Author's Note: Happy Halloween, everybody! To celebrate this very holiday, I'm updating this fanfic which features a moment when the original Zombie Island movie truly started to become scary.

Before reading, you should know that I plan to take a break from fanfic writing for the entire month of November. I've been writing and brainstorming a lot, and I need some time to recharge my batteries. I'll be back to uploading the stories again on December 1st.

Enjoy the chapter. Have a happy Halloween. Any and all comments are welcome.

Lincoln, Lynn, and Lana got everything they needed for their trip outside the manor: shovels, ropes, a compass, and a map of the island given to them by Simone and Lena. The family watched from the front porch as the three kids exited the door and waved at them from the front yard.

"All right. We got everything we need." Lincoln said going over their supplies. "Hopefully, this treasure hunt will be handled smoothly."

"If there's something buried here, you know I'm just the girl to find it." Lana said.

"Good luck, kids." Rita said. "Be careful."

"Pfft. Don't worry, Mom." Lynn said. "We've handled much worse than anything this island has to offer."

"Kids, wait for me!" Lynn Sr. shouted running out to join the three kids outside.

"Dad?" Lincoln asked.

"What exactly are you doing?" Lori asked.

"Well, I just can't let three kids go out on a treasure hunt on a strange island unsupervised." Lynn Sr. said. "What kind of father would that make me?"

"Come on, Dad. You know you've got nothing to worry about." Lynn said. "If anything stands in our way, I'll just pull off some moves I've been practicing in my backyard MMA matches."

"I'm proud of your courage, LJ, but as a father, I feel it is my duty to take care of you kids."

Rita gave her husband a dry look. "You're just trying to avoid seeing a ghost at Lucy's séance, aren't you?"

Lynn Sr. laughed nervously with sweat dripping from his brow. "Whaaaaat? Noooooo. …Anyway, let's go treasure hunting."

"All right. If you say so." Lincoln said with a shrug. He then turned to his family and their hosts. "We'll be back later."

"Just be sure to be back before nightfall." Simone said. "We're cooking up a special dinner for your family tonight."

The four family members waved one last time before walking out into the woods. Once they were out of sight, Lucy turned to everyone else.

"Okay. While they're gone, we're going to try to make contact with the spirit of Morgan Moonscar."

"Are you sure that is a good idea?" Simone asked.

"Yeah. Remember, Morgan Moonscar was a wicked and cruel man." Lena added.

"It's worth a shot." Lucy said. She then reached into her backpack and pulled out a textbook. "Since the haunting happened in the kitchen, then that's where we'll meet up."

"Sounds like a plan." Rita said. "All right, girls. Let's get to work." They nodded and scattered into the house leaving Simone and Lena on the front porch.

"Ms. Simone…" Lena said to her employer sounding worried.

"Do not fret, Lena." Simone assured. "We'll be safe. I promise."

Lincoln took point of his group as they began trekking through the Moonscar Island forest. He followed the directions of his map as he guided his sisters and dad along behind him. The girls looked fearless, but Lynn Sr. was jittering nervously quickly shifting his head left and right.

"Hmm. Let's see. If I were a pirate, where would I hide my treasure." Lincoln asked himself quietly. "Boy, I wish CJ were here. I'd bet he'd know."

Just then, a feint snapping sound made Lynn Sr. scream. "AAHH! Did you hear that?"

"Dad, it was just a twig." Lana said dryly.

RIBBIT!

"AAHH! Did you hear that?"

"A frog, Dad." Lincoln said. "It's just a frog."

"Dad, you gotta toughen up." Lynn said. "I know you're scared of us having to spend the night on a haunted island, but you can't keep jumping at every little thing that spooks you. It's just gonna make the rest of us worry."

Lynn Sr. sighed. "You're right, LJ. But how can I not worry about the ghosts when they're all I think about?"

"Well, you could try thinking about something else." Lincoln suggested.

"Ooh! I got it!" Lynn lit up with an idea. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a red pepper. "I've been pocketing these for tests of courage later. Now's a good a time as ever. Go ahead, Dad. Take a bite."

"Really?" Lynn Sr. asked as his daughter put the pepper in his hand. "Well, if you think it'll help."

He took a breath and bit off part of the pepper. He chewed on it for a couple of bites before swallowing. He then stood still with a wide-eyed stare into the distance.

"Um, Dad?" Lana asked. "You okay?"

Lynn Sr. said nothing. Instead, his entire head quickly became red and he ended up screaming. "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" As he yelled out, a stream of fire burst out of his mouth. He then jumped up from the ground and ran around feeling his tongue on fire.

"Whoa. Guess the peppers are too hot for him to handle." Lynn said.

