Ep.221 – Return to the Cry Baby Bridge - Halloween Legend Turned CURSE!

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Small town legends are a bit of
fun, something to whisper to each other

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at a camp fire or maybe at
a little sleepover with your friends. But

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most legends are based in a little
bit of truth. But what if they

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were based in a whole lot of
truth? What if the legend was completely

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real and now it was waiting for
you. Feel the chill in the air,

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Listen to the leaves Ross Ross as
they die and fall to the ground.

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It is Halloween. You will experience
tales of our ghosts and death.

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It is not recommended for the weak
a heart. Join me for a tale

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foul. This is Weekly Spooky.
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words, return to cry Baby Bridge by

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Rob fields aw Man. Yeah,
I suppose I ought to be glad.

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Ariel Mirran invited me to another one
of her parties. There's two problems with

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this. The first one it's another
Mirran only event. These parties take place

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at a different mirror mansion inside the
gated community. This time up it's at

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Ariels. If you're wondering if I'm
feeling kind of scared right now, you

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ain't far off. Imagine you being
the only one at this thing who ain't

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a mirror. Everybody's dressed all fancy
and stuff. The gents are wearing nice

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suits and the ladies are wearing gowns. I'm the only one here who ain't

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wearing fancy clothes. I'm sure getting
dirty looks from people, either for the

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clothes I'm wearing or because they know
I ain't a mirror. Maybe it's both,

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which brings me to the second problem. Tonight is Halloween. I was

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hoping to be out trick or treating
with Carter Cross, my next door neighbor

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and buddy. Unfortunately, Ariel intercepted
me when she saw me at Strickfield Town

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Center Mall with Mom this afternoon.
Soon as she saw me going into Spirit

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Halloween, Ariel all but cornered me
and said I was coming to her party,

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and with Ariel, you can't really
refuse because she's Ariel. So here

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I am at Ariels and keeping on
high alert while holding a saucer and drinking

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a cup of coffee. I almost
got half a mind to bail and go

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trick or treating with Carter, but
I know I'll never hear the end of

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it from Ariel. Speaking of whom
she's back, I'm telling you, mouse,

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the only reason I think Mom makes
me attend these parties is to keep

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my little goober of a cousin,
Stuart away from everything. Ariel tells me

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he's the cousin You're always babysitting,
right, I ask, Ariel groans,

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I might as well be his mom, since I'm the only person who has

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to watch him all the time.
Either Aunt Margaret drops him off here for

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me to babysit, or I'm told
to entertain him at family events to keep

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him out of trouble. I've been
meaning to ask Ariel why she keeps inviting

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me to these things. I think
I get it now. I'm probably the

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one person here keeping her saying.
Also, Ariel's mom told her, on

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no uncertain terms, that Mona,
Abeles and Bailey Downs ain't allowed at mire

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and only functions. So what makes
me so special? Ariel's dressed like a

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proper princess like the other girls.
Hear her age. I know what you're

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thinking, Mouse. I invite you
to these events because I've got to have

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someone I know that I can talk
to. Mom can't stand Bailey and Mona,

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but seems to like you. I
barely even know your parents, Ariel.

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I tell her, my mom knows
your mom. She explains, she

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pays your mom to do the artwork
for the video games. My mom codes

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she's got another one coming out just
in time for the holidays. Don't you

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mean your mom knows me? I
say, and then I'm in trouble.

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Next thing I know, Ariel's mom. Adrian comes over to where we are.

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Now She's given me this weird scowl, probably upset I'm here. Then

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again, she always looks like that. Next thing, I know, Adrian's

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examining my scarf. Do you always
dress this way? Madeline? She asks

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me. I ain't really sure how
to answer. He is everything okay,

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mom, Ariel asks her. Oh
yeah, Ariel's practically a smaller, younger

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version of her mom. By the
way, May I ask where you purchase

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your berets and scarves? Adrian asks
me, ignoring Ariel. I start to

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talk to Adrian, but then I
remember Ariel telling me not to talk too

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loosely around her. I buy them
at Dillard's store, at your family's mall.

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It's the only place I know that
sells them. Adrian looks me over

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again. I'm the only female here
who ain't wearing a dress, just wearing

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a pair of dress pants, a
nice blouse with a match in vest,

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dress, shoes with comfy socks,
and my beret and scarf. Oh in

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my velma dinkly looking glasses. Then
Adrian lets go of my scarf. Next

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thing I know, her eyes are
wide open, and are you drinking coffee?

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Madeline? Um, it's quite delicious, ma'am, I reply. She

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raises an eyebrow. Aren't you a
bit young to be drinking coffee? Well,

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you did tell me to help myself
to whatever I wanted, I remind

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her, I wanted to try some
of your coffee. I'm guessing you don't

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buy it from anywhere here in town. Out of the corner of my eye,

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I can see Ariel giving me a
worried look, like she's asking me

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what I'm doing. Then I quickly
compose myself. I'm thinking you offered some

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of your coffee to mom when you
invited her here to talk about her artwork

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for your games. She brought some
home and let me try some. I've

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been drinking coffee since I was nine. Adrian nods once. Then I'll give

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you some more to take home with
you. I actually don't drink coffee myself.

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My sister brought it for me from
one of her travels in Brazil.

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I only put coffee out at our
family gatherings. She reaches over and picks

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up the cathay. Then she tops
me off. I'll be sending your mom's

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artwork home with you as well.
Don't worry, I've approved it, so

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she'll be pleased to know that.
Adriane and I talk a little longer.

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Then she excuses herself and walks away. Now I slowly turn and face Ariel.

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You could have at least made a
little plate of cheese or something.

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Ariel groans, Oh, cause you
call me mouse right? I reply.

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Now. Ariel just looks at me
and tightens her fists. I hate you

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mouse Ah, What I do now? I ask? I get another?

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Ariel groan before she grabs my arm
and pulls me into the garage, turning

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on the light. After she pulls
the door shut, she faces me.

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Mom never talks to me at these
parties, she confesses, not unless Stuart's

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getting into trouble again. You want
to know the real reason Mom doesn't want

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Mona and Bailey here. I invited
them once and told them they needed to

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dress up. Know what they wore? School clothes? Can you believe Mona

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and Bailey don't own any dresses?
I don't own any either, I pipe

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up. Ariel growls again, you
three are girls. What do you mean

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you don't own any dresses? I
shrug. Give me something to wear a

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dress for and I'll go buy one. Ariel balls her fists. I told

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you to wear a dress when I
invite you to family gatherings. Then she

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clears her throat. Mom immediately recognized
Mona and Bailey and practically threw them out.

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That was Great Uncle Bartholomew's ninetieth birthday
party, by the way. But

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ain't mere and family party supposed to
be that, I ask. Ariel closes

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her eyes and sighs. I'm so
bored of these things. Mouse. I

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hate these parties. Unfortunately Mom won't
let me skip them, at least if

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I'm going to attend them, then
I want somebody I know here with me.

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Since and Bailey are out, that
only leaves you face it. Mom

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likes you. That's why she's never
kicked you out of any of the family

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parties I've invited you to. I
smirk that end you always say, and

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you'll kill me at the next slumber
party if I didn't come, which you

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know I would. Ariel grins and
points right at me. See, there

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are a few things I can own
you on. Then she tightens her jaw.

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Now I just have to figure out
how to own Carter Cross and all

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can be right in my world.
Suddenly, the garage door we came through

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opens. Ariel's Mom's right there now. I thought I specifically instructed you to

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keep little Stewart from getting into things. He just climbed up onto one of

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the buffet tables and knocked all kinds
of food to the floor. Get in

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here and get him. Ariel surprises
her mom by tightening her fists and growling,

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how about you go after that little
gooble for once. Adrian gasps,

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I beg your pardon. I am
done being Stuart's babysitter. Ariel hits the

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main garage door opener, and just
where do you think you're going, young

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lady, Adrian demands, don't you
dare think for one second that you're leaving

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this event. Next thing I know, Ariel's grabbing my arm. Come on,

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we're leaving. I give Adrian an
apologetic look as Ariel's tugging me out

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of the garage with her. You'll
be sorry for this, Ariel renaissance mirring.

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We hear Adrian calling out behind us. Soon as we start moving down

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the driveway, the door closes.
Ariel breathes a huge sigh of relief.

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I'm sorry you saw that. Not
sorry, I'm just looking at her now.

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You don't think your mom's gonna get
you when you get back home.

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Then Ariel sees, I still got
my cup of coffee. Finish your drink

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and don't break those mom really will
go obelistic. Then she holds herself and

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shivers. Okay, I didn't think
this through. Nope, my jacket's still

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at your place too. I sip
my coffee. We can always go back

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to my place and get jackets.
I don't live far from your gated community.

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Ariel shivers more. Now I guess
we're going to your little mouse hole.

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Ariel and I walk quickly to the
main gate and step through the side

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door to leave the mir and gated
community. We keep walking fast. Good

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thing, it's a straight shot from
the Miran's main gate to my place.

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Is that coffee still warm? Ariel
asks, not much. I reply,

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knowing what she's implying. You ain't
gonna like it. When Ariel's still looking

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at me, I hand her the
rest of the coffee. She takes it

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and takes a drink. Um.
I look at her with wide eyes when

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the cup and the saucer both fall
and shatter on the sidewalk. Then she

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looks at me again. I don't
know how you drink this crap mouse.

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I point down. Um, yes, I broke them, Ariel snaps,

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Mom can disown me for all I
care. I sigh. Come on,

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we ain't far from my place.
I want to offer Ariels something to help

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cover her bare arms. That's what
you get for running away in just a

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princess dress. Right anyway, We
keep walking fast until we get to my

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place. Nice house, Ariel mutters, looking at the red brick one.

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Oh that's Carter's place. I tell
her I live in this one. My

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place looks more like an American dream
type place, you know, the nice

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white house with the picket fence,
with two cars in a garage. Suddenly,

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the back porch light next door comes
on. As Ariel and me are

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about to reach my back porch.
We both turn to see Carter Cross opening

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up and stepping outside. Madeline donnerly, Hey, He points at me.

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Your parents wanted me to tell you
that they went to North Ridgeway to see

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your aunt and uncle there. Yeah, they said they might, I reply.

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Now Carter sees Ariel, what are
you doing here? Shouldn't you be

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sitting on your throne at your palace, Your highness Ariel growls and points at

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him. You can just shut up, Carter Cross. Carter laughs, Hey,

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you ain't in your waled off kingdom
now, Princess. You're out here

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with the rest of us peasants.
Now. Then he notices, Oh,

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I get it. Since you got
ice water in your veins, you're nice

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and comfy in the cold, right. Ariel screams and runs right up onto

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his porch. Real easy, since
Carter and I share our wide driveway.

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Carter tries to hurry in and slam
the door, but he greatly underestimated both

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how close Ariel was and how fast
she can run, even in her princess

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dress. Ah man, I mutter
and walk to Carter's I come inside and

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see Carter and Ariel circling each other
at his kitchen table. Ariel tightens her

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fists. Oh you just wait,
Carter Cross. Just as soon as I

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get my hands on you, what
you gonna call your royal guards and have

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them boil me in oil? Out
in the driveway, Princess, Carter teases,

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Yeah, time to put this thing
to bed for the moment. I

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open Carter's refrigerator and grab a coke. Here, Ariel, ooh, Ariel

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takes the can and quickly cracks it. Carter's given me his weird look.

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Now, really, Madeline, I
shrug, You wanna keep tempting fate with

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Ariel? Carter sees I'm right and
backs off. He comes over to us.

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Now, okay, so what are
you guys doing here? What happened

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to her Majesty's royal ball? Ariel
looks at him and growls again. Her

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hands are starting to crush the can. I quickly step in between them.

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Her Majesty escaped from the ball to
avoid the stroke of midnight. I look

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at Ariel. She didn't want to
turn back into a Halloween pumpkin. Ariel

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gawks at me. Now I hate
you mouse. I laugh a little,

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sorry, couldn't resist. Then I
get serious. Ariel had to escape from

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yet another family party. She really
hates doing them. Carter laughs, Well,

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looks like Princess Ariel is human after
all, Carter. Ariel yells,

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hey, rich girl, you're in
my house now. He reminds her,

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I'm the king here, Queenie great
Ariels hoppin mad again. Oh you you?

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Before Ariel can scream her blood curdling
scream, I quickly raise my hands

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in between them. Come on,
you two truce just for tonight. They

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both look at me. Now they're
looking at each other again. Nah,

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they utter together. Carter points at
Ariel. Come on, your majesty,

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what are you doing here? Huh? Ariel growls again. Mouse just told

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you, you buffoon. What's the
matter you got butter in your ears?

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Carter sneers better than rocks in your
head? Ah man. Ariel screams her

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blood curdling scream and drops the pop. Now she's right on top of Carter

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and attacking him like a wild creature. Carter's holding her wrists and laughing.

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I sigh and work on cleaning up
the pop. Next thing I know,

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they just stop. I look right
at him and see they're just looking right

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at each other. Ariel's still mad
and Carter's still holding her wrists. Want

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to know what, I know?
Carter and Ariel like each other. They

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don't want to admit it, but
I can see it. Yeah, yeah,

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I know. They fight all the
time. Ariel's always drinking his sodas

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and treating him like he's beneath her. Carter won't give in to Ariel at

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school and makes fun of her instead. But I seen this kind of thing

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between them. I even caught Carter
looking at picks of her on his phone,

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and no, he don't know.
I know. I quickly move to

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him. Now truce, you guys, please. Carter slowly lets Ariel's risks

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go when I help her up.
Then Carter gets up too. He holds

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out his hand to Ariel. Okay, truce. Ariel's still looking mad,

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but she shakes his hand. Truce, but just for tonight. Suddenly there's

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a knocking at the front door.
Probably tricker treaters, I tell Carter.

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He shakes his head. Can't be
Madeline. I ain't got the front porch

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light on. Besides, I'm about
to go trick or treating myself. You

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two can come with open up.
We know you're in there. Don't make

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us kick this door in, Carter, we hear from the front door.

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Don't go away, weekly, spooky. We'll be right back. Ariel groans

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and moves to the front door.
She opens it to reveal Mona Abels and

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Bailey Downs, two of Ariel's besties. I look at Carter, who gives

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me a kind of angry look for
Ariel letting her friends in his house.

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I just shrug Ariel's gonna be Ariel, How did you two know I was

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here? Ariel asks him. Bailey
laughs, Mona, and I heard you

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scream when we passed by while we
were trick or treating. She's dressed up

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like a Ghostbuster, complete with a
replica proton. Yeah, you're the only

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girl we know who can scream the
way you do. Mona adds, She's

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the one who threatened to kick Carter's
door in, and she's dressed up like

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food. Mona sees me, now, what are you looking at? Mouse?

