Chris: OMG! I'm finally updating! Ahem. I think I've used that before…Tell me where and I'll give you a cyber-cookie. Anyway, I'm finally dispensing with the stupid notebook endings. I was bored and feeling crappy then. This time, hopefully, you guys'll get good ones. Reader reviews and on with the fic! Oh, and sorry if Guy sounds wimpy. He isn't. He's just really scared. Based off of his character, he really doesn't take terror and frightening stuff very well.

Onionbreath002: Wow! You actually signed in! And yeah, those endings sucked. Sorry about that. And…Near the end, it just changed…for some weird reason. Aliens are messing with my brain….Right.

The Karlminion: Okay. Well, I'll just do that then, and see what happens with that.

Lord Cynic: Hehehe….Well, I've decided to keep them. Cause they're cool. -shifty eyes- ….Real cool.

Ice born warrior: Well…technically, Bramimond mimics the personality of the person talking to him. So…Hmm…Yeah, how would you describe it? And Eliwood's mom is a bishop…Just because she is.

The Winged Wolf: Heh, okay. I'm not getting rid of them. And yeah, you can be in. Actually, you and K-Girl might get in this chapter. I know you're going to be in it. Cause this is the forest chapter. And Eliwood's Band. Heeheehee. And wow…That's quite a description. Is it okay if I use a character similar to yours in the original fic I'm writing?

Mage obssessed: Heh, okay, if you say so. And here's your update.

montblancerk: Um…Actually, I already put all of the pairings in…So no more pairings. Sorry.

K-Girl: Heh, okay. I'll keep that in mind…And…You're 15. I think…

noble of spades (and person…Like…x 10): Uh…Did you press the review button a little bit too much…Cause I've got like…10 reviews from you. And they're all repeats…Uh…huh.

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Chapter 8: Do You Hear That?

Lyn and her group were busy searching through the forest when they heard a blood-curling scream. Ninian screamed in fright and jumped into Kent's arms, who stumbled and fell from the sudden weight. The Pegasus Sisters had all taken out their lances, although Florina was trembling a bit as she gripped the handle of her lance. Guy had taken out his sword already and was waving it around, the sword making little circles in the air. Lyn had her hand on the hilt, scanning the area to see if there was any danger. As for Sain…Well, he acted like he normally does. Which was take out an ornately decorated lance and start showing off to the various ladies around him.

The scream echoed again and now they heard someone crashing through the brush. They all gripped their weapons tighter, ready to impale any enemy that might come their way. Guy was sweating with terror and his sword kept shaking in his hands. When the person finally crashed through to where they were, he let out a terrified scream and swung his sword at the person's head. Which set off two things.

One was a loud "SHIT!" from Erk, who apparently was the person who was racing towards them. Luckily for him, and unluckily for any Erk haters, he ducked under the blade and avoided having his head cut off. The second thing that happened was sort of a chain reaction. Florina, who was already scared enough, finally reached the breaking point when Guy screamed, causing her to scream in terror. She raced over to Fiora and began shivering violently. But other than that, everyone managed to keep their cool. Kinda. Kent helped a shaken Ninian up and she wrapped Kent in a big hug. Lyn was busy looking at her vassal (Yes, I'm using vassal. Vassal is a cool word. Disgaea does that to you.) and nodding admiringly. She gave Kent a thumbs up before reaching down and pulling Erk from the ground. Kent blushed and watched as Ninian pulled herself closer to him.

Sain moaned as he realized it was Erk. He strapped the lance back on his horse and slumped on the side of it, wondering when some action would happen. He stared at the sun, which was beginning to dip low in the sky. Sain was about to go and continue searching when someone grabbed him by the arm and enfolded him in a hug. Nobody noticed he was missing though, since they were all preoccupied with Erk. Guy had fainted dead away after swinging his sword and was lying on the ground, his sword still clutched in his hands. Erk was busy hiding behind Florina, who was hiding behind Fiora, who gave a sigh and moved them away from her. Farina was silently laughing at their behavior, clutching at her stomach.

"Florina! You've got to help me! S-S-She's coming!" Erk held onto Florina. Most of her fear gone, she turned and looked at Erk.

"Coming? W-Who's coming, Erk?"

"S-S-S-S-S…" Erk tried to say the name, but couldn't say it due to his chattering teeth. Everyone looked at him, but he still couldn't manage to say the name.

"Well…It begins with a S. So…The only person we know whose name begins with S is….Either Sain or Serra. By the way, where is Sain?" Fiora looked around and noticed that the brown-haired cavalier had disappeared. Then, everyone else noticed that he was gone and their fear increased a bit. It didn't help whatsoever when Guy awoke, noticed that Sain was gone, and then shouted, "They took him! They're going to cut out his brain and turn him into one of their horrendous undead!" He promptly fainted again.

