Back down over by the enormous stage, many folks were dancing from below as the band was getting things ready.
Handy was busy fixing the pedal of the bass drum on his giant drum set, although his nubs couldn't be seen while he fixed it. Russell was being assisted by a cheerful Azalea, who was helping him move a large piano towards the left side of the stage.
"Thanks for helping us out for the next song, lass." Russell said with a smile.
"I'm just glad I could help." Azalea chimed, the two of them finally placing the piano down with a loud "thud".
The camera slowly pans up to show Soleil, who was flapping her wings as she hovered above the stage while using her powers to carry a giant brass tuba as it was surrounded by a bunch of tiny yellow sparkles from her magic.
She looked down to see that Lumpy was examining a trumpet curiously. Soleil had a sneaky smile on her face before she tossed down the tuba. The tuba fell directly on top of Lumpy's head, leaving his head and neck to be stuffed inside the opening hole.
"Hey! Who turned off the lights!?" He yelled, his voice being muffled inside the tuba.
Lumpy's arms flailed around as he began stumbling around and about the stage. As he kept wandering aimlessly, the tuba let out a couple of loud tooting noises at the same time.
Soleil couldn't help but laugh at him from watching his stupidity taking action. Handy also laughed as they noticed that Lumpy nearly fell off the stage a few times.
Russell, on the other paw, rolled his eyes. (.well..his normal one to be exact)
But that's when he noticed somebody making his way onto the stage, his walk had a little bit of a strut with every other step. Disco Bear always walked that way from some reason. But what made Russell roll his eyes again is the fact he was always "fashionably late" at most times.
"Yar! About time that you got here, ya lazy slob!"
"Cool your jets, Russ." Disco said, "It takes time to look this good."
A thing that drove some tree friends wild was that Disco Bear was awfully vain, not to mention that he had a large ego to match.
"Well next time, it won't be anything near "pretty"! Seaweed-Brain!" Russell barked, crossing his arms. Disco Bear just shrugged at him and walked right past.
"Looks like somebody's jealous.." He muttered. "Just get to work!" Groaned an annoyed Russell, who went back to help Azalea fix the keys on the piano.
Meanwhile, Splendid flew across the stage as he carried a giant marimba xylophone to the front before placing it down gently. He noticed Soleil as she was still laughing after her little prank.
"Did you see that? I knocked him right out of the park!" She snickered, slapping her right knee.
"Yes, that's real clever, darling." Splendid replied as he brushed the dust from his paws on his legs.
"Darling?"
Splendid's ears perked to hear a voice from behind. He looked to see that Disco Bear was standing right behind him.
Laughing nervously, he flew up while he hovered only a couple feet above.
"Um...nothing. I said nothing!"
Disco Bear just kept track of the sly smirk on his face. He placed his paws on his hips as his eyebrows waggled a little bit.
"Come on, Super-Stud. I know a smooth move when I see one" Disco smiled.
Splendid's eyes darted left and right, thinking of a way to get him to ignore that remark.
"What exactly are you talking about?" The squirrel laughed again. "Don't tell you're gonna deny it." Disco replied, pointing in Soleil's direction. "Isn't that your "Main Squeeze" over there?"
Splendid's face was starting to turn from blue to bright red after hearing those words. It was pretty much obvious that he was embarrassed. But the squirrel was trying desperately to keep a smile on his face as many droplets of sweat dripped down the side of his forehead, forming a large puddle down below.
"I-I-I have no relation to that women whatsoever..." He continued as his voice began to crack, the sweat starting to increase.
But Splendid was cut off when a brutal force had suddenly tackled him. He had nearly sent himself falling onto the ground of the stage after he practically flailed his legs in mid-air.
That "force" was only Soleil, who had jumped on to of him with her arms wrapped around his waist like a giant cobra. It's hard for Splendid to say that he nearly all lost the oxygen left in his lungs from Soleil's unusual strength.
Her wings were flapping up and down wildly after planting a large kiss on Splendid's cheek. The two were still above the ground when Soleil has pounced on him like a hunk of meat.
"I just can't help it when you're nervous!" Soleil chirped, "What were you talking about anyway?"
