She then saw shadows moving by her bedside, and then got up and said, "Oh, please tell me it's all in my head!"
She then got closer to the window, slowly as the noises were getting louder. 'Oh, no... It's happening again!' She thought.
She then looked out the window as her heart was pounding. She then saw it was just a tree getting blown by the wind. "Oh, I should have known.' She said with a sigh of relief.
The tree branch then broke as she then gasped.
next day, Konata went over to Tsukasa and Kagami's house, Kagami opened the door. "Hey, Happy Halloween, Konata."
"You too. You guys ready?" She then looked down at the poorly carved Jack-O-Lantern by the dore and said, "Whoa, what happened?"
"Don't really want to talk about it." Kagami muttered frustrated. "Tsukasa, Konata's here. Are you ready?" She called to her sister.
Tsukasa walked to the door and said, "I'm ready. I had a hard time sleeping last night because of the storm."
The three then set off to Miyuki's house which wasn't too far from the festival. Miyuki opened the door. "Kona Chan, Tsukasa and Kagami-san. Wonderful to see you all here. I'm rather excited for a fun night."
"I'm excited just to look at you in that Princess Peach costume. You look so cute, especially with those sticking out in your dress." Konata pointed towards her breast.
Miyuki then held on to her chest and said, "Oh, dear..."
Konata then patted her on the head and said, "Hehe, so cute!"
"People like you are the reason women aren't safe to go out in public." Kagami said, looking at Konata in discust as Tsukasa giggled.
"Happy Halloween girls!" Miyuki's mother Yukari greeted them with a smile. "The festival isn't starting for a few more minutes. Please sit down in the kitchen for some tea."
"Yes, thank you!" Tsukasa and Kagami both said while nodding.
The girls walked into the kitchen and were surprised how decorated it was. There was at least five Halloween banners. "I guess your mom really loves Halloween too, Miyuki-san.' Konata said, looking around.
"Yes, she does far more then I do." Miyuki said with a smile.
Kagami sat down and said, "Well, one thing that did come out of getting that pumpkin yesterday is I lost weight. I got on the scale last night and lost fifteen pounds. That's more then I lost in my entire summer diet."
"Maybe for now, but you're gonna gain it all back tonight. I heard there's gonna be allot of pockey at the festival. There's no way you'll control yourself." Konata said as Kagami put her head down on the table with a sigh.
She then sat back up and said, "Well, tonight I'm not going to, I have self control."
"Ah, Kagami, so determined, so worried about your weight. I love it." Konata said with her arms crossed.
"Will you just shut up?" Kagami said annoyed.
"Here's your tea kids!" Miyuki's mother said, setting the tray down.
"Oh, I haven't had anything to drink all day!" Tsukasa said, taking off her mask and began drinking the tea fast. She then noticed she spilled allot on her shirt. "Oh, I hate it when that happens." She said, looking down.
The girls then headed out, Kagami was looking at allot of adults in costumes, she then began to feel a little embarrassed and said, "Doesn't it feel a little weird to be dressing up like this at our age?"
"For some other countries, dressing up for Halloween is said to be for kids mainly because of trick-or-treating, but we don't have that here in Japan. That's why Halloween is mostly for adults here." Konata said.
"Why don't we have trick-or-treating here? I heard about it when I was a kid and always wanted to try it." Tsukasa wondered.
"Well, most people in Japan are against most American traditions of this holiday and they really don't like the idea of kids disturbing the peace and bothering them for candy." Kagami explained.
"I see now. It's does sound pretty strange for kids to go around asking candy from people they don't know." Tsukasa said with a smile.
Alright, we're almost there. Looks awesome!" Konata said, looking amazed as the other three girls' eyes lit up.
There was a giant seven-foot Jack-O-Lantern in the entrance, tones of orange and black lights and a ten-foot inflatable ghost.
"Look at the size of that freaking pumpkin!" Konata said, walking past the pumpkin.
"I thought the one I had was big. Wonder what they're gonna do with that thing. Can you imagine how bad it's going to smell?" Kagami said.
A man then walked up to Miyuki and said, "Free Meiji milk chocolate bars for sale. Care to try one, miss?"
Miyuki gasped as she felt her heart about to melt. "Oh, it's been so many years!" She then began to think about the dentist and how bad it was going to hurt getting a cavity filled. The chocolate bars looked so good she just couldn't resist.
She then picked one up and said, "One shouldn't hurt, I'll just brush my teeth extra well tonight."
Meanwhile, Kagami was looking around, shivering a little. "Wow, I wish I brought a jacket with this costume. Not one of my best idias." She then saw a large stand of Pocky being given out by Minoru Shiraishi
"Free pocky, including multiple flavors, chocolate, strawberry, banana and many more!" Minoru shouted.
Kagami's eyes lit up and she gave out the biggest smile she ever had. She had not been this excited in years. She was about to walk up and get a pack of pocky. She then stopped and said to herself, "No get ahold of yourself! What are you thinking, Kagami Hiiragi?"
Just then, a boy who she had never seen before ran up to her and grabbed her hands as she gasped in shock. "I recognize those eyes!" You're Kagami Hiiragi, right?"
"Yes!" Kagami responded with her eyes lit up in excitement, "Why do you ask?"
"You know Miyuki right?" The boy continued.
Kagami then got an angry look in her eyes and said, "Yes?"
The boy then gave her a note and said, "This is my name and number. Tell her I want to contact her, thank you!" He then ran off, laughing in joy.
