Halloween was upon them! Paris felt the ghostly and slightly creepy atmosphere. The weather was already getting colder and the leaves on the trees started to fall. All over the city, people started decorating their homes with pumpkins, ghosts, skeletons, devils, witches, demons and more. Marinette was helping her parents at the bakery making Halloween cookies in various creepy shapes and sizes. She was very excited that Halloween was in a few days, so she was preparing a nice costume to wear. After she finished making sweet cookies she rushed to her room to prepare her Halloween costume and she had a little time left to finish it. She entered her room and saw the suit standing on the rack. Marinette admired the style and design she had done on the costume and she would look like a beautiful witch in it.
Although Marinette looked like an ordinary girl with a normal life, she had something special about her, she had a secret.
She is the ladybug, a superhero who protects Paris from the akuma, she is also the wielder of the miraculous of creation and the guardian of the miracle box that contained all the miraculous she knew of. Although the responsibility was very big, she was doing great and thanks to her best friend Alya, who knew her secret identity and helped her a lot in protecting the city. Marinette wasn't sure how Alya would react when she revealed to her that she was Ladybug and that she had been lying to her for so long. She thought she was going to end their friendship and blame her for keeping such a big secret from her for so long, but she took it all very well because she knew how hard it was for Marinette to protect Paris from all the trouble that was going on.
Alya also understood why Marinette had kept her secret identity from her for so long. She was also a superhero herself, she was Rina Rouge and she often had to help people and she understood the importance of keeping your identity a secret so that villains can't find you and harm you or harm your family and your friends.
While Marinette was working on her costume, her kwami Tikki was standing on the desk watching her owner from the side wondering what was going on. She saw people decorating homes and streets with pumpkin lanterns, ghosts and some scary decorations and she wondered why they did it, weren't they afraid of such things. Sometimes people can be very strange, thought Tikki.
"Marinette can I ask you something." Tikki asked.
"Of course Tikki, what do you want to ask me." Marinette said as she left her work on the costume and turned to Tikki.
"Why do you decorate everywhere with some kind of scary decoration. Aren't you afraid of such things." Tikki asked curiously.
"Basically yes Tikki. But Halloween is coming up and it's a holiday of fear. Everyone is either dressing up scary or decorating things around them with scary motifs." Marinette said trying to satisfy her kwami's curiosity.
"So you mean that on a certain day of the year people dress up scary and there are scary things all around them and they like that." Tikki asked with a confused look.
"Yes, in general, people don't like to be scared, but nevertheless, Halloween is not only associated with fear or something bad that happens on that day. On this holiday, I also like a lot of good things, for example, children go door to door and receive candy from on the other hand we who are a bit older have parties where we choose who has the best costume so I'm getting ready because our school is going to have a school competition to choose who has the best costume. There people will have fun and finally they will vote for who has the best Halloween costume." Marinette said, elaborating on the things that make Halloween so special and what expect from most people.
"Candy." Tikki said happily and her face lit up with happiness when she heard that word.
"On this holiday we makes a lot of sweets, especially my mom and dad are very busy during Halloween because they have to bake a lot of sweets." Marinette said and handed Tikki a ghost shaped candy.
Tikki took the sweet and started eating. The candy was really delicious. "I might really like this Halloween."
"Indeed, I hope nothing will ruin it, though I know very well that something bad will happen." Marinette said and thought about what Shadowmoth would be doing during this holiday, but now you didn't have time to worry about that and went back to finishing your costume for the Halloween party.
"Okay textbooks. As you know it's Halloween in a few days and our school is having a Halloween party but before that we need to come up with a theme and raise money for it. Does anyone have any ideas how we can achieve this." asked Bustier.
"Oh why do we have to do anything. This Halloween party is going to be very boring." Chloe said as she did her nails.
"I say let's make a big water slide that we can go down." Kim said in an enthusiastic voice.
"No Kim, we can't do that." Said Mrs. Bustier with kind a class, but it made Kim go from happy to slightly sad at that and he sagged back in his chair.
"I think I have a great idea how we can get enough money for the Halloween party and have fun at the same time." Zack said in his Bulgarian accent.
"No, and what's your amazing idea for us to do it." Chloe asked with an arrogant voice and a wicked smile on her face.
"Such Chloe. Making a haunted house and inviting people to see it won't be too difficult, we have Victoria here." Zack said pointing to Victoria who was standing next to his desk. "Imagine the faces of the people when she shows up and ties them up with her chains and just think how exciting it will be. I guarantee you that not only will we be able to raise enough money to have a Halloween party, but our haunted house will have very popular with everyone else in Paris. What about my idea, isn't it amazing and well thought out?"
Zack, even though he looks like an ordinary boy. He also had a secret, he was a super hero named the white owl. Zack very often when he transformed into his alter ego it often happened that his personality changed completely.
The white owl was a very well mannered, kind and considerate person, just by looking at him you could tell he was a perfect gentleman with impeccable manners and behavior, whereas Zack was not. He was also well mannered and cultured, but not quite to that level. Unlike the other heroes who used only one miraculous, Zack used two miraculous at the same time. These were the owl miraculous and the pigeon miraculous, the first miraculous he had received as a gift, but the second miraculous he received during one of the battles with akumi, he was sent to the past where he was able to find the pigeon miraculous and with his help he not only he was able to go back to his time but he also got new power for which he was very grateful and every time he had to transform he transformed along with his two kwami. This new transformation of his really made him feel stronger, but still he didn't brag and flaunt his skills and just remained the same polite and humble hero.