"Dad's going to ace that cooking show for sure." Lincoln said.

Lynn Sr. soon found a nearby river and dived his entire body into it. As he did so, a very familiar catfish was carried off in the splash. Lynn Sr. shot his head back up and spit out a mouthful of river water as his skin went back to its usual pigmentation. He then let out a sigh of relief with a small smile on his face.

"Oh, yeah. They're definitely the hottest." Lynn Sr. stated.

"Hey, you idjit!" The family turned their heads and spotted Snakebite Scruggs walking out of the bushes with an angry expression on his face. "You scared away Big Mona!"

"I did?" Lynn Sr. asked. He turned his head to look down the river and spotted the large catfish swimming away. "Oops. I guess I did. Sorry."

"Oh, you'll be sorry all right." Scruggs growled.

"Hey, man, it was just an accident." Lynn argued.

"Yeah. Besides, he just did that fish a huge favor." Lana said. "A majestic creature like her doesn't deserve to be captured by a two-bit, disrespectful, dirty man like you!"

"Why you…" Scruggs shouted. "Get 'em, Mojo!" At his command, his wild boar walked out of the bushes staring angrily at the Louds.

"You just HAD to provoke the angry fisherman!" Lincoln said nervously.

"I'll handle this." Lynn said cracking her knuckles. She jumped at Mojo right when he started charging after them. She latched herself onto his back and refused to let go while he jumped around trying to throw her off.

"Seriously?!" Scruggs shouted in disbelief. "Ain't no way that little girl's ridin' Mojo like a rodeo ride!"

"That's Lynn for you." Lincoln answered.

Mojo kept jumping around before fixing his eyes back on the rest of the Louds. Even with Lynn on his back, he went back to chasing after them.

"KIDS, RUN!" Lynn Sr. shouted as he, Lana, and Lincoln turned around and ran for their lives. Mojo followed them deep into the forest while trying to use the foliage to get Lynn off.

"Is that the best you got?" Lynn taunted loudly. "I've handled tougher hogs at Liam's farm!"

Ahead of the boar, Lincoln, Lana, and Lynn Sr. continued running until they suddenly plummeted down. They were surprised to find themselves landing at the bottom of a very large hole dug deep into the ground. Right after that, Mojo dug his feet into the ground and skidded hard into the dirt stopping right at the edge of the hole. The sudden stop made Lynn lose her grip on the pig and fall down into the hole with her family. Mojo snorted one last time before turning and walking away.

"Next round, you won't get away that easy, Porky!" Lynn shouted.

"Lynn, could you not?" Lincoln asked. "We're at the bottom of a hole."

Lana looked around to examine it. "That's weird. This hole looks manmade. But why would anybody dig a hole this big."

"I don't care how big this hole is." Lynn Sr. said. "We gotta climb out of here."

"All right." Lincoln said. "We'll have to work together to get out."

Meanwhile, back at Simone's house, the rest of the Loud family gathered in the dark kitchen and around a circle made of salt with an incense candle set up at the center. The circle was connected by Lucy, Rita, Luan, Leni, Luna, and Lola. Lori, Lily, and Lisa stood outside the circle along with Simone and Lena.

Lucy lit a match and carefully used it to light the candle in front of her. "This is it. In this very moment, we're about to make contact with the spirit of Morgan Moonscar."

Simone looked over at the three girls who are staying outside of the circle. "You're not joining your family in the circle?"

"Lucy asked that only the truest believers should be in the circle." Lisa said. "And while previous experience has led me to acknowledge the existence of non-corporeal entities from beyond the grave, I'm afraid there isn't enough belief in my heart to overlap the logic that makes up my mind."

"And I gotta make sure Lily doesn't get in there." Lori said. "There's no way I'm going to let a baby anywhere near an angry pirate ghost."

Lily crossed her arms in a huff on that remark.

"All right, everyone. Listen up." Lucy said. "It's very important that nothing interrupts this séance. I've never seen a haunting like this, so I don't know what's going to happen if we make contact. Is everybody ready?"

Everyone nodded.

Lily then cleared her throat and called out. "Spirit of the shadow world who is haunting this home, we ask that you reveal yourself to us, Lena, and Ms. Simone."

Suddenly, a visible wind began blowing around the Louds. They looked around seeing a face in the wind. It was a bearded man with a crescent scar on his face. It was Morgan Moonscar all right.

"My word." Simone gasped silently. "It's actually working."

"Morgan Moonscar, we are but humble visitors on this island." Lucy cried out to the face drifting around them. "We do not wish to be a bother. For now, we just want to understand. Why is it that you are haunting us? Is it to do with your treasure, or is it something else?"

