Oct. 15, 2025

The Lone Candy House: A Halloween Horror Story of Vanishing Kids

The Lone Candy House: A Halloween Horror Story of Vanishing Kids
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Every Halloween, a mysterious house emerges on the edge of Strickfield—its porch light glowing, its candy too good to be true.

In our latest spooky story, when Mouse, Arial, Carter, Mona, and Bailey venture into the infamous Lone Candy House, they discover that this is no ordinary trick-or-treat experience. Instead of friendly hosts, they are met with locked doors, whispering mirrors, and the chilling echoes of missing children.

To survive the night until 3:00 a.m., they must confront the darkness lurking within the house and the terrible curse that preys on unsuspecting trick-or-treaters. Join us for this Halloween horror story filled with suspense and dread!


The Legend of the Lone Candy House — by Rob Fields

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The house wasn't on any map, just a porch light

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in the dark and a tray of perfect caramel apples.

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One kid steps inside and never comes back. Tonight, a

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group of friends will enter a place that only exists

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on Halloween and hopes to keep them forever.

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There's a shiel in the air. Must befall Join me

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for a tale of Halloween.

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You will experience tales of over ghosts and dam it

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is not recommended for the week at Heart.

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Join me for a tale of foul.

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Is weekly Spooky?

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Hello, my Spooky's it's Wednesday. But of course there's something

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scary every single day here in October, and tonight is

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no different. As I bring you a special novella length

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episode from our monstrous maestro, Rob Fields and takes place

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in Strickfield, Ohio. I want to remind you tomorrow we'll

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be back with another terrifying tale, this time from our

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good buddy Charles Campbell, as we go back to nineteen

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eighty three and the horrors of video rental. So make

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Thank you savor Rista for your support. But as for tonight,

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imagine a neighborhood where a cozy little home appears only

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on Halloween night. The porchlight glows warm, the treats are

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full size, and the hosts are oh so friendly. But

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once you cross that threshold, the doors don't open, the

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halls don't end, and the candy starts to taste like

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bait and it won't let you go. We'll get to

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the Sweet Sacrifice. Right after this the Legend of the

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Lone Candy House by Rob Fields. Ah Man, you'd think

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by now we'd finally get to settle down at my

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place and finish Halloween night with horror movies and pizza. Okay,

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let's backtrack a little so you know what's going on.

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Halloween started off at Aerieal Mirn's mansion off Capitol Court

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in the walled off Mirn Gated community. It was supposed

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to be a Miron's only function, but Ariel saw mom

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and me at Strickfield Town Center mall earlier in the

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day and cornered me at Spirit Halloween to make me

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come to her gathering. I never did ask Ariel what

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the gathering was for anyway. Ariel wanted me there to

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keep her sane, especially when she was tasked with keeping

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an eye on her mischievous little cousin, Stuart. Ariel finally

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escaped from the party when her mom got on her

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after Stuart went on a rampage, taking me along with her.

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We reached my house but ended up going to Carter

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Cross's place next door. Ultimately, Mona Abels and Bailey Downs

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found all of us together at Carter's. From there we

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went trick or treating. After we were done, we went

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out to Denoyer's Grill, where we met up with cousin

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Aileen and Bella Tabon had some food. After our late dinner,

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we went out to the cry Baby Bridge to investigate

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it and see if the legend was real. Boy did

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that ever come back to bite all of us on

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our keysters when the ghost of Abigail Tomlin showed up

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and started chasing us around. We also learned the fate

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of Richie Horton, Brian Chunk, and Bill Chapman from last Halloween,

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and I wanted to help him. Long story short, With

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the help of Mary Worth, my ghostly companion, and Bells,

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we defeated Abigail Tomlin and got her to release those

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three guys back to the mortal realm. You'd have thought

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our Halloween night was over then right wrong. As we

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were leaving the area where the cry Baby Bridge was

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and were walking our bikes along Indian Hollow Road, we

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ended up discovering what used to be the Strickfield Carnival.

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Mona Abels always has to get us in trouble by

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wanting to investigate things that'll get us in deep, deep trouble.

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Come to think of it, Mona was the one who

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wanted us to go to the cry Baby Bridge earlier.

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Our Halloween night got extended by a full week when

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we went through this funhouse at the Carnival and found

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ourselves back in nineteen fifty five. Come on, how do

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you go through an old Carnival haunted house and end

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up in another time and have the Strickfield Carnival open

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and hoppin. I guess we really couldn't blame Mona for

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this one, since she was feeling the pull from nineteen

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fifty five and was summoned to the Carnivosh estate. Back then,

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you'd never have thought that place was haunted like it

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is now. Turns out Mona is actually a Carnivosh herself.

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In fact, the fate of the family rested on her

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should since she was tasked with learning who'd been stealing

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the family's money. It all ended at Strickfield Carnival, where

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we face down Ayvet Carnivosh, who originally summoned Mona. She

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basically gave herself away when she revealed she had been

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practicing Carnivoche magics. Mona revealed she was part of that

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family when she rose to the occasion and stopped Vet

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by using her family's magic herself. This Halloween night's getting

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to be one. This little Mouseie ain't never gonna forget,

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that's for sure. You'd think we'd finally be done right wrong.

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Follow us along after dropping off Horton, Chapman, and Chunker

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to their families. It's just back to be in the

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five of us again. We hop on the bikes and ride. Okay,

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can we finally just go to Mouse's house and watch

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movies in order? Kitza like we planned, Ariel mir and groans.

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Carter Cross raises his finger. Hey, we're not that far

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from downtown Village. We got across through there anyway to

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get back to our houses. So why don't we make

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a quick stop at Strickfield Video. I lightly slap Carter's arm.

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Good thinking, buddy, I gotta pick up a movie I

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ordered from there. So the five of us head into

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downtown Village and park our bikes at Strickfield Video. There's

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this new girl working there when we walk in, dressed

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like a biker, I don't think she's wearing a costume.

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If that's her motorcycle parked outside. Lenny, the owner said

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he was going to hire somebody. One of the last time's.

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Dad and me came in here. When we approached the counter,

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the biker girl just popped in the original Fright Night

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to show on the TVs. She turns to us. Now,

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her name, says Charlie. Can I help you? She asks.

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Carter speaks up. Yeah, you got Veranda Queen of the

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Night in. Lenny said he'd be getting more copies in today.

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Charlie size. We did get a bunch of copies in,

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in fact, double what we originally had. They all went

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out faster than I could put them out. We've gotten

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a few copies back in, but they went back out

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just as fast. Carter groans, thanks anyway, no sweat, buddy.

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I tell him I should have a copy back there

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that I ordered. What's your name? Charlie asks. After I

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tell her, she finds my copy and completes the transaction.

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Now I got my very own copy of Veranda, Queen

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of the Night on limited edition four K. Carter groans, again,

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you were right, Madeline. I should have just ordered a

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copy when you did. I tried to tell you, buddy,

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I say, but you wanted to wait for streaming. Don't worry,

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we can watch this at my house. But we got

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to wait a little bit while Mona and Bailey find

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movies they want to rent. We end up taking a

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small stack of them back to my place. We're getting

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off the bikes to go inside when Ariel borrows Carter's

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smartphone to order pizzas since she dropped hers in a

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creek earlier tonight. I think Ariel's mom is gonna massacre

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her when she gets home. Suddenly my phone rings. I

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pull it out of my back pocket and look at

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the screen. I ain't recognizing this number. Ariel's over my shoulder.

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Then her mouth opens wide. That's mom. What's she doing

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calling your phone? Mouse? I shrug. I don't know, but

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to talk to her. Ariel sighs and takes my phone.

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Then she sets it to speaker. What do you want

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you think? I don't know. You've been out trick or

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treating with your friends, little one, Adrian Miron says, menacingly.

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Ariel groans, look, Mom, I'm not coming home until i'm

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good and ready. You never let me have any fun

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on Halloween, and I don't want you to come home yet.

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Adrian interrupts, excuse me, Ariel asks, in surprise, you need

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to have your friends help you find Stuart. Adrian says

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he must have seen you and Madeline leaving the garage

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earlier tonight and decided to make an escape of his own. Well,

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I've been with my friends since we jail broke, Ariel

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tells her, so far none of us have seen that

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little goober running around out here. Then I'll make it

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easy for you to locate him, little one, Adrian says,

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My phone gets a link. Ariel opens it to reveal

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one of those programs that lets parents track their kids

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through phones. That's Stuart's current location. Adrian says, you need

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to go and get him right now. Ariel growls and

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looks ready to crush my phone in her hand. I

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know she ain't strong enough to do that, but she's real.

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Mad You are the one who had that little goober

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at the house, mom, Ariel snaps, Why should I be

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the one who has to go and find him, because

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if you don't, you can stay with your friends from

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now on. Adrian replies, as in, you don't ever have

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to bother coming home? Do I make myself clear? Little one?

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Oh?

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You you then Ariel belts out one of her blood

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curdling screams. When she calms down, she yells, fine, I'll

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go and look for that rotten goober, even though I'm

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not his mother. Aunt Margaret, I know you're listening. Before

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Adrian can say anything more, and hands me back my phone. Madeline,

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let me see that pick Ariel's mom sent, Carter says,

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holding out his hand. When I hand him my phone,

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he looks at the app. WHOA, what is it, Carter,

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Mona asks. Carter gives me my phone back and pulls

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his out. Just seeing where Stuart's located made me think

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of something I saw on Strickfield University's website earlier, and

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it's not good. Believe it or not. Strickfield University gets

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lots of hits. It's on their website. Sure people are

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planning to go to college there, but they got a

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whole separate area where lots of local and area legends

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are posted. It started out as something for a folklore

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class originally, but somebody got on that part of the

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site and word got around fast. Before you knew it,

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Strickfield University ended up opening the local legends part of

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the site up to anybody who wanted to see it

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or add to it funny. That's how we learned about

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the legend of cry Baby Bridge. Right here, Carter says.

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Another local legend here in Strickfield. Even though trigger treating's

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over for the year, they're supposed to be this house

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not too far from where the bikers all live. That's

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the wrong part of Strickfield, Carter. Ariel mentions, what isn't

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the wrong part of Strickfield. Bailey mutters, she's got a point, Air,

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I agree. Ariel growls at me, I hate you mouse.

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Then she points right at Carter. We are not checking

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out another local legend. We went to that bridge earlier.

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Then there was that carnival. She puts her finger right

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in Carter's face. No, no, no, no no. When Carter

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snatches Ariel's wrist, they can't stop looking at each other again.

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Like I said before, these two really like each other.

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They don't want to admit it, but we girls know better.

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It ain't long before Mona, Bailey and me start laughing

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it up again. Carter don't say anything, but Ariel turns

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to us with her fist tightened. That's right, keep laughing,

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she points right at us. You just wait when you

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find boys you like, I'm going to laugh it up.

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After we finish our laughing'. I get serious and ask Carter, so,

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what about this house you were looking up? No, Carter,

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Ariel snaps, Yes, Ariel Mona says, I want to hear it.

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Carter glances at his phone. Then he looks at Ariel.

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This legend's right out of your family tree. Princess, what,

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Ariel snaps, let me see that. Carter hands her the phone.

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After a bit, she hands it back. Then she tells us,

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I don't know anything about this legend. I don't know

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everything my family does. Then she looks at Carter. Fine,

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go ahead and read it. Carter tells us. The legend

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of the Candy House like the cry Baby Bridge and

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the Strickfield Carnival, it's another Strickfield local legend. It's to

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be another haunted house, kind of like grim Manor in

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the backwoods or the Carnivosh estate on the other end

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of downtown village. While those two are fixtures in Strickfield,

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the Candy House only seems to come around every Halloween night.

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There was this couple, Zachary and Ava Hame. They lived

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in a lone house around the southeast side of Strickfield.

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Like Ariel said, that's supposed to be the wrong part

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of town. I never knew if it was because bikers

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lived there or what. Anyway, there was a lone house there.

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The Hames kept mostly to themselves. The only time they

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ever opened up their home was on Halloween night. Of course,

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it was only one night back then, it's a full

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week now. At first, there weren't too many people who

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went to the Hames house to trick or treat. Word

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got around through the years about the kind of treats

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they gave. One year, they gave caramel apples they had

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made themselves. Ava would hand them out as Zachary prepared him.

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They even bought apples from Redmont Orchards just down the road.

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Another year they handed out name candies, full sized. Then

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came more candies and more caramel apples. As time went on,

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people came to trick or treat at what people called

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the Candy House. But you just knew something was gonna

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go wrong, right, otherwise it wouldn't be on Strickfield University's website.

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Back in the nineteen seventies, this one popular kid from

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Strickfield Elementary disappeared. It was said Jason Miren went tricker

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treating out at the Haym's house with friends and he

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was never seen again. Jason's friends looked everywhere for him.

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Finally his friends had to tell his parents. Keep in mind,

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there was never any proof the Hames were responsible, but

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all it took was for Jason Miren's friends to point

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their way. But the police couldn't do nothing to the

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Hames on account of no proof. When Halloween came the

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following year, people got together and torched the Hames's house.

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It was said that Jason's parents organized it. All it

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took was a bunch of torches to make the house

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go up then come down. It was said the following

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Halloween night, the Candy House was somehow miraculously back up

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like the torching never happened. The lights were on and

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suposedly Zachary and Ava were handing out name candies and

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caramel apples just like before. Some have even said they

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trick or treated there. What's more, one child always turned

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up missing. After that disappearance was reported, the police would

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go to the Hayms place to investigate, only it wasn't there.

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It was like the candy House only came back for

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Halloween night and then disappeared right after the holiday was

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officially over. Carter finishes, then he looks up at everybody.

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According to the university's website, it's when Halloween ends at

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midnight in Pacific time, which means three our time here

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in Ohio. Ariel's eyes are a little wide now, and

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Mom says, Stuart went down that way. But how would

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that little guy even know to go there, Bailey asks.

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Ariel gives us a weird look. I've heard Aunt Margaret

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telling Stuart's stories off the strickfield you website before he'd

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go to bed. If he really is out by that

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candy house, he probably heard that particular story from her.

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Carter and me look at each other. Then he says, okay,

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we'll head on out there. Ariel gives Carter a gentle smile.

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Are you sure? He gives her a gentle pat on

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her shoulder. He's your cousin, Ariel. Your mom put it

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on you to find him, so we'll help. At least

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Madeline and me will. Mona lashes out and shoves Carter

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a little and what are Bailey and me supposed to do?

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Just stay here? At one of your houses till you

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get back. You're not ditching us. Mona and me are

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coming too. With that being settled, I head to my

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house to take our movies inside. Then Mona quickly catches

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up with me. Could I could I get you to um?

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She hems and haws. I can tell she wants me

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to put her spell book from the nineteen fifty five

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Carnivosh Estate in the house. I hold my hands out

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for her to put the book in. Just let me

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know when you want it back, I tell her. Before

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I turn and head into the house. I put the

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videos in the living room and head upstairs to my room.

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After putting Mona's spell book in my desk, I decide

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it's a good time as any to talk to Mary

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Worth and head to the bathroom. Soon as I go in,

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I see her face glowin in the mirror. Anything you

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can tell me about what's going on? I ask. I'm

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afraid Carter Cross speaks the truth about the ham House, Madeleine,

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she says, I sigh, Can you tell me if Stuart

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Miron's really down there? Mary does me one better and

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actually shows me what happened after Ariel and me made

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our jail break. Stuart slipped out when his mom got

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into it with Adrian for not keeping her eye on him.

