Y'all what's up!

Oh man the spooky day's almost here and to celebrate the upcoming holiday here's a large work involving the three main couples once again! They will go through several of the Halloween festivities and if you read to the end, well I added something a bit random there hehe but nonetheless this work is to celebrate the incoming terror day! Hopefully everyone has a good weekend before the holiday as well and also hope you enjoy! ^u^

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters or locations. They belong to Sega.


Halloween Haunts

"This is so dumb… why are we even doing this?" Knuckles said with an annoyed tone looking down at his person. Normally his attire would consist of white boxing gloves and his trademark shoes, but that is no longer the case. He is now dressed as a familiar monster that is celebrated among many during a day of frights and spookiness that happens mainly at night and for the emerald guardian, he was pretty new to it.

Knuckles the Echidna was dressed as a vampire, wearing a black vest with a white frilled collared shirt underneath and two metal chains connecting the two halves of the vest. A large collared black cape with a red layer on the opposite side was around his neck along with blue jeans and black shoes. Two elongated fangs stuck out from his mouth and his quills had a sheen on it to stand out a bit more. If anything what'll make him stand out even more were his eyes: instead of the usual violet orbs he wore contacts that changed the color to a bright yellow with a red border and slitted pupils, making him look demonic. If anything his attire leaned more towards the cool vampire category.

"Like we said before Knux, Amy wants us to celebrate Halloween together which is why we're here. I hope I don't scare a lot of people with my look though." Sonic said. The way he said the sentence however came in a deep voice with a bit of growl to it. Reason being is that Sonic the Hedgehog is now Sonic the Werehog, having turned into his nocturnal form which is far larger than his regular form and more furry to boot. His white gloves were no longer present and instead revealed large light blue hands with sharp claws and tuffs of white fur around the wrists. His signature speed shoes now have metal spikes on the white stripe and undersole and overall, he looked very menacing yet ironically the people around them didn't seem to be scared of Sonic's werehog form.

"You'll be fine Sonic. It's weird however that there are still remnants of Dark Gaia's energy within you that you can even still turn into a werehog and luckily you can turn into it at will this time. Either way at least you still have your personality!" Tails encouraged. The best buddy and sidekick of one of Mobius' greatest heroes, Tails Miles Prower, was also dressed for the festivities and for the yellow two-tailed fox he went with something simpler. His face was painted to look like a skull with his attire consisting of a striped suit, the long jacket having a spiked collar with a bowtie around his neck. He was the only one wearing his white gloves and finishing off his look he had black dress shoes on as well.

The trio were currently at Twinkle Park. Even though they been there before, they didn't get a chance to visit it during Halloween and at this time of year the whole amusement park is decorated with spooky decorations such as carved pumpkins, flying ghosts and tombstones all around. People and mobians of all kinds were dressed in different costumes ranging from a white blanket over them with two holes for the eyes to far more complex ones with RGB lighting and special effects.

For Team Sonic, they fit right in with everyone. Now as before they were just waiting for the other three.

"Man they take forever, how much more of this Tails?" Sonic said. Tails took out his phone to look at the time and for any messages. "They said within the hour but maybe they're doing some last-minute stuff."

"Most likely Amy touching up for her cutie pie Sonic hehe." Knuckles snickered. The transformed hedgehog glared at him with sharp teeth. "Shut it Knucklehead."

DING!

"Ah Cream sent me something. She says they're already he-."

"SONIIIIC!"

Sonic's ears perked up and his fur stood on edge with a frozen look. "Yeah she's he-ACK!"

The werehog was tackled down by the newcomer who ran to them in a pink blur. Sounds of kissing and some licks were heard as Tails and Knuckles laughed at them. Eventually the sounds ceased and the two got up with Sonic shaking his head. "Amy you have to stop doing that!"

"But I can't help it Sonic~! In this form I just feel more attracted to you~!" Amy said wagging her tail. Just like Sonic her voice was deep and gruff and reason for that: she was also a werehog as well. Her pink fur was a darker shade just like the blue werehog and her attire was a bit more different as well. The red hairband on her head had small metal spikes on them while her dress was jagged on the edges and was larger to accommodate her new form; Sonic himself however was still bigger than her. Just like Sonic her gloves were not present and instead were light pink hands with sharp claws. Her red boots now have spikes coming down the white stripe and along the undersole with white tuffs of fur around the top of her boots and wrists. All in all she looked just as bestial as her boyfriend.

"I still can't believe that just by biting her that one time you managed to transfer some of the residual energy into her. At least she's fine with it." Tails said.

"Not really Tails. I still look pretty ugly…" Amy muttered with her ears flattening and expression sad. Sonic walked up to her and nuzzled her face with his. "I still see you as the most beautiful girl in the world, even if you're a werehog. I mean look at me, I don't think I'm handsome in this form hehe."

"But you are Sonic!" Amy cried out placing her hands on his chest. Sonic grinned in return hugging her waist. "Then you are beautiful so don't say stuff like that."

The two nuzzled each other some more with Tails and Knuckles smiling. "Man I still can't believe that he can still turn into that." the yellow fox said.

"Yeah but if they're happy then it isn't anything bad." Knuckles stated as well. "And if she's here then that also means-."

"TAILS~! MR. KNUCKLES! WE'RE HERE!" a loud young voice spoke from behind the two. Turning around did their expressions brighten up with Tails happy… while Knuckles was stunned at what he was seeing.

Cream and Tikal approached them with the young doe holding onto the orange echidna's hand. They were also dressed to fit the theme around them and if anything were somewhat similar to how the others were like as well.

