''Grrr...that little...'' Kuroneko cursed, pressing her hand against her wound.
Her eye hurt, her face hurt.
Those stupid Cures!

''Oh my little Kitty, you don't look very pretty~'' She heard a breathless voice sing cheerfully.

''Shut up'' Kuroneko hissed and stared at the ceiling, hanging on the walls were various bones from Boneys' body and Boneys head was used as a lamp, he smiled at her and didn't seem that disturbed by his situation.

After getting a soft cloth and put it over her wound, Kuroneko sank into the couch with a sign after Boneys started singing again, Kuroneko tapped her tail against the ground quite loudly as If sending some kind of warning to the living decoration of the room, who continued singing but much softer this time.

Op: 'Halloween Night' by Aya Ikeda

Episode 11: Aah! The Haunted Doll! Help Roberta?

Miku's eyes widened when she had, somehow, finally managed to summon the Witch Staff, the familiar staff again appeared to be stuck to her hand.

''But...why can't I let it go?''

''Because It's a part of you..'' Jacky answered simply, Miku shot a somewhat confused look at the pumpkin.
A part of her?

''Try to do something!'' Jacky suggested with glee as she jumped on Miku's head, the short girl looked around, studying everything in the the clubhouse.

''Hehe! I know'' Miku eventually decided to slowly walk to the other room, she faced the lone doll sitting on it's chair, still staring at her with it's pitch black sockets.

''Are you sure, Miku?'' Yuina asked as she stood next to Miku, who gulped.

''I'll try to get it to talk, I want to talk to it'' She muttered and pointed the staff at the doll, closing her eyes and concentrated on the doll.
Why did she do this?
That doll was so...creepy.
She wanted it to go.
She would kindly ask it to go.
Yes.
That would be good..

''Let us hear your voice!'' Miku was quite surprised when she heard her own voice, she sounded so...strange...

''…Hello?''

Miku quickly shot a questioning look at her friends, they nodded.

''Hello! Can you hear us?'' Orlok asked slowly as he approached the doll.

''Yes! Yes! Can you all hear me?''

''That's correct but why couldn't you talk to us before?''

''...It's because of very weak in this form, you see..I'm trapped, I can't get out, I so want to get out...''

''Sorry to hear that but maybe we can help you'' Yuina crossed her arms and could've sworn she saw the doll's sewn smile widen a little bit.

''...I think there is a way but I'm to afraid to do it...'' The voice spoke with quite a scared tone, speaking slowly and carefully choosing her words

''But let me introduce myself first...I'm Roberta'' The voice, Roberta's voice, audibly signed.

''Hehe the spell worked!'' Miku muttered to herself when she somewhat hid behind Wakaba, not wanting to come to close.

Everyone had been seated on the ground around the chair (well Miku was still a bit farther away than the others), Roberta was still sitting in her chair, unmoving but was really glad she could speak to someone else again.

''Quite some time ago, this little house was inhabited by the Takibi-family, such a nice family, I was still a little girl then...I was the best friend of Akane Takibi, one of the children, we used to play all the time'' Roberta told the group in the same slow voice as before, as If she had a hard time remembering any of it.

''This story will probably not have a happy end, I guess?'' Larry asked quite mockingly, causing Jacky to shot him an warning glare.

Roberta's voice shortly let out a somewhat eerie, bitter laugh before continuing.

''You're right, I was killed not long before Akane's birthday, I still don't know what actually happened and who did it but I died...I turned into a ghost and...''

''Wait! You're a Ghost!?'' Jacky gasped as she jumped from Miku's head and stared at Roberta, still not able to move.

''Are you from Halloween World?'' Orlok grasped his paws together and frowned, Ghosts were one of the few monsters from Halloween World who, mostly, couldn't been seen by humans and actually were allowed to go to the Human World If they wanted, since most Ghosts couldn't really do any serious harm to humans and most of them could just slip by the gate unnoticed.