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It ain't like Stuart can't think for himself. With being

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four years old, he looked like a little carpenter with

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his t shirt and bib overalls. So he found a

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bag and went trick or treating. He was even stuffing

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himself full of candy he got along the way. Then

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he got with some other kids when one of em

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talked about the legend of the Candy House. Just the

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mention of more candy made Stuart go along with them.

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When the kids reached the house and saw it was real,

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they were too scared to go in. Not little Stuart miron.

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He walked right to the front door. Then Mary zooms

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the scene in for me so I can see the

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little guy goin in the house. When the woman appearing

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to be Eve Haim invites him in with a fresh

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caramel apple, aw man, I mutter, okay, Mary, I guess

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we gotta go get him. Be careful, Madeline. Mary advises

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me call upon me should you need my help. I

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leave the bathroom and go back downstairs. Before going back out,

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I open the refrigerator and grab SODA's for everybody. Ariel's

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especially grateful when she gets hers. When we finish our drinks,

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we hop back on the bikes and head to the

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southeast end of Strickfield. Carter and me can make our

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own shortcuts since we know how to ride our mongooses. Ariel, Mona,

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and Bailey are taking the roads and are going to

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meet up with us. It ain't long before we got

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to break fast. Whoa, Carter utters, Yeah, woe is right, buddy,

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I agree, the candy house really is here. Carter looks

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at me. I hate when these local legends are are real.

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You and me both. I look at Carter, So what

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you want to do? We both look at the house again.

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You know, Carter and me are scared. But okay, I

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guess we go in. He raises his finger, But let's

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wait for the others first. I smirk. Either way, we're

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gonna get it once we go in, Buddy, I point

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at him. Just make sure you tell Ariel you want

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to marryer before we go in, you know, in case

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we ain't never coming back out again. Carter titans his jaw.

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Why you little, I laugh. When he pulls me into

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a side headlock and gently rubs his knuckles on my noggin.

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Then he lets me go, why do you always gotta

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go there, Madeline? Before I can answer, the rest of

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our friends finally reach us. Even they ain't believe in

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the Haym's house is really here. This has been one

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heck of a Halloween. Mona says, yeah, no, duh. Bailey agrees.

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First there was that bridge and Abigail. Then we find

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that old carnival and go back to nineteen fifty five

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so you can find out you're really a carnivosh. Now

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we're about to go trick or treating again.

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In there.

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Ariel gets bold. Now we don't have a choice, you guys.

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If that little goober is in that house, we have

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to go inside and get him. You already know this

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little MOUSEI is definitely scared. At the same time, Carter

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and Me ain't gonna let Ariel go in there by yourself. Okay,

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we're doing this, then, Carter says, trying to keep it

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all together. The five of us ride near the front door.

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As soon as we get off the bikes, the door

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itself suddenly open up. Everybody gasps or cries out in fright,

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not me, my eyes went wide. Instead, Ariel growls and

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slaps my shoulder and again, you never get scared. I

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hate you mouse, she growls again. When she sees me

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laughing a little. What's so funny, she demands, I'm really

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laughing because Ariel's had so many chances to see me

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get scared, and never once has she ever seen it.

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I ain't telling her that though. It's just kind of funny.

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How our Halloween night ain't ending? I lie, Ariel sighs,

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You're not wrong. Hey, someone calls out from behind us,

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making everybody jump or scream. I almost gasp myself before

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seeing it's Richie Horton. What are you doing out here, buddy?

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We just dropped you off at your house? What gives?

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When Ariel sees I still ain't scared, she growls and

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points right at me. I will see you get scared, mouse,

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if it's the last thing I do. That just gets

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me laughing again. Ariel growls again, I hate you mouse.

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Then we listen to Richie. As soon as you guys left,

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Mom went all spaz on me. She grabbed me and

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kept wanting to know why I was gone For a

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whole year. I tried telling her about what happened with

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Abigail Tomlin, but she wouldn't believe me. He's looking at

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me now, Mom's saying it was you, Maddie. My eyes

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go wide. What you gotta be kidding me? Aw man,

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I can't wait to hear this. Horton tells us his

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mom's blaming the Madeline Donnerly gang for keeping him away

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from home for a whole year. Bailey mutters, Then she

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turns to me, and I always thought you were crazy mouse.

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I glance at Bailey and smirk. Maybe you'll be right

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after we finish here in this story, Richie finishes, I

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had to get away from mom, so I ran out here.

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I've come out before when Mom would get over protective

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and go spaz. She won't come out here since this

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is where the bikers live. Then he sees the house. Weird.

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I don't remember this house being here. Before he looks

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at us. Was this built over the last year? We

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all look at each other. Heck, we don't know what

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to tell Richie. Only problem is how are we gonna

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get him to go back home. We can't involve him

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with what we're about to do. When Carter and Me

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look eye to eye. I know we're gonna tell him,

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so Carter takes the lead. Why not? We know Richie's

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a believer after what happened to him and his two buddies. Now,

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Richie gulps, you mean he points at the house. This

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is another haunted house in Strickfield. Fraid So, buddy, I

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confirm you don't have to come in with us, Richie.

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Carter tells him call me Horton, he says, Chapman and

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Chunker both do. Then he sighs, I'll come with you.

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After all, you guys saved us earlier tonight, and we

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were there with you at the Carnivosh estate in nineteen

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fifty five, So what's one more haunted house? Suddenly everybody

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screams again. This time we're seeing a woman standing in

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the doorway with a tray of what's looking like fresh

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caramel apples. Better come and get your treats, kiddies. The

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ghost of Ava Haym tells us Halloween night won't last forever,

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you know. Then Ariel slaps my arm. Why won't you

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get scared?

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Just why?

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I guess Ariel ain't seeing how big my eyes are.

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Then I glance her way like I told you before,

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give me something to be scared about. Ariel grabs my

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shoulders and wants to shake me, but she just takes

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a deep breath. I hate you mouse. Then she lets

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me go. Carter walks up to Ava. Hame, listen, you

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ain't seen this little guy, have you. Then he shows

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the ghost what's probably a pick of Stuart Mirron. No,

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I take that back a video. Carter loves filming Ariel

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whenever she's out with Stuart. When something happens where Stuart

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gets mean on Ariel, Carter's somehow right there filming everything

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with his phone. Then he posts the videos, which gets

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Ariel real mad. I gulp quietly when I'm seeing Ava

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given Carter a weird smile. Then she backs up and

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disappears into the darkness behind her. Ariel was standing right

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next to me. Yep, She's had so many chances to

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see this little mouse. He get scared, but no luck, Carter. No.

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Ariel yells, reaching out for him when she sees he's

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gonna go inside. We all scream this time when Carter's

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suddenly pulled in. Ariel never sees me scream since she's

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moving away from me and toward the door. You'd have

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thought Ariel would have been paying attention. But then she

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gets pulled into the house herself, and you know what's worse,

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the rest of us end up going in after him. Boy,

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it sure is scary in here. We don't even got

454
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to turn around to know the front door is closed

455
00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:36.559
behind us here in that sudden slam said it all. Anyway,

456
00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:39.480
the best way I can talk about the inside of

457
00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:42.960
the Candy House, It's like we're in a creepy old

458
00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:47.719
house with this weird color lighting up everything, kind of

459
00:34:47.800 --> 00:34:51.719
like a horror movie with a color grade applied. Nothing

460
00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:54.800
looks like we're in a haunted house, but we know

461
00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:59.119
we are. It ain't long before we're catching up to Carter.

462
00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:04.360
Then he sees us. Man, I was gonna turn around

463
00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:05.960
and tell all of you not to come in here.

464
00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:12.320
Ariel growls and smacks Carter's arm. I hate you, Carter Cross.

465
00:35:12.719 --> 00:35:17.800
You just wait until until you just know. Mona and

466
00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:21.199
Bailey and me should have been laughing it up, especially

467
00:35:21.239 --> 00:35:24.760
when Carter and Ariel are holding each other. I think

468
00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:29.639
we're all too scared to be laughing. A loud bang

469
00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:38.320
brings them out of their trance. When Carter and Ariel

470
00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:43.360
realize they're holding each other. They quickly let go. Ariel's

471
00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:45.960
even looking at us girls to see if we're laughing.

472
00:35:46.639 --> 00:35:51.320
Now that is funny. She still growls and points at us.

473
00:35:52.199 --> 00:35:55.559
I hate you girls anyway. When she turns back to

474
00:35:55.639 --> 00:36:01.800
Carter and slaps his arm again. OW, it's your problem now, princess,

475
00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:07.199
Carter mutters, Aeriel points right in his face. You get

476
00:36:07.239 --> 00:36:11.320
a second one for getting us trapped in here? Trapped

477
00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:15.800
is right? Mona groans, we can forget about getting signal

478
00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:22.079
on our phones. She's right, Bailey agrees. Only Horton makes

479
00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:26.280
light of our situation. At least my SPA's mom won't

480
00:36:26.320 --> 00:36:29.880
find me in here. Bailey gives him a mad look

481
00:36:30.280 --> 00:36:34.679
and shoves him a little Oh listen to you. A

482
00:36:34.719 --> 00:36:39.280
sudden scream makes Horton jump right into Bailey's arms, just

483
00:36:39.320 --> 00:36:43.320
like when we were back in nineteen fifty five earlier tonight.

484
00:36:44.119 --> 00:36:48.440
I'm surprised Bailey can easily hold him. Then again, Horton

485
00:36:48.679 --> 00:36:53.559
is kind of a toothpick anyway. Bailey just glares at him.

486
00:36:54.239 --> 00:36:59.360
Are you serious right now? Horton gives her an apologetic smile,

487
00:36:59.800 --> 00:37:03.079
but before she sets him back on his feet, Carter

488
00:37:03.239 --> 00:37:11.239
tries the front door. Anyways, Yeah, we're stuck in here.

489
00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:17.480
Ariel tightens her fists and growls again, looks like she's

490
00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:21.760
gonna slap Carter's arm hard, but she don't. Then she

491
00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:25.920
smiles her wicked smile. You want to know how you're

492
00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:29.559
making this up to me, Carter Cross, You are going

493
00:37:29.599 --> 00:37:35.639
to be giving me lots of sodas she's looking scared again.

494
00:37:36.800 --> 00:37:40.320
If we get out of here. We get out of here,

495
00:37:40.639 --> 00:37:43.800
then you can use King Daddy's royal credit card and

496
00:37:43.880 --> 00:37:49.639
buy yourself a soda factory. Princess Carter cracks. Ariel's about

497
00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:52.280
ready to run at him, but I quickly get in

498
00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:56.519
between them both. Then I point at Carter, better quit

499
00:37:56.599 --> 00:38:00.280
tempting fate with Ariel, buddy. Now I talk to both

500
00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:03.519
of them, and we got more important things to worry

501
00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:08.679
about right now. They both back down, not before Ariel

502
00:38:08.760 --> 00:38:13.199
shoots him another quick mean look. Yeah, she's gonna get

503
00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:16.719
him the first chance she gets. Then I turned to

504
00:38:16.760 --> 00:38:21.320
the others. We might as well look around. Mona points

505
00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:26.360
at me. Don't even say let's split up, gang Hugh,

506
00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:30.880
wicked little rodent never even crossed my mind. I tell

507
00:38:30.920 --> 00:38:34.559
her we ain't got a choice. We gotta look around

508
00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:38.400
the house, Carter, I just said, we ain't got no

509
00:38:38.519 --> 00:38:43.199
phone service in here. Mona snaps, I know that, he

510
00:38:43.320 --> 00:38:47.039
tells her. I never closed my browser. I still got

511
00:38:47.039 --> 00:38:50.960
the Strickfield University web page about this place up. I'm

512
00:38:51.000 --> 00:38:55.159
just finishing reading it. After some seconds, he clicks off

513
00:38:55.199 --> 00:38:59.599
the screen. I hate to make matters worse, but we

514
00:38:59.679 --> 00:39:03.639
don't have unlimited time in here. We only got until

515
00:39:03.719 --> 00:39:07.719
three to find both Stuart and get ourselves out of here.

516
00:39:08.360 --> 00:39:13.599
When Halloween ends on the West Coast, Bailey remembers, anybody

517
00:39:13.679 --> 00:39:16.440
remember what time it was when we came in here.

518
00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:22.480
Horton looks at his watch. It's almost one point thirty now.

519
00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:28.360
Bailey quickly grabs his wrist and sees for herself. Then

520
00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:33.679
she tells us Horton's actually wearing a real watch. When

521
00:39:33.679 --> 00:39:36.039
she lets go of his arm, she gives him a

522
00:39:36.079 --> 00:39:40.960
dirty look. Who even does that anymore? Well, we gotta

523
00:39:41.079 --> 00:39:43.280
use it if we're gonna know when we gotta get

524
00:39:43.280 --> 00:39:46.480
out of here, I say, soon, we're in the one

525
00:39:46.559 --> 00:39:50.559
part of the house where there's different directions. You're gonna

526
00:39:50.599 --> 00:39:54.320
say it, ain't you? Mona demands, pushing me a little

527
00:39:55.159 --> 00:39:59.079
I ain't saying nothing. I tell her we can cover

528
00:39:59.159 --> 00:40:03.440
more ground if we split up. Carter says, Stuart could

529
00:40:03.480 --> 00:40:07.280
be anywhere in this big house. Also, I'm pretty sure

530
00:40:07.280 --> 00:40:11.360
I saw basement windows when we were outside. Now, Mona

531
00:40:11.480 --> 00:40:15.239
pushes Carter, it's because of you we're trapped in here.

532
00:40:16.119 --> 00:40:20.039
Carter turns to her, Hey, how else are we supposed

533
00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:23.079
to find Stuart? Call a service to go in and

534
00:40:23.119 --> 00:40:25.719
get him for us. Hugh knew we had to come

535
00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:30.000
in here, so back off. Mona gives Carter a mean look,

536
00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:35.840
what do you think, Madeline? Carter asks, I shrug. We

537
00:40:36.079 --> 00:40:40.559
can cover more rooms if we split up. We stay together.

538
00:40:40.760 --> 00:40:45.000
It's safety in numbers. Like you said, buddy, we're running

539
00:40:45.039 --> 00:40:47.360
out of time. I know we don't want to be

540
00:40:47.440 --> 00:40:51.079
spending the rest of our lives and here. That's for sure.

541
00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:54.760
We take a vote. Mona is the only one who

542
00:40:54.840 --> 00:40:57.679
don't want to split up. Guess I got a way

543
00:40:57.719 --> 00:41:01.840
of influencing people. Huh, there's six of us, so we

544
00:41:01.960 --> 00:41:07.559
split into twos. Carter and Aeriel obviously go together. Funny thing.

545
00:41:08.000 --> 00:41:12.400
She quickly grabs and holds Carter's hand. Princess and me

546
00:41:12.519 --> 00:41:17.159
can look around down here, Carter says. Bailey sighs and

547
00:41:17.239 --> 00:41:21.760
takes Horton's hand as they head upstairs. Oh man o,

548
00:41:22.000 --> 00:41:27.239
man o, man o, man o man, Horton groans. Bailey

549
00:41:27.320 --> 00:41:31.079
shoots him a mean look. You jump into my arms again,

550
00:41:31.400 --> 00:41:35.679
and I'll just leave you here, got it? That leaves

551
00:41:35.760 --> 00:41:41.039
Mona and me guess we're going downstairs, I say, She

552
00:41:41.199 --> 00:41:46.480
points right at me. I am not holding your little mouse, paw.

