Kid hosts a Halloween party and invites all his friends. Maka and Soul show up just in time but will this party be all fun and games? Or is something lurking in the shadows?

...

"Oh come on Maka," Blair purred. "Come on out and show us your costume."

"No way!" Maka shouted from behind her bedroom door. "Blair why would you get me this? I should've never trusted you with my costume."

"You're overreacting," said the cat, currently in her human form.

Maka opened the door angrily. Her black cat costume hugged her, uh, figure. It barely covered anything and had a corset around her body. Two cats ears sat on her head and a tail trailed behind her, attached to the belt.

"I can't go to Kid's party like this!" Maka screamed.

"I think you look fine," shrugged Soul.

Maka hit him in the head with a pillow.

Blair made a hurt face. "I thought you'd like it. It's not like I'm even invited to the party so why should I even help you out."

Sighing, Maka sat on the couch. "It's not your fault Blair." It was totally her fault. "I just don't feel comfortable."

Blair turned into her cat form and sat on Maka's lap.

Soul was dressed as Frankenstein's monster. His skin was painted green and he had drawn stitches on his neck and face. He had fake bolts in his neck as well. All of this was accompanied by a black outfit and jacket. He scratched at his bolt.

"Anyways." Maka put Blair next to her and stood up before going into her room. Minutes later she reemerged wearing a black dress instead of her costume. She kept the ears and tail and had put on black tights.

"There!" she stated "This is my version of the cat costume."

Blair shrugged. "I still liked the other one."

...

"Wow. Kid sure knows how to throw a party,' Maka said as they entered the house.

Everything was symmetrical which was fine because there were so many decorations you could hardly tell. There were classic games like bobbing for apples and music played throughout the main foyer.

"Maka! Soul! Welcome," Kid, who was wearing a vampire costume, walked towards his friends. "Everyone's here now so the party can begin."

"I thought your parties were always boring and stuffy," Soul sniffed.

Liz and Patty walked up to them in their matching costumes. They were both pirates and wore eyepatches and ragged cloth draped their skirts.

"I basically sorted out the party," said Liz.

"And in return I chose their outfits," Kid smiled.

"I really wanted different ones, this vest is tight anyways," sighed Liz.

Her Meister smiled. "The other one wasn't symmetrical like yours is."

"Arrrrr! Imma pirate!" Patty stomped on the ground.

As they walked closer to the centre of the room. Everyone certainly was there. Werewolf Black*Star and Fairy Tsubaki, Kim and Jackie who were both comedically witches, Thunder and Fire who were dressed as Robin and Batgirl to Kilik's Batman and lastly Ox and Harvar.

"What are you two supposed be?" Soul asked.

Ox and Harvar stared at him. "We're Albert Einstein and Nicola Tesla thank you very much," said Ox, who was the former. He put his hands on his hips.

"You're that every year," grunted Kim.

"Okay, okay. Recreational games are over and it's time for some games," Kid told them.

Soul rolled his eyes. "Games? Are we five?"

Maka shushed him.

"Patty told me she wanted to start with ghost stories," said Kid.

"What?! Patty why would you do that? You know I hate ghosts!" Liz whined.

"Do you have a story in mind?" Kid ignored Liz. The youngest Thompson nodded.

Kid turned out the lights and the fourteen of them sat in a circle. Patty took out a flashlight and lit her face from under her chin. Liz screamed.

"Already sis?" asked Patty.

Her older sister looked at her angrily. "You just turned it on very suddenly."

"I've got a great ghost story to tell all of you!" Patty said with a smile. Taking a breath she made a serious face and looked at her friends. "Once, there were a bunch of kids in the woods. They were on a camping trip together and it was nightfall. The kids were a brave bunch 'cause it was said that in that woods lived a ghost. The ghost would steal people away into the night and moments later return them, possessed!"

Liz gasped.

Her sister continued the story. "One by one the kids got separated as they hiked through the woods. Soon only half of them remained. The ones taken appeared suddenly in front of them, but they weren't the same. That's when one of the possessed grabbed his friend and sucked out her soul! Now they say that all the possessed souls are looking to get theirs back by taking others. The come out of Halloween night to Halloween parties and destroy all the souls of those inside. One by one. Not even with Soul Perception can you see anything wrong. So look out...the person right next to you could be waiting to suck out your soul and leave an empty one in its place!"

Kim turned the lights back on. "That's so lame."

Liz shivered. "Yeah. So lame."

"Kim's right. That wasn't very scary at all," said Black*Star.

Nodding, the pink haired girl smiled. "If you want scary I could tell you about the time that I was in the witch-"

"Hey," Maka looked around. "Where's Kid?"

The group stopped and took a look around the room. The spot where Kid sat was empty. Kilik and Tsubaki who were sitting next to Kid looked at the spot where he was closely.

"I didn't see or hear him move at all," Kilik shrugged.

"Maybe the ghost got him!" Black*Star joked and got a laugh from Patty.

"Don't kid about that!" Liz frowned.

The lights went out. The sound of wind echoed the halls.

"Jackie."

"Right."

The lantern lit herself and the room glowed. The faces of the students could be seen now. Kim held Jacqueline high so she could get more of the room to light. A faint shout was heard from upstairs.

"Kid!" Liz looked up.

