(A/N: So the Halloween story is unlucky number 13. How strange...)

Halloween with Nightcloud and Scourge

"That's not fair!" Sparkle whined. "Shimmer got a bigger pumpkin than me!"

Scourge glared unhappily at the dining room table, which had eight huge pumpkins sitting on it. He had bought the kits pumpkins, and now they were complaining? How ungrateful. "Deal with it," he snapped at his daughter. "You're just lucky I got pumpkins."

Nightcloud sat between her tortoiseshell daughters, working on carving her own pumpkin. "What are you girls carving?" she asked. "My pumpkin is a kittypet wearing a tutu."

Tutu huffed angrily as she jabbed her pumpkin with a knife. "Mine is supposed to be a scary face, but it's not working!"

"I'm making a ghost!" Hashtag mewed, drawing a pencil outline on the orange pumpkin skin. "It's going to be awesome!"

"Mine's a flower!" Shimmer squealed, running her carving knife along her outline carefully. "It's going to be so pretty when I'm done!"

Sparkle, still grumbling about having a smaller pumpkin, picked up a pencil and began making her outline. "I think I'll do a butterfly."

Misery sat in front of her pumpkin, her paws dripping in finger paints as she splattered the colored liquid on her pumpkin. "I didn't want to carve mine. I'm painting Mapleshade as a witch. See her green fur? She looks scary!"

"That looks great, Misery!" Nightcloud gushed. "You're such a good artist! Scurgy- start carving your pumpkin!"

"No!" the tom spat. "I don't partake in such childish activities."

The black she-cat sent a stern glare to her mate. "Get over here and carve a pumpkin! Now!"

Sighing, Scourge heaved himself off of the purple couch in the living room and hauled himself to the kitchen table. "Fine. I'll carve a picture of the time I ripped Tigerstar to shreds. Now that's spooky!"

"Just make sure it's not too graphic," Nightcloud mewed. "You don't want to scare the kits!"

"Yes I do!" he retorted, slicing the pumpkin with a sharpened knife. "Just watch me!"

"Okay, we've got five minutes before we have to leave for Tansy's costume party!" Nightcloud called. "Kits, are you ready to go?"

Tutu padded down the stairs slowly. The little black kit was wearing a Warriors University sweatshirt and hat, her green sparkly reading glasses, and she was holding two books- A History of England and The Complete Works of Shakespeare. "Do I look scholarly enough?" she asked, shifting her books from one paw to the other.

"You look great!" her mother mewed, snapping a picture with a bright pink camera. "Just like a regular college student!" The kit smiled happily before padding over to the couch to wait for her sisters.

Hashtag ran down the stairs and into the living room. The kit was wearing a black and dark red cap, fangs, and red eyeliner. She was also wearing a sparkly tiara. "I'm a princess vampire!" she squealed, twirling around in her cape. "It's because I'm a villain-in-training and a pretty princess!"

Scourge rolled his eyes. "Hashy, you don't look nearly evil enough. I explicitly told you not to wear your tiara! No tiara, no glitter, no tutu- nothing girly at all! Girly isn't evil!"

"I'm a girly villain!" Hashtag growled. "I wanted to be a princess vampire, so that's what I am!"

Before her father could reply, a loud crash sounded from the stairwell. A kit wearing a blue football jersey, white and blue helmet, and white kneepads rolled down the stairs. "Sorry!" Lollipop mewed as she stood up, shaking herself. "I couldn't see the stairs with this helmet!"

"Who are you supposed to be?" her mother asked, taking another picture.

"I'm Payton Manning!" Lollipop cried. "He plays American football! He used to play for the Colts, but now he plays for the dumb Broncos. He's like the greatest football player ever!"

Nightcloud narrowed her eyes. "I thought you were going to be a lollipop or something sweet for Halloween."

The kit shook her head. "I like sports, Mother. Did you forget I joined the school's football team? I'm the kicker! I'm the only she-cat football player in the whole town!"

