KP in Ron's Halloween

AN: Ron has another Halloween as per tradition with her, or does he? Ron has another Halloween that he's looking forward to after that last one where he had roachie help him. However this time he had to promise up and down that he would NOT pull a trick like that again or he would not get any treats from her for a very, very long time! This is that Halloween, or is it? AN1: I would like to credit Joe Stoppinghem for the name of the bad guy used in the previous chapter.

Chapter H: Honor Thy Memories

Ron's eyes had closed as he got swallowed up by the blackness. Strangely enough, it had not hurt at all to be swallowed up by some freaky black thing by hands holding onto him.

Ron couldn't hear anything anymore, it had become utterly quiet and then he notices that the hands were gone too. He felt the blackness disappearing from around him and he was afraid to look in case that old woman was still there.

The last thing Ron wanted to do was open his eyes and see that they were back in another castle or her holding another blade that she would use to stab him with, and this time with Kim gone there would be no one to save him.

Ron became aware of something different as the blackness vanished. He was on his back and lying upon something soft, familiar. He thinks, "Am I a bed? Who's bed am I going to wake up in?"

The more time that passed, the more he became curious about his surroundings until his fear was almost completely replaced by burning curiosity. So ever so slowly, Ron cracks open his right eye to where he could see through his eyelashes.

What Ron saw was a ceiling that looked familiar to him. He looks around as much as he can before opening his other eye to see as well.

When Ron turns his head he looks and becomes shocked by what he saw, so shocked that his eyes flew open! For what he saw was his picture of Kim that was sitting on his dresser beside his bed.

Ron reaches out to take the picture off its resting place and he says, "What is this? I thought I gave this picture away to Ms. Possible before she left? What is going on?"

He sits up and slowly surveys the bedroom that he was in. It was his old room from before the accident with Kim! Everything was exactly as he remembered it and then when Rufus pops up his eyes became as wide as saucers for Rufus had passed away on him many years ago!

Ron gives his little buddy a hug and a kiss on his bald head before he says, "Rufus! You're alive! You're alive!"

Rufus just looks at Ron with a puzzled look and squeaks in a way that only Ron understood as "Yep!"

Ron looks down at himself as he realizes something, "I'm young again!" He leaps off the bed while still holding on to Rufus and does a spin before he says, "Oh, it feels great to be young again!"

Rufus thinks, "That must have bee some dream he had." as he makes more curious sounds.

Ron says, "I'm home! Oh! But wait! When is it? What time is it?" He runs over to a calendar in the room and his eyes widen again as he drops Rufus. His jaw drops in despair before he says, "No... anything but that day!"

He looks down at himself and sees that he was in his costume, which was a nice suit to go with whatever Kim's mysterious costume was going to be. He thought Monique had told him once but he had been in such a painful state back then that he was barely listening so as such, no didn't really remember what it was.

He hears tires screech outside his house and his heart skips a beat, as he thinks, "NO Not again!"

Ron grabs Rufus and shoves him without thinking into a pocket as he rushes towards the front of the house. As soon as he is there, he sees that it wasn't the same car and no one was hurt. He sees that it had been caused by some car backing up too quickly out of the driveway.

He closes his eyes and lets go of his breath that until then he didn't realize he'd been holding in his mad rush. After sagging for a moment against the door he thinks, "Maybe it was just a dream... but it all seemed so real. Could I have imagined everything? The future? The way Middleton became a ghost town? The split between the Possibles? The way Mr. P went of a broken heart a few years later? My marriage? All that horrible future stuff?"

He runs his hand through his already messy hair and thinks, "The experience with Katherine... the hooded woman told me I had what I needed to save Kim now..." Without even realizing it, he started to walk down his sidewalk to go to Kim as he felt the need to see her became a strong one.

Ron gets to the end of the sidewalk and opens his eyes to realize he was right about here last time when...

Kim had arrived early and knew her friend well enough to know that he wouldn't be late but he also wouldn't be too early either. She knew that he had a knack for being right on time for a lot of stuff. She had always wondered about that since the one time she'd tried to do it his way, she ended up with a schedule where she was late or something had gone wrong.

Shaking her head, Kim snaps out of her thoughts as she hears the door to Ron's house open fast! She sucks down behind the bushes and thinks, "Did he see me?" She peers through the bushes while waiting before she notices that he seemed relieved about something.

Kim whispers almost impossibly soft, "Payback time for using Roachie on me last Halloween..." She watches, as he seems to almost walk down the sidewalk in a zombie-like way. She thinks, "He's coming..." Still, she couldn't help but be bothered at the way he was walking but she figured it was too late to turn back now.

Kim hunches down as he gets closer...closer...ready to leap up in her monkey costume that she had rented for the prank while her real Halloween costume rested at Monique's. The moment comes when Ron stops almost right in front of her and so she leaps up!

Ron's eyes go wide as he sees the monkey leap up and just as he had before he cries out and pushes the monkey-girl backwards! The moment the shock wore off, his mind kicked into overdrive much earlier than it had before and he unconsciously uses his mystical power, which he hadn't used. Even still, he worried that it would already be too late.