553
00:41:47.239 --> 00:41:50.639
I open the basement door and flip the switch. At

554
00:41:50.719 --> 00:41:53.800
least the lights are working, even if the light itself

555
00:41:53.880 --> 00:42:00.280
still makes things look creepy. I slowly start downstairs. I

556
00:42:00.320 --> 00:42:04.280
feel Mona following me. I think we're both expecting the

557
00:42:04.320 --> 00:42:08.679
basement door to just slam shut behind us and trap

558
00:42:08.760 --> 00:42:13.159
us in here. But so far, so good. There not

559
00:42:13.360 --> 00:42:17.760
that we're not already trapped. When we get to the bottom,

560
00:42:17.960 --> 00:42:21.199
we look around. You can tell things are dated in

561
00:42:21.280 --> 00:42:24.760
this house. Just looking at the washer and dryer and

562
00:42:24.840 --> 00:42:28.639
water heater, you just know they're from I don't know,

563
00:42:28.960 --> 00:42:34.239
maybe the nineteen seventies. Looking at Mona, she's got her

564
00:42:34.239 --> 00:42:39.760
eyes closed and breathing slowly. She's definitely showing she's scared.

565
00:42:40.760 --> 00:42:44.639
Then she digs into her pants and pulls out that

566
00:42:44.800 --> 00:42:48.159
big red gem that she got back at the Carnivosh

567
00:42:48.320 --> 00:42:53.320
estate in nineteen fifty five. After putting it on, she

568
00:42:53.480 --> 00:42:57.920
turns and sees me looking at her. What she demands,

569
00:42:58.559 --> 00:43:02.039
Then she points at me. Don't you dare judge me,

570
00:43:02.199 --> 00:43:07.239
you wicked little rodent. I shrug. I ain't saying nothing.

571
00:43:08.119 --> 00:43:11.840
You ready to look around down here? Mona softens up.

572
00:43:12.960 --> 00:43:17.480
I just feel safer wearing my new heirloom, that's all.

573
00:43:18.480 --> 00:43:24.599
She takes another breath. Okay, let's look around mouse. When

574
00:43:24.599 --> 00:43:29.280
I turn and start moving, Mona quickly grabs my little

575
00:43:29.400 --> 00:43:35.280
mouse paw. Yeah, she's big time scared. She keeps taking

576
00:43:35.360 --> 00:43:39.880
in breaths, trying to cope. Let's be honest, this little

577
00:43:39.920 --> 00:43:44.079
mousey's big time scared herself. I think the reason I

578
00:43:44.079 --> 00:43:47.199
don't lose my cool is because I just keep thinking.

579
00:43:48.199 --> 00:43:51.800
I think that's always been my coping mechanism. I ain't

580
00:43:51.840 --> 00:43:55.800
denying screaming when I get scared enough, I also admit

581
00:43:55.880 --> 00:43:59.440
I'm just as human as the next person. I think.

582
00:43:59.519 --> 00:44:01.960
At the same time time, I know we got a

583
00:44:02.039 --> 00:44:06.960
job to do here. Lately, Mary Worth, my ghostly friend,

584
00:44:07.360 --> 00:44:10.880
has been encouraging me more and more. I think it's

585
00:44:10.920 --> 00:44:13.480
because of Mary that I keep moving on when it

586
00:44:13.559 --> 00:44:19.159
comes to seeing these ghosts and stuff. Then I gasp

587
00:44:19.840 --> 00:44:28.639
as Mona turns to see what startled me. So you

588
00:44:28.840 --> 00:44:34.920
can get scared mouse, I shake Mona's hand. No, it's

589
00:44:34.960 --> 00:44:37.880
because you're putting the squeeze on me. Could you maybe

590
00:44:38.400 --> 00:44:43.199
let up a little bit? Sorry? Then my hand's feeling

591
00:44:43.400 --> 00:44:47.599
a lot better. After checking out a few rooms down here,

592
00:44:47.920 --> 00:44:50.519
we're about ready to turn around and go back up.

593
00:44:51.679 --> 00:44:58.559
Then I see something? What mouse, Mona asks? I point

594
00:44:58.599 --> 00:45:04.400
to it. Since when do floors have circular scrapes like this?

595
00:45:05.679 --> 00:45:09.480
Mona and me come to the same conclusion. She lets

596
00:45:09.480 --> 00:45:12.000
go of my hand and moves to the shelf to

597
00:45:12.119 --> 00:45:16.079
pull on it. When she's got it open, she turns

598
00:45:16.079 --> 00:45:20.320
to me. Good call, mouse. When she finds the light

599
00:45:20.400 --> 00:45:26.079
switch and turns it on, she gulps, no, bad call.

600
00:45:27.719 --> 00:45:31.760
What if this is some dungeon or something. I don't

601
00:45:31.760 --> 00:45:34.920
want to be stuck down here and never be able

602
00:45:34.960 --> 00:45:40.719
to eat Denoyer's grilled cheeseburgers ever again. You can stay here, Mona.

603
00:45:41.119 --> 00:45:44.800
I'll go check it out. I say, I'm going in.

604
00:45:44.840 --> 00:45:50.360
When Mona grabs my shoulders. No, wait, Mona takes my

605
00:45:50.480 --> 00:45:55.679
hand again. Then we go in together. Ironic, ain't it?

606
00:45:56.400 --> 00:46:00.760
This new room does look like a dungeon. There's empty

607
00:46:00.840 --> 00:46:07.039
cages on both sides. Hey, hey, this voice calls out,

608
00:46:07.360 --> 00:46:13.599
making Mona scream fast. She don't see me, gulpin, Who

609
00:46:13.800 --> 00:46:20.199
who's there? Mona calls back, yes, over here. The strange

610
00:46:20.280 --> 00:46:24.679
voice calls back. Mona and me move to it until

611
00:46:24.719 --> 00:46:28.079
we see this kid looking to be around our age,

612
00:46:28.559 --> 00:46:32.239
locked in one of the cells. Looking at his clothes.

613
00:46:32.320 --> 00:46:38.320
He's either wearing nineteen seventies fashion or it's his Halloween costume.

614
00:46:39.039 --> 00:46:43.519
Who can say. Anyway, he kind of looks like Vinnie

615
00:46:43.519 --> 00:46:48.280
Barberino from that show Welcome Back Cotter. I know because

616
00:46:48.320 --> 00:46:52.039
Grandma on Mom's side likes watching all them old shows.

617
00:46:52.719 --> 00:46:55.320
She's always got one on when the family goes and

618
00:46:55.440 --> 00:46:59.039
visits her. I just happened to see John Travolta and

619
00:46:59.159 --> 00:47:04.000
New the kids on his feet and holding the bars. Aw,

620
00:47:04.360 --> 00:47:07.440
you girls gotta get me out of here, He points

621
00:47:07.480 --> 00:47:10.880
to the far corner. Keyser right there, Come on, get

622
00:47:10.880 --> 00:47:13.960
me out of here before those those ghosts come back.

623
00:47:15.079 --> 00:47:17.960
Mona don't waste no time going and grabbing the keys.

624
00:47:18.719 --> 00:47:21.920
Problem is, Mona's gotta go through all of them to

625
00:47:22.000 --> 00:47:25.400
find the right key. Oh, come on, come on, open up.

626
00:47:26.599 --> 00:47:30.000
It's when the key finally turns his lock that we're

627
00:47:30.079 --> 00:47:33.639
all here and screaming. We look to see one of

628
00:47:33.639 --> 00:47:38.679
them ghosts at the secret entrance. It's the man Zachary,

629
00:47:39.519 --> 00:47:44.760
and he looks real mad. Get away from here, he

630
00:47:44.920 --> 00:47:48.119
roars in a voice that's sending shivers down this little

631
00:47:48.119 --> 00:47:53.559
mousey's spine. Don't stop, let me out, the guy cries.

632
00:47:54.440 --> 00:47:58.599
Mona finishes unlocking the cell. Then she opens the door.

633
00:47:59.480 --> 00:48:04.559
The guy quickly comes out. Only thing is, how are

634
00:48:04.559 --> 00:48:06.199
we gonna get past that ghost?

635
00:48:07.480 --> 00:48:08.239
Ah? Man?

636
00:48:09.840 --> 00:48:14.800
Mona slaps my shoulder like Ariel keeps saying, mouse, you

637
00:48:14.960 --> 00:48:19.119
never get scared. I wish I was like you. I

638
00:48:19.199 --> 00:48:22.679
actually got a smile at that, because it's very rare.

639
00:48:22.800 --> 00:48:27.639
Mona abels ever gives little old me a compliment. Taking

640
00:48:27.719 --> 00:48:30.920
a pretty big risk here. But I walk up to

641
00:48:31.000 --> 00:48:34.440
the ghost. I mean, what else are we gonna do?

642
00:48:35.239 --> 00:48:37.599
We ain't got no other way out of here except

643
00:48:37.599 --> 00:48:42.239
through Zachary Haym himself. Now I'm looking right at him.

644
00:48:43.239 --> 00:48:49.119
What's shaken? Ghost? I barely hear Mona saying you're crazy,

645
00:48:49.199 --> 00:48:56.000
mouse Zachary's face turns into this hideous skull with glowing eyes.

646
00:48:56.800 --> 00:49:01.079
Then he points right past me. You I'll never leave

647
00:49:01.199 --> 00:49:05.639
here with that boy. Being scared is definitely making me

648
00:49:05.719 --> 00:49:10.440
do some quick mouse thinking. I know Zachary Haym's a ghost,

649
00:49:10.519 --> 00:49:14.239
but I dropped my knees and quickly scurry in between

650
00:49:14.280 --> 00:49:18.239
the ghost's legs. When I see how pointless that was,

651
00:49:18.960 --> 00:49:23.119
I just get up and run away. Sure felt cold

652
00:49:23.239 --> 00:49:27.599
running through that ghost. When he turns around and sees

653
00:49:27.679 --> 00:49:32.840
me running, he bellows out all these loud groans and

654
00:49:32.960 --> 00:49:37.280
comes chasing me down. Problem here is I ain't the

655
00:49:37.360 --> 00:49:41.400
fastest runner in our group. Ariel would definitely give this

656
00:49:41.440 --> 00:49:44.920
ghost a run for his money. I think. I end

657
00:49:45.000 --> 00:49:47.880
up running around the basement stairway a couple of times

658
00:49:48.360 --> 00:49:52.480
before I'm doing some quick thinking again. I stop on

659
00:49:52.519 --> 00:49:56.239
the other side and wait for him to appear. He's

660
00:49:56.280 --> 00:50:02.159
looking right at me. Now, Good Mona, Good Mona and

661
00:50:02.199 --> 00:50:05.000
that guy are sneaking out and trying to make their

662
00:50:05.039 --> 00:50:08.400
way to the stairs. I give the ghost a smile

663
00:50:08.480 --> 00:50:13.400
and start dancing. Don't ask me what style, because I

664
00:50:13.440 --> 00:50:17.280
don't know and I don't care. The ghosts just looking

665
00:50:17.360 --> 00:50:20.280
at me like I lost my marbles. And you just

666
00:50:20.440 --> 00:50:24.000
know Mona's gonna tell Ariel and Bailey the first chance

667
00:50:24.079 --> 00:50:28.639
she gets. Ah Man, if cousin Aileen or Daisy may

668
00:50:28.719 --> 00:50:31.800
hear about this, I'm never gonna hear the end of it.

669
00:50:32.760 --> 00:50:36.079
I know I'm embarrassing myself, but I keep the ghost

670
00:50:36.199 --> 00:50:38.679
looking at me long enough for Mona and that guy

671
00:50:38.800 --> 00:50:42.119
to get upstairs. Know when I got a haul keister,

672
00:50:42.679 --> 00:50:45.840
I stop playing the dance and little mouse and run

673
00:50:45.880 --> 00:50:50.719
for the stairs. As I'm turning the corner, the ghost roars.

674
00:50:51.360 --> 00:50:54.559
Feels like a strong winds behind me because I almost

675
00:50:54.559 --> 00:50:57.639
get slammed up against the wall. I cry out and

676
00:50:57.719 --> 00:51:01.519
move to the stairs again. You, you meddling kids, have

677
00:51:01.719 --> 00:51:06.199
no idea what you've just done. That boy must never

678
00:51:06.679 --> 00:51:10.840
ever leave this house, and that means you won't be

679
00:51:11.000 --> 00:51:15.000
leaving this house either. I make like a little mousey

680
00:51:15.400 --> 00:51:18.320
and move up the stairs on all fours. When I

681
00:51:18.360 --> 00:51:21.519
reach the top, Mona's right there to help me out.

682
00:51:21.800 --> 00:51:25.559
When we're all here in Zachary roaring downstairs, I move

683
00:51:25.679 --> 00:51:29.559
to shut the door. Mona screams and the guy gasps.

684
00:51:29.719 --> 00:51:34.840
When the basement door explodes into splinters and kindling Mona

685
00:51:34.960 --> 00:51:44.840
never sees it, but my eyes are wide open. Without

686
00:51:44.920 --> 00:51:49.239
even thinking, we run in different directions. So much for

687
00:51:49.360 --> 00:51:52.760
us sticking together. Know when I messed up, and knowing

688
00:51:52.840 --> 00:51:56.400
I can't abandon Mona, I stop in my tracks again

689
00:51:56.960 --> 00:52:02.559
and turn around. Hey, ghosty, I call out. When Zachary

690
00:52:02.719 --> 00:52:07.079
turns and looks at me, I get another idea. I've

691
00:52:07.079 --> 00:52:11.400
been told I look like a little kid before. Grandma

692
00:52:11.480 --> 00:52:14.599
still thinks I am a little kid, might as well

693
00:52:14.639 --> 00:52:18.639
act like one, right. I put my thumbs in my ears,

694
00:52:18.960 --> 00:52:24.400
wiggle my fingers, and stick out my tongue. The ghost

695
00:52:24.519 --> 00:52:29.159
roars and floats after me for some mouse chasing. Since

696
00:52:29.199 --> 00:52:31.760
I can't go right out one of them doors, I

697
00:52:31.880 --> 00:52:36.760
quickly haul my keyster upstairs again using all fours. I

698
00:52:36.800 --> 00:52:40.599
don't even look and just turn right. That's when I'm

699
00:52:40.639 --> 00:52:45.079
seeing plenty of doors here in the hallway and decide

700
00:52:45.119 --> 00:52:48.880
to have some fun, just like I did with Stuart

701
00:52:49.000 --> 00:52:54.039
Jeeves back in nineteen fifty five long story. I turn

702
00:52:54.119 --> 00:52:56.760
around and see the ghost at the top of the stairs.

703
00:52:57.400 --> 00:53:02.039
After giving him another I open the door to my

704
00:53:02.159 --> 00:53:05.320
right and pull it shut to see I'm in a

705
00:53:05.400 --> 00:53:10.719
dark closet. It ain't long before Zachary's right outside because

706
00:53:10.760 --> 00:53:15.000
I can see that eerie glow coming underneath the door.