Cream had several stitch markings all around her with a dress made of rags stitched together of various colors. Her face was painted a light green as well to mimic a zombie/ragdoll look as she also had knee high ripped white socks and black flats. Two Halloween-themed bows were placed on each of her ears completing her look at she waved the two in front of her.

Tikal waved nervously at them with a blush on her face and although she was also new to the holiday since she was from a thousand years ago recently resurrected, the echidna princess was dressed for the occasion. She was a witch in this case with the tall black pointy hat on her head and a few purple wrappings around her quills. Her attire consisted of a black cape with a purple layer underneath and a black corset that wrapped a frilled long-sleeved dark purple shirt underneath, a jagged black skirt with spider web designs that reached a bit above her knees and almost knee-high black boots. A small jack-o-lantern decoration was on her witch hat that had a purple stripe around the base as well. All in all, Tikal went along with the sexy witch look and with the fact on how red she was it's the first time she's ever worn something like this.

"H-Hello everyone." Tikal softly said.

"Hey Cream, hey Tikal! Glad you came as well." Tails said as he and the young doe hugged each other tightly.

"What's up Cream and Tikal and woah, that's some bold look you went with!" Sonic complimented the orange echidna with a thumbs up. Amy smirked on her part. "Oh we just had to Sonic. I mean Tikal needed something spicy for the spooky season and why not go along than having her be a sexy witch!" she said cheerfully.

"I think Mr. Knuckles is broken again." Cream said as she pointed at the emerald guardian. Indeed he was still frozen in place with a dumb look. If anything why wouldn't he see seeing Tikal dressed in something so forward. He also didn't pay too much attention see the echidna princess walking up to him.

"Hello Knuck-." Tikal gasped upon seeing his eyes. "W-What? K-Knuckie, a-are y-you…?"

Knuckles blinked several times and his awareness came back to see Tikal looking at him with a scared look. He almost raised an eyebrow until he realized that his eyes didn't look like before and panic set in.

"N-No wait Tikie it's nothing bad! These are just contacts that make my eyes change color! I swear it's nothing bad and it's still me!" he said erratically. Tikal still shook a bit since they looked very menacing, but upon feeling his hand grab hers gently she calmed down. "It's okay my love, these are just for today. Tomorrow I'll be able to take them off and they'll be the same purple ones you see every day." Knuckles ended with kissing Tikal's forehead causing her to giggle. "Well alright Knuckie I will believe you. They still look a bit frightening, but if you are still you then I am not scared anymore."

"Least that's settled now. I swear this is déjà vu all over again." Sonic said. The two echidnas turned towards him with Knuckles giving him an annoyed look while Tikal jumped at his appearance. "E-Even S-S-Sonic?"

"Yeah Tikal even Sonic, but believe me he was the first to turn into a werehog then passed it on to me when he bit me. You don't have to worry though we are still us." Amy said happily with Sonic letting off a goofy face causing Cream and Tails to laugh. "Yup that's Sonic for ya." Tails stated.

"Alright everyone now that we're all here, let's get the party rolling!" Amy cheered grabbing Sonic's hand and pulling him towards the entrance. "GUYS HELP ME!"

"Yup this is just like before hehe." Tails then turned to Cream offering his hand. "Would you like me to escort you milady?"

Cream looked at him with an intense blush, but then let off a giggle placing her hand in his. "Why yes, I would be happy to~!"

As the young couple followed the werehogs all that was left were the two echidnas who turned to each other then looked away quickly, flustered to the brim.

'I honestly thought we would be over this but why am I still nervous?! Tikie's costume though… no bad Knuckles bad!' Knuckles thought.

'C'mon Tikal do not ruin your first Halloween with Knuckie! Amy said this costume will interest him greatly, now that it worked you just have to be brave! But how can I if Knuckie looks so hot?!' Tikal also thought.

"So um..." they spoke at the same time. Causing them to look away again.

Knuckles recovered however and simply wrapped his hand around Tikal's, the smaller echidna instinctively entwining her fingers around his. "Might as well follow them too Tikie."

"Great idea Knuckie… oh who am I kidding!" Tikal instantly wrapped herself around Knuckles' arm and already she made herself comfortable. "I hope to celebrate a wonderful Halloween and learn more of it from you and our friends. Especially with you my Knuckie."

The emerald guardian grinned with the two coming close and kissing for a few seconds separating after. "We'll make sure you have a great first Halloween, and I'll make sure that you enjoy it with a smile."

The two then walked towards the entrance to follow the others, ready to start their first Halloween together.

In the Twinkle Park Plaza…

"EEP!"

Cream jumped in fright at a person dressed up as a serial killer with a machete prop. The latter ran up to her quickly and stomped unexpectedly when the young rabbit wasn't looking. Several others with different outfits walked around the plaza as well in which they were part of the amusement park acting as performers. Several screams were heard throughout in which the performers scared distracted pedestrians with others running away from those that chased them with chainsaw props. Spooky metal music played ambiently with various lights illuminating the night in colors of orange, red and yellow to celebrate the holiday. Decorations also littered the surroundings composed of various ghouls and pumpkins displaying lights from within them.

"AAHH!" one mobian cat bumped into Sonic and hightailed away, afraid of the blue hedgehog's alternate form.

"Hehe just standing there and already you're scaring people away." Knuckles teased. Sonic merely growled while Amy giggled hugging his arm.

"Knuckie please do not say such things to Sonic. He may be scary looking but they do not know his true nature so if they can maybe converse with him-."

BZZZZTTT!

"AAAHHH!" Tikal threw herself into Knuckles' arms upon hearing the loud rattling sound of a chainsaw touching the ground right next to her, the prop causing sparks to emit from the tip.

