"AAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!" Came Winnie's howl from inside Grimwood. "This is gonna be our happiest Halloween ever." Winnie said as she put a Jack-O-Lantern on a counter.
"Because we have a trophy to show off at our Open House." Tanice said, showing off her trophy.
"Open House?" Toad asked, taking a Jack-O-Lantern off his head. "You girls never mentioned that before. Is it some kind of party or something?"
"It's only the biggest event of the Grimwood school year." Sybella said, hanging a skeleton on a hook.
"Will there-a be food?" Mario asked as he & Luigi placed Jack-O-Lanterns of themselves on a table, becoming spooked when the skeleton Sybella hung hangs down, causing Luigi to jump into Mario's arms.
"Oh, lots of goodies, Mario." Sybella replied, looking down at the 2 brothers. "Miss Grimwood is in the kitchen right now." The Mario Bros. looks of fright then grew into looks of happiness. They then looked at each other.
"You hear-a that, Luigi?" Mario asked. Luigi could only not. He then jumped out of his brother's arms & the 2 then ran for the kitchen.
"First brother there-a gets to lick the pot!" Mario called as the 2 ran. When they reached the kitchen, they saw Miss Grimwood pouring some unidentifiable brown substance into a bowl the disembodied hand was stirring.
"Oh, I just love baking brownies." She said to herself. Mario & Luigi approached her.
"Can we help-a you, Miss Grimwood?" Luigi asked. Miss Grimwood looked over at him.
"No thank you, Luigi." Miss Grimwood replied as the disembodied hand poured the batter into a tray. "I've already got one." The disembodied hand then handed the 2 brothers the bowl. "But I can let you lick the bowl." The 2 brothers beamed at this.
"You hear that-a, Mario?" Luigi asked.
"Oh yes." Mario replied. "Brownie batter. Completely unused, & all-a for us!" The 2 brothers then completely covered their hands in brownie batter & proceeded to lick it all off. Miss Grimwood took the pan full of batter over to the oven & placed it in the oven.
"Alright, Matches." Miss Grimwood said as she turned to the green dragon. "Ready to bake a batch of brownies?"
"Yeah." Matches growled. He then went over to the oven, breathing fire underneath the pan, baking the batter & sending the smell throughout the kitchen, though Mario & Luigi were too busy eating brownie batter to notice. Sybella then wandered into the kitchen, attracted by the smell.
"Mmmmmmm, something smells rotten." She said. Upon noticing this, Mario & Luigi sniffed the air, cringing their faces at the foul odour in it.
"Ugh, I'll-a say so." Luigi said.
"What is-a that smell?" Mario asked. "It's horrible."
"Deliciously rotten." Sybella commented as the disembodied hand brought the finished brownies to her. "Swamp brownies, fresh from the oven."
"Made with slimy swamp water." Miss Grimwood commented. "Chock full of mosquitos." Mario & Luigi jumped at this, realizing what they've been eating.
"Mosquitos!?" Both the brothers shouted in surprise. They then began to feel itchy, & began scratching vigorously.
"Phantasma." Miss Grimwood called to the ghost in question. "Are those caterpillar cookies ready to bake yet?"
"They will be as soon as I catch them." Phantasma laughed, chasing several caterpillars with a net. Luigi saw this coming & jumped a bit.
"Yipe!" He called. He brought out the vacuum nozzle of his Poltergust 3000 & proceeded to vacuum up all the caterpillars. Phantasma came over to him, & Luigi emptied his caterpillars into the net.
"Thanks, Luigi." Phantasma laughed.
"No problem." Luigi said. "It seems this kitchen's just crawling with-a treats, isn't it."
"Nothing's too good for our guests." Phantasma cackled as she poured the caterpillars into the bowl. Meanwhile, Toad was putting a bowl of punch on a table as he was talking to Sybella.
"Say, Sybella." Toad said. "Who WILL be coming to this open house anyway?"