707
00:53:16.360 --> 00:53:20.800
When the ghost opens it, eh, I saw you come

708
00:53:20.840 --> 00:53:26.840
in right here, little girl, he groans. Then I open

709
00:53:26.920 --> 00:53:30.119
the door behind him. Jee tchi je tu tu tu

710
00:53:30.199 --> 00:53:35.320
chu jip. The ghost roars and turns around. I quickly

711
00:53:35.360 --> 00:53:39.360
pull the door shut. He opens the door that goes

712
00:53:39.440 --> 00:53:43.159
into the bedroom. I'm sure he's looking all over for me,

713
00:53:43.280 --> 00:53:46.719
but I ain't nowhere in the room now. When he

714
00:53:46.760 --> 00:53:50.199
comes back out into the hall, he's yelling to know

715
00:53:50.280 --> 00:53:53.440
where I am. I open the door at the end

716
00:53:53.519 --> 00:53:58.360
of the hall, right here, buddy. When the ghost turns around,

717
00:53:58.840 --> 00:54:02.840
I'm smiling, and wait when he starts floating after me,

718
00:54:03.599 --> 00:54:07.000
I pull the door shut. He opens it to reveal

719
00:54:07.119 --> 00:54:12.000
a bathroom, but he ain't seeing me in it. I

720
00:54:12.079 --> 00:54:14.840
know he's gonna check the pantry with the laundry chute

721
00:54:14.840 --> 00:54:18.920
in it, which is one of two possible places I

722
00:54:18.960 --> 00:54:23.159
could hide at least after He's also pulling the shower

723
00:54:23.239 --> 00:54:28.400
curtain at the bathtub aside. Zachary comes back out into

724
00:54:28.400 --> 00:54:33.800
the hall. You can play your games all you want, Mortal,

725
00:54:34.519 --> 00:54:39.199
but I'll find you. There's only so far you can run.

726
00:54:40.239 --> 00:54:45.639
You can't leave this house, and most certainly not after

727
00:54:45.840 --> 00:54:50.360
three am. When I see him turning back to the pantry,

728
00:54:50.960 --> 00:54:54.000
I laugh to myself when he's opening the laundry chute.

729
00:54:54.719 --> 00:54:58.000
Come on, really, I know I'm small and thin, but

730
00:54:58.519 --> 00:55:01.840
even I can't fit down the sho shoot. I open

731
00:55:01.920 --> 00:55:06.000
one of the sink's doors and slip out. I shriek

732
00:55:06.119 --> 00:55:09.360
when the ghost is suddenly right there to scare me.

733
00:55:10.280 --> 00:55:13.440
I quickly run out of the bathroom, pulling the door

734
00:55:13.519 --> 00:55:17.480
shut behind me. Yeah, like that's gonna stop a ghost.

735
00:55:18.760 --> 00:55:22.599
Instead of floating through the door, he levels it before

736
00:55:22.639 --> 00:55:26.599
coming out. Then he sees me going into another door

737
00:55:26.679 --> 00:55:31.440
and pulling it shut. I've got you, now, you little rascal,

738
00:55:32.320 --> 00:55:37.239
Zachary growls with delight when he opens the door. I

739
00:55:37.400 --> 00:55:41.199
exit at the little closet door by the stairs. While

740
00:55:41.320 --> 00:55:45.280
Zachary's yelling things, this little mouse he ain't gonna repeat here.

741
00:55:45.960 --> 00:55:50.119
I pull myself up onto the railing and slide down, quickly,

742
00:55:50.199 --> 00:55:54.920
put in distance between me and Zachary. Unlike Stuart Jeeves

743
00:55:54.920 --> 00:56:00.360
back in fifty five, Zachary's still opening doors upstairs trying

744
00:56:00.440 --> 00:56:03.280
to find me. When I hit the bottom of the railing,

745
00:56:03.559 --> 00:56:08.119
I stop myself and slowly drop off. Definitely don't want

746
00:56:08.159 --> 00:56:10.480
to take the chance Ariel might be there for me

747
00:56:10.559 --> 00:56:14.320
to fly into. When I'm on the floor, I turn

748
00:56:14.440 --> 00:56:18.679
and tippy toe out of there. I'm trying to be quiet,

749
00:56:18.719 --> 00:56:21.679
like a little mousie when I'm walking around down here.

750
00:56:22.679 --> 00:56:25.199
It ain't long before a hand grabs hold of me

751
00:56:25.800 --> 00:56:29.559
and pulls me into another room. I know it ain't

752
00:56:29.599 --> 00:56:35.199
no ghost because the hand is familiar. You, okay, Madeline

753
00:56:35.800 --> 00:56:40.039
Carter asks. He pulled me into the kitchen where the

754
00:56:40.079 --> 00:56:43.679
others are. Looks like Mona and the guy we jail

755
00:56:43.719 --> 00:56:48.039
broke made it back to the others too. Yeah, just

756
00:56:48.280 --> 00:56:52.239
running from a ghost. I tell him. Guess you didn't

757
00:56:52.320 --> 00:56:57.960
happen to find a way out, he mutters. I sigh, Yeah,

758
00:56:58.079 --> 00:57:01.320
I wish you know. I didn't fly off of the

759
00:57:01.360 --> 00:57:04.440
stairway railing and land on Ariel like back at the

760
00:57:04.599 --> 00:57:08.960
Carnivosha State in fifty five. But she's still real mad.

761
00:57:09.519 --> 00:57:14.320
She tightens her fists and growls. Then she yells, where

762
00:57:14.360 --> 00:57:18.559
are you, you, little goober? It's going to take forever

763
00:57:18.639 --> 00:57:23.199
to find Stuart Bailey complains, this is a big house.

764
00:57:24.400 --> 00:57:29.159
Then Ariel looks at Mona and me. You two didn't

765
00:57:29.280 --> 00:57:33.880
see that goober downstairs, did you? Mona and me both

766
00:57:33.920 --> 00:57:39.199
shake our heads. Then Mona says, wasn't really anywhere that

767
00:57:39.239 --> 00:57:43.280
little stinker could hide down there. Mousel backed me up

768
00:57:43.320 --> 00:57:48.079
on that one. She's right, I agree. Then we tell

769
00:57:48.119 --> 00:57:52.400
everybody what all we found down there. Carter points to

770
00:57:52.440 --> 00:57:58.280
the kid, Are you Jason Miron? Didn't you disappear in

771
00:57:58.440 --> 00:58:02.679
this house back in the nineteen seventies? Jason gives him

772
00:58:02.719 --> 00:58:06.960
a weird smile. Seems like I've been in this house forever.

773
00:58:09.239 --> 00:58:21.239
It is still nineteen seventy eight, right, we're all looking

774
00:58:21.280 --> 00:58:25.360
at each other now than Ariel and Carter both shake

775
00:58:25.400 --> 00:58:30.559
their heads slowly. She tells him the current year. Boy,

776
00:58:31.239 --> 00:58:35.440
you should have seen the look on his face. You're serious,

777
00:58:36.159 --> 00:58:40.599
Jason gowks. Then he's sneering and pointing at all of us.

778
00:58:41.880 --> 00:58:44.360
And how do I know you ain't lying? I mean,

779
00:58:44.960 --> 00:58:48.039
look at the clothes you're wearing. Those are easily nineteen

780
00:58:48.159 --> 00:58:52.440
fifties fashions. I know because my parents were still wearing

781
00:58:52.440 --> 00:58:56.480
them the night I came. Trick or treating here, we're

782
00:58:56.480 --> 00:59:00.480
out trick or treating ourselves. Bailey quickly answers, for us.

783
00:59:01.440 --> 00:59:05.400
We went as people from the nineteen fifties. We ain't

784
00:59:05.440 --> 00:59:08.960
sure whether Jason believes us or not, but that's the

785
00:59:09.079 --> 00:59:12.960
story we're sticking with. We've got to find our way

786
00:59:13.000 --> 00:59:17.039
out of here, Horton says, looking at his watch, we're

787
00:59:17.119 --> 00:59:21.679
losing minutes. We ain't getting out of here. Jason mutters,

788
00:59:22.519 --> 00:59:24.639
you know how many times I've broken out of my

789
00:59:24.760 --> 00:59:30.320
cell downstairs and tried to escape. Those ghosts keep finding

790
00:59:30.360 --> 00:59:34.320
me and putting me back downstairs. If they find us again,

791
00:59:35.119 --> 00:59:39.360
they'll lock all of you up downstairs too. He sighs.

792
00:59:40.679 --> 00:59:42.840
Looks like you guys are going to be living in

793
00:59:42.920 --> 00:59:47.639
this house with me for the long haul. Bailey throws

794
00:59:47.679 --> 00:59:51.320
her arms up. You act like you want to stay here,

795
00:59:52.360 --> 00:59:57.280
Jason shrugs. It ain't like we're being tortured or put

796
00:59:57.320 --> 01:00:01.199
to work. You learn to live on caramel apples and

797
01:00:01.519 --> 01:00:05.880
Halloween candy and soda pop, but at least you ain't starving.

798
01:00:07.039 --> 01:00:10.519
Ariel points at him. We are getting out of here.

799
01:00:11.159 --> 01:00:17.320
You just wait. Yeah, I definitely gotta trust Ariel. Usually,

800
01:00:17.360 --> 01:00:20.760
when she says her favorite phrase, she makes good on

801
01:00:20.800 --> 01:00:24.760
whatever it is you're gonna wait for. Suddenly, a cupboard

802
01:00:24.800 --> 01:00:30.280
door slams open nearby, and this little carpenter comes out,

803
01:00:30.519 --> 01:00:34.360
making us jump and shriek. All I did was open

804
01:00:34.400 --> 01:00:38.760
my eyes wide. Ariel growls and points at the little guy.

805
01:00:39.599 --> 01:00:42.840
I can't believe you came and hear you, little, you,

806
01:00:43.079 --> 01:00:49.480
little goober. Stuart gives Ariel a mean look, then he

807
01:00:49.599 --> 01:00:53.119
roars and leaps right down at her. Carter catches the

808
01:00:53.159 --> 01:00:55.920
little guy before he can land and take Ariel to

809
01:00:55.960 --> 01:00:59.519
the floor. When he puts Stuart down, the little guy

810
01:00:59.559 --> 01:01:03.079
turns to him and kicks him in the shin. Hey,

811
01:01:03.920 --> 01:01:09.119
Carter growls, you little Ariel gets in between him. No,

812
01:01:09.239 --> 01:01:13.440
you don't, Carter cross. If anybody's giving this little goober

813
01:01:13.599 --> 01:01:18.159
his just deserts, it's going to be me. Then she

814
01:01:18.320 --> 01:01:24.119
snatches Stuart to him, and now, you, little goober. When

815
01:01:24.159 --> 01:01:28.119
Ariel grabs Stuart's arm, the little guy quickly grabs her

816
01:01:28.119 --> 01:01:34.440
wrist and bites her ow. Then Ariel snatches him again

817
01:01:34.840 --> 01:01:38.360
as he tries running away. She brings him to her

818
01:01:38.639 --> 01:01:41.920
as she sits down at the table. I may not

819
01:01:42.039 --> 01:01:44.199
be your mom, but I am going to give you

820
01:01:44.280 --> 01:01:47.880
a good spanking. I don't think any of us ever

821
01:01:47.960 --> 01:01:51.519
heard little Stuart mir and talk. I know. The most

822
01:01:51.599 --> 01:01:55.119
I ever heard him do was just roar, like just now,

823
01:01:55.800 --> 01:01:58.760
which is what Stuart's doing when Ariel's trying to hold

824
01:01:58.840 --> 01:02:04.039
him in place. But Ariel underestimated Stuart again when he

825
01:02:04.119 --> 01:02:07.880
turns his head enough to bite Ariel's wrist. When she

826
01:02:08.000 --> 01:02:12.119
cries out, he escapes. That's when I grab him and

827
01:02:12.239 --> 01:02:15.360
turn him to look at me. Hey, come on, little guy,

828
01:02:15.679 --> 01:02:19.400
I tell him, why you gotta be so mean? I'm

829
01:02:19.440 --> 01:02:23.320
wondering if Stuart's gonna try bitin me now. Then he

830
01:02:23.440 --> 01:02:28.239
points to something in my vest pocket. Oh you want

831
01:02:28.239 --> 01:02:33.079
my candy bar, I ask. Stuart nods quickly. I give

832
01:02:33.119 --> 01:02:36.639
it to him without thinking twice about it. Funny thing.

833
01:02:37.480 --> 01:02:40.679
I enjoy trick or treating, but I ain't really a

834
01:02:40.760 --> 01:02:41.559
candy person.

835
01:02:42.480 --> 01:02:42.679
Yeah.

836
01:02:42.679 --> 01:02:45.000
I might eat a few pieces once in a while,

837
01:02:45.039 --> 01:02:48.280
but I actually give all my candy to Mom and Dad.

838
01:02:49.039 --> 01:02:52.360
I know they enjoy it more than me. Also, I

839
01:02:52.400 --> 01:02:54.440
know Mom will put it out with the food when

840
01:02:54.480 --> 01:02:59.280
she's having her art gallery presentations. After Stuart finishes the

841
01:02:59.360 --> 01:03:03.320
candy bar, he's real happy. Now, Believe it or not,

842
01:03:03.639 --> 01:03:07.039
this would be the beginning of a beautiful friendship between

843
01:03:07.119 --> 01:03:10.840
me and the little guy. Then I tell him you

844
01:03:10.880 --> 01:03:15.559
want more candy, Well, you gotta behave okay. Stuart nods quickly.

845
01:03:16.320 --> 01:03:19.519
Then Ariel gives me this weird look like she's asking

846
01:03:19.599 --> 01:03:24.320
what makes me so special? Then I get an idea.

847
01:03:25.440 --> 01:03:27.639
I don't suppose you know how we can get out

848
01:03:27.679 --> 01:03:32.920
of here, do you, Stuart? Stuart shrugs. He's probably been

849
01:03:32.920 --> 01:03:35.920
playing around in this house so much he never thought

850
01:03:35.960 --> 01:03:40.000
about getting out of here. But Ariel ain't giving up

851
01:03:40.079 --> 01:03:44.800
so easily. She turns Stuart around to face her. You

852
01:03:44.920 --> 01:03:49.199
got us into this mess, you rotten goober. If you

853
01:03:49.320 --> 01:03:53.199
know how to Stuart stops Ariel by kicking her in

854
01:03:53.320 --> 01:03:59.039
the shin. Now Ariel's hoppin' mad. Okay, that is it.

855
01:03:59.280 --> 01:04:02.760
I've had it with you, Stuart. At first, I'm wondering

856
01:04:02.800 --> 01:04:06.440
if she's gonna try spanking him again, but she gives

857
01:04:06.519 --> 01:04:10.000
him her wicked smile. When we get out of here,

858
01:04:10.280 --> 01:04:13.840
we're gonna leave you behind and tell Aunt Margaret we

859
01:04:14.079 --> 01:04:17.719
just couldn't find you. That means I'll be free of

860
01:04:17.800 --> 01:04:22.320
you forever. She lowers herself to look Stuart in the face.

861
01:04:23.199 --> 01:04:26.000
So go ahead and kick my shins all you want.

862
01:04:26.960 --> 01:04:31.519
I just don't care anymore. Stuart, tightens his little fists

863
01:04:31.840 --> 01:04:35.559
and runs at Ariel. I come in between them. We

864
01:04:35.599 --> 01:04:39.199
ain't got time for this. When they're both looking my way,

865
01:04:39.280 --> 01:04:43.360
I tell them we ain't got time period. Three in

866
01:04:43.440 --> 01:04:46.159
the morning's gonna be here before we know it. If

867
01:04:46.159 --> 01:04:50.079
we don't get out of here by then, well we

868
01:04:50.119 --> 01:04:54.400
ain't getting out of here. Get the idea. I think

869
01:04:54.440 --> 01:04:57.719
I'm speaking for everybody here when I'm saying I know

870
01:04:57.880 --> 01:05:01.599
I don't want to be in this house for I

871
01:05:01.639 --> 01:05:05.400
look at Stuart. Now, come on, little guy, if you

872
01:05:05.519 --> 01:05:07.880
do know a way out of here, could you tell

873
01:05:08.000 --> 01:05:11.000
us there's more candy in it for you? If you do.