Muffled screaming sounded where Sain used to be. Lyn carefully crept forward and brushed aside a couple of bushes. Lying there was a frantically struggling Sain (who was gagged) and a silver-haired girl who appeared to be glomping Sain. Lyn pried them apart and ripped the gag from Sain's mouth.

"Geez Sain…I knew you liked girls…But you resort to that?"

Sain's face grew red. "It wasn't my idea! This girl just grabbed me, stuffed a gag in my mouth, and began hugging me! Come on! If I wanted a girlfriend, that's not how I would want her to act like."

Hearing this, the girl's blue eyes widened and tears began forming. Also, her lower lip began to tremble for good measure. Sain sighed and looked at the girl. The tears began falling from her eyes and she looked at Sain pleadingly. He sighed and brought the girl up close to him.

"Weeell….Fine…Sure. You can hang out with me…Just don't do…whatever you did last time, okay? And what's your name, my beautiful rosebud?" Sain ruffled the girl's hair, smiling at the headband she wore, which looked just like his own. Well, except for the embroidery.

"People just call me Wolfie." She smiled at Sain, who grinned.

"Eh, that's not a bad name. Kinda cute, like you." The girl smiled when she heard this and began hugging Sain again. Sain heard snickering, and he saw his partner laughing at him. "Kent! You never laugh!"

"What?! I'm not that serious!" Kent looked indignant. "I laugh!"

"Yeah, sure. Of course you do." Sain waved Kent's gaze off and looked at the girl who had seemingly come out of nowhere. She had on a blue tunic and a black skirt. Also, she wore a pearl necklace that had an ivory moon hanging from it. Sain ruffled the girl's hair again and sighed. She wasn't exactly what he was looking for in a girlfriend, but for now, she was pretty good. She certainly was pretty enough, Sain thought, as he gazed at her again.

"Oh Erky!"

"AH! It's her! S-S-S-Se-Se-Serra!" Erk trembled even more from behind Florina's back. Florina stared at him for a while before bringing her lance out again. Serra finally arrived, crashing through the bushes. She saw Erk hiding behind Florina and then she focused her glare on Florina. The pegasus knight trembled a bit, but remember that Erk was counting on her to protect him, so she steeled herself and faced Serra.

"Florina! Get away from my Erky!"

"B-But…Erk is my boyfriend…."

"WHAT?!" Serra glared daggers at Florina. She drew out a Shine tome. "I challenge you to a duel!"

"A-A duel?" Florina looked at Serra, who nodded triumphantly.

"Yeah, a duel! Whoever wins gets the darling Erky!"

"I'm not some prize to be won!" Erk stepped out from behind Florina, some of his courage regained. However, Sain pulled him aside.

"Hey, don't interfere! If they want to do this, they should do this. And besides, I want to see what happens." Sain stared at the two girls, who were getting ready to fight.

"Hmm…" Erk folded his arms. "Who do you think will win?"

"Let's see….Ah. I seem to remember a conversation from long, long ago."

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"Hey Sain. Who would win if Lyn and Priscilla got into a fight?" Nils walked up to Sain, who started drooling.

"We all would, my son. We all would." Sain grinned, envisioning the fight in his mind.

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"You're perverted, Sain." Erk turned away from the cavalier, disgust plain on his face. Wolfie noticed Sain's grinning and held him tighter.

"No looking at other girls. You're mine now."

"Aw…But…" Sain looked into the girl's eyes and relented. "Fine…I won't go girl watching anymore…The showers will be lonely without me." Pleased that she was able to stop Sain from staring at Serra and Florina, she continued to hold him, a big smile on her face.

"B-But…Serra. I'm a pegasus knight…I'm really good at resisting the effects of magic and dodging them. Are you sure this is such a great idea?"

"Of course it-" BAM! Serra toppled over as Wil, Rath, and Rebecca plowed into her. Rebecca, finally fed up with being dragged around like a doll socked Wil and Rath in the stomach before turning to face the others.

"Oh great. Even more people are here. Aren't you guys with Eliwood?" Lyn looked at Rebecca, who smiled sheepishly.

"Weeeell….We found our ghost. And I was fine, but these two idiots decided I wasn't and decided to drag me along." Rebecca pointed at Wil and Rath, who were lying next to an unconscious Serra, coughing and wheezing. She glared at them again.

"Ah…You guys can help us search, then. I'm sure the ghost is around here somewhere."

"No problem. Just as long as you two-" She pointed at Lowen and Wil. "don't act like idiots and decide to drag me off somewhere else! Got it?!" Lowen and Wil nodded quickly and started searching. Rebecca turned back to Lyn. "So, shouldn't there be more people searching?"