"Everybody, Toad." Sybella said in excitement, holding up a black & white photo of a bat. "My daddy, Dracula." Toad gulped in fright when he saw this.
"T-that's your dad, Sybella?" He asked.
"It's a bat picture of him." Sybella said. "But he'll show up, after sundown." She said, turning to the window. Toad walked over to the window & looked out it, noticing the sun was going down.
"Oh boy." Toad said. "This doesn't look good." He turned & started heading for the kitchen. "I gotta tell Mario & Luigi." He entered the kitchen & found Mario & Luigi. He ran up to them & got their attention.
"Toad?" Mario asked. "What-a is it?"
"We got a problem, guys." Toad said.
"I'll say." Luigi commented. "Me & Mario just ate-a swamp sludge full of-a mosquitos."
"No." Toad said. "The guests showing up for the open house are monsters." Mario & Luigi looked at Toad in fright at this.
"M-m-monsters?" Luigi asked. Toad nodded.
"Yeah." He said. "We gotta find the Professor & Booigi & get out of here." Both brothers looked at each other, then back down & Toad & nodded, running out of the kitchen with him. However, upon exiting the kitchen, they immediately ran into Elsa.
"Stop!" Elsa said, holding up her hand, making Mario, Luigi, & Toad all skid to a halt. She then held up a portrait of what looked like Frankenstein's monster. "You gotta meet Frankenteen Senior." She said. Tanice & Winnie also showed up, holding up portraits of a mummy & a werewolf respectively.
"& my mummy daddy." Tanice said.
"Aaooo, don't forget papa werewolf." Winnie said. Mario, Luigi & Toad however, weren't all that enthusiastic about meeting them, they just kept running. However, they then saw Phantasma roll open & show off a picture of a purple-skilled man in a thick brown trench coat & hat during a stormy night.
"& my phantom father, WAAA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAAA!!" Phantasma cackled. The 3 however, just kept running.
"PROFESSOR!!" Luigi called.
"BOOIGI!!" Toad called. Booigi immediately floated into the room through a wall, & the professor coming into the room rather calmly & confused.
"My goodness." The professor said. "What is all the ruckus about?" Mario, Luigi, & Toad immediately ran up to the professor.
"Professor." Luigi said. "We're gonna be trapped in-a this house with a bunch of m-m-m, m-m-m-monsters." The Professor was taken by surprise at this.
"Monsters you say, Luigi?" He asked. Luigi immediately started nodding.
"We gotta do-a something." He said. "We can't-a stay here." The Professor immediately put up a finger & wagged it to calm Luigi down.
"Now now, calm down." The Professor immediately said. "There's no need to get your knickers in a knot, Luigi. We can't be sure that they'll be hostile. I mean, their daughters are quite nice & friendly." Luigi clutched the nozzle of the Poltergust 3000 tightly in his hands.
"Well, I'm not-a taking any chances." Luigi said. Toad clutched his Poltergust 3000's nozzle as well.
"Me either, Professor." Toad said. "There's no way I'm getting eaten by monsters tonight." The professor just raised his hands in compliance.
"Very well." He said. "If that makes you feel safe, I won't stop you."
Later that night, a heavy storm had started. There was rain, thunder, & lightening. Outside, a large dark silhouette was seen approaching the school. The silhouette let out a roar. The Creeper's Venus Spytrap, trying to keep water off itself, watched the silhouette march stiffly up the steps.
"Here they come, Revolta." The Creeper's voice said. The silhouette, now revealed to be Frankenteen Senior, marched into the school, with a werewolf running up behind it, obviously Winnie's father. Then a bat flew over to the moat & turned into a purple-skinned vampire in a black tuxedo & cape, obviously making him Dracula, Sybella's father. "The mightiest monsters in the world." The Creeper's voice continued. A mummy, Tanice's father, walked by, & Dracula walked up next to him, holding his cape above the mummy's head.
"Let me cape you out of the rain, Mr. Mummy." Dracula said.