Ron could see the car he knew that would be responsible for the blow that would finish her but he would NOT let it happen again! If anything came out of the experience with Katherine, was that he should not give up on what matters. He could see his fingers inching towards Kim's the power enhancing his senses and making him more agile, faster than before but even still, he had to wonder... would it be enough?

Suddenly it seems as if Kim was stuck from behind, causing her to stop momentarily which was long enough for Ron to grab Kim's wrists and pull her hard towards him even as the car saw the falling Kim and tried to stop.

The sound of the screeching tires which had been worse than the screeches of a thousand, nightmarish monkeys, the burning of rubber tires on the roar as driver tried to desperately stop in time, all this and the memory of Kim's face as she had fallen towards the car made him close his eyes tightly as he pulled Kim's body against his with him turning in case it was too late so that he could take the brunt and therefore save her life. He knew that compared to his life and the way he lived it, hers was far more important and if the worse came pass, then at least he went down fighting for his love instead of pushing her away. He thought, "Never...never again will I push Kim away."

Then there was silence and for a moment, with his eyes so tightly shut as they were he wondered if they both were dead. The he hears the driver of the car shout, "Hey, are you two ok? I was worried that I was going to hit the two of you!"

Ron thinks, "We're... not hurt? I'm alive?" He feels Kim's body pressed to his tightly and when he hears Kim say in a somewhat choked manner, "Ron... I need air... could you let go.. of me please?"

Ron opens his eyes and sees those beautiful green eyes of hers still filled with life! He smiles as tears start to flow from his eyes and he pulls back enough to see that she was untouched! Ron shouts, "KP! You're alright! You're alive!"

Kim was shocked at Ron's reaction and thinks, "Maybe I went too far in my prank..." Not realizing yet just how close she'd come to being hit until she looks back and sees the bumper of the car was inches away from her head which had been close to flying off the sidewalk.

Kim is snapped out of her surprise when she is yanked back into a possessive hug and hears Ron crying against her. She looks up at the driver as she says, "Um, you in the monkey costume... Are you ok?" She follows the eyes of the woman driver to Ron as she then hears, "Is he ok?"

Kim says, "Y-yeah... I'm ok. Not a scratch on me thanks to Ron here. I think he's in shock from how I almost got hit by the car."

Suddenly Ron's parents were on the scene as Mrs. Stoppable says, "Kimberly? What's going on? Why is Ronald crying so hard?" Mr. Stoppable says, "Is everything ok?"

The driver says, "Oh, I'm so sorry! I almost hit the girl in the monkey costume when she fell towards the road. If he hadn't caught her, I shudder what to think might have happened!"

Kim noticed at that point Ron had gotten very, very quiet. Even his breathing seemed to be still and a moment ago she could feel his heart out pounding her own and now... she was surprised by how it was beating.

Ron stands up slowly, his face in the shadows to all but Kim who was right in front of him and she gasps at the way it looked.

Ron walks around and stands in front of the car before he whips his head up, fresh tears still on his cheek sent flying to land on the windshield. He shouts, "That car! I would have lost my best friend, my girlfriend and one I love with all my heart!"

Kim thinks, "Oh Ron!" as she is very touched by his shockingly loud admittance of his feelings for her even though she'd heard it all before she could tell by the intensity that this was more than just lovey couple talk. She softly says, "Ron..."

Ron starts to light up a bright blue like an intensity Kim had never thought a person was capable of being and she'd seen a lot of weird stuff! He growls almost like a primal animal before he slams his foot into the ground, causing it to be sent up into the air as pillar knocks into it from below. A moment later the Lotus Blade was in his hand before he made it become two swords, and he jumped up high after to slice it into it a couple times as he shouts, "You will never hurt Kim or take her from me again!"

Ron pushes off from the car after slicing the engine cleanly into 14 slices. He moves down below it and tosses the two blades right at the gas tank where the two connect to create a spark that makes the whole car blow up in the air with Ron, still glowing bright blue to land on the sidewalk in front of Kim.

The pillar falls back into its previous place with only the cracks created as a sign that it had once moved and as the kids already out watch the exploding car fall into a burning lump outside the Stoppable home go "Oooh! Ahhh! Neat! or Cool!"

None of this was on Kim's mind though as she saw Ron's blue glow fade and with it all the tension and strength that he'd had with it. She manages to catch Ron and carry him into the Stoppable house leaving one confused driver who softly says, "Wh-what just happened?" before wondering how to explain this to her insurance company.

Kim lays Ron down on the couch in his living room as he starts to stir. She says, "Ron? Are you ok?"

Ron sits up quickly at her calling his name and says, "Kim! You're ok!" before he embraces her in a hug.

Kim pushes Ron back, wondering what has gotten into him for this was extreme, even for him. She says, "Ron, amp down! I am ok! Do you think you could tell me what's gotten into you?"

Ron looks around and Kim could tell what he was thinking, "It's ok Ron, your parents are outside trying to smooth things over with the driver of the car you just totally smashed!" He says, "Er... I guess I really messed things up didn't I Kim?"

Kim crosses her arms in front of her as she says, "That's like calling my uncle's four alarm stuff mild, Ron." She may have been a little upset but she was still touched by all that he'd done and said as a way to prove his love for her.

Ron sighs, "Boy, have I got a tale for you Kim and it is a 15 on the weirdness scale."