The other interesting thing about his hero is that he was very often compared to Ladybug, which was somewhat normal. In the beginning, before he took the miraculous of the pigeon, Zack had the same abilities as the ladybug, namely purifying akuma and repairing the damage that was done during the battle. When he got the miraculous of the pigeon, everyone started to see him as a stronger hero than Ladybug. Somewhat after receiving the pigeon miracle worker powers, which were powerful, he did not feel stronger than the ladybug. With the help of this new miraculous he could open portals in time and space and even to other dimensions, yet he knew he couldn't look down on his partners so you act like nothing has changed in their relationship because he didn't want to make them feel like they were some sort of useless heroes, because they weren't.
The whole voice looked at him in shock and were somewhat at a loss as to how to respond. It was true that a few weeks ago, a ghost appeared out of nowhere, her name was Victoria, and she inhabited this school, but no one knew why. At first the students and the teacher were somewhat afraid of Victoria because she was a ghost and they did not know what she could do to them, but later I realized that she was doing nothing wrong except to tie the chains with which she herself was bound. Victoria's Chains only made you feel pain and discomfort when you were hurting others and being selfish and evil and thinking only of yourself. Zack, who was an amateur psychologist and a bit of a nut head first started talking to Victoria and they became somewhat friends. He was trying to figure out what happened to Victoria and why she was chained up. Zack found out that Victoria has been doing very bad things and now she is paying the price in the form of heavy chains and of course anyone who touches them or if she decides to be able to bind someone with them and he begins to feel the pain that he has caused to someone else. However, the idea of having Victoria scare people entering the school they were going to turn into the Haunted House was kind of crazy, but very good at the same time.
"I agree to do that. It will be a lot of fun, and in turn I will help you with your celebration." Victoria said and then the students felt chills start to creep up their backs.
Indeed, Victoria was very scary in some ways, and sometimes even when she was talking to people, they could feel her beginning to be afraid. Their skin began to tingle slightly and they felt themselves breaking into a cold sweat, which only made them more afraid.
"I think the idea will be great. I will make the music effects so that every step people take makes them afraid." Nino said.
"Alright so we've agreed to do a haunted house so we can raise money for our Halloween party. But first we're going to have to choose a class leader who will be in charge of everything so is anyone willing to be the leader." Miss Bustier said.
There was only one true answer to that question and that was that Marinette was going to be the leader of this and so the whole class looked at her with eyes that said you should be in charge of the class.
"I want to be in charge." Marinette said.
She knew very well that it was her job to lead all of this, but still, the eyes staring at her didn't make things any better, and it kind of made her feel uncomfortable.
"Now let's split up and everyone start working on their place. Nathaniel, you'll draw a Halloween design to decorate this place with, Nino you'll be in charge of the music, Alya you'll be in charge of the lights and most of the tech, Zach you'll I expect you to talk to Victoria and stop her when things get a little bad." Marinette said and she felt Victoria's icy gaze wash over her body like a cold tidal wave.
"No problem Marinette, I'm willing to do anything to prove my idea will work." Zack said in a very confident voice.
"The rest of you will help with most things so we can decorate this place and get it in order." Marinette said.
All the students started doing their chores and they themselves were really excited about turning the school into a haunted house.
"Hey Marinette." Adrien said.
"Ah... Adrian hello. I didn't see you... how can I help?" Said Marinette who was startled by Adrien and then stuttered a bit.
"I just wanted to thank you for doing so much for us and I hope you win the Halloween costume contest because I know you are a very talented designer and you will surely make an amazing Halloween costume design." Adrien said as he complimented Marinette. "Well now I will go back to help our friends while I have time before my bodyguard takes me back to my home."
"Okay Adrian." Said Marinette who was looking dreamily at Adrien who was heading to the tables which were laden with decorations.
"Marinette, I want your opinion, what would be more appropriate to decorate the doorknobs a skull or a ghost." Scarlett said
Marinette didn't hear Scarlett ask her something. Scarlett asked Marinette again but only silence. Marinette was too busy staring at Adrien and daydreaming to pay attention to Scarlett. Scarlett saw Marinette's look of love and started to wave her hand in front of her face but it was no use.
"Oh I know how to get you out of that trance Marinette." Scarlett said with a smile.
Scarlett had come up with a very good plan to get Marinette out of her love fantasy. She always carried her electronic violin with her and placed headphones on Marinette's ears that were connected to her violin. She tuned her violin carefully and then sharply and loudly began to play. The sound was very loud, and it literally hurt Marinette's ears. The sound of her violin could only be compared to the sound of an electronic guitar and the amp was turned up to the limit. When she heard that sound Marinette instantly snapped out of her trance and took the headphones out of her ears. She looked over at Scarlet who was visibly amused by what she had done.
"Scarlett, why did you do that, my ears are still ringing from it." Marinette said as she looked at Scarlett who was obviously pleased with what she did.
"At least you're out of the trance now and you'll be able to help me. So what decoration would be better for the doorknobs a skull or a ghost." Scarlett asked.
"I think the shape of a skull would go much better with the shape of the doorknob." Said Marinette who still had tinnitus.
"Thanks Marinette. About what I did." Scarlett said.
"Yes." Marinette said giving Scarlett more serious attention.
"I don't regret what I did at all." Scarlett said with a small smile.