"Thank you, Count." The Mummy thanked gratefully. "This wrap isn't waterproof."
"Aah, they were the mightiest." Revolta said, watching it all from her lair. "But they've grown soft. Soon I, Revolta, will be the most feared name in the monster world, when I get those girl ghouls in my clutches." As she said this, she brought her hands out in a dramatic fashion, bringing them close to a bat, which reached out to bite the hand, only to have Revolta retract it before it gets bitten, prompting Revolta to hit the bat & send it spinning on its own perch. Meanwhile, inside the school, Toad, Luigi, Elsa, & Winnie were all seated around a table playing a board game, when Frankenteen Sr.'s roar sounded out again, getting all their attention.
"Dada!" Elsa called, turning to the door & getting up to go to it. After that, a howl was heard, causing Winnie's ears to perk up at it.
"My papa's calling me." Winnie said. She then got up & walked off to greet him. Luigi begun whispering into Toad's ear.
"Hey, Toad." Luigi said. "Since all-a the girls are gone, why don't we-a get going too." Toad nodded at this."
"Good idea." Toad replied, the 2 then stood up & started for the window. However, when they went to open it, they saw the monsters were right outside.
"Oh no." Luigi said. "If we-a go out this door, they'll see us for-a sure."
"Then what do we do, Luigi?" Toad asked, worried for their safety. Luigi began looking around for a way out, until he saw, through the door to the kitchen, on the opposite wall from the door, a dumb waiter. Their eyes then lit up at it.
"Quick, into that-a dumb waiter." Luigi said, running for it with Toad close behind. They both jumped into it, closing the door behind them. They immediately began riding it up to the top floor, & got out. They dashed into the room to their left & slammed the door shut behind them. At that moment, they immediately began piling piling up furniture in front of it. Once they were done, they sat down in front of the pile to rest, breathing heavily.
"We should-a be safe now, Toad." Luigi said.
"Yeah." Toad replied. "They can't get us now." However, after Toad said that, the dresser on the pile opened up, & out popped Phantasma, which surprised them unpleasantly. However, upon realizing who it was, they both let out a sigh of relief.
"Oh, it's-a you, Phanty." Luigi replied.
"Ah ha ha ha, ha ha ha, ha ha ha." She cackled. "There you are." She then peeked into the drawer. "Father, meet my new teachers." A purple phantom in a brown coat & black hat then came out of the dresser next to Phantasma, looked down at Luigi & Toad, & offered them his hand.
"Phanty's told me so much about you." He said. However, Luigi & Toad weren't so happy to see him.
"YYYIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE!!" They screamed in fright, jumping to their feet & bolting straight for the window.
"See, father?" Phanty said. "They just love to excersize." Luigi grabbed the window.
"Quick! This-a way out!" He said. He then opened up the window, only to let in a pair of bats, which freaked them out.
"YYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" They screamed. They immediately turned tail & ran back to the door. As they were running though, the black bat made his way in front of them, turned into Dracula, &, as they ran by, grabbed them by the back collars of their shirts.
"It's so nice to see new blood here at Grimwood." He said, lifting Luigi & Toad off the ground & eyeing them. They both grabbed their necks, as if to protect them from him.
"Oh, you-a don't want my blood, Count." Luigi said. "It's chicken blood. Get it?" He then began to flap his arms & buck like a chicken, making Dracula let go of him as he made his way for the door.
"Yeah." Toad said. "& mine is mushroom blood. See?" He asked, striking a rather stiff pose, to look more mushroom-ish. Cracula dropped him, & he started to waddle towards the door. Dracula stared at them for a bit, then looked over at Sybella, now in vampire form.
"Sybella." He said. "These 2 are battier than we are."
"They are a little strange, daddy." Sybella said. "But they're fangtastic teachers." While the vampires were talking, Luigi & Toad managed to make their way to the door, & immediately began removing their barricade.