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Yes, I'm a Denoyer's grilled cheeseburger. Shut up, I shrug,

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you do you? Then Carter speaks
up, long as you three are here

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in my house, you ain't picking
on Madeline. Ariel actually backs him up.

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Truce for tonight, you guys.
Then Bailey notices, hey, wait

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a minute, ain't you supposed to
be at your party? Mouse and I

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both made a jail break, Ariel
told him in a nutshell, now we're

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here, Bailey and Mona listen to
Ariel's story. Okay, so what now?

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Mona asks? Then her eyes go
wide, what are you looking at?

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Carter? Then she's walking into the
den. The rest of us follower.

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Then we're all around the computer.
Carter sits down and tells us,

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I was just looking over some Strickfield
local legends on the university's website. He

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looks at Mona. What's the big
deal? Bailey answers for her. Mona

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and I were actually just talking about
that legend, the one you're looking at

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right now, Carter, what are
the chances? Carter looks at the screen

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the cry Baby Bridge. I was
just looking at it. Never really heard

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of this legend. I look his
way now, really Nope. Then he

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looks at Mona and Bailey. Okay, so you two were saying this is

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a local legend. Yeah right,
it is a local legend. Mona snaps.

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The bridge is located on Indian Hollow
Road. It ain't far from Denoyer's

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grill. Ariel rolls her eyes.
Listen to you talking about ghosts and things.

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Mona growls and bumps. Ariel,
you don't get to go there,

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especially when we all ended up seeing
Bloody Mary last month. When the three

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of them see Carter and me just
looking at him, they sure get quiet

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fast. Something you want to tell
us, Carter asks, No, they

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all say together. Ariel points at
me. Now, and you'd be quiet.

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Mouse, I just shrug. I
ain't said nothing. We pinky promised

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on that, remember now, Carter
looks at me. Sorry, buddy,

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but a pinky promise is a pinky
promise. We made a few ourselves.

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Ariel's gotta tell you cause I can't. Carter nods. Then he asks Mona

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and Bailey, what made you two
talk about the cry baby bridge anyway?

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People were talking about it at Roth's
rings. Bailey says, we stopped there

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for a little bit, then we
came this way. Heard Ariel scream.

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You know the rest? Okay,
since we're all here together, now,

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what's the plan? Ariel asks?
Carter says, I guess we can all

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go trick or treating since everybody's dressed
for it, Ariel and me ain't wearing

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costumes, I point out. Ariel
smirks and puts a hand on her shoulder,

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Princess. Then she puts a hand
on my shoulder, Aristocrat. Problem

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solved, mouse or maybe put mickey
mouse. Eer's on her. Mona cracks.

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Carter's about to get on her,
but Ariel beats him to it.

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Truce tonight. That means you and
Bailey too. Mona ain't wanting none of

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it, but Bailey puts a hand
on her shoulder. Come on, girl,

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we can truce for one night.
It's Halloween. Let's just have some

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fun. Mona sighs. Fine,
truce, but we're going to Denoyer's grill

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right after we're done trick or treating. Sounds like a plan. Carter agrees.

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Carter's wearing his Strickfield Junior High football
uniform as his costume. Then he

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gets Ariel in Me a couple of
Halloween trick or treat baskets. Ariels is

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a green skull and mine's a purple
jack a lantern. After he gets ariel

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in Me jackets, he grabs his
pillow sack and we're all out the front

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door. The five of us make
the rounds in the village and get all

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kinds of goodies. Carter and me
went trick or treating a few times this

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week. Sure is nice that the
people of Strickfield voted it a week long

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and there's no school today or tomorrow. Also, you should see all the

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decorations. People really go all out
for Halloween here. It's the most wonderful

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time of the year for sure.
We eventually decide after Denoyer's grill. That

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will all gather in my living room
since mom and dad ain't coming home till

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tomorrow afternoon, sometime, we'll watch
scary movies and just hang out. I

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think I suggested that because it's Halloween
and because Ariel's mom called. We all

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just looked at each other as Ariel
and her mom got into it. Ariel

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ended up screaming and dropping her phone
into a creek on purpose as we crossed

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a bridge. That was when I
suggested movies. We end up dropping back

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at Carter's a few times to drop
off all the candy we got. When

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we drop by there again, Mona
speaks up, guys, let's go to

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Denoyer's grill. I'm really hungry.
You already ate three candy bars, Ariel

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says, and those caramel apple donuts
you just had at Roth's rings. Bailey

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ads, Mona groans, I'm sorry, you guys. All the walking we're

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doing is making me hungry. Then
Carter asks everybody, you guys think we

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got enough candy? Looks like Mona's
gonna win. We got more than enough

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candy, So we stopped trigg or
treating around nine thirty and walk out to

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Denoyer's grill. About twenty minutes later, We're going in himself seats all of

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us in a booth and gives us
menus. I can't wait. I've been

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thinking about this place all day,
Mona says excitedly. Bailey turns to her,

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why don't you just move out here
already? I'm sitting outside the booth

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with a chair from another table.
Carter and Ariel kind of look at each

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other as they sit together and watch
Mona and Bailey bicker. Truth is,

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I've been hanging out with everybody here
for years. Mona loves to eat.

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Fortunately for her, she doesn't show
it. When we have pizza at Ariel's

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sleepovers every Friday night, Mona eats
the most. Anyway, I'm used to

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her and Bailey's bickering. By now, Denoyer comes and takes our orders and

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puts a cheeseburger that almost resembles Mona's
costume down in front of her Mona.

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Ariel asks, Mona's got a big
smile now. When she sees us looking

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at her, She points to the
door flier there says, if you come

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dressed like a Denoyer's cheeseburger on Halloween, you get one for free, and

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there's yours, Denoyer tells her.
I look up at him. How many

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of you given away for that today? Mona here makes six, he tells

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me. Not too many people take
it seriously. I do it every year.

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Soon as we give our orders,
it ain't long before there's more surprises.

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Maddie, I look and see Aine
Aine's short for Einstein, a name

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cousin Aileen's older brother Martin gave her
years ago. Wow, they really are

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twins, I hear Ariel whisper to
Carter. People say, cousin Aileen and

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I look exactly alike, twin cousins. We got the same long brown hair,

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same faces, same height, same
voices, and even the same velma

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dinkly looking glasses. Keep in mind, though I'm in the seventh grade,

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Aileen's a senior at Strickfield High.
Now everybody else at my table can go.

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When Cousin Aileen and I hug,
then I see she ain't alone.

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Bell's Hi, bella Tabon smiles.
Didn't think ainye and I would run into

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you here, Maddie. Cousin Aileen
and Bell's sit in the booth across from

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Mars, so I sit with him. It's all the same, since we're

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all here to eat and have fun. I can see Ariels admiring Bells's costume.

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She's dressed up kind of like Elvira, except she's got her vampire face

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on. For the record, Bell's
is a real vampire cousin. Aileen's dressed

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up like an eighties chick. Anyway, you should have seen the faces on

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everybody I came here with. When
Bells gives her order, yep, they

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heard her order five bacon cheeseburger platters
and a big pitcher of coke. See,

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Bell's is a different kind of vampire. She don't drink blood. She's

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a day walker, and she eats
lots and lots of food. And you

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guys give me a hard time about
my my appetite, Mona mutters. So

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the seven of us are just hanging
out and enjoying the great food. Much

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to the surprise of everybody else,
Bella eats every bite. She even orders

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a whole pumpkin silk pie for dessert, and then Bells gives everybody a huge

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treat by paying for everybody. Yeah, being a tabon, she's definitely got

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money. I don't know if it's
like Ariel's money. But but Bells can

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definitely afford to eat and pay her
fair share of everything since she lives with

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Iiny, I'm stuffed. Ainy says, you only ate a plate of fries.

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Maddie, you never eat much.
I eat what I gotta eat,

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and I'm done. I tell her. Bell's sneers more like you drink what

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Iiny eats. That's your fifth cup
of coffee, I shrug. Denoyer's got

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pumpkin chi death wish coffee. That
and I gotta stay up all night with

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my people movies. He asks,
Yeah, Mom and dad ain't home,

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so I can host at my place. You and Bells should come, I

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say, Iiny yawns. I don't
think it's gonna happen. I got up

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way too early this morning, forgot
we didn't have school today and couldn't get

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back to sleep. When we're all
done, I share hugs with Bells and

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Iiny. We leave Denoyer's grill just
after they do Q two could be sisters.

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Mona tells me, ain't the first
time I heard that one. I

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reply, I don't think I can
tell them apart. Ariel says I can.

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Bailey speaks up how Mona challenges her. Bailey smirks, it's all in

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the eyes. No, come on, Ariel groans, how do you know,

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Bailey? I just told you,
She groans back. When Ariel and

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Mona sigh like they've been crushed,
I snicker to myself, Get what Bailey's

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trying to tell him. That's right, it's our eyes. Aileen's got brown

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ones and mine are blue. Okay, let's go to Madeline's and watch some

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movies, Carter says. Then he
says to Ariel, I still can't believe

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you just tossed your phone in the
water like that. Mom will get over

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it. Ariel replies. As we're
almost off Denyer's property, Mona suddenly stops

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us. You guys, remember when
we were talking about the cry Baby Bridge

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earlier. We're not far from there. We should totally go and check it

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out. Bailey's excited now. Mona's
right, Indian Hollow Road ain't far from

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here, maybe a half hour walk
to that bridge. Tops. Let's go

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check it out. Then we can
go to Mouse's house and watch movies.

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Carter bumps my shoulder a little.
What do you think, Madeline? I

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shrug. It's Halloween right for at
least another half hour anyway, Ariel says,

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looking at her smart watch. Yeah, but who really goes by the

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clock on Halloween night? Bailey mutters, people are still going to be celebrating

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into the late hours, kind of
like us. Now I get a little

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goofy. I don't know, Carter, I don't think these other girls want

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to tempt fate going out to that
bridge. I point to him. Now,

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remember you three said you saw Bloody
Mary last month at one of Ariel's

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sleepovers. Ariel holds herself a little
Oh, shut up, Carter and I

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start laughing. Ariel titans her fists. I hate you mouse. I'm just

401
00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:44.920
funning. Come on, you guys, it's Halloween, I remind him.

402
00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:50.960
So we turn and start walking to
Indian Hallow Road. Mona kind of shivers

403
00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:53.359
a little. Now, thank god, we ain't seen Bloody Mary in our

404
00:33:53.440 --> 00:33:59.880
mirrors again since last month, assuming
we weren't really just seeing things to be

405
00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:05.880
again with you three, afraid of
ghosts, Carter asks him. Then Ariel

406
00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:10.719
slaps his arm. Ow shut up, Carter, she mutters. After Carter

407
00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:15.880
pulls his phone out, what are
you looking at? Bailey asks him.

408
00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:19.719
Since it'll take us a little bit
to get to the cry Baby Bridge.

409
00:34:20.239 --> 00:34:24.039
We might as well look into it, he answers. Here we are right

410
00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:30.440
on Strickfield University's website. Carter tells
us the story about how the bridge was

411
00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:36.719
built. During the American Civil War
years, Abigail Tomlin was promised to this

412
00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:42.679
rich lord named Alvin. Abigail had
no real desire to marry Alvin and fought

413
00:34:42.719 --> 00:34:46.400
him every step of the way.
And even though Abigail became pregnant with Alvin's

414
00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:52.159
child, she still refused to marry
him. Shortly after she'd given birth to

415
00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:59.760
Arthur, Abigail took her son and
fled. It wasn't long before Alvin learned

416
00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:04.840
she He ran away and pursued her. It was on that bridge we're all

417
00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:09.159
on her way to now where Alvin
caught up to her. Abigail Tomlin still

418
00:35:09.199 --> 00:35:15.760
refused to marry him. Furthermore,
she refused to hand Arthur over to him.

419
00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:22.360
She knew Alvin had a pistol Abigail
had won herself. They both drew

420
00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:28.559
and were at a standoff. Alvin
was more treacherous and shot her first.

421
00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:34.679
Abigail shot and wounded him too.
More shots were fired until Abigail was about

422
00:35:34.719 --> 00:35:39.039
to die. She still refused to
marry Alvin and give the crying Arthur to

423
00:35:39.159 --> 00:35:45.360
him. Since Alvin knew he could
never have Abigail's heart, he shot her

424
00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:51.679
and finished her off. Alvin hadn't
planned on Abigail leaning against the bridge's railing

425
00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:57.599
and taking both her and their son
into the raging waters of the Castalia River.

426
00:35:58.679 --> 00:36:04.360
It was said Arthur was crying all
the way down. Carter gets a

427
00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:07.480
few shivers out of the other girls
when he says how both Abigail Tomlin and

428
00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:14.159
baby Arthur's bodies were never found and
there were huge search parties out looking for

429
00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:17.760
him. Then he finishes up in
an eerie tone, and it was on

430
00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:24.079
such a night, just like tonight. Bailey, Mona and Ariel shriek.

431
00:36:24.840 --> 00:36:29.639
Ariel wants to smack him again,
but he quickly moves out of her way.

432
00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:36.000
Then Carter moves behind Bailey and grabs
her shoulders. On nights just like

433
00:36:36.119 --> 00:36:40.920
tonight, he resumes, just go
to that very bridge off Indian Hollow Road

434
00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:46.119
and wait there. He moves his
head right next to Bailey's just for a

435
00:36:46.199 --> 00:36:54.239
while, you might just might hear
the sounds of little baby Arthur crying.

436
00:36:55.599 --> 00:37:00.800
Bailey laughs. Now, maybe if
you ask Veranda, Queen of the Night

437
00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:04.599
nicely, she might let you be
your assistant on Friday Night. Fright.

438
00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:09.199
Carter moves out from behind Bailey,
and this time Ariel does slap his arm

439
00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:16.719
again. Creep. Suddenly, Carter
turns and makes these ghostly groans. Ariel

440
00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:22.159
cries out and runs as Carter's chasing
her. I'm going to kill you,

441
00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:29.679
Carter, Ariel yells you already did. Carter cries back in a ghostly groan.

442
00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:36.679
Your driver ran me over with your
limo last week. Now I'm back

443
00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:44.280
to claim you, my darling.
Ariel, No stop, Ariel laughs,

444
00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:50.079
still running. Then Carter trips on
a route and falls over. Suddenly Ariel's

445
00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:53.079
on top of him and trying to
slap him some more. I'm going to

446
00:37:53.360 --> 00:38:00.239
kill you, Carter's laughing as Ariel
growls and tries to pry his arms apart

447
00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:04.079
so she can slap his face.
He's too strong for her, though.