Kim raises an eyebrow skeptically, "Ok..." She thinks, "Maybe this will explain why he's acting so weird."

Ron says, "Well..." He thinks, "How do I tell her about everything about what happened? How this is a second chance for me? Do I really want to blow it?" He looks at the clock and says, "No time to talk about it now KP! We're going to be late if we don't get going!" He pauses and says without trying offend her, "Um... is that your costume?"

Kim looks down at her snug-fitting monkey costume and with a slight blush to her cheeks she says, "No, my costume's over at Monique's. This one was just a rental to give you a little fright as kind of payback for Roachie last year."

Ron hops off the bed and takes Kim by the hand as he says, "Then lets go, we're going to cut into some T or T time Kim!" The two teens quickly dash past the parents and the woman who were so deep into yelling at each other that they didn't even notice.

(Monique's Home)

Monique says, "Hey there, I see you finally arrived girl. I was beginning to wonder if you were every going to show up."

Ron quietly adds in his thoughts, "She almost never showed up." He feels sad for a moment, which shows, on his face before he brightens up at the thought that he saved Kim and the world.

Kim is concerned at the way Ron's emotions were on a rollercoaster ever since that near car accident. Now, she had no idea what was going on in his head but she knew that she would get to the bottom of it. Problem was that he was being very tight lipped about it and not even doing the puppy dog pout got her any closer to finding out what was going on. She got an idea on how to possibly shock Ron long enough to get him to spill the beans.

Monique saw how weird the two of them were acting, even for them but before she had a chance to say anything Kim grabs her by the arm and says, "Follow me!" She nearly get yanked off her feet and follows her as she says, "Nice seeing you Ron... we'll be right out!"

Once the door slams shut to her room Monique breaks free of Kim's grip and says, "Kim! What is going on? Why did you have to drag me to my own bedroom?"

Kim says, "Something strange is going on Monique and I need your help."

Monique tilts her head and says, "Sure, I can give you the number of a good therapist." She had only been joking when she said that but Kim seemed to only half-hear her as she says, "Not funny Monique! Ron has been freaking me out ever since his house!"

Monique says, "Hold on, what were you doing at his house? I thought you were going to meet up with him here?"

Kim pauses as her cheeks go red before she says, "I... I was there to scare him." This makes Monique cross her arms and raise an eyebrow which basically ask, "You did what?" without her having to say a word. Kim continues as the stare from Monique was about as bad as the puppy dog pout to her, "Do you remember how Ron scared me with Roachie last year? Well... I decided to scare him back."

Monique says, "Well that explains the monkey costume but I'm betting there is more to this story isn't there?"

Kim nods and says, "Well, things didn't go exactly as planned. He was scared but he pushed me away in his fear and I almost got hit by a car because of it." She pauses to look a little pained in having to say what came next before she eventually says, "Ron went a little overboard and used his mystical monkey powers to lay some serious smackdown on the car."

Monique uncrosses her arms as she starts to see the bigger picture here and says, "How much smackdown are we talking here?"

Kim seems to shrink into her body a little as if anticipating a loud shout as she says, "He sliced and diced the car before he blew it up into one big fireball."

Monique's jaw dropped as she now knew why Kim was upset, since that was totally out of character for Ron to go so berserk unless he had a REALLY good reason to.

Monique says with her voice in total disbelief, "The boy did what Kim? Are you being serious with me?"

Kim nods and says, "Yes, it all really happened Monique and now he won't talk to me or tell me what's going on in that head of his."

Monique says, "Did you try the puppy dog pout?"

Kim shakes her head as she says, "Yeah, and it didn't work. He's got me more than a bit worried Monique and that's why I need your help."

Monique says, "What can I do to help?"

Kim says, "I need you to go talk to him while I go change and then when I come out, maybe together we can figure out what is going on in his head?"

Monique looks at Kim with a questioning look on her face as she wonders what Kim's plan is. She says, "Ok, I'll try Kim but if he's going to be that tight lipped, that might be harder than it sounds."

Kim nods and says, "You forget Monique, I'm a Possible and our motto is 'Anything is Possible for a Possible.' "

Monique smiles a little before she says, "I hear that. Ok, I'll do my part. You go and get into your real Halloween costume."

Monique leaves her room and says, "Hey Ron, while Kim's getting into her real costume do you think you could tell me something?"

Ron looks a little nervous as he says, "Y-yeah? What is it Monique?"

Monique says, "Is Rufus going as anything for Halloween?"

Ron visibly relaxes and smiles as he says, "Yeah, he's got a little tux too." He reaches down and pulls out Rufus in a tux with a small bowtie that to Monique looked absolutely adorable!

Monique walks up and says, "You look so cute, I just might have to borrow you and go trick or treating myself." She smiles at the curious expression on Rufus's face before she says, "You help me get a lot of candy and I'll give you an equal weight in cheese, how's that sound?"

Rufus squeaks happily and bobs his head excitedly, "Yes! Yes!"

Monique couldn't help but giggle at how cute Rufus looked at that moment before she glances at Ron and sees that he was smiling as well.

Monique says, "Hey Ron, you wouldn't mind me borrowing Rufus would you?"

Ron chuckles and says, "No, I wouldn't mind. Besides the little guy would be upset after that offer you gave him."