"This is the only way out. Let's just pray the other monsters haven't come here yet." Toad said. However, upon removing the last piece of furniture from in front of the door, the door burst open, knocking them both on their butts. They both started crawling backwards on their butts, away from the door, as Elsa & her father came through it.
"There they are, dada." Elsa said, pointing to Luigi & Toad.
"Come to Frankenteen." Frankenteen Sr. said. The Mummy then walked through the door after him.
"Yes." He said, reaching out & letting his wrapping shoot towards the 2. "Let's get a closer look at these 2." The Mummy's bandages launched for Luigi & Toad. However, Toad jumped for safety from them, but when Luigi tried to, they completely ensnared him.
"YIPE!!" He shouted. "He's-a got me!" He said as the mummy pulled him in. Luigi now found himself face-to-face with the mummy, to the point that their noses were touching.
"Who are you?" The mummy asked.
"Luigi." Luigi immediately said, nervously. He then looked over at Toad. "& that's-a Toad." Immediately, Toad shined his Poltergust 3000 light at the Mummy.
"Alright you!" Toad shouted in a dramatic fashion. "You hurt Luigi, & I'll make you wish you were never mummified!"
"Hurt him?" The Mummy asked, as if it were a joke. "I want to hug him." He said gratefully, wrapping his arms tightly around Luigi. "For making my daughter feel like a winner." As he said that, Tanice came in, holding the soccer trophy. Luigi looked down at her, realizing what he was talking about. He then looked back at him, smiling.
"Oh, that." Luigi said.
"Yes." The Mummy said. "You 2 are heroes in all our girls' eyes." The werewolf & Winnie walked in on this.
"I'll howl to that." The Werewolf said. "Let's give 'em 3 cheers." With that, he & Winnie let out 3 howls. After that, all the monsters began cheering them. Luigi didn't know whether to be frightened that he was still in the mummy's wraps, or flattered that he was a hero to these monsters rather than food. Miss Grimwood & the disembodied hand then showed, up & the disembodied hand rang a bell.
"Now that everyone's acquainted, let's go downstairs for refreshments." Miss Grimwood replied. Downstairs, Miss Grimwood was standing next to a large jack-o-lantern-shaped bowl full of black liquid with white & yellow chunks floating in it. "Have some Halloween punch, everybody." She replied. Both Luigi & Mario were having the disembodied hand pour them some Halloween punch, which the octopus then handed them. "That's the spirit, boys." She said. The Mario Bros. then took a swig of the punch, swishing it around in their mouths before they swallowed it.
"Hmmm." Luigi said. "What an interesting taste."
"Yeah." Mario said. "Tangy, yet-a spicy."
"It's an old Grimwood recipe." Miss Grimwood replied, raising her hand, opening it to them. "Poison Ivy Punch." At that, the Mario Bros. dropped their glasses & twisted their faces in a shocked way. "Made from scratch." She added. The Mario Bros. immediately began scratching themselves all over again.
"Yeah, scratch." Luigi said. Meanwhile, Prof. E. Gadd was with Winnie, admiring what looked like a small bright green sarcophagus.
"Oh my, Winnie." Prof. E. Gadd said, pointing to the item in question. "That looks interesting. What might it be?"
"Something for my papa, Professor." Winnie explained, placing the item on a nearby table & opening it up, revealing the inside to be lined with several sharp needles. "I made it in Arts & Crafts class." She picked up a nearby lime & placed it on the needles. She then slammed the item shut, leaving her thumb clamped onto the top of its "head", where a hole was located. She lifted the item up, pointing the "head" to a nearby empty glass, & took her thumb off the top, causing green juice to squirt out the top & into the glass.
"It's a juicer." Winnie said, filling up the glass. Professor E. Gadd placed his chin in-between his thumb & index finger.
"Ahh, interesting." He replied. Winnie's father then came over as Winnie picked up the glass.
