Hello, FanFictioners! Icy here with yet another Halloween FanFiction chapter thingy!

Credit goes to whomever suggested the Halloween ideas. Their names are SuzuBells, Girl Poseidon, AutumnLeaves03, and DaughterofNarnia. Thanks for the idea, everybody!

Cute romance between Fruitface and Hebe in this one!

This is a two-part deal here 'cause there are lots of details in this one.

And, without further ado, let us—once again—go to Ms. Psyche's classroom to see what our favorite little gods are doing…or maybe a little bit before. I'm not going off this year because this year's Halloween is on Saturday. So let's pretend Halloween falls on a Friday.

CHAPTER 56: TRICK-OR-TREAT PART I

Hebe was fast asleep in her loft when the door flew open and someone crept inside. Creep, creep, creep, it went. Suddenly, a loud breathing noise startled Hebe awake. "Who's there?" she asked.

"It's me," said a creepy voice Hebe didn't recognize. "I vant so suck your ichor, little goddess of youth!"

A large hand grabbed Hebe's legs and she screamed.

Hera came running into the room with a baseball bat. "Hebe? Are you okay?"

"Mommy! Some pervert's trying to suck my ichor!" Hebe sobbed.

Hera stared at the "vampire" at the foot of Hebe's bed. "Hmm…" She turned on the light to reveal Zeus, dressed in black and red, with fake ichor dripping down his chin. "It's okay, Hebe. It's just Daddy being a jerk like he always is."

But Hebe didn't think it was funny. She climbed down from her loft bed and kicked Zeus in the groin. Zeus fell to the floor and winced in pain. "Wow, honey," he said, his voice nine octaves higher than normal, "you kick good." And he crawled back to his room.

Hera and Hebe started giggling quietly and headed downstairs. Ares was sitting at the table, doing his homework for War School.

"What's your assignment?" asked Hera.

"I have to write a poem about war," said Ares. "Listen to this:

When I go off to war,

I shall not be a witch.

That's my mother's job

'Cause she'll always be a bitch."

Hera threw Ares into the pool and locked him out. "What's for breakfast, Hebe?"

Meanwhile, in the palace across the street, Fructus was suffering the "trick-or-treat lecture", the lecture he got once a year about how horrible candy is for you and stuff.

Demeter was nagging her son while she made the family some whole-wheat toast with fresh jam. "Now, when you come home, I'll do a thorough check-through of your pillow case to make sure no one's trying to kill you," she was saying, spreading jam on a piece of toast and handing it to Fructus.

"Mommy? Can I go by myself tonight?"

"No," Demeter snapped. "I don't want stalkers like Hades abducting you and making you Prince of the Underworld. Now eat quickly, honey! We have to be at school in forty-two minutes and thirty-nine seconds!"

Down in Hades, Persephone was doing Makaria's hair for the Halloween parade at preschool. Makaria was going as an evil princess.

"Are you ready to play at school, honey?" Persephone asked as she put Makaria's hair in pigtails.

"Yes," Makaria said happily. "Ms. Psyche and Ms. Danae are the bestest teachers ever!"

Persephone smiled, which Makaria saw as she looked in the mirror.

When everyone arrived at preschool, Ms. Psyche called everyone over to the carpet for circle time.

"My gods," said Ms. Danae, "you all have wonderful costumes on!" Ms. Danae was dressed as a ladybug, and Ms. Psyche was dressed as a pink flower.

"Who wants to tell the class what they're wearing today for the parade?" Ms. Psyche asked.

Hebe raised her hand. "I'm going as an evil doctor, and you all better be nice about it or I'll have to do an operation on you."

"Oh, my," said Ms. Danae, "that's a wonderful costume, Hebe."

"Thanks, I know. Mommy helpeded me pick it out last night. And I operated on my daddy. Daddy had a tummy ache last night so I punched him and he ran away crying for my Grandma Rhea. And Mommy called him a drama king."

"Fructus, what's your costume?" asked Ms. Psyche.

Fructus stood up. "I'm a strawbrerry," he replied.

"I think it's strawberry, sweetheart," said Ms. Psyche. "Where'd you get your costume?"

"My mommy dragged me to Target last night." Fructus hated speaking in circle time because he couldn't get his fruits and colors right.

"Well, it's lovely," said Ms. Psyche. "Phobos and Deimos, who are you?"

"I'm mustard," said Phobos.

"And I'm ketchup," said Deimos.

"I see," said Ms. Psyche. "Makaria? Tell me about your costume."

"I'm an evil princess from the Underworld," Makaria giggled.

"How lovely," said Ms. Psyche. "Okay, everyone. Stand up!"

They all sang "Halloween in Hades", "A Not-So-Scary Halloween", and finally "My Uncle Hades, the Creepy Pervert".

"Who's ready to play outside?" asked Ms. Psyche.

Once everyone was outside, Hebe and Fructus took over the playset while Makaria, Phobos, and Deimos headed off to the tire swing.

"Hebe? We should do something together," said Fructus.

"Yeah. Like I could operate on you and you scream for help, and I turn into a nice doctor and kiss you?"

"Uh…no. Do you…uh…wanna go see a movie?" Fructus stammered.

"Now?"

"No. We can't leave school," said Fructus. "Like…on Sunday? 'Two Happy Gods' comes out and I've been dying to see it!"

"Sure. Mommy always says yes to me!"