"I understand you Scarlett. I know why you did it. I should have been focused on work rather than staring…
"Rather than staring at Adrien." Scarlett said with a small laugh.
"That's not true I wasn't staring at Adrien." Marinette said, but Scarlett was looking at her with a look that showed she didn't believe her. Marinette noticed that her lie wasn't working so she just relaxed her shoulders slightly and sighed heavily. "Okay I admit we were really staring at Adrien instead of paying attention to you."
"Marinette, I need you to be ashamed of things like that I totally get you to a point." Scarlett said and put a hand on Marinette's shoulder to calm her down because she could see how her words made her slightly anxious.
Scarlett understood Marinette's unrequited love for Adrien because she had unrequited love too. Scarlet just like Marinette had a secret, she is a super hero named Madame Butterfly and just like Marinette she also helped the people in Paris to defeat the akums that were sent by shadowmod. However, Scarlett had many differences from Marinette in being a superhero. Madame Butterfly is very frivolous and often flirted with her partner the white owl and was often rejected by him, but still she did not stop and believed that one day he would surrender and accept her love. She knew that the white owl was her one and only true love and she would do anything to get it. He was just perfect, a true gentleman with whom you will want to spend every free minute you have.
The other thing that greatly set her apart from most miraculous owners was that she allowed her kwami to take on something of a parental figure in training and supporting her. Scarlett very often spent her days alone and she was lonely and unhappy. Her family was rich, but very often they were busy working or on business trips so she hardly saw them and it was very hard for her to be alone for so long, so when she received a mysterious box that contained the miraculous and from it appeared her kwami, she was very happy that she would finally have someone by her side and she wouldn't be alone anymore. Her kwami has somewhat become her guardian, friend and close person with whom she can share the good and bad things that happen around her. This is something that hardly any miraculous owners would do with their kwami. Because in most cases the kwami were sort of servants to the owners of the miraculous, which you make in Scarlett's case much more interesting. To give a kwami so much freedom and so many rights is something that has hardly happened under different circumstances. Even her kwami was very surprised by all that Scarlett did for her and the fact that she was given so many rights and of course that came with responsibilities, but still the kwami was very happy and it was her role to take care of Scarlett and to help her when she feels bad and to be able to have someone with whom she can share her joys.
The other reason she's different from Marinette, which could be considered a bonus, is that since her parents were away from home a lot, she could easily and without worry transform and not have to explain where she was going when she had to saves the city. She transformed very often and roamed the city at night, her miraculous is special and has the ability to fly without having to use additional potions like ladybug and black cat. She was from London and the city was indeed much more beautiful from up high and the lights glowed and twinkled as if they looked like fireflies forming a fairy tale picture. Her partner couldn't understand that feeling of flying until recently, but he also managed to understand what an amazing feeling Madam Butterfly feels when she's so much higher in the air and you don't fall, when you've jumped and reached the limit where you just land on The Earth. She still liked to fly sometimes at night and see from high up the beautiful varied cityscape. Although Paris was vastly different from London she still found it very beautiful and the lights were amazing. Of course, the most favorite sight was the Eiffel Tower, which stood with all its majesty over the whole of Paris.
While Marinette and Scarlet talked and discussed the decorations to put up, Adrien was helping Nino with the music equipment that would play scary sounds when the haunted house that would be this school and Nino would play music so he could scare people. Nino put on headphones so he could hear the music and pick the right tunes that would make people feel scared. While Nino listened to the music, Adrian was moving the equipment and helping others as best he could. He knew there was nothing he could do to help in this situation, but still he was grateful to be with his friends and have fun at the same time. He really wanted to talk to his best friend and find out what he was going to do on Halloween after he was done with the haunted house. He walked over to Nino who was behind his music equipment and tapped him lightly on the shoulder so that Nino would notice him.
"Nino, can I ask you something?" Adrien said.
"Yes Adrian, what do you want to ask me." Nino asked, removing his headphones from his ears so he could hear Adrien better.
"i was wondering what you're going to do on halloween after we're done with this haunted house and raise enough money for our halloween party what are you going to do next." Adrien asked because you wonder how his best friend will spending the Halloween holidays.
"After we're done here, Alya and I agreed to take my little brother and her twin sisters trick or treat, then we'll go for a walk together and see what fun things we can do around town during the Halloween holiday. You Adrien what are you going to do on Halloween." Nino said.
When Adrien heard this question that his friend asked him, he tilted his head slightly and his face became sad. Nino noticed that his question made Adrien very sad.
"Hey Adrien are you ok I'm sorry if I hurt you in any way." Nino asked because he noticed very well that his friend did not look well at all and knew that he had said something that might have affected him in some way.
"No Nino, you didn't say anything wrong." Adrien replied because he didn't want his friend to think that he had said or done something that affected him because he hadn't, there was something else that was worrying him and that thought kept fly around his head like a pesky fly that wouldn't it left him no matter how hard he tried to remove it. "Look you're going to have a great time on Halloween, but usually my Halloweens go the same way. I'm sure this year will be the same, I'll be alone in my own room again or I'll have to fulfill some fatherly demands me, which will probably involve a photo shoot or meeting with outsiders instead of being with my friends and having fun." Adrien explained why he was so sad and somewhat depressed when Nino asked him that question about what he was going to do on Halloween.
"Oh man that's really awful and I understand why you feel so bad. If only your father wasn't such and you let us date it would be so much better, for everyone." Nino said touching Adrien's shoulder and showing that he truly understands its problem and cares that he won't be attending his parties because of his strict, obsessive and paranoid father.