448
00:38:04.760 --> 00:38:07.920
Then Carter makes Ariel cry out when
he grabs her and turns her onto her

449
00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:13.679
back. Now they're just looking at
each other again. Like I told you

450
00:38:13.760 --> 00:38:17.880
earlier, these two really like each
other. Get off me, Carter,

451
00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:24.239
Ariel says in a menacing voice or
I shall kill you. When Carter don't

452
00:38:24.239 --> 00:38:29.320
get off her, she surprises him
by suddenly lifting her head and clacking her

453
00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:35.000
teeth. Carter quickly gets off.
Mona, Bailey and Me laugh when Ariel's

454
00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:38.039
on her feet and chasing him around. Now you just wait until I get

455
00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:43.360
my hands on you, Carter cross, Ariel shouts, I'll teach you to

456
00:38:43.440 --> 00:38:49.000
scare me. Ariel does catch Carter
and actually takes him down to the grass.

457
00:38:49.840 --> 00:38:52.840
I ain't gonna be the one to
tell Ariel she's got green stains on

458
00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:58.239
her dress. Then again, I
don't think she even cares. Remember,

459
00:38:58.719 --> 00:39:01.559
Ariel did drop her cell phone in
a creek earlier when she didn't want to

460
00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:07.000
talk to her mom anymore. Now
it's Ariel's turn to stare at Carter.

461
00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:16.599
Then she lowers herself. Is Ariel
really gonna kiss him? You're not safe

462
00:39:16.679 --> 00:39:29.960
yet, weekly Spooky will be right
back. Yuck. Carter cries out when

463
00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:35.880
Ariel sticks out her tongue and licks
all the way up his face. Cooties.

464
00:39:36.800 --> 00:39:39.400
Now the three of us are laughing
so hard we're falling onto the grass

465
00:39:39.440 --> 00:39:45.119
ourselves. Then I feel myself crying
when I hear Carter yelling get off me,

466
00:39:45.280 --> 00:39:51.320
you crazy freako. By the time
we finish laughing it up, Carter

467
00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:53.960
and Ariel are waiting at the road. We're making our way to him,

468
00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:59.960
slowly but surely. I'm so glad
we can make your night. Ariel mutters,

469
00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:05.320
yeah, thanks a lot, Madeline. Carter adds, you know you

470
00:40:05.400 --> 00:40:09.400
could have pulled Ariel off me.
I quickly shake my head. Nope,

471
00:40:09.440 --> 00:40:15.280
you're the one who tempted fate.
Then Carter resumes his eerie tone again.

472
00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:21.760
But do we dare tempt fate?
Do we dare take those steps to the

473
00:40:21.760 --> 00:40:28.480
bridge told in local Strickfield legend.
He quickly steps out in front of us.

474
00:40:29.000 --> 00:40:34.960
This might very well be our last
opportunity to turn back. Suddenly,

475
00:40:35.079 --> 00:40:38.000
he pulls a flashlight out from behind
him and turns it on to light up

476
00:40:38.039 --> 00:40:44.880
his face, making Ariel, Mona
and Bailey shriek while we still can.

477
00:40:45.599 --> 00:40:51.320
When Carter turns off the flashlight,
Ariel turns and gives me a little slap

478
00:40:51.320 --> 00:40:57.159
on my shoulder. And again,
you never get scared, and on Halloween,

479
00:40:57.920 --> 00:41:02.599
what's with you? Mouse? I
shrug like I keep telling you give

480
00:41:02.639 --> 00:41:08.880
me something to be scared about.
Aeriel growls her usual growl I hate you

481
00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:14.800
mouse. How much further we gotta
go? Mona asks, we can't be

482
00:41:14.920 --> 00:41:20.000
too far now. Carter points ahead. We just gotta go down that hill

483
00:41:20.039 --> 00:41:25.079
and we're there. I think I
think I can see it, Bailey says,

484
00:41:25.639 --> 00:41:30.400
so can I I add, when
we're at the top of the hill,

485
00:41:30.519 --> 00:41:35.519
we can see the metal skeleton bridge
going over the Castalia River. That's

486
00:41:35.559 --> 00:41:40.039
really it. Mona whispers, yep. Carter lets Mona look at his phone.

487
00:41:42.239 --> 00:41:45.960
You guys, look at this,
Mona says, showing us the phone.

488
00:41:45.760 --> 00:41:51.639
The picture looks just like that bridge. Well, looks like the bridge

489
00:41:51.679 --> 00:41:55.760
rusted over time. Carter notes,
must still be a good bridge, since

490
00:41:55.760 --> 00:42:00.440
it's never been closed. So how
do we do this? Ariel asks,

491
00:42:00.880 --> 00:42:06.920
I mean, we don't really just
wait up here, right. Ariel's right.

492
00:42:07.440 --> 00:42:12.239
Carter agrees, I think we're supposed
to actually go to the bridge and

493
00:42:12.519 --> 00:42:16.320
just hang out there. Believe it
or not, none of us are moving

494
00:42:16.400 --> 00:42:21.000
to head down the hill and go
to the bridge, truth be told.

495
00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:24.639
I'm waiting to see who's gonna do
it first. Then, Ariel says,

496
00:42:25.320 --> 00:42:30.880
we'll follow you and Mona. Carter, let's go. Carter replies. Carter

497
00:42:31.000 --> 00:42:35.360
and Mona are leading the way.
They get a little bit ahead of us.

498
00:42:35.880 --> 00:42:39.039
Then I hear Bailey and Ariel talking. You know you like him,

499
00:42:39.480 --> 00:42:46.840
Bailey tells Ariel. Excuse me,
Ariel mutters. Bailey smiles, flashing teeth.

500
00:42:47.400 --> 00:42:52.320
That's right. You keep telling Mona
and me how you hate Carter Cross,

501
00:42:52.760 --> 00:42:57.239
but we can see you really like
him. Oh shut up, Ariel

502
00:42:57.280 --> 00:43:01.639
snaps, but Bailey keeps going.
He'll become boyfriend and girlfriend next year.

503
00:43:01.679 --> 00:43:07.719
I'm guessing then you'll be high school
sweethearts. You'll be dating and going to

504
00:43:07.840 --> 00:43:13.880
the Strickfield High dances together. You'll
marry Carter after graduation and start a family.

505
00:43:14.840 --> 00:43:19.599
When Ariel doesn't reply, I think
Bailey and me both know it ain't

506
00:43:19.639 --> 00:43:22.920
no secret in our group. That's
for sure. Ariel and Carter really like

507
00:43:23.000 --> 00:43:28.840
each other more than they ever want
to admit. I hate you, Bailey,

508
00:43:29.320 --> 00:43:34.719
Ariel mutters. Truth hurts. Bailey
says. We're a quarter of the

509
00:43:34.760 --> 00:43:38.400
way down the hill behind Carter and
Mona. We keep going until we're all

510
00:43:38.440 --> 00:43:42.920
at the bottom of the hill.
Then we follow the road to the right

511
00:43:43.000 --> 00:43:47.039
curve. Shortly after we walk into
the left curve. Then we all stop

512
00:43:47.679 --> 00:43:52.960
just at the bridge. Ain't nobody
walking out onto it right away. Before

513
00:43:53.039 --> 00:43:58.719
long, I go for it and
walk right on to the cry Baby bridge

514
00:43:59.079 --> 00:44:02.360
and stop when I reach the middle. Then I turn and go lean on

515
00:44:02.400 --> 00:44:07.440
the rail. Carter's on my left
and Ariel's on my right. Now Bailey

516
00:44:07.559 --> 00:44:10.760
stands on the other side of Carter, and Mona's on the other side of

517
00:44:10.800 --> 00:44:17.119
Ariel. Okay, we're here,
What now, Bailey asks. I don't

518
00:44:17.119 --> 00:44:22.639
see anything else on the university's website. Carter tells her it just says we

519
00:44:22.760 --> 00:44:27.440
wait. Looks like we got here
just in time. It's ten minutes till

520
00:44:27.480 --> 00:44:32.280
midnight. Mona takes a big,
deep breath. Wow, I can't believe

521
00:44:32.280 --> 00:44:37.960
we're really doing this on Halloween night, the five of us. Yeah,

522
00:44:37.159 --> 00:44:42.639
we normally don't hang out with you, Carter. Ariel says. It's just

523
00:44:42.760 --> 00:44:46.639
usually Mona, Bailey, and me. Then there's you and Mouse, except

524
00:44:46.719 --> 00:44:51.840
for Friday night sleepovers, I remind
her, and all the other times you

525
00:44:51.920 --> 00:44:55.320
text me saying I gotta meet up
with you guys right now. Yeah,

526
00:44:55.440 --> 00:45:00.920
i'd say Madeline's a part of your
little girl group, Carter says. Mona

527
00:45:00.000 --> 00:45:04.760
points at Carter. Don't you think
you're going to start hanging out with us

528
00:45:04.840 --> 00:45:08.800
after tonight. Carter laughs a little. Why do you and Bailey even stop

529
00:45:08.840 --> 00:45:13.000
over at the house if you didn't
want to hang out with Madeline and me?

530
00:45:14.000 --> 00:45:19.440
But Ariel ain't having this. You
two just stop it. Remember we're

531
00:45:19.480 --> 00:45:22.480
having a truce tonight. How come
you want to hang out with Carter and

532
00:45:22.559 --> 00:45:29.760
Mouse, Ariel Mona asks. Ariel
turns to her, Well, like Mouse

533
00:45:29.800 --> 00:45:34.079
said at Carter's, we jail broke
and got away from a boring family gathering

534
00:45:34.079 --> 00:45:38.039
at my house. So Mouse and
I were kind of stuck with each other.

535
00:45:38.559 --> 00:45:42.360
I wasn't going to just kick her
to the curb. I mean,

536
00:45:42.559 --> 00:45:46.239
I made her come to my party
tonight. Also, I didn't want to

537
00:45:46.239 --> 00:45:52.039
be alone. We actually had fun
tonight. You know how long it's been

538
00:45:52.119 --> 00:45:58.000
since I got to actually do Halloween. Did you ever do Halloween? Bailey

539
00:45:58.079 --> 00:46:04.119
asks her. Ariel, not much. My parents often wouldn't let me.

540
00:46:04.559 --> 00:46:07.360
They'd always tell me to learn my
place. They never cared if I had

541
00:46:07.360 --> 00:46:12.639
a Friday night's sleepover with all of
you. But we never celebrate holidays at

542
00:46:12.639 --> 00:46:19.599
my house, well except Christmas.
Anyway, we're supposed to be proper aristocratic

543
00:46:19.800 --> 00:46:24.039
mirrors. Carter shakes his head.
Wait A minute here, Ariel, If

544
00:46:24.079 --> 00:46:28.960
what you say is true, how
come you're in public school with us and

545
00:46:29.039 --> 00:46:32.639
not at Strickfield Academy. From what
I heard, they have kindergarten through twelfth

546
00:46:32.639 --> 00:46:38.519
grade over there. Ariel looks his
way. Oh, believe me. They

547
00:46:38.639 --> 00:46:44.000
tried in enrolling me at Strickfield Academy. Mom and dad both went to and

548
00:46:44.159 --> 00:46:47.840
graduated from there, but I wasn't
having it. She snickers a little,

549
00:46:49.519 --> 00:46:52.320
carter. You know how you've called
me a spoiled brat at school before.

550
00:46:52.719 --> 00:46:59.000
Well, this was one time it
would have been warranted. We listen as

551
00:46:59.039 --> 00:47:04.039
Ariel tells us how her parents enrolled
her at Strickfield Academy. A few hours

552
00:47:04.079 --> 00:47:07.559
into her first day of kindergarten,
her parents had to come and get her.

553
00:47:07.360 --> 00:47:13.280
Ariel went on a rampage and literally
wrecked anything and everything she came into

554
00:47:13.320 --> 00:47:16.480
contact with. Even the nuns running
the place couldn't get their hands on her.

555
00:47:17.440 --> 00:47:22.199
I think I did tell you Ariel
could run really fast anyway, had

556
00:47:22.239 --> 00:47:28.360
Mistress Hiltonson told Ariel's parents, on
no uncertain terms that she was never to

557
00:47:28.440 --> 00:47:34.159
return to Strickfield Academy ever again.
Not only that, Ariel's parents had to

558
00:47:34.199 --> 00:47:37.760
pay a large sum of money for
everything she wrecked. I was horrid,

559
00:47:37.840 --> 00:47:44.000
Carter, she admitted to end her
story. Mom's still very angry with me

560
00:47:44.079 --> 00:47:46.880
to this day for it. You
know what, I really don't care.

561
00:47:47.320 --> 00:47:52.400
I'm glad my little goober of a
cousin wrecked that party. She looks up

562
00:47:52.400 --> 00:47:54.880
into the dark sky. Now,
I'd much rather be here with all of

563
00:47:54.920 --> 00:48:00.039
you right now, she looks at
Mona. True. So, okay,

564
00:48:00.159 --> 00:48:06.880
just until we're all done with Halloween, please, I think we were all

565
00:48:06.920 --> 00:48:10.920
speechless. Ariel Miron was the one
person we knew who never had the word

566
00:48:12.039 --> 00:48:16.360
please in her vocabulary. But she'd
finally said it, and we were all

567
00:48:16.400 --> 00:48:21.400
there to hear it. Even Carter
looked like his jaw was ready to drop

568
00:48:21.440 --> 00:48:27.599
through the bridge deck. Mona nods
once. Okay, Ariel still truce.

569
00:48:28.320 --> 00:48:31.519
Ariel nods herself. I just want
to be with all of you tonight.

570
00:48:31.760 --> 00:48:36.199
I want to leave here and go
watch scary movies at Mouse's when we're done.

571
00:48:36.840 --> 00:48:39.239
I think all the pizza places are
open super late tonight, so I'll

572
00:48:39.280 --> 00:48:45.639
pay for pizza if we want to
order any. Just let's enjoy Halloween while

573
00:48:45.639 --> 00:48:51.239
we have it. Okay. Mona
nods quickly. Okay, the five of

574
00:48:51.320 --> 00:48:54.199
us just stand on the bridge.
Then the wind starts to pick up.

575
00:48:55.239 --> 00:49:00.440
Must be the spirit of Halloween letting
us know it's the witching hour, Bailey

576
00:49:00.480 --> 00:49:07.079
says, kind of half joking,
maybe I reply. After a few minutes,

577
00:49:07.320 --> 00:49:09.880
we start hearing these sounds. We
all look at each other and see

578
00:49:09.960 --> 00:49:17.280
none of us ain't doing it.
The sounds are baby cries. Ah man,

579
00:49:20.400 --> 00:49:24.320
Look, Ariel suddenly yells. We
see she's pointing down at the now

580
00:49:24.440 --> 00:49:30.360
raging waters of the Castalia River.
Then the rest of us see what Ariel's

581
00:49:30.440 --> 00:49:34.559
seeing. She wouldn't believe it unless
you were here with us, But we

582
00:49:34.679 --> 00:49:39.719
ended up seeing the faces of three
boys, boys who disappeared a year ago

583
00:49:40.159 --> 00:49:45.280
tonight. It's kind of like how
Mary Worth and I communicate with each other.