"Hey, guys," said Phobos, coming up the steps with Deimos at his heels. "Can I hang with you?"

As everyone probably knows, gods that are Hebe's and Fructus' ages have a problem with sharing…especially territories. So naturally, Hebe looked at Phobos angrily.

"No," she said and pushed him down the slide.

Phobos plunged head-first down the slide and ended up in the woodchips.

Ms. Psyche and Ms. Danae were chatting on a nearby bench when Phobos came crying to them.

"What happened, sweetie-pie?" asked Ms. Psyche.

"Hebe pushed me!" Phobos yelled, pointing to Hebe.

"This playset is Fructus' and mine!" Hebe screamed. "Phobos gots the swings!"

"Hebe, could you come here, please?" called Ms. Danae.

Hebe slid down the slide and walked over to Ms. Danae, who knelt down in front of Hebe and looked at her right in the face. "Hebe, tell me: was that a nice thing to do?"

"No," Hebe replied sheepishly.

"What's the rule about pushing people?" asked Ms. Danae.

"It's not nice because someone could get hurt," said Hebe.

"Good girl," said Ms. Danae. "Now I want you to say you're sorry to Phobos and go sit on the steps over there for a time-out."

After Hebe apologized to Phobos, she ran crying to the steps and sat on them until Ms. Danae said she could play with the kids again.

"Guys! It's naptime," called Ms. Psyche. "Let's go inside and sleep now!"

The kids got out their cots and spread them across the floor. Hebe and Makaria slept in one corner, while Fructus and the boys got another corner. In no time, everyone was sleeping.

When three hit, Ms. Psyche walked around and woke everybody up. "Time for the parade," she said calmly. "Let's go outside and see if our mommies and daddies are here yet."

When the kids walked outside, all of their parents were there. Demeter and Triptolemus were eating cereal bars (and forcing Hades to eat one, too), Hera and Zeus were yelling Greek swear words at each other, and Hades and Persephone were just awkwardly standing there…with Ares in between them.

Ms. Psyche put on "Halloween in Hades" and the kids began to parade around their parents. Hebe kept going up to Hades and yelling in his face, "I'm gonna harvest your organs!"

"Oh, look at my wittle strawberry!" Demeter cooed as she pinched Fructus' cheeks.

Makaria, Phobos, and Deimos didn't say anything to their parents, so they just headed inside, where the parade continued and the class had their Halloween party.

To Fructus' dismay, there was fruit salad, so Demeter shoved an entire strawberry in his mouth and told him the chew it before she said no to trick-or-treating.

"Where are you going trick-or-treating?" Makaria asked Phobos.

"Daddy says we get to go to his temple and take all the candy we want," Phobos replied.

"We gets to go to peoples' palaces," said Hebe.

Later that night, Hebe and Hera walked over to Fructus' house. Demeter was busy nagging him again about his candy. Triptolemus was sitting at the kitchen table, trying not to laugh. Persephone and Makaria were on the couch together. Persephone was playing Tickle Monster and Makaria was squealing with delight.

"Zeus will be here in a minute to take them," said Hera.

Zeus showed up with pillow case. "Hebe, you forgot this," he said, taking his daughter's hand. He was still dressed in his vampire costume. "Let's get this over with. There are much more important things than taking children trick-or-treating."

"Children, ignore Uncle Zeus. He's a cheater-pants," said Hera.

"Children, Hera sucks," said Zeus, smirking. "Let's go!"

First they went to Athena's house. Athena was outside, dressed in a long cape with an owl sitting on her shoulder. "Hello, children! Welcome to Athena's House of Wisdom! On the backs of your candy, you'll find fun facts about the gods. See? Trick-or-treating is fun and educational!"

"Daddy? Can you read this?" asked Hebe.

"Yeah," said Zeus. "Ares' butt has ten zits on it. He has had those zits for the past five thousand years. Good to know, Athena. Good to know."

"Uncle Zeusy? Can you read mine, too?" Fructus asked.

"Fine," Zeus sighed. "Demeter wears flower-patterned bras to work every day because she thinks Triptolemus likes them. That's weird. Next?"

Makaria handed hers over.

"Hades once got so drunk that he married Charon. Charon still doesn't know this. These are a bunch of dumb facts," he ranted.

"Uncle Zeusy?"

"What, Fruitcake?"

"Uh…can I eat that?"

Zeus handed the candy to Fructus, who shoved it into his mouth, getting chocolate all over his face. "Yummy!"

"Good for you, kid," said Zeus. "Hey, guys, you're big kids, right?"

"Daddy! We're little gods!" Hebe yelled.

"Well, now's your chance to be big gods," said Zeus. "Mommy's at Aunt Dem's house so I'm going to head home and drink. Try to be back by midnight or we'll have to come find you." And Zeus ran off.

As the three of them headed to Apollo's house, Fructus looked at the girls. "Guys, my daddy said that the Cavity Monster will eat us."

"Your daddy's an idiot. There's no such thing," said Makaria. "Mommy says if I stay out here too late, a bunch of werewolves will feast on my butt."

"My mommy told me that Ms. Psyche's actually Aphrodite and disguise," said Hebe. "And she eats little gods like us."

"RRRRRAAAAAARRRRRRR!" someone screamed, popping out of a bush.

End of Part I. Yeah, Halloween brings back memories, doesn't it?