874
01:05:11.920 --> 01:05:17.840
Stuart points to a nearby door. Aeriel moves and tries it. Nothing.

875
01:05:18.599 --> 01:05:22.239
The other doors leading out probably won't open either. You

876
01:05:22.360 --> 01:05:27.199
think I didn't try that already, Jason snapped, These doors

877
01:05:27.239 --> 01:05:31.199
are sealed tight. We ain't getting out of here. We're

878
01:05:31.280 --> 01:05:36.639
stuck in here forever. I point at him. Maybe you

879
01:05:36.800 --> 01:05:39.840
gave up, buddy, but I know I want to go home.

880
01:05:40.880 --> 01:05:44.320
The others are quick to agree with me. It ain't

881
01:05:44.360 --> 01:05:48.719
long before the haunting keeps going. We're hearing ghostly groans

882
01:05:48.760 --> 01:05:53.039
and they're getting closer. It ain't gonna be long before

883
01:05:53.079 --> 01:05:57.280
those two ghosts find us again. Problem here is, we

884
01:05:57.320 --> 01:05:59.639
ain't gonna be able to keep running around and here,

885
01:05:59.760 --> 01:06:04.320
since there's only so many places we can go. Then

886
01:06:04.559 --> 01:06:07.800
I realize I could have got answers from my other

887
01:06:07.880 --> 01:06:11.440
friend who ain't here with us at the moment. Soon

888
01:06:11.519 --> 01:06:14.559
as them ghosts show up, everybody gets all scared and

889
01:06:14.639 --> 01:06:19.000
runs in different directions again. Now them ghosts are looking

890
01:06:19.079 --> 01:06:22.239
right at me. I think Ariel must have picked up

891
01:06:22.280 --> 01:06:25.760
Steward and took him with her, because I ain't seeing

892
01:06:25.840 --> 01:06:29.960
him here. I give the ghosts a little smile as

893
01:06:30.000 --> 01:06:36.960
I wave my little fingers. U Hi. When I drop

894
01:06:37.039 --> 01:06:39.880
my hand, I feel the knob of a cupboard behind me.

895
01:06:40.719 --> 01:06:44.039
Time to be a little mousey again. I quickly drop

896
01:06:44.159 --> 01:06:48.159
open the door and get inside. You're not pulling that

897
01:06:48.280 --> 01:06:53.519
trick on me again, little girl, I'm hearing Zachary say.

898
01:06:54.440 --> 01:06:56.719
As I hear him open up the other cabinets to

899
01:06:56.800 --> 01:07:00.400
try and anticipate where I'm likely to pop out. I

900
01:07:00.440 --> 01:07:03.360
open up the cabinet door where I got into and

901
01:07:03.480 --> 01:07:07.559
get the heck out of dodge such a wicked, wicked

902
01:07:07.599 --> 01:07:15.079
little girl, Ava growls behind me. Feet don't fail me now, seriously,

903
01:07:15.519 --> 01:07:18.320
if my besties are gonna call me mouse, I should

904
01:07:18.320 --> 01:07:22.039
be able to move just like one. Finally, I move

905
01:07:22.079 --> 01:07:24.960
into a hallway and quickly slip off to the side.

906
01:07:25.880 --> 01:07:29.920
Soon Ava floats right past me and don't even see me.

907
01:07:30.960 --> 01:07:35.559
And that's when I feel my mousey sense my tummy

908
01:07:35.880 --> 01:07:39.239
talkin' to me. I don't know, I'm just getting the

909
01:07:39.280 --> 01:07:43.039
feeling something ain't right when it comes to them ghosts.

910
01:07:44.400 --> 01:07:47.239
When I know it's safe, I tipy toe out of

911
01:07:47.280 --> 01:07:51.400
my hiding place and move to the nearby door. To

912
01:07:51.480 --> 01:07:56.440
my surprise, it opens. It takes a minute for my

913
01:07:56.519 --> 01:08:00.159
eyes to adjust, but I'm seeing now. I'm I'm in

914
01:08:00.239 --> 01:08:04.320
a garage. There's a couple of cars in here. Then

915
01:08:04.360 --> 01:08:10.079
I get an idea and open the driver's side door. Drat,

916
01:08:10.519 --> 01:08:13.960
no keys. I move to the other car and don't

917
01:08:13.960 --> 01:08:17.039
find him in that one either. I was wanting to

918
01:08:17.079 --> 01:08:21.279
try and drive a car again, like earlier tonight, I'm

919
01:08:21.319 --> 01:08:23.880
about to move to find a safe hiding spot so

920
01:08:23.960 --> 01:08:28.000
i can talk to Mary Worth when I'm suddenly shrieking

921
01:08:28.079 --> 01:08:32.319
as the garage door is opening up. There's nowhere to run.

922
01:08:32.359 --> 01:08:45.239
When two hands grab hold of me and pull me outside.

923
01:08:45.560 --> 01:08:50.039
You I ask not believe in what I'm seeing. What

924
01:08:50.119 --> 01:08:52.880
are you doing all the way out here, Maddie, Bill

925
01:08:52.960 --> 01:08:57.880
Chapman's asking me the other guy, Brian Chunk glances at

926
01:08:57.920 --> 01:09:02.640
Bill and lightly smacks his shoulder. Hey, if Maddie's out here,

927
01:09:02.760 --> 01:09:05.880
then you know the others are too. Chapman gives a

928
01:09:05.920 --> 01:09:10.640
quick nod and asks me, is Horton with you guys? Yeah?

929
01:09:10.760 --> 01:09:14.399
In the house, I tell him. Chunker explains that Horton's

930
01:09:14.439 --> 01:09:18.600
crazy mom called their houses after he ran off. Even

931
01:09:18.640 --> 01:09:21.720
though Chapman and Chunker's parents didn't want them going off

932
01:09:21.800 --> 01:09:24.720
after they just got their kids back from being gone

933
01:09:24.800 --> 01:09:27.880
for a whole year. They let him head out so

934
01:09:27.920 --> 01:09:31.279
they could go look for Horton. But how'd you guys

935
01:09:31.359 --> 01:09:35.359
know Horton was here? I ask? Horton always comes out

936
01:09:35.399 --> 01:09:37.960
here when he's got to get away from his spaz mom.

937
01:09:38.479 --> 01:09:41.760
Chapman says he knows she won't come out here with

938
01:09:41.840 --> 01:09:45.520
the bikers not living too far away. This is where

939
01:09:45.520 --> 01:09:48.520
we used to have our old clubhouse, back before Chunker's

940
01:09:48.600 --> 01:09:51.840
dad gave us his old tool shed. What is this

941
01:09:52.000 --> 01:09:56.199
place anyway, Chunker asks, I ain't never seen this house

942
01:09:56.239 --> 01:10:01.079
here before. It's the Candy House. Chunker. Chapman tells him

943
01:10:01.560 --> 01:10:05.800
it's gotta be Dad always talks about this place around Halloween.

944
01:10:06.880 --> 01:10:10.960
You found it, I assure him. Seeing Chapman and chunkers

945
01:10:11.000 --> 01:10:14.159
making me do some more thinking here, I point to

946
01:10:14.199 --> 01:10:17.319
the guys. How'd you get that garage door to open?

947
01:10:18.279 --> 01:10:22.159
I just opened it. Chapman tells me, you guys didn't

948
01:10:22.199 --> 01:10:25.600
have to break in or nothing. I ask, give me

949
01:10:25.680 --> 01:10:29.840
a break, Maddie. Chapman scoffs, we ain't vandals. The door

950
01:10:30.000 --> 01:10:33.680
just opened when I tried lifting it. We weren't expecting

951
01:10:33.720 --> 01:10:38.119
to see you behind it, though. Chunker ads, just to

952
01:10:38.159 --> 01:10:40.840
be sure. I reach out and touch both of them.

953
01:10:41.800 --> 01:10:45.560
They're real sure enough. I ain't seeing things and they

954
01:10:45.600 --> 01:10:51.119
ain't ghosts. I really am back outside, and I'm thinking,

955
01:10:51.359 --> 01:10:55.079
I know what's going on here now. I turned back

956
01:10:55.119 --> 01:10:58.239
to the open garage. I gotta go back in and

957
01:10:58.279 --> 01:11:02.840
get the others. Guys, we'll go in with you, Chunker says.

958
01:11:03.239 --> 01:11:05.520
I turned back and raise my hand to stop him.

959
01:11:06.279 --> 01:11:09.079
You two gotta stay out here. If you come in

960
01:11:09.119 --> 01:11:12.159
with me, you might not come back out. Hold it,

961
01:11:12.479 --> 01:11:16.159
Chapman says. If you were in there, then how were

962
01:11:16.199 --> 01:11:19.279
you able to come back out again. My old man said,

963
01:11:19.279 --> 01:11:21.680
if you get trapped in there and don't get out

964
01:11:21.680 --> 01:11:27.359
by he checks his smart watch. Fifteen minutes, this house

965
01:11:27.560 --> 01:11:31.920
disappears for another year. Anybody who's in there's gone too.

966
01:11:33.000 --> 01:11:35.359
I quickly tell the guys what I think I know

967
01:11:35.479 --> 01:11:38.159
about this house and why I don't want him going

968
01:11:38.239 --> 01:11:41.520
in with me. Chapman and Chunker look at each other,

969
01:11:42.319 --> 01:11:45.520
then they look back at me. Chunker and me are

970
01:11:45.560 --> 01:11:49.560
coming in with you. Chapman says, Horton's been our buddy

971
01:11:49.640 --> 01:11:52.720
since we was pups. We ain't gonna leave him behind.

972
01:11:53.279 --> 01:11:55.880
It was Horton's idea for us to go back into

973
01:11:55.880 --> 01:11:59.159
the village cemetery to keep Abigail Tomlin from taking a

974
01:11:59.159 --> 01:12:02.319
bunch of kids back to the afterlife with her last Halloween.

975
01:12:03.359 --> 01:12:07.560
We couldn't let Horton go alone, Chunker ads, so we

976
01:12:07.600 --> 01:12:10.680
went back into the cemetery with him. You know what

977
01:12:10.800 --> 01:12:14.279
happened from there. We know you and your friends rescued

978
01:12:14.359 --> 01:12:17.560
us earlier tonight, but we're not leaving Horton in there.

979
01:12:18.479 --> 01:12:22.880
I hope you can understand that. I sigh, I know

980
01:12:22.960 --> 01:12:26.079
what you mean. I do the same for my friends too.

981
01:12:26.720 --> 01:12:28.680
I know Carter Cross would do the same for me

982
01:12:28.840 --> 01:12:34.600
for sure. Okay, come on, then we're losing time. We

983
01:12:34.760 --> 01:12:37.800
go back into the house through the garage when we

984
01:12:37.880 --> 01:12:41.560
see them ghosts floating and moving up and down, probably

985
01:12:41.720 --> 01:12:45.079
still looking for me. I talked Chapman and Chunker through

986
01:12:45.119 --> 01:12:48.880
getting around him and know I'm right about what's going on.

987
01:12:50.000 --> 01:12:53.279
The three of us find the others upstairs and hiding

988
01:12:53.399 --> 01:12:56.039
all the way up in the attic. The others are

989
01:12:56.079 --> 01:13:00.479
surprised at seeing chap and Chunk, especially Horton. I can't

990
01:13:00.520 --> 01:13:02.640
believe you guys tracked me all the way out here.

991
01:13:03.159 --> 01:13:06.920
Horton squeaks. It was either that or your mom would

992
01:13:06.920 --> 01:13:10.520
be haunting us every day from now on. Chunker tells

993
01:13:10.600 --> 01:13:14.600
him time to work on my plan. Come on, everybody,

994
01:13:15.039 --> 01:13:17.319
I found the way out of here. We gotta go

995
01:13:17.399 --> 01:13:21.000
back downstairs to get out. The others are all happy

996
01:13:21.039 --> 01:13:25.239
here and that except Jason. I couldn't help seeing the

997
01:13:25.239 --> 01:13:28.439
look of surprise on his face, and I don't mean

998
01:13:28.520 --> 01:13:32.560
a pleasant surprise. Soon as we're coming out of the attic,

999
01:13:33.399 --> 01:13:38.239
surprise surprise. Them ghosts are miraculously right there. Then I

1000
01:13:38.319 --> 01:13:41.239
come out and start playing the dancing little Mousie again.

1001
01:13:41.920 --> 01:13:45.600
I even get Mona laughing. When I'm making these singing

1002
01:13:45.760 --> 01:13:49.079
mousey sounds. Them ghosts are looking at me like I'm

1003
01:13:49.119 --> 01:13:53.880
some kind of nut. Bailey turns my way. Are you serious?

1004
01:13:53.960 --> 01:13:57.600
Right now? Bailey and Horton gotta make Mona come with him,

1005
01:13:57.840 --> 01:13:59.760
and Chapman and Chunker are leading them to the way

1006
01:13:59.760 --> 01:14:03.520
out out. Yeah, they know my plan. They even knew

1007
01:14:03.560 --> 01:14:06.800
not to say nothing to Jason Miran about it. I

1008
01:14:06.920 --> 01:14:10.840
keep dancing around and around and making my little singing

1009
01:14:10.960 --> 01:14:14.640
mouse voices. I'm half wondering if a cane is gonna

1010
01:14:14.640 --> 01:14:16.920
come out of the side somewhere and yank me away

1011
01:14:17.560 --> 01:14:21.560
like a cartoon character being yanked off of the stage. Nope,

1012
01:14:21.600 --> 01:14:25.920
I'm still playing the dancing and singing little mousey. Oh man,

1013
01:14:26.600 --> 01:14:28.439
I ain't never gonna hear the end of this one.

1014
01:14:29.520 --> 01:14:33.239
Of course, I gotta get out of here myself first. Still,

1015
01:14:33.600 --> 01:14:37.159
even after everything I'm doing, those ghosts still ain't making

1016
01:14:37.239 --> 01:14:40.760
any attempt to touch me. I remember passing right through

1017
01:14:40.880 --> 01:14:45.239
Zachary and feeling cold for a little bit. I could

1018
01:14:45.239 --> 01:14:48.119
probably do it again, but I want them to try

1019
01:14:48.159 --> 01:14:51.760
touching me themselves. It ain't long before I stop with

1020
01:14:51.840 --> 01:14:55.560
my act and run away. Them ghosts are chasing me

1021
01:14:55.640 --> 01:14:59.000
around again. I'm keeping him up on the second floor

1022
01:14:59.039 --> 01:15:02.039
with me. Gotta give everybody enough time to get out

1023
01:15:02.079 --> 01:15:05.159
of here. I'm about ready to move into a door

1024
01:15:05.239 --> 01:15:07.520
and do my Now you see me, Now, you don't

1025
01:15:07.520 --> 01:15:12.119
trick again. I stop when I see Jason Mirn just

1026
01:15:12.199 --> 01:15:15.439
at the top of the stairs. Now he knows I'm

1027
01:15:15.479 --> 01:15:18.439
looking right at him. That's when he comes away from

1028
01:15:18.479 --> 01:15:22.439
the top step and heads to me. How long have

1029
01:15:22.520 --> 01:15:25.720
you been here, buddy, I ask him. I know you've

1030
01:15:25.720 --> 01:15:28.359
been in here since you disappeared that Halloween night back

1031
01:15:28.399 --> 01:15:31.279
in nineteen seventy eight. What I really want to know

1032
01:15:31.439 --> 01:15:34.640
is how long have you been hanging out here? I mean,

1033
01:15:34.800 --> 01:15:37.640
you ain't aged none, so I know this house is

1034
01:15:37.760 --> 01:15:41.239
keeping you young and everything. When the ghosts continue to

1035
01:15:41.239 --> 01:15:44.520
float in front of me, I sigh, So cut the

1036
01:15:44.600 --> 01:15:47.319
act already. I know it's you who's got to be

1037
01:15:47.319 --> 01:15:53.199
making him appear somehow. Jason Miron's showing a wicked smirk.