"Thank you nino you always make me feel better when I'm sad and down" Adrien said and the look on his face brightened up and a big smile appeared that his friend was always willing to help him in any way he could despite that there were such situations in which even he himself knew that nothing could change, but nevertheless he was grateful to hear those words that made him feel happy for a while and told him that in this world you will not always be alone.
Although Adrien seemed like an ordinary boy, he had a secret that he didn't share with even his best friend. This secret is that he was the superhero the black cat and together with Ladybug and the other superheroes are protecting Paris from the akums of Shadowmoth. When he received his miraculous, he was very excited and immediately accepted the role of a superhero because it gave him an unlimited freedom that was completely missing in his life. Although his kwami was moody and often made fun of some of the things he did and liked. He was somewhat pleased to have someone who was always there for him unlike some others who were never there at the most important moments. Even though her ladybug partner often got him about how they couldn't reveal their identities and how they couldn't be a couple in their civilian version he never stopped chasing her and offering his love and he was sure that one day the two of them will be together with nothing to separate them because he felt in his heart that whoever the person for this mask was that person would be just as special as the person with this mask of that he was absolutely sure.
"You don't need to thank me Adrian, that's what friends are for. To help each other and be there for you in good times and bad and I'll always be there for you when you need someone to share your problems with or share your joy with you are." Nino said wanting to show Adrien that he would always be there for him when needed and that he would never leave him alone, however Nino had to do something else to distract Adrien from the fact that he would be alone, locked up in his room, which Adrien described as a golden cage. "Adrian, do you want to hear the scary music I chose to play when we opened our haunted house."
"Of course I want to hear them Nino." Adrian said in an excited voice and put the headphones Nino gave him on his head.
Adrien heard a terrifying long scream and somehow it made his whole body tingle and his limbs go cold from the cold sweat. He felt a shiver run down his spine and his skin prickle at what he heard. It just made him jump a little and he really knew it would scare each person that much more because they would have no idea what to expect. But when he looked at his friend he noticed that Nino also looked scared and his teacher could read that he was incredibly terrified of something.
"Nino what I heard in the headphones was incredibly scary but I didn't know it would scare you too." Adrien said as he took off his headphones and looked at his friend confused because he didn't know that the reason Nino looked so so scared wasn't because he heard the sound from the headphones.
"Adrien, that scary sound I heard didn't come from the headphones." Said Nino who was still slightly scared and his voice could feel that note of fear. "What he heard came from Victoria."
Adrien turned to see Victoria and Zack talking together and Zack's face showing no signs of fear or panic. On the contrary, his face was looking for peace and joy.
Zack then turned and told everyone. "Sorry about that. I asked Victoria to do it when she screamed to the point of scaring anyone close to her and judging by the reaction of everyone here and the fact that there were people who literally fell to the ground from what they heard, for which I'm sorry for. Now you don't need to look at us so long, go back to your work."
After Zack said that, everyone in the room quickly turned their heads away from staring at them. While the rest of the students prepared the decorations, ornaments and music for the Halloween Haunted House that would transform this school, Zack explained to the ghost woman Victoria what she was supposed to do and what was expected of her. Victoria spirit who was wearing a victorian style dress and all around her there were safes and chests all of which were chained and these chains were chained around victoria's body and she was forced to carry this burden for all eternity. She looked like most ghosts when people imagine them. She hovered a few meters off the ground, had pale bluish skin that you could say was almost transparent, and very often her face showed despair and fear. She wasn't too bad though, and while at the school she hadn't hurt anyone or done any of the students any harm. At first the students were afraid of Victoria and that was completely understandable to them, after all she was a spirit and to some extent the students didn't want to go near her because I thought something bad would happen to me if they did. Their first acquaintance with Victoria was somewhat ordinary, they had just entered their room and she to stand there on one of the tables. At first when they saw it the students were panicked they didn't know what to do but after a while they entered the room and saw that the ghost was doing nothing but standing in one place and watching them with those terrifyingly scary blue ice eyes that so you feel cold and tension throughout your body.
On the other hand, there was one person who was afraid of Victoria at first, but decided to talk to her and find out why she is here and what she wants. This was Zach, he decided to take the first step and that was to talk to Victoria, something that most of the students didn't want to do for one reason or another but mostly because they were afraid to approach Victoria and talk to her, so he decided to do this thing even though in most people's eyes it might seem like the stupidest or bravest thing he would do. However, he introduced himself to Victoria and the two began to have a conversation. At first he was a little worried about it too but once the conversation started he felt less nervous about having a spirit with him and more like he was talking to a real person. Zack had learned that Veronica had done a lot of bad things while she was on this earth, and she didn't know that her bad behavior and the many frauds she had accumulated would put her in a position where she would have shackles around her entire body and suffer for eternity. the money she stole from people with her evil tricks. Zack kind of felt like he was feeling sad for Victoria as she was telling him about her story and how her actions led to her being chained with these heavy and rusty chains. Almost any other person would have said that victoria did this to herself and deserved to be chained up and left but zack was a different person than others he saw things from different angles that people couldn't and so he understood why victoria did these terrible things, which of course does not justify her actions, but he perfectly knew that there were many circumstances that turned into what she is now.
