What trick will you treat me with tonight?"
Sofia, Madeline, Lily, Lucinda and Indigo each performed their moves in turn.
"Ooh, shivers!" Mr P chuckled. "Up and down my spine!"
Mr P's scare-o-meter went up to seven.
Callista waved her wand, giving her a dragon costume, similar to Madeline's, but more impressive.
"Raaaarrrgh!" She roared, as flames burst out of the costume's snout.
"Wow, her costume's better than yours, Maddie." Sofia teased.
"Wanna bet?" Madeline smirked.
"How delightfully daunting!" Mr. P smiled.
The scare-o-meter went up to maximum.
"We did it!" Lucinda cheered.
"We all scared him!" Callista beamed. "Especially me!"
"Yes, indeed!" Mr P nodded. "You were not excessively eerie, but sufficiently spooky. So..." He pulled out a bowl of candy. "A sufficient-sized treat for all of you!"
"Pumpkin pops!" Sofia smiled, as they each took one.
"Thank you!" Madeline added.
"Enjoy!" Mr P waved as they departed.
"That dragon costume was a fantabulous idea, Callista!" Lily smiled.
"It was a great scare, wasn't it?" Callista grinned. "Sorry for borrowing your idea, Madeline. It was just such a good one!"
"It was, wasn't it?" Madeline smirked.
The pumpkin pops started glowing.
"Oh!" Sofia mused. They light up!"
The group put their pumpkin pops on a tree stump, and watched them glow.
"I'm having the best time!" Callista grinned. "I'm so happy, I could just..." She spun around, but stumbling. "Ohh!"
As she caught her footing, her costume breathed fire again, burning the pumpkin pops.
"Oh no!" Lily gasped, as the candy stopped glowing.
"Sorry!" Callista cringed.
"My pumpkin is toast!" Lily growled.
"Maybe they taste better... crunchy?" Madeline said awkwardly.
"I doubt it, Madeline." Indigo growled. "This mess is all thanks to you!" She pointed at Callista.
"I'm really sorry." Callista apologised. "I forgot about my fire."
"It's okay." Sofia assured her. "Everyone makes mistakes, right?"
"Not as many as she does." Indigo scowled. "Haven't you had enough Halloween, Callista?"
"What?" Callista asked. "No! I want to do lots more!"
"Good!" Madeline smiled. "Because it's time for the corn maze dash at Lucinda's house!"
"Woo!" Callista cheered.
"And we're all gonna have a great time." Sofia took Calista's hand. "Come on, everyone!"
The witches summoned their broomsticks.
"No more flames, got it?" Indigo glared at Callista.
"Got it." Callista nodded. "I won't mess anything else up." She waved her wand. "Redressio!"
Callista's original goblin costume returned, and she got on Lily's broom.
"I pinkie promise it." She declared.
They all flew over to Lucinda's home.
"There's my mom!" Lucinda pointed.
The group landed, and the broomsticks flew over to a holder.
"You don't look too excited for the corn maze dash." Madeline told Callista.
"I need to show your friends I'm not just some silly kid who messes things up." Callista sighed.
"Callista, you don't have to prove anything." Sofia told her. "Just be yourself."
"Hello, girls!" Lucinda's mother, Marla waved. "Are you little witchlets having a good night?"
"Yeah..." Lucinda said awkwardly.
"Sort of." Indigo shrugged.
"But it's only going to get better!" Madeline declared.
"Fantastic." Marla smiled. "More visitors. Welcome, witchadees, to the corn maze dash! The maze starts here. Dash through, and the first team to get to the end wins a prize: gummy ghouls!"
"Gummy ghouls are my favorite!" Callista beamed.
"Mine too." Indigo admitted. "So don't goof it up."
"I won't." Callista nodded. "In fact, I want to lead you through the maze!"
"You want us to follow you?" Indigo frowned.
"I feel awful that I burnt your pumpkin pops." Callista admitted. "So I want to make sure you all get gummy ghouls."
"But what if you get us all lost?" Lily asked.
Callista conjured up the book.
"I read the chapter on corn mazes sixteen times, so that makes me a corn maze expert." Callista smiled.
"Sixteen is a lot of times." Lucinda admitted.
"And I really want those gummy ghouls!" Lily added.
"Alright, Callista, lead the way." Indigo gave in, as they boarded their broomsticks."I hope you know what you're doing."
"Remember, you don't have to try so hard." Madeline told Callista.
"Yes, I do." Callista said firmly.
"Alright, you little charmers." Marla announced. "On your marks, get set... dash!"
