(MC and I are running from hungry wolves, who were portions of our clothes in their mouths)

I'm never trusting you with the map ever again, MC!

MC: Oh come on, can't you give me a break?!

First, you get us lost in this forest, and now we're being chased because you thought it was a good idea to trust those wolves!

MC: I thought they could help us out of here.

Well, THAT sure was helpful... but anyways, it's time for the next chapter. It's time for good old Peter Pan to tell his story!

MC: Do you mind telling them the disclaimer this time? Kind of trying to run off some wolves here.

Fine!

Disclaimer: We own nothing aside from our OC's.

Chapter 8: The Zombie King

"Now then, for this story. It's not going to be made up, for this was something that really happened sometime ago in the Tooniverse." Peter was telling everyone. "A time where I was once claimed.. The Zombie King!"

Lightning once again flashed, followed by the booming of thunder, in which Peter looked a little annoyed, "Okay, seriously that gag's getting a little old."

But nevertheless, he began his story, "Anyway.. It all occurred exactly one year ago... Once upon a night, I was just flying about. Doing what most kids would do on Halloween night."

We go in the story world yet again, as we see Peter, dressed like Captain Hook (He actually stole his coat and hat), and going around trick or treating with some kids. "What a night, I've never hauled up this much candy in one evening." Peter said, looking at his huge bag full of candy. It was a long night, and most of the streets were empty, meaning it was time to turn in for the night... until.

"Hi Peter!"

The boy then turned and smiled to see three of his friends, two boys and a girl. They were Marc, Chris, and Katie. All three were dressed as a army man, super hero, and princess respectively. "Oh, hi guys!"

"We were on our way to the pumpkin patch! All the kids are." Marc said.

"And we were wondering if you wanted to come with us." Chris added.

"Please, Peter." Katie pleaded with a sweet smile.

"Oh.. well gee." Peter rubbed the back of his neck, this was quite unexpected.

"Come on, it'll be fun." Marc told him.

"Um... Sure, it sounds like fun."

The three kids looked a little confused, "What's wrong, Peter? Don't tell us you're afraid of the pumpkin patch, are you?" Chris asked. What the kids didn't know was that Peter was not only afraid of Pumpkin Patches, but of something else related to them. He gulped a little.

"There was a reason I was scared about going to a pumpkin patch, cause during my last visit there, I had an unbelievable encounter during the night of Halloween."

Before Peter could say anything else, the kids began to pull him towards the area of the pumpkin patch. As they continued to walk there, they passed by a graveyard that was very foggy. Chris got an idea, "Hey, let's take a shortcut through here. We'll get there quicker."

Katie, who was nervous about graveyards, held Peter by the hand, as he smiled at her, "You a little scared?" He asked. She nodded.

"Don't worry, I'll keep you safe."

With that, the four of them walked through the graveyard. It was hard and gloomy, and it was really frightened to be exact. But Peter wasn't afraid, and neither were the boys.

"Usually on most nights, the graveyard was pretty quiet. But on this particular Halloween night, we were in for something different."

As they walked through the yard... Chris and Marc noticed something up ahead, "Hey! Check it out!" Marc said, staring at something.

"What is it?" Katie asked.

"It looks like some sort of... scepter."

Indeed they saw a scepter placed near a gravestone. Peter decided to get a closer look at it, for it sparked a bit of interest in him. He reached for it, but Katie held him back, "Wait. It might be dangerous."

But Peter chuckled, "Don't worry. It's just a harmless scepter, what could possibly happen?"

With that, he took hold of the scepter, and upon contact, and began to glow bright, and shoot sparks all around. And each one striking various gravestones and burial spots. Marc, Chris, and Katie stood close to Peter, until the glows and sparks died down.

All was silent now...

When suddenly, they all heard moaning...

"What was that?" Peter asked.

The kids looked around, until Chris spoke, "Look!"