"GROGRHGH!" the performer garbled random growls before nodding once and taking off to scare other unsuspecting people. The emerald guardian slightly smiled to himself feeling Tikal hug him tightly, but at the same time he felt bad. "There there Tikie, it's okay. Do realize that this time of the year it's supposed to be scary and there's going to be a ton of scary things here."

"I-I-I d-did n-not e-e-expect t-that!" Tikal cuddled her face further into his neck whimpering. Knuckles gave a small sigh and rubbed her back to comfort. "Just stay close to me and I'll protect you my love." he whispered in her ear, the echidna princess giving a smile afterwards.

Tails chuckled. "Hehe we're not even in the haunted houses yet and already some of us are getting scared." he said pulling out a map.

"But Tails the person that scared me had a huge scary knife!" Cream shouted in horror.

"It's a prop Cream, they're not real." Tails assured before looking at the map. "Okay so we're here and the first maze is a few feet away."

"Which one is that?" Sonic asked.

"The Green Hills Massacre." the skeleton-disguised fox then showed the map which displayed a large deformed mobian bear with a chainsaw and a shotgun wearing butcher clothing. In particular around his waist were the severed heads of mobians, indicating that he was a slasher.

'O-Okay that looks r-really scary." Amy gulped.

"T-Tails are there no other less s-scary ones?" Cream stuttered a bit.

"Nope and all the mazes are just as scary as this, unless you want to go to the paranormal ones?"

"Well I'd say we get that one first and all the closest ones." Knuckles suggested eyeing the line to the maze getting longer. "I really don't want to spend most of the night standing for hours."

"Knuckles has a point so let's go!" Sonic led the group as the girls got slightly worried for how it'll turn out, but nonetheless they all agreed to spend half of the spooky holiday at Twinkle Park.

"AH A DEMON!"

Knuckles saw a mobian badger shout at him pointing a finger and with others around to look at the emerald guardian did they scream just the same and high-tailed it away. Tikal saw this as well and giggled. "I see even you just stand there and scare people away. At least you will protect me to scare those scary people hehe." she said hugging his arm. Knuckles' eye twitched but hearing her words he simply gave a sigh. "Yeah you're right. Me and my big mouth hehe."

The three couples got to the first maze and didn't take long for them to reach the front. The haunted house consisted of several hills reflecting the grassy area that Sonic tends to explore a lot but this time the grass is dead and littered with several bodies of dead animal and mobian props. Next to the entrance stood the serial killer in which it was a static robot with its arm holding a chainsaw moving up and down, its eyes glowing an ominous red as deep breathing can be heard emitting out of it.

Cream looked at it in fright and held onto Tails tighter, the yellow fox comforting her with an arm around her form. "Just stay close to me Cream and don't let go."

"Alright so group of six right?" the worker dressed in a black robe with hood over next to the entrance said to the group to which they all nodded. "Cool and I see that you are couples. Alriight if that's the case then I'll have you guys and girls go in pairs, so who wants to go first?"

They all looked at each other nervously, but for Sonic he wasn't one to take anything less than first. "We'll go first!"

"Neato, and sick costume brah! I see you and your girlfriend went all out this year!" the worker told the werehog not knowing that this was Sonic's night form. The blue werehog simply grinned and nodded, Amy holding onto him as the two walked into the entrance disappearing into the darkness. Several screams, monster sounds and flashing lights were seen in the distance as well.

"W-We'll go i-in next." Tails stuttered. Judging from how loud and terrifying the maze was the yellow fox was starting to freak out, but nonetheless he wouldn't be alone as Cream who trembled held onto him. "Y-Yeah T-Tails, l-let's g-go."

"Alright make sure you two stay close… if you let go for a single second, well… let's just say the killer has plans for stragglers that wander alone hehe…" the worker said spookily. "Nonetheless have fun and hope you make it through! Cute costumes by the way!"

Saying thanks to the worker did Tails and Cream slowly walk into the entrance that the werehogs went in and disappeared.

Knuckles felt unease upon seeing the two couples go in and already hearing screams coming from within. He stood his ground however and walked forward with Tikal looking at the entrance really horrified and with how ironically strong she was at times, her grip on the red echidna's arm should already have cut the limb off but luckily Knuckles had incredible strength on his own part.

"Woah you two look rad! Cool vampire and sexy witch Chaos be dang! Sick eyes bruh I almost jumped out of my robe hehe!" the worker complemented the two with the last one being towards Knuckles' contacts. He let out a sharp fanged grin. "Thanks."

"E-Excuse m-me, i-is t-this m-maze s-s-safe?" Tikal asked the worker in a stutter. The worker placed a hand on his chin in thought. "We do have a policy to not harm or touch the people, but with it being Halloween we just tell them if they have any health conditions to not even be here at all. If you're not up for it you can wait outside until your friends come out."

Tikal was about to go with the last option, but then she thought of Knuckles. With how he walked towards the entrance with not much fear and a brave face, guilt went through her body. She is for sure terrified with all of this, but at the same time she wanted to impress Knuckles. Knowing him however he would be fine with whatever option he chose since he loved her so much, but her heart wants to follow his lead.

She wants to be more like him.

More fearless.

More brave.

And she won't let simple props and decorations ruin her night with her soulmate.

"N-No, we w-will g-go in." Tikal stuttered but she managed to get out. Knuckles was surprised that she wanted to go through with this, but regardless he was proud of her smiling gently.

"Alrighty go on in and remember, don't lose yourselves or he will find you…" the worker gave a thumbs up with the echidna pair going through the entrance. It was dark for the two but nonetheless the echidna guardian turned to see where she was. "You didn't have to Tikie. Just do what you'd like and I'll still love you either way."

