CHAPTER 5: MY GLASSES!

"How in the name of Sparky Schulz did you loose those glasses of yours, Carlin?" Lucy asked.

"I don't know, Lucy." Marcie blushed, talking to Violet.

"It's Violet..." Sighing, Violet spun Marcie around so she could face Lucy.

"Lucy's right, hun. You fell asleep with your glasses on. Ox can prove that statement." Frieda added.

"She's right. I can testify." Ox smiled.

"You DO have eyes after all..." Melanie remarked. "So I wasn't dreaming about that..."

"Your eyes are a nice blue too." Franklin added.

"Thanks, Franklin." Marcie replied, looking at Snoopy as he licked her face. "Quit it, Franklin. You'll make Melanie jealous!"

"Uh, Marcie..." Schroeder began. "I don't know if you know this or not but, that's Snoopy."

"Hi sweetie." Snoopy flirted before grimacing. "No offense, but you taste like garbage."

"Whoops...sorry, Andy." Marcie blushed.

"We better find those glasses." Linus stated. "BEFORE she thinks I'm you-know-who."

"You mean Rerun?" asked Sally.

"Exactly!" Linus replied.

"Marceline Carlin, you're a blind bat!" exclaimed Violet.

"Well, she does share the same name as a vampire..." Melanie added. "You're not 50% off wrong."

"Oh good grief..." the kids sighed.

Sighing, Charlie Brown bent over and looked under the couch. "EUREKA!" he exclaimed.

"Eureka?" asked the kids.

"I found them!" he added.

"Where?" Lucy wondered.

"Under there, Lucy."

"Under where, Charlie Brown?" the fussbudget asked as a few kids giggled.

"The couch!" Charlie Brown explained. "But I can't reach them."

"Now what?" Linus asked.

"Woodstock!" Snoopy called out as Woodstock awoke in Joslyn's hair before fluttering down on the ground and saluting. "Woodstock, go under the couch and fetch the glasses." the beagle coached.

Woodstock huffed before reluctantly crawling under the couch and returning back with a few jacks, a ping pong ball, some gum and a Joe Shlabotnik baseball card.

"He got everything but the glasses." Peppermint Patty sighed as her stomach loudly growled. "Maybe a midnight snack won't hurt." she smiled.

"Wait, I got something!" Linus exclaimed, sticking his hand under the couch and pulling out the glasses. Blowing a little dust off of it, he smiled as he taped Marcie on the shoulder. "I think these are yours, Marceline Carlin."

Squinting, Marcie looked at Linus in the eyes. He had a smile on his face and a worried look in his eyes as he slipped her glasses on her face. "Thanks, Linus." Marcie blinked upon realizing that all the fuzziness had gone away. "That's A LOT better."

"Out of curiosity..." began Cobra. "Why were you asleep with your glasses on in the first place?"

"That's easy." Marcie smiled to herself. "It's so I can see whatever I'm dreaming about...I might try breaking the habit though...that nightmare was creepy."

"Nightmare? You too?" Ox gulped.

"Wow! It's a nightmare club..." Melanie blinked.

"You said it, sister." smiled Peppermint Patty. "I never have nightmares though."

"Uh huh?" the kids sarcastically said in unison.

"Be honest, Patricia..." Lucy groaned.

"I AM!" exclaimed Peppermint Patty.

"Stop screaming like a banshee, Freckles..." groaned Rattler. "You'll give us all headaches."

"BANSHEE?! Oh dear, SHE'S BACK?!" screamed Marcie.

"You had to say it?" Thibault facepalmed.

"She did..." Cobra sighed.

"Freundin..." Hans began. "There no Banshee. What Banshee you mean anyways?"

"The Banshee of Hennepin County..." Marcie trembled.

"Oh yeah...THAT banshee..." Violet facepalmed.

"I'm surprised she hasn't come to haunt our sleepover." joked Sally.

"Don't jinx it." Michael sighed.

"B-b-Banshee of Hennepin C-County?" wondered Claudia.

"It features seven girls, a wizard and a banshee." Violet put it lightly.

"A wizard?!" Skylar exclaimed eagerly. "Tell me more!"

"Well, sometime at midnight, a bespectacled girl awoke to someone crying. She woke her friends up; but none of them believed her until the banshee appeared and took away five of the seven kids. The two girls who weren't captured went to see a wizard so he could rescue them. In the end, the five other kids-who we'll refer to as Fran, Veronica, Pamela, Lily and Suzanne-were rescued by the other two girls-Peggy and Marcelle-along with the wizard." Violet explained, tweaking the names so Claudia wouldn't raise an eyebrow too many.

"Peggy?! As in P-Peggy Jean?!" Claudia gulped.

"That's it! Let's turn in." declared Charlie Brown.

"Agreed, hun." yawned Frieda. "People with naturally curly hair need their sleep."

"Goodnight." Freddy smiled before turning the TV back on to the movie he had on. "Get comfy, gals."

"Okay." Peppermint Patty exclaimed, climbing on the couch happily as Marcie reluctantly tailed after her best friend. Franco, Hans, Skylar, Claudia, Violet, Patty (Swanson) and Shermy also got on the couch.

"Sir, I'm worried." Marcie explained, clutching onto a book. "What if the Banshee comes-for real?"

"It's not Halloween Eve." Violet comforted.

"We safe." Hans added.

"Bring it on!" Franco cheered.

"Okay, be patient." Freddy smiled.

"We are!" explained Patty (Swanson).

"Good idea, P-Pamela." Claudia smiled to herself as Violet's eyes widened.

"You knew?" Violet asked.

"Yeah." Claudia winked.

"Sir, I'm serious. What if the Banshee returns-tonight?!" Marcie gulped.

"Marceline Carlin, I girl scout promise that no matter what happens for the rest of the night, the Banshee of Hennepin County will NEVER come and take away my little friend." vowed Peppermint Patty.

"This isn't a wedding, Patricia..." sighed Shermy.

"Just comforting my little friend." the tomboy smiled.

"Weird way..." Patty (Swanson) shrugged before looking over at the kids that fell asleep already-one of them being Ox. Giggling, she smiled at him before turning her attention back to the TV. "I love that guy..." she sighed to herself.

"You do?" Violet smiled teasingly.

Frieda yawned as Charlie Brown nuzzled into her chest. "Goodnight, Charlie Brown." she whispered.

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