Monique says with a sly look as she says, "I guess you're right. No more than you would be upset if you and Kim didn't get to go trick or treating."

Ron smiles, "KP and I have gone almost every year since Pre-K so it would be a crime if we didn't get to go this year."

Monique says, "Yeah, just like it'd be a crime if the little guy here didn't at least get his weight in cheese or you telling me why you are acting so strange."

Ron says, "Yeah, I guess you're right…" before he realizes the trap Monique had him stumble into. He says, "Um… I mean… oh brother."

Monique says, "Kim told me how you were acting all funny after a car accident. Do you want to tell me about it?"

Ron looks nervously as he wonders how he could tell her about his future experience when he knew what happened with her in that future. He decides that since the future was already changed that it couldn't hurt telling her at least.

Monique sees that Ron is debating and tries a different tack as she says, "Why did you blow up the car?"

Ron gulps and says, "Well… um, about that… I kinda lost it there because I didn't want it to ever try to kill Kim again." His eyes widen as he realizes he'd given too much away.

Monique says, "Aren't you over-reacting a bit? I'm sure Kim would have been ok."

Ron shakes his head, "No she wouldn't have… believe me, I know what the world would be like after she was struck by that car."

Monique frowns in thought as she realizes that Ron, while not the best in English had been talking about Kim in the past tense as if it had all happened before to him.

Just before Monique could ask Ron another question, Kim comes out in her costume, which makes Ron's jaw drop further down than ever before. In fact the fact that the ground was touching his chin barely registered in his brain as he nearly overloaded at the sight before him.

Monique had seen the costume before when it was in the bag but once she saw it on Kim she was SO jealous as it made hers look like a stuffed bag.

Even Rufus was stunned and passed out into the pocket from the shock of seeing her in the dress.

Now Monique fully understood why Kim didn't want to change at her home into that costume. If anyone had seen her in it, they'd be worried about where she was going and what she was planning on doing in it!

Kim looks at the two best friends in the world to her as she crosses her white-gloved hands together in front of her and she says in a shy way, which only enhanced the illusion, "So… what do you think?"

With both Ron and Monique's jaws dropped it took some time to process the question with Monique snapping out of it and shouting, "Girlfriend, you're going to be a HIT! And I'm not just saying that because people will be totally getting the wrong idea about you tonight!"

Ron was still stunned for about another minute after Monique's shout and it wasn't until Monique pulls Ron's chin up and says, "Boy, don't unspool the drool on my carpet floor!"

Ron shakes his head a few times before he says, "K-K-Kim? You… You look fantastic!"

Kim's cheeks were a bit rosy as she walks towards him with the bottom of her dress just barely off the floor. She smiles and says, "You can thank Monique, she gave me the idea for this around last Halloween."

Ron blinks in surprise but was unable to take his eyes off of Kim as she approaches him but was still able to say, "Thank you Monique…" in somewhat of a daze.

Kim liked the attention she was getting from Ron and it made her feel like she had her normal Ron back. She comes to a stop less than a foot away from Ron with the fake flowers in her hand and says, "So, do you really think I can pull off this costume Ron?" She flutters her eyes at him in a playful way.

Ron nods slowly and says, "Kim, you look super fantastic! People are going to be asking you who you've married!"

Kim reaches out and takes his hand into hers as she gazes into his eyes with a small smile on her face, "Why do you think I had you dress up in a tux silly? You're going to be my husband for Halloween."

Ron's eyes go very wide and says, "Husband? Me? Husband? Kim? Us? You? Me? Married?"

Kim's smile grows big and nods, "Yes, you and me…we're going as a married couple. Just for tonight. Is that ok with you?" Although she adds in her thoughts, "Maybe someday in the future it'll be for real. What I'm not telling you is that this is a real wedding dress that a designer who owed us a favor for rescuing them made just for me and it was hard to tell her that it was just going to be a Halloween costume. She was convinced that we were going to be married for sure regardless."

Kim had to admit that being in the wedding dress, she certainly felt like she could go off and marry Ron that night. She also felt that if Ron asked the question, she wouldn't be saying 'no' either.

Ron was just too flabbergasted to say or do anything. He had never imagined Kim in a wedding dress. Ok, scratch that, he had imagined her but not even in his best imagination had he ever imagined Kim looking so incredible!

His eyes took in how perfect Kim's red hair flowed down to her shoulders with a trail of white see-thru material that had tiny white flower petals all over it draped over it. Even Kim's beautiful brilliant green eyes were just barely touched by the half-veil that hung down over her face, which seemed to stop at just her nose leaving her dazzling smile just for him to see. The dress was pure white that started at her shoulders and seemed to slide down in a gentle V slope to accentuate the curves of her perfect breasts. She also had white sparkling gloves that went up to a little past her elbows with the ring finger area part of the glove removed so that a wedding ring could be put there without the whole glove having to be removed. From Kim's waist on down was a fluffed up skirt that stopped at her ankles so that there would be no dragging of anything on the sidewalks as she walked around Middleton. Upon her feet were some white, sparkling shoes that had only the smallest heel to them so that her feet would not hurt since Kim had told the designer about how Ron liked to hit just about every house in the tri-city area for Halloween.