1038
01:15:54.560 --> 01:16:04.199
You think you know everything, little girl. I know enough

1039
01:16:04.199 --> 01:16:07.640
to know what real ghosts do and don't do, I say,

1040
01:16:08.159 --> 01:16:10.880
And we already had to deal with enough ghosts tonight,

1041
01:16:11.520 --> 01:16:15.960
So come on, what's the real story here? Just then

1042
01:16:16.079 --> 01:16:20.720
Mona suddenly appears right next to me. Mouse, Jason, we

1043
01:16:20.840 --> 01:16:23.920
can get out of here. The garage is wide open.

1044
01:16:24.840 --> 01:16:28.520
I quickly point behind me, Mona, you gotta get out

1045
01:16:28.520 --> 01:16:31.640
of here. It's Jason. He's the one behind all of this.

1046
01:16:32.760 --> 01:16:36.520
Before Mona can ask me what's going on, Jason raises

1047
01:16:36.560 --> 01:16:39.840
his hand and makes the door slam right behind Mona.

1048
01:16:40.680 --> 01:16:43.359
Now she's giving me that look, telling me she knows

1049
01:16:43.399 --> 01:16:48.920
I'm right. Now we're both looking at Jason. He chuckles.

1050
01:16:49.600 --> 01:16:52.479
It was so easy to learn both the mirroran ways

1051
01:16:52.600 --> 01:16:56.119
and the family magics, But there's only so much you

1052
01:16:56.159 --> 01:16:58.960
can do when your parents are always hanging over you

1053
01:16:59.000 --> 01:17:01.840
and telling you what to do all the time. I

1054
01:17:01.920 --> 01:17:05.520
had to get away from them. Halloween night was coming up,

1055
01:17:06.079 --> 01:17:09.760
the perfect out for me. Mom and Dad took me

1056
01:17:09.840 --> 01:17:13.600
by this house while trigger treating. When some friends came along.

1057
01:17:13.920 --> 01:17:17.319
They helped me more than they could ever imagine. All

1058
01:17:17.359 --> 01:17:19.840
I had to do was just go inside this house

1059
01:17:19.920 --> 01:17:24.760
with them. Who could resist fresh caramel apples and name candies? Right?

1060
01:17:25.640 --> 01:17:29.079
Except I never came back out. I hid in one

1061
01:17:29.119 --> 01:17:31.960
of the cupboards, just like that little kid did earlier.

1062
01:17:32.840 --> 01:17:37.000
Little did I realize just how vindictive. My parents could be.

1063
01:17:38.520 --> 01:17:40.840
I don't know what all happened, but I know the

1064
01:17:40.880 --> 01:17:44.680
house was being torched. I stayed out of sight and

1065
01:17:44.840 --> 01:17:47.640
used my powers to steal the souls of Zachary and

1066
01:17:47.680 --> 01:17:51.119
Ava Haim. You could say I saved them as this

1067
01:17:51.199 --> 01:17:54.399
house was burned to the ground, while the spell I

1068
01:17:54.600 --> 01:17:57.279
used allowed me to remain safe and unaged in this

1069
01:17:57.399 --> 01:18:01.800
house all these years. The drawback is you can never

1070
01:18:01.920 --> 01:18:07.720
leave here, unlike you two, I'm stuck. Mona remembers Carter

1071
01:18:07.920 --> 01:18:11.079
telling the legend of this place and points at Jason.

1072
01:18:12.079 --> 01:18:14.479
So you were the one taking the kids who'd come

1073
01:18:14.479 --> 01:18:20.439
in here, correct, Jason answers, they're still in this house

1074
01:18:21.039 --> 01:18:26.239
with me today. In fact, they're right below you in

1075
01:18:26.279 --> 01:18:30.279
the basement. But Mouse and me only saw you in

1076
01:18:30.359 --> 01:18:35.279
the basement. Mona disagrees. The kids I abducted were in

1077
01:18:35.359 --> 01:18:40.159
those cages. I assure you, Jason says, I put a

1078
01:18:40.199 --> 01:18:43.920
cloaking spell on them. You two kids only saw me,

1079
01:18:44.760 --> 01:18:47.359
then you saw the ghosts come when you let me out,

1080
01:18:47.840 --> 01:18:51.840
which was exactly what I wanted you to see. Couldn't

1081
01:18:51.880 --> 01:18:56.520
have you suspect me, right? And that was how you

1082
01:18:56.560 --> 01:19:00.600
gave yourself away. I tell him. My buddy told all

1083
01:19:00.640 --> 01:19:05.000
of us the legend many kids disappeared here. Kind of

1084
01:19:05.039 --> 01:19:09.159
strange that we only found one. So what you want

1085
01:19:09.199 --> 01:19:14.600
with all them kids? Jason tightens his fists. Being stuck

1086
01:19:14.600 --> 01:19:17.199
in this house and never aging doesn't mean I don't

1087
01:19:17.199 --> 01:19:21.079
get lonely. Having those kids here with me means I'll

1088
01:19:21.119 --> 01:19:24.880
always have company. And once you two stay in here

1089
01:19:24.920 --> 01:19:28.479
with me, then you'll just be two more little girls.

1090
01:19:29.119 --> 01:19:33.159
There definitely aren't enough girls here. Mona goes for her

1091
01:19:33.279 --> 01:19:37.119
ruby amulet. Something tells me she's gonna try using her

1092
01:19:37.159 --> 01:19:41.680
birthright as a carnivoche again. Something also tells me she

1093
01:19:41.720 --> 01:19:44.399
ain't gonna make her magic happen like she did back

1094
01:19:44.439 --> 01:19:49.159
in nineteen fifty five. Jason anticipated this because he uses

1095
01:19:49.199 --> 01:19:52.760
his magic to knock Mona down, taking the wind out

1096
01:19:52.760 --> 01:19:55.800
of her sails. She's grown, and while she's flat on

1097
01:19:55.840 --> 01:20:02.600
her back, run Mousea to say. I gotta do what

1098
01:20:02.720 --> 01:20:06.079
she says, but I ain't leaving her here. My mousey

1099
01:20:06.199 --> 01:20:08.840
sense is telling me there ain't much time left till

1100
01:20:08.880 --> 01:20:12.039
three a m. No way, Mona and me are staying

1101
01:20:12.119 --> 01:20:15.960
here till next Halloween. You can run all you want,

1102
01:20:16.000 --> 01:20:20.439
little girl, I hear Jason behind me. I love playing

1103
01:20:20.520 --> 01:20:25.239
hide and seek. I run back upstairs, since I seem

1104
01:20:25.319 --> 01:20:27.840
to be able to make quick plans while I'm scared

1105
01:20:27.880 --> 01:20:31.399
and under pressure, I remember where the bathroom is and

1106
01:20:31.560 --> 01:20:34.479
run that way. I quickly get in there and dig

1107
01:20:34.520 --> 01:20:38.039
into my pocket for my compact. Then I see the

1108
01:20:38.079 --> 01:20:43.720
bigger mirror over the sink and quickly move to it instead. Meryworth,

1109
01:20:43.920 --> 01:20:49.000
Merry Worth, Marry Worth, the face of my ghostly friend

1110
01:20:49.159 --> 01:20:51.920
takes the place of mine in the mirror. When I

1111
01:20:52.000 --> 01:20:55.239
reach out for her, she reaches out for me. When

1112
01:20:55.279 --> 01:20:58.319
our hands meet, she comes fully out of the mirror

1113
01:20:58.760 --> 01:21:02.960
and into me. Soon, Maryworth has taking my place here

1114
01:21:02.960 --> 01:21:05.600
in the mortal realm while I'm seeing everything through her

1115
01:21:05.640 --> 01:21:10.840
eyes or my eyes. When Jason appears at the bathroom entrance,

1116
01:21:11.319 --> 01:21:14.079
he ain't expecting to see Mary Worth waiting for him.

1117
01:21:15.000 --> 01:21:20.159
What is this? He exclaims, who are you? I am

1118
01:21:20.239 --> 01:21:24.199
here to save those children whom you have taken against

1119
01:21:24.239 --> 01:21:30.800
their wishes, Jason miron, Mary tells him. Jason gets real

1120
01:21:30.880 --> 01:21:35.640
mad now never he tries in casing Mary in his magic.

1121
01:21:36.720 --> 01:21:40.079
I captured the souls of the Hames their mind to

1122
01:21:40.159 --> 01:21:44.720
command you never should have appeared here ghost, Now I

1123
01:21:44.800 --> 01:21:49.399
can claim you as my own. But what Jason, like

1124
01:21:49.920 --> 01:21:53.720
most everybody else, fails to see is that Mary ain't

1125
01:21:53.760 --> 01:21:58.800
your normal ghost. She's actually an astral projection. See when

1126
01:21:58.840 --> 01:22:01.640
Mary was about to be earned at the stake years

1127
01:22:01.680 --> 01:22:05.279
ago during the Salem witch Trials, a mirror was brought

1128
01:22:05.319 --> 01:22:07.960
before her. It was supposed to be for her to

1129
01:22:08.000 --> 01:22:11.720
see how evil she truly was before she burned up.

1130
01:22:12.720 --> 01:22:15.680
Mary simply used the power of the white Light and

1131
01:22:15.920 --> 01:22:19.760
escaped from her body and into the mirror. She's been

1132
01:22:19.800 --> 01:22:22.000
living in the part of the afterlife known as the

1133
01:22:22.039 --> 01:22:25.560
Mirror Realm ever since, at least till she and I

1134
01:22:25.680 --> 01:22:30.119
met and became friends. Then I let her possess me

1135
01:22:30.239 --> 01:22:33.399
so she could come into the mortal realm when she's needed.

1136
01:22:34.399 --> 01:22:36.960
Oh the look on Jason's face when he sees his

1137
01:22:37.079 --> 01:22:40.079
powers ain't working on Mary. Guess he don't like that

1138
01:22:40.159 --> 01:22:43.439
she's moving in on him. Then she casts a spell

1139
01:22:43.479 --> 01:22:47.279
of her own to make a glowing field around him. No,

1140
01:22:48.039 --> 01:22:52.760
he yells, no, release me right now. Mary ignores him

1141
01:22:53.119 --> 01:22:57.039
and lowers herself through the floor. See that's what got

1142
01:22:57.039 --> 01:23:00.600
this little mousey thinking ghosts are supposed to be able

1143
01:23:00.600 --> 01:23:04.000
to move through walls and stuff. Okay, I know I

1144
01:23:04.119 --> 01:23:08.439
moved through Zachary Haym's ghost earlier, but Zachary and Ava

1145
01:23:08.600 --> 01:23:13.720
never once moved through the walls. Also, Zachary either blew

1146
01:23:13.800 --> 01:23:16.760
the doors up or opened them the way I would.

1147
01:23:17.560 --> 01:23:21.279
Ghosts don't need to do that. Guess Jason didn't think

1148
01:23:21.319 --> 01:23:24.640
about that when he was controlling him, or he thought,

1149
01:23:25.479 --> 01:23:28.960
like most people, I wouldn't know anything about real ghosts.

1150
01:23:29.800 --> 01:23:33.520
Mary lands in that secret room in the basement. She

1151
01:23:33.640 --> 01:23:38.680
waves her arms and cancels the cloaking spell. WHOA, Jason

1152
01:23:38.800 --> 01:23:43.000
was right. There's lots of kids down here. Judging from

1153
01:23:43.000 --> 01:23:46.239
the different costumes, they look like they all come from

1154
01:23:46.279 --> 01:23:51.640
different times. When the kids see Mary, they ain't even afraid.

1155
01:23:52.199 --> 01:23:55.760
They're begging and pleading for her to help them. Mary

1156
01:23:55.880 --> 01:24:00.520
casts another spell to make the cages disappear. Follow me

1157
01:24:01.119 --> 01:24:06.279
to your freedom, Mary tells them. Then she stops and

1158
01:24:06.359 --> 01:24:11.800
casts another spell to make a portal appear through here children.

1159
01:24:12.720 --> 01:24:16.760
Mary waits till they're all through before she closes the portal.

1160
01:24:17.720 --> 01:24:20.079
I tell Mary, we still got to get Mona out

1161
01:24:20.079 --> 01:24:25.239
of here. I am aware of Mona Madeleine. Mary tells

1162
01:24:25.279 --> 01:24:29.560
me we float up through the floor. However, the others

1163
01:24:29.680 --> 01:24:32.800
risk coming back inside, and we're able to get Mona

1164
01:24:32.880 --> 01:24:42.880
back out. Suddenly the doors close. It's three am. Mary,

1165
01:24:43.600 --> 01:24:47.399
We're trapped in here now, I think to her, we

1166
01:24:47.439 --> 01:24:51.159
ain't getting back out of here till next Halloween. Don't

1167
01:24:51.239 --> 01:24:57.920
be so sure, Madeleine, Mary replies optimistically, Remember who I

1168
01:24:57.960 --> 01:25:03.760
am and where Irine. Mary floats to a nearby bathroom.

1169
01:25:04.479 --> 01:25:07.800
I understand Mary's plan as soon as I'm seeing the mirror.

1170
01:25:08.840 --> 01:25:12.439
We go into it, and before I know it, Mary's

1171
01:25:12.479 --> 01:25:16.560
got us right back outside. I laugh a little to

1172
01:25:16.640 --> 01:25:19.680
myself when I see we came back out through the

1173
01:25:19.720 --> 01:25:25.000
mirror on Horton's bike. The gasps and shrieks nearby tell

1174
01:25:25.119 --> 01:25:29.039
us everybody got out. Yeah. They still ain't used to

1175
01:25:29.079 --> 01:25:34.760
seeing Mary Worth appearing from time to time. Hey, where's Mouse,

1176
01:25:35.479 --> 01:25:39.760
Ariel yells. She points to where the candy house used

1177
01:25:39.800 --> 01:25:44.479
to be. The house is gone and mouse isn't here.

1178
01:25:45.920 --> 01:25:51.359
Before Mary Worth can answer Ariel, two ghosts appear. Zachary

1179
01:25:51.439 --> 01:25:55.199
and Ava float over to Mary and thank her for

1180
01:25:55.319 --> 01:25:59.079
setting them free. After that, they go up into the

1181
01:25:59.119 --> 01:26:04.439
sky until they're long gone. That gives Mary enough time

1182
01:26:04.520 --> 01:26:08.279
to float over to where the others can't see. Mary

1183
01:26:08.359 --> 01:26:12.319
brings out my little compact and returns into it to

1184
01:26:12.359 --> 01:26:15.880
give me back my body. She's gonna go see the

1185
01:26:15.960 --> 01:26:19.439
kids that she saved now. I know Mary and me

1186
01:26:19.560 --> 01:26:23.159
gotta talk about things later, but I can't keep the others.