Once while they were talking she asked him to wrap his chains around him he of course agreed to this offer although he was slightly worried about the this. He had had he knew they wouldn't hurt him of course when the chains wrapped around his entire body he it worried for a moment but then he realized that he didn't feel the chains at all even if he closed his eyes he could imagine that they were gone and he wasn't chained at all. The other thing that made him help her was that he was an amateur psychologist and had read many books on the subject and wanted to try helping someone to see if he could do it. Zack was able to understand that most of the things he had read really helped him to understand Victoria better and not only now he understand people well and before he started talking to Victoria to understand her better. He used his knowledge of psychology with other people too, of course, not as obvious as he had done with her.
"Okay, Victoria, do you remember what your task is?" Zack said in a very excited voice
"Yes Zack I know what my assignment is." Victoria said a little annoyed because this was at least the fifth time Zach had told her what to do and it was kind of pissing her off. "I have to do everything I can to scare people and I have to make sure that when they leave here their faces stay the same for at least a week. The exact words you keep saying to me, I'm getting sick of hearing them all the time . I'm getting sick of hearing that same sentence over and over again."
"I'm sorry Victoria I'm just really excited about what we're going to do because it's the first time my idea has been received so well by others and I don't want anything to fail" Zac said explaining the reason for his constant repetition.
Victoria looked at him slightly skeptically and with curious voice said. "You mean nobody listened to you before."
"Yes Victoria, in the previous school very often when I gave suggestions or ideas to do something together they were instantly rejected without the other being considered thoroughly and even commented that they were stupid and crazy and others told me next time not to give ideas at all, that's why I want things to happen this time so I can prove to myself that the ideas I give are not bad." Zach said.
"Alright Zack I'll try to do what I have to do." Victoria said.
The students were still in school getting it ready for Halloween night when gonna would invite people in there to experience a real spooky feeling. Finally when all the students were done with their assignments they went back to their homes so they could get ready for the Halloween party their school would be having when they were done with the haunted house. Zack went back to his house and noticed that his parents were gone but that wasn't a problem for him he know what should do when they are gone. He decided to make pumpkin lanterns, so he took two medium-sized pumpkins and started shaping them. He cut off the top of the pumpkin, then with a spoon he began to scoop out the inside of the pumpkin and put it in a pot, after scooping out the inside of the pumpkin completely, he began to carve out the eyes and mouth, giving the pumpkin a terrifying ghostly appearance. Instead of a candle in the pumpkin, he put a small electric bulb that could shine very brightly, he didn't want to light candles because he was worried that something would happen and set the whole house on fire, of course it was very exaggerated, but he didn't want to take additional risks for something that will have the same effect. He knew that putting lamps in pumpkin lanterns had more advantages than putting candles. For example, the first thing that can be considered an advantage is that you don't have to worry that the pumpkin can topple and the candle can fall and finally catch fire when you're not paying attention. The other thing that Zach thought was the advantage of putting a lamp in the pumpkin lantern over a candle is that you can adjust the light, you can make it shine brighter or stronger, you can set your favorite color using the phone and finally you can make the pumpkins go on and off and flash at different speeds, which makes the pumpkin lanterns even scarier. Zack loved watching the pumpkin lanterns light up and go out so quickly that the pumpkin shape itself remained before his eyes for a few seconds.
Of course, he didn't want to waste the whole pumpkin, so he decided to make the inside of it into a pumpkin pastry for him and his kwami to eat. He put the inside of the pumpkin which was grated enough and then put some walnuts on the table with oil which was caked and then put the pumpkin in the oven to roast. He turned on the timer on the stove to make sure he would take out the pumpkin when it was ready and not forget it and in the end the food would not be edible because it was burnt. After doing all this, he realized something that didn't impress him at first but now he realized there was a problem. His kwami Halub and Labag were nowhere to be seen. He knew very well that they can take care of themselves and can get out of danger very easily because they can walk through walls and the kwami have such an ability that they cannot be seen on the cameras and cannot be heard by any electronic devices. He knew and was certain that there was no way they could get lost, and even if they did, there was no way anyone would follow them and lead one of their enemies right to him.
However, he felt that something was wrong, there was something wrong with the whole situation he was in. He really felt like something was going to happen, it had never happened that his kwami were out of sight for so long or so long silent. Even if he did go out he instructed them if they did to leave him a message on the phone they used to communicate with each other when they were in a similar situation where they couldn't go out and talk in person because it would reveal his secret identity. He quickly pulled out his phone to see if there was a message left, but there was none. Now he was getting worried when his kwami left him without a message on the phone and he wondered what could have happened.
"Halub, Labag are you here echo." Zack said trying to get the attention of the kwami if they were still in the house but nothing there was a thick and somewhat creepy silence.
He started walking around the empty house and somehow he had the feeling that someone was watching him. He wasn't usually afraid of being alone, but now he felt a worry fill his entire body. This silence could be said to make his ears hurt, which somehow seemed as if they would hurt him from too much noise, here it was just the opposite, his ears hurt precisely because there was no noise, only a very heavy silence that hovered around him and he didn't know what to do and that's why he became afraid.
"Halub, Labag, echo are you here." Zack repeated again, so he could be sure his kwami had heard him, but no one answered him anyway, and the whole house was quiet.