Splendid's face had been slathered with crimson red blush all over. The last thing he wanted was for him to pass out in her arms. His sweating had stopped but he was still in the midst of a massive embrace.
He was flattered, and yet still in total panic from the fact that if any other tree friend could spot him in the distance, being snuggled to death by a daughter of one of the lords of ancient mythology.
But he was certain that he couldn't disagree with someone like her. It was probably because he felt like he wanted to stay in her arms for a couple seconds, but he quickly snapped back to the situation.
He then looked back at Soleil as she was starting to bat her eyelashes. Splendid's eye twitched just from watching her lashes sway up and down. He was desperately trying not to look any more nervous than he was right now.
All that the hero could do was laugh nervously at Soleil, more beads of sweat dripping down again.
The camera then switches back to Disco Bear, who still had a sly smirk on his face as he crossed his arms teasingly.
"Ha! I knew you had a thing for the ladies, big guy!" He chuckled.
Splendid and Soleil gently landed themselves back on the floor of the stage. Soleil retracted her wings, having finally let go of him and gave Splendid a quick kiss on the cheek again. Splendid's face had gone to its normal blue hue and he had quit sweating.
"Again, I don't know her at all!" Splendid replied.
Disco Bear rolled his eyes before he gently took Soleil's left paw and kissed it. "I have to admit, you are one lucky lady." Disco said, adding a soft tiger purr at the end.
Soleil laughed as she pulled her paw away."So glad you noticed!" She said with a cheery smile, "Me and Splendid have such a sweet bond together! He's the best I could ever want!"
"Oh-ho, it's your first Halloween together?" Disco continued.
"Well, I guess you could say that-"
Splendid was only a few seconds away from screaming like a girl. His face was blazing with pink blush again right before he made a mad dash and covered Soleil's mouth with his paws. She was still talking but her voice was completely muffled underneath.
"No need for anything to worry about, fellow citizen!" Splendid shouted, trying hard to smile like nothing happened.
The squirrel quickly zoomed off from the stage in a thick blaze of blue, taking Soleil with him. Disco Bear was distracted by wiping away the dust from his face that came from Splendid's leftover tracks.
Meanwhile on the far side of the stage, Azalea was busy helping Handy by carrying a couple of cymbals for the high-hat from the drums. Handy was already playing the drums a couple times for good measure.
"Hey, Azalea," Handy said, "Your sister's in love with Splendid, am I right?"
Azalea did remember seeing Soleil kissing Splendid all over his face from earlier. She laughed a little for a while...only to look down at her cymbals with a worried look on her face.
"Yeah, she really does.." She muttered.
Azalea was starting to feel very worried. When she began to think about it, she couldn't help but sense that the strangest thing was soon to go wrong. It left her stomach with a weird churning feel that she couldn't let go of.
She loved her sister very much, but this time, it seemed like something was quite serious.
That aside, she went back to placing the cymbals on the stand for the high hat.
She checked her handbag dangling above her shoulder to make sure she still had the spell-book, which was still packed neatly inside. Spreading her wings, she flew off the stage as she made a perfect landing on the ground. It wasn't very long before she spotted Mime as he was hanging out with Soleil and Splendid.
Turns out that the just happen to be standing right next to her. Azalea looked around the dance floor to see that all four of them were standing in the mosh pit, which wasn't really filled with other people.
"So..did I miss anything?" She asked, shrugging her shoulders.
Splendid, who was hovering above the other three in the air, was feeling pretty much more relived. He bent his arms over the back of his head and crossed one leg of the other one, as if he was sitting on a tall chair.
"Nothing much, just thought we'd take a break." He replied, chuckling a bit.
But that message was too good to even seem true. Azalea could tell when she looked at Soleil to see that she had a teasing smirk written on her face, crossing her arms smugly. Mime was giggling silently as Soleil gave Splendid a glare in total disbelief.
"What's the matter?" She said, "Aren't you scared that folks might see us making out again?"
His eyes almost popped straight out of their sockets when he heard her speak. Splendid nearly left an imprint of his feet in the grassy ground after zooming back down. As he was usually confident, there were a few times when he got embarrassed and Soleil was no exception at stood in front of Soleil as he gave Azalea a nervous but reluctant look.