1187
01:26:23.239 --> 01:26:27.039
Wonderin and make my way over to em. Bailey's the

1188
01:26:27.079 --> 01:26:30.640
first one to see me and quickly taps Ariel's shoulder.

1189
01:26:31.600 --> 01:26:36.039
Over there, Mouse is okay. When Ariel sees me, she

1190
01:26:36.159 --> 01:26:41.600
gets mad fast and marches right over. Where were you? Mouse?

1191
01:26:42.560 --> 01:26:45.800
I quickly make up something. I thought the rest of

1192
01:26:45.840 --> 01:26:50.119
you were right behind me. Ariel growls and tightens her fists.

1193
01:26:50.840 --> 01:26:54.079
I hate you, Mouse. You just wait until our next

1194
01:26:54.119 --> 01:26:59.079
sleep over. OW. Little Stuart came over and just kicked

1195
01:26:59.079 --> 01:27:02.840
her in the shin. Ariel grabs his shoulders and is

1196
01:27:02.880 --> 01:27:06.319
ready to give the little guy what for. Stuart's ready

1197
01:27:06.319 --> 01:27:09.560
to fight her too. You'd swear these two were an

1198
01:27:09.600 --> 01:27:13.239
actual big sister little brother combo, the way they act

1199
01:27:13.279 --> 01:27:17.359
around each other. I come in between em. OK, OK,

1200
01:27:18.000 --> 01:27:22.520
we're done here. Let's get Stuart back. My phone rings.

1201
01:27:23.119 --> 01:27:25.479
I pull it out to see Adrian Miron on the

1202
01:27:25.520 --> 01:27:29.720
caller ID. I programmed the number into my contacts. After

1203
01:27:29.800 --> 01:27:33.640
Ariel's mom called earlier, I unlocked my screen and hand

1204
01:27:33.680 --> 01:27:37.760
the phone to Ariel. The rest of us don't listen much,

1205
01:27:37.840 --> 01:27:40.680
since we know Ariel and her mom are yelling at

1206
01:27:40.720 --> 01:27:45.000
each other. I know Stuart's name keeps coming up. The

1207
01:27:45.079 --> 01:27:48.720
conversation ends with Ariel yellin she'll bring Stuart right back

1208
01:27:48.760 --> 01:27:52.000
to the house. When she hands me back the phone,

1209
01:27:52.600 --> 01:27:57.560
she gives me that look. Something tells me Ariel's gonna

1210
01:27:57.600 --> 01:28:02.840
be Ariel again. How about you take that little goober

1211
01:28:03.159 --> 01:28:09.159
back to my house, mouse, U, I utter. She quickly

1212
01:28:09.159 --> 01:28:12.680
puts her hands on my shoulders. If you do me

1213
01:28:12.800 --> 01:28:16.640
this favor, I'll owe you a big one. I still

1214
01:28:16.680 --> 01:28:19.840
don't want to talk to mom right now, I shrug.

1215
01:28:20.800 --> 01:28:25.439
You gotta return home sometime, Ariel, and I will. She

1216
01:28:25.600 --> 01:28:29.800
raises her finger when both our Halloween night is officially over,

1217
01:28:30.439 --> 01:28:34.399
and when I'm good and ready, she lowers her finger.

1218
01:28:35.479 --> 01:28:41.039
How about it, mouse, I sigh, fine. Then I raise

1219
01:28:41.119 --> 01:28:44.399
my own finger. But you know your mom ain't gonna

1220
01:28:44.520 --> 01:28:48.600
like this. Ariel rolls her eyes. I don't care what

1221
01:28:48.640 --> 01:28:51.760
mom thinks tonight. She can yell and scream at me

1222
01:28:52.000 --> 01:28:55.600
until she's blue in the face. Once I do get home.

1223
01:28:56.640 --> 01:28:59.760
I go and get on my bike. Then Stuart comes

1224
01:28:59.760 --> 01:29:02.840
over to me. I let the little guy climb up

1225
01:29:02.880 --> 01:29:06.319
and sit on my handlebars. Hang on tight, little buddy.

1226
01:29:07.399 --> 01:29:10.760
Hold up, Madeline. I'll come with you, Carter tells me.

1227
01:29:11.640 --> 01:29:15.239
Once Carter's back on his mongoose, the three of us

1228
01:29:15.359 --> 01:29:19.359
ride away from where the candy house was and head

1229
01:29:19.479 --> 01:29:24.319
toward the mere and gated community. Stuart's keeping himself secure

1230
01:29:24.399 --> 01:29:29.560
while I'm riding. He's actually having fun. It takes us

1231
01:29:29.560 --> 01:29:32.439
a little bit to get to the main gate. I

1232
01:29:32.520 --> 01:29:36.119
punch in the gatecode and see it still works. Carter

1233
01:29:36.239 --> 01:29:39.159
and me enter and ride our bikes out to Capital Court.

1234
01:29:39.880 --> 01:29:43.000
I'll wait for you out here, Carter says. Once we

1235
01:29:43.119 --> 01:29:47.119
reach Ariel's mansion, I wait for Stuart to climb down

1236
01:29:47.159 --> 01:29:50.920
before getting off my mongoose. Then we walk to the

1237
01:29:50.960 --> 01:29:55.000
front doors. Sure feels strange to be coming to Ariel's

1238
01:29:55.000 --> 01:29:59.279
house on any other night, but Friday speaking, a Friday

1239
01:30:00.159 --> 01:30:02.239
going to be long before I'll be coming back here

1240
01:30:02.560 --> 01:30:06.359
for another one of Ariel's sleepovers. Before I can ring

1241
01:30:06.399 --> 01:30:10.560
the doorbell, the porch lights suddenly come on and one

1242
01:30:10.560 --> 01:30:15.800
of the two doors opens. Fast boy, if Adrian Miren's

1243
01:30:15.800 --> 01:30:19.319
looks could kill I think she wants to yell at me,

1244
01:30:19.439 --> 01:30:24.720
but she stops herself and sighs. Madeline, I believe I

1245
01:30:24.760 --> 01:30:30.720
said I wanted Ariel to bring Stuart home. I shrug, sorry, ma'am,

1246
01:30:31.520 --> 01:30:35.600
Adrian growls, reminding me she's a bigger and older look

1247
01:30:35.600 --> 01:30:39.720
in version of Ariel. Then she sees Carter waiting for me,

1248
01:30:40.319 --> 01:30:43.920
but doesn't say nothing to him. He just simply waves

1249
01:30:43.960 --> 01:30:48.279
to her, ignoring him. She steps aside, come in here,

1250
01:30:50.199 --> 01:30:53.880
Carter and me gotta I start to say I said

1251
01:30:53.960 --> 01:31:00.720
come in here, she repeats in a sharper tone. Oh boy,

1252
01:31:07.800 --> 01:31:11.319
Stuart and me go into the house. I can see

1253
01:31:11.359 --> 01:31:13.880
the buffet tables in the dining room that were set

1254
01:31:13.920 --> 01:31:17.439
up for the gathering earlier, before Ariel and me jail

1255
01:31:17.479 --> 01:31:22.800
broke into our big Halloween adventure. I can also see

1256
01:31:22.800 --> 01:31:26.960
some stains on the floor, probably from when Stuart made

1257
01:31:26.960 --> 01:31:31.640
the mess. Once Adrianne closes the door, she turns to

1258
01:31:31.760 --> 01:31:34.840
us and folds her arms in front of her. I

1259
01:31:34.880 --> 01:31:38.479
don't know why you continue to let my daughter push

1260
01:31:38.520 --> 01:31:42.560
you around like that, Madeleine. I suppose I am to

1261
01:31:42.640 --> 01:31:47.079
blame since I myself taught her the mirror ways. She

1262
01:31:47.199 --> 01:31:51.199
unfolds her arms and points at me. But you need

1263
01:31:51.239 --> 01:31:54.319
to learn to start telling Ariel no when she wants

1264
01:31:54.319 --> 01:31:58.880
something from you. Then she glares at Stuart and you

1265
01:31:59.399 --> 01:32:03.039
are in there's so much trouble. She's really pointing at

1266
01:32:03.119 --> 01:32:07.920
him now, and don't you dare kick my shins? And

1267
01:32:08.119 --> 01:32:12.079
just when Adrian's really letting Stuart have it, that's when

1268
01:32:12.119 --> 01:32:18.640
the lights start flickering. Adrian's annoyed. Now, oh, are you serious?

1269
01:32:19.399 --> 01:32:23.920
It ain't long before we're all getting a very sudden surprise.

1270
01:32:24.800 --> 01:32:28.520
When the lights stop flickering, the swinging door going into

1271
01:32:28.520 --> 01:32:34.239
the kitchen whips open. Stuart's got wide eyes and I'm

1272
01:32:34.319 --> 01:32:38.840
gasping when we see Jason Miron come into the room.

1273
01:32:39.720 --> 01:32:44.960
He's still wearing that Vinnie Barberino outfit from before. Jason's

1274
01:32:45.000 --> 01:32:48.720
pointing right at me. Now, did you really think you'd

1275
01:32:48.720 --> 01:32:53.000
get away from me, little girl? What is the meaning

1276
01:32:53.039 --> 01:32:57.680
of this? Adrian demands, I did not invite you into

1277
01:32:57.720 --> 01:33:02.560
my home. Jason gives Adrian a mean look. Do I

1278
01:33:02.680 --> 01:33:07.279
look like I even care what you say? Before Adrian

1279
01:33:07.399 --> 01:33:10.920
can come at him, Jason unleashes a huge burst of

1280
01:33:11.039 --> 01:33:16.279
power that knocks her down fast she ain't moving, meaning

1281
01:33:16.760 --> 01:33:21.920
she's knocked out. That leaves little Stewart and me. Now

1282
01:33:23.239 --> 01:33:26.239
there's a bangin at the front doors. Carter must have

1283
01:33:26.319 --> 01:33:31.399
seen that flash from Jason's magic, Madeleine, Madeleine, you okay

1284
01:33:31.439 --> 01:33:35.960
in there. I quickly grab Stuart's shoulders and turn him. Run,

1285
01:33:36.000 --> 01:33:40.880
little buddy. We turn and start running around inside Ariel's mansion.

1286
01:33:41.800 --> 01:33:46.600
You can run, but you can't hide, Madeline. Jason calls out,

1287
01:33:47.640 --> 01:33:50.960
he might be right. Like I said earlier, I ain't

1288
01:33:51.000 --> 01:33:54.520
a very fast runner, even though everybody calls me mouse.

1289
01:33:55.399 --> 01:33:58.399
I cry out when Jason's shooting his magic right at us.

1290
01:33:59.239 --> 01:34:02.640
Fortunately he ain't hitting us. If I didn't know better,

1291
01:34:03.439 --> 01:34:07.159
I think Jason's going crazy here. How did I get

1292
01:34:07.239 --> 01:34:12.159
here and out of the Hamhouse? Jason calls out, I

1293
01:34:12.319 --> 01:34:17.199
simply followed that ghost into the mirror. Unfortunately I couldn't

1294
01:34:17.239 --> 01:34:21.000
remain there. It's any wonder how that ghost herself can.

1295
01:34:22.079 --> 01:34:26.119
Now that I'm back on mirror soil, there's no stopping

1296
01:34:26.199 --> 01:34:31.239
me now here. I have limitless power, which I'll use

1297
01:34:31.319 --> 01:34:38.239
to destroy you, Madeline. You ruined everything, Jason screams in anger.

1298
01:34:39.000 --> 01:34:42.319
Then my mousey sense is telling me to turn I

1299
01:34:42.399 --> 01:34:46.439
grab Stuart's shoulders and turn him around. Once we're in

1300
01:34:46.479 --> 01:34:52.079
the other room, the magic blast just barely misses us. Yeah,

1301
01:34:52.399 --> 01:34:56.039
I call over my shoulder. Kidnapping children and keeping him

1302
01:34:56.079 --> 01:34:59.359
with you all them years was wrong. Someone had to

1303
01:34:59.399 --> 01:35:02.960
call you out on it. Stuart's getting the idea and

1304
01:35:03.079 --> 01:35:07.560
turning and running into different rooms. Problem is, even little

1305
01:35:07.600 --> 01:35:12.000
Stuart runs faster than me. Funny huh. I can ride

1306
01:35:12.039 --> 01:35:17.399
a bike real fast, but I'm slow on foot. Ah man, Now,

1307
01:35:17.439 --> 01:35:20.199
I remember how Ariel was easily able to catch me

1308
01:35:20.319 --> 01:35:23.680
back in nineteen fifty five when I tried running from her.

1309
01:35:24.760 --> 01:35:30.079
I gotta do something or Jason's gonna exterminate this little mouseie.

1310
01:35:30.199 --> 01:35:32.439
I got to dip into my bag of tricks one

1311
01:35:32.439 --> 01:35:36.039
more time. I give Jason the run around until I

1312
01:35:36.079 --> 01:35:38.680
make it into the kitchen. I open a door that

1313
01:35:38.800 --> 01:35:43.520
leads downstairs. Soon I step in and see Jason coming,

1314
01:35:44.239 --> 01:35:48.199
so I quickly pull the door closed. When he opens it,

1315
01:35:48.760 --> 01:35:53.079
he don't see me nowhere. What the You couldn't have

1316
01:35:53.079 --> 01:35:57.199
gotten downstairs that fast. That's when I open the pantry

1317
01:35:57.239 --> 01:36:00.760
door and tippy toe out of the kitchen. I'm on

1318
01:36:00.840 --> 01:36:04.319
the move again and run around until I remember that

1319
01:36:04.479 --> 01:36:08.479
first night at Ariel's sleepover, just after the school year started.

1320
01:36:09.159 --> 01:36:12.399
I run down the hallway and into the bathroom. I

1321
01:36:12.479 --> 01:36:15.119
close the door and see how brightly lit the sink

1322
01:36:15.159 --> 01:36:18.800
and mirror are, with the two pillar candles at the sides.

1323
01:36:19.720 --> 01:36:25.079
I sure love the forest smellin here. Suddenly Maryworth appears

1324
01:36:25.079 --> 01:36:29.520
in the mirror. Do not waste time, Madeline. Jason Miren

1325
01:36:29.520 --> 01:36:33.279
shall be upon you at any moment. Mary. Don't need

1326
01:36:33.319 --> 01:36:38.199
to tell me twice marry Worth, Merryworth, merry Worth. Mary

1327
01:36:38.279 --> 01:36:42.119
comes out of the mirror and into me again. Geez,

1328
01:36:42.199 --> 01:36:44.680
how many times do I have to call on Mary tonight?

1329
01:36:45.720 --> 01:36:50.000
Quite a bit, for sure. When Jason destroys the bathroom door,

1330
01:36:50.600 --> 01:36:51.640
he ain't believe in his.

1331
01:36:51.680 --> 01:36:59.520
Eyes you your reign of terror ends here, Jason Miron. Mary

1332
01:36:59.600 --> 01:37:04.119
tells how Loween shall continue to be safe for children

1333
01:37:04.760 --> 01:37:09.199
so long as I am around. Jason roars with anger

1334
01:37:09.479 --> 01:37:11.600
and tries to use his magic to get rid of

1335
01:37:11.680 --> 01:37:17.600
Mary again. He forgets Mary ain't no normal ghost. Now

1336
01:37:17.640 --> 01:37:20.800
Mary and Jason are locked in a heated magic battle.

