The Thing That Will Watch You in the Dark

"MOMMMM! I NEED THIS!" Tuff screamed at his mom.

"NO YOU DON'T!" His mom, Lady Like, screamed back.

Tiff just walked away, she was done with this madness. Her brother had been arguing with his mom for about thirty minutes now and Tiff just couldn't take it anymore. To prevent the situation from getting worse she left them and went to go find her costume. Halloween was a week away and for some reason Tuff had JUST found out what he wanted to be. Tiff on the other hand had known what she wanted to be for a month now. Her parents were going as a prince and a princess. They were going to go as king and queen but King Dedede said that it was "illegal" since he's the king. The halloween party was the one thing Tiff was looking forward to.

An hour later, the Ebrum family finally left the store and headed home to try on their costumes. The castle was covered in creepy Halloween decorations. Skeletons were strung out and fake bodies were thrown into the hallways. The normally happy castle was surrounded in fog and darkness thanks to the town's darkness man, Sir Meta Knight, who had seen enough death to accurately create a fake dead body from memory.

Everyone was practically bouncing off the walls when the day came from the Halloween Party. Everyone was dressed up. (And I mean EVERYONE!) Tiff was doing her makeup, Tuff was doing his hair, Lady Like was putting on her shoes, and Sir, Ebrum was putting on his coat. Escargoon was helping the king put on his costume. King Dedede had forced him to be a bunny because he was going as a magician. That is to say Escargoon did put up a fight….he didn't win though.

"Da party is happenin in four hours and we still haven't figured out a way to get rid of Kirbeh!" King Dedede yelled at Escargoon.

"Why don't we just order another monster." Escargoon stated matter of factly.

"I wanna do it by myself!" King Dedede protested

"...That requires you to get off your lazy bum." Escargoon stated.

"You sure?" Dedede asked,

"Yeah I'm sure." Escargoon answered

"Fine then I'ma order one of them monsters!" Dedede almost screamed. He clicked the button in his throne and two screens came out from the wall and a machine came out from the ground. Customer service face came onto one of the screens.

"Hello Triple D what can I do you for today?" Customer Service asked

"I wanna monsta to get dat there Kirbeh but I don't want dat there Metal Head to get in the way but he always gets in the way. I need something sneaky." King Dedede complained

"I understand your concern but due to the fact that you still need to pay us $16,422,017,608,192,678,340 I cannot give you your monster." Customer Service said with a slight smile.

"He spends like he eats!" Escargoon said surprised. They continued arguing and fighting over the fact that King Dedede was a king and didn't need to pay anyone any money and how Customer Service wasn't paid enough to deal with people like King Dedede.

Meta Knight was just about to lose his temper. Sword, Blade, and Meta Knight were forced to dress up this year. Sword and Blade decided to dress up as pirates because why not. Meta Knight on the other hand dressed up as a vampire…and lets just say that to be a vampire you have to have the fangs. And he had tried to just tell people that he had fangs underneath the mask (Which he does) but they didn't believe him. So to stop the arguing he decided to cut off the bottom part of his mask. Did he like that choice no! Did he have other masks…yeah. He could deal with it. He finished, it looked like the mask was made like that so that was good. He put it on and wrapped himself in his cape. The feeling of metal not being on the lower part of his face was weird but he'd get used to it…right.

Tiff was in her costume (A witch) walking around like the diva she is. Tuff, who was dressed up as a superhero, and Kirby, who was dressed as a flower, trailing behind her. Tiff saw Meta Knight who was in his "costume" (It was his same outfit but with Black and red and a more vampire look to the cape)

"Hey Meta Knight!" Tiff said walking a bit fast to reach the knight "You have a cool costume, did you make it yourself?" She added

"(Sigh) Yes, I did." Meta Knight responded

"Did you fix the mask?" Tuff interrupted

"Yes I "fixed" the mask." Meta Knight responded

"I wanna see!" Tuff almost screamed

"I'm rather busy, maybe later." Meta Knight started to walk fast till he disappeared. "Rude!" Tuff said, stomping his foot.

Meanwhile Sword and Blade were walking in the hallway chatting about how good they looked in their new costumes. "We are gonna be the best dressed at the party tonight!" Sword said excitedly

"Yeah! Uhh Sword," Blade started

"Yeah?"

"Where's my hat?" Blade asked

"I think I…gave it to…Tuff…" Sword told Blade

"WHY?!" Blade screamed

"Cause! HE WANTED TO SEE IT!" Sword screamed back

"WELL WHAT IF HE LOST IT!?" They argued for a few more minutes till Blade said "Let's just go get it. Even if he lost it, it's not like it's the end of the world." They walked out the door and went off to go find Tuff.