The ghost didn't say a word. He opened his mouth, but all that came out was a moan. He then circled around the group creating a ring above their heads. The inside of the ring began to glow and show a location. It looked like an outdoor party in the bayou consisting of humble villagers who mingled beside a large cat statue.

"Lucy, what's going on?" Rita asked.

"I think it's some kind of vision." Lucy answered. "Morgan Moonscar's trying to show us something."

"Whatever it is, it's full of people with no fashion sense." Lola said. "What is this, the 19th century?"

Lucy looked over at Lola with realization on her blank face. "Lola, I think you might be onto something. This must be a vision of something that happened 200 years ago, which was about Morgan Moonscar's time. Something happened here."

"Look, it's him!" Luna called out.

The vision showed Morgan Moonstar landing on the island with his band of pirates. Their very presence brought a wave of fear over all the villagers who stared at their unwelcome visitors. Moonscar aimed his sword and gave a command for his pirates to wreck everything in the party and scare most of the villagers into the bayou. Something else was about to happen when…

"LOOK OUT!"

Lena's voice shouted right before a metal jar was thrown across the room. It landed right in front of everyone crashing right into the séance circle breaking the candle apart and spilling sugar everywhere. As the circle was broken, the ghostly circle above them suddenly became green and flew around wildly. Everyone ducked their heads down making sure they wouldn't get hit. Lucy raised her head up and gasped as the green mist exited the house through a window heading out into the forest.

"That can't be good." Lucy said in a whisper.

When the ghostly presence was gone, everyone raised their heads up cautiously.

"Simone, Lena, what happened?" Rita asked.

"We don't know." Lena said. "We were staying clear of the séance when all of a sudden, the jar beside us flew off the shelf on its own. Maybe Morgan Moonscar tossed it."

"Why would he do that?" Lisa asked. "He was already trying to relay a message to the family. Why would he do something that would ruin it?"

"Don't ask me. I'm not entirely 'sugar'!" Luan laughed.

"Luan, this is serious!" Lori said.

"Who knows what Morgan Moonscar was capable of?" Simone asked. "Well, in any case, maybe the hauntings can come to an end now."

"I don't think so." Lucy said worryingly. "In fact, I'd say the hauntings are just about to get worse."

"What do you mean?" Leni asked nervously.

"Whether or not it was an accident, the séance ended improperly." Lucy said. "I've never seen a ghost like this, but we pulled him out of the afterlife, and when the circle was broken without the proper steps, we seem to have released Morgan Moonscar's spirit, and now, it's more free than it ever was before."

"What exactly does that mean, dude?" Luna asked.

"It means that Moonscar's ghost is out there. But the real question is, where is he going to end up?"

Back at the deep ditch, the four Louds sat on each other's shoulders trying to reach the top. Lynn sat on Lynn Sr.'s shoulders, Lincoln sat on Lynn's, and Lana sat on Lincoln's. Even with their combined height through, Lana wasn't able to reach the top of the hole. She was able to grab onto a wooden root that was sticking out of the dirt in front of her.

"Can you pull yourself up?" Lincoln asked.

"I can try." Lana said before attempting to climb. She grasped the root with both hands trying to pick herself up.

Suddenly, the root snapped and Lana fell over backward taking the rest of her family down with her. The root that she was holding onto fell with her as well as a bunch of dirt landing on top of them.

"Well, that could've gone better." Lynn said before turning to her brother. "Any other ideas, Stinkin'."

"Well, we could…" Lincoln said before his father tapped him on his shoulder. "Yeah, Dad?"

Lynn Sr. looked horrified and frightened looking on up. He pointed up the hole for his kids to look. They then shared his horrified expression as they saw a skeleton hand sticking out of the dirt where Lana was near.

"WHOA!" Lynn shouted. "What the heck is that?!"

"It looks like a skeleton hand!" Lincoln answered.

"A skeleton hand?" Lynn Sr. asked fearfully. "Okay! That's it! This trip just hit peak spooky! I can't imagine anything that can make this any scarier!"

As if answering a jinx, the Louds felt an eerie wind blow past them. They looked further up above the hole and locked their wide eyes on a swirling green light that circled above them. The light then flew on down into the hole and hit the skeleton hand. That's when it fell out of the dirt along with the rest of the skeleton.

Lincoln and his family shook in terror as the skeleton that landed in front of them managed to stand up on its own bony legs. The skeleton moaned as bits of its hair, rotten flesh and ragged pirate clothes slowly grew around its bones making it into a full-fletched zombie. The green glow disappeared leaving the zombie to look dead ahead at the Louds with his completely-red eyes and the crescent-shaped scar on his face.

Seeing the monster in front of him, Lincoln knew what was happening, but was to terrified to say it out loud. Everyone was terrified to say it out loud.