At a lone grave, a hand popped out from the ground, following by another hand, and a head. A person pulled himself up from the ground, and began to stretch. It... was a zombie!

Katie screamed in terror, while the boys looked amazed, "A zombie..." Marc said.

"Cool." Chris added.

But Peter was shocked, how did a zombie come to life? Unless...

He looked down at the scepter again, just as a few more zombies popped out of more graves. Soon enough, practically every zombie in this entire graveyard rose from their grave. And they were coming towards the group, in all different directions.

Katie held on to Peter for dear life, as Marc and Chris still looked bewildered. Peter took out his dagger for protection, "Get back.. I have a weapon, and I'm not afraid to use it."

That's when one of the zombies... bowed down to Peter, "All hail the Zombie King!" He said.

The other zombies then bowed down to Peter, much to his confusion, "King?"

"Why yes. One who possesses the mighty scepter, shall be declared ruler of the zombies of the Tooniverse..." Another zombie explained. Peter's eyes widened, as he gazed down at the scepter in his grasp. He suddenly began to smirk, which Katie noticed, "Peter... what are you thinking about?" She asked.

"Me.. King of the Zombies.. I like the sound of that."

Peter then turned towards all of the other undead people, "Fellow walking un-dead, kneel down and pay respect to your new KING! King Pan!" Peter declared, raising the scepter high.

Immediately, the zombies bowed down once again. Marc, Chris, and Katie watched this, as Katie spoke, "I've got a bad feeling about this."

"Who knows, maybe it'll be fun." Marc said.

"But you know how Peter can let things get to his head too quickly." She replied

"It can't be that bad. Besides, it's not he's gonna make us into his assistants." Chris added.

Unfortunately for the three of them, Peter heard what he said, "Oh now I wouldn't say that." He turned towards them with a smirk, the kids gulped as they started to back away, "Uh, Peter. What are you thinking about?" Katie asked.

Minutes later...

Marc, Chris, and Katie now found carrying Peter's new throne, much to their dismay, "This is stupid..." Chris muttered.

"See. This is exactly what I was talking about..." Katie said.

"Maybe it won't be so bad..." Marc added. "Peter's our friend. He would never take us for granted."

"Faster you three, the King commands you."

All three of them groaned as they walked faster. As for Peter himself, he just laid back on his throne with a smile.

"Things couldn't have been better for me, it's not every day you get to be the leader of all zombies."

After a few minutes of more walking, the kids sat the throne down in the main center of the graveyard, where other zombies were standing. "Now then, why don't we spark up some fun on this Halloween night." Peter said as he held up the scepter as it sparked. Soon enough, skeletons popped out from the ground, and began to dance.

"Time for a little Halloween dance for your King!" Peter laughed as he watched.

As for Marc, Chris, and Katie, they watched as the zombies danced with the skeletons, "Hey, Peter. Can we dance with them? It sure looks fun." Marc asked.

"Please, Peter?" Katie asked.

Peter turned to the kids with a smirk.

"Actually, I had something else in mind you three can do?"

Unfortunately it wasn't as fun as dancing, as he had the kids scrub the tombstones much to their dismay, "This sure isn't fun..." Chris remarked.

"Now you probably wished you kept your mouth shut earlier, don't you?" Katie asked with sarcasm.

"Hey! I didn't think he'd be serious."

"And now look where we are."

Peter chuckled as he watched the skeletons and zombie dance. Now this was the life. But... now they were unaware that they were being watched... by three troublemakers known as... the NCO.

Their leader, Hollywood Shawn, watched the ghouly festivities going on, and he was rather surprised with what he was seeing.

"Dancing Zombies and Skeletons in the graveyard..?!" He said to himself, putting the binoculars down. "That's not suppose to happen on Halloween."

He looked again, and this time saw Peter sitting on his throne, holding the scepter up, "And there's that Peter Pan in the middle of it all." Hollywood added. "I should have known fly boy would be involved with something like this."