"I kicked him again…" Tuff said as Kirby flew into the air "Welp you better go get him!" He added once Kirby was out of his line of sight

"Why don't you go get him?! You're the one who sent him flying!" Tiff protested

"UGH! You're always so annoying! Come on guys let's go get him…''Tuff groaned. Tiff smirked knowing she had won. That's when she heard someone yelling Tuff's name.

"TUFF!…TUFF!…TUFFFFFFF!" It sounded like two people. Tiff knew who they were.

"Oh hi Sword, hi Blade." Tiff greeted

"Hey Tiff, have you seen your brother?" Sword asked "

Yeah he just ran off to go get Kirby why?" Tiff asked

"Well Sword over here gave the hat for my costume to Tuff and I kinda need it for tonight." Blade answered

"OH! Is that the hat that Tuff had? Cause I think he gave it to my parents." Tiff commented

"Oh thank goodness it isn't lost! Thanks Tiff!" Blade sighed in relief

"I thought you said it wouldn't matter if it got lost!" Sword nudged Blade as they walked calmly to the castle.

Night had come. The castle looked even better now than it did in the morning thanks to Sword, Blade, Meta Knight, and Gus's new invention. They put a ton of little tiny circles on the outside of the castle and hooked it up to the huge computer the knights had where the Halberd once was. Then they made a design that would be put on the castle. Everyone was headed over to the castle all dressed up in their own costumes. There were dogs, witches, cats, chickens, sheep, even some monsters! Tuff, Iro, Honey, Spkiehead, and Kirby were all playing in the courtyard. Tiff was helping Gus with a computer design thing that was supposed to be on the castle already.

"So you connect this wire to this wire and this wire to this wire and this other wire connects the other wires to this wire." Gus said.

"Yep!" Tiff said happily

Gus said "Ok"

Then Tiff left. She heard that Sword and Blade were gonna do a "pirate" act for the kids. This "pirate act" was actually just them sword fighting with pirate swords. The kids seemed to like it though. After the little act Tiff, Tuff, and Kirby went to go get some food. They had heard from the adults that the food was surprisingly good so why not try some? There was a whole buffet! And Kirby was ecstatic. There were cakes, cupcakes, cookies, popcorn, turkey, chicken, everything was there!

The costume contest was starting. And EVERYONE had to participate. The kids went first. All the kids went on the stage and one by one they stepped up to the microphone and explained what they were and did a little pose. Then the Adults went. Let's say it went a bit different than the kids.

"What time is it?" One adult said

"Midnight." Another said

"MIDNIGHT!" Screamed on of the moms

"I gotta go put my kids to bed." Another mom commented

"You can wait." A dad replied

"Fine." Said one of the moms

They were separated into groups the "duets" consisted of Sword and Blade who were excited they made their costumes themselves and couldn't wait to show them off again, Sir Ebrum and Lady like were also very excited to show off their costumes. The mayor and his wife, Chief Bookum and his wife, and Sameo with Mable, King Dedede and Escargoon and most of the parents. Then they had the "soloists" who had more people in it. (A.N Because I am lazy I am only going to name a few) Some of the people were Mr. Curio, Chef Kawasaki, Waddle Doo, and…wait where was he?

The announcer called out the last name yet no one stepped up to the microphone. He called it again…and again…and again. King Dedede had made his point when he said that the costume contest was mandatory. Going as far as to say "Anyone who doesn't do it is committing treason." So everyone was doing it…then where was he?

"Uhh….Heh I think he may have disappeared like normal, we'll go find him…Sword, Blade could you go find him?" The announcer said

"Yes! Sir!" They both said

Sword and Blade ran off holding their hats afraid that they would fly off and never be seen again. They looked and looked and looked but they never found him. It was 3 am, the witching hour if you call it that. It was dark. The party had ended two hours ago and no one had seen him. In fact the last they saw of him was…before the party. Most had given up hope in finding him, Sword and Blade included, but Tiff was persistent. He normally disappeared but never for this long. And seeing as he wasn;t in his room, Sword told her that something must be wrong. She was walking down the hallway slowly making sure to look in every nook and cranny. She had brought her flashlight with her to make sure she didn't miss anything…Creak…Tiff turned around. Nothing was there. She heard it again but this time it wasn't coming from behind her. 'How did it get over there without me seeing?' she thought. Creak… There it was again! She moved the flashlight to where she heard the noise and only found one thing…a drop of blood. She moved closer. Bent down. And looked at it. This wasn't a normal drop of blood she thought. It was shaped like a…Oh no! She had to get out of there. And quickly. Tiff stood up and ran. She ran as fast as she could. She was making it! "Wait…please…help…I…can't…" The voice faded and she heard a thump. Tiff turned around and saw…META KNIGHT! He collapsed on the floor bleeding heavily. He looked as if he had just gotten into a big fight…and lost. Tiff walked closer to him and…

Escargoon woke up and heard screaming. "The heck?" He said as he sat up. He got out of bed, grabbed the flashlight that he had in his desk and ran off to check who was screaming. When he got there he saw Tiff her arm was covered in blood…her blood. "Tiff what happened?!" He asked. Tiff was too stunned to speak. She had seen things. She was lucky she even survived.