Ron wanted to kneel right then and there to propose to her but he was lost in her incredible, sparkling beauty and got to the point where it seemed that he simply forgot how to blink.

Monique says, "You better hold onto her tight boy, I bet Kim gets more than a few proposals tonight after seeing her in that wedding dress!"

This has a sobering effect on Ron and he surprised Monique by wrapping his arms around Kim as he says, "No they won't! Kim's going to be my wife and I'll defend the right to be her husband!"

Kim blushes redly as she enjoys the feeling of being in Ron's arms in the wedding dress and knew that the designer hadn't been joking when she told Kim that if Ron didn't treat her like he was her husband after seeing her in that wedding dress, that he a cold and heartless guy who didn't deserve to be her guy.

Monique grins and says, "Be right you two…" She returns a moment later and says, "How about a picture before you two go?" She snaps a picture before the two of them can object or complain. She wanted to have a snapshot of Kim in the arms of Ron in their costumes although she had to admit that after seeing them together like that… she felt like she was seeing the future for them. A very long and bright future together.

Kim says, "Can I have the pictures sometime Moni?"

Monique smiles and nods, "Sure, I'll make big copies for the two of you."

Kim smiles as she glances at Ron, "Thank you Monique." She notes that Ron still hadn't let go of her and she didn't want him to let go but she also knew how disappointed Ron would be if they didn't go trick or treating.

Kim turns her head to Ron and says, "So… want to go trick or treating now?"

Ron nods and lets go of her only to step to her side and offer her his arm in a gentleman way as he says, "Kim, it would be my honor to escort you from house to house."

Kim smiles as she slips her hand into his arm and says in a playful, happy voice, "Why thank you Ron." And then the two of them leave together with Monique looking after them until they go over to the first house on their list, which was the neighbor's.

Monique goes in to her room where she had a computer and hooks up the camera as she connects to Wade. She says, "Hey Wade, boy do I have a photo that you're never going to believe."

Wade who was dressed up as Mummy looks at curiously, "Yeah? What is it?"

Monique says, "Kim and Ron's Halloween costumes for this year."

Wade says, "Really? What'd they go as this year?"

Monique grins as she says, "You'll see…" just before she hits "Send" to upload the picture to Wade.

A few moments later Wade was falling backwards out of his seat as the picture appeared full-size on the screen before him!

Monique couldn't hide the smile in her voice says, "Looks real doesn't it Wade?"

Wade manages to get back into his seat as he says wide-eyed, "Is this for real? Not a touch-up?"

Monique nods as she says, "I'm on the level. This is straight from my digital camera. Besides you're the computer expert, not me."

Wade's jaw just stays dropped as he stares at the picture before him and thinks, "Wow… so this is what Kim and Ron will look like if they get married…"

Monique smiles a little on the sly side as she says, "Wade, do you think you could print out a couple copies for me? My printer's running low on ink. And don't even think about putting it on the website to show what Kim and Ron's costumes are this year…" The last part had the undercurrent of a strong suggestion to Wade.

Wade nods and says, "Sure thing Monique, I'll get back to you when the pictures are ready." He then signs off and within a few moments he had the picture up on the website.

(Hours later)

Kim and Ron had gotten a large cache of candy, more than either of them had ever gotten before in their lives. There was so much candy among a few other things that they had a hard time refusing since there were so many people who were under the mistaken impression that they were going to get married that night.

Aside from candy, they had gotten cash, checks, and one person even gave them a wagon that their child had outgrown to help carry all of the stuff they were accumulating. As it was, they didn't even get out of Middleton before they had both gotten too much stuff to continue trick or treating so it had been a decision to drop off some of the stuff before going on to hit the other homes in places like Lowerton.

The biggest mistake had been to go where they usually went after they went trick or treating, Kim's home. The poor red wagon which was piled up high as they stood with all the stuff they had gotten, including one microwave oven still in its box was barely surviving the weight of it all as it squeaked loudly up to the Possible home.

The two of them had gotten so many compliments, many of them embarrassing from some of the women in the homes and had such a fun time trick or treating, Kim had totally let slip from her mind the incident about what happened in front of the Stoppable home.

Kim says, "Ron, I think we should call it a night. We've already earned enough candy to rot our teeth 200 times over." She dramatically waves a hand at the high pile and says, "This is more candy we've ever gotten in all our years of Halloween combined!"

Ron smiles and says, "Exactly Kim! I think we've struck a gold mine with these costumes! Just think how much more we could get if we went Lowerton!"

Kim rolls her eyes as she knew Ron was just trying to stick to tradition but her hands were hurting from pulling the wagon and one look at it told her that the wagon wouldn't survive another trip if the next one was as good as trip in their town.

Just as they went into the house they were so busy talking, they didn't notice the collected gasps coming from the living room.

The hairs on Kim's neck stood on end as she hears a very loud voice belonging to none other of her father, Dr. Mr. Possible and he did not sound happy! "KIMBERLY ANNE POSSIBLE! RONALD DEAN STOPPABLE!"

The two of them turn their heads to see Kim's parents as well as those of Ron's parents standing in the room with the tweebs in little monster costumes. Kim's parents were dressed up as Fred and Wilma Flintstone while Ron's parents were dressed up as Betty and Barney Rubble!