"Well," Nightcloud mewed, not sure about this, "I still think you could at least have a sparkly uniform or something."

"Make way for the queen!" a loud voice yowled from the top of the stairs.

"And the princess!" an identical voice echoed.

The cats in the living room all turned their heads to watch as Sparkle and Shimmer padded down the stairs, one wearing a long, sparkly blue and white dress and a blonde wig, the other wearing a long dark green dress and a dark ginger wig. The tortoiseshell kits stopped at the bottom of the stairs, posing for Nightcloud's camera.

"Don't I make a beautiful Elsa?" Sparkle asked, whipping her long, almost white hair braid around her shoulder. "I sewed this dress myself."

"And I sewed mine!" Shimmer mewed, twirling around in her green dress. "I'm Anna! Now where's Hans? I need to say a thing or two to him about leaving me to die!"

Nightcloud clutched her heart as she stared at her kits. "Adorable! I knew giving you two that sewing machine was a great idea! You are so perfect as Anna and Elsa."

"I'm glad they sewed their own costumes," Scourge growled. "I looked online and saw those dresses cost over $100 each! They saved me a ton of money!"

Misery padded down the stairs last, glad to have let her sisters present themselves first. "I'm Snow White," she mewed quietly, proudly showing off her blue, red, and yellow dress and black wig. "I sewed my own dress too."

Her mother hugged the little gray kit tightly. "You are such a gorgeous princess, Misery! I love that dress do much!"

"Darn kit," Scourge spat. "Why couldn't she just be ghost and wear a sheet over her head or something? Why are we even letting her come to Tansy's party anyway?"

"Because Sunkit wants her to be there!" Nightcloud hissed. "Tansy said he's asked her if Misery will be at the party every day for the past moon!"

Tutu bounded up and down. "Sunkit has a crush on Misery!" she announced.

"A crush?" the tom gasped. "On my daughter? Oh no! All of you are much too young for-"

"Scourge, get your costume on!" Nightcloud ordered, interrupting her mate.

He sighed, sending her a mutinous glare. "Why do I have to be the beast? He turns nice at the end of the movie!"

Nightcloud sighed, pulling a golden-colored poofy ball gown on. "I'm going as the Beauty, so you have to go as the Beast. That's how it works!"

Scourge rolled his eyes and grabbed the furry brown beast costume and slipped into it while glaring as his mate. He yanked the zipper up forcefully. "There, I'm in costume. Happy now?"

"Perfect!" the black she-cat smiled. "Now let's go to the party!"

Misery stood by a bowl of punch, drinking from a plastic cup delicately. A pale ginger tom dressed as Prince Charming stood beside her, nibbling on a cookie.

"So who do you think is going to win a prize for best costume?" Sunkit mewed.

"I think Sparkle and Shimmer should win," the gray kit replied, batting her eyes sweetly at the tom. "Or you could. I love your Prince Charming costume!"

Sunkit narrowed his eyes. "But I'm the Prince Charming from Cinderella, not Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. If I had known you were going to be Snow White, I would have been that Prince Charming!"

Misery sipped her fruit punch, giving the tom a kind look. "Well, I still think it's cute."

"So what did you get on that test in history class?" the tom asked, changing the subject.

The kit was about to answer, but a large ginger she-cat dressed as Cruella de Ville padded onto a stage, ready to make an announcement. "Who's ready for the costume contest?"

"I guess we'd better go over there," Misery meowed. "I want to know if Mother and Daddy won for best couples' costume."

"It won't be my parents winning that," Sunkit said, throwing his orange napkin away. "Father wouldn't dress as one of the bad men from 101 Dalmatians. He insisted on dressing as Hercules."

Tansy waited for all the guests at her party to gather beneath her stage. "We have a few categories for prizes," she meowed. "We have a category for best couples' costumes, best movie duos, cutest kit's costume, and best overall costume! There will be a first place for each category and a second place for each. First prize is $50 and a trophy, second prize is $25 and a giftcard to Build-a-Bear. Now let's get started."