''..No, I died and have been wandering around this island since becoming a ghost...but then I was captured by some...special human who could see me perfectly, she imprisoned me in here''

''Someone imprisoned you?'' Jacky looked sympathetically at the doll.

''Who is that 'special human'? Where is that person now?'' Orlok questioned, he really wanted to know.

''I don't know, maybe she's already dead, It was pretty long ago...she just...left me here...''

''You said there was some way to help you, right? What is it?'' Yuina actually didn't like this at all, she didn't like Roberta's voice but at the same time she sounded very scared.

''Well...''

''What is it?'' Larry growled impatiently as Wakaba tried to calm him down by slowly caressing his back.

''I have to transfer into a human body''

No.
That was what Yuina's head screamed at her.
No.
No.
Just No.

''...Feel free to say 'No', It's risky and I only have done it once, it was...not a pleasent experience'' Roberta admitted, sadly.

No.
This was not okay.

''….Could you give us some time to think about it?'' Yuina stood up was prepared to leave as soon she could, she wasn't even that surprised that Miku had already rushed outside.

''Of course, It's fine, I'm just happy to be able to talk to you, I'm sorry If a frightened you...''

''It's alright'' Orlok said, trying to sound calm but he shot a somewhat panicky look at Yuina and Wakaba, the latter quickly grabbed Larry and Jacky and followed Miku outside.

''We'll come back in a few days, see you then'' Yuina said quickly, she and Orlok immediately locked the door when they

''Oh...That's good...Thanks for talking to me''

The group walked very hastily to their homes.

''I told you that doll couldn't be trusted, that doll is evil'' Miku whispered, looking around even though they were already far away from the clubhouse.

''She wanted to possess us! Use our bodies as a host so she...''

''I'm not sure, she didn't sound really comfortable with it herself'' Jacky chipped in, looking serious.

''No, it's just a trick!'' Miku argued with some terror audible in her voice, she again looked around nervously and walked closer to Wakaba, feeling somewhat secure next to the taller, stronger girl.

''What are we g-g-gonna do now?'' The taller girl asked hesitantly, abruptly the others fell quiet.

''I don't want to go back'' Miku admitted after a long silence.

Both Miku and Wakaba found themselves staring at Yuina, who seemed lost in her thoughts.

''Eh?...Um..I'm not sure, we just don't go there for a while?''

The next fews day the didn't go to the clubhouse anymore, instead holding meetings at each others homes mostly Miku's since Kaori could make such delicious snacks!

Kaori was just as frightened as Miku when she heard what happened, she insisted on keeping the lights on the whole night!

''That must've been terrifying!'' Kaori started trembling as she hugged her older, yet shorter sister.

''It was! We can't go back to our clubhouse! Ever'' Miku sobbed dramatically and buried her face into Kaori's chest.

''Aren't we exaggerating a bit?'' Larry spat as he gave her an annoyed glance, Miku quickly shook her head.

Wakaba had noticed everyone seemed to be bothered by something, not only the Cures but her classmates too, she noticed Hotaru staring outside quite long and not paying attention like she normally did, she didn't remind everyone of homework and was much quieter than usual.

Tomoko also seemed somewhat distracted by something, not that it kept her from getting unbelievably (almost suspicious) high grades, even during breaks she was only doing math-problems and didn't sound nearly as happy as when she first did when some people asked her about Show Kabocha.

Everything seemed to be...not alright, there was always something wrong.
Wakaba's uncle had been sick and was lying in bed the whole day, sometimes coming out to barf and drink some water.
And Yuina was fired again (Wakaba didn't really want to know why) but the good news was that she had almost enough money to buy her DVD-set.

But the worst thing to happen was on a Friday, when the girls finished the day and were walking home they were surprised with a Okinakuchi.
An Okinakuchi made of Roberta's doll.

She had grown quite a lot, still had those creepy empty sockets and her beautiful dress but, as expected, her mouth wasn't sewn shut anymore, it was wide open and filled with teeth.

Miku nearly had a breakdown upon seeing it and was dragged by Wakaba and Yuina to the bike-shed, to transform without being seen.