Jim says, "Cool! Did you two finally get married?" Tim says, "How come you didn't invite us?" Jim says, "You didn't have to elope" Before Tim finishes saying, "we would have supported your marriage."

Mrs. Possible says in a stern voice, "Jim! Tim! Stop that! Leave them alone!"

Mrs. Stoppable says, "Ron? What's going on? Are you two really married?" with Mr. Stoppable adding, "Not that we don't agree with your choice if you did. I just wish you would have let us know so we wouldn't have had to find out the way we did."

Mr. Possible says as he approaches them, "There is only one thing I have to say about all this if you really did marry my little girl Ron…" He stops right in front of Ron who was too scared to say anything in response as he pictures being sent by a rocket into a black hole in his mind. He smiles at Ron and grabs him for a big hug as he says, "Welcome to the family Ron! Or should I call you Son?"

Ron was shocked at the sudden turn around and manages to squeak out an "Um, what's going on here?" in the hug before he feels Mr. Possible let go of him.

Kim says, "I'd like to know that myself." She turns to her parents and says, "What's going on here?"

Jim says, "We found a picture of you two in your wedding outfits on your website…" Tim then says, "which shocked everyone and…" Jim says, "we were all here just talking about if you'd really gotten married…" Then Tim says, "and what to do when you showed up!"

Ron says, "You know, this thing about you two finishing each other's sentences is really disturbing…" Then it hits him and he says, "Wait! Everyone things we're married??"

Mrs. Possible says to Kim, "Honey, I'm happy for you that you've finally chosen Ron as your husband but I do wish you'd included us without having to elope. We could have gotten you so much better stuff than you having to live on."

Ron says, "Wait… what stuff are they talking about Kim?"

Kim says, "I think they're referring to our stash of stuff on the wagon Ron…" She then turns and says, "First off, we are not getting married! Ron never proposed to me!"

Mrs. Stoppable says, "So then you proposed to him? A little unconventional for my tastes but I suppose knowing Ron, it would be the better way to go."

Ron frowns and says, "What was that? I'll have you know that the moment I say KP in the wedding dress I wanted to get on my knees and say the magic words, "Kim will you marry me?" He doesn't realize it but he had gotten on his knees as a way to demonstrate how he would do it and grabs her hands like he would to propose and when he looks up into her eyes, he sees how deep Kim is blushing before it hits him that it must have looked like he was proposing to Kim in front of both their families!

The twins cheer, "Yay! Ron proposed to Kim! This is so cool!"

Mr. Stoppable says, "Well, I guess this explains why you were so possessive over Kim earlier today at the car accident. You wanted to propose to Kim and getting hurt simply wouldn't do!"

Ron stutters, "No.. wait… I mean… that is… That was… um…" as he tries to explain the car accident but he was still on his knees and holding onto Kim's hands but now more out of desperation and stability than anything else.

Kim says the one thing that pierces through all the overlapping talking and praise that they were getting, "Yes Ron"

The room goes very quiet after that and Ron turns his head as he says, "What was that Kim?" His eyes meeting hers to see how teary they were as he hears her say, "Yes Ron… I will marry you."

Ron couldn't believe it, his best friend for practically all his life and not-too-long girlfriend was actually saying "YES" in a proposal that he had accidentally done! Not that he didn't want to marry Kim, he did but he wondered if the timing was right for them but that idea was squashed as memories of a world without Kim and the memories of Katherine came back to his mind. Time was precious, he'd learned that and under any other circumstances he would have taken back his proposal but instead he finds himself saying, "You'll marry… me? For real?"

Kim nods and says, "Yes Ron… for real" Tears flow down her cheeks as she blinks and both families remain quiet. The scene was too beautiful yet surreal and magical at the same time.

Ron slowly stands up and smiles at Kim and says, "Thank you Kim…" He leans forward and doesn't even bother moving the veil since it wasn't going to block what he wanted to do most. He kisses Kim on the lips very slowly and lovingly at which time both sides of the family cheer.

(Later)

Kim and Ron were sitting in the living room still in their wedding clothes which had somehow turned into the real thing for them even though they'd both started out as costumes when Kim smiles at the small ring now shining on her finger which was given to her by her mother as she'd kept a ring upstairs for the day when Kim would get proposed to.

The parents were in the kitchen talking things over privately while the twins had disappeared upstairs with a large handful of the candy Kim and Ron had gotten. It didn't matter to Ron since there was still plenty left.

Kim smiles and says, "Just think… we're engaged now…"

Ron smiles back and says, "Yeah… I guess this makes Halloween a even more special time for the two of us now."

Kim nods as she continues to smile, "Yeah, a magical time for the two of us. Where anything really can happen."

The last part strangely echoes in Ron's mind and it is that look in his eyes that make Kim say, "Ron? What's wrong?"

Ron shakes his head and says, "Kim, do you remember when I was acting a little out of it at the car accident?"

Kim nods, letting her fiancée continue. Fiancée she thinks with a small smile, who would ever have thought we'd get this far?" She brings her fingers to the ring on her finger and fidgets with it a little in happiness before focusing back on Ron.

Ron says, "Please hear me out fully before you say anything Kim. There is a lot to tell…" He takes a deep breath as he closes his eyes and says, "The reason I freaked so much was because… that accident had happened before and you really did die in it."