Finally Zack heard something coming from his room but still he wasn't relieved because it wasn't in the style of his clams to just make noise. However, he carefully began to move and walked towards the door of his room, the sound from his room getting somewhat louder and louder as he got closer to the door. He didn't know what to do at that moment every part of his body was telling him to run as far away from the door as he could because he didn't want to see what was behind it but another part of him was telling him to go ahead and open the door despite the danger which could be had on the other side. His hand very slowly reached out and grabbed the doorknob and it seemed like after an eternity he finally turned the doorknob. The door opened and let out a long and blood-curdling creaking sound, then Zack cried out in terror. Two ghosts jumped out in front of him and circled around him. He screamed so much that he fell to the ground but was not seriously injured, then his eyes, which had terror in them, began to examine the spirits better and he noticed something interesting. These ghosts looked a lot like just sheets and had holes for eyes. Then he realized what had happened, and that was that his kwami had played a prank on him and wanted to scare him.
"Okay Halub and Labag, you really scared me and very well now if you don't mind take off those sheets and come with me." Said Zack who wasn't mad at his kwami and was somewhat impressed that they managed to scare him like that.
Labag and Halub laughed as they removed their disguises and then Halub said with a proud smile. "We made it, didn't I tell you it would work."
"Yes it really worked we managed to scare our owner but can I ask you something Halub." Labag asked who had a very confused look on his face. "Why did we have to scare our owner and why didn't he get angry with us. If I were him I would be very angry." Labag asked, not sure why Halub had made him do such a thing
"Isn't it Halloween, that's usually done on that holiday oh I forgot you're still new to these things." Halub said and began to explain to Labag why they had frightened their owner because he did not get angry with them. "The festival of fear also known as Halloween and on this day people dress up scary and sometimes scare people for fun I know it sounds very strange but basically it's like that I still don't understand it but other people seem to have a lot of fun doing it. Even on this day a lot of candies and all kinds of sweet things are given out. Now you understand"
"I think I understand." Labag said
While the two kwami were talking they didn't notice how he turned off next to them and shouted loudly. He was dressed in a Kukeri costume. This scared the kwami so much that they started flying wildly and hitting each other everywhere.
"Hahaha now you see who is the scariest here." Said Zack who was removing the mask from his face so he could better see the surprised faces of Labag and Halub.
"Okay I'll admit it Zack really scared us a lot more than we managed to scare you." Halub said.
While Zack was enjoying himself for having managed to scare his kwami better, he heard the oven timer go off apologizing that the pumpkin pie was already done. "Halub, Labag let's stop playing about who will scare the other better and sit down at the table and eat the pumpkin pie I made."
"Alright Zack." Labagh and Halub said at the same time.
The pumpkin pie he made was really delicious and the kwami ate it with great appetite, but on the other hand Zack hardly touched his pumpkin pie. This of course did not go unnoticed by the commotion and they wondered what was wrong with Zack. Usually he had a very big appetite, he ate the food very quickly, but when he has a problem, he loses his appetite and hardly eats.
"Zach are you okay. Usually when you have food with you you eat it in three big bites and now you haven't even touched your food. You can always tell me if there's anything that's bothering you Zack." Asked Halub, who was very worry about his property.
"I'll tell you is related to Victoria or more precisely to something I noticed a while ago but I could be wrong. What I noticed is that her chains are now less in number than the chains she had when I met her her for the first time. she used to say a lot that she was causing harm to everyone that's why she's chained in heavy rusty chains but I wonder if good and what she's doing while she's with us somehow helps to free herself from that burden. Because I really want to see her no longer have to carry this heavy burden that has chained her." Zack said, feeling somewhat better about sharing what he was thinking.
"Zack, I don't know if your theory is true or not, and I'm not entirely sure that with your help and the help of your classmates, you will be able to free her from these burdens that have chained her, but I am always ready to support you ." Halub said.
"Thank you Halub. It's always good to have someone to share your problems with, even if they are sometimes minor or major." Zack said and his appetite returned and he immediately started eating.
Halloween is already here and the whole city felt the ghostly atmosphere that was hovering. But in one particular place, this atmosphere was many times greater, namely in the school. The houting school was Zach's idea and the first in the house of horrors, and it became very popular indeed. Everyone who entered the house ran away screaming in terror, which only made more people want to pay to enter the haunted house. Zack was of course very proud of this and constantly watched them progress and very often congratulated Victoria on her success at scaring people. Victoria also enjoyed being able to scare people and help Zach at the same time. Victoria but let you feel a lot lighter and a lot happier since she started talking to zach and it kind of made her feel happy something she never felt before despite the large amount of money she used to earn.
"I see things are going really well. At this rate, we'll be able to raise the money for our Halloween party in no time." Said Zack, who was dressed in his Kukeri costume.
"Our house of horrors has really become very popular." Said Marinette who was dressed in her handmade beautiful witch costume.
"Marinette, your costume is truly magnificent, you will definitely win the competition for best Halloween costume." Said Zach who was indeed very accurate in his compliment.
"Thank you Zac, and your costume is also very nice for what it is." Marinette asked because she had never seen such a strange type of costume before.
"This is a Kukeri costume. in my country who like such costumes on a certain holiday to scare away the evil spirits." Zack said explaining to Marinette about his culture.
"It's really interesting Zack, I'll leave you with Victoria now. I have other things to do." Marinette said and her beloved Adrien's face immediately appeared in her mind and her face immediately turned tomato red.
"Oh, I see what's going on here." Zack said as he laughed a little.
"What, I have no intention of inviting Adrien to be with me at the Halloween party." Marinette said but immediately realized what she had done and she very quickly put her hand over her mouth to shut up but it was too late.
"Yes Marinette, I believe you." Zack said with sarcasm in his voice, showing that I didn't believe Marinette and what she said at all. "Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go talk to victoria so I can explain how to better scare the people who will come here and you can do your job of not inviting Adrien to be with you at the Halloween party."