Harvar turned into a weapon for Ox.

Thunder and Fire hugged each other. Tsubaki and Maka each picked one of the twins up to comfort them.

"We should go look for him," said Ox.

"In the d-dark?" Liz trembled.

Black*Star began to run upstairs. "I'm not scared!"

"Black*Star!"

Soul became a scythe and Maka out down Thunder for him.

Everyone ran after him to keep up but by the time they got up the stairs Black*Star was gone. At the doorway however, stood Kid.

"Kid?" Maka said with a furrowed brow.

"Why are your weapons out?" asked the Shinigami blankly.

Maka gripped Soul. "Where did you go off to?"

"What do you mean? I was just planning our next game." Kid took a step closer.

Everyone stood quietly, unsure of what to say.

"Follow me," Kid turned around and ushered them to follow. "The other game is set up and ready to play."

...

They had been walking for a few minutes and no sign of Black*Star. It seemed that Kid was taking them all the way to the end of the house.

"Is anything wrong with him?" Soul asked his Meister.

She shook her head. "I can't tell. His soul doesn't look possessed.

"Patty said Soul Perception can't see it," said Tsubaki with a worried voice.

Kim walked in the back holding Jacqueline. As everyone trailed on silently the young witch heard a creaking sound. She turned into the direction of an open door to her right. No one else was watching.

"Kim."

"Black*Star?"

Meanwhile, just a few feet ahead, Ox was still holding Harvar even though Soul was back in human form. Everyone followed Kid.

"Where are we going?" Maka whispered to Liz.

She shrugged. "I don't really know what's way over here."

A scream came from behind all of them and Jacqueline's light went out.

"Kim! Jacqueline!" Maka turned to the direction of the sound. It was too dark to see anything.

Everyone turned back to Kid, who was gone.

"One by one," whispered Patty with a gulp.

Liz held her sister's arm. "I'm seriously freaked out now."

"We'll save you Kim!" Ox shouted. "Wherever you are!"

Suddenly the ground gave way and opened all ten of them tumbled down below into a room on the first floor. They screamed and quickly hit the ground below them.

Kilik rubbed his head. "Where are we now."

"Uh," Liz looked around. Black and White paintings hung all over the walls of the large room. Two of each and each perfect ally symmetrical. "I think we're in Kid's art room. Right Patty?"

Silence.

"Patty?"

Maybe not all ten of them tumbled down.

Liz stood up. "Oh no they got Patty!" she cried.

Kilik looked around himself. "Fire? Thunder?"

Definitely not ten of them.

Soul, Maka, Tsubaki, Liz, Kilik, Ox and Harvar. Seven gone and seven left. Patty's words echoed in their heads. "Soon only half of them remained."

The lights turned on for a second and then off again for another. On. Off. On. Off.

"Okay," Soul shouted. "I'm getting tired of this! Cut it out!"

Everyone backed into each other in the centre of the room.

On.

Surrounding them now stood their seven friends. They stood against the walls. Their blank stares haunted the seven remained. Maka wiped sweat from her forehead.

Off.

"Crap," whispered Soul.

Tsubaki whimpered.

On.

Maka gasped. Kid, who was feet in front of her had gotten closer. Everyone else seemed to notice the same. Even Fire and Thunder looked scary in this moment.

Off.

They held their breaths. What would happen? Where could they run? They couldn't even see each other.

On.

Everyone sucked in their breath as the possessed stood inches from their faces. In front of Harvar, Patty has her scary face on. It was even more terrifying in this situation.

Off.

Maka gulped. She felt two hands grab her shoulders. With that, she let out a scream. Everyone did, but hers was the loudest.

On.

Laughter? Laughter?! What was going on?! Kid, Black*Star, Kim, Jacqueline, Patty and the Twins were all on the floor barely able to contain themselves. Maka turned around and noticed Liz was hysterical as well.

"Okay what the hell is going on?" Soul growled as he looked around.

Kim, who was in front of him looked up at him and burst into a new fit. "You should see your face!" She fell back to the floor.

"This was all a prank?" Tsubaki asked in shock.

Liz nodded. "Yeah," she wiped her eye. "Patty, Kid and I thought it'd be fun to mess with you all."

"You were in on it too?" Tsubaki turned to Black*Star.

"As of ten minutes ago," he said "When I went upstairs I ran into Kid and he explained it quickly and asked me to hide in a room up ahead."

Kim nodded. "Then he convinced me and Jackie. So I screamed to freak all of you out and hid too."

Kilik looked at his weapons. "I guess you two were told about it right after we fell?"

The twins nodded before running and giving him a hug.

Kid looked up at Maka. "You were really freaked out Maka."

She narrowed her eyes, her face was red. She was embarrassed for falling for such a trick. "Was not. I wasn't the only one who was a little scared anyways."

"A little?" the Shinigami grinned "You should've heard yourself when I grabbed your shoulders. I think you hurt my eardrums."

"Yeah well I can hurt a whole lot more than that now!" Maka growled and raised her first.

Kid stopped his laughter and replaced it with a look of distress. In a second Maka was chasing him down the hallway.

"I guess that backfired on him," Jacqueline sighed.

"Maybe not. I'd never seen Kid so happy at a party before," smiled Liz.

"All in the Halloween Spirit," grinned Soul.