Ah yes, the obligatory Halloween chapter.

Nothing too big in this one, Gooey just ends up meeting a new friend.

As the days went by, Popstar felt colder and colder. Eventually, the night had come where it was time to collect candy.

Kirby had given himself the ghost ability earlier that day while Gooey dressed up like a witch. He had a black cloak that was set up to hide his fins while he hovered in the air.

"OK, so it looks like I've got everything," Kirby said as he held a bucket shaped like a pumpkin. "What about you, Gooey?"

"All ready," Gooey said as he grabbed a similar bucket. He followed Kirby outside, most of the ground was covered in leaves. There were many creatures outside as well...Or rather, creatures dressed as other creatures. Some even walked by with of their buckets half full of candy.

Not far from Kirby's house, Coo stood under a tree with his own bucket full of candy bars, as well as a bucket of paint. He would hand one candy bar to each creature that happened to walk by. Unlike most of the creatures outside, Coo wore a beret on his head, he looked like some kind of artist.

"Trick or treat!" Kirby yelled as he ran towards Coo. Gooey trailed behind him as he pulled the bucket closer to his mouth. Coo waved one of his wings as the duo approached him.

"So I see we've become a ghost again this year," Coo said as he handed the duo a candy bar each. "Did you find anybody to possess yet?"

"You can possess people?" Gooey asked in shock. Kirby frowned. "Er...only in ghost form, Gooey."

Ah, that made sense. If Kirby COULD possess people, he would've told Gooey about it.

"And what are you supposed to be?" Coo asked.

"I'm a witch, today." Gooey replied. Coo nodded in response. "I see...You know, I've met a little witch that came here not that long ago. From what she showed me, she's able to bring all kinds of things to life."

"Really?" Kirby asked excitedly, Coo replied with a nod. "Seeing Gooey dress up like one made me think of her. I'm sure she'd love to meet you..when she decides to come out of her shell, that is."

But aren't witches supposed to be scary? At least that's what Gooey was lead to believe.

"In that case, we'll keep an eye on out for any witches while Gooey and I collect candy," Kirby said as he happily marched along. Gooey followed Kirby again while Coo waved to the duo. "Stay safe out there, you two!"

As the night went on, the duo managed to collect all kinds of candy. Kirby happily swung his candy-filled bucket next to him while Gooey held his bucket close with his tongue.

"I'm surprised I dun seen Dedede out here," Gooey said with concern. "Dun he like candy?"

"Eh...I'm sure he has all the candy he wants already," Kirby replied. "Now come on, we've got even more to collect!"

Kirby ran faster, he failed to notice the candy that started to fly out of the bucket. Gooey tried to keep up, but he flew at a slower pace so that he wouldn't lose his own candy.

Gooey began to hear something in the distance, it sounded like laughter. Perhaps it was the witch that Coo talked about earlier? Maybe she was busy creating things? There was a part of Gooey that told him to stick with Kirby, and yet there was another part of him that wanted to go see this witch.

...Well, since Kirby was already far ahead, Gooey started to follow the laughter. As he got closer, he could see several small ghosts float through the air. They were roughly half of Gooey's size, and as he kept moving, the ghosts would turn into globs of paint. He was so focused on the paint ghosts that he accidentally bumped into someone.

The person started to scream, which caused Gooey to start screaming as well. He fell to the floor and covered his eyes with his tongue. The candy in his bucket was now scattered across the ground.

"S-sorry," said the person. "I wasn't...I didn't mean to scare you like that!"

Slowly, Gooey lifted his tongue from his eyes. The person collected the candy off the ground and placed it back into Gooey's bucket. She was a pale creature that wore a black hat and a black cloak. She must've been the witch.

"What's with all the yelling?" a voice called out.

"I-It's nothing," said the witch. "Just a scared-looking blob."

Suddenly, Coo landed between Gooey and the witch. He looked at Gooey in surprise. "Hey there, Gooey...I thought you were supposed to be with Kirby."

"I was...but I heard laughing," Gooey replied. "But...I didn't think I'd actually meet the witch!"

"B-But I'm not a witch," the creature told Gooey. "I'm just dressed like one."

"But Coo was talking about a witch, earlier." Gooey said curiously.

"I did, but she's really just a human girl." Coo replied. "It's Halloween after all. And besides, you won't find a ton of humans on Popstar."

To be fair, Gooey had never heard of humans before, either. Lord Zero would sometimes mention a planet full of creatures called "fairies", which were similar to what the human looked like. However, he would always emphasize to his scouts that they should stay away from that planet at all costs. The only thing the human was missing, though, was a pair of wings.

"A-anyway...my name is Ado," said the human. "I...I came here to study art."

"So you were the one that made the ghosts!" Gooey said excitedly. "Do you think you can show me?"

"Uh...of course," Ado said as she pulled a paintbrush and a palette out of her cloak. "Just follow me, OK?"

Gooey grabbed his bucket as he started to follow Ado. She lead the Dark Matter to a blank canvas, which Coo landed on top of.

"Now...I haven't gotten the hang of this sort of thing myself," Ado said as she painted on the canvas. "But I think I'm starting to get better at it."

She drew three ghosts and a Waddle Dee, all of which jumped out of the canvas. They wandered for a moment before they dissolved back into paint. Gooey couldn't help but frown, as he felt sorry for the poor paintings.

"...Like I said, I haven't gotten the hang of it," Ado said quietly. "But...with some practice, I'm sure those paintings could stick around for a little longer."

"You think so?" Gooey asked in astonishment.

"Of course," Ado replied with a smile. She took out a smaller brush from her cloak and handed it over to Gooey. "Here, why don't you draw something?"

Gooey grabbed the paintbrush with an arm and dipped it in the paint from Ado's palette. He tried to draw a Dark Matter to see if it would come to life...And yet, it stayed on the canvas. He couldn't bring things to life like Ado could, though. So he shouldn't feel too disappointed.

"Here, let me try something," Ado said as she painted next to Gooey's drawing. Instead of a Dark Matter, she painted a small sun. For a moment, it gave the duo a warm light before it dissolved into paint again.

"I wish I could do that," Gooey said in amusement. "It looks fun!"

Actually, he could probably learn this ability if he started eating the paint, but something told him that it probably wasn't a good idea.

"Oh, what's all this?"

The group looked to see Kirby staring curiously at the canvas. From the looks of it, he'd also witnessed Ado bring the sun to life for a moment.

"This is Ado," Coo said while he pointed towards the human. "She came to Popstar to study art."

"She's a human, and she can bring things to life with her drawings!" Gooey explained. Ado nodded in response, "Y-yeah...what he said."

"So if you drew a bird, would it come to life?"

"Of course, wanna see?"

Ado started drawing on the canvas again, this time she tried to draw Coo. The drawing flew around for a moment before it dissolved once again.

"That's so cool," Kirby said excitedly. "How do you do that?"

"Well..."

While Ado and Kirby started to talk, Gooey started to dig through his bucket to find some candy to eat. It was nice to see a new face in this world, and Gooey was sure that Ado would love it here just as much as he did when he came to Popstar.