After saying that, Zack went off to find Victoria, left as Marinette completely embarrassed by the fact that such a thing had been said. She could really do things that put her in a very uncomfortable situation and sometimes she wanted to be like her superhero self, namely bold and confident in the things she does and says.
The haunted house was going very well, and Zack was very proud of himself that things had gone so smoothly and that his idea had actually worked, but his success would come at a huge cost. In a remote part of the city there was an old house that was supposed to be inhabited by a spiritual house and attract people, but due to the success of the school, no one came to the house. This makes the owner feel very sad and somewhat angry that the haunted house has been forgotten and left to its own devices. Of course, those feelings floating around him would be an easy way for the akuma to capture him and turn him into a villain.
A large circular window opened in Shadowmoth's hideout and many butterflies began to fly out of the ground.
"A man who wanted to terrify people for the sake of entertainment, but now he is all but completely forgotten. we will give him a hand to turn his dream into a nightmare for others. He's a perfect candidate for my akuma." Shadowmoth said.
A white butterfly flew into Shadowmoth's hand, he covered it with his other hand and the butterfly was consumed by dark energy, turning it black and purple.
"Go ahead, my little akuma, and make he evil." said Shadowmoth.
The akumata flew out of his hand and went to akumatize another innocent victim who had fallen into the trap of rage, sadness and negative emotions. The akumata had traveled the distance and was near the inhabited house where the man was standing thinking about the situation he was in. Then without him noticing the akumata entered a locket he was wearing and after the akumata entered. A butterfly shape appeared in the man's eyes and he felt the influence of the akuma and heard the shadowmoth's voice speaking in his head.
"Pumpkin King, I am Shadowmoth, all of these have left and no one wants to be with you or be in your haunted house anymore, but I can help you I will give you power that will make everyone fear you , but in return I will want the ladybug and the black cat miraculous."
"Alright shadowmoth, I'll do anything to give the people a Halloween they'll never forget." The man said and dark energy spread throughout his body.
Things were going well in Paris until the Pumpkin King intervened and started wreaking havoc everywhere. The powers Shadowmoth gave him allowed him to create all kinds of scary things that acted as his minions, but he created classic monsters like a werewolf, a vampire, and tree monsters. Of course, the Pumpkin King started creating chaos everywhere and was standing very high up to watch the chaos you were causing.
"Black Cat and Ladybug, show yourself so I can get your miraculous or the whole city will be thrown into chaos," said the Pumpkin King.
Of course, the students got a message on their phones that the town was being attacked by the akuma and hurried to find a place to hide while they waited for the heroes to defeat the akuma. Marinette had gotten the message over the phone, and of course it ruined her plans to invite Adrien to the Halloween party with her, so she quickly found an empty room where she could safely transform.
"Tikki, town is in danger, it looks like Shadowmoth attacked at the most inopportune time." Marinette said to the kwami.
"Then let's not waste time and hurry." Tikki said
"TIKKI! SPOTS ON!"
Marinette brushed her hair back as Tiki flew into Marinette's earring. Both Marinette's earrings turned red and 5 black spots covered the surface of the earrings. Marinette covered her eyes before moving her hands away to fasten her mask. Marinette held out one hand as a bright pink light stuck Marinette's suit over her. Marinette's yo-yo materializes around Marinette's waist and her transformation into a Ladybug is complete.
When Adrian got a message that the town was attacked by akuma and he was very disappointed because he just had some free time from his father and he was having a great time with his friends in the haunted house they had made and he knew very well that after this was over he he would be alone in his room but he didn't have time to worry about that he had to hurry and help people and his partners as well as his beloved ladybug so he found a suitable place where he could set himself without anyone seeing him .
"Plagg looks like a shadowmoth is attacking the city." Adrien said
"Oh, I thought at least that day would have some peace so I could get a good night's sleep and eat." Plagg complained about me disturbing his peace.
"PLAGG! Claws out!"
Adrian's ring changed from silver to black before Plag flew into the ring when a green paw print appeared on the ring. Adrian shot his hand over his head. Adrian waved in front of his face as his mask materialized before running his hands through his hair, forming his cat's ears. Adrian spread his arms as his suit appeared from the center of his chest to his arms and legs. Adrian's belt and wand also materialized around his waist and Adrienne completed his transformation into a black cat.
Scarlett got the message while she was playing her violin, of course because of the noise of the violin she couldn't hear the phone so she always set it to vibrate when she played so she would know if someone was calling her. That's how she found out that the city was under attack and urgently needed help.
"Ruda, Paris is under attack by akuma, looks like they found the best time of the year to attack, Halloween itself." Scarlett said.
"Then let's not waste any more time and act." Ruda said
"RUDA. BEAUTIFUL WINGS."
Scarlett's miraculous began to glow, and Ruda entered it. She touched her face with both hands and her the mask appeared, then raised her hands in the air and her the suit began to appear. Then she crouched slightly and from behind beautiful butterfly wings began to come. Finally her shield appeared and her transformation was complete.
Zack got the message as well as the others but instead of being afraid, he felt angry and resentful that the Shadowmoth had attacked the city. He was so happy that his idea had finally succeeded, but there was always someone who would step in and ruin everything he had done. So he quickly found an empty room so he could transform without revealing his secret identity.