Kim's eyes go wide as she realizes what Ron was saying, still she stayed quiet even as the parents who had come out of the kitchen came to stand behind Ron so he didn't even know they were there.

Ron says, "You see… the car had hit you and killed you instantly in it. It had devastated me for the rest of my life. Your parents split up over it, even mine did…no one was able to recover from it." Still, he wonders just what had made Kim pause in the air like that long enough for him to save her?

Kim says, "But… I was saved by you and Rufus, Ron…" This surprises Ron as he says, "Rufus? Are you sure?" She nods and says, "Yes, I felt something small hit me on the back that felt like Rufus."

Ron looks down at the pocket where Rufus was sleeping and says, "Little buddy, I guess I owe you big time." Before Kim says, "No Ron, we both do but now please continue your story."

He takes a moment to take another deep breath before he continues where he had left off as he says, "The lost of you to the world was also as just as bad. Middleton dried up and became a ghost town because no one wanted to live anymore in it. I stayed for as long as I could until my Mom who I ended up with in their divorce had to move out as well."

Ron didn't think it would be wise to mention how Kim's father would later expire from a broken heart to Kim at the moment or how Monique had gotten into drugs and would OD from it 6 years down the road.

He looks into Kim's eyes deeply before he says, "I continued to come back every Halloween for many years to pay my respects to you until one Halloween… something strange happened." Ron could see the curious expression on Kim's face so he continues to push on as he knew she had to know and says, "I was visiting your marker by the road when I heard your voice in the wind… it told me to seek someone out but Middleton didn't have anyone living in it at that point but that didn't stop me from running all around trying to find someone."

Ron reaches out to Kim and takes her hand into his as he says, "I returned to your marker and there was a note which told me to go to that spooky house that we went to before Roachie… do you remember that Kim?"

Kim's eyes went wide before she nods, wondering why she would as a spirit tell Ron to go there. She mouths, "Go on…" to Ron who nods and says, "When I got there, I got the surprise of my lifetime. I met a woman who I swear looked and sounded exactly like you and so… I fainted."

Kim smiles a little as she could imagine Ron doing that and listens as Ron says, "When I awoke, I found myself in the bed of the woman who had picked me up and carried me in but only now, instead of the spooky house I was somewhere in England."

Ron takes a moment to collect his thoughts and take a deep breath before he says, "I learned that her name was Katherine Wynne Adabelle and I helped her fight off some jerk who only wanted her for her body and land before he accidentally fell out of the window to his doom. I never knew his name but it wasn't long after that when the spooky woman who'd stabbed me shows up and brings me back home to right before the accident again."

It was then that Ron was made aware of the parents standing behind them when Mr. Possible says, "Are you sure about that name Ron?"

Ron turns and says, "Yes, I wouldn't forget that name. Do you know who she was?"

The two Possible's look at each other nervously for a moment before Mr. Possible walks over to the bookshelf and pulls out a very old book from the shelf. He walks back over and says, "I don't know how this is possible Ronald, but I have something to show you."

Mr. Possible kneels down in front of Kim and Ron as he flips through the pages and then turns the book to say, "Is this who you saw?"

Ron shouts, "Yes! That's who I saw exactly! What's she doing in that book?"

Mr. Possible looks at his wife who says, "Ron honey, the book that he just showed you the picture of was the woman who started the Possible family line. She came to America by boat and when she was asked what her name was. She said, "I am Katherine Wynne Possible" and that's who she became legally."

Mr. Possible says, "It is unknown why, but for some reason she came to Middleton when it was just a dusty old town and found a guy she fell in love with and there have been Possibles living in Middleton ever since."

Ron's eyes go wide as he says, "Tell me… did the motto "Anything is possible for a possible" also start with her?"

A surprised look is shared by Kim's parents before Mr. Possible says, "Why… Yes, but how did you know that?"

Ron falls backwards onto the couch and says, "While I was in England, I told her that I was from Middleton and about Kim's… well, you know… as well as the Possible motto."

Mr. Possible says, "You're telling me that you helped start the Possible family? That seems a bit far-fetched Ron. Besides, it was always thought that the reason she'd left England was because of the death of Seymour Powers who had plunged from her castle and while it was no secret that he had always desired her and her lands, the fact that she ran away to America made sense."

Ron nods and says, "Yeah, well he tried to hurt her and then kill me just because I was another guy in her castle. I think he saw me as a threat to getting what he wanted from her." He turns to Mrs. Possible and says, "It was so weird… She looked like Kim, sounded like Kim and only she didn't act like Kim until the very end when she fought him to help protect me. She was so shy but then she became so fiery in the fight."

Ron turns to Kim and says, "Do you remember Pre-K? When those bullies stole your ball?"

Kim nods and says, "Yes I do. You came up and defended me, so for doing that they started to turn their bullying on you."

Ron nods and says, "It was just like that… one minute it looked like you were going to walk away and then the next it was as if something was released inside you, allowing you to kick butt! She was the same way, I kid you not Kim!"

Mr. Possible says, "Well, I guess if that is true then that makes sense why she named her first daughter Kim Possible."

Kim is in shock and says, "No way! You mean that I was named after someone else?"