The branch suddenly shook as from behind Hollywood, as another member, Homer, struggled to climb up on the branch, for because of his weight, it made it hard for him to climb up. let alone pull himself up. Meanwhile, at the very bottom of the tree, another member, Mokuba, stared at the kids washing the tombstones, "Hey, Hollywood." He whispered, "I think I found our targets..."

The leader looked towards Marc, Chris, and Katie, and smirked, "Peter's friends, excellent." Hollywood replied. "They shall make perfect targets for our latest scheme."

Homer was confused to what the plan was however, "I don't get it, what exactly are we doing again?"

Hollywood sighed, rubbing the temples of his nose in frustration. "For the last time, we kidnap the children, expose them to our secret chemical, and make them one of us. We talked about this an hour ago."

Homer pulled out what appeared to be a bottle of green stuff as he said, "Oh yeah.. I remember now." Just then, the branch snaps and falls. Causing Hollywood. and Homer to fall down, unfortunately Mokuba was right above them. And when he saw them, he jumps and yells and tries to get out of the way, only for them to fall right on top of him.

Back in the graveyard, the kids still weren't having fun as they walked up to Peter, "Hey, Pete..." Marc called, "We cleaned the stones."

"Can we join the dance now?" Chris asked.

"Please, Peter." Katie asked sweetly.

Peter began to think, and smiled. "Well alright then, go right ahead."

The kids smiled as they joined the zombies, as one zombie walked up to the king, "They seem to be enjoying themselves..." He said.

"Well they maybe my servants, but they're also my good friends." Peter replied.

"True... but do you think that it is fair that you may them your servants, despite being your friends?"

When he heard that question, he raised an eyebrow, "What do you mean?"

"If they are your true friends, would you have them serve you and do your every bidding, by which I mean, taking advantage of them...?"

"The zombie had a point there, and it didn't take very long for Peter to realize that."

Peter looked at his scepter, then at the zombies, and then at his friends, then realized what he was doing to them.

"Oh man.. You're right."

The boy floated down towards his friends to speak to them, "Hey guys, listen.. I'm sorry about the way I was treating you. I guess I was so excited about being a King, I got carried away."

"Hey, no harm done." Marc said.

"Yeah, you didn't hurt us." Chris added.

"You're our friend no matter what." Katie said with a smile.

And Peter smiled too as Katie hugged him. With that, he had an idea, a way to make up for what he did to them. They all... decided to do a dance... a very popular dance to a very popular song... Thriller.

Suddenly, music began to play from an unknown source. Everyone knew what it was as they started to dance. As they did, the NCO were watching them from a few bushes, "What's happening now Mokuba?" Hollywood whispered to Mokuba who had the binoculars.

"They're... dancing to the Thriller song." Was his answer.

"No way?! Let me look!" Homer said, taking the binoculars, but unknowingly started to choke Mokuba by the neck due to him still wearing the binoculars around his neck.

As for Hollywood, he kept his eyes on only one person... and that was Katie.

For some reason, he really planned on having her be the first target of his latest plan. He smirked as he spoke quietly as if he was talking to the girl, "You'll fit in perfectly among us."

Back with the others, they were having the dance of a lifetime. The music kept going, and the zombies kept dancing... little did they know that trouble would be brewing in.

Katie started to dance near the bushes, and as she did, "She's coming this way, get ready to grab her."

"Huh?"

Before she knew it, she was pulled into the bushes, glove covered hands covering her mouth to prevent her from screaming. Once grabbing her, Mokuba whispers, "Shh... before they hear you." To Katie, who was muffled screaming. Hollywood smirked as he took her in his arms, his hand still on her mouth, "Let's roll out boys."

With that, the NCO made their escape with Katie in their clutches. However, they were unaware that Chris and Marc had saw them, "We gotta tell Peter..."

As for Peter himself, he too was currently dancing to the beat, that's when his friends ran up to him. "Hey guys, where's Katie?"

"Peter! She's been taken!" Chris said.