"K-Knuckie, I chose this. I want to be brave, to explore more about the modern world. If this is one of them I want to do them, and do them with you." Tikal was able to make a clear sentence hugging his arm tighter. "I want to impress you."

Knuckles chuckled and looked ahead, seeing the flashing lights and hearing the screams get closer. "You'll always impress me. Today you went above and beyond and I'm so glad."

Sonic and Amy walked through a corridor with a graveyard to their right and several corpses on the ground with fake blood.

"S-Sonic can we go a l-little faster?" Amy said tugging on his bulky arm.

"C'mon Amy you got this. We face tougher stuff than this in our lives, well except the blood and gore of course." he replied. The pink werehog sighed shaking her head. "Y-Yeah but this is scary. Fighting Eggman isn't."

The two continued to walk the path until it directed them to go through the graveyard. It only took several steps.

BZZZTTT!

"AAHH!" Amy screamed just as the serial killer jumped out of a random tombstone.

"RRAAAAWWWRRR!" Sonic released a terrifying roar, causing the performer to stumble backwards falling to the ground. They scampered away quickly jumping through a hidden curtain and forgetting the chainsaw prop on the floor.

Amy breathed heavily from the jumpscare while Sonic grunted. "Yeah you better run."

"Hehe thanks Sonic." Amy said giving him a kiss on the cheek. The two continued on more with the blue werehog smirking. "See nothing to worry abo-."

BZZZTTT!

Another serial killer performer rushed through the graveyard, flashing lights all around with a mobian head falling from the ceiling on a rope in front of Sonic. This startled him as he took cover behind his arms.

"GRAAAAAWWWWRRRR!"

Another roar was let out, this time by Amy which frightened the performer and just like the first hightailed it into the curtain. A vicious glare was given off by the rose-colored girl with her nostrils letting out steam. Clearly she was pissed. "Nobody does that to my Sonic. NOBODY!"

Sonic slowly revealed himself with a spooked expression, looking around quickly then letting out a deep breath. "Phew that scared me a sec. Thanks Ames."

Amy looked back grinning. "I got you Sonic. There ain't no way I'm letting some fake killer near my lover."

"Hehe yeah." Sonic blushed from her sentence. "Glad to see the Amy I know and love."

From there the two went on to explore further into the maze. Several more screams being let out, but mainly from the cast that worked in the haunted house hehe.

"T-Tails, w-where a-are w-we?" Cream asked timidly looking around. The young couple were currently in an abandoned house setting within the maze, walking through the living room which had several pieces of broken-down furniture bathed in fake blood and littered with sharp tools on them. It seemed as if a battle took place considering the scratch marks on the walls and bullet holes present as well.

"L-Looks like the h-home of the k-killer?" Tails stated. The two-tailed fox was just as equally scared considering they held each other as they walked. They winced at the loud noises coming from several directions and distant flashing lights ahead. Several screams were heard as well and the young doe almost lost herself upon hearing two intense roars.

"H-Hey, w-what is t-that?" Cream questioned pointing to a mysterious black box near them.

It just sat there by itself and was the only thing unaffected by the same decorations as those in the area.

"N-Not sure Cream, b-but if you want… we c-can check it out." Tails suggested.

"B-But what if the k-killer's in there?!" the young doe said in fright.

"I doubt it Cream. The box is too small." he said. The two went towards the box and looked at it curiously. "It doesn't look locked Cream. Want me to open it?"

Ironically Cream nodded to this, making Tails gulp anxiously. With trembling hands did he slowly reach for the cover and took a deep breath.

He quickly opened the top.

Both had their eyes close tightly looking away.

Nothing came out. No noise or anything. Only the sounds of screams and effects going on from the other parts of the maze.

Tails and Cream slowly turned and opened their eyes a bit. They saw that there was indeed nothing in the box, giving out a sigh in relief and looking at each other smiling. "See there's nothing in there."

"UAWAAH!"

A hidden compartment underneath opened and released a mutilated mobian goat jump scaring the two.

"AAAAAHHHHH!" Tails and Cream held one another tightly as they scrambled away from the box and out the living room. They entered the bedroom next still running while keeping there eyes shut.

Except they bumped into something hard causing them to fall down.

Blue and brown eyes slowly opened in fear as they looked up.

The deformed face of the serial killer up close to them, a creepy smile placed on the mask as he kneeled down letting out a low grunt.

"AAAAAAHHHHH!" the young couple scampered up and ran like heck out the bedroom. Several flashing lights emitted from the other room they entered and another set of screams were let out along with heavy thuds of footsteps.

'Hehe that actually didn't take much effort.' the performer in the serial killer costume thought as they got up and walked back to their hiding place. They shivered upon getting back into place however. 'But man that first couple were sure scary.'

"KYA!" Tikal jumped latching onto Knuckles. "Something just went passed my leg!"

Knuckles looked down to see what it was, only to laugh a bit. "It's only spider webs Tikie. There's a ton of them around here." he said. The echidna couple were going through a woods section of the maze and eerily enough, it looked almost like the forest on Angel Island.

"Oh my goodness!" the echidna princess squealed leaning further into Knuckles. He looked towards the source that startled her.

Which was a tree prop moving its branches up and down. "It's only a tree branch. Regardless we should be almost at the end."

"I-I hope s-so Knuckie. W-We never h-had s-such scary t-things like t-this back then…" she said.

"Well it's because Halloween didn't exist three thousand years ago." Knuckles stated. "This is all new to you but with more time you'll get used to it."

"I-I don't t-think I will K-Knuckie. I-It is r-really s-scary."