"Now you can have bitter lemonade whenever you want, papa." Winnie replied, handing him the glass. He placed an arm around his daughter & took a swig of the green lemonade, causing his face to contract into itself from the sourness. His face then returned to normal & he look back at Winnie.
"That's wonderful, Winnie." He said, before drinking the rest of it. "Aahh, nice & sour. It makes my whiskers pucker." Meanwhile, Sybella was handing Dracula a small red bathrobe with white edges & a white belt.
"I made this for you, daddy." Sybella said. "It's a batrobe."
"Wonderful." Dracula said. "Just what I need after a rainy flight. Let me try it on." He then wrapped himself up in his cape, turning into a bat. Sybella then went over to him in his bat self & put the robe on him.
"Oh, fangtastic." Winnie replied. "It fits."
"Reeeaaah." Dracula screeked in agreement.
"See for yourself." Sybella said, holding up a mirror, allowing Dracula to see the robe fitting what would be his reclection.
"Waaaa." He scrawked. "That's wonderful."
"I'd say it's-a a very thoughtful gift, count." Luigi said. "But it's no-a reflection on you." Both Mario Bros. laughed at this. Dracula then changed back to normal, removing the robe & holding it in his hand, putting an arm around Sybella in a one-armed hug.
"What a wonderful gift." Dracula replied. Miss Grimwood then walked up.
"All the girls have worked very hard on their presents." She replied. Matches however, was feeling left out, & shed a tear. Booigi was with him, & give him a comforting pat on the head. Sybella then walked up to him, holding another red & white robe.
"Don't feel left out, Matches." She said. "I made a robe for you too, & it's fireproof." Matches smiled happily when he saw this, his smile then turning sinister. He took in a deep breath, turned red, & breathed fire on the robe. &, as Sybella said, it was not effected. The Professor walked up to Sybella when he noticed this.
"A flame-retardant robe?" He asked. "Where ever did you get the materials for that?" Sybella turned to him.
"Oh, the home-ec class has the materials in storage. It's packed with all sorts of cloth." The Professor once again rested his chin in between his thumb & forefinger in interest.
"I see." He said, then turning to look in the opposite direction. "I should check out that inventory." Elsa then walked by carrying what looked like a red walkman, with the headphones that normally go around the ears around her neck bolts.
"I made my present in science class." Elsa said. "It's a portable shockman." She walked over to an open window & stuck the shockman outside. Lightening then promptly struck the shockman, causing Elsa to become engulfed in lightening. "With a rechargeable battery pack that lasts for wee-e-e-e-eeks." She then took off the shockman once the lightening had stopped, handing it to Frankenteen Senior. "For you, dada." She said. Frankenteen Sr. took the headphones & put them on his neck bolts. Then another lightening bolt promptly came & struck the shockman, sending several thousand volts of electricity through Frankenteen Sr..
"This puts volts in my bolts." He said, feeling the electricity in his neck. Once the lightening stopped, he patted Elsa on the head. "Thank you, Elsa." He said.
"Welcome, dada." She replied. "I thought you'd get a charge out of it." The Professor came over & got their attention by speaking up.
"Ah." He said. "So THAT's what you were working on. Quite clever."
"Thanks, Professor." She said. Miss Grimwood & Tanice were standing with Tanice's father with her present, what looked like a small sarcophagus.
"Show your mummy daddy what you've made, Tanice." Miss Grimwood said. The mummy knelt down to pick up Tanice's gift.
"It's a bright light." Tanice explained as her father opened the sarcophagus, showing a mummy inside with glowing red eyes. "To brighten the darkest mummy case."
"What a thoughtful gift, Tanice." The mummy then said. Miss Grimwood was then standing with the Phantom.
"& last but not least, your daughter would like to play her latest composition for you." She said. Phantasma was sitting at a large pipe organ, turning around to look at the crowd.