''Boo Boo Bogey! Monster Change!''

The transformation went by fairly quickly, for Yuina it was already over in a single eye blink.

''Pure Blood lust, Defeating you is a must! Cure Blood!''
''Magical Spell, Potion with a strange smell! Cure Witch!''
''Howling High, Full Moon in the Sky! Cure Wolf!''

''IT HURTS'' Roberta's voice shrieked into their eyes and the other students too, most of who seemed to lose consciousness and fall to the ground.

''HELPME!''

''That poor little thing'' Kuroneko grinned, she was sitting on the bike-shed, the right side of her head was covered in bandages but she still wore that catty smile on her face.

''YOU!'' Cure Wolf took no time to jump at the cat girl who shrieked and quickly sprung in a tree, she jumped from tree to tree, then climbed on the school and eventually found herself standing on the roof.
What a nice view she had.

''PLEASE STOP''

''Roberta?'' Cure Blood hesitantly stared at the doll.

''YOU LEFT ME! I WAS SO HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU!''

Each word hurt the Cures ears, it was so loud, booming and powerful.

''LOOK AT ME NOW! THIS IS YOUR FAULT!''

''No way We'll let you posses us!'' Cure Witch yelled and started to beat the Okinakuchi with her staff but to no avail.

''I JUST WANTED TO BE FREE FROM THIS BODY!''

The Okinakuchi started stomping and grabbed Blood and Wolf with her hands, she started squeezing the two with all her might, it didn't take long for them to turn blue and desperately gasping for air.

''GIVE ME YOUR BODY, NOW! YOU MISERABLE HUMAN''

Cure Witch trembled and pointed her staff at the raging doll.
Just concentrate on defeating it.
Kill it.
Destroy it.
Yes!

''I'LL CRUSH YOUR PUNY LITTLE BRAIN IF YOU DO-''

''Pretty Cure! Witch Curse!''

The Okinakuchi did let Blood and Wolf go, both falling limply on the ground but still conscious enough to sit up.

To Witch's terror the Okinakuchi didn't explode, it slowly returned to it's original state, the little doll quickly fell down beside Blood.

''No...'' Witch cursed, the three girls transformed back as the people awoke again and continued on as If nothing happened.

Kuroneko glared before silently disappearing, those girls were better than she expected.

''What is this? A doll? It's rather creepy'' Ms. Morino appeared and picked Roberta up before any of the girls could react, she inspected it.

''Is this yours, girls?''

''...Yes'' Yuina said heavily as Ms. Morino handed her the doll, Yuina hesitated for a moment before grabbing Roberta.

When the group hurried back to the clubhouse, they were in for another surprise.

The clubhouse was broken down.

''How..?'' Wakaba begun she put her hands on her mouth.

Yuina looked at Roberta, that must have happened when she was turned into an Okinakuchi.

She was still confused If Roberta was good or not, she seemed genuinely lonely and scared but the things she had said...
But then again that could be because of being turned into an Okinakuchi.

''NO! Not our clubhouse!'' Miku fell on her knees and crouched down to the remains of the house, everything was in pieces, everything.
She had really underestimated the power of the Okinakuchi.
Or the power of Roberta.

This was probably a stupid idea but Yuina pushed aside some parts and buried the doll.
Her mouth was sewn shut again but it had turned downwards, she looked so sad...

''Sorry'' Yuina mouthed but couldn't hear her own voice.

The three quickly hurried back home, certain to not come back again for a long time.

One hour after the group had left the remains of the clubhouse, A figure appeared, it was a school-girl with long, flowing grey hair, her eyes stayed closed the whole time as she slowly walked, or better said floated, to the doll.

''No''

''My my my, so here you are Roberta! I've been looking everywhere for you, you naughty little girl~'' The girl spoke in a soft, almost hollow voice, she giggled gently as she picked up the doll and simply faded.

''No!''

''Please No!''

ED: 'Delusion Disco!' - Emiri Kato (Miku Sumire)