"Trick or Treat"

Aaron Strife held out a bright blue bag and watched as a handful of chocolate-coated sugar bombs fell into it. Making his bag of goodies weight down even more, and Aaron couldn't wait until he got back home to stuff his mouth full of sweets.

Oh, how he couldn't wait until he got home… even if his mother threw a fit about his Halloween eating habits.

"You barely ate your supper," his mother would scold, "and here you are sitting down eating candy right before bed."

"You're going to make yourself sick!" His father would add.

But honestly, Aaron didn't care. See for a kid Halloween meant free candy and some freedom to do whatever you wanted. And nothing was going to stop him from feasting on the handfuls of candy that fell into his bag.

For Aaron and his sister Lilith- or Lily as she preferred to be called- it was a contest over who got the most candy the fastest. Victoria Fair always won, but that didn't mean the rest wouldn't try their hardest to gain as much sugary goodness as possible.

"Aw a bad little wolf," an older lady with salt and pepper hair said as soon as she got done dumping a handful of candies into their bags. She would have pinched his cheeks too if he didn't hide behind Lily, who was wearing an older style skirt with a poodle near the helm and a black shirt with polka dots. Lily raised a brown eyebrow at the women.

"Aaron doesn't like strangers." She said as she leads her younger brother away from the house, "thank you for the candy!"'

And the night continued.

…

Outside the Strife, household stood a group of kids each holding open their bags of goodies, each of them trying their best to count how much they had… but not a young red-haired girl named Evalina Fair, who stood at the edge of the circle with a torn bag while trying not to cry.

A small group of boys had tried to steal the young girl's candy, and as she tried to get the bag back, it ripped, and everything fell into a storm drain. The little candy she had collected was gone… and no one seems to notice.

"Eve," Aaron had said, "Umm…"

Aaron's emerald eyes fell to his full bag of candy. He really didn't want to give up all his candy. But he was the only one who noticed the tears forming in her bright blue eyes… the only who saw the torn and empty bag.

Aaron felt back for the girl and seeing his sister and mother cry- mostly because of sad movies- a few times… well, seeing anyone cry made him feel bad and uncomfortable.

"Umm… here take it!" he ordered, holding his back up to her.

Slowly the redhead took it, then to his utter shock, the girl dressed as little red riding hood kissed his cheek.

"Thank you, Aaron," she replied.