Chapter Five; Halloween Fun
Happy Halloween everyone! Only a couple more chapters of this story or episode whatever and then there won't be any more until December. So I hope you enjoy the rest of it, and enjoy this spooktactular holiday!
Clara answered the door as The Doctor rang the doorbell. He pulled his cape in front of his face to hide it and conceal his fangs. "Hullo Miss Oswald, I want to suck your blood!" he exclaimed before letting out a rather loud mischievous laugh as Clara simply shook her head and rolled her eyes at him.
"That's the saddest Dracula impression I've ever heard. And I should know because I've had many kids in my class dress up like vampires before." She told him.
"Well then I guess you're not ready to go to the party." He told her while wrinkling his eyebrows at her. "Unless you still do want to escort me." He said.
"Alright, but who's going to pick up Nathan and Cassie from their Halloween party at the elementary school?" she asked him.
"Oh don't worry about that, Rose will take care of it." He reassured her with a wave of his hand.
"But_" she began as he simply stared at her and she quickly shook her head. "Never mind, let's just go. I've had enough surprises to last me a lifetime." She said as The Doctor stifled a laugh before she took his arm and led her out towards his car.
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"Trick or treat!" Cassie exclaimed as she rang the doorbell and stood on top of the porch with Nathan and a bunch of his other friends. A nice lady with long dark hair answered it.
"Well hullo there dearies," she began. "I see that we have a cowboy, a pirate, and some ghouls and zombies." She said before she turned to look at Cassie who smiled up at her. "And what's this? Miss Dorothy Gale from Kansas." She said before she started scooping up some of her candy from inside her bowl and dishing it out into their bags and buckets. "Here you go, you deserve it for all your beautiful costumes." She told them.
"Thank you Mam." Cassie said as the woman placed a bunch of chocolate bars inside her bag.
"You're welcome, happy Halloween." She told her before Cassie started to turn away from her.
"Happy Halloween!" Cassie cried before she stepped off the porch as all of the other kids thanked her. "Wow, I can't believe how much candy I'm getting." She said.
"Yeah well we can only go to a few more houses and then I need to get you home and get you to bed. I have some important stuff to do." Peter said.
"Like what?" she inquired.
"None of your business, come on let's go." He told her.
"Does this have anything to do with Jack Wickes?" she asked him.
"I already told you, it's none of your business!" he shouted angrily at her.
"Yes it is, because you're my brother. I don't want anything to happen to you!" she said shakily as her bottom lip started to quiver and a tear rolled down her cheek. Peter took a deep breath and sighed heavily before he squatted down in front of her.
"Look Cassie, I'm going to be fine alright. Nothing's going to happen to me." He told her.
"But what if Jack finds you and chops you up into little pieces? What am I supposed to tell Mum and Dad?" she asked him.
"Nothing, because it's just a legend." He said.
"Then why are you going?" she asked him as a few moments of silence fell between them.
"It's really hard to explain, you've just got to trust me." He said.
"Alright, but I still don't like it." Cassie said before she took ahold of his hand and he led her away from the house and headed down the street towards the next one.
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The Doctor walked Clara back up to her house. "That was the best Halloween party that I've ever been to." The Doctor began. "And I'm not just saying that because that's the only Halloween party that I've ever been to except for the elementary school ones." He said as Clara slowly turned her head away from him. "Are you alright?" he asked her.
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine why do you ask?" she asked him back.
"Well, you just seem a little bit tense and distracted." He told her.
"I'm just worried about Peter that's all." She said.
"Aren't we all?" The Doctor questioned her teasingly with a grin.
"Doctor I'm serious." Clara began before she came to a complete stop and turned to face him. "He was acting really strange in school all week, I think some of the other boys are starting to get him. They dared him to go to Jack's house at midnight tonight." She said.
"Really? He never said anything about that." The Doctor began. "But anyway, it's just a bit of Halloween fun isn't it? I mean you're not really saying that you believe it's haunted? I thought that you didn't believe in ghosts." He said with a chuckle.
"Doctor, I've met a family of an aliens who can change their bodies counting the dog, a witch, and a robot child. I'm starting to become more open to the idea that anything's possible." She said as The Doctor's grin vanished and was replaced with a worried expression instead.
"You really don't think that my son is in danger do you? I mean he's known for smashing pumpkins and egging houses all around the neighborhood and scaring the children. What if this is just another one of his famous gags?" he questioned her.
"I dunno." She began with a shake of her head. "But do you really want to take that chance?" she asked him.
"No." he answered quickly. "Clara, do you know how to get to the camp?" he asked her as she nodded.
"Yeah," she replied.
"Good, because I need you to give me directions." He told her before he hurried back to the car as she chased after him and they both got inside of it before he turned on the engine and drove away.
