(Like I said, I was gonna update this around Halloween. The time has come! –lightning- UPDATE!!!!!!!!!! And yes, the last chapter was based on an episode of Rocko's Modern Life...

Now here's the newest update in the tale of horrors. But first, for future reference, let me introduce you to two of the characters in this story.

Akiro- A green, male, wolf-dragon-cougar hybrid. (A cougar is another name for a mountain lion.

Sabina- A white, female, wolf-dragon-cougar hybrid. (Sabina is Akiro's sister.)

The humor has been appeased, now it's time for the horror!

ITS STORY TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was a dark and stormy night. The hotel stood on the hill, a run-down old place. Lightning flashed around it. A car pulled up to the driveway. In the front seat was Spyro, Hunter, and Akiro. In back, was Elora, Bianca, and Sabina. They had been driving in the storm for hours.

"It's the only hotel we've found so far." stated Hunter. "And it's getting cramped in here."

"Yeah, but you saw the lightning." said Akiro. "Lightning around run-down hotels in storms are always a bad sign." Sabina reached over and thumped him on the head. "Oh, be quiet! We spent the day at that Anthro-Lovers Convention, we got way to many plushies and souvenirs back here, we're tired, it's a hotel, we're checking in!"

(A/N: Anthro is short for the term anthropomorphic. As in anthro animals, like the gang here, or animals that talk and have human characteristics.)

Bianca crossed her arms. "Sabina's right. We got way to many plushies and stuff!" she exclaimed, sitting up to her knees in souvenirs. "All I want right now is a hot shower."

Spyro rolled his eyes. "All right! We'll stay here for the night." he said as he drove the car up the twisting road that led to the hotel.

He parked the car right out front. "Get your stuff and let's get inside." said Hunter. They made a dash to the door to avoid getting completely soaked. The lobby was a dull place. Mismatched furniture made up most of the décor, and it was all dusty and covered in cobwebs. Blurred, indecipherable pictures hung on the wall. The only light came from a table lamp on the front desk. Sitting behind it was a tall, balding, middle-aged man in a grey tux.

"Yeah, can we get two rooms here for the night?" asked Spyro. The man looked up. "Why, certainly." he said slowly. "It is a joy to have...guests."

"Uh huh." said Spyro. "Do you take plastic?" The man frowned. "No... 'plastic' is not accepted here. Either check...or cash." Spyro sighed and paid the guy, who handed them two brass keys. "I will show you to your rooms." he said, standing up.

He led them up a dark flight of stairs and down a dimly lit hallway on the third floor. "Your rooms." he said, motioning to two doors side-by-side. Rooms 308 and 310. Both rooms looked exactly the same. Dark, two beds with an ancient quilt, dresser, and a window with faded curtains. Everything was relatively dusty.

The bathrooms consisted of an old-fashioned tub, toilet, and sink with rusty fixtures. "Man, if I were you I'd fire the housekeeping service." said Hunter to the man. The man nodded. "The housekeeping service left five years ago." he said in his slow manner of speech.

"Whatever." said Sabina. "Hey, does this place have a continental breakfast?" she asked. The man was gone, leaving them in the dimly-lit hallway. "Huh! There goes his tip!"

They turned on the lights and got settled, guys in one room, girls in the other. After beating the dust out of the beds and deciding who was sleeping where, Sabina walked to the door. "I'm gonna go get the rest of the plushies out of the car." she said.

"Okay. I'm gonna go get a shower." said Bianca. She went in to the bathroom and then came back out to get her bag. "What kind of hotel doesn't have little shampoo bottles?" she grumbled as she went back to the tub. Elora heard the water running. "I'm going over to see what Spyro and them are doing." she yelled to Bianca. "There's no T.V. in this place."

"'Kay!" Bianca called from behind the door. Elora left.

Sabina walked down the hall, down the stairs, and through the lobby. "Stupid dust." she muttered as she sneezed. "Good thing this is only for one night." she mumbled as she walked out the door. Behind her a shadow walked slowly up the stairs. Step by step it went in the unearthly silence.

Nearing the third floor, the sounds of running water and talking could be heard. A flash of lightning briefly illuminated everything. The shadow walked down the hall, past the cold, empty rooms, until it reached room 308. The room was empty, save for one person in the shower. The shadow walked to the window and pulled the curtains closed, shutting out the sight of rain and lightning. Then it shut the door with hardly more than a click.

The shadow entered the bathroom. Bianca's outline was barely visible behind the shower curtain. The shadow carefully went through Bianca's bag and found a tube of lipstick. It wrote two words on the mirror, and put the tube back. All with barely a sound. The shadow turned to the shower and reached out. It ripped back the shower curtain.

Bianca screamed.