Hey happy Halloween fanfic fanatics this story is a two special I wanna do for Halloween celebrations . Let me tell you this story isn't cannon Please leave your reviews and now let's dive in.


Chapter 19: Nightly Nightmare

It was midday in all of Fiore with leaves falling everywhere covering the ground completely. Cait shelter was in the middle of it's harvest season gathering crops members bustling right to left getting their goods together. The guild and it's members were looking different; they're pumpkins with faces carved in them all over and many members wore masks on their faces for the occasion. Dishes were being prepared all over and food was being left out. This caught the attention of two kids and a white cat, Zodie Wendy and Carla looked around wondering what's going on.

"Wow we must be getting ready for a huge celebration, look how fast everybody is moving" Zodie said.

"Whatever it is, why would they leave food out, it'll go bad"? Wendy asked

From afar the trio spotted Keanu up ahead bringing in new crops and they made their way over

"Hey Keanu what's going on we having a celebration" Zodie asked

Keanu was seen wearing a red mask with two black dots for eye's he turned to them

"Hey guys to answer your question this isn't a celebration we're prepping for an Evening Hallow's night" he answered.

"Evening Hallows what is that exactly"? Carla asked

"Each year during the season like this the dead return to the world of the living as ghost and they come to the guild and damage all the crops and cause problems, so each year we leave out food's and other gifts to keep them at bay and we keep ourselves housebound for the night to avoid them. But if we happen to wonder outside we wear mask to fit in with the ghost"

After Keanu's explanation Wendy was a bit freaked out by dead people, the rising ghost invading it was something out of a horror story.

"But hey there's no need to worry we've hosted this many times and nothing bad has happened we got food and each other to keep company while we're housebound"

"Question: Has anyone ever seen these ghosts roam around"? Carla asked

"No nobody wants to find out if they're real or not master's orders to go outside" Keanu told them

"You know this sounds fun actually spending time in it's a great way to relax, when does this thing start"?

"In a couple hours we better you guys some mask" Keanu said as the trio followed the man

NIGHT

Many members were shut in inside their rooms all ready for the evening Keanu helped the trio get ready for the upcoming visit of the hallows; he set them up with plenty of food and their own mask. Wendy was wearing a white mask with pink colored cracks all over it. Zodie's mask was gold colored and looked like a grinning skeleton with sharp teeth and carla's mask looked like a normal cat but with a ghost theme.

"Man Lupita did a great job with these mask she can do almost anything" Zodie said

"I feel ridiculous in this im hiding the fact that I'm a cat by wearing a cat mask" Carlasaid

"I think it's cute on you" Wendy assured her

"You know I'm happy to have a shut in with you guys but what're we supposed to do, this feels more like a prison sentence to me" Zodie said while eating a piece of meat

"I get what you mean but it's for our own safety and it's master's orders" Wendy added

"You know what I'm gonna do outside and see for myself what these ghosts are about" Zodie got up from where he was sitting and walked over to the door.

"Zodie wait were not supposed to go outside" Wendy called to her friend

"We'll be fine remember our mask will help us blend in" Zodie said he turned the door knob and peeked outside it was empty and quite with nothing wicked in sight

"Looks fine to me" he said he then began walking around outside

"Zodie hold on" Wendy called running after him and catching up

"Zodie I have a bad feeling about this maybe we should go back"

"Wendy relax it's fine there isn't a single ghost out here so there's nothing to be afraid of " he replied

"But I have a bad feeling about this"

"Look we'll look around for a bit and then we'll go back inside ok"

"Well ok then" Wendy agreed

As soon as they begin walking Wendy gets spooked from a dark figure silhouette making her let out a yell scaring Carla as well. Zodie ran and inspected it

"Girls it's just a scarecrow" he told them

"Oh right" they said in unison

The girls followed after Zodie roaming the guild at night looking for so called ghostly hallows Zodie night vision abilities served its use when navigating in the dark. After wandering around for some time they came up with nothing at all.