"No way! A hero is never nervous! I was just..perplexed is all.."
Splendid rubbed the back of his neck shyly as he spoke. But Soleil and Mime kept on laughing just from watching his reaction.
"I don't think it's "perplexed" you're thinking about mister." Soleil smirked.
Mime nudged Splendid on the shoulder, cocking his eyebrows doing so. Azalea even laughed a little bit as Splendid blushed deeply.
But Splendid quickly shook the blush off his face before he started crossing his arms. "Now don't you go blabbing about it like that!" He huffed, scowling as Mime shrugged his shoulders. Soleil simply rolled her eyes and placed her paws on her hips. Azalea, standing by her older sister, was also shrugging shyly at the annoyed squirrel in front of them.
"I wasn't trying to, I was just so glad to be here with you is all."
This made Splendid smile a little bit. He wasn't even feeling that angry in the first place. He often ended up losing lives whenever he tried saving them. Soleil and Azalea, on the other paw, were a part of his he was trying to get used to. To make a long story short, Kryptonut was not the only thing that made him dizzy or weak in the knees.
After she gave him another kiss on the cheek, Splendid was starting feel better after a while.
"I guess you're right." He sighed.
Mime nodded his head to agree while Azalea just stood and smiled as well. She felt a strange pang in her stomach again, but she smiled as firm as she could to keep her mind off it.
"Let's face it, things could get much worse." Soleil continued.
Suddenly, all four of them were suddenly startled when the lights that illuminated across the stage had began to fade until the stage was nothing but completely dark and a bit of a rather eerie feeling than ran through the rest of the crowd.
The red curtains dangled at the sides of the darkness, the copper-colored wooden floorboards had vanished in the dim background. Although the stage was black as the night sky, the thick silhouettes of Lumpy, Russell, and Handy could be seen in the far back of the stage. The only light was coming from a spotlight that stood in the center of the stage. It was flowing with a bright golden yellow beam that seemed to sparkle a few times.
"And now, Ladies and Gentleman. May I have your attention, please." Said a deep voice that boomed throughout the atmosphere. Splendid and Soleil turned their heads, being joined by Azalea and Mime, to see that the strange voice was coming from atop the stage.
"I believe it's about that time for us to..take things down a notch."
The crowd that was strewn around the entire dance floor was starting to bubble with wild cheers and applause from left and right. Soleil and Azalea looked at each other in confusion, wondering about why everyone around could be acting so excited. Azalea looking at Mime, who shrugged his shoulder lazily.
But it made Splendid smack his paw against his forehead after he looked up to see who that voice had belonged to.
Standing, in the middle of the only spotlight that could be seen at the moment, was Disco Bear. His left paw rested on his hip, his other one holding onto a retro, old-fashioned, 1950's microphone. He gently clung onto the long silver stem of the microphone as he continued to speak.
"The night's still young, so you always make the best of it" Disco said, "And I also want to give a shout-out to our newcomers tonight. They've been real tight and I ust don''t think they get out very much."
"New what's now?" Splendid muttered.
That's when another spotlight began to shine. The camera moves up the screen to show that Sniffles and Toothy were behind the stage as they were managing the lights.
Toothy moved the metal disk that projected only other spotlight, causing it to move off the stage and it treaded all the way down to the ground, finally stopping to shine above Soleil's head. Her costumes starting to sparkle underneath the thickness of it's glimmer. The spotlight also engulfed Splendid along with her, making the spotlight shove the duo together in one giant ring of light.
"It's their first time here at Hallow's Bash, so let's give them a big round of applause." Disco Bear continued.
The crowd kept on applauding loudly for them, even Mime and Azalea were doing the same. But Azalea was clapping a bit less than the crowd, due to the pang was suddenly coming back to her again.
Splendid, on the other paw, smacked his forehead again. Soleil just snickered from watching her boyfriend cowering in front of her.
"This can't be any more better!" Soleil giggled.
But that was something of too much expectation to be explained.
The camera zooms down rapidly across the screen to show another spot on the dance floor. It shows that we have returned to our friend, Flippy, who was still being pushed from behind by Lifty and Shifty. Mitzy, who was walking in front of him, grabbed him by the paws as all three of them were dragging him across the ground like a rag doll.