584
00:49:45.880 --> 00:49:50.239
I'll tell you more about that in
a little bit. We all see

585
00:49:50.239 --> 00:49:55.880
the faces of Richie Horton, Bill
Chapman, and Brian Chunk. It's like

586
00:49:55.960 --> 00:50:04.480
there calling out to us, go
away, get out of here, Leave

587
00:50:04.519 --> 00:50:09.880
before it's too late. Don't stay
here. The ghost is coming. Run

588
00:50:10.480 --> 00:50:15.079
now. I'd like to think those
guys didn't disappear out here, not when

589
00:50:15.119 --> 00:50:20.639
a search for him after last year's
Halloween led to village cemetery, where all

590
00:50:20.679 --> 00:50:24.760
their candy was found. I remember
reading a few articles about those guys in

591
00:50:24.800 --> 00:50:31.760
the Strickfield Journal. But what are
they doing in the river, you guys?

592
00:50:31.920 --> 00:50:37.039
I don't think I like where this
is headed, Carter stammers. Then

593
00:50:37.159 --> 00:50:42.719
we hear another voice quickly overshadow the
ones in the river. You are being

594
00:50:43.599 --> 00:50:52.280
very bad. Children. You were
told never to communicate with mortals. We're

595
00:50:52.320 --> 00:50:57.039
still looking into the water to see
those boys get chased off. Next thing

596
00:50:57.119 --> 00:51:02.800
we know, the face of a
gas ghostly woman is looking right at us.

597
00:51:04.639 --> 00:51:08.719
More children, Mother shall come for
you this instant. The wind's really

598
00:51:08.840 --> 00:51:14.039
starting to pick up. Now,
let's get out of here, I yelled

599
00:51:14.079 --> 00:51:17.280
to the others. Man, I
can barely move against this wind. Carter

600
00:51:17.440 --> 00:51:22.480
yells, feels like there's a tornado
out here. Mona yells back. It

601
00:51:22.559 --> 00:51:27.000
seems like it takes us almost a
few minutes to get off the bridge.

602
00:51:27.559 --> 00:51:30.599
Soon as we do, we all
get that bad feeling we ain't alone.

603
00:51:31.440 --> 00:51:37.639
Bailey confirms our feelings when she screams. Then we turn to see that ghastly

604
00:51:37.760 --> 00:51:43.760
woman standing on the center of the
bridge. She looks like she's drenched from

605
00:51:43.760 --> 00:51:47.920
the rage in waters. She's glowing
bright enough to light up the whole bridge.

606
00:51:47.960 --> 00:51:53.280
She also looks hideously decayed, and
her eyes are glowing bright red.

607
00:51:53.960 --> 00:52:00.000
But we all know who this ghost
is for sure when we see her blood

608
00:52:00.239 --> 00:52:07.039
stained wedding gown, Abigail Tomlin aw
Man, something tells me I should have

609
00:52:07.079 --> 00:52:12.079
talked to Mary Worth about this first. Abigail Tomlin holds out her arms.

610
00:52:12.639 --> 00:52:17.960
New children. I already have three
boys from last Halloween, but I do

611
00:52:19.119 --> 00:52:25.880
so love children. I can bring
five more into the afterlife. Come to

612
00:52:27.000 --> 00:52:31.960
me now. We're practically tripping over
our own feet when we turn around and

613
00:52:32.079 --> 00:52:37.440
run for it. This enough to
scare you. Mouse, Ariel yells,

614
00:52:37.000 --> 00:52:42.360
what do you think? I call
back, man, that wind's really slowing

615
00:52:42.440 --> 00:52:47.239
us down. I look over my
shoulder and see Abigail Tomlin's just walking casual,

616
00:52:47.519 --> 00:52:52.400
like the wind ain't bothering her at
all. There's no use trying to

617
00:52:52.599 --> 00:52:57.920
escape my new children. You shall
join my boys very soon, and my

618
00:52:58.079 --> 00:53:04.199
son Arthur will have some more playmates. When I look over my shoulder again,

619
00:53:05.000 --> 00:53:08.920
she points right at me. I've
always wanted a little girl, but

620
00:53:09.079 --> 00:53:16.400
to have four not happening. Lady
Ariel screams defiantly. Even in this horrifying

621
00:53:16.480 --> 00:53:22.920
Halloween experience, Ariel's gonna be Ariel
split up. Bailey yells that ghost can't

622
00:53:22.920 --> 00:53:27.280
get us all if we split up. I don't want to split up,

623
00:53:27.280 --> 00:53:30.760
but that's what we end up doing. Mona and Bailey go in a direction.

624
00:53:31.400 --> 00:53:37.880
Carter grabs Ariel's hand and pulls her
in another Madeline over here. Carter

625
00:53:37.039 --> 00:53:40.159
yells, I'm trying to run his
way, but I end up tripping.

626
00:53:42.039 --> 00:53:45.960
Just go, I'll find you.
Go. You are such a cute little

627
00:53:45.000 --> 00:53:50.920
girl. The ghost murmurs and almost
touches me. I quickly get up and

628
00:53:51.000 --> 00:53:54.840
face her. Me. Nah,
you ain't seeing straight with them glowing eyes.

629
00:53:55.440 --> 00:53:59.079
I hold up my hands in front
of me and smile and shake my

630
00:53:59.159 --> 00:54:06.039
head. I I ain't cute at
all, No way, I'm just ah

631
00:54:06.519 --> 00:54:10.280
Yeah. Ariel would miss out on
that one too. For the longest time

632
00:54:10.400 --> 00:54:15.039
she'd been trying to scare me.
First time I got scared was when I

633
00:54:15.039 --> 00:54:21.360
first met Mary Worth. And this
one's number two. Anyway, I turn

634
00:54:21.440 --> 00:54:24.760
and run for all I'm worth.
Ah man, this is really really bad.

635
00:54:25.519 --> 00:54:30.280
Two bad bells ain't here right now. Then I see a barn and

636
00:54:30.400 --> 00:54:32.719
run to it. I hope I
can find a mirror in there and summon

637
00:54:32.800 --> 00:54:38.559
Mary Worth. Okay, here's my
story with her. Over the summer,

638
00:54:38.599 --> 00:54:43.920
I ended up watching Urban Legend with
Bells and Aileen. I did some more

639
00:54:43.960 --> 00:54:49.360
research into Bloody Mary the Urban Legend
after seeing Rebecca Gayheart and Alicia Witt acting

640
00:54:49.480 --> 00:54:52.280
like they were summoning her. I
couldn't get Bloody Mary out of my head

641
00:54:52.760 --> 00:54:58.760
and kept reading into her. Then
I decided to go into the bathroom across

642
00:54:58.760 --> 00:55:05.199
from my bedroom and try playing the
game. So I kept chanting Bloody Mary

643
00:55:06.000 --> 00:55:10.480
many different times. Nothing happened,
so then I remember her real name,

644
00:55:12.679 --> 00:55:20.880
Mary Worth, enchanted three times.
When Merriworth appeared, I got real scared

645
00:55:20.920 --> 00:55:24.360
and screamed. I tried running away, but the bathroom door suddenly closed in

646
00:55:24.360 --> 00:55:30.840
front of me. Maryworth assured me
she wouldn't hurt me, and then she

647
00:55:30.960 --> 00:55:37.000
told me her story. Long story
short here. She was a witch who

648
00:55:37.079 --> 00:55:43.159
practiced white magic. The villagers of
Salem, Massachusetts didn't really like her.

649
00:55:43.760 --> 00:55:49.519
She ended up being wrongfully tried for
black magic witchcraft when children disappeared from the

650
00:55:49.599 --> 00:55:53.320
village, and was sentenced to burn
at the stake. When the burning was

651
00:55:53.360 --> 00:55:58.599
gonna happen. A mirror was brought
up to Mary for her to see how

652
00:55:58.679 --> 00:56:02.920
evil she was. All Mary did
was use the mirror to escape her body

653
00:56:02.960 --> 00:56:09.239
and enter the afterlife in a less
fiery and tormented way. I believed Mary

654
00:56:09.280 --> 00:56:14.840
and wanted to help her, so
we became friends. She told me she

655
00:56:14.840 --> 00:56:17.320
could only come into the mortal realm
if I agreed to let her possess me

656
00:56:19.280 --> 00:56:22.039
more like bond with me. All
I'd have to do is say her name

657
00:56:22.119 --> 00:56:25.679
three times while looking in a mirror
to let her possess me and have my

658
00:56:25.760 --> 00:56:30.840
body. When she'd finish whatever it
would be, I'd summoned her for she'd

659
00:56:30.880 --> 00:56:36.480
return to the afterlife through the mirror
and give me my body back. Sure

660
00:56:36.519 --> 00:56:39.039
would be nice to have a mirror
right about now. I'm sure Mary Worth

661
00:56:39.039 --> 00:56:43.400
could drive this ghost away. I
gotta be able to make it to the

662
00:56:43.440 --> 00:56:46.760
barn first. These heavy winds are
making me so tired, even with all

663
00:56:46.800 --> 00:56:51.400
the death Wish coffee I drank it
de Noyer's grill. Come to me,

664
00:56:51.599 --> 00:56:57.719
my precious little darling, Abigail Tomlin
says, I groan and keep running until

665
00:56:57.760 --> 00:57:00.719
I can get inside the barn.
The wind's practically slam the door on my

666
00:57:00.840 --> 00:57:05.679
back. After I go in,
I turn around and pull the latch across

667
00:57:05.719 --> 00:57:09.280
it. This shall not keep me
out, little one. I hear the

668
00:57:09.320 --> 00:57:14.599
ghost outside. Now that the wind
ain't blowing at me, I can think

669
00:57:14.639 --> 00:57:17.639
for a sec. I got an
idea, but it's gonna be risky.

670
00:57:19.280 --> 00:57:22.599
Gotta go for it. When I
reach the car sitting in here, I

671
00:57:22.679 --> 00:57:27.199
remember they got mirrors on him.
As I'm ready to call out Mary Worth,

672
00:57:27.760 --> 00:57:32.800
I groan, really, I mutter, both door mirrors are broken off.

673
00:57:34.280 --> 00:57:38.400
Ain't no rear view mirror either,
Oh man. I quickly climb in

674
00:57:38.400 --> 00:57:45.400
the open window and wonder if I'm
even gonna have time to Abigail Tomlin just

675
00:57:45.480 --> 00:57:50.159
passed right through the door. Not
good. I know you're playing hide and

676
00:57:50.239 --> 00:57:53.960
seek with me, little girl,
she calls out. I look up at

677
00:57:53.960 --> 00:57:59.119
the sun visor. Can't be that
easy, right, I pull it down

678
00:57:59.159 --> 00:58:02.480
and gasp when the keys fall right
into my lap. I pick them up

679
00:58:02.639 --> 00:58:09.000
and slide them into the ignition.
Please start, Please start, Please start?

680
00:58:10.599 --> 00:58:15.719
Did you hear that? Better check
the locks on your doors, weekly,

681
00:58:15.840 --> 00:58:22.960
spooky, We'll be right back.
Yes. The motor roars to life.

682
00:58:23.719 --> 00:58:29.320
Okay, Molsie, Remember cruising the
USA. No better yet, Grand

683
00:58:29.360 --> 00:58:34.480
Tarismo. Now the ghost is standing
in front of the big door looking at

684
00:58:34.480 --> 00:58:39.079
me. Found you, little one. Now it's time for you to come

685
00:58:39.119 --> 00:58:45.239
home with your new mother. I
take the biggest deep breath I ever took.

686
00:58:46.039 --> 00:58:50.719
Here goes nothing. I put the
car in gear and stomp on the

687
00:58:50.800 --> 00:58:54.159
gas. I cry out when the
car shoots forward. I go right through

688
00:58:54.199 --> 00:59:00.159
Abigail Tomlin and crash right through the
big door. I'm almost to Indian Hollow

689
00:59:00.280 --> 00:59:05.559
Road when I remember to play the
game. I stomp on the brake and

690
00:59:05.639 --> 00:59:08.920
turn the car onto the road.
Then I hit the gas again. I

691
00:59:08.960 --> 00:59:14.280
gotta find the others. I look
at the gas gauge. Oh man,

692
00:59:15.159 --> 00:59:19.280
the needles on the big e.
But the car ain't stopping. Yeah,

693
00:59:19.480 --> 00:59:22.639
the gauge ain't working. Guess I
gotta take my chances until the gas runs

694
00:59:22.679 --> 00:59:28.679
out unless I'm just driving on fumes. So far, I ain't seeing that

695
00:59:28.760 --> 00:59:32.800
horrible ghost nowhere. Those darn winds
make it a little tricky to steer,

696
00:59:32.880 --> 00:59:37.920
but I keep the car on the
road. Can't believe I'm really driving this

697
00:59:37.000 --> 00:59:40.840
thing. It ain't long before I
hit the brakes when I see Mona and

698
00:59:40.880 --> 00:59:49.639
Bailey waving what the Mona shrieks,
mouse Bailey ads, you come in or

699
00:59:49.679 --> 00:59:53.079
staying? I ask. When they're
screaming, That tells me the ghost is

700
00:59:53.159 --> 00:59:58.000
close. They quickly climb through the
passenger window and get in the back.