"It's okay Tikie, I feel uneasy about ghosts on my part but you can say I'm scared of them. We all have our fears."

Tikal felt relief from this as she nodded with a small smile, holding his arm as the two continued further.

WHOOSH!

Tikal squeaked and Knuckles was quick to react, the two looking at several bushes near them rustling unexpectedly. The screams and monster sounds from all around nearly blocked out the ones that were in the area they were in but they were now aware that they weren't alone anymore. "W-What was that?" Tikal asked.

"Don't know but stay close." Knuckles suggested. The two walked more with the bushes rustling even harder. The way they moved back and forth indicated that something was in them.

Something alive.

BOOM!

"AAAH!" Tikal screamed from the sudden clap of thunder in the area. "Damnit!" Knuckles looked around to see the rustling getting heavier and heavier, flashing lights becoming prominent as to take away their focus. Fortunately they weren't too intense that they would get epilepsy hehe.

'Where is it coming from?!' Knuckles thought.

Suddenly the rustling ceased, but the sound effects of thunder and lightning continued to resonate in the area. Knuckles and Tikal looked around in all directions to ensure that it stopped.

'Alright it seemed that it stopped. Time to get out of here!' Knuckles looked back at Tikal and held her closer. "Come on."

"O-Okay Knu-."

"GGRRAAWWWRRR!"

Several zombified mobian performers jumped out the bushes and ran straight towards the two echidnas.

"AAAAAAHHHH!" Tikal let out a terrified wail hiding herself into Knuckles as the zombie mobians rushed around them with several growling and gurgling near them.

"WHAT THE HECK?!" Knuckles was stunned as he leaned back from one of them that made unintelligible noises behind their mutilated mask. Just seeing them up close with all the flashing lights made it the more scarier.

'Screw this time to bolt!' the emerald guardian then grabbed the terrified echidna princess bridal style and quickly ran out the area. Knuckles dashed through a hallway that was fortunately devoid of flashing lights and sounds, but it was horribly dark.

BOOM!

"FUCK!"

A rotten arm shot out of a hidden compartment from the wall near him which startled the red echidna. His demonic looking eyes looked at another rotting corpse performer growling at him before returning back into their hiding place. "Dangit they're here too?!"

"K-Knuckie…" Tikal whimpered in his arms holding the bigger echidna around his neck.

"It's okay Tikie just hold on tight. We should almost be there." Knuckles reassured as he kept running. Several more jump scares and loud noises later did the two reach the end of the maze, seeing the outside world once again a few feet away.

"Hah… hah… we made it." Knuckles panted lightly as he lowered Tikal down. The orange echidna uncovered her eyes to see the exit and immediately her blue orbs shined in happiness. "Oh thank Chaos we are so close! C'mon Knuckie!" Tikal said cheerfully.

"No wait Tikie don't-!"

"UAWHAUHWAUGHGH!

"AAAAAAHHH!"

A child-sized serial killer performer shot out from a hidden corner and chased the screeching echidna girl out the maze. Knuckles sighed facepalming himself. "The end will mostly have jumpscares too." he said running towards the exit.

"UAUWUAAHWHA-!"

The performer stopped short upon noticing Knuckles giving him the deadliest glare they have ever seen, causing the small cast member to yelp and hide back to his spot.

"Heh, good choice." Knuckles muttered before rushing out the exit.

"OH THANK CHAOS WE'RE OUT!" Amy said in relief with hands on her knees. Sonic blew out some air leaning back. "Yeah that was really scary!"

Tails and Cream trembled on their part, but their expressions said something else.

"That… was…"

"AWESOME!" the fox and rabbit said happily. "What's the next maze Tails?!" Cream asked in joy.

"Next one is Hydrocity Horror Story." Tails said. "And oh boy this one has water mutants in it!"

"Yay! Can't wait to see how it's like!" the young doe said jumping up and down.

"Hehe, Cream is now enjoying all the frights going on." Sonic said smirking.

"Yeah! That's how you do it Cream, girl power all the way!" Amy cheered.

"Thank you Ms. Amy!" Cream turned over to the third couple who were lying on the ground and started giggling. "It looks like Ms. Tikal may have enjoyed it as well in a way."

The two pairs looked at the echidnas, Tikal cupping Knuckles' face and kissing him in between every syllable she spoke.

"Never *SMOOCH* leave *SMOOCH* my *SMOOCH* side *SMOOCH* my *SMOOCH* love." the echidna princess said pecking his lips with her own. Knuckles' eyes spiraled from the affection but his wide smile meant he enjoyed it. He was still aware of what happened after though. "B-But wait Tikie you took off in the end-."

Tikal silenced him with another kiss, Knuckles slowly closing his eyes and returning the affection. The others smiled and laughed a bit.

"Tikal sure loves Knuckles that much." Sonic said.

"Yeah Mr. Sonic. I'm just happy that Mr. Knuckles is no longer alone anymore." Cream added.

"Got that right Cream and good thing I'm not the only one that shows that much affection for their boyfriend, right Sonic~?" Amy said seductively in the end eyeing the blue werehog and causing him to blush. "Hehe yeah Ames, I enjoy it."

"I can be the same way! Tails will always be there for me." Cream then glomped Tails who was surprised as he looked at the map. "You'll protect me from the scary monsters here right Tails?" she said with the softest puppy dog eyes. It tore at his heart and he was weak against it. "Y-Yeah Cream, I'll protect you… always."

"Yay!" Cream then smooched Tails just as much as Tikal was doing to Knuckles.