"Halub, Labag, it looks like the akuma is attacking Paris. This makes me very angry. Not only is it ruining all the fun we're having, but the things we've done will be completely ruined." Zack said.
"Zack, I understand your frustration because you've put in so much work, but now you need to focus on helping the city." Halub said.
"Okay Halub and Labag, double transformation." Zack said.
Halub and Labag flew to the bracelet and ring, and Zack began to transform as a bright light began to circle his body. Zack touched his face and head at the same time, then his mask and top hat appeared. He raised his hands in the air and a cloak appeared behind him, then a belt with a deck of cards attached appeared around his waist. Finally, Zack raised one hand and a decorative cane appeared, and his transformation was complete.
"Ladybug and Black Cat, show yourselves." Said the Pumpkin King who was very angry and losing patience.
"I'm here. I didn't know I was so popular among villains." The black cat said with a smile on his face as he landed on the ground next to the pumpkin king.
"Silence, I have no time for idle talk. Give me your miraculous." Said the Pumpkin King.
"You seem to have lost not only your good behavior, but your good manners." Said the White Owl landing on the ground.
"White owl, you look kind of different." The black cat said as he looked at his new appearance.
The white owl didn't understand what the black cat meant at first, but then he started looking at his costume and noticed that it looked a lot more like a Halloween costume, but of course there was a remnant of his previous costume. While the white owl was looking at her new costume, Ladybug and Madam Butterfly had arrived so they could help their partners, but they also noticed that each other's costumes had changed and then realized that their costumes had also been changed into some sort of Halloween theme.
"Looks like you all have great new costumes except me." Said the black cat.
"Come on black cat, no need to complain. You're a black cat all the time, so you shouldn't look any different on Halloween." Said Madam Butterfly.
"It's true that I look great all the time, but I still think I should have something like a Halloween addition to my costume." Said the black cat.
"Enough." The Pumpkin King shouted so loudly that it created a sound wave that felt like a very strong wind blowing you. "Letters to me from your speaking. Now give me your miraculous."
The heroes began to attack and the Pumpkin King began to create minions to fight for him. The black cat had to fight a werewolf. The werewolf quickly started chasing the black cat and he had to think of a way to win. The werewolf attacked with his claws and they managed to knock him to the ground and the black cat quickly raised his wand to protect himself from the jaws that were about to bite him. The black cat quickly managed to get away and then hit the werewolf with his stick and then disappeared into a black mist. His partners were no better. Ladybug has to fight a mummy who is constantly sending bandages at her that would have bound her if she hadn't avoided them. Finally she found a weak spot where she could hit the mummy and with her yo-yo she was able to turn the mummy into a pile of dust. Madam butterfly had a much bigger problem to deal with and that was a large tree that was constantly moving its branches like tentacles wanting to grab you. She didn't know what to do and how to effectively fight this thing so she asked her partners for help. The black cat and the ladybug immediately started helping Madam Butterfly by fighting the tree monster's branches, but the white owl couldn't help because he was fighting the Pumpkin King.
The battle between the two of them was really intense. The white owl could say with certainty that this battle was the hardest he had ever fought and he really wasn't exaggerating as the akuma of that day itself was 10 times stronger than the usual akuma they had fought before. He decided to defeat the akuma by throwing some of his cards and then quickly hit him with his cane but this idea didn't work and even ended badly for him because the pumpkin king managed to catch all the cards and threw them back at him. This of course caused the white owl to fly to the school where it hit a wall and went through it. The blow was so strong that he lost consciousness for a moment and was completely helpless. The Pumpkin King followed him all the way to the school and when he saw him unconscious and he was very happy about it and he would be able to get his miraculous so easily and no one would be able to stop him.
He raised one hand and brought it close to one of the white owl miraculous, but then something unpredictable happened. His arm was bound by a rusty chain. He turned his head to the side and saw Victoria who was visibly angry.
"If you think you can hurt others and get away with it, you are sorely mistaken." Victoria said and began to chain the Pumpkin King with more chains.
Victoria's chains somewhat had a double effect, not only did they hurt the pumpkin king, but they hurt the Shadowmoth as well. The white owl began to recover from the heavy blow and saw what was happening in front of him and he knew now was the best time to act or he would not have another chance. He threw his cane and broke the pumpkin king's amulet and the akuma came out of it. White Owl quickly managed to catch the akuma and purify it, then used his powers to repair all the damage caused by the battle. The person who was the pumpkin king returned to normal but was so exhausted that he just fell to the ground unconscious. Despite the attack and the fact that it was the most powerful akuma he had ever encountered, something else caught his attention. He saw all of Victoria's chains were gone which meant she was now free and all bad deeds were fixed.
"Zack." Victoria said as she looked straight at the White Owl. "Thank you for everything you have done for me and because with your help I was able to find peace."
The white owl was speechless at what he heard. He never thought that Victoria knew about his identity but another thing also left him speechless and that is when he saw Victoria drifting slightly into the air and above there was a white light. After a few seconds Victoria disappeared and the room went dark again.
Things are back to normal. Madam Butterfly, the black cat and the ladybug were able to defeat the tree monster with the help of the black cat cataclysm. The white owl explained to his partners how he managed to defeat the pumpkin king, and somewhat everyone looked at him in amazement. The students had their Halloween party which they dedicated to Victoria's ghost when she helped them raise the money to make it happen and Marinette as expected won the competition for best Halloween costume.
This story is related to the story "Miracouls: Owl and butterfly" but can be read as a standalone story, but I recommend you read it.
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