"Three dudes just ran off with her!" Marc added.

The music immediately came to an erupted halt, as the zombies were very confused, and Peter was shocked, "Hold on, you're not referring to who I think your referring too."

"Um, yeah. Katie. Auburn hair, loves ponies, love yo-" Chris began.

"Not Katie! Those three dudes."

"Oh, uh, well, one of them was wearing black all over, another looked like he was twelve, and there was a big yellow one."

Peter's shocked expression slowly turned into a glare, "The NCO..."

"Who?" Chris asked.

"I'll explain later. We have to find them and rescue Katie." Peter said as he raises his scepter. "Army of the un-dead, please hear me."

The zombies turned towards their king as he spoke, "One of my good friends has been kidnapped and is now in danger, we must head now and save her before it is too late!"

Immediately, the zombies grabbed various weapons as they held them up in a battle cry.

"Let's go!"

Soon enough, everyone arrived at the NCO's secret hideout. Which looked like it was an old abandoned factory. Peter looked through a window, to see... guards... lots of guards. It seems that the NCO has expanded.

"Just what are those three up to in there?" He asked to himself.

He managed to spot Homer and Mokuba, but he didn't see Hollywood anywhere, nor did he even see Katie. "Oh no.. You don't think?!"

"What's wrong, Peter?" Chris asked.

"Hollywood's usually known for causing sick stuff to girls, so I'm worried he might be doing the same to Katie as we speak."

"What do you mean... sick stuff?" Marc asked with concern.

Peter whispers something in his ear, causing him to pale. Peter then looked back, and found a secret entrance. After telling everyone to be quiet, he secretly slipped into that entrance.

"As the others and I secretly made our way inside the hideout, little did we know that we would end up falling into an ambush."

It took a while, but Peter found himself in the main room. Suddenly,

SLAM!

The door slammed right behind him, leaving him all alone. "What the?!"

He turned back around, only to be face to face with the guards, as he was pushed to the center, where Homer and Mokuba were preparing some sort of needle, "Well, looks like we have one uninvited guest." Mokuba said.

Peter glared at them, "Alright you two, where is Katie?"

Immediately, they heard an elevator ding, as Peter looked in front of him to see elevator doors. Behind them, he could hear soft crying and screaming. "KATIE!" He shouts, recognizing those screams.

The doors opened, and there stood Hollywood, holding a frightened Katie by her hair, trying to silence her cries, but then saw Peter and smirked "So.. You managed to show up after all. Just as I had planned."

Peter glared back at him, "What did you do to Katie?"

Peter! Help!" Katie exclaimed, trying to run over to him, but Hollywood pulls her back, smacking her in the head, "Quit trying to resist you little brat."

Katie screamed in pain from that, and that angered Peter as he tried to fly to her, but the guards held him back.

"Hey, Hollywood, the chemical is ready." Mokuba spoke up, as Homer brought him the needle.

"Excellent." Hollywood replied, taking the needle.

Peter was confused when he saw that, what was he going to do with that? Hollywood smirked at Katie, and then Peter as he explained what he was about to do, "Just so you'll get an idea Peter. One prick of this needle, and the chemicals lodged into Katie's veins will drug her up. Just enough to make her become one of us."

"NO! Katie screamed, struggling again. But once again, Hollywood hit her to silence her, but this time, he slapped her across the face, with made Peter growl, "And Peter, I suggest you not move a muscle. Otherwise." He eyed Mokuba who cracked his knuckles, and suddenly to Peter's shock, punched him super hard in the stomach, causing him to gag.

Katie gasped, "Peter!"

She struggled again, and was once again slapped. Hollywood then smirked at her as he held up the needle, "Any final words?"

He aimed it for her arm, as she continued to cry and struggle. Peter continued to try and get past the guards, but they blocked his every move. What was he to do?