"Well this was a waste there's no ghost flying around here anywhere"

"That's a relief" Wendy said

"Guess we don't need these then" Zodie said taking off his mask seeing since there was no spirit's there'd be no reason to be scared

Suddenly a rustle was heard in the bush causing the trio to let out a scream Wendy took a lantern lacrima she brought and shined it on the bush only to reveal a squirrel, bringing a relief to them.

"It's okay guys it was just a squirrel" Zodie said

"Then why'd you scream?" Carla asked him

"Uh… so you girls wouldn't feel scared either he… he...he" he told Carla who wasn't buying it

"Well now that this is over can we get back inside it's freezing out here and I have fur" Carla said taking her mask off as well

The trio started back to their room all was peaceful till Wendy began feeling an eerie presence she began to shake out of nervousness which didn't go unnoticed to Zodie and Carla.

"Child, what's wrong with your shaking" the feline said

"I'm getting this weird feeling like we're not alone and it's causing shivers down my spine" Wendy answered.

"Your probably just cold and paranoid" Zodie said

"No it's not that what if… what if there are ghost around here and we can't see them" Wendy said

"Wendy calm down ghosts aren't real if anything maybe the master just made the whole thing up to scare us" the phoenix child said.

He then noticed Wendy and Carla stopped walking and were staring at Zodie with shocked looks on their faces.

"Hey guys what's up"? He asked with no response

"You guys look like you've seen a ghost or something" he started to chuckle a bit until Wendy brought her finger up and pointed in the direction behind Zodie.

The Phoenix slayer turned around and was shocked at what he was looking at, it was unreal behind him was a floating white clouded figure with big eyes as black as the night sky. Its arms were scrawny with chains on it's wrist. There was no mistaking it was a ghost

"G...g...g...g...GHOST" the trio yelled out causing the ghost to let out a high pitched shriek making the trio turn tale and run

"I knew this was a bad idea" Wendy said

The ghost appeared right in front of them shrieking Zodie balled his fist and leaped at the ghost to attack it

"Dark Phoenix knuckle" he tried to punch the ghost but he ended up going right through him

"Okay don't know why I thought that'd work" he said

"Zodie put your mask on remember they'll think were one of them" Wendy shouted

Zodie did as he was told but the ghost was still there and tried swiping at him

"What the heck, why isn't it working"?

"Seems these ghost aren't foolish you can't fool them twice" Carla added

Next thing the ghost spread its arms and ;et out it's most loud ghostly wail filling the air with noise enough for someone's blood to chill till everything had gone black.


SOME NEW PLACE

Zodie's eye shot open as he found himself inside of his room

"Wow what the heck i'm back in my room where'd the ghost go"

The phoenix slayer soon jumped out his bed and ran outside to find all Cait shelter members going on with their day but something was off there were no decorations of Evening Hallows.

"What's going on isn't it" his thoughts were then interrupted by the sound of Lupitas voice

"Zodie I got your lunch"

It was enough to have the phoenix boy forget what he was talking about and run towards the canteen there he saw two of his friends Wendy and Carla sitting there they noticed him and waved.

"Zodie" Wendy said

"S'up girls Lupita call you here to for lunch"

"Yeah she called it special" the sky maiden said

Suddenly a large platter of food was dropped off onto their table smoked salmon, curry with rice, yellowtail sushi, udon and dumplings

The water building up in the kids mouth's was enough to flood a city, the aroma coming off it was enough to soothe the heart of a savage beast or even a dragon.

"This is my five star meal special enjoy" Lupita said with large grin

"You don't even have to ask" Zodie said

The trio wasted no time eating, they did so like food going out of style Zodie crammed rolls of sushi in his mouth while Wendy who looked like she had lost her manners inhaled a large bowl of curry and down a glass of water. Carla wasn't showing any table etiquette herself digging into salmon like a starving tiger feasting on its prey. Once the food was cleared from plates the trio let out a large belch in unison.

"Well excuse us" Carla said

"Gotta say I never thought I see you two eat like that y'all must've been hungry" Zodie said

"First time for everything I guess" Wendy said

"Hope you made room for desert" Lupita said bringing over a delicious looking cake the sweet aroma wafted tantalizingly over the kids and cat noses it was an ombré rosette cake with layers of red velvet sponge and then sprinkled with pink sugar dust.