"Follow me, everyone!" Callista instructed as the group flew into the maze. "The secret to the maze is to keep going left. Go left! Go left again!"
"You are fast, Callista." Sofia admitted.
"Stop, stop!" Callista declared, as they reached a dead end.
"Whoa!" Indigo yelped as she stopped too late, and crashed into the corn stalks.
"Sorry!" Callista apologized. "According to the book, there shouldn't be a dead end here!"
Lucinda looked at the book.
"That's a full moon maze!" She declared. "My mom always builds a crescent maze, like this one! See?"
"Um... yes, I knew that!" Callista cringed. "Go right, everyone!"
"Callista, if you're not sure of the way, let someone else lead." Madeline suggested.
"No, Madeline." Callista refused. "I have to get the girls their treats! Follow me, everyone!"
The group took flight again.
"Go right!" Callista instructed. After they turned, she added "Another right!"
As they made another turn, they flew through the maze's entrance.
"Ugh!" Indigo groaned. "This is where we started!"
"The other witches are probably close to the end by now!" Lily declared.
"Uh... then let's... go back in again?" Callista suggested.
"Made it!"
The group turned to see some other witches fly through the exit.
"First to the gummy ghouls!" One cheered.
"Yeah!" Another whooped.
"We rule!" Said a third.
"Oh no..." Lucinda groaned, as the others flew past. "They beat us."
"So long, gummy ghouls." Lily waved sadly.
"We never should have put Callista in charge!" Indigo scowled.
"I'm sorry." Callista sighed. "I got turned around."
"It's not that big a deal." Sofia declared.
"Yes, it is, Sofia!" Indigo yelled. "All I have to show for Halloween so far is a couple of bat candies!" She shook her treat bag, then pulled out her wand.
"Indigo, what are you doing?" Madeline frowned.
"It's past this kid's bedtime." Indigo smirked. "I wave this wand with force and might, to send this kid home for the night!"
A broomstick appeared, lifted up, Callista, and carried her away.
"Whoaa!" Callista yelped.
"Undo that hex, Indigo!" Madeline demanded.
"No way." Indigo refused. "She was ruining Halloween!"
"She sort of, really, really was." Lily said awkwardly.
"Come on, guys." Sofia urged. "You remember what it was like to be her age, and how bad it was to be left out by the big kids."
"It did feel pretty bad." Lucinda admitted. "We can't do this to her!" She held up her wand. "Powers that be, hear this sound. Turn that girl right around!"
Callista's broomstick started flying back down.
"Oh no, you don't!" Indigo waved her wand, turning the broomstick back.
"But remember how great it was when the big kids included you?" Madeline declared.
"Yeah." Lily nodded. "I was always so excited to play broom tag with my big sister and her friends..."
"You have to give her one more chance." Sofia pleaded. "Please?"
"...Okay." Indigo groaned. "But only one!"
Indigo waved her wand, and the broomstick returned to the ground, dropping Callista off.
"Thanks for bringing me back." Callista smiled.
"The witches are sorry they sent you away." Madeline told her. "...Right?"
"Uh-uh." Lily nodded.
"I guess..." Indigo scowled.
"We are." Lucinda admitted.
"I'm sorry about the maze." Callista apologised. "I promise not to mess up any more Halloween fun."
Some time after, they encountered a hay cart pulled by a ghostly winged horse.
"It's time for the haunted hayride!" Lucinda announced.
"There's no driver!" Lily gasped.
"Here I am!" Sir Dax the ghost appeared in the driver's seat. "Cheerio, princesses!"
"Woo!" Lucinda yelped happily.
"Dax!" Sofia smiled.
"Dax lives in our castle's attic." Madeline told the others.
"I scared you, didn't I?" Sir Dax chuckled. "I believe I'm getting better at this whole ghost business." He laughed merrily. "But now it's time for an eerie ride past the Dreary Woods! Climb aboard!" He pulled a lever, and a small ladder lowered from the cart. "One at a time, please. Thanks ever so much."
The group all got on the cart.
"Let's go!" Lycinda declared.
"Indeed." Sir Dax agreed. "Tally-ho!"
The ghost horse began pulling the cart down the road.
"So how is this a haunted hay ride?" Callista asked.
"Ooh, just wait." Sir Dax instructed. "Soon, you will experience the spirits of the holiday."
Several ghosts appeared from behind the trees, m*** and flying around them.
"Your friends look really scared." Callista declared, as the witches screamed.
"They're just fun-scared." Sofia smiled.