Mokuba punched him again, sending him to the floor. When Katie saw that, she decided to take action, as she grabbed the needle from Hollywood, through it to the floor, snatched off Hollywood's shades, and kicked him where the sun don't shine, sending Hollywood to the ground as Katie flees, only to get severely kicked by Homer's devastating Homer kick (Which causes anyone who gets hit by one to have their neck completely snapped) as she fell to the floor. Motionless...

Peter gasped, "Katie! No!"

A furious Hollywood grabbed the needle as he stormed over to Katie, stomping hard on her back, "Enough of these games, time to do what I planned to do."

"Peter..." Katie, still with a bit of consciousness, whispered, resulting in Hollywood stomping on her back, and Peter couldn't do anything to help due to the sudden weakness from Mokuba's effective punch, what was he suppose to do now?

That's when he remembered the scepter, this gave him an idea, and at this point. This was his last shot as he reaches the scepter and activates its powers. It glowed, as the building suddenly began to shake, catching the NCO's attention, "What's going on?" Hollywood asked.

Homer gasped as he replied, "It's an Earthquake! WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!"

Suddenly,

CRASH!

Window's shattered at zombies left and right swung in the building, glaring at Hollywood, who dropped in needle in sudden shock.

Homer meanwhile suddenly notices them and sighed at first, "Thank god, it's just a bunch of Zombies." He suddenly realized what he said and screamed, "ZOMBIES!" As for Mokuba, he began to back away.

"Unhand the child..." One of the zombies said.

"O.. or else what?" Hollywood asked in a actual nervous tone.

Some of the zombies licked their lips in a very hungry way, Hollywood knew what they had in mind as he chuckled nervously, "Well.. since you put it that way." He replied before running off like a mad man.

Homer and Mokuba were shocked, it was very rare of them to their there leader run off like that. That's when they saw the zombies staring the two down with blood shot eyes, and lips being licked.

"Mokuba.. Any ideas?" Homer asked the 12 year old.

"I say we do the same thing Hollywood is doing!" Was his response.

"You mean-" Homer started to say before Mokuba finished his sentence by screaming, "RUN!"

Screaming like little girls the two remaining NCO guys quickly dashed off, out of the building. As the zombies chased after them, though slowly. Peter then smirked as he struggled to get up, just as Chris and Marc ran in, "Did it work? Is Katie okay?" Chris asked.

"That's what I'm hoping."

Peter then floated over to Katie and picked her up, as she whimpered, "Peter..."

He shushed her quietly, "You're safe now Katie. Just rest."

The head zombie walked up to them, "Great work, your highness. You put your king duties aside to save your friend. Now that is a true leader."

Peter smiled, but then looked down at his scepter, handing it to the zombie, "But... your scepter."

"I don't need it anymore. Believe me, it was fun being a king of all zombies, but I decided that there's one true important thing in my life. It's being there for my friends." Peter explained with a smile.

The zombie smiled back, "What a wise choice."

"Thanks."

With that, Peter flew off with Katie in his arms, and the boys following behind. The zombie continued to smile as we go back into the real world, where Peter finishes his story, "And that night, I learned that even though it's great to be a king. The real power is being there for your friends in need. The end."

"That was really cool!" James said.

"The zombies were really nice." Sofia added.

Peter smiled, as he then looked at Shawn, who looked very disappointed, "Peter. You said you had a scary story, but that was not scary at all."

Now Peter looked very offended, "Oh, and I suppose you could do better?!"

"Actually, yes I can." Shawn replied. "And since I'm the only one that hasn't told a story yet, I'll have a chance to prove myself."

The all star jumped up and stood in front of the fireplace, "Now be warned, for the story I'm about to tell will haunt you in your dreams for weeks."

And the time that we're writing this, Halloween has passed.

MC: That's the first time we failed to beat the deadline.

Yeah, but we know you all understand what we've been through.

MC: Exactly..

And next chapter... will be the scariest of them all...

MC: But you'll have to wait till then to find out why.

Yep! So we'll see you guys later, and don't forget to review, please. Thank you.