Misery sent Sunkit a mischievous glance. "I hope my dad wins for cutest costume," she mewed. "That would make him so mad!"

"I think winning at all would make him mad!" the ginger tom laughed. "I'm surprised Nightcloud was even able to get him into a costume!"

The ginger host unfolded a sheet of orange-and-black paper. "The first category is 'Cutest Kit's Costume'," Tansy meowed. "The winners for all of the categories have been selected by an esteemed panel of judges, and by that I mean Ashykins and me. Anyway, the second place winner is…Tutu the college girl!"

Misery turned to look at her sister, who shuffled her books while her green eyes widened with. "I won?" the black kit gasped. "For real? I came in second place?"

"You sure did, Tutu!" Tansy meowed. "You get $25 and a giftcard to Build-a-Bear!"

"Yay me!" the black she-kit squealed, dropping her books to clap her paws excitedly.

The ginger she-cat carried on. "And in first place for 'Cutest Kit' is…Cloudkit as Indiana Jones!"

The white tom wearing a fedora and wielding a whip leaped high into the air. "Yay! I won!"

"No fair!" Sunkit huffed. "I think my costume's better than my brother's!"

Misery laid a comforting paw on the tom. "I think you should have won."

"And now for 'Best Couples' Costume'," Tansy continued, "our second place winners are…Cloudtail and Brightheart as John Smith and Pocahontas! Congratulations you two!"

"I'm not surprised Mom and Dad lost," Sunkit meowed. "They didn't even dress as a couple!"

The ginger host wasted no time announcing the next winner. "Your first place winner for 'Best Couples' Costume' is…Nightcloud and Scourge as Beauty and the Beast!"

"Yay!" Misery cheered, clapping her paws. "Yay Mother and Daddy!"

Sunkit smiled at the gray she-cat. "Your parents deserved that win. Scourge looks fantastic!"

"I know! He looks so scary, and yet so lovable at the same time!" Misery squeaked. "I love his costume!"

Tansy shuffled her paws as she waited for the cheering to die down. "Next up I'll announce the winners for 'Best Movie Duos'. Our second place winners are…Leafpool and Crowfeather as the Lady and the Tramp!"

"Crowfeather really is a tramp, isn't he?" Misery mewed to her friend.

"He really is," Sunkit agreed. "I don't know how Leafpool puts up with him."

"And now for our first place winners," Tansy meowed. "The winners for 'Best Movie Duo' are…Sparkle and Shimmer as Elsa and Anna!" She waited for the crowd to cheer before carrying on. "Now for what you've all been waiting for- it's time to announce the winners for 'Best Overall Costume'. Our second place winner is…Bramblestar, who's dressed as his own father- Tigerstar! Great costume, Brambley! Those scars almost look real!"

Misery turned to glance at the large dark brown tabby, who was looking confused. "They are real…" he muttered. "I'm not even in a costume."

Tansy shrugged. "But you're still adorable. Not that I love you more than Ashfur or anything, but you are absolutely, positively, without a doubt a-MAZING!"

"And I'm taken," the tabby growled, pointing at a frumpy-looking witch beside him. "Remember Squirrelflight?"

"Whatever," Tansy meowed. "At least I've got my Ashykins. Anyway, now for the last award of the night. Your first place winner is…Misery as Snow White!"

Misery looked up in surprise. "Me?" she asked.

The ginger she-cat nodded. "Absolutely! You're adorable!"

The tiny gray kit padded up to the stage to receive her trophy. "Thank you very much," she mewed politely."

Tansy nodded. "That's the last of the awards. Now we can dance! Leafy- turn up the volume on that spooky music!"

Misery bounced down the stairs of the stage to Sunkit. "Do you want to dance with me?"

"Sure!" Sunkit meowed, and the two kits danced the night away on this lovely Halloween night.