After the small public display of affection was done did the three couples end up going through the rest of the amusement park. They went through several more mazes which terrified everyone but nonetheless they became less scared over time and more excited overall. Tikal however still remained terrified since all of this was still new to her. They enjoyed some of the rides and games there with the boys winning the prizes for the girls and sometimes vice versa, and luckily Knuckles held back on his strength in the high striker to not break it again. The group also passed through scare zones with performers going around scaring the general audience walking around; Sonic and Amy would at times release deafening roars to scare them away. It also caused them to scare the pedestrians nearby as well. Not only that but some people were impressed with what they had on that they stopped them for several pictures, posing with Sonic and Amy such as the two trying to eat them. Tails and Cream had photos taken of them primarily doing cutesy stuff since they were pretty young and at times they would also encounter older people with the same costumes as them, having pictures taken as well. Knuckles and Tikal were just as popular with several girls going for the echidna guardian and several guys eyeing the echidna princess; if anything their disguises were pretty good looking. Primarily their pictures consisted of Knuckles posing behind Tikal taking a bite from her neck as she had an arm wrapped around his head with a seductive expression on her face; it took a lot of willpower for her to do such a face. Aside from all that they had a good time in Twinkle Park and covered a lot of ground for them to leave feeling satisfied.

"Ah man that was intense!" Sonic cheered with a fist in the air.

"Yeah Sonic I really loved it!" Amy added as well.

"Let's come here again next year for the next Halloween!" Cream suggested.

"We should! I had a lot of fun as well!" Tails stated.

"To be honest I did enjoy it a ton. On our part we got to learn more about how this holiday works." Knuckles said.

"Yes Knuckie is correct. While I may be still terrified from today's events I did have the 'blast' as you say. I hope to come again next time and this time, I will be braver and more ready." Tikal announced.

"That's the spirit Tikal! Always believe in yourself!" Amy said to her.

"You got this Tikie. I'm very proud of you." Knuckles said to her as well. Tikal blushed and giggled giving Knuckles a peck on the cheek. "Thank you."

"Alright so since we finished here pretty early, the final thing we'll be doing now is the good ole fashioned favorite: trick or treating!" Amy yelled to the group.

"YAY CANDY!" Cream said in joy jumping around.

"AWESOME!" Tails smirked. "I happen to have a big bucket this time to store all the goods we'll be getting!"

"Heh looking forward to it Ames." Sonic said giving a thumbs up.

Tikal looked confused. "Trick… or… treat?"

"You'll see what it is soon my love and don't worry, it's not as scary." Knuckles assured. The echidna princess let out a sigh of relief. "I believe you my love. Thank you for the heads up."

"Okay and I know the perfect spot!" Amy then held onto Sonic with Cream and Tails following suit. "Now take us there Sonic!" she said. Sonic nodded and pulled out a blue Chaos Emerald from his quills

Tikal on her part held onto Knuckles as the red echidna dug into his pants and pulled out a red Chaos Emerald.

The male hedgehog and echidna nodded to each other raising the emeralds.

"CHAOS CONTROL!"

"Cool so I'll go ahead and say that everyone has their buckets or bags at the ready right?" Tails asked the group. Sonic, Amy, Cream, Knuckles and Tikal nodded holding candy buckets and bags ready to go sweets collecting. They were all within the Station Square suburbs in which several other groups of people walked around with costumes also holding buckets or bags filled with candy. Some ate theirs on the way while others traded, and a couple chased each other around trying to put in a few scares.

"Yup! I can't wait to get all the tasty vanilla ones!" Cream cheered holding her jack-o-lantern bucket.

"I'm aiming for all the strawberry ones. If you guys get any of those do you mind if I can have them?" Amy asked.

"Not at all Ames but if you get any good chocolate bars then you got a deal!" Sonic answered back.

"So um… how does this work?" Tikal asked looking at her spider-web themed candy bag.

"You just go to houses and knock. If they answer you just say 'trick or treat' and they give you candy. That's all there is to it." Knuckles explained. Tikal raised an eyebrow, thinking on how a simple phrase can just make people dispense delectable sweets.

"You'll see when we go to one Tikal. It's not hard to do." Amy then began leading the group. "Come on let's go to that one first!" she pointed to a two-story house that had several orange lights with tombstone and skeleton decorations on the yard. A projection of a witch flying in front of the moon was shown on the garage door next to the main door.

"Yeah they must have really good candy!" Cream said taking off while swinging her bucket back and forth. "Hey wait up!" Tails shouted running after her. The two approached the door before the others and the young doe reached up to the doorbell.

DING!

They all waited a bit and eventually it opened to reveal an elderly mobian wolf.

"TRICK OR TREAT!" everyone except Tikal said. Seeing that the orange echidna didn't say anything she startled herself a second later. "U-Um, TRICK AND TREAT!"

Knuckles chuckled. "Close enough."

"Oh my word you kids and your adorable costumes." the elderly wolf smiled and turned to grab a bowl of various candies. "Here ya go!"

They all held out their bags and buckets as the elderly man placed the candy inside, the sounds of the wrappers brushing in their buckets and bags being heard.

"Thank you so much mister!" Cream cheered.

"Why don't you look cute. I bet everyone says that about you!" the wolf complimented. Cream giggled and nodded. "Yup and thank you again for the candy!"

The elderly wolf returned another smile then looked at Sonic, his eyes widening a bit. "My heavens you are a big fella."

Sonic scratched the back of his head giving a nervous grin. "Hehe yeah, this is the only time I normally look like this."

"Oh I'm sure, I mean it is Halloween after all!" he then looked at Amy. "Oh wow she must be your girlfriend correct?"