"Yeah, what're they doing?" Lyn turned to face the others and got her answer. Kent and Ninian were busy rocking each other back and forth, holding each other. Sain was busy smoothing Wolfie's hair and she was leaning against Sain, smiling happily. Erk and Florina were busy kissing each other, right in front of everyone else. Actually, the only person who was actually doing any searching was Fiora, and even she wasn't doing it that well. And as for Farina…Well, she was laughing for some incomprehensible reason.

"Nevermind. Come on, we'll find that ghost around here." Lyn and Rebecca started searching, and after a few glared at Wil and Lowen, they joined in as well. They didn't notice the shadow of another person forming over them. Lyn stopped as she realized that there was one extra shadow. She turned around and screamed…in laughter. The person who was behind him was one of the ghosts, but he looked so ridiculous with the various mismatching clothes that she couldn't help laughing. Actually, he looked more like a court jester than a hero. The ghost looked a little bit put off and glared at Lyn.

"Hmph. These clothes are stylish." Roland, the ghost they found in the forest turned, showing off the various colors of his outfit. Lyn was able to regain her laughter and straightened out her expression.

"Well, since we found you, we win! Take that!"

Roland folded his…ghost arms. "Nope. Since you laughed at me, you will require a challenge. I challenge you!" He pointed at Farina, who was still laughing. "The game will be…Poker! You and you!" He pointed at Wil and Lowen. "You two will also play. Now! Let the games begin!" A pack of cards materialized in his hands and he began dealing them out.

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Geitz grunted as Eliwood's Band climbed up the staircase in one of the towers. They had journeyed for a long time, carrying their instruments in their hands. He was getting extremely angry at the various "Are we there yet?" questions. But finally, after an hour of climbing, they had reached the top of the tower. Geitz let out a long sigh of relief and placed his trombone case on the floor.

"We're finally here! So stuff it!" Geitz whirled around and pointed an accusing finger at Dorcas. Dorcas grinned as an apology and looked around. The members of Eliwood's band filed in at the top level of the tower and gasped as a ghost rose out to meet them.

"Oooooooh…" The ghost waved his hands around. "I am the ghost of Christmas Past! Whooooo…." The ghost had silver-white hair and had normal looking clothes on. Well, normal in the sense that he didn't look like a freak, idiot, or a mental case. Marcus waved a hand in front of the ghost. "What do you want, old man?!"

"Old?! Old?! I am not an old man! You're an old man! You're a ghost!"

"Why, I never!" The ghost folded his arms and sniffed.

"Ahem. Sorry for that outburst. But…Just one question. Why are you the ghost of Christmas Past?! It's Halloween!"

"Oh!" The ghost looked around. "Uh…Oooooh….I am the ghost of Halloween Past. Whoooooo…."

"That just pathetic." Bartre grumbled and glared at the ghost.

"Ooooh! Diss! You just got owned by Bartre! Diss!" Harken ran around the tower, shouting "Diss!" at random intervals.

"What's with him?" Geitz turned to Isadora, who sighed.

"Uh…He's been taking anti-depressants lately. I'm going to confiscate them soon."

"I see…" Geitz shook his head and faced the ghost. "Uh…No offense…But…I expected something more dangerous here. You know, like a dragon or something. Not a pathetic looking ghost who doesn't even know what time of the year it is."

"Hmph! You want danger? You've got it!" The ghost snapped his fingers and a dragon appeared in the tower. Harken stopped running around and very solemnly walked up to Geitz. He tapped him on the shoulder and Geitz turned to face him.

"You and your big mouth, Geitz."

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And…Back in the castle, Nergal's evil soldiers were still in the bathroom, slaughtering anyone who would dare come inside. One such guest entered the room, and when he saw all of the people there, he shouted, "CAMPERS!" before Linus stabbed him.

"Hmm…Not Eliwood either….This is stupid." Linus grumbled. There had been approximately 30 people that entered the bathroom and they had killed him all. They were running out of space to put the bodies.

"Hey, what did he mean by camper?" Lloyd looked at his brother, who shrugged.

"How would I know? He was probably just nuts." They set about trying to find a place to hide the body.

And outside, a young brown-haired girl was creeping around the castle, searching for a specific someone. And when she did find them, she would put him through the worst torture ever. She was….the fan-girl.

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Chris: Uh….Don't ask about the ending. I…just thought it was amusing. Ahem. Aaanyway…Just to tell you, the ghost in the tower is Barigan (the Ilian hero). I had no idea what he looked like, so I just made him old looking. Also, since I don't know what he looks like, I just made him a guy. So yeah. And in the next chapter, you'll get to see the resolutions to the forest and tower scene and the dungeon scene with Hector and another ghost.

And just as a warning. If you get deeply offended of things that make fun of the Pope, then skip the Hector part. Cause…Yeah. If you're deeply religious, but you still want a bunch of laughs, read if you want. You can't sue me though, cause I gave ample warning.