The trio dipped a fork into the delicious cake and took a bite their eyes shot of excitement from the sweet sensation in their mouths, it was so good their pupils dilatated.

"SO GOOD" Zodie and Wendy said together and kept on taking bites out of the ice cream.

Carla was about to take a bite out of the cake when the cake suddenly grew a pair of eyes and a mouth,, Carla was caught off by this till the cake face turned red and grew sharp teeth and let out a roar startling Carla.

"Zodie Wendy stop eating" she called out but the kids didn't notice

After they were done eating Keanu walked over with an equally crazed smile

"You dudes like that you'll love this next surprise" he said

The man pointed towards a red door with white stars to their left

"The surprise is in their walk through it and you'll see it"

The kids both got up, opened the door and walked through it. They saw a massive lit amusement park with rides, concession stands, games and many many more. Excitement was in their eyes they were ready to have some fun.

"Wow where should we go first" Wendy asked

"Lets try the water ride" Zodie said in excitement and the two kids ran off

Carla sensing something was wrong chased after them but was grabbed by Lupita in a tight grip and held back.

With the kids

The kids were having the time of their lives from riding bumper cars playing games at stands and chowing on delicious theme park food. The best part was riding the massive roller coaster. It's massive loops and giant drops that'll send your throat into your stomach, scary but fun. After riding around for a bit the duo made their way to a nearby bench to relax Zodie was chewing on some candy apples.

"Man what a day had a nice meal an epic day at the park can't get any better than this" Wendy said

"Oh yeah except for the rollercoaster ride it's not really as fun when you're able to fly" Zodie replied.

Wendy soon began to notice something off about this place.

"Hey Zodie somethings a little off about this place"

"What do ya mean"?

"I didn't notice at first but there are no other people around here"

Zodie looked around and she was right no one was working the stands how'd they get the snacks, and he's just now realizing there weren't any other park attendants. The hell was going on?

"Your right something is up and where the heck is Carla"

Their thoughts were interrupted when they ran into Lupita and Keanu who both had large strange faces on them surprising them.

"Heya kids"

"Oh hey you guys have you noticed anything weird going on"? Zodie asked

"Weird no of course no sweety here have some cake" Lupita said pushing the cake into the kids face

"Uh were not hungry thanks" Zodie said pushing the cake back

"Have you guys seen Carla were a little worried

"Oh don't worry sweetie she's fine here have some cake" Lupita told Wendy

"Uh no thanks we're not hungry were gonna go look for Carla" Zodie said the children turned and walked off but were grabbed from behind by Lupita and Keanu.

"No why don't you two come with us instead" Lupita said their grips on them were tight and brought the children discomfort.

"Ehh you guys are kind of hurting us" Zodie said

But the pain continued they're grips grew tighter and tighter

"Ow" Wendy cried out in pain this set the young phoenix slayer off he took Keanu's arm off his shoulder and delivered a jump kick to Keanu's face and performed a spin kick to Lupita.

"Wendy you okay"? Zodie asked his friend

"Yeah im okay thanks"

Zodie then turns towards the adults "what's with you guys trying to hurt us"

Suddenly a familiar white feline came running up from behind the kids

"Zodie Wendy run now" Carla said

"Carla there you are" Wendy said

"Listen you two were in danger we have to go now"

As soon as they recovered there happy faces changed to angry expressions

"That wasn't very nice Zodie" Lupita said as her voice grew very deep and monstrous her and Keanus faces then morphed into hideous monstrous appearance with sharp teeth and blood red eyes, glaring at the children.

"Wow ok your not Lupita and Keanu" Zodie said

The creatures let out a roar and sprinted towards the children Zodie ran in front of them and went on the offense

"Dark Phoenix Screech" the boy shouted, unleashing a blast of dark sound from his mouth sending the monsters back.