The witches giggled as they screamed, enjoying the show.
"Are you sure?" Callista frowned. "They look truly frightened to me."
"We're sure." Madeline nodded.
One of the ghosts playfully tugged at Indigo's treat bag.
"I'll protect you, girls!" Callista raised her wand, and summoned her book.
"Callista, wait!" Sofia yelled.
"What are you doing?" Madeline asked.
"There must be a way to make the ghosts go away!" Callista looked through the book. "Here it is! Stink sockio!"
A bunch of socks appeared, and flew toward the ghosts. They all gagged in disgust, including Sir Dax.
"Callista, don't do that!" Lily yelped.
"But I need to get rid of these ghosts!" Callista retorted. "I don't want your Halloween to be any worse than I've already made it! Ghosts hate smelly things. But what really scares them is-"
"Wait!" Lucinda yelled.
"Don't do it!" Indigo urged.
"Illuminoris!" Callista chanted as they passed through a covered bridge, which quickly was enveloped in light., blinding the ghosts.
"I can't see!" One ghost yelped.
"Away, away!" Another declared.
The ghosts all fled.
"Dax, don't go!" Sofia pleaded.
"Ever so sorry." Dax gave Sofia the reins. "Take the reins, princess!"
Sir Dax left too. Without him, the ghost horse panicked, and started running.
"I can't stop it!" Sofia struggled to grip the reins.
"Let me help!" Madeline grabbed hold. "Hold on!"
After a short distance, the carriage tipped on it's side, and the ghost horse flew off into the distance.
"Is everyone okay?" Madeline asked.
"I am." Callista nodded.
"Yeah." Lily added.
"I'm fine." Indigo scowled. "What were you thinking, Callista?!"
"I'm sorry!" Callista apologized. "You all looked so scared, so I tried to drive the ghosts away, but ended up-"
"Running the haunted hay ride?" Indigo finished.
"The way you also ruined trick-or-treating?" Lily frowned.
"And the corn maze?" Lucinda added.
"This Halloween has been one big bust, thanks to you." Indigo declared.
The witches all walked away.
"I just wanted us to all have a... fun Halloween." Callista sighed.
Lucinda looked around.
"I think we're in the... Dreary Woods." She frowned.
A chuckling noise echoed through the trees.
"Isn't this where the Giggling Goblin is supposed to live?" Sofia asked.
"Yes, it is." Callista nodded.
"Do you guys hear something?" Lucinda trembled.
As the giggles grew louder, a group of rocks burst up out of the ground, and a goblin dropped down from the trees.
"Hiya, hiya, hiya!" He giggled.
"The Giggling Goblin!" Callista gasped.
"Everyone, let's fly!" Indigo declared. She snapped her fingers, and her broomstick approached.
"Wait, whoa, whoa!" The Giggling Goblin smirked. "Was it something I said?"
As the Goblin giggled, all the broomsticks flew over to him.
"His giggles do cast magic spells!" Madeline gasped.
"Run!" Sofia yelled.
As they tried to flee, more rocks emerged, trapping them.
"We're trapped!" Madeline gulped, as their bat candies flew over to the Goblin.
"Ooh, yum-yum-yum-yum!" The Giggling Goblin put the candy in a hollow rock. "Halloween is the best! So much scrum-dilly-umptious candy to steal!"
"Stay calm, everyone." Sofia instructed.
"Yeah, let's try to think of a way out of here." Madeline agreed.
"What if we used our wands, and made bats fly at him?" Indigo suggested. "Then he'd be scared."
Callista peeked through a gap in the rocks, seeing the Goblin eating their candy.
"I just thought of a way to get us out of here!" She announced.
"Really?" Sofia smiled. "What is it?"
"Oh, forget it." Callista frowned. "It's silly. It'll just make things worse, like every other idea I've had tonight."
"Everyone ready?" Lucinda whispered.
"Ready!" Lily raised her wand.
"Ready!" Indigo raised hers.
"Vats and vats of flying bats!" They all chanted together.
A swarm of bats appeared, and flew towards the Goblin.
"Frightening flappers? Fun!" The Giggling Goblin chuckled. As he laughed, the bats turned into bubbles. "Here, witchy wands! Come here!"
The wands flew out of Callista and the witch's hands, landing beside the Goblin.
"Now what do we do?" Lucinda frowned.
Indigo rushed over to another gap in the rocks, and tried to squeeze through.
"I... can't... fit!" She groaned.
"Wait!" Madeline declared. "Callista has an idea."
"Go on, tell us." Sofia urged.