701
00:59:58.480 --> 01:00:02.519
I floor the gas again. I
gotta look for Carter and Ariel. When

702
01:00:02.519 --> 01:00:07.719
did you learn to drive a car? Mouse, Bailey demands, kind of

703
01:00:07.800 --> 01:00:13.920
like, uh now, I answer. I glance over my shoulder and see

704
01:00:13.920 --> 01:00:19.079
Mona and Bailey looking at each other. Then they scream, Oh, give

705
01:00:19.119 --> 01:00:22.559
me a break, will you.
I mutter, we're gonna die. Mona

706
01:00:22.639 --> 01:00:28.719
whales. Shut up, Mona,
we are not, Bailey snaps. Then

707
01:00:28.840 --> 01:00:31.159
she says to me, we ain't
even old enough to drive. Mouse,

708
01:00:32.000 --> 01:00:37.119
Yeah, tell me something I don't
know. I return, Come on,

709
01:00:37.280 --> 01:00:40.840
where are you guys? Mona and
Bailey scream. When Abigail Tomlin appears in

710
01:00:40.880 --> 01:00:45.880
the road ahead of us, Hang
on, I tell him, and remember

711
01:00:45.880 --> 01:00:50.519
Grand Tarismo again. I quickly make
the car spin around so the back end's

712
01:00:50.519 --> 01:00:55.079
facing the ghost. Then I floor
the gas again. There's Carter and Ariel,

713
01:00:55.599 --> 01:01:00.239
Bailey shouts, pointing at him.
Go mouse on it, Billy,

714
01:01:00.159 --> 01:01:04.840
Just don't run them over, you
little squeaker. Mona tells me, hey,

715
01:01:05.119 --> 01:01:07.519
you want to take the wheel be
my guest. I say, oh,

716
01:01:07.559 --> 01:01:10.840
shut up. I drive the car
up the grass and turn to go

717
01:01:10.880 --> 01:01:16.320
to Carter and Ariel. Then I
hit the brakes, Madeline. Carter gasps

718
01:01:16.360 --> 01:01:21.280
in surprise. Yeah, I'm driving
this thing. I tell him quickly,

719
01:01:21.840 --> 01:01:25.440
get in here already. Carter climbs
through the window and sits in the back

720
01:01:25.480 --> 01:01:31.159
with Mona and Bailey. Ariel climbs
in and rides shotgun. Then Ariel screams

721
01:01:31.440 --> 01:01:37.079
when Abigail Tomlin's face is in her
window, drive you little mouse. Drive.

722
01:01:37.920 --> 01:01:42.079
I floor the gas again and get
us out of there. Then Ariel

723
01:01:42.119 --> 01:01:45.239
hears me, gulpin. You're really
gonna be gulpin if you crash this car,

724
01:01:45.280 --> 01:01:51.079
mouse, Ariel tells me, because
I'll kill you first, and you

725
01:01:51.079 --> 01:01:53.920
could write that one in my senior
yearbook before we graduate too, I tell

726
01:01:53.960 --> 01:02:00.320
her. Then Ariel gulps um,
you two think you can ease up a

727
01:02:00.320 --> 01:02:05.760
little? Carter tells Mona and Bailey, no doubt they were probably clinging to

728
01:02:05.840 --> 01:02:10.119
him. Anybody seeing that ghost back
there? I ask, I ain't got

729
01:02:10.159 --> 01:02:15.719
no mirrors on this thing. Looks
like we're in the clear, Madeline Carter

730
01:02:15.880 --> 01:02:22.159
says, first bloody Mary, now
Abigail Tomlin. Mona groans, why does

731
01:02:22.199 --> 01:02:29.000
this happen to us? And then
the car sinks a little mouse. Bailey

732
01:02:29.079 --> 01:02:32.519
cries, what are you doing?
I think one of the tires blue.

733
01:02:32.960 --> 01:02:37.639
I tell her. With those wins, it doesn't take long for the car

734
01:02:37.679 --> 01:02:42.800
to come to a stop. We
quickly get out and look around. You

735
01:02:42.840 --> 01:02:47.599
think we lost that ghost, Mona
stammers. We get our answer when Ariel

736
01:02:47.719 --> 01:02:53.199
screams, we look and see that
glow and ghost floating our way. Come

737
01:02:53.320 --> 01:03:00.000
my new children, No more running
away. It's time to come home,

738
01:03:00.920 --> 01:03:05.639
she calls out. Over there,
Carter yells, pointing to a nearby house,

739
01:03:06.159 --> 01:03:09.480
Are you kidding? Mona yells back
that place looks like it ain't been

740
01:03:09.599 --> 01:03:15.440
lived in for years. You got
a better idea, Mona, Carter demands.

741
01:03:15.079 --> 01:03:19.880
When she don't, We go up
and into the house. It doesn't

742
01:03:19.920 --> 01:03:22.639
do much to keep the winds out
since there ain't much in the way of

743
01:03:22.679 --> 01:03:27.719
windows. We can't stay here long. I tell everybody. She can float

744
01:03:27.760 --> 01:03:30.480
right through walls. I tell him
about the barn before getting the car,

745
01:03:31.079 --> 01:03:37.840
and then Ariel and Mona both run
upstairs. Classic horror movie mistake. But

746
01:03:37.960 --> 01:03:42.000
I'm gonna make that mistake myself when
I have an idea. I know I'm

747
01:03:42.000 --> 01:03:45.679
taking a gamble, but it may
be a chance to finally bring Mary Worth

748
01:03:45.760 --> 01:03:52.519
out. I follow Ariel and Bailey
upstairs. When I'm at the top,

749
01:03:52.840 --> 01:03:58.519
I find a nasty looking bathroom.
Drat, no mirrors. I run out

750
01:03:58.559 --> 01:04:02.159
and into the bedroom across the hall. Nope, running out of options here.

751
01:04:03.159 --> 01:04:06.599
Then I run into another bedroom and
end up scaring Ariel and Bailey.

752
01:04:08.280 --> 01:04:13.679
Don't do that, mouse. Bailey
shrieks, sorry, I reply, and

753
01:04:13.760 --> 01:04:19.440
then my eyes get wide. There
it is right behind Ariel. I quickly

754
01:04:19.480 --> 01:04:24.119
go to it. How can you
think of looking in the mirror at a

755
01:04:24.159 --> 01:04:29.239
time like this? Mouse? Ariel
snaps. We hear Carta and Mona screaming

756
01:04:29.280 --> 01:04:34.840
downstairs. Peekaboo. We hear Abigail
Tomlin downstairs. Then Ariel and Bailey run

757
01:04:34.840 --> 01:04:40.199
out of the room. I got
a risk of hearing me and say Maryworth's

758
01:04:40.280 --> 01:04:47.400
name three times. Suddenly, the
face of Mary Worth appears in the mirror.

759
01:04:48.360 --> 01:04:53.920
Then her ghostly form comes out of
the mirror and enters my body.

760
01:04:54.920 --> 01:04:59.920
In no time, I see Mary
Worth looking at herself. Now I'm kind

761
01:05:00.199 --> 01:05:04.400
along for the ride, now with
Mary in charge, Mouse, stop looking

762
01:05:04.440 --> 01:05:10.159
in that mirror. Ariel snaps,
coming back into the room. Soon as

763
01:05:10.199 --> 01:05:15.320
she sees Mary Worth standing right there, she really screams. Before Ariel can

764
01:05:15.360 --> 01:05:20.199
run away, Mary grabs her arm
and pulls her behind her. Remain here.

765
01:05:21.280 --> 01:05:27.079
Then she pulls Bailey back into the
room. You as well. Then

766
01:05:27.159 --> 01:05:31.719
she turns to them, No harm
shall befall your friends. Mary turns and

767
01:05:31.760 --> 01:05:36.920
floats out into the hallway and down
the stairs. It ain't long before Mona

768
01:05:38.039 --> 01:05:44.079
sees Mary and screams Carter. Mona
grabs his sleeve and turns him to see

769
01:05:44.199 --> 01:05:48.119
Mary. Get behind me, both
of you. Mary tells him I'm here

770
01:05:48.199 --> 01:05:56.760
to protect you. Then Abigail Tomlin
sees Mary Worth, who are you?

771
01:05:56.760 --> 01:06:01.320
You shall not claim these mortals?
Abb again, Tomlin. They are under

772
01:06:01.440 --> 01:06:08.679
my protection. Now. Mona and
Carter hesitate before they choose Mary and move

773
01:06:08.800 --> 01:06:13.639
behind her. Abigail Tomlin's real mad. Now, I shall not allow you

774
01:06:13.719 --> 01:06:17.840
to take from me what I have
already claimed. They shall never be yours

775
01:06:18.440 --> 01:06:24.920
so long as I am here.
Mary glances at Carter and Mona. Go

776
01:06:24.960 --> 01:06:30.599
and join your friends upstairs. They
don't question Mary and bolt right upstairs.

777
01:06:30.159 --> 01:06:35.199
Then Mary floats up after them,
uttering one of her witch spells. Then

778
01:06:35.320 --> 01:06:41.000
Mary finds the others together in the
bedroom with the mirror and finishes the spell.

779
01:06:42.039 --> 01:06:45.320
The mirror glows white. Now enter
the mirror if you wish to be

780
01:06:45.400 --> 01:06:51.079
safe. Mary tells everybody. They
don't argue and do what she says.

781
01:06:55.920 --> 01:07:00.400
Suddenly, the five of us are
back at Carter's house. No more bad

782
01:07:00.440 --> 01:07:05.119
wins and no more Abigail Tomlin.
Ariel quickly comes to me and shakes me

783
01:07:05.880 --> 01:07:14.480
where were you mouse? Then she
actually hugs me, something she only does

784
01:07:14.719 --> 01:07:19.519
very rarely. I'm here, I
assure her. Mary must have stayed in

785
01:07:19.559 --> 01:07:26.280
the mirror after putting me back here
with the others. Wow, I can't

786
01:07:26.320 --> 01:07:30.800
believe we're all back in my house, Carter says, yeah, we're all

787
01:07:30.840 --> 01:07:35.719
glad we ain't back at the cry
Baby Bridge. But there are things I

788
01:07:36.440 --> 01:07:41.760
gotta know. Carter, you mind
if I use your bathroom real quick?

789
01:07:42.519 --> 01:07:46.559
Carter motions in the direction you know
where it is, Madeline. I turn

790
01:07:46.639 --> 01:07:50.440
and go to the stairs. I
head on up and walk into the bathroom.

791
01:07:51.000 --> 01:07:55.480
I close the door behind me and
walk to the sink and mirror.

792
01:07:56.400 --> 01:08:00.639
Mary Worth is looking back at me. Now, thanks for saving all of

793
01:08:00.719 --> 01:08:05.360
us. I say, I shall
never allow harm to come to innocence,

794
01:08:05.960 --> 01:08:11.400
so long as you call upon me
to protect them. Mary tells me,

795
01:08:12.760 --> 01:08:18.399
will Abigail Tomlin find us? I
ask, It would depend on how powerful

796
01:08:18.439 --> 01:08:24.560
her ghostly aura is and what powers
she possesses from it. Should she come

797
01:08:24.600 --> 01:08:30.279
to you here call upon me once
more? Then I tell her what happened

798
01:08:30.520 --> 01:08:33.239
with us. Seeing Richie Horton,
Bill Chapman, and Brian Chunk in the

799
01:08:33.239 --> 01:08:39.560
Castalia River. They disappeared a year
ago to night when we were at the

800
01:08:39.600 --> 01:08:43.960
bridge. They were trying to warn
us. Mary, you know anything about

801
01:08:43.960 --> 01:08:47.960
that? I can show you what
transpired with those children that you speak of.

802
01:08:48.920 --> 01:08:57.880
I nod quickly, Yeah, show
me very well. Mary's face is

803
01:08:57.960 --> 01:09:04.079
replaced by what looks like village cemetery. I listen as Mary explains the events

804
01:09:04.079 --> 01:09:11.920
that happened one year ago. Ritchie, Bill and Brian were finishing up with

805
01:09:12.039 --> 01:09:16.319
trick or treating. They each had
a pillowcase full of candy. They were

806
01:09:16.319 --> 01:09:20.000
on their way back to their clubhouse
at Brian's place when they heard noises.

807
01:09:21.000 --> 01:09:27.199
The guys found some little kids playing
in village cemetery late on Halloween night.

808
01:09:28.520 --> 01:09:32.479
Knowing something wasn't right. The guys
went in to check it out. The

809
01:09:32.600 --> 01:09:39.680
kids were playing a game called Ghost
in the Graveyard. One of the kids,

810
01:09:39.720 --> 01:09:45.399
named Arthur, convinced Richie Bill and
Brian to play. Everything seemed innocent

811
01:09:45.520 --> 01:09:50.680
enough. Turns out Arthur was a
ghost who was luring other kids to his

812
01:09:50.840 --> 01:09:58.760
mother, Abigail Tomlin, who brings
the souls of children into the afterlife to

813
01:09:58.880 --> 01:10:02.920
keep as her own kid. It
seemed that Richie Bill and Brian had escaped

814
01:10:02.960 --> 01:10:10.560
Abigail Tomlin before and were looking to
settle the score. She ended up coming

815
01:10:10.600 --> 01:10:15.279
out of a crypt she was hiding
in and chasing him down. I don't

816
01:10:15.279 --> 01:10:18.920
get it, Mary. If Abigail
Tomlin is tied to that old bridge on

817
01:10:18.960 --> 01:10:25.159
Indian Hollow Road, what was she
doing in Village Cemetery last Halloween? I

818
01:10:25.279 --> 01:10:31.079
asked. The water flowing underneath the
bridge you ask of also branches into separate

819
01:10:31.119 --> 01:10:39.600
creeks. A few such creeks flow
into Village Cemetery, allowing Abigail Tomlin free

820
01:10:39.640 --> 01:10:46.199
reign so long as she stays close
to the water. I continue watching the

821
01:10:46.239 --> 01:10:53.000
mirror. Richie Bill and Brian escaped
from Abigail Tomlin a second time. They

822
01:10:53.039 --> 01:10:57.800
could have got away and stayed away. Knowing those other kids were still inside,

823
01:10:58.680 --> 01:11:02.199
they went back into the semiary and
distracted Abigail long enough to let the

824
01:11:02.279 --> 01:11:10.199
kids escape. It wasn't until the
last kid was out that Abigail Tomlin finally

825
01:11:10.279 --> 01:11:16.600
touched him and brought them into the
afterlife whither ain't nobody seen those guys since

826
01:11:17.399 --> 01:11:23.960
until we did a little while ago. All that was found of those kids

827
01:11:24.680 --> 01:11:30.640
after Abigail got them were their pillow
sacks full of Halloween candy. But how

828
01:11:30.640 --> 01:11:33.600
did Richie, Bill and Brian escape
Abigail Tomlin the first time? Mary,

829
01:11:34.159 --> 01:11:42.159
I ask, I shall show you
that as well. Mary shows me the

830
01:11:42.199 --> 01:11:46.560
summer night a few months before Halloween
where the three of them were camping out

831
01:11:46.560 --> 01:11:51.880
off Indian Hallow Road, not too
far from the cry Baby Bridge. It

832
01:11:53.000 --> 01:11:57.239
was in the middle of the night
and they decided to check out the legend

833
01:11:57.239 --> 01:12:00.640
of the bridge and see if it
was just that much like we were doing.