"Ahh ha ha ha, ha ha." Phantasma cackled. "It's called "Duet For 3 Hands."." She then turned back to the pipe organ, & the disembodied hand joined her. They began to play a rather Halloween-esque song. The octopus then joined them on a set of drums with a skull on the large drum in the middle. "& 6 tentacles. Wah ha ha, ha ha, haaa ha ha ha." She finished. She then began to play her song. Meanwhile, outside, the Venus Spytrap was listening in on the song, rocking back & forth to the beat. Back at Revolta's Lair, Revolta & the Creeper were listening to everything.
"Sounds like they're having fun, Revolta." The Creeper then commented.
"Yes." Revolta said. "But soon the party will be over." As she said that, Phantasma had finished her song. She then turned around to a cheering audience.
"Fantastic, Phantasma." The Phantom then said.
"Bravo." Miss Grimwood said.
"AAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOO!" Winnie howled.
"It made my blood run cold." Dracula commented. The Mario Bros., Toad, & Prof E. Gadd were applauding as well.
"Bravo, Phantasma." The Professor said, clapping.
"Encore! Encore!" Mario said.
"I say we give-a that hand a hand." Luigi said as they all clapped. Phantasma shook hands with the disembodied hand, & they took a bow.
"Thank you, oh thank you, ahh ha, ah ha, ahh ha ha ha!!" She laughed. At that moment, the grandfather clock in the room started to chime. The time read 4:30.
"It will soon be dawn." Dracula said, pointing to the clock. He then turned to Sybella. "I must be on my way, Sybella."
"I know, daddy." Sybella said in an understanding tone. Winnie & her father were looking out the window at the moon disappearing under the horizon.
"The moon is going down, Winnie." He said, then looked down at his daughter. "I'd better run too." Mario, Luigi, & Toad were standing at the front door, seeing the monsters out.
"Glad you could drop by." Toad said, waving to the monsters.
"Hope-a to see you again soon." Luigi said. However, the monsters then approached them, starting with Dracula.
"In the meantime, I want you to take good care of my little Sybella." Dracula said, looking the 3 guys straight in the eye, which made them nervous.
"Oh, sure." Mario said. "We won't-a let anything happen to her or-a her friends."
"Good." Dracula said. "Because if anything happens to her, it will be a bat day for you." The werewolf walked up next to Dracula & pointed a finger at him.
"That goes for Winnie too." He said. They then walked out the door, leaving behind Mario, Luigi, & Toad, shaking nervously. Shortly afterwards, Frankenteen Sr. came up & lifted them all up to his eye level by their necks.
"Elsa is my pride & joy." He said, then moving his eyes closer to theirs. "Don't let me down."
"O-okay." Luigi said, before Frankenteen Sr. dropped them on their butts, walking out the door. The mummy then walked up to them & did what Frankenteen Sr. just did, grabbed them by their necks, lifting them up to his eye level, & looking them in the eye.
"Take care of Tanice & her friends." He said. His eyes then started glowing red. "Or you're going to meet a very mad mummy." He finished, dropping them back on their butts & walking out of the door. After that, the phantom crept up through a knothole in the floor & looked at them.
"Not to mention a fowl-tempered phantom." He said. With that, he spun out of the hole & soared off out the door, leaving Mario, Luigi, & Toad all shaking nervously.
"Farewell, fathers!" Prof. E. Gadd called to the monsters, waving. He walked up to the boys, who were sitting next to an open door, shaking nervously. "My, for monsters, they were certainly very nice."
"Oh yeah." Luigi said sarcastically, though his voice still shaking with fear. "I especially liked-a the part where they threatened us if-a we let anything happen to their little girls." However, the Venus Spytrap was apparently watching this, allowing Revolta to see it all.
"Oh, but something WILL happen to those girls." Revolta said, laughing evilly. She then walked over to a bat, holding a slingshot-shaped wand. "Get ready to fly, little spider bat." She said. "You're about to earn your keep." With that, she placed her wand so that it had the spider bat between its prongs, charging it with magic, laughing evilly.