Flippy felt like his feet were covered in skid marks by the moment they had finally stopped. He rubbed his paws over his back, which was a bit sore from all the pushing.
"Man, that's gonna hurt tomorrow morning.." He groaned. Flippy took a moment to glare at the two raccoons before he turned to Mitzy.
"This is gonna help you in no time. You just need some time with your friends." She said.
All Flippy could do was just glare at her.
He was feeling quite annoyed from the fact that he was practically injured by a bipolar adrenaline junkie and a pair of criminals for 3 minutes straight. "I'm gonna have to be real honest with you, Sailor Moon." Flippy muttered, causing Mitzy to have a blank look on her face after she had heard him.
She blinked a couple times before she looked down at her costume, rolling her eyes after realizing by what he meant.
"Hey! Quit being such a Negative Nancy, I was only trying to help you."
"I believe I can see that," Flippy replied, crossing his arms, "But why did you guys have to take me to the dance floor?"
"Well, I heard that dancing is a great way to relieve stress."
"Yeah." Lifty said, "And it takes your mind off of killing everyone!"
Shifty just went and smacked his little brother upside the back of his head. Lifty yelped and rubbed its sore spot. He looked at Shifty, who also crossed his arms impatiently.
"She said it's to take his mind off it, you moron!"
"No I'm not! You're a moron!" Lifty said, starting to whine a little.
"Well, you're an idiot!" Shifty hissed, cracking his fists to pack a gigantic punch. Luckily, he was stopped when Mitzy and Flippy began to stare at him angrily.
Shifty just flashed a cheesy smile on his face as he set his fists back down.
"Ehehehehe. Did I say that out loud?"
"Are you two serious?" Flippy muttered. "Wait a minute, is it me or is that Frankenstein on the stage?" Lifty said, pointing towards off from the screen. "Huh? who now?" Asked a baffled Mitzy. She, along with Shifty and Flippy also turned around to the stage, where Disco Bear was standing in front of the cheering crowd.
"Now since this is a special moment, I've got a little story to tell y'all tonight." Disco added, the crowd still quaking loudly with applause and massive cheering.
"Oh, that's just that Disco Barf guy! Hehehe" Shifty said.
"I hate to say it, but he looked much better in his Elvis costume from last year."
"That's nothing, Flip. You should see him in his Ghostbusters uniform!" Mitzy snickered.
"Pretty sure that's because his gut was the second thing that was busted." Flippy said.
Back up on the stage, some of the lights were starting to return as Disco Bear snapped his fingers.
"Take it away, fellas." The bear smirked.
After his fingers snapped, three more big spotlights behind him shone down on the gigantic stage; restoring all of its normal lighting from before it had become dark earlier.
Standing in one of each of the three lights was Lumpy, the tuba still on his head, who was playing the marimba xylophone; Handy, who was on the drums; and Russell, who was playing the piano, combining everything into a jazzy tune that got the crowd to dance happily.
Disco Bear, still standing in the front, began to dance while holding onto the microphone.
(Song #6: Remains Of The Day from Tim Burton's Corpse Bride)
Disco Bear: Give me a listen, you corpses of cheer
At least those of you who still got an ear
I'll tell you a story that'll make a skeleton cry
Of our own jubiliciously lovely corpse bride
Right on "corpse" the spotlight was still shining on Soleil and Splendid. Soleil giggling as she was starting to blush a tad bit. Meanwhile, on the dance floor, most of the dance floor was booming with tree friends that was getting down and boogying like they never boogied before.
Disco, Russell, Handy and Lumpy: Die, Die, we all pass away!
But don't wear a frown 'cause it's really okay!
In one spot of the dance floor, Toothy and Cuddles were dancing together as Giggles, who happened to be standing nearby, just rolled her eyes from their boyish ways.
Flippy, who was glaring at Lifty and Shifty, just smacked his forehead after they shrugged at him cheekily.
You might try and hide and you might try and pray
But we all end up the remains of the day!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
Soleil didn't really expect it, but she noticed that Disco Bear knelt down on one leg as he held out his paw towards her. Feeling ambitious, she grabbed it and he quickly lifted her up.