"Yup! You guessed correctly~!" Amy gleefully hugged Sonic with the latter blushing. Tails laughed on his end. "And they are a happy couple as well sir."

"I see that, my goodness young love these days…" the mobian wolf then turned to Knuckles and jumped. "GEE WILLICKERS! You almost gave me a heart attack!"

Knuckles blushed looking down. "I guess I look too scary…" he muttered. Tikal felt bad for the emerald guardian and cleared her throat. "He is a very nice person if I may. That was a bit uncalled for."

"Oh no no it's fine! I mean like wow he scared the marbles out of me! Hehe and that's a fact since I'm very, VERY difficult to scare." the elderly wolf smiled. "Don't take it hard young man, I congratulate you for having such a good look on Halloween. And my goodness does your lady friend look absolutely gorgeous!"

It was Tikal's turn to blush as she hid herself behind Knuckles shyly. "T-Thank you…"

"Hehe a bit on the timid side I see but that's okay. Well I hope you kids enjoy the rest of Halloween night and it was nice seeing you! Take care!"

"Thank you mister!" the group said before turning and heading towards the next house.

"That wasn't so bad." Sonic said looking into his bucket.

Tails unwrapped a chocolate bar while Cream opened up a lollipop. "Yeah Mr. Sonic, he was very nice!"

"Aww he didn't have any strawberry candy…" Amy frowned looking around in her bag. Sonic raised a hand and rubbed her ear gently causing her to purr happily. "We have all night to look for your favorite."

"Kinda hoping they got some taffy or something." Knuckles said starting to eat a candy corn. "Or at least have some grape-flavored candy."

"Knuckie, are you sure you feel okay?" Tikal asked him. Knuckles looked at her and smiled. "Oh yeah it's alright, I kind of expected it. Don't worry about it I'm over it."

The echidna princess had a thin line on her lips but she nodded. "Okay then, so where will we be going now?"

"Let's check out that house!" Tails suggested pointing to a one-story building with jack-o-lanterns lighting the path to the front door and several tombstones around its yard. Inflatable decorations were also present with the trees having ghosts hanging on its branches.

"Yeah c'mon Tails!" Cream grabbed his hand and the two ran towards the house.

"I swear Cream sure loves trick or treating hehe." Amy said smiling. Sonic agreed as well. "Yup and I'm sure she's even happier with all of us together." the blue werehog added as they walked towards the house.

Tikal looked around nervously at the decorations. Several of them lit up with the eyes looking pretty scary to which she held onto Knuckles' arm tighter. "K-Knuckie, t-this won't be l-like the m-mazes right?"

"Oh no they won't be like that Tikie. All these are just decorations so there's nothing to worry about." Knuckles assured.

Until a fuzzy spider dropped down towards the orange echidna right in her face. Eight red menacing eyes looking at her two blue ones.

"AAAAHHHH!"

Sonic, Amy, Tails and Cream turned around to see Tikal having tackled Knuckles into the yard shaking in fear. Her face was hidden in his chest while he soothed her down, violet eyes looking at the hanging spider. "And I guess even the decorations were meant to scare as well hehe."

"Man Knuckles you gotta make sure nothing startles her." Sonic teased. Amy rolled her eyes. "Oh don't say that Sonic you know how Tikal is, but either way even YOU get scared of some things Mr. I'm Afraid of Water."

"HEY! At least I'm trying!"

DING!

Cream and Tails rang the doorbell to which the hedgehogs and echidnas quickly fixed themselves and ran to the front. Tikal still shook from the spider but luckily Knuckles was able to calm her down enough. The door opened and out came a female mobian lamb.

"TRICK OR TREAT!"

This time Tikal said it right holding out her bag.

"Hello children and wow what nice costumes you have!" she said holding a bowl to her side and placing the candy in their bags and buckets. "Oh my goodness I hope you two don't eat little ole me up haha!"

Sonic and Amy laughed at that. "No worries ma'am, we don't plan on it and instead we're here to gobble up on candy!"

"I want to fill my bucket up as full as I can!" Cream added.

"That's wonderful sweetie and don't you and your friend next to you look so cute! I believe I have seen these two costumes from a movie I watched recently."

"Oh yes it's from that movie!" the young rabbit answered. The lamb then looked at Tikal and Knuckles after. "Oh wow doesn't he look terrifying and oh my what a marvelous witch!"

"Thanks! I kind of scared the old man at the house we went to before." Knuckles stated.

"Thank you so much miss." Tikal said with a bow, her nervousness brushed aside.

"Not a problem dears and oh that Mr. Robertson at times. He tends to joke around a lot but if anything he does enjoy the spooky holidays."

"That's good to know." Amy stated.

"Well alright kids hope you enjoy the rest of the night. Happy Halloween!" the lamb said.

"Thanks! Happy Halloween!" the group returned as they walked away.

"Okay everyone we got the whole neighborhood ahead of us so let's get as much candy as we can!" Amy cheered along with the others. From there they went through several houses and received different kinds of candies, some being traded amongst each other while others were eaten to their hearts' content. Tails and Cream themselves enjoyed running around the area as they passed through several houses decorated with the Halloween festivities and getting to meet new people. Sonic and Amy got more comfortable being in werehog forms and received compliments, some stating that their costumes looked so good it was as if they were actually real. If anything they would be correct on that part but the two hedgehogs didn't state it. Knuckles helped Tikal understand more of the holiday, the echidna princess becoming more accustomed to the traditions such as trick or treating. She would still be startled and frightened by some of the jumpscares and costumes, the former happening when a pair of younger kids jumped out of the bushes to scare passerbyers, but over time she got more used to it. Knuckles was glad she was having a good time nonetheless and hoping that Tikal wouldn't be too traumatized from the earlier events such as the mazes.