834
01:12:02.159 --> 01:12:05.720
You know. They ended up finding
out the same way we did that

835
01:12:05.800 --> 01:12:12.279
it ain't just a story. Abigail
Tomlin appeared and tried to claim Richie Bill

836
01:12:12.359 --> 01:12:15.119
and Bryan as her children, Like
how she wanted to claim the five of

837
01:12:15.239 --> 01:12:21.880
us. The only way they ended
up surviving was sunrise. Mary told me

838
01:12:21.960 --> 01:12:28.159
before there are many ghosts who can't
be out during the daylight. Abigail Tomlin

839
01:12:28.960 --> 01:12:34.600
was just such a ghost. Abigail
Tomlin sore she would claim those boys Madeline,

840
01:12:35.239 --> 01:12:41.479
Mary finishes. Last Halloween, she
resurrected her son as a ghost to

841
01:12:41.600 --> 01:12:45.920
assist her in bringing those boys to
her. I've already shown you that outcome.

842
01:12:47.239 --> 01:12:54.319
I'm sad. Now, are those
guys really dead? Mary? The

843
01:12:54.399 --> 01:12:58.680
fact that they were able to communicate
with you the way they did says that

844
01:12:58.760 --> 01:13:04.920
they are not truly dead. Their
life essences have been ensnared by Abigail Tomlin.

845
01:13:06.039 --> 01:13:11.239
I feel my tummy hurtin with hope. Is there any way to save

846
01:13:11.319 --> 01:13:15.840
em? Bring em back? Can
you do anything? I'm afraid that even

847
01:13:15.960 --> 01:13:23.239
my powerful White magics have limitations.
Abigail Tomlin herself must release their essences.

848
01:13:24.159 --> 01:13:29.119
I believe I have an idea that
may persuade her to do so. It

849
01:13:29.159 --> 01:13:33.960
will require us to return to the
bridge Before I can ask Mary her plan.

850
01:13:34.640 --> 01:13:41.039
I hear Ariel callin upstairs. You
fall in, mouse, Perhaps you

851
01:13:41.159 --> 01:13:45.039
had best return to the others for
now, Mary suggests, I want to

852
01:13:45.119 --> 01:13:50.359
save those guys, Mary, I
tell her, and we shall, Madeleine,

853
01:13:51.159 --> 01:13:56.000
but it may not be for the
best that your friends know of our

854
01:13:56.039 --> 01:14:02.000
connection to one another unless you disagree. And suddenly I got a plan.

855
01:14:02.640 --> 01:14:06.520
I know what I gotta do when
I'm heading back down to the others.

856
01:14:08.560 --> 01:14:18.600
You're not safe yet, Weekly Spooky
will be right back you, okay,

857
01:14:18.680 --> 01:14:26.199
Madeline, Carter asks, Fine,
I tell everybody. Then Carter comes to

858
01:14:26.239 --> 01:14:30.039
me. Talk to me, Madeline, what's up? Nothing, I quickly

859
01:14:30.079 --> 01:14:35.079
say. He shakes his head.
You ain't being honest with me. We've

860
01:14:35.119 --> 01:14:39.199
known each other since we were in
second grade. Come on, what's on

861
01:14:39.239 --> 01:14:44.039
your mind? I sigh. No, I ain't a very good liar,

862
01:14:44.079 --> 01:14:48.399
and never was. Carter's right about
us knowing each other that well. Even

863
01:14:48.439 --> 01:14:51.800
Ariels told me that before, which
is why I can never get out of

864
01:14:51.840 --> 01:14:57.359
going to her family events. That
I don't really want to go to that,

865
01:14:57.640 --> 01:15:01.000
and I more or less do it
for air Ariel's sake. I really

866
01:15:01.079 --> 01:15:04.479
don't want to tell the others what's
on my mind, but Carter's gonna make

867
01:15:04.560 --> 01:15:10.439
me talk. Also, I definitely
can't outrun Ariel. Maybe if she was

868
01:15:10.479 --> 01:15:14.279
wearing heels with her dress, but
her dress, shoes are flat enough to

869
01:15:14.319 --> 01:15:18.600
wear. She can run. Carter
puts his hands on my shoulders. Madeline,

870
01:15:19.880 --> 01:15:26.399
I can't lie to my buddy.
I'm going back what everybody utters all

871
01:15:26.439 --> 01:15:30.159
at once, Just what I said? I say, Do you have any

872
01:15:30.199 --> 01:15:36.119
idea how insane that sounds? Mouse
Bailey snaps, yeah, I kind of,

873
01:15:36.159 --> 01:15:43.319
sort of do? I tell her? Just why? Mona shrieks.

874
01:15:43.680 --> 01:15:48.239
I always knew you were crazy,
but this. You ain't gotta come with

875
01:15:48.399 --> 01:15:54.840
me, I say. Ariel quickly
moves up behind me. We don't have

876
01:15:54.920 --> 01:15:59.560
to let you go either. Carter
looks me in the face. Now why,

877
01:15:59.600 --> 01:16:04.199
Madeline. At least he's being calm
because there might be a chance to

878
01:16:04.239 --> 01:16:10.399
save Richie Horton, Bill Chapman and
Brian Chunk. I say, we all

879
01:16:10.439 --> 01:16:14.800
saw him in the river earlier.
Ariel tightens her grip on my shoulders a

880
01:16:14.800 --> 01:16:19.439
little. How can you possibly save
them? Mouse? Yeah, I really

881
01:16:19.439 --> 01:16:25.159
want to hear this. Mona adds. I don't want to tell them about

882
01:16:25.199 --> 01:16:28.560
Mary Worth, and I don't want
to put any of my friends in danger.

883
01:16:29.600 --> 01:16:32.800
This is something I gotta do by
myself, or at least once I

884
01:16:32.880 --> 01:16:38.359
call on Mary Worth to take my
body again. I only got two options

885
01:16:38.399 --> 01:16:43.359
here. Either one's gonna have to
be sneaky. One I can try slipping

886
01:16:43.399 --> 01:16:46.319
away from Ariel and getting out of
the front door. Two, I can

887
01:16:46.359 --> 01:16:50.920
try slipping away from Ariel and running
back upstairs. The other girls call me

888
01:16:51.000 --> 01:16:56.439
mouse, so I think it's time
to act like one. I quickly drop

889
01:16:56.479 --> 01:17:00.079
to the floor. Both Carter and
Ariel try grabbing me, but then and

890
01:17:00.119 --> 01:17:03.399
I scurry in between Ariel's legs.
When I'm back up, I quickly head

891
01:17:03.439 --> 01:17:09.359
back upstairs. Get her, Mona
yells, I know I ain't got much

892
01:17:09.399 --> 01:17:13.039
time when I hear people on the
stairs. If Carter's in front, I

893
01:17:13.079 --> 01:17:16.920
got a little more time. You
just stop mouse. Ariels in front of

894
01:17:16.960 --> 01:17:23.520
Carter not good. I move with
everything I got and quickly lock myself in

895
01:17:23.600 --> 01:17:28.800
Carter's room. Open the door,
Madeleine. Carter calls out, come on,

896
01:17:29.000 --> 01:17:32.439
don't do this, open this door, you, you wicked little rodent.

897
01:17:33.039 --> 01:17:38.159
Mona yells. I quickly get to
the window next to Carter's bed and

898
01:17:38.239 --> 01:17:43.479
open it. I'm outside and on
the old TV antenna. Before climbing down,

899
01:17:43.520 --> 01:17:46.760
I close the window back up.
Should buy me a few seconds.

900
01:17:47.159 --> 01:17:53.319
I'm on the ground and running away
from Carter's house, Madeline, Carter yells

901
01:17:53.319 --> 01:17:57.479
from his window. I ain't got
much time now. When Carter's mountain the

902
01:17:57.479 --> 01:18:00.920
antenna himself, I quickly get in
my garage and ride my bike out of

903
01:18:00.960 --> 01:18:04.239
there. I got to ride around
the other side of my house so Carter

904
01:18:04.359 --> 01:18:10.479
don't grab me. I shriek.
When Carter's right there. Like I said,

905
01:18:10.880 --> 01:18:15.479
we know each other very well.
Quick decision. I hit my brakes

906
01:18:15.479 --> 01:18:19.359
and spin my bike around. Carter's
running after me. Now, ah no,

907
01:18:19.359 --> 01:18:25.399
Now Ariel's right there to box me
in. Ah man. Quick decision

908
01:18:25.479 --> 01:18:29.079
again. I slide my bike into
the ground. When Ariel jumps at me,

909
01:18:30.000 --> 01:18:33.039
I hear her take Carter down.
I'm back up fast and back on

910
01:18:33.119 --> 01:18:38.119
my bike. I ride around the
house and easily avoid Mona and Bailey.

911
01:18:39.000 --> 01:18:43.079
Now I'm out on the road and
pedling fast. Unless they're gonna try driving

912
01:18:43.119 --> 01:18:45.279
a car like what I did earlier, they ain't catching me in a big

913
01:18:45.359 --> 01:18:50.840
hurry. I'm a master at riding
my mongoose. I end up taking several

914
01:18:50.880 --> 01:18:56.079
shortcuts to make sure Carter don't catch
up with me in a hurry. He

915
01:18:56.159 --> 01:19:00.319
will definitely find me, though,
especially since they all know where I'm going.

916
01:19:00.079 --> 01:19:04.680
Only questions whether or not Carter will
come after me himself. I'll be

917
01:19:04.760 --> 01:19:10.840
honest here, I'm really scared right
now. I'm definitely afraid Carter's gonna get

918
01:19:10.880 --> 01:19:14.880
to me before I can reach the
cry Baby Bridge. Also, you know,

919
01:19:15.800 --> 01:19:18.520
I'm kind of scared to death of
Abigail Tomlin. Right now, I'm

920
01:19:18.560 --> 01:19:23.800
more scared of the former. I
can't let Carter stop me. If there's

921
01:19:23.840 --> 01:19:28.560
any chance in saving Richie Horton,
Bill Chapman and Brian Chunk, I gotta

922
01:19:28.640 --> 01:19:33.119
try. Okay, let's be honest
here. If I wasn't tied to Mary

923
01:19:33.159 --> 01:19:39.239
Worth, I'd probably feel helpless and
get agitated about it. But since Mary

924
01:19:39.319 --> 01:19:43.720
Worth and I are tied together,
I've been trying to use our connection to

925
01:19:43.800 --> 01:19:49.039
help people. Want to know something
the others don't. Aileen and Bell's know

926
01:19:49.159 --> 01:19:53.720
my secret. In fact, I've
been out with them when they've been out

927
01:19:53.720 --> 01:19:58.399
looking for baddies around Strickfield. Why
don't I trust Carter with my secret?

928
01:19:59.239 --> 01:20:02.840
Simple? I don't want anything happening
to him. You don't know how many

929
01:20:02.880 --> 01:20:09.079
times I wanted to tell him or
even Ariel. I know under pinky promises

930
01:20:09.119 --> 01:20:12.800
they both keep my secret, but
I don't want to risk either of them.

931
01:20:13.239 --> 01:20:17.079
I can't. After taking enough shortcuts, I finally reached Denoyer's grill.

932
01:20:17.880 --> 01:20:24.039
I can see the places packed now
usually is on Halloween night, especially when

933
01:20:24.119 --> 01:20:28.439
people are still out and about after
the witching hour. I keep pedaling hard

934
01:20:28.479 --> 01:20:32.039
and fast. I'm taking other shortcuts
to get me to Indian Hollow Road faster.

935
01:20:32.880 --> 01:20:36.239
My gut tells me to look over
my shoulder. Ah, No,

936
01:20:38.039 --> 01:20:41.600
Carter's coming. I got a good
lead on him, but he figured me

937
01:20:41.680 --> 01:20:45.800
out. Madeline. Stop. I
gotta take a real risk now. I'm

938
01:20:45.880 --> 01:20:49.640
riding fast enough to where I can
make the big jump coming up. I've

939
01:20:49.640 --> 01:20:55.439
been able to make it before,
but it ain't easy. I hit wrong.

940
01:20:55.520 --> 01:20:59.520
I'm gonna really wipe out. I'm
faster on a bike than Carter.

941
01:20:59.680 --> 01:21:02.680
But he can make the big jumps
better, or I should say he makes

942
01:21:02.720 --> 01:21:06.680
them look real easy. If I
want to have any chance of getting Carter

943
01:21:06.800 --> 01:21:10.880
off my back long enough to get
back to the bridge and summon Mary,

944
01:21:11.439 --> 01:21:16.199
I gotta make my jump. Don't
do it, Madeline. Carter yells no

945
01:21:16.399 --> 01:21:20.800
turning back now. I feel my
tummy dropping out of me fast when I'm

946
01:21:20.840 --> 01:21:26.479
airborne. I gotta hit this jump
just right. Feels like I'm in the

947
01:21:26.560 --> 01:21:30.560
air for the longest time. Always
does. I always try being calm,

948
01:21:30.600 --> 01:21:39.159
but it never works out. I'm
going down, down, down, boom

949
01:21:40.000 --> 01:21:43.000
landed. It had to use my
feet to keep from wiping out, but

950
01:21:43.079 --> 01:21:45.720
I make it. I quickly pedal
again and coast down the hill on Indian

951
01:21:45.720 --> 01:21:51.079
Hollow Road leading to the cry Baby
Bridge. Can't let Carter stop me.

952
01:21:51.159 --> 01:21:56.000
Now. I get off my bike
and feel warm enough from all the riding

953
01:21:56.039 --> 01:22:00.920
I did. Now, I just
gotta wait, and I ain't gotta do

954
01:22:00.000 --> 01:22:04.680
it long. The winds starting to
pick up again. Won't be long before

955
01:22:04.680 --> 01:22:10.840
Abigail Tomlin's gonna show up. I'm
really scared now. I'm not gonna lie.

956
01:22:11.960 --> 01:22:17.319
Huh Is somebody moving over in the
trees? Yeah? I do see

957
01:22:17.359 --> 01:22:26.119
somebody? Is that a little kid? Oh? Man? I really don't

958
01:22:26.119 --> 01:22:30.000
need this right now, Abigail Tomlin's
gonna appear. I was gonna be the

959
01:22:30.039 --> 01:22:32.840
bait, but I ain't risking a
little boy being out here with me.

960
01:22:33.600 --> 01:22:36.880
I move until I reach him.
What are you doing out here? So

961
01:22:38.039 --> 01:22:42.840
late? Kid? The little boy
don't seem to be afraid just outside.