She managed to support herself by using her wings before she found herself landing safely on the stage. Splendid and Azalea watched her, completely baffled. She looked down at the two as she happily waved, Azalea and Mime doing the same. Splendid just groaned and crossed his arms annoyingly.
As Disco Bear continued to sing, the camera quickly moves across the screen until it stopped to the back of the stage where his and Soleil's pitch black shadows were seen traced upon its brick-layered wall.
Soleil's shadow suddenly transformed into a more slick, feminine looking version of herself and it had a trademark "hourglass"figure" body; her costume looking like a realistic wedding dress, Disco Bear's shadow transforming into something a lot similar to him but it was more skinny and wore a tailcoat tuxedo and a large top hat.
Disco Bear: Well, our girl was a beauty for miles around
'Till a mysterious stranger came into town
Soleil's shadow gazed at Disco's shadow, giggling silently as his shadow bowed politely. The Soleil shadow shook her hips back and forth flirtatiously as it caused him to gaze at her, tipping his top hat slightly. Disco Bear's shadow then placed a kiss on her paw, causing her to look very flustered.
He's plenty good lookin' but down on his cash
And our poor little baby, she fell hard and fast!
The shadow of Soleil pressed the back of her other paw on her forehead as if she were starting to swoon. She began to faint in pure bliss as Disco Bear's shadow carefully caught her in his arms. But the camera swoops back from the wall and our scene swiftly moves back across the stage, showing us back to Disco Bear after he held Soleil in the middle of a tango dip.
But her daddy said "No!"
She just couldn't cope
So our lovers came up with a plan to elope
Soleil got back up on her feet, making her way off the stage by doing a tremendous leap off of the edge. Splendid's fur was on all ends in shock. He zoomed up into the air, swiftly catching her in his arms. Splendid sighed in relief as Soleil laughed teasingly at him.
Disco, Russell, Lumpy and Handy: Die, Die, we all pass away
But don't wear a frown 'cause it's really okay
You might try and hide and you might try and pray
But we all end up the remains of the day!
On the dance, Nutty was dancing with Giggles. Flaky was dancing next to Toothy but was being very cautious of her moves due to the fact that her quills were stickling out from the back of her costume.
Back to Flippy, he was watching everyone else dancing around him besides Lifty and Shifty, who were busy dancing right next to each other.
"Oh, come on. Just give it a shot!" Mitzy said, gently rubbing Flippy on the shoulder,"A little boogie never hurt anyone."
"I don't know, I think I'm a little rusty." Flippy replied.
"Hey, don't say it like that!"
"Shifty, exactly what are you talking about?"
"Just take it from me, big guy." He said, taking Mitzy by the paw.
He began leading her to another spot on the dance floor, where Splendid and Soleil could be seen nearby.
The vivid, jazz-like tempo of the music suddenly transformed into a gigantic swing/conga melody that left the entire scene pulsing with rhythm. At the same time, the bright rays of blue and hot pink spotlights began to scramble around the dance floor, pools of neon light shining from here to there as everyone was getting attached to the beat.
Shifty and Mitzy had started to dance, getting some attention by a couple of other dancers as they watched them.
Soleil and Splendid also couldn't help but stare at the duo. Splendid was actually trying to stifle his laughter, but he couldn't hold it when he noticed that Shifty was doing his best impression of the robot.
Mitzy was doing the swim dance, her paws moving pass her face like a diva. As the music continued, Shifty and Mitzy clasped each other's paws, slowly blending into a tango dance. As they moved; side by side across the floor, A dark red spotlight hovered above the duo. Mitzy even managed to kick a bystander directly in the face.
The spotlight kept its orb of light above Mitzy and Shifty when they moved a couple more steps across the thriving atmosphere. Shifty suddenly let go of Mitzy's left paw, still holding her right paw as he began to spin her around in a circle. Mitzy was spinning around at such a rapid pace, that she looked like nothing but a small tornado of brown, blue, and white swirls.
She was still spinning around for a couple seconds. Shifty, who was watching, looked down at the watch on his wrist before her spinning slowed down.