"Come on Wendy" Zodie sprouted his wings and took of flying with Carla grabbing onto the back of Wendy following after Zodie

"What the heck is going on where are we" ? Zodie asked

"Apparently were trapped in a dream world of some sort" Carla answered

"Dream world how"? Carla asked

"Wait a minute before we fell asleep we encountered a real ghost I bet that's how we got here, it must've put us in some sort of spell" Zodie said

"How do we get of here"? Wendy asked

The trio's thoughts were interrupted when the sky turned dark red and the moon appeared and it had a wicked grin on its face and then let out a wicked laugh.

"What's going on"? Wendy said

Suddenly the trio found themselves in a whole new area; the sky was black they were in what looked like a cemetery with an eerie feel to it. Fog was shrouding everything within a thick veil but it was still easier to see.

"A Graveyard nice well this day has gone from creepy and cooky to mysterious and spooky" Zodie said

"We need to find a way out of here" Carla said

"Where do we start"? Wendy said

"Look a house" Zodie said pointing

"That's gotta be the way out" Wendy said

The trio began making their way towards it hoping for it to be an exit suddenly the fog grew heaviar creating a large shrouding veil around them making it difficult to see.

"Wow where's all this fog coming from"? Wendy asked

If that wasn't bad a hand suddenly reached out from the grave and grabbed Wendy's leg causing the girl to shriek, this grabbed the attention of Zodie and Carla.

"WENDY" both yelled. They ran over and grabbed her arm to help her get loose but it was;not budging. The hand had a good grip on her and it began pulling her down. Zodie then reached behind him to grab his dagger but to his surprise it wasn't there.

"My dagger it's gone" The boy said freaked out

Wendy was getting pulled down even deeper "GUYS"

Zodie looked around and spotted a shovel he ran and grabbed it then slammed down onto the arm of the corpse cutting it off making the arm let go.

"You okay Wendy"? Zodie asked

"Yeah thanks my leg hurts a bit but it'll be okay"

"What's happening"? Zodie asked

"I'm afraid the dream is fighting back trying to keep us from getting out

"Well it can't get any worse right"? Wendy said

Suddenly more hands came popping out of graves revealing zombies living dead with soggy flesh creeped toward them.

"Such a despicable sight" Carla said

"Okay were leaving" Zodie said

The boy attempted to sprout his wings but nothing was working Carla had the same issue as well

"What happened to our magic"?

"Like I said the dream is keeping us from leaving which means it's neutralizing our magic" Carla explained

The trio finally headed toward the house and the door was locked however so Zodie picked up a rock and smashed it into the window before the trio climbed inside however they then found themselves in an eerie forest. There's not a single leaf in the trees the temperature sent chills down the children's spines, except for Carla who had fur to keep her warm.

"Seriously a forest, how does that make sense"? Zodie said

"Least we got away from the zombies" Wendy said

"How do we get out of here exactly"? Zodie asked

"Only way I can think of is if we wake up on our own but who knows how long that will take" Carla answered

Suddenly in the distance spotted a floating light moving around they grew curious and went up to it to investigate. They were drawn to it's light entranced by it's glimmering shine. It was nothing they had ever seen.

"So pretty" Wendy said

"Man I feel so warm and safe now" Zodie said

Carla however wasn't impressed at all the kids were getting distracted and they needed to to find a way out.

"This isn't the time to get distracted you two we have to go now come along" The feline said pulling on zodies pants leg but he wasn't moving an inch neither was Wendy.

"Hey what's wrong with you two come on" she shouted but still her words couldn't get through when suddenly Carla sawa wide mouth with sharp teeth materialize next to the kids. The mouth was about to close down on the kids until Carla pushed the kids out of the way in time before the mouth could close down on them and the kids suddenly snapped out of their trance.

"Wow what happened"?

"Were we asleep" Wendy asked

"You two were in a trance and were almost eaten by an invisible creature" Carla said

Suddenly the jaws whole body began to materialize to reveal a round brownish monster with small eyes with claws n it's hands and feet with an antenna and a bright light connected to it. The monster let out a roar and lunged at the trio who quickly moved out the way and ran down the dark road.

"Okay that things has a pretty light but an ugly face" Zodie said

"This isn't a dream anymore it's a nightmare I want to wake up" Wendy cried

While running for a few minutes a door was spotted up ahead without hesitation the doved toward it opened it and went through it. The trio now found themselves inside a church dark with the only light source being the moonlight from a window.