962
01:22:43.319 --> 01:22:46.479
I don't live far from here.
What are you doing out here. The

963
01:22:46.560 --> 01:22:50.640
winds are really picking up. Now. I turn the kid around. We

964
01:22:50.760 --> 01:22:56.319
gotta move, but we can't stay
here. I yell, the ghostn't be

965
01:22:56.399 --> 01:23:01.800
here any second now. The little
boy looks confused. Ghost. And then

966
01:23:01.840 --> 01:23:05.840
I see Carter making the jump and
making it look so easy. Like I

967
01:23:05.880 --> 01:23:10.840
said, he's better at jump stunts
than I am. I wait for him

968
01:23:10.880 --> 01:23:15.800
to turn away. Then I look
over my shoulder and see Abigail Tomlin appearing

969
01:23:15.800 --> 01:23:23.239
on the bridge in her disgusting,
glowing ghostly manifestation. You've returned to me,

970
01:23:23.920 --> 01:23:28.359
my darling little girl, she says, floating for me and the little

971
01:23:28.359 --> 01:23:33.119
boy. Come to your new mother. I take a huge breath and yell,

972
01:23:33.600 --> 01:23:38.720
ain't happening, lady. I point
to her, and I want you

973
01:23:38.760 --> 01:23:44.640
to let those three guys go.
Now she stops. I'm thinking she's surprised.

974
01:23:45.359 --> 01:23:50.479
They are my children, little girl. They can never return to the

975
01:23:50.520 --> 01:23:58.560
mortal realm again, yeah, says
you. Then I pull the compact I

976
01:23:58.640 --> 01:24:02.560
snagged from the sink drawing Carter's bathroom
out of my pocket. Okay, Abigail

977
01:24:02.640 --> 01:24:08.680
Tomlin, let's finish this. I
yell. Carter and the little boy are

978
01:24:08.680 --> 01:24:12.760
gonna see, but I gotta do
this. I open the compact to bring

979
01:24:12.760 --> 01:24:18.119
Mary Worth back. But then no, I checked the compact. When I

980
01:24:18.119 --> 01:24:24.319
took it out of Carter's bathroom,
the mirror was perfect. Now it's shattered.

981
01:24:25.319 --> 01:24:28.840
Mary told me the mirror glass has
gotta be whole or she can't come

982
01:24:28.880 --> 01:24:32.479
through. I must have busted it
on the jump. I feel hands on

983
01:24:32.479 --> 01:24:38.520
my shoulders. Now it's Carter.
Leave her alone, he shouts at the

984
01:24:38.520 --> 01:24:42.560
ghost. Then he grabs my hand
and turns. The little boy. Come

985
01:24:42.600 --> 01:24:46.119
on, no chance getting on the
bikes with Abigail Tomlin that close, Not

986
01:24:46.239 --> 01:24:50.560
with that little boy with us.
We gotta leave him and run this way,

987
01:24:51.039 --> 01:24:56.239
Carter yells over the winds. We
follow Carter down the slope beside the

988
01:24:56.319 --> 01:25:00.479
raging river. Do you really think
you can escape that way, my new

989
01:25:00.560 --> 01:25:05.000
children, The ghost calls out.
With the river water raging, there ain't

990
01:25:05.079 --> 01:25:10.560
no chance of getting a reflection.
Oh man, I really messed up,

991
01:25:10.720 --> 01:25:14.680
and I mean bad. We ain't
gonna get away from Abigail Tomlin this time.

992
01:25:15.520 --> 01:25:18.079
No way for me to regroup and
find another mirror. But we ain't

993
01:25:18.079 --> 01:25:23.800
gonna make it easy for that ghost
to catch us. We're tired and exhausted,

994
01:25:24.039 --> 01:25:27.399
but we keep moving. We go
under the bridge and make our way

995
01:25:27.439 --> 01:25:30.800
back up. The winds almost make
us fall back, but we lunge forward

996
01:25:30.840 --> 01:25:35.560
and climb. When we're back on
top, we run again. There's no

997
01:25:35.680 --> 01:25:41.640
use running any further. You belong
to me now, No way. Abigail

998
01:25:41.680 --> 01:25:45.520
Tomlin's getting us if I can help
it. I turn around and face her.

999
01:25:45.920 --> 01:25:49.159
Take me, But you ain't getting
Carter or the kid, Madeline.

1000
01:25:49.199 --> 01:25:55.520
No, Carter, yells, come
on, no, Carter, just go.

1001
01:25:56.319 --> 01:26:00.600
When Carter turns me around, I
see that barn where I found the

1002
01:26:00.600 --> 01:26:04.560
car earlier. The three of us
pour it on, making one final attempt.

1003
01:26:04.960 --> 01:26:11.159
We run for all we're worth.
You children are just delaying the inevitable.

1004
01:26:11.560 --> 01:26:14.760
We're so close to the barn.
Now, as I'm ready to open

1005
01:26:14.800 --> 01:26:18.600
the small door, the little boy
suddenly stands in front of it. I

1006
01:26:18.640 --> 01:26:24.239
try to move him aside, but
he won't budge. The game is over

1007
01:26:24.399 --> 01:26:29.920
you too. It's time for you
both to come home with your new mother.

1008
01:26:30.800 --> 01:26:35.159
Isn't that right, Arthur? We
see the little boy smile in a

1009
01:26:35.319 --> 01:26:41.840
wicked little smile. You're right,
mom. Now he's all soaking wet like

1010
01:26:41.920 --> 01:26:45.119
his mom, and we can hear
his voice as clearly as we hear Abigail's

1011
01:26:45.479 --> 01:26:51.960
and now, my son, you
shall have new playmates. We're gonna have

1012
01:26:53.199 --> 01:27:00.199
so much fun together. Arthur cheers
excitedly. No way, Carter shouts.

1013
01:27:00.199 --> 01:27:03.039
Carter and I turn and run.
A huge gust of wind makes us both

1014
01:27:03.079 --> 01:27:09.960
fall and tumble downward away from the
barn. When I stop rolling, I

1015
01:27:10.039 --> 01:27:15.720
look to see Carter ain't moving.
Carter, I yell shaken him. He

1016
01:27:15.840 --> 01:27:19.720
still isn't moving. Oh man,
he must have got knocked out. I'm

1017
01:27:19.760 --> 01:27:25.960
so exhausted now I can't run no
more. I can't run no more.

1018
01:27:26.399 --> 01:27:30.399
I feel like crying at having failed. I shake my head fast. I

1019
01:27:30.479 --> 01:27:33.760
ain't gonna let that ghost take me
like that. I'm gonna go no and

1020
01:27:33.880 --> 01:27:43.279
I stood up to her. Suddenly
the winds die down. What is this,

1021
01:27:44.000 --> 01:27:49.600
Abigail Tomlin growls, Mourning is several
hours away. Yeah, but I

1022
01:27:49.640 --> 01:27:55.640
ain't. A voice that makes my
heart pound fast, tells her. I

1023
01:27:55.720 --> 01:28:02.039
turned to face her. Bell's bella
Abon is still wearing her Elvira looking dress,

1024
01:28:02.640 --> 01:28:08.720
but she has her normal face.
Surprised. I know we are at

1025
01:28:08.760 --> 01:28:15.239
seeing you out here, we I
ask. Then cousin Aileen appears we were

1026
01:28:15.279 --> 01:28:18.920
out doing our thing with hunting supernatural
batties, Maddie. Then we heard people

1027
01:28:19.000 --> 01:28:24.720
saying they saw that ghost out by
Denoyer's grill. She points at Abigail Tomlin.

1028
01:28:25.600 --> 01:28:29.600
Did you summon her? I just
wanted to rescue the boys. Abigail

1029
01:28:29.640 --> 01:28:33.359
Tomlin took a year ago. I
tell him I messed up though. I

1030
01:28:33.439 --> 01:28:40.319
point to Arthur and now her boys
in the picture. Then Abigail Tomlin smiles,

1031
01:28:40.479 --> 01:28:46.680
twin girls and so cute. I
shall have you both. Bella faces

1032
01:28:46.800 --> 01:28:51.000
the ghost. Now, uh huh, ain't happen in Ghostie. Even you

1033
01:28:51.079 --> 01:28:56.039
don't hold power over a vampire.
How do you think I stopped your wins?

1034
01:28:57.079 --> 01:29:01.439
Then she suddenly looks down in Arthur's
face and vamps out buzz off.

1035
01:29:02.520 --> 01:29:08.640
Arthur cries out and runs away,
but the ghost laughs, Arthur will return.

1036
01:29:09.119 --> 01:29:14.880
Even you, vampire, with all
your powers, cannot save these children.

1037
01:29:15.319 --> 01:29:18.199
You want to bet on that,
Belle says boldly. If I could

1038
01:29:18.239 --> 01:29:24.119
just find a mirror, I mutter. Then Bella turns to Aileen. Give

1039
01:29:24.159 --> 01:29:29.239
mat to your flashlight fast. Aileen
hands it to me. Bell's looks at

1040
01:29:29.279 --> 01:29:32.319
me. Now take off your glasses
and shine the light on them. I

1041
01:29:32.439 --> 01:29:38.039
gasp, Why didn't I think of
that. Oh right, I didn't have

1042
01:29:38.079 --> 01:29:42.279
a light. I take the flashlight
from Aileen and do what Bell says.

1043
01:29:42.880 --> 01:29:46.119
When I think I got a reflection, I quickly say Mary Worth's name three

1044
01:29:46.199 --> 01:29:58.199
times. Nothing happens. I try
again, Still nothing. Are you afraid?

1045
01:29:59.319 --> 01:30:10.079
Good weekly spooky, We'll be right
back. Ha ha, Come on,

1046
01:30:10.760 --> 01:30:15.239
I cry please. Aileen quickly takes
my glasses and holds them. You

1047
01:30:15.279 --> 01:30:19.359
have to shine it on yourself,
Maddie. Then I finally see myself in

1048
01:30:19.399 --> 01:30:26.520
the lenses and say Mary Worth's name
three times again. Yes, I shriek.

1049
01:30:27.279 --> 01:30:31.319
The ghostly energies come out of the
lenses and into me again. I'm

1050
01:30:31.359 --> 01:30:36.279
in the back of Mary's mind as
she takes over my body and appears again.

1051
01:30:38.279 --> 01:30:44.119
Bell's asks Mary, you know what's
going on? I do, Mary

1052
01:30:44.159 --> 01:30:48.640
tells her. Then she faces Abigail
Tomlin, release those boys to me.

1053
01:30:49.039 --> 01:30:57.039
Their souls do not belong to you, never, Abigail Tomlin roars. Suddenly,

1054
01:30:57.840 --> 01:31:01.520
Tomlin changes into something scared like right
out of the opening scene of the

1055
01:31:01.520 --> 01:31:06.039
original Ghostbusters, you know, the
scene in the library. After dan Ackroyd

1056
01:31:06.079 --> 01:31:12.640
yells get her. Mary easily floats
away from her. Now I feel Mary's

1057
01:31:12.680 --> 01:31:17.600
eyes glowing bright, then her face
glows bright. Soon her whole body's glowing

1058
01:31:17.680 --> 01:31:25.000
bright. Do not feel that you
hold power over me, Abigail Tomlin,

1059
01:31:25.520 --> 01:31:29.439
you are only a ghost. I
hold power of the white light. Be

1060
01:31:29.680 --> 01:31:35.880
gone never, Tomlin roars again.
She gets real ugly now, then she

1061
01:31:36.000 --> 01:31:41.920
starts glowing and eerie red. Even
though I'm safe, seeing Abigail Tomlin like

1062
01:31:41.960 --> 01:31:45.640
that really scares me. Now I
can see Bells easily lifting Carter into her

1063
01:31:45.760 --> 01:31:50.439
arms and carrying him to safety.
Aileen goes with her. It's up to

1064
01:31:50.520 --> 01:31:56.640
Mary now. Suddenly these hot lights
come out of Tomlin's eyes and mouth.

1065
01:31:57.359 --> 01:32:00.680
Mary is sent flying backward and goes
through a couple of trees before she falls

1066
01:32:00.680 --> 01:32:05.720
near the Castalia River. Mary's floating
back into the air. She utters one

1067
01:32:05.720 --> 01:32:12.279
of her witch spells before discharging her
white light at Tomlin. Tomlin screams and

1068
01:32:12.359 --> 01:32:17.239
flies back herself, but she's quickly
back up again. I will never surrender

1069
01:32:17.279 --> 01:32:24.399
my boys, Tomlin declares. Mary
laughs a little. Do not be so

1070
01:32:24.600 --> 01:32:30.680
certain you shall release them back to
the mortal realm this very night. Tomlin

1071
01:32:30.800 --> 01:32:34.520
roars again and charges at Mary.
Now I know enough about ghosts to know

1072
01:32:34.720 --> 01:32:40.119
you don't want one passing through another. If Tomlin passes through Mary, that

1073
01:32:40.199 --> 01:32:45.119
can make for a bad night.
As Tomlin's about to collide with Mary,

1074
01:32:45.439 --> 01:32:50.239
a blue energy appears in between them
and repels Tomlin. You forget that we

1075
01:32:50.359 --> 01:32:56.239
are not the same, Abigail,
Tomlin, you became a ghost in death.

1076
01:32:57.159 --> 01:33:01.000
I am an astral projection if my
body of my own free will.

1077
01:33:01.840 --> 01:33:08.920
In other words, our energies are
not the same. I look and see

1078
01:33:08.960 --> 01:33:12.960
that Ariel, Bailey, and Mona
finally reached the area. They rode the

1079
01:33:13.000 --> 01:33:16.800
other bikes in Carter's garage, Bell's
and Aleen moved to them. I can

1080
01:33:16.840 --> 01:33:21.239
hear how scared Ariel is when she
sees Bells holding Carter. I know the

1081
01:33:21.279 --> 01:33:26.399
others are safe. Now. That
means Mary and I don't have to worry

1082
01:33:26.479 --> 01:33:31.159
about him. I offer you one
last opportunity. Relinquish those boys to me.

1083
01:33:32.119 --> 01:33:36.039
Mary tells Abigail. If you do
not, then you shall leave me

1084
01:33:36.199 --> 01:33:42.359
no other choice but to force your
hand. Tomlin glows red hot. Now

1085
01:33:42.880 --> 01:33:47.960
never even you do not have the
power to ultimately destroy me. I am

1086
01:33:48.000 --> 01:33:55.720
aware of this, and that was
never my intention. Then she utters another

1087
01:33:55.800 --> 01:34:01.960
incantation, Mom help Tomland turns to
see little Arthur's ghost in some kind of

1088
01:34:02.000 --> 01:34:08.520
glowing sphere. Mom, I can't
get out, help me, Arthur cries.

1089
01:34:09.319 --> 01:34:14.520
Now, Arthur's mom is the maddest
we've ever seen. Release my son

1090
01:34:14.840 --> 01:34:20.000
at once. Not until you allow
Richard Horton, William Chapman and Brian Chunk

1091
01:34:20.319 --> 01:34:26.119
to return to the mortal realm once
more, and you shall give your word

1092
01:34:26.359 --> 01:34:31.319
that you shall never pursue them again. Only then shall I release your son.

