Halloween special! Sorry if it's a bit short.

~Amu's POV~

I woke up to the silent chilly air of Sunday. I looked out the window. The sky was a depressing grey of clouds. I sighed. So far the past days had been gloomy. I then got up and went downstairs.

"Mizuki? Aiko? Step-mother?" My voice pieced the too silent house. I walked to the kitchen. By now Mary would have been awake cooking something to satisfy the hungry step-family. But when I walked to the kitchen, I instead found the whole place torn apart as if someone was trying to find something. I noticed a note on the counter. I picked it up. It was from my step-mother.

Dear Amu,

I'm sorry to inform you that we have been called away on a trip. Mary also went with us. And clean up the mess inside the kitchen.

From your caring step-mother

Okay so my step-family went away. But why did they take Mary? I thought. I then looked around the kitchen. I sighed as I set to work.

…

I finished cleaning the whole mess up. I then went upstairs again. I saw my sleeping charas curled around in a corner of the room. I decided not to disturb them and got my jacket. Then I went downstairs and got the house keys. I went outside and locked the door.

I tucked the keys in my pocket and set off to the town center. When I got there I noticed that every one there was wearing a costume. I went up to a man.

"Um excuse me but is today some kind of holiday?" I asked but the man in a superman costume ignored me.

"Well that's rude." I mumbled to myself. I then approached a woman in a princess costume.

"Um are we supposed to wear a costume today?" But like the other man, she ignored me. I frowned. I then walked around. I noticed that there were also pumpkins around. I stared at them in confusion. I knew that today wasn't Halloween. It was still February. That's when I passed a glass window of a clothing store. Where my reflection should be was replaced by…nothing. I was freaked out now.

I hurried around the town, trying to find anyone I knew. Then I turned around a corner and bumped into someone. But then I realized that I didn't fall. And the person didn't even notice me. I turned to the wall and placed my hand onto it. But it went right through the wall. I gasped.

"I'm a ghost." I whispered. "But when did I die? And how?" I stared at myself in horror. Suddenly three girls appeared in fount of me.

"Amu! Can you hear me?" One of them shouted.

"Ow yes I can hear you." I rubbed my ear. I then saw the girls. It was Rima, Utau and Yaya. Utau was the one who shouted.

"Good. Everyone here are ignoring us." Rima said.

"I think I know why." I said as I put my hand back through the walls. They gasped.

"We're ghosts." I explained. Suddenly a man in a black cloak turned around the corner and appeared in fount of us.

"Go to 17863 35 Ave, Hollow Street. You'll find your answers there." The man said and suddenly he disappeared.

"Was he talking to us?" Yaya asked.

"I think so. No one else is here and he was staring at us." I said.

"So should we go to the address?" Utau asked.

"I think we should. Like he said, I wanna find out why we're ghosts." Rima answered.

"I have a feeling we shouldn't." I said.

"Of course you feel like that. We all know you're scared of scary things." Rima said. "Now come on or we're leaving you here." I sighed as I followed them. Soon we arrived at the street.

"There are no houses here." Yaya said.

"Except for the one at the end of the block." Utau pointed at the house. It was dark and gloomy like a haunted house and for some reason, the sky was darker here. We started walking toward the house, me staying behind Rima. We arrived at the poach and Utau knocked the old dark brown wooden door. No one answered.

"Well no one's here. Let's go." I said. As soon as the last word slipped from my mouth, the door slammed open. I was really scared by now.

"Or we can come in." Rima said as she stepped inside.

"Hello, anyone here?" Yaya asked. Suddenly the door slammed shut behind us. I turned around and tried to open the door.

"It's locked!" I yelled.

"Why didn't you tell us to not come here Amu? Now we're stuck in this creepy house." Rima said. I just glared at her. Suddenly I heard a growl. I screamed.

"Shut up Amu. It's just my stomach." Utau said. "I'm so hungry."

"There must be food here." Yaya said.

"Come on. Let's try and find Utau some food." Rima said. We then walked around the house, trying to kind a kitchen.

"Hey I found the kitchen!" Yaya said. We all rushed to the kitchen because by now we all were hungry. Our faces then fell to disappointment. It was a kitchen with a stove and such but no food in sight.

"There's a closet. Maybe there's food there." Rima suggested. Utau then walked to the closet and opened the door.

"There's nothing but a few jars of something red and a fake skeleton." Utau said from inside the closet.

"Um Utau those are jars of blood and that's a real skeleton." Yaya said in a frightened voice. Utau shrieked and ran out of the closet.

"Let's just try and find something else. Maybe there's food upstairs." Rima said. We all started trudging upstairs. We then entered the first room we saw. Utau turned on the light switch and suddenly we screamed. In the middle of the room was a dead body. We rushed out the room.

"I'm freaked out. Let's get out of here!" Rima yelled. And that's when the floor of the hallway opened up. Yaya was the one who fell down the gaping hole. I quickly grabbed her hand and held on. Yaya was screaming her head off.

"Don't let go!" I yelled.

"Oh sure I won't let go since there's an endless dark hole trying to suck me in!" Yaya yelled. I started sweating. For such a small girl she was heavy.

"I'm slipping!" Yaya screamed as her fingers slipped out of my hand. She went falling.

"Yaya!" We all screamed. The floor came back up and covered the huge hole.

"Let's go. We have to find her." Rima said. We then entered the next room. The light then turned on by it's self. We were glad that the room had nothing disturbing inside. We walked to the middle of the room. Suddenly the lights went out and we heard a long scream. The lights then turned back on. We looked around and noticed that Rima was…gone.

"Rima?" I yelled.

"Face it. She's gone too. We have to get out of here now." Utau said gravely. I nodded and we rushed out of the room. We then entered the next room. I then made the mistake of closing the door. A small click could be heard. I turned around quick.

"It's locked." I cried. Utau rushed over and started helping me. Sudden a loud beeping sound could be heard. I then noticed a fountain at the corner of the room.

"It couldn't." Utau said.

"It could." I said in horror. The fountain started coughing up lot bathtubs of water. Soon the water was up to our knees. The water kept on coming up and soon our feet was off the ground. Good thing we took swimming lessons. I thought the horror was over when the water reached higher than the door but it kept on going. Soon our head was touching the ceiling.

"Take a deep breath!" I yelled before we went under. I stayed still, thinking about how glad I was when I practice staying underwater. At school I could go for at least 7 minutes (Not possible but I just watched Percy Jackson so yeah), a record time. I then looked toward Utau and it hit me. Utau could only hold her breath for 40 seconds. Soon I could see her gasping for air. I tried to swim to her but it was too late. Her body sank to the ground. I watched in horror as my long-lost best friend died. Soon the water retreated and my feet touched firm ground.

I went to the door and easily opened it. I stared one more time at Utau's body and turned around. I closed the door behind me and went to the last room on the hallway. I opened it and went inside, hoping it would at least have an exit to the creepy house or something. I then saw it. A big black key laying across the room just the same size as the key hole at the door.

"No way would it be that easy." I said to myself. I looked around. I caution approached the waiting key of doom. Suddenly something appeared. I screamed. I then saw it was a ghostly form of the grim reaper.

"Amu…" It moaned.

"What do you want?" I shook in fear. It came closer.

"Amu…" It said louder. It kept on repeating my name. And then suddenly it lunged at me. I screamed.

"AMU!" I woke up, sweating.

"What happened?" I asked, calming down.

"You had a nightmare after you fell asleep in the middle of the horror movie." Rima explained.

"So you didn't die?" I asked. Rima sighed.

"Of course not you idiot." Rima slapped the back of my head.

"Thank god." I replied.