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All Tricks and No Treat

Late night, two days before Halloween, at the Costume store. Already the window displays showed off the latest spooky wear, ready for purchasing. On the inside more terror outfits hung on the racks, walls and ceilings. In the shadows a darker shadow lurked, moving silently, swiftly. It soared up into the center of the store, curled up into itself until it was a thick ball, then splattered in every direction, coating everything in slime. The gooey substance melted in the suits, soaking into them like water on a sponge.

Yumi sighed as she walked down the street. "Why does it always have to be me?" she moaned, lurching slightly as her younger brother pulled on her arm.
"Come on Yumi, we're almost there!" he said, pulling harder.
At 8, Hiroki was full of energy. And like all kids, couldn't wait to sink his teeth into candy tonight.

"Do you think they'll have a Jack O' Lantern costume for me?"
"Hopefully" she said. They rounded the corner and saw the sign for the store.
"Hiroki, go on ahead. I'll be right there" Yumi said, spotting Odd and Ulrich waiting outside.

"OK!" Hiroki said. He ran into the store, almost knocking over Odd in his excitement.

"Sorry Odd" she said, walking up to them.
"That kid's dangerous. You should put a warning label on him" Odd laughed, rubbing his shin.
"Yeah, but his mostly harmless" Yumi said.
"Tell that to my shins" Odd joked. "So what are you guys doing here?" she asked.
"Jeremie's picking out a costume for himself. We got ours last week, so we're just waiting" Ulrich said.
"And Aelita and I made our own. All in time for tonight's party at school"
"Pick you up at 7:00?" Ulrich asked. "I'll be ready" Yumi said.
"Well" she said, heading into the store, "see you guys tonight"
She walked in and started looking for her brother. She spotted him and Jeremie at the tills, paying for their costumes. "Yumi! I got it!" Hiroki smiled, running up to her.
"That's great" Yumi said. "Hey Jeremie, what's you got there?" she asked, trying to look into his bag. He hid it behind his back, smiled and said "You'll see".

"Please explain it to me again Yumi" Aelita asked, lying on Yumi's bed.
They were getting ready for the school party later that night, finishing up a few final details on their costumes. "It's a tradition Aelita. Every year on this day, people dress up as in costumes, while kids can walk to house to house saying 'trick or treat' and get candy."
"Are you going to trick or treat as well?"
"No, I'm just going to go with my brother to keep an eye on him."
Yumi stood up and gave her costume a once over. She pulled it on, turned around and asked "Well, how do I look?"
She had decided to go as a vampire this year.
"It looks OK" Aelita said. "Your turn Aelita" Yumi said. Aelita grabbed her outfit and climbed into it. She had made a herself a cat like costume, with ears on a headband and a short tail. "Not too bad" Yumi said, walking around her.
"Thanks" Aelita smiled. "Yumi!" they heard her mother call. "It's time to go"

"Oh man, look how much candy I've got!" Hiroki said excitedly. They had only been to a couple of houses, but already the skull shaped bucket he had was almost filled to the brim. "Won't you get sick eating all of that?" Aelita asked.
"Never stopped me before" Odd said, jumping up from behind them.
"Odd you idiot, don't... Uh, what are you suppose to be?" she asked, arching an eyebrow.
Odd was dressed in gray baggy pants, gray jacket, slightly unzipped with a bandanna and sunglasses on his head. He looked a lot like Eminem.
"I'm hip, of course" he grinned. Yumi groaned while Aelita giggled.
"Ask a stupid question..." she muttered. "Hi Yumi" she heard Ulrich say behind her.
"Hi Ulrich. Wow, you look good." she said, blushing . "Thanks" he blushed back.
He was dressed like a prince, including a rubber sword at his side.
"Let me guess: you're going to give her the royal treatment tonight?" Odd smirked. Yumi & Ulrich glared at while Hiroki snickered behind them.
They headed down the street when they saw Sissi and her gang coming up the street, heading for the school. Sissi was in a devil costume (+ fork), while Herb looked like zombie and Nick like Frankenstein.
"What do you know? I guess even losers like to get out sometimes" she said.
"Hey Sissi, when are you going to put on your costume?" Odd asked.
"Hah hah Odd, very funny. At least I'm not dressed as tacky as a vampire" she sneered, looking at Yumi. Yumi smiled and said "Well, you always did say I was a pain in the neck, Sissi"
Sissi glared at her."Bite me!" she snapped.
"If you insist" Yumi said, lunging forward.
"Eeek!" Sissi screamed, ducking behind her two goons. "Come on guys" she sniffed, "Let's go". As she walked away Odd say, "Watch out Yumi, that devil might give you the evil eye". The gang laughed as they continued on their way.
Yumi looked at her watch and saw it was almost 20:00. "Come on Kobi, it's getting late, and the party is going to start soon. Let's finish up"
"Aw" Hiroki and Odd went.