"No, I don't want to say." Callista sighed.
"You may be little, and you may make mistakes, but you know what? We all do." Madeline smiled. "Me and Sofia drove our cart into the woods, remember?"
"Well, yes, but..." Callista frowned.
"And the witches just got their wands taken away." Sofia added.
"I guess that's true." Callista nodded.
"Big girls can do a lot of great things, but so can little girls." Madeline assured her. "So can you."
"...Okay, this is what I was thinking..." Callista held up her fake smile.
"Your Giggling Goblin costume!" Sofia realized.
"Here I go..." Callista declared.
Callista squeezed her way through the gap, and walked over to the Giggling Goblin.
"Who are you?" The Giggling Goblin asked.
"I, um... I'm your biggest fan!" Callista announced. "I even dressed like you for Halloween!" She lifted up the smile and giggled.
"A fan?" The Giggling Goblin mused. "No-one ever likes me..."
"Well, I do." Callista nodded. "And I know how much you like candy. So I got you some!" She pulled some lemon sours out of her treat bag.
"You got me some candy?" The Giggling Goblin smiled. "Really?"
"The lemon sours!" Lucinda gasped as she watched.
"That's actually a really good idea." Indigo admitted.
"Yum-yum-yum!" The Giggling Goblin chuckled. "Thanks a whole bunch!"
The Giggling Goblin ate the lemon sours, which caused his face to puff up just as Lucinda's had.
"I can't giggle!" He groaned.
Callista grabbed her wand, and used it to remove one of the rocks, freeing the others.
"Your wands and brooms!" Callista the objects over to the others before joining them. "Hurry!"
"Wait!" The Giggling Goblin yelled.
"Let's get out of here, fast!" Madeline declared as they got on the broomsticks.
The Giggling Goblin finally managed to spit out the lemon sours, then started crying.
"You tricked me!" He wept.
"But you trapped us!" Sofia frowned.
"Well, I had to trap you all to get your candy!" The Giggling Goblin retorted. "It's the only way for me to ever get yum-yum-yum treats!"
"You could have just asked." Madeline pointed out.
"And then, people will just give me treats?" The Giggling Goblin sniffed.
"That's basically what happens when you trick-or-treat." Sofia nodded. She shared a look with Madeline. "In fact..."
Some time later, the group returned to Mr P's home. Callista knocked on the door.
"Ah, second chance spookers!" Mr P smiled as he opened the door. "Back to try a bigger scare, I see?"
"Boo!" The girls called out one after the other.
"Hmm, more 'eh' than 'ah'." Mr P declared.
The Giggling Goblin stepped forward.
"What a ghoulishly great costume!" Mr P smiled.
"Costume?" The Giggling Goblin smirked. "This spook is real!" He conjured up a bedsheet ghost with his giggling. "Hiya, hiya, hiya!"
"Ah!" Mr P yelped as the ghost circled him. "Terrifically terrifying!"
The scare-o-meter light up to the top, and candy burst out of it.
"The best scare of the night!" Mr P announced. "And so..." He gave them all large bags of candy.
"Score!" Indigo grinned.
"So much delicious candy!" Callista squealed.
At first, it seemed like the Giggling Goblin hadn't gotten any candy. He lowered his head, but was then given an even larger bag for himself.
"Oh, happy day!" He chuckled.
Soon after, they were all sat on a hay cart, enjoying their candy.
"Anyone want my spooky swizzle?" Madeline asked.
"Trade you for a moony marshmall?" Callista offered.
"Deal." Madeline agreed.
"This turned out to be a really great Halloween." Lily smiled.
"One of the best." Lucinda added. "Thanks to Callista!"
"Me?" Callista gaped.
"You know, I wasn't sure about you at first, but... I gotta admit, you really showed us your stuff in the end." Indigo declared.
"None of us came up with that idea to get out of the Goblin trap, but you did." Sofia smiled.
"You may be little, but you saved Halloween." Indigo grinned. "Big time."
"Thanks, everyone." Callista beamed. "Does this mean we're... friends?"
"Uh-huh." Lucinda nodded.
"Of course, Callista." Lily added.
"You know it, kid." Indigo confirmed. "You'll trick-or-treat with his next year, right?"
"Yes, I definitely, definitely will!" Callista cheered.
"And me too, right?" The Giggling Goblin asked.
"Yes, you too, Mr Giggling Goblin." Madeline nodded.
They all laughed. The Giggling Goblin used his magic to make several jack-o-lanterns fly up and hover around a nearby time, at the same making its decorations light up.