I meant to upload this for Halloween, but I kinda forgot. I actually meant to write something for Halloween last year, but I forgot then, too.
"Has anyone seen my boots?" Becca called from under the bed.
"Which ones?" was her response.
"The purple ones."
". . . . You bought purple boots?"
Becca rolled her eyes. "No, they were originally black. I spray painted them purple." She crawled out from under the bed just as Jonathan came in and dangled a pair of purple leather ankle boots in front of her. "They were by the couch," he told her. She went to grab them but he held them out of her reach. "Why do you need them?"
Becca tried—and failed—to get her boots back. "I need it for my costume," she snapped. "Now give 'em back!"
"I thought you used those black knee-high boots for that."
"Not that costume! My Halloween costume, dummy! Now give them back or else!"
"Or else what?"
Becca raised an eyebrow in a "seriously?" look. "Need I remind you what happened when you messed with the stereo?"
"Point taken," he gave her the boots and sat on the bed as she went and got something from the closet and went to the bathroom to change. She came out in a black gymnast suit, with a belt of gold rings with red gems in each one, the boots, and a purple hooded cape.
Jonathan tilted his head a bit. "Alright, I'll bite; who are you supposed to be?"
"Are you serious?" she asked. He nodded. "Aw, c'mon! I even put a red dot on my forehead and everything!" she sighed and put her hood up. "I'm Raven." She said, but he still looked confused. "From Teen Titans?"
That seemed to ring a bell. "They're all teen superheroes, though; I thought you didn't like superheroes."
"Well, I don't rally see Raven as a hero. I see her as more of an anti-villain. Plus, she's really cool. So," she continued as she sat on the bed next to him. "You gonna help me pass out candy?"
He stood up and walked toward the door. "Not likely," he scoffed, and then left the room.
The doorbell rang and Becca grabbed the bowl of candy beside the door before opening it. It was a little early for trick or treaters, but whatever. She opened the door and raised an eyebrow when the saw who it was. "Aren't you a little old to be trick or treating?" she asked as she stepped aside and motioned for them to come it.
"Ha ha, very funny," said Mabel as she stepped in and closed the door behind her. "I worked really hard on this and I felt like showing it off." She did a full circle so Becca could get a full view of her costume; A blue knee-length dress with a skirt and sleeves that puffed out, A white apron with a small red and black club, heart and diamond above a large red and black heart, a black ribbon tied around her waist, and black heels with knee high white stockings, a black ribbon on each stocking. She also had a blue chocker with a small red heart handing from it, and there was a black ribbon tied in her hair.
"Well," said Becca. "Good luck finding the rabbit hole. If you do, say hi to Queen of Hearts for me." She looked towards the kitchen and yelled, "Jervis, you're girlfriend's here!"
Mabel's face flushed red and she looked down at her feet. "Thanks a lot," she muttered.
"It's what I do," Becca laughed as she took a seat on the couch and picked up her book. A few seconds later the girls heard something shatter and they looked toward the kitchen door. Jervis was standing in the doorway and there was a broken teacup sitting in a puddle of tea at his feet.
"That was his favorite cup, too," Becca commented before going back to her book.
Mabel smiled shyly as she crossed the living room to stand in front of Jervis. "Trick or treat," she said softly.
Jervis didn't say anything. He didn't even move. He just stood there.
"I think you broke him," Becca snorted as she got up and headed for the basement.
Jonathan sighed in irritation as he heard the basement door open. "I told you, I'm not helping you pass out candy. I'm perfectly content with staying down here."
"I wasn't gonna ask you to help," Becca said as she reached the bottom of the stairs. "Mabel came over. Guess what she dressed up as?"
"No idea," he said while writing something down in a notebook.
"Alice in Wonderland."
"Oh dear," he had to hold back a snort of laughter. "Has Tetch seen yet?"
"Yea, that's why I came down here," she said as she sat in an extra office chair and began spinning. "I think she broke his brain. It's performing a system reboot." She glanced at a test subject who was strapped to an old dentist's chair. "You're such a scrooge," she sighed. "It's Halloween, give the guy a break."
"Scrooge is from a Christmas Carol, not Halloween."
"What-ever," she snapped while rolling across the basement in the chair. "The point is, it's a holiday. Leave the guy alone for a while."
"Now why would I do a thing like that?"
Becca rolled over to him. "Because it's Halloween?"
"Halloween, my dear girl, is a holiday that celebrates fear," Jonathan said with a smirk. "I'm just spreading the holiday spirit."
Becca rolled her eyes. "Uh-huh, sure." She was about to say something else when the doorbell rang.
"Better get that," Jonathan said with a pleased smirk. She punched him in the arm before standing up and heading back upstairs.
A/N: This is a week late, and I apologize for that. {hangs head in shame}