Mr. Possible shakes his head and says, "No, it wasn't until a few years later that we'd discovered the name coincidence thing. It was around the time when we were updating the family tree to include the boys as well."

Mrs. Possible nods and says, "According to family records, she and her mother were both headstrong woman who took charge of their own destinies."

Mr. Possible looks at the book and says, "Katherine Possible was the one who strove to make this town strong by bringing in local businessmen, created schools and even established the first hospital." He turns the page to show another picture of a woman that was with a tattoo before he reads, "Her daughter also followed in her mother's footsteps and helped to establish firm trading routes, the mail service often by riding the horses between the tri-city area to deliver mail and helped to save lives of the local Indians."

Mr. Possible turns another pages and continues to read more, "It says here a Indian chief ordered the woman shaman have her to be blessed from harm and to have a safe journey always in thanks for saving the lives of many of his people from an illness they'd received from the white people. She alone had given them medicine when they couldn't afford it and asked for nothing in return other than their thanks. The tattoo is the mark the Indians had given her to both bless her and make her an honorary member of their tribe."

Ron turns to Kim and says, "Do you suppose that's what you meant in the wind Kim? Find your ancestor so I could save your lineage? To get you that blessing so you would survive the accident?"

Kim squeezes Ron's hand and says, "I don't know Ron, but I'm glad that you're back in the present now." She smiles lovingly at Ron before she teasingly says, "Just imagine, if you'd stayed she might have fallen in love with you and you could have become my great-great-great grandfather or something…"

Ron's eyes go wide in surprise for a moment before he says nervously, "Don't even joke about that Kim!"

Everyone bursts out laughing while unknown to everyone, an old and hooded woman watched from on top of the stairs with a smile on her face. She whispers, "Bless the both of you…" before she vanishes into a puff of short-lived purple smoke just in time to avoid being seen by Jim or Tim as they come out of their room to find out why everyone was laughing so loudly.

Epilogue:

When Monique found out about the engagement from Kim over the phone, she let out a loud shriek of joy that nearly busted Kim's eardrums. Kim quickly found out that Monique wanted every little detail and wouldn't let her hang up until she had even told about the part where Ron had traveled back in time to unwittingly create the Possible line.

With the permission of Kim and Ron, Wade changed the picture caption that had once read, "Halloween costumes of Kim and Ron" to "Engagement outfits of Kim and Ron Stoppable."

Once it was officially announced that Kim and Ron were officially engaged to be wed, the offers from around the globe came in. It seemed that just about everyone who had ever known them wanted to either congratulate them or offer them something and sometimes it was both.

From the people who they had helped over the years to the ones that they got rides from to anywhere in the world they were overwhelmed and touched by everyone who congratulated them.

Even big organizations such as Global Justice offered to help in any way possible including the paying of the wedding to transportation to wherever they liked for the honeymoon.

The biggest surprise came when the villain community congratulated Kim and Ron in their engagement. Almost all immediately promised not to engage in any villain actions during the wedding day and most of them even offered a truce until after the honeymoon.

Since most of the villain community had seen Kim and Ron getting hitched from a long ways off, they had taken to storing up stuff for the couple in case the day when they got married actually arrived. So when even villains like Duff Killigan and D-N-Amy offered gifts, it shocked the Kim and Ron to see that it was on the level with no traps or anything. Duff even volunteered to teach Ron how to golf as part of his gifts, which Ron kindly turned down.

Drakken still had a hard time remembering Ron's name until Shego reminded him and once Shego threatened to fry his ass good with her plasma blasts if he embarrassed her the next time they all met by not calling him by his name he cleaned up his memory problems in a hurry.

Kim and Ron had gone to visit the spooky house in an effort to find the old woman and thank them, even to invite her to the wedding but when they got to the very spot where it was supposed to be, it was gone with the lot bare as if it had never existed in the first place.

Kim had to wonder if it would show up next Halloween? In the end, it didn't matter as the old, hooded woman had shown that while her methods were very unusual, all the things she had done were helpful to both Kim and Ron. Together they had decided that this was one woman whose tricks were as strong as her treats and that the two of them were very grateful for all the lessons given by the old woman.

AN: Well everyone this has GOT to be one of the longest chapters ever written by yours truly and while I could have split this up I had clearly told everyone that this would be the final one. I hope I managed to cover every question and clear up any and all confusion created over this little ride to this point. Also, I'd like to thank all of you for reading my material and giving me such great reviews and even those who haven't I would like to thank you all for reading my story and hope that you enjoyed the ride.

So, how did everyone like the story? I hope that you all liked the rather interesting way I had Ron destroy the car. Since the Lotus Blade can become any weapon, I figured why not twin weapons? The car blowing up part was inspired by a cartoon movie called "Open Season." What did you all think about how well received their costumes were? What about the way that Ron accidentally proposed to Kim? I hope you all liked the explanation as to what happened to Katherine and to why she showed such an interesting in the Kim name. Did all of you like the Epilogue? It leaves room for her to possibly come back another Halloween since her identity was never really revealed although I think it'll be hard to top this one. As usual all thoughts, ideas, beta reader offers, wedding registration gift ideas for Kim and Ron, ideas for the woman's identity, and Russian brides will all be fully appreciated and accepted.