It took them a good amount of time to cover most of the houses; some were either empty or abandoned with the latter being probably haunted. Other than that their bags and buckets were filled to the brim and they couldn't be any happier.

"Yay we got a bunch of candy!" Cream happily said looking at her haul.

"Ah man this'll take me all year to finish hehe." Tails grinned looking at his own.

"Better take your time or risk a tummyache or a toothache." Amy warned. Sonic grunted at that. "Let them enjoy the treats Ames, I know I will!"

Tikal looked at her bag and smiled. "I bet these will be very delicious! I cannot wait to see how this 'candy' tastes like!"

"You should've eaten some while we walked." Knuckles said to her. The orange echidna shook her head. "No it is okay Knuckie. I would rather go back to our home and enjoy it there."

"Well whatever floats your boat. Anyway that's basically it for the night." Amy said stretching herself. "I'm already ready to hit the hay now pretty much."

Sonic let out a toothy yawn on his part. "Ames right, it's time for bed on our part."

"Aww really Mr. Sonic and Mr. Amy? I really wanted to stay out more." Cream stated.

"I'd like too also Cream but your mom probably wants you back home soon." Tails said.

"Well alright Tails. I mean my mom didn't get the chance to go out today so might as well bring her some candy!"

"That's the spirit Cream." Knuckles spoke. Tikal nodded as well. "Your mother would love to have some delectable sweets on her part."

"Cool so if that's everything, this was an awesome hangout we had!" Sonic said.

"It was Sonic and for Tikie, she got to learn a lot today." Knuckles stated as Tikal smiled hugging his arm. "I indeed did learn a lot today. Thank you everyone!"

"Hooray for Ms. Tikal!" Cream happily cheered.

"Yup Tikal is slowly knowing more about the modern world." Amy added.

"That's a fact, and alright I'm ready to head home too." Tails spoke.

"Alright buddy, let's go you three." Sonic held out his arm as Amy, Tails and Cream grabbed onto it with the blue werehog taking out his Chaos Emerald. "Have a good night Knux and Tikal!"

Knuckles grinned in response taking out his own Chaos Emerald with Tikal holding his hand. "You as well."

"Nighty night!" Cream said.

"See ya tomorrow!" Tails waved.

"Make sure Tikal doesn't have nightmares Knuckles!" Amy informed. Tikal laughed on her part. "Do not worry Amy, Knuckie made it less scary for me. Have a wonderful night everyone!"

And just like that.

"CHAOS CONTROL!"

They were gone, their Halloween having come to a close.

At Angel Island…

Knuckles could feel how constricting Tikal's hold on him was as they slept… well basically her sleeping as he had his eyes up at the ceiling.

'Well I guess Tikie was scared a little too much… but at least she was brave.' Knuckles looked down at her sleeping form and smiled. "Happy Halloween my love."

The echidna princess heard this and snuggled closer, a smile on her own face. 'Thank you everyone, thank you Knuckie. I feel so happy and welcomed.'

At Sonic and Amy's home…

"AWWOOOO!"

Sonic and Amy howled at the full moon still in there werehog forms. The smaller of the two nuzzled into the larger one's fur and gave out a soft purr after. "Being a werehog is different but amazing Sonic~."

"Yeah but it sucks that I can't run as fast in this form." Sonic muttered.

"Doesn't matter my love. That means that I can finally catch up to you." Amy replied. Sonic laughed a bit causing the pink werehog to look up. He took this chance to nuzzle her nose with his. "You caught me the moment we first met Ames."

Amy smiled tearfully and immediately pounced on him "OH SONIIIIC!"

And because of their primal nature… well the rest of their spooky night became more interesting.

With Tails and Cream…

The two were sitting in the living room with Vanilla watching a horror film. The yellow fox was a bit surprised that the mother of his girlfriend would even watch movies in the genre. "U-Um Ms. Vanilla… I didn't know you watched this?"

"Well Tails I actually adore scary movies on my part and when this time of year comes around I get myself comfortable with some tea and cookies and watch some good old fashion horror." Vanilla replied.

"Yeah I forgot to tell you that my mom watches these when I'm either with you trick or treating or I'm asleep on Halloween. Even though they're scary they actually have some funny parts hehe!" Cream explained. Tails nervously laughed as he looked to the TV. "Well there goes my good night's sleep…"

"Tails~… you're sleeping with me so don't worry." Cream leaned close to his ear causing the two-tailed kitsune to blush hard. Vanilla giggled seeing this. 'Ah young love. Even holidays like this it sends a spark between two people… oooooo he teared than man apart!'

Shadow slowly opened his eyes to find himself chained down onto a bed in an abandoned house. "What the hell…" he muttered in shock.

"Shady…~"

Red eyes widened at the distant voice. "Who's there?!" he said loudly looking around, the moonlight from the window above him illuminating his surroundings.

But then the moonlight went away quickly. Shadow looked up.

Seeing a certain ivory bat looking hungrily at him in a revealing witch costume. "I got you right where I want you…"

Rouge dove right in after.

Fin.


Yay you reached the end!

Told ya the last part would be random hehe but I mean our favorite black hedgehog and ivory bat do need some attention at times. Who knows maybe she'll suck a bit of his blood during the spooky season.

I was going to add Pumpkin Hill in this story initially but that would make it terrifyingly longer and would require me to think a bit more on how I can approach it. Who knows maybe I'll put a one-shot relating to that post-Halloween season or something or if the motivation sticks, next year. Well either way I hope you enjoyed the work!

Stay tuned for further updates by checking my bio! Until next time! ouo/