Kagami then threw the note on the ground, and then walked to the pocky stand, sat down and said, "You know what? Screw it! Bartender, hit me."
Minuro then handed her a back and the second she bit into the tasty snack she was in heaven and the boy was now off her mind.
Meanwhile, Konata was walking to a shooting game ran by Akira Kogami, who was wearing a witch hat. "Happy Halloween there, young lady! Shoot the ducks and win a prize!"
Konata was looking up and the prizes and spotted a nice Maka plush from Soul Eater, she smiled and said, ""Alright, I'm going for that one."
She then picked up the gun and just as Akira was about to move out of the way, Konata accidentally shot her hat off. "Whops.." Konata said nervously, while smiling as a sweatdrop pourd down her head.
Akira's hair practically lit on fire, she then loaded up the gun and yelled, "Shoot me, will ya? I'm gonna blow your clumsy ass streight to Hell!"
Konata ran off and said, "It went off on its own!"
Miyuki was walking close by about halfway done with her candy bar. "Oh, goodness, it taste so heavenly" She said as she was about to finish it, just then Konata ran into her as she dropped her chocolate bar and gasped, "Izumi-san!"
They bumped into each other, Miyuki's glasses quickly fell off. "Miyuki-san!" Konata shouted in a worried voice. She then held her hand and walked her to sit down on a bench close by. "Miyuki, I'm so sorry. Please tell me your head is okay!"
Miyuki then smiled and said, "No harm done, Konata. Accidents will happen and there's nothing we can do. I'm feeling quite fine."
Konata and Miyuki then just smiled at each other for a few seconds, then Konata noticed and said in shock, "Miyuki, your glasses!"
"Oh, dear!" Miyuki started panicking.
Konata got up and said, "Oh, wait, they're right here, silly me..." She then put them on Miyuki as Miyuki gave a sigh of relief.
Konata was patting her on the head with a smile.
Just then Hiyori spotted then and got up closer with her skech book, pencil and a smile. She gazed a bit more closely as Konata and Miyuki were looking into each other's eyes. She then began to draw real fast. "Yes! She smaller blue-haird girl puts her hand gentley towards the beautiful taller girl's chest just like that, she then jumps into her lap then slowly starts to-"
Konata then turned her head, noticing her. "Hey, what's up?" Konata asked as she stood up.
Hiyori dropped the skech book and pencil and was shaking and breathing deeply. "Nothing, just doing a scary story, that's all." She smiled as sweat was pouring down her head.
Konata then picked up the book and said, "WOW! Now this is scary...'
Hiyori then fell to the ground and said to herself, "God, I'm a perve! I need mental therapy..."
Meanwhile, Tsukasa was having a good time exploring the festival, as she then stopped by a haunted house attraction and noticed her sister and her two friends couldn't be seen anywhere in site.
"Sis, Kona-chan, Miyuki san..." She called out. She then looked at the haunted house and heard screaming from inside. She then took a deep breath and said, with an angry, determined face, "I'm gonna face my fear this time. I'm going in!"
She then walked in and just then a huge werewolf broke through the ground, she screamed and tripped over a bonehead lying on the ground with a knife sticking out of its chest, "IT'S A NIGHTMARE IT'S A NIGHTMARE!" She shouted.
Just then a bunch of bats flew in the room with blood on their mouths. She finally screamed at the top of her lounges.
Meanwhile, Kagami was having her third pack of pocky, as Minoru said, "Miss, I think you've had enough."
"DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT GIRLS AROUND MY AGE GO THROUGH?!" Kagami shouted in rage.
"And I thought Akira was bad..." Minoru said, shaking.
Kagami then heard her sister's screaming and dropped her pocky stick and yelled, "Tsukasa!"
She the ran all through the crowd of people looking for her, bumping into many people. Tsukasa then finally ran up to her, hanging onto her shoulders, breathing deeply as Kagami held onto her. "Oh, sis..."
"Tsukasa, what happened?" Kagami asked, worried.
Tsukasa began to explain her horrifying experience in a mere few words, "Haunted House, Werewolf, bloodthirsty bats!"
"It was all fake." Kagami said with a smile, patting her on the back.
"But they made it look so real though, I... I loved it!" Tsukasa jumped in joy while Kagami just looked at her, sweating with a smile. "I never felt so alive! My heart beating so fast, my blood pumping! It felt amazing!
Konata and Miyuki then walked up to them and Konata said with a smile, "Looks like Tsukasa now knows the true fun of Halloween."
The next day at school, Konata, Tsukasa and Miyuki were sitting in class at lunch time. "What's wrong, Miyuki-san?" Tsukasa asked as she saw Miyuki holding onto her jaw.
"I got a cavity, I can just feel it. I have to go to the dentist today, after school.' Miyuki said, looking down, "Why? Oh, just why?"
Kagami walked in to sit with them and was looking more frustrated then ever before. "Okay, I think I'm actually scared to ask this time." Konata said.
Kagami burst into tears, "25 pounds, I gained 25 pounds! I hate Halloween! And I hate you, Miyuki!" Kagami pointed to Miyuki as Miyuki was just sweating speechless.
"Ah, the magic of Hallows'Eve..." Konata said with a smile.
Well, that's the story. It was pretty risky doing this since Halloween isn't a big holiday in Japan, but I was determined for this story and did what I could to make it work. If you liked the story for what it was, or felt I could have done better, let me know!