Wohoo! Chapter 1 of Halloween Havoc!
In the Ghost Zone, Amorpho was floating around, not doing particularly anything. All of a sudden, he was rammed against a floating purple door by a dark figure. The muscular form held him there, making escape impossible.
"What is the meaning of this?!" Amorpho demanded in his nasally voice, turning his head as far as he could to see his attacker. He gasped when he recognized who the ghost was.
"It is nearing Halloween and I have plans. Big plans." The Fright Knight growled in a sinister tone.
"So, what are you going to be for Halloween?" Matt questioned.
The trio was communicating over the computer. There were two disks on Jake's desk, projecting images of his friends.
"Don't know." Jake responded. "How about you guys?"
"I was thinking of just skipping this year. I mean, we're fourteen." Tori replied, much to the disappointment of her two friends.
"Are you kidding?! We go together every year! It's a tradition!" Matt cajoled. "Besides…"
"Free candy." The two boys ended together, big goofy grins on their faces.
Tori rolled her eyes, smiling at their immature behavior. "Fine. I'll go."
"Yes!" The two male teens shouted, punching the air.
"I think I'm going to go as…" The African American boy stared.
"A computer?" Jake joked.
"An old fashioned PDA?" Tori continued.
"A microchip?"
"Techno-boy?"
"You're hilarious." Matt commented snidely. "Why do you guys label me as a techno-geek? I'm not that bad!"
"You sleep with your handheld under your pillow." Jake stated matter-of-factly.
"Once! I did that once!" The irritated boy shouted in defense, causing his two best friends to burst into laughter. "Anyway, I was about to say that I'd go as a werewolf. You?"
"Probably a vampire." Jake responded.
"Uh…a witch, I guess?" Tori replied, a little unsure.
"Great, we'll be the terribly unoriginal trio." The pale-skinned boy remarked in amusement, a sly smile lingering on his lips.
"Yeah, well, at least we'll look cool together." Matt commented.
"Like a horror movie. Attack of the Unoriginal Costumes." Tori laughed, using her best spooky voice, although it was obscured by the giggles.
"Tori! Are you almost done?! It's time to go!" Tori's Mom, a.k.a. Valerie, shouted up to her daughter.
"Be right down!" The dark-skinned girl shouted back. "Sorry, guys, I have to go. I'll catch up with you later."
With that, Tori logged off, her holographic image disappearing before the disk shut off. Now it was only Jake and Matt, but not for long. Jake's ghost sense went off.
The boy sighed. "Looks like duty calls. I'll see you later."
Jake flipped off the disk and camera. Quickly, he jumped onto the floor, ready to go ghost, when someone knocked on his door.
"Jake!" His Mom yelled.
The teen sighed. He hoped Danny and Abby would be able to handle it. "Yeah, Mom!"
Sam opened the door, walking into his dark room. "We're going to the costume store in a few minutes." She informed.
"Alright. I'm coming." Jake replied somewhat irritably. He followed his mother down the stairs and to the door. "What about Dad and Abby?"
"They had ghost trouble. They said that they'll meet us at the store." Sam answered tiredly.
"So, see anything you like?" Sam asked her son.
"Not yet." He replied. None of these costumes seemed…right. Also given that there was a good amount of Danny and Abby Phantom costumes. To his surprise, there were even a few Shadow costumes, not that it looked like any of them had sold.
Jake kept searching the aisles. No, no, no. At this rate, he'd never find a good costume!
"Jake, watch out!" His Mom warned, quickly. But not quickly enough.
In his lack of attention, Jake had slammed into someone, causing him to knock into a shelf and make it spill all of its items onto the floor. They landed right on top of Jake and the other person. The two were now under a pile of costumes. Jake pushed his way out from under it and stood up. The other person was trying to get up too. He instantly grabbed the dark-skinned hand and helped pulled up-what he now realized was a girl-to her feet.
"Sorry, I…" The two started, but both trailed off when they saw who it was.
"Tori?!" Jake jolted in realization. He had just knocked a whole pile of costumes on top of his best friend!
"Jake?" Tori asked, also realizing that it was her friend that she had knocked into.
"I'm so sorry! I wasn't looking where I was going and…" Jake babbled, but Tori cut him off.
"Don't blame yourself, I wasn't looking either."
Jake looked down at the massive pile surrounding him. Then, he bent down and picked up a package. "I…think I found my costume."
Tori giggled, something she didn't do quite often, and bent down herself. "Me too."
"Well, I'm glad you two found what you were looking for, but now you're going to have to clean up the mess you made." A tall man scolded, his golden "manager" pin reflecting the overhead lights.
The teens tried smiling innocently, but their expressions reeked with guilt.
"Beware, Count Jake is on the loose." Tori joked, pointing her thumb toward a dark figure entering the room.
Jake was wearing a black cloak over black dress pants and an old fashion fancy blouse in red. The collar of his cape went up high. In his mouth was a pair of tell-tale vampire fangs.
Tori just wore a pointed black hat and a short black dress with green leggings and long-sleeves. This was one of the only times Jake had ever seen her in a dress. He had to use all of his will power to keep his mouth from hanging open.
"Wow, Tori. You look really nice in that." He blurted before he could stop himself.
Tori blushed a little. "Oh, um, thanks. Your costume is great, too." Secretly, she was thrilled that he had said that.
"Hey, what about me?!" Matt argued, slightly offended that his friends were too busy gawking at each other to notice him.
Matt had worn a suit that completely covered his body. It was covered in grey hair and a purple torn shirt and green raggedy shorts were over it. He had a wolf mask over his head with his face sticking out of a hole.
"Yeah, yours is nice, too." Tori replied, her tone showing that she liked Jake's a little better. Matt wondered if it wasn't the costume she liked better, but the person wearing it.
"Come on, everyone! Get together for pictures!" Sam ushered, brining out her camera.
"Mom!" Abby groaned, suddenly appearing from behind the wall. She was wearing a floor length black dress with blue trim. A black choker with a blue pendant clung to her neck and her hair was up in a neat bun. A golden circlet wrapped around her head like a crown. Fake blue jewels dangled from her ears and black eyeliner and mascara was worn around her eyes. She was like a Gothic princess.
"I want all four of you in there." The mother demanded, giving Abby a little push toward the group.
Abby reluctantly stood with her brother and his friends, staying on the outside. The trio of friends grouped close together as Abby stood slightly away. From right to left, it was Abby, Jake, Matt, and then Tori. Sam raised the camera to her eye before frowning and putting it back down.
"Jake, could you and Matt switch places please?" She requested.
The two boys shrugged and followed her orders. She raised the camera again. "Perfect." She snapped a picture. "Now just Jake, Tori, and Matt." Said people moved. Sam clicked another picture. "Now just Jake and Tori."
"Mom!" Jake whined, seeing where she was going with this.
"Just quickly." The mother assured with a smile.
With a sigh, Jake moved closer to Tori as his Mom took the final picture.
"Can we go now?" He pleaded.
"Fine, fine, fine." Sam granted.
The four were out of there before you could say "ghost."
Okay, I figure that this will be a relatively short story at the pace it's going. I'll try my best to finish around Halloween.