The Bet

"I cannot believe that you guys are going trick or treating" Wally grunted in his pure Australian accent.

"We can't believe you're not going trick or treating!" Hoagie countered, "Holloween is like the best holiday there is! You go from door to door to get some candy-"

"While dressed in some stupid outfit" Wally finished.

"You really have to learn how to have fun, Wally" Nigel said.

"Oh do I now, Mr. I-hate-the-beach?" Wally countered using his knowledge of Nigel's dislike for the beach. Nigel smiled at him in a way that declared his defeat in their little debate.

"I mean come on you guys, look at yourselves!" Wally said as he pointed to each of them, "Hoagie's a Martian, Nigel's a cyborg and Abby has her brain 'sticking out' of her hat. You guys look ridiculous!"

"Well…" Abby challenged Wally in another argument, "I doubt that you'd be complaining about costumes as soon as you see Kuki"

"What's that supposed to mean?" Wally questioned her suspiciously, "Who cares if she dresses up like some butterfly?"

"I'm not a butterfly this year, Wally! I'm a fairy!" A familiar voice rang in the room. Wally turned to look at Kuki but froze at the sight of her. There she was, standing at the doorway smiling at him, her face glowing with bits of glitter surrounding her eyes. The same glitters were on her hair, which was fashioned with curls at the bottom instead of her usual straight strands. And she wore a luminous green haltered top matched with a blue skirt of the same texture. And on her back was a pair of fake transparent wings in which the light reflected on it with several neon colors. Wally couldn't move, nor could he stop staring.

"How come you're not gonna go trick or treating?" Kuki approached Wally while the others made their way to the porch.

"Because it's stupid" Wally said trying hard to turn away. He succeeded.

"But don't you like all the candy?"

"Not worth dressing up in costumes"

"Okay" Kuki said as she walked out of the room, "I doubt that you could earn any candy anyway"

These were the words that caused Wally to stand up. If there was one thing that he could never turn his back on, it's the hint of a challenge. He ran outside to the porch where the rest of the gang was on their way to go trick or treating.

"What do you mean I can't earn any candy?" He questioned Kuki in the front of the others.

"It's nothing personal Wally" She replied, "It's just that you're so against it that I'm afraid if you go trick or treating, you'd do it so unenthusiastically. You might bum out the people who're giving out candy"

"Well I bet I could earn more candy than all you guys combined!"

"Is that a bet?" Hoagie stepped up.

"Yes, it is"

"Then I accept!"

"Good! What are the consequences of losing?"

"Winner gets to make the loser do one thing, anything, against his will"

"No matter how stupid it is?"

"No matter how stupid it is"

"Okay, I agree"

"Remember, if you could earn more sweets than all of us combined, exceeding the number of our treats with at least one butterscotch candy, you win"

"Deal"

And so the night began. Nigel, Hoagie, Kuki and Abby went trick or treating separated from Wally and from time to time they thought about how much he might earn.

"I hope he doesn't beat up someone just to get hold of their candy" Kuki said.

"Nah, that's against the rules. He has to earn them" Hoagie laughed, "I can't wait to make Wally do something stupid"

Hoagie was wrong to laugh. For when they arrived at Wally's home, he was sitting by a huge pile of candy while laughing hysterically.

"I win the bet!" He yelled happily as Hoagie ran his hand through the sweets to assure his defeat.

"Oh well…I guess you win…I…" Hoagie's defeat speech was interrupted by his own chuckles.

"What are you laughing at?" Wally demanded.

"I'm sorry. I can never keep a straight face when I'm a winner"

"Winner? You lost! The bet was for me to earn more candy than all of you guys combined! There's no need to count all this, it's obvious!"

"That's true. But the bet also states that you have to earn at least one butterscotch candy. There's not a single one in your pile!" Hoagie burst out laughing along with the rest of the gang.

"YOU TRICKED ME!" Wally screamed at him.

"It's all in the bet, my friend. Now…what shall I make you do…?" Hoagie tapped his chin and thought about it.