Escargoon felt something as he was helping Tiff walk back to her family's apartment. He felt as if something…was…watching…him. He told Tiff to walk faster. They quickly made it to her apartment Escargoon told her to run into her room and lock her doors and not to come out till morning. Tiff in her panic asked "What about Meta Knight?" Ecargoon told her not to worry and shut the door, trying his best to get back to his room as fast as he possibly could. He felt a rush of adrenaline. Knowing that he must be in danger he ran even faster. Once he got to his room he SLAMMED the door shut and put his back against his door breathing heavily.

"Whatever's out there…" Escargoon started out of breath "It's not getting in here." He finished as he started to pile furniture against the door. Escargoon sighed and walked away from the door towards his bed. He pulled the covers over his body and closed his eyes.

He was in a world. A world of dreams. A world of peace. Nothing could hurt him now. He was finally at peace. He was walking down a path, the birds were singing, the sky was peaceful, there were barely any clouds. He sighed and said to himself "Finally peace." He made it to a house…his house. His childhood home. He ran towards the door and flung it open. "Mom, I'm home!" he screamed as he walked in. No one answered him. "Mom?" He asked as he took off his hat and coat and hung them on the hatstand. "Mom?...You home?" He asked again,

getting more and more worried about his mother. He walked upstairs slowly. Once he made it upstairs he walked towards the bedroom. He slowly opened the door. He gasped internally. "M-M-M-Mom wh-wh-wha-what happened to you?!" he asked as he ran up to his mother who was sitting on the floor gasping for air.

"Sw-Sw-Swee-Sweetie co-come he-here pl-please." His mom begged

"Yes mom." He answered. He came closer to his mom wondering what needed to be done. As he got closer and closer he started to feel the dark feeling surrounding his mother. He ignored the feeling. All that was on his mind at the moment was to figure out what was wrong with his mom. Right as soon as he got face to face with his mom she changed. She wasn't his mom anymore…she had become a demon. The demon jumped at him ready to claw his face off…

Escargoon woke up screaming. He felt his face and sighed in relief knowing it was still there. He looked around his room and calmed down. "Good nothings in here." He said.

"Am I nothing to you?" Something asked Escargoon screamed and turned around to see a bat-like figure with red eyes staring right at him no more than 3 feet away. The figure turned his head to the side as if he was confused. Escargoon screamed and ran to the door trying as hard as he could to move the furniture. All of a sudden Escargoon was pulled back to the bed. He looked at the figure. It hadn't moved.

"H-H-Hey d-d-d-d-d-did you d-do th-th-that?"

"Do what?" The figure asked

"M-M-M-Move m-me." Escargoon asked

"MAAAAYYYYYBBEEEE" The figure said almost jokingly

"H-H-How did-did you d-d-do th-th-tha-that?" He asked

"Oh magic." The figure responded

"B-But magic isn't real."

"Is it though?"

"N-N-No it's n-n-n-n-n-not."

"We'll see about that"

Everything went black. He couldn't hear, see, or feel anything. He was gone.

Tiff woke up. She was in serious pain. 'Who was that? Is Meta Knight ok? What about Kirby? Did the monster get him too?' Hopefully not. Tiff got out of bed and walked over to her brother's room worried that her brother might be hurt. Tiff opened the door. Creak Tiff walked in and walked towards his bed.

"Hmm? Who's there?" A voice asked

"Oh thank goodness you're ok!" Tiff said relieved

"Tiff?" the voice asked

"Yeah Tuff."

"What do you mean, you're ok?" Tuff asked

"There was this thing and it chased me. I was worried that you might be hurt." Tiff said

"Well I'm not hurt." Tuff said stubbornly

Tiff left annoyed and relieved and went to bed. Little did she know the horror that was going on outside.

The cappies were under attack. Families were being torn apart. Children were being taken away from their parents never to be seen again. No one survived. No one would be saved. For their town hero Kirby was taken away from them.

King Dedede woke up to the feeling that something was watching him. Something was indeed watching him. King Dedede sat up and looked around. He suddenly got a pain in his back. He screamed in pain….Then it all went back.

Good Night…Sleep tight…Don't let the demons bite