"A church ok ok at least here we can pray for this nightmare to end" Zodie said

"I hope we're safe here" Wendy said

"Wouldn't count on it" Carla said in a horrified voice

The feline was peeking out the window and saw the oncoming horde of zombies heading towards the church as they approached the horde surrounding the building and began banging on all the windows and walls even as to going far as to climbing all over each other. If that wasn't bad the monsters who disguised themselves as Lupita and Keanu were they're to they made their way up to the roof and tried to get in.

"Oh no this is bad we're trapped, what do we do" Wendy said

Suddenly the ceiling came crashing down and the Keanu and Lupita monsters were in and inched their way closer towards the trio not only that but the zombies barged their way in through the doors and windows. The trio tried to run out through the back but was blocked off by a horde of zombies who came in through the back, they were surrounded with no magic no escape this was the end the trio huddled together and held onto each other as the monsters closed till everything went dark.

"Hey" Hey" kids wake up a familiar voice sounded

The trio shot themselves awake in a panic and looked around the area they were in their room it was as if nothing had changed, Keanu Lupita as well as master Roubal were there

"Hey you guys okay"? Keanu asked.

"What happened where are the monsters"? Carla asked

"Where's that ghost the one that put us to sleep made us have a nightmare" Wendy said

"You guys gave us cake and food we went to an amusement park, and we got chased by Zombies an angel fish monster and you guys tried to eat us" Zodie said

"Wow Wow take it easy" Keanu said

"That was not real you see…. " Roubal said

"No no it was real we ran into a ghost and he trapped us into a dream state" Zodie said interrupting Roubal

The three adults looked at one another and began laughing. The kids and the cat were confused as to what was so funny this was serious.

"You three come with us" Roubal said

They did as told and followed the adults outside where they were meant by the whole guild who were laughing.

"Can you please tell us what in the world is going on here" Carla said

Master roubal suddenly slammed his cane down then all of a sudden the whole area began to change into a haunted setting that wasn't all but the members were changed into zombies as well like from the dream and one of them morphed into the angelfish beast with the mesmerizing light antenna. Master tapped his staff again, changing the scenery to an amusement park and then again to the inside of a church to finally return to the guild.

"I get it there illusions what we thought was real wasn't real at all" Zodie said

"That's right my boy you see this was just an evening hallows prank we wanted to pull for fun" Roubal explained

"You two weren't in any danger" Keanu said

"But our magic is why wasn't it working"? Wendy asked

Keanu reached behind him and tossed a mask at Zodie which he caught and inspected the inside of it. It held a hidden compartment holding a lacrima.

"That's a special kind of Lacrima that neutralizes magic if you guys were using your magic then it'd ruin the prank.

"Are you kidding me you went to far that whole thing was traumatizing" Carla yelled out in anger

"Yeah sorry about that but like we said you weren't ever in danger besides think of this experience as a test you know you got by without any magic and you did ok" Roubal said

"But you are right we did go extreme and were sorry" Keanu said

Zodie began to chuckle a bit

"Well to be honest I had a little fun specially when I got to try Lupita's cooking as well as the amusement park"he spoke

"Yeah it was fun" Wendy said

"All Right well it's still night so how bout we have an Evening Hallows meal huh" Keanu shouted prompting the guild to erupt in cheers.

"So I guess ghost aren't real nothing but an illusion which explained why I couldn't hit it" Zodie said

"If ghost were real you still couldn't hit it" Wendy said giggling

"I've just had about enough of this night" Carla said

"Yeah but some food oughta change that" Zodie said running ahead the girls

"Hey wait up" Wendy yelled running after her friend.

The guild feasted on a nightly evening hallows meal and dancing around a fire little did they know from a distance looming was a ghost who peeked it's head out watching the guild it let out a wicked laugh and disappeared into the night


Allright and done boom this took a while sorry for the wait i've been dealing with personal stuff and school U wanted to get this out before Halloween ended but better late than never. Hope you guys like this special Happy Halloween and stay safe let me know how you like it in my leave me some reviews.