Lulu: Yo~ as a reward for you guys for my spotty updates (I blame school), I'm posting two chapters today :3 this one is a Halloween Special, while the next one has a 2 year time skip to when they're 5 years old...yes, they're still 3 (hard to imagine, right?). Enjoy~

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DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN HOMESTUCK, FOR THAT IS OWNED BY ANDREW HUSSIE. I ALSO DO NOT OWN LOLITA, HARRY POTTER, BATMAN, SAILOR MOON, SUPERMAN, WONDER WOMAN, OR PETER PAN. ENJOY

WARNING: THE CHARACTERS IN THIS FANFICTION AND THEIR PERSONALITIES MAY NOT BE TRULY CORRECT; THIS IS BECAUSE THE AUTHOR (aka Me) MAY EITHER INTERPRET THEM DIFFERENTLY THAN THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE INTERPRETED, THEY MAY BE CHANGED IN ORDER TO FIT THE SPECIFIC AU, OR IN WORST CASE SCENARIO, THE AUTHOR (again, Me) MAY HAVE HAD THEIR PERCEPTION OF THESE SPECFIC CHARACTERS CHANGED DUE TO READING TOO MANY OTHER FANFICTIONS CENTERING AROUND THESE SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. PLEASE READ THIS FANFICTION WITH THESE THOUGHTS IN MIND.

POVs specifically targeted in this chapter: Stitch (The Felt), Dave Strider, Diamonds Droog (Midnight Crew).

Your name is Stitch, and you can't help but smirk with pride at your creation. You watch as your daughter twirls in her black and jade vampire princess costume, her emerald eyes sparkling like gems. You picked up Kanaya from the streets not too long ago, and so far you haven't regretted it; she gets along with the other children, acting as a mother-figure to them (something only two really have), and she shares your hobby (aka job) of stitching up everyone else's clothes and creating new ones. She has potential, something you can recognize whenever you notice her working beside you.

Now, as you watch the other brats admiring each other's costumes (all of which were made by you), you had to appreciate your daughter's costume as one of your greater creations. It was a black Lolita-style dress with jade green accents, something that matched your daughters own black hair and green eyes, fair skin seemingly luminescent. Scratch's kid, Rose, had a dress similar to Kanaya's, only it was violet with black frills.

The rest of the children looked fine as well; Eridan looked rather pleased that he was dressed as Harry Potter (his favorite wizard, the one he never stopped talking about ever since Die had read him the entire series…that guy really knows how to make everyone else miserable), Crowbar had asked for a simple black cat costume for Roxy (she'd been rolling around on the carpet in it for a while now), Vriska and Terezi had decided to go as pirates (with Vriska as Captain Mindfang, of course), Equius was dressed in a one-person horse costume, Gamzee (of course) had taken interest in being a clown (he wore the make-up for it enough that it wasn't really an issue), and Calliope and Caliborn…well, Lord English had made them dress up as a prince and a princess (Calliope had been rather thrilled about it actually). All in all, they all looked adorable and many of the others had congratulated you on your work while you merely grunted in reply.

You were done for the night; Quarters, Sawsbuck, and Cans would be watching the kids while they trick-or-treated, Clover and Matchsticks would be giving out candy, and the rest of you had the night off from watching the kids and could relax until they came home later in the evening. Just as you were about to rise from your stool, however, a small hand tugged on your jacket. You looked toward the culprit, golden yellow eyes clashing with jade, and you were confused as to why Kanaya seemed to be a bit nervous.

"F-father…would you…um…" she fidgeted slightly, but you could get what she was trying to ask; she wanted you to come with for trick-or-treating. You could've refused, could've told her that Cans could probably protect her better than you ever could…but you didn't. Instead, you smiled and patted her head, and when she smiled back, you chuckled and gently grabbed her hand. You'd be there for her when you all left, and when you returned with her sleeping in your arms, you knew going with her was the best thing you could've done that night.

BE AT THE STRIDER HOUSEHOLD, AT SOME POINT DURING THIS

Your name is Dave Strider, and you refuse to take one step out of this apartment until your Bro lets you take off the goddamn skirt and let you be Batman. You were a guy (this was proven by many doctors, you might add) and you wanted to be the Dark Knight, not a magical girl! You don't care that your twin brother, Dirk, seemingly loved his skirt and that you had to match (Bro loved making you both matching costumes, saying that it was for ironic purposes); if Bro wanted you to match, then Dirk could be Batman and you could be Robin (you didn't care if you had to have sidekick duty, so long as Dirk would side with you on this…unfortunately, that wasn't working very well). You had the costumes, you'd convinced Bro to buy them for you specifically so that you didn't have to wear the dreaded skirt, but Bro kept trying to tell you that skirts were "ironic". Usually you'd listen to anything Bro said about irony, but this was ridiculous! And it wasn't like your other older brother was doing anything to help your case. Alpha looked a lot like you, and usually he'd agree with you when it came to Bro and Dirk's anime and robot shenanigans, but as usual, Alpha had to work late (even Halloween gained no rest for him) and he couldn't come to your aid at this current moment.

That didn't matter however; you still weren't leaving in a skirt. You knew that Bro was trying to guilt-trip you with the fact that if you didn't trick-or-treat, then Dirk wouldn't either, but you still weren't giving up your argument. No, you weren't…a few minutes later, you totally weren't groaning in complaint. Bro hadn't convinced you to go (with that stupid thing he does, showing you his eyes and making you bend), Dirk wasn't slightly chuckling at your embarrassment as you seemed to be the only kids that were cross-dressing on Halloween. And you certainly didn't punch John when you met him and Jane on the road and he almost had a seizure with how hard he laughed (John and Jane got to be Superman and Wonder Woman…lucky bastards…).

MEANWHILE ONCE AGAIN, AT THE HOUSE OF DIAMONDS DROOG

Your name is Diamonds Droog, and your daughter looks like she's been in a fire. This was actually the desired effect however, as she was a ghost this Halloween and she had burned some of the edges on the costume to make it look more realistic (you were thankful that you didn't have to pay much for that thing). Still, you had to stop yourself multiple times from grabbing her a new dress (you were still trying), and while she seemed happy with the result, you knew you were throwing away that particular garment when you got home. It was currently chilly outside, and you had forced Aradia to wear something over her costume in order to keep warm.

The others didn't seem quite as cold as you were. Sol and Lux, dressed as police officers, were already wearing jackets, Tavros's Peter Pan costume seemed to be doing good in keeping him warm, and Karkat…well, even as a Mafia boss, he seemed cold(the fabric on his costume was probably too thin), though he didn't try to complain (you could quickly see why; Slick was too drunk to listen to the kid anyway, and though you weren't singing off the top of your lungs, you weren't all that sober yourself. Thankfully, Boxcars and Deuce seemed to have things under control, and you were only mildly tipsy).

You watched as the children ran up to another house, all of them excited to get candy from whoever was inside; of course, you'd be checking the candy later for any signs of rips or tears in the packaging (there are some cruel, disgusting people in the world who just love putting poison and blades into kid's candy bars when parents aren't paying attention), but for now you'd let them enjoy this. Seeing Aradia smile actually brightened your day a little bit, and right now she was extremely giddy with running around and try to "scare" adults with her costume (seeing the Midnight Crew on the street behind them probably scared the adults even more). Being out here was fine, as long as she was happy.

Lulu: End~ :3 I hope this was scary enough for you guys (or cute, whatever works). Thank you for reading~