1093
01:34:32.000 --> 01:34:39.119
Decide now, even though Abigail Tomlin's
a bad ghost, she's still a

1094
01:34:39.199 --> 01:34:45.000
mom deep down. Arthur is her
actual kid. Tomlin turns back to Mary

1095
01:34:45.439 --> 01:34:49.800
and howls with rage again, but
Mary ain't swayed. She even tries using

1096
01:34:49.840 --> 01:34:55.520
her own power to break Arthur free, but Mary just said their energies ain't

1097
01:34:55.520 --> 01:35:00.760
the same. Finally, Tomlin turns
back to Mary, curse you, I

1098
01:35:00.880 --> 01:35:08.079
shall release them. Mary watches as
Tomlin points to the Castalia River. The

1099
01:35:08.199 --> 01:35:13.600
river glows red for a moment.
Then, yes, Richie, Bill and

1100
01:35:13.640 --> 01:35:16.840
Brian are coming out of the river. They're holding themselves at being wet and

1101
01:35:16.960 --> 01:35:23.640
cold, but there they are.
Now, give me your word that you

1102
01:35:23.720 --> 01:35:29.920
shall never pursue them again. Abigail
Tomlin looks at the boys. Then she

1103
01:35:30.119 --> 01:35:35.920
laughs a long, scornful laugh.
Do you really think it's that simple?

1104
01:35:38.119 --> 01:35:42.359
Now? The boys are scared when
they see both Abigail Tomlin and Mary Worth

1105
01:35:42.439 --> 01:35:46.720
together. Tomlin points to them,
You boys are in the mortal realm again,

1106
01:35:47.439 --> 01:35:53.479
but know that you shall never be
free. I claimed you last Halloween.

1107
01:35:53.760 --> 01:35:58.760
There can never truly be any return
for you three. Richie turns to

1108
01:35:58.840 --> 01:36:03.800
Bill and Brian. You mean we're
going to stay dead. I have only

1109
01:36:03.840 --> 01:36:08.560
allowed for you to be in the
mortal realm. You shall continue to be

1110
01:36:08.680 --> 01:36:14.199
in your ghostly forms from the time
when I claimed you last Halloween. Then

1111
01:36:14.319 --> 01:36:18.039
Abigail says to Mary, you never
said I had to restore them to life.

1112
01:36:19.079 --> 01:36:25.000
Mary utters another spell and puts a
white light on the guise that should

1113
01:36:25.079 --> 01:36:29.479
dry and warm the three of you, and do not trouble yourselves over Abigail

1114
01:36:29.520 --> 01:36:36.279
Tomlin any longer, But Brian utters. Mary tells Tomlin again, promise.

1115
01:36:38.720 --> 01:36:45.079
Tomlin growls angrily in defeat. I
promise, now release my son. Mary

1116
01:36:45.199 --> 01:36:49.079
speaks a spell again and removes the
energy on Arthur. He floats to his

1117
01:36:49.159 --> 01:36:56.119
mother right away. Tomlin points to
Mary, you have made an enemy today.

1118
01:36:56.560 --> 01:37:00.600
This shall not be the last time
we meet, perhaps perhaps not.

1119
01:37:02.239 --> 01:37:06.199
Then Bells comes back for the boys, Come on, come with me.

1120
01:37:08.920 --> 01:37:12.920
Richie, Bill and Brian quickly go
to Bell's and let her take them to

1121
01:37:12.960 --> 01:37:17.119
be with the others. After that, Abigail and Arthur Tomlin return to the

1122
01:37:17.159 --> 01:37:23.479
cry Baby Bridge. Once they're at
the center, the two of them disappear.

1123
01:37:24.640 --> 01:37:30.039
She'll be back, won't she?
I ask Mary? Even I cannot

1124
01:37:30.079 --> 01:37:34.439
truly end her, Madeline. Mary
tells me, however, I can make

1125
01:37:34.479 --> 01:37:41.560
it most difficult for her and Arthur
to return. Should there be foolhardy mortals

1126
01:37:41.600 --> 01:37:47.920
who wish to explore this particular local
legend. Mary speaks her which language again

1127
01:37:48.319 --> 01:37:53.640
and makes me awe when she changes
the road so that it don't cross the

1128
01:37:53.720 --> 01:37:59.199
bridge. Then she puts an energy
around the bridge to make it invisible.

1129
01:38:00.800 --> 01:38:05.239
Will that keep people away? Mary? I ask? It shall prove difficult

1130
01:38:05.279 --> 01:38:11.960
for mortals to find this accursed bridge, But do remember that everything has limitations.

1131
01:38:12.720 --> 01:38:17.199
I cannot promise that Abigail Tomlin will
never return again. My work is

1132
01:38:17.279 --> 01:38:21.039
finished here. I think it is
best for you to return to your friends

1133
01:38:21.079 --> 01:38:30.359
now. But there ain't no mirrors, No Mary produces the busted compact and

1134
01:38:30.479 --> 01:38:34.560
restores it. Then she opens it
and gives me back my body. When

1135
01:38:34.560 --> 01:38:41.279
she goes back into the little mirror. It ain't long before Bells finds me

1136
01:38:41.319 --> 01:38:45.039
and brings me to where everybody's at. Looks like quite a group here.

1137
01:38:45.079 --> 01:38:50.479
Then Ariel comes and grabs me.
Don't you ever do that again, Madeleine.

1138
01:38:50.720 --> 01:38:56.640
Then she actually hugs me in front
of everybody. She only calls me

1139
01:38:56.720 --> 01:39:01.920
Madeleine when she's dead serious. I'm
sorry, I tell her. When we

1140
01:39:02.000 --> 01:39:06.560
come apart, I tell everybody else
I'm sorry. Then I look at the

1141
01:39:06.600 --> 01:39:13.760
guys we just saved. Okay,
how can we be? Okay? Bill

1142
01:39:13.920 --> 01:39:17.399
yells, Then he points to the
river. Didn't you hear, Abigail Tomlin?

1143
01:39:18.239 --> 01:39:24.319
We're still ghosts, right are you? Bell's asks, Then she shoves

1144
01:39:24.359 --> 01:39:29.920
him a little. You can't do
that to a ghost. But but Brian

1145
01:39:30.039 --> 01:39:34.560
sputters. Bell's smirks. Now,
even ghosts can lie, same as people.

1146
01:39:35.359 --> 01:39:41.840
So who's hungry? Brian quickly brightens
up. Oh, I could sure

1147
01:39:41.920 --> 01:39:46.119
go for some sweet potato Piet Denyer's
grill right now? Ah, no way,

1148
01:39:46.319 --> 01:39:53.279
Chunker, Bill mutters, Yeah,
that's right. Brian's nickname is Chunker.

1149
01:39:54.159 --> 01:39:59.359
Forget it, Chunker, Richie adds, but I am hungry. Then

1150
01:39:59.399 --> 01:40:02.960
let's get you some food, Aileen
says. After that, we'll get you

1151
01:40:03.000 --> 01:40:08.840
back to your families. The lot
of us leave Indian Hollow Road and make

1152
01:40:08.880 --> 01:40:14.960
our way to Denoyer's grill. Looks
like our Halloween parties turning into a celebration.

1153
01:40:16.680 --> 01:40:20.760
Boy, did copies of the Strickfield
Journal sell out fast when it read

1154
01:40:20.760 --> 01:40:25.760
that Richie, Bill and Chunker returned. It sure was nice to see the

1155
01:40:25.840 --> 01:40:30.800
parents crying for joy at having their
kids back. Definitely a Halloween to remember

1156
01:40:30.199 --> 01:40:35.279
for many reasons. When November two
came, everything was kind of sort of

1157
01:40:35.319 --> 01:40:40.199
back to normal. Ariel, Bailey
and Mona were back to picking on me,

1158
01:40:40.560 --> 01:40:44.840
but our group ended up being expanded
by three. Yep, Richie,

1159
01:40:44.880 --> 01:40:49.479
Bill and Chunker became our new friends, which I don't really mind. We're

1160
01:40:49.520 --> 01:40:54.439
all going to have to get to
know each other. But hey, Fortunately

1161
01:40:54.560 --> 01:40:59.159
for me, nobody saw me call
Mary Worth at the cry Baby Bridge.

1162
01:40:59.239 --> 01:41:01.319
I think at least someone would have
gave me a hard time about it if

1163
01:41:01.359 --> 01:41:05.479
they did. So far, only
cousin Aileen and Bells know my secret.

1164
01:41:06.279 --> 01:41:11.800
Speaking of Mary Worth, I still
hear Ariel, Bailey and Mona talk about

1165
01:41:11.800 --> 01:41:15.199
her. Sounds like Mary's still giving
him the creeps. At least they ain't

1166
01:41:15.239 --> 01:41:19.920
seeing her in their mirrors right.
When it came to Carter, he was

1167
01:41:19.960 --> 01:41:24.800
mad at me for a while,
but after a day of cooling off,

1168
01:41:25.159 --> 01:41:29.039
we were buddies again. I could
tell he wanted to tell me never to

1169
01:41:29.159 --> 01:41:32.840
risk my life the way I did. Ever again he couldn't though, not

1170
01:41:32.960 --> 01:41:36.800
after Free and Richie, Bill and
Brian Oh, that's right, they go

1171
01:41:36.880 --> 01:41:42.800
by Horton, Chapman and Chunker Oh, and they end up not Humor and

1172
01:41:42.880 --> 01:41:46.680
Ariel and call me Maddie, just
like cousin Aileen does. It don't take

1173
01:41:46.760 --> 01:41:50.760
him long to start getting under Ariel's
skin when they won't acknowledge her as the

1174
01:41:50.840 --> 01:41:57.479
queen of Strickfield Junior High. So
Carter's got some friends there. As for

1175
01:41:57.560 --> 01:42:00.359
school, it takes a little bit
for everybody to get used to seeing Horton,

1176
01:42:00.439 --> 01:42:05.279
Chapman and Chunker alive and well again, those guys are just glad to

1177
01:42:05.359 --> 01:42:16.399
be walking the halls of Strickfield Junior
High again. Friday comes again. I'm

1178
01:42:16.399 --> 01:42:20.760
sitting with our new friends at lunch
period. Then I hear the familiar hands

1179
01:42:20.800 --> 01:42:27.680
slamming on the table. Yes,
I say, Ariel gives me her usual

1180
01:42:27.800 --> 01:42:31.159
menacing Look. Now, you wouldn't
be thinking of skipping my sleepover at my

1181
01:42:31.239 --> 01:42:35.560
house tonight, would you? Mouse? I turned to face her. You

1182
01:42:35.640 --> 01:42:41.479
mean your mom didn't massacre you for
running out on Halloween night? Ariel tightens

1183
01:42:41.479 --> 01:42:45.800
her fists. You really think I'd
let mom do that to me? I

1184
01:42:45.960 --> 01:42:50.000
hate you Mouse. Then she sees
the guys and what are you looking at?

1185
01:42:50.359 --> 01:42:56.239
Chapman just looks at her and yawns. Hum, you guys hear anything.

1186
01:42:56.800 --> 01:43:02.039
Horton looks at Ariel. The sound
of self importance chunk or grins sounds

1187
01:43:02.039 --> 01:43:09.800
about right. Horton, Oh does
that make Ariel mad? Oh? You

1188
01:43:09.800 --> 01:43:13.880
you? I quickly stand up before
Ariel can belt out another one of her

1189
01:43:13.880 --> 01:43:18.399
blood curdling screams. Yeah, I'll
be there, What time, same gatecode.

1190
01:43:19.520 --> 01:43:24.359
I'd have expected Ariel to give me
a hard time, but she just

1191
01:43:24.439 --> 01:43:27.800
looks at me. Then she says, to where only I can hear her,

1192
01:43:28.479 --> 01:43:30.439
you're a good friend, Madeline.
I just want to tell you that.

1193
01:43:31.520 --> 01:43:34.800
Then she points right at me.
You repeat what I just said to

1194
01:43:34.840 --> 01:43:42.119
anyone, and I'll deny it.
Repeat what I utter exactly. Then she

1195
01:43:42.239 --> 01:43:45.760
tells me seven point thirty and I
texted you the new gatecode. Then she

1196
01:43:45.840 --> 01:43:49.479
points to the guys, and you
three will learn your places here at my

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school. Okay, Chapman tells her
in a crazy tone. Then I quickly

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diffuse, Ariel, see you soon. I'll bring those scary movies tonight.

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Aeriel nods and leaves us alone.
There really ain't much more to tell.

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We survived Halloween and saved our new
friends. I guess this means you'll be

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seeing more of us again. It
may be a few of us, or

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it may be all eight of us, who knows, but we'll have more

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adventures coming real soon. Until next
time, the end. I love a

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happy ending. Occasionally it's like a
palette cleanser here at Weekly Spooky. I

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hope you enjoyed it too. This
was quite the meeting of the monstrous minds

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in Strickfield, and I had a
great time reading it with you, so

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thank you so much for joining me. I hope you've been enjoying this massive

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amount of content we've put out this
October. It's been a fun, albeit

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daunting task for me, but I've
enjoyed it, really have, and It's

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been so incredible to hear from all
you brand new spookies who have discovered us

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this Halloween season, and I sure
hope a lot of you will stick around

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with us. We have a lot
of cool stuff in store for November and

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especially December. We're all about doing
creepy Christmas here at Weekly Spooky, and

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we are not seasonal. We go
every single week of the year. We

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never stop. Oh no, no, we never stop. And if you

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love what we're doing and you want
to support us in a very direct way,

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you can go to Weeklyspooky dot com
and click on Patreon For as little

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as one dollar a month. You
get a bonus show every month and our

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undying gratitude. And speaking of which, I want to say an extra special

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thank you to our Patreon podcast boosters. These are folks who pay just a

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little bit more to hear their names
at the end of every show, and

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they are Johnny Nix, Bobotopia dot
Com, Megan Who, Julia Kirsh,

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Brent McCalla, Steve King, Karen
we Met, Jack Kerr, and Craig

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Cohen. Thank you all so much
for helping make the show happen. And

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if you want to join them.
Just go to Weeklyspooky dot com, click

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on Patreon and select any tier at
the fifteen dollars or higher mark. We

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do appreciate it, but now it's
time for me to get back to work.

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Tomorrow is another full audiobook, Babysitter
Massacres Family Splatters will be dropping completely

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free tomorrow for you to enjoy it. So I got to get back to

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work. For myself, for my
producer Dan Wilder, for my executive producers

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Rob Fields and Joshua Butler, and
my composer Ray Mattis. I will talk

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at you first thing tomorrow. Thank
you for listening. Sise. Make sure

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to find your way back next week, but for now you are safe,

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trust me,