It only took a couple seconds for her to stop spinning, she made a swift lean backwards, whipping her hair a little. Shifty wrapped his arm around her waist as she fell back, her left leg kicking up in the air. The two were applauded by the crowd as they had finished the dance with an elaborate tango dip.
"Hey! Try to beat that! Super-Zero!" Shifty called out.
Mime and Azalea looked at each other, confused by Shifty's remark.
Splendid, however, had a smirk on his face.
Another red spotlight shone over him and Soleil. She swiftly jumped into his arms before she carefully climbed on top of his shoulder blades. He suddenly tossed Soleil high up into the air. Soleil began to spin around in a circle while she was in mid-air, tumbling back down to be caught by Splendid once again. Splendid took his paw behind his back before he pulled out an elegant rose, sticking the thorn-covered stem between his teeth. Soleil tipped over as Splendid caught her by the waist, forming a dip. Both of them were also doing a tango as most of the crowd was watching them instead.
They began to applaud when they were performing multiple dance moves at the same time. Meanwhile, Azalea was being stuck in the middle of a large group of generic tree friends that cheered for Splendid. She struggled making her way through the roars of the crowd as she finally squeezed past a brown squirrel and a blue raccoon.
The camera then switches back to Splendid as he tipped Soleil in another dip. This time he looked at the screen, cocking his eyebrows slyly with the rose still tucked between his teeth.
He lifted her back up in his arms as they spun around in a circle while the music progressed.
Back to Azalea, she groaned while carrying the handbag from the exhaustion of pushing through the crowd from earlier. Then the screen starts to pan out, revealing that she was standing next to Flippy and Lifty, who had an impatient look on his face after watching Mitzy and Shifty dance.
"Geez, I hate those crazy flash mobs.." Azalea muttered.
"Tell me about it." Flippy added, "At least it was worth it."
"Worth what?"
"Do you know anything about sarcasm?"
All three started to walk across the dance floor as they kept talking. "I can't tell who's more annoying" Said Lifty, "My brother or my future sister."
"My sister doesn't even have a brother." Azalea added, holding onto her bag.
"...Oh..sorry I asked."
"That reminds me, Azalea?"
"Yeah, Flippy?" She replied.
"You're not..jealous of Soleil, are you?" Flippy said, tilting his head a little.
Azalea's face was blank for no more than two seconds when she heard those words. She felt her face turning more red than a cherry as her eyes darted from left to right frantically.
"What? No, no! I'm not jealous of my own sister! That would be weird! I never do such a thing!"
She laughed nervously at the two, drops of sweat on her forehead. But they had a look on their faces that seemed to shout out the awkward moment.
"I'm guessing that's a no?" Lifty asked.
"..And I'm you got your dumbness from your brother.." Flippy muttered.."
Back on the stage, the camera switches back to Disco and the band as they kept playing. The music had settled back down for the buzzing crowds that were still standing below.
Disco Bear: So they conjured up a plan to meet late at night
They told not a soul, kept the whole thing tight!
Back on the dance floor, Shifty and Mitzy were waltzing together in a circle. Splendid and Soleil started waltzing right past them. Shifty stuck his tongue out at the super hero, but he just ignored his remark.
Now her mother's wedding dress, fit like a glove
You don't need much when you're really in love
Soleil and Mitzy exchanged a quick high-four behind their backs, probably since they both had a wonderful date.
Except for a few things, or so I'm told
Like the family jewels and a satchel of gold
The camera switches the scene back to the walls of the stage, completely illuminated by the shadow of Soleil from earlier in the song. Next to it was the silhouette a tall tree, bare and not a single leaf. Soleil's shadow was looking around, as if she was waiting for somebody to arrive.
Disco Bear: Then next to the graveyard by the old oak tree
On a dark foggy night at a quarter to 3
She was ready to go
But where was he?
"And then?" Lumpy asked.
"...She waited.." Disco replied, pretending to have a sly look on his face while he looked out at the wide crowd that was watching.
The screen goes back down to the dance floor where Azalea, Flippy and Lifty were. A couple of other tree friends in the crowd were standing not too close.
"And then?" Asked a nearby Nutty, accompanied by Flaky, Petunia, and Sniffles.
