(HALLOWEEN.)

"OK, my lovelies. You have to all be back by nine, do you hear me?" Trudy told them, giving them big pumpkin shaped buckets.

"Right, Trudy, we know." They chorused, as they had every year.

"Alright, my darlings, off you go. Have fun." She told them, smiling.

"You, too, Trudy. Though, not too much, you might end up hurt." Eddie smiled at her.

Trudy grinned fondly, pretending to whack him around the head.

"You cheeky person. Go on, before I change my mind." She told them, watching them scarper. It was raining, threatening another overnight storm.

Trudy sighed, then she felt something warm wrap around her.

"Gotcha." A voice whispered in her ear. She knew that voice, anywhere. She nudged up close.

The kids were soaked. They saw the house that looked exactly like the one from Trudy's story. They went in via a broken window.

They stayed there until eight, then they heard a man shouting for his wife sadly and a woman screaming in mad terror.

They saw a woman fall head over heels downstairs and instead of playing her death, she grabbed Fabian by his collar. She took him upstairs. He stood there, he couldn't get downstairs.

He shouted "Go get help, will you?"

Nina didn't want to leave him alone, but they dragged her with them.

They ran into Anubis house, screaming.

Trudy was curled up on the sofa, snuggling up to Jasper, a romantic movie on the TV. They looked at the kids in surprise.

"What is it, my loves? You're back twenty minutes early and Fabian's not home yet. Why did you leave him? Pranks at this time are unsafe and unfair. Don't. Now, bring him-"

"Trudy, your ghost story was real, wasn't it?!" They screamed at her, she shrank back a little, blushing.

"No, I made it up. It was just a story." She admitted.

"It was real, Trudy. Fabian's in that house and he's stuck at the top of the stairs. He can't get down." Nina sobbed.

"Right. Loves, go to bed. When he comes home from trick or treating, I'll tell him about your prank."

She pointed them out of the room, her heart beating a thousand miles a minute. Jasper felt the tension and need to cry flooding off her.

"Hey, beautiful. Come on, if you need to cry." He pulled Trudy onto his lap and pressed her gently to him.

Trudy cried, silently. Jasper rubbed her back, telling her quietly just to let it all out.

Meanwhile, Nina was having a series of nightmares, when Sarah turned up.

"Nina?" She asked, her papery voice just coming through.

"Sarah? What are you doing here?" Nina asked in sleepy confusion.

"The boy's still in that house, Nina." Sarah told her. She held up a window for her, it showed a man pushing him down the stairs and his neck breaking. He died instantly.

"Fabian." Nina whimpered.

"There's a way to save him, Nina." Sarah said.

"Tell me, Sarah, please." Nina begged.

"You must go there and kiss him. That kiss will save his life, but at the risk of someone else's. The sacrifice must go with you or the kiss won't work and he will remain dead."

Nina woke and grabbed a mega phone and ran through the house screaming "HOUSE MEETING, NOW!" Into it.

Everyone met up in the living room, even Victor.

Trudy saw that Fabian wasn't home and started trembling. Nina recounted what Sarah had told her, making Trudy shake more, terrified.

"But there needs to be a sacrifice." Nina finished.

For a second, nobody moved. Then out of her sadness, Trudy stepped up.

"Come on, lovely, we have work to do." She said, taking Nina's hand.

Jasper grabbed Trudy's arm. "Are you mad, Trudy? You'll get yourself killed!" He told her, blind with a furious panic.

"It'll be OK, my love. Think of your godson." She told him, kissing him gently.

"I am, but I'm also thinking of you, Trudy. Stay here, where you're safe. Don't give yourself up." He told her.

"It's my fault he's there now, it's the least I can do for him. Just remember that, regardless of what happens to me, I love you." She said, kindly, her eyes meeting his.

He kissed her, holding her like it's the last time he ever would.

Then Nina waited just long enough for her to whisper "Goodbye, Jazz."

He whispered "I'll see you later, Trudy."

The two went up to the house, Nina in tears. She would save someone she loved at the cost of someone else she loved.

Trudy waited by the stairs while Nina said "Trudy, I'm not sure."

Nina watched for uncertainty. "Sweetheart, I promise you, it's for the best." Trudy replied certainly. "Just do it, darling."

Trudy nodded her on. Nina took a deep breath and kissed him. Fabian's body repaired and Trudy collapsed to the floor, beyond repair.

He looked at her lifeless form. "Nina, what happened? Why is- Is that Trudy?! Oh my God. Jasper's gonna flip out, if she's dead. He'd go berserk if she was returned to him in the less than perfect condition she left in."

Nina went to the collapsed body on the floor. Every bit of her was broken. No pulse, or breathing, just a very broken body.

Nina broke down in tears. "Jasper told her not to. I didn't want her to sacrifice her life. Fabian, come here."

He gave her a hug. "I'd sooner I stayed dead than see Trudy dead."

At the house, Jasper felt it that Trudy was dead. It suddenly felt like half of him had gone and he knew that it was Trudy. She'd left the world.

"No. It worked. He's alive, but it cost Trudy her life." He stated, having been close to her, but unable to get over it.

It was Amber who responded to that news. She burst into tears.

"Oh, why did you let her go? Why didn't you pin her down? I could have gone!" Then Amber was given an idea. "Right, you. You're coming with me. You and I are gonna save Trudy."

She grabbed Jasper's arm and the two went up to the house. Amber was willing to give herself for Trudy.

Amber shoved him toward the body.

"Well, go on, you idiot, kiss her. I have to see if it works. Go on!" Amber all but shoved him on her. Jasper just had to imagine life without his little Trudykins. That really forced him to it.

It was Amber who fell. Trudy's body repaired, Amber died.

Trudy wrapped her arms around Jasper and said "You absolute darling, saving me from that. What were you thinking?! Are you insane?!"

"I was thinking somebody forced me up here and made me kiss you. I knew you wouldn't want that, but she insisted."

Trudy flipped out. "WHO WAS SHE, JASPER?!"

"Amber." He told her, making Trudy burst into tears.

"Why didn't you tell her no?! Did you both get hit with a stupidity stick?! There is no way I was worth that! She had talent, promise and her whole life ahead of her."

"You have talent and promise and you have a future of your own." Jasper told her. "She was the one who made me do this. I knew that if it worked, you'd flip, but she saw it differently. She all but shoved my lips to yours. I personally think she would have, if I hadn't seen a future without you."

"Jazz, you're mental! You would have found your true love sooner or later and I bet she'd be a million times better than me." She told him.

"I'm holding her in my arms as we speak. You're the one for me, Trudy. Always."

It shocked her. He held her to him, then got a stretcher for Amber. He carried her out of there and gave her to a morgue and told them her father would be over to check the body and make arrangements for the funeral.

Meanwhile, Jasper clutched Trudy to him, cradling her.

"My beautiful angel. This is all you need. But I promise, I love you, Trudy. Always will." He whispered, tissue drying her eyes.

She leaned close and kissed his lips. Then she moved back and murmured "I love you, too, Jazz."

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OK, final chapter of the story. Does anyone want an epilogue? If so, I need someone to tell me what they want to see, or if you all want a sequel. Just review if you want a sequel, PM me with anything you want to see in an epilogue. Until the next time, Random Dizzy. :)