Morgan Moonscar was back from the dead as a zombie. He unsheathed a sword from his waist and slowly walked toward the Louds.

"Uh, Lynn," Lincoln said, "Now might be a good time for those backyard MMA moves you've been bragging about."

"On it!" Lynn shouted. She then ran up to Moonscar and jumped up. With a loud battle cry, she shot a strong kick that broke the pirate zombie's head from his body. It landed on the ground behind him while Lynn landed in front.

Much to everyone's shock, the zombie body didn't go down. Instead, he turned around, picked up his head, and put it back on his neck before turning back to the others continuing his dreadful moan.

"Well, that didn't work." Lynn said.

"I got a better idea… RUUUUUN!" Lana shouted.

"COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER MYSELF, KIDDO!" Lynn Sr. agreed.

Driven by their overwhelming fear for the zombie, Lincoln, Lynn, Lana, and Mr. Loud managed to pull themselves out of the ditch and run as fast as they could. Slowly, Morgan Moonscar climbed out of the ditch too and appeared as though he was walking towards their direction following them.

"HURRY UP, KIDS!" Lynn Sr. shouted running as fast as he could with his son and daughters running with him. "WE GOTTA WARN THE OTHERS ABOUT… OOF!"

Lynn Sr. grunted as he accidentally crashed right on top of another man. The kids stopped to see him, a big, burly man with a gardener's uniform.

"Hey, do you mind?" he asked aggressively.

"Are you Beau, the gardener?" Lincoln asked.

"Yeah. What's it to you?" Beau answered crossing his arms. "And would you get this man off me?!"

"Oh, sorry about that." Lynn Sr. apologized standing back up. "Listen, we gotta get my family, Simone, and Lena! We gotta get off this island ASAP!"

"What are you talking about?" Beau asked.

"We saw a pirate zombie!" Lana shouted. "He was old and grody and wanted to slice us to ribbons with his sword!"

"Are you people nuts?" Beau asked.

"What's going on?" Simone's voice was heard as she joined up with the group along with Lena and the rest of the Loud family.

"Sweetie? Kids?" Rita asked. "What's wrong?"

"We just saw Morgan Moonscar!" Lincoln said in a panic. "He was a skeleton, but then this green light came, and suddenly, he wasn't a skeleton anymore! Instead, he became a zombie that tried to attack us!"

"Wait, did you say a green light?" Lucy asked. "Like it was like a ghost?"

"Maybe," Lynn said, "But it didn't look anything like the ghosts we saw in the past."

"This is worse than I feared." Lucy said. "Take us where you found the body."

"It was right here." Lincoln said after leading everyone to the large ditch they just crawled out of. "We fell in, and a few minutes later, we were joined by Morgan Moonscar as a zombie. Now, he's probably on the loose somewhere on the island."

"Oh, dear." Simone said worryingly.

"What's going on?" Leni asked.

"It's just what I thought would happen." Lucy said. "When we unleashed Moonscar's spirit, he must have been drawn back to his body."

"You mean we're stuck on this island with an angry pirate zombie with no way out until morning?" Lori asked breathlessly.

"That's pretty much the jist of it." Lucy answered.

"Okay, enough!" Beau called out. "Would someone mind telling me what the heck's going on here?"

"Do you remember when I warned you of the hauntings going on around the island?" Lena asked.

"Yeah, the wild stories." Beau answered.

"Well, they weren't wild stories." Lena said. "The island really is haunted, and it looks like things are getting worse."

"You've gotta be kidding me." Beau said. "I've been working here for a couple of months digging up every hole for my plants, and I didn't see anything about a ghost."

"Wait, every hole?" Lana asked. "Did you dig up this ditch too?"

"Yeah, I did. What about it?" Beau asked.

"Why? That hole's WAY too big for any plant or tree." Lana said. "Why would you dig something that big."

"I don't see how that's any of your business." Beau said. "Look, I don't know what crazy thing you people are getting into, but please, leave me out of this." He turned to walk away.

"Beau, wait." Lena called out, but he was already gone.

"Leave him be, Lena." Simone said. "It is getting close to sunset. We'd best return home before it gets dark."

"But what about Moonscar? Or your gardener?" Rita asked.

"Beau lives in a guest house not too far from the house." Simone said. "And as for the zombie, I'm sure he won't be able to get to us as long as we lock our doors and windows."

"Good thinking, Ms. Lenoir." Lena said. "I'll start cooking up dinner."

"I guess that's as good as we're going to get." Lincoln said. He left with the others, but not before looking back deep into the forest. He had an uneasy feeling that as bad as this zombie situation was, things were about to get much, much worse for him and his family.