"There in the shadows!" Disco continued, "Was it the man?"
Most of the crowd was starting to lean in close to Flippy and Azalea, causing them to cringe back in surprise. Flippy almost fell on the ground in the process. Luckily, Azalea and Lifty quickly helped him back up.
"And then?" They repeated, this time along with Cuddles and Toothy.
"Her little heart beat so loud!"
"And then?!" Shouted what seemed like the whole entire crowd in one loud unison..
The screen then shows us back to the stage's wall where Soleil's shadow figure was still standing. Suddenly, the ginormous shadow of a tall, hideous, disfigured creature that had long and sharp nails as it lurking behind her. It laughed maniacally as it began to to engulf Soleil's shadow by enlarging itself across the screen. It swallowed the whole screen until it was nothing but pitch black.
"And then, baby..everything..went black..."
Disco Bear's voice echoed across the dim screen.
That was when a pair of eyes opened wide, but it's pac-man pupils were red and glowing brightly. But then the screen began to fade back into a more brighter lighting.
The screen reveals that the red pupils went back to black, and they were actually Disco Bear's eyes. It shows that he was laying down sideways in a flamboyant pose on top of the piano.
But what made the scene strange was that everything was turned upside down right during the beginning. The screen suddenly starts to swerve, returning the scene back in the right-side up position. Then the camera pans out, revealing that Russell was also playing on the piano.
Disco Bear: Now when she opened her eyes, she was dead as dust
Her jewels were missing and her heart was bust
So she made a vow, lying' under that tree
That she'd wait for her true love to come set her free!
Back down on the dance floor, the crowd was already clapping to the tune. Most of the other tree friends were already dancing to the jaunty music. A spotlight was still sparkling above Splendid and Soleil. She began to blush as she held out her arm towards Splendid, gesturing him to grab it back.
He took her by her gestured paw, only to plant it with a kiss. Soleil could only giggle before she began to pull him close. Splendid nearly yelped when they began to spin around a circle. The crowd began to cheer for them as they spun across the floor as the spotlight stood above respectfully below them.
Always waiting for someone to ask for her paw!
Then out of the blue came this groovy young man
Who vows forever to be by her side
And that's the story of our corpse bride!
On the dance floor, it shows that the dance floor was filled with many more spotlights that shone on the various dancers that were scattered around.
The screen shifts to a group of generic HTF's standing in two separate lines that looked a lot similar to the famous dance line-up scenes from Soul Train. The first one who was standing in the middles of the lines was Nutty and he had a lime green spotlight above him. He was doing some type of breakdance move at the same time.
The scene then shows that Petunia, having a lavender-colored spotlight, was now in the middle between the lines and she was doing the Macarena. The next dancer was Cuddles and Toothy, who were doing the Russian cossack dance as they stood under a gold/green spotlight.
Disco, Lumpy, Russell, and Handy: Die, Die, we all pass away
But don't wear a frown 'cause its really okay
You might try and hide and you might try and pray
But we all end up the remains of the day!
Splendid and Soleil held each other close, smiling cheerfully as the screen also swirled around them as they spun.
As the song was finally starting to end, the whole screen pans out completely to show everyone on the dance floor breaking out into a pose on the final note. Many spotlights were soaring all across the floor while orange and black confetti was sprinkled dance floor was then filled with the cheers of tree friends left and right.
Toothy and Giggles shared a high five while everyone else was applauding for the band. Nutty and Sniffles were also about to high five, but Nutty missed Sniffles's paw and he smacked Mime in the face. He glared at him as Nutty laughed nervously.
A few generic HTF's were even throwing dozens of roses onto the stage. Disco Bear and Russell managed to catch a few roses too. Handy grumbled when he tried to catch one of the roses, only for it to land right on top of his hard hat.
"Thank you, I'm here all night!" Disco said through the mic, the audience still cheering wildly.
"Good grief.." Handy muttered before rolling his eyes.
So far, the night was going pretty well...but that would sound a little too exaggerated.
ToonAngelStar17: *Whew* Finally! I have finished this chapter at last! Sorry That this took sooo long! I had a lot of writer's block and a lot Halloween planning to be done...
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