1337
01:37:21.720 --> 01:37:24.239
Boy is Adrian ever gonna be mad? When she wakes

1338
01:37:24.319 --> 01:37:29.399
up and sees her mansions been trashed? Then I remember

1339
01:37:29.479 --> 01:37:35.439
something Jason said, Mary. He said something about having limitless

1340
01:37:35.479 --> 01:37:41.039
powers on mirr and soil. Interesting madeleine. Mary thinks back

1341
01:37:41.079 --> 01:37:46.439
at me, I shall make use of your information. Mary

1342
01:37:46.600 --> 01:37:50.560
utters a spell as she floats to Jason. That's it,

1343
01:37:50.680 --> 01:37:55.800
ghost come to me, Jason goads Mary, You're just making

1344
01:37:55.840 --> 01:37:58.920
it easy for me to claim you. I'll steal your

1345
01:37:59.039 --> 01:38:02.359
soul the same way I did the Hams before you.

1346
01:38:02.359 --> 01:38:08.119
Your arrogance shall be your undoing, Jason mirin, Mary tells him.

1347
01:38:08.680 --> 01:38:12.680
But when Jason tries to claim her, that further proves

1348
01:38:13.039 --> 01:38:16.479
she ain't an actual ghost. I'm gonna have to learn

1349
01:38:16.520 --> 01:38:22.199
the real differences between ghosts and astral projections. Suddenly Mary

1350
01:38:22.279 --> 01:38:25.960
takes hold of Jason. Now we're outside the gated community.

1351
01:38:26.680 --> 01:38:29.960
In fact, we're far enough from it to where I

1352
01:38:30.039 --> 01:38:33.880
can just barely see any lights over the wall. When

1353
01:38:33.920 --> 01:38:39.640
Mary lets go of him, his look of glee quickly disappears. No,

1354
01:38:40.520 --> 01:38:43.039
he cries out, what have you done?

1355
01:38:43.880 --> 01:38:48.119
Mary? And me watch Jason try to run. Even before

1356
01:38:48.159 --> 01:38:51.000
he turned away, I could see him starting to grow

1357
01:38:51.079 --> 01:38:55.800
and change. His clothes are ripping too soon. He's a

1358
01:38:55.840 --> 01:39:00.119
full grown man. But he don't stop there. He keeps

1359
01:39:00.119 --> 01:39:04.960
getting older and older. I had a feeling, Jason said,

1360
01:39:05.000 --> 01:39:07.720
he stayed a kid being in that house all them years.

1361
01:39:08.840 --> 01:39:12.600
He stops growing old. Now, he was probably around my

1362
01:39:12.720 --> 01:39:15.079
age when he did what he did back in nineteen

1363
01:39:15.159 --> 01:39:18.760
seventy eight. Now he'd be about in his mid fifties

1364
01:39:19.399 --> 01:39:23.560
and his clothes are tatters. Boy, the way he's looking

1365
01:39:23.600 --> 01:39:28.399
at Mary right now, I can still finish you, Jason

1366
01:39:28.520 --> 01:39:33.159
says in his older voice. He'll pay for what you've done.

1367
01:39:33.199 --> 01:39:37.319
But before he can use his powers again, Mary finishes

1368
01:39:37.359 --> 01:39:41.199
her binding spell and causes his wrists to come together.

1369
01:39:42.319 --> 01:39:46.279
Then Jason glows bright for a little bit. When the

1370
01:39:46.319 --> 01:39:51.840
glowing fades, Mary releases the binding spell. Jason falls to

1371
01:39:51.920 --> 01:39:57.760
his knees. That all you've got, Jason snaps. He gets

1372
01:39:57.800 --> 01:40:03.279
back to his feet and utters another devilish spell of

1373
01:40:03.319 --> 01:40:18.560
his own. What Jason utters in disbelief. He tries the

1374
01:40:18.640 --> 01:40:24.399
spell again with the same results. Do not bother, Mary

1375
01:40:24.520 --> 01:40:29.119
tells him, in your weakened state, I placed a binding

1376
01:40:29.319 --> 01:40:34.000
spell upon you, removing your powers and preventing you from

1377
01:40:34.079 --> 01:40:40.600
using magic. You are finished now. Jason keeps trying to

1378
01:40:40.720 --> 01:40:44.760
use his powers. When he finally realizes Mary is right,

1379
01:40:45.399 --> 01:40:48.880
he tightens his fists and screams up at the night sky.

1380
01:40:49.720 --> 01:40:53.640
Then he points at Mary. You'd better just finish me

1381
01:40:53.720 --> 01:40:57.279
off right now, ghost, because if you let me live,

1382
01:40:58.119 --> 01:41:01.640
I'll find a way to get my power again. Then

1383
01:41:01.680 --> 01:41:05.520
I'll return and get revenge on every last one of you,

1384
01:41:07.279 --> 01:41:13.920
especially you. But Mary is finished here. Your mortality has

1385
01:41:14.079 --> 01:41:17.960
finally caught up with you. You should just live the

1386
01:41:18.000 --> 01:41:23.760
rest of your life while you still can. Jason's fists

1387
01:41:23.800 --> 01:41:28.399
are still tightened when he screams at Mary again. When

1388
01:41:28.439 --> 01:41:34.079
he finishes, he turns and storms away. This little Mousey's

1389
01:41:34.119 --> 01:41:37.319
old enough to have seen this kind of thing. Being

1390
01:41:37.479 --> 01:41:41.000
he's a mirror, he ain't gonna stop until he makes

1391
01:41:41.039 --> 01:41:46.000
good on his promise. I'm sure Mary knows this too. Still,

1392
01:41:46.960 --> 01:41:49.600
she's a white witch and ain't the kind of person

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01:41:49.640 --> 01:41:54.319
who'd hurt anybody. Mary brings us back to the gated community.

1394
01:41:55.159 --> 01:41:59.399
We're just outside Ariel's mansion when we're hearing Carter Cross

1395
01:41:59.520 --> 01:42:03.880
calling out to me. Perhaps you should see your friends,

1396
01:42:04.800 --> 01:42:09.880
Mary advises me. She produces my compact and opens it.

1397
01:42:10.560 --> 01:42:14.279
She returns back into the mirror realm and gives my

1398
01:42:14.399 --> 01:42:17.800
body to me. I move around the house and go

1399
01:42:17.920 --> 01:42:21.479
up the steps the front door's still open. When I

1400
01:42:21.560 --> 01:42:25.520
go in. It ain't long before I find Carter and Stuart.

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01:42:26.359 --> 01:42:30.800
Carter's just getting Adrian Mirn to come around. She's moaning

1402
01:42:30.880 --> 01:42:33.600
and letting Carter move her to where she can sit up.

1403
01:42:34.600 --> 01:42:37.960
Just then Stuart comes out from behind the couch where

1404
01:42:37.960 --> 01:42:41.560
he had been hiding. When Adrian shakes her head and

1405
01:42:41.600 --> 01:42:44.439
gets her bearings back, it don't take her long to

1406
01:42:44.479 --> 01:42:49.439
get real mad, real fast. She pushes Carter away and

1407
01:42:49.560 --> 01:42:53.039
gets up. When she sees what's happened to her house,

1408
01:42:53.640 --> 01:42:58.439
she growls just like Ariel. Now she's looking right at

1409
01:42:58.520 --> 01:43:04.359
us when she starts yelling bye golly, she's doing worse

1410
01:43:04.439 --> 01:43:07.920
than what Jason Mirn did a little bit ago. And

1411
01:43:07.960 --> 01:43:13.159
then she suddenly stops. She growls again as she's looking

1412
01:43:13.199 --> 01:43:19.119
at the three of us. Where is Ariel? She hisses,

1413
01:43:20.880 --> 01:43:25.479
not here. Carter manages to say, she points right at

1414
01:43:25.479 --> 01:43:30.119
me phone. Now I know I ain't telling her no,

1415
01:43:30.800 --> 01:43:33.640
and I give it to her. She gets Ariel back

1416
01:43:33.680 --> 01:43:37.960
on the phone using FaceTime. Carter and me just look

1417
01:43:38.039 --> 01:43:41.680
at each other. When mother and daughter really really get

1418
01:43:41.720 --> 01:43:47.800
into it, Adrian's demand an Ariel come home immediately. I'll

1419
01:43:47.800 --> 01:43:50.399
come home when I'm good and ready to come home,

1420
01:43:51.000 --> 01:43:56.239
Ariel declares, I'm finishing my first ever Halloween, and that

1421
01:43:56.680 --> 01:44:01.600
is that. Yep. Adrian death put a lot of herself

1422
01:44:01.640 --> 01:44:05.079
and Ariel for sure. I know if Carter and me

1423
01:44:05.199 --> 01:44:08.159
talk to our moms like that, we'd be in so

1424
01:44:08.359 --> 01:44:12.199
much trouble. Anyway, the two of them are having a

1425
01:44:12.239 --> 01:44:18.560
stare off. Now. Adrian finally gruffs, fine, finish your Halloween,

1426
01:44:18.760 --> 01:44:22.199
get it out of your system, and mark my words,

1427
01:44:22.439 --> 01:44:26.880
little one, this will be your only Halloween. Next year,

1428
01:44:26.960 --> 01:44:31.760
you're going to be right here watching little Stewart. She

1429
01:44:31.880 --> 01:44:35.840
gives Ariel a wicked sneer. Now, as long as you

1430
01:44:35.960 --> 01:44:42.840
live under this roof, Hugh belong to me. I managed

1431
01:44:42.880 --> 01:44:48.239
to see Ariel rolling her eyes whatever. Then she hangs

1432
01:44:48.359 --> 01:44:53.800
up just like that. Oh does that ever make Adrian mad?

1433
01:44:55.000 --> 01:44:58.880
Oh you did not just hang up on me, little one?

1434
01:44:59.720 --> 01:45:06.119
Why you cover your ears? I quickly tell Carter and Stuart.

1435
01:45:06.840 --> 01:45:10.640
Soon as we do, Adrian gives us her version of

1436
01:45:10.680 --> 01:45:13.760
not getting her way. Instead of a blood curdle and

1437
01:45:13.840 --> 01:45:19.720
scream like her daughter's, she just roars like a beast.

1438
01:45:20.439 --> 01:45:24.479
Let's get out of here, Madeline, Carter says back, but

1439
01:45:24.600 --> 01:45:30.119
Stuart grabs my hand. Wow, the little guy don't want

1440
01:45:30.119 --> 01:45:33.960
me to go. Then he's running in place while pointing

1441
01:45:34.000 --> 01:45:37.960
to himself, and then the door. That's when I get it.

1442
01:45:39.039 --> 01:45:42.920
Soon as Adrian's done rorin, she points right at us.

1443
01:45:43.600 --> 01:45:46.560
If I can't have my little one back home, then

1444
01:45:46.600 --> 01:45:49.319
I'm going to have you three.

1445
01:45:51.199 --> 01:45:51.359
Uh.

1446
01:45:52.760 --> 01:45:56.039
I quickly grab Stuart. Then Carter and me are out

1447
01:45:56.079 --> 01:45:59.880
the door. Adrian is really going ballistic when we're on

1448
01:46:00.119 --> 01:46:04.119
our bikes and hauling our keysters away from there. Ariel's

1449
01:46:04.159 --> 01:46:07.039
gonna be mad when she sees we're bringing Stuart. But

1450
01:46:07.760 --> 01:46:10.880
we can't just leave the little guy with Adrian like that.

1451
01:46:12.199 --> 01:46:15.600
As for the rest of our Halloween night, we finally

1452
01:46:15.680 --> 01:46:19.000
get to gather in in my living room. At first,

1453
01:46:19.079 --> 01:46:22.760
Ariel was a little miffed at seeing Stuart, but I

1454
01:46:22.760 --> 01:46:25.560
think she kind of understood when Carter and me told

1455
01:46:25.560 --> 01:46:29.600
her what had happened with Adrian. And for the record,

1456
01:46:29.720 --> 01:46:32.920
I did invite Horton, Chapman, and Chunker to the house

1457
01:46:33.000 --> 01:46:37.239
for movies. They couldn't come over because Chapman and Chunker

1458
01:46:37.319 --> 01:46:41.880
originally came out to find Horton and bring him home. Also,

1459
01:46:42.000 --> 01:46:44.239
they would want to be with their families again too,

1460
01:46:44.359 --> 01:46:49.680
which was totally understandable. The stories of them coming back home,

1461
01:46:49.760 --> 01:46:52.279
along with those of the kids we saved at the

1462
01:46:52.319 --> 01:46:57.399
candy House, are going to make the Strickfield Journal tomorrow morning. Also,

1463
01:46:57.479 --> 01:47:01.880
it turned out Horton and Bailey op phone numbers because

1464
01:47:01.880 --> 01:47:06.239
they're texting each other right now. Horton's mom was glad

1465
01:47:06.239 --> 01:47:09.680
to see her son back home and couldn't stop apologizing

1466
01:47:09.720 --> 01:47:13.359
to him enough glad to know Horton, Chapman, and Chunker

1467
01:47:13.439 --> 01:47:17.359
are okay. We'll see our new friends at Strickfield Junior

1468
01:47:17.479 --> 01:47:22.319
High on November two. Remember, Strickfield law says there's no

1469
01:47:22.439 --> 01:47:27.359
school on Halloween or November first. Also, I ain't gonna

1470
01:47:27.399 --> 01:47:30.600
rehash the same end and again, so let's go with

1471
01:47:30.680 --> 01:47:35.439
this one. We finally get pizza delivered. Yep. Some of

1472
01:47:35.479 --> 01:47:39.359
the places stay open all night on Halloween in downtown village,

1473
01:47:39.880 --> 01:47:43.800
much like Strickfield Video and Big Ed Soda Grill. We

1474
01:47:43.880 --> 01:47:47.680
watched all the videos Mona and Bailey rented. We finished

1475
01:47:47.680 --> 01:47:50.800
with my new four K of Veranda Queen of the Night,

1476
01:47:51.439 --> 01:47:56.079
watching the director's cut just for Carter. It's almost noon

1477
01:47:56.159 --> 01:47:59.800
on November first, when we're finally done and decide to

1478
01:47:59.840 --> 01:48:04.079
call everybody thanks me for a fitting end to Halloween.

1479
01:48:05.359 --> 01:48:09.319
Ariel's the last one to leave. Suddenly, she pulls me

1480
01:48:09.359 --> 01:48:15.239
into her arms and hugs me tight. Thank you, Madeline,

1481
01:48:15.319 --> 01:48:19.640
she says, gratefully, since it's just me and her. She

1482
01:48:19.800 --> 01:48:25.119
also says, you really are a true friend. When we

1483
01:48:25.199 --> 01:48:28.960
hear a noise, Ariel lets go of me and sees

1484
01:48:29.000 --> 01:48:32.920
Little Stuart is still here. She takes a deep breath

1485
01:48:33.039 --> 01:48:37.319
before turning back to me. At least my little cousin

1486
01:48:37.520 --> 01:48:40.680
likes you. He didn't trash your house or cause any trouble.

1487
01:48:42.239 --> 01:48:46.520
I mean it. You really are a true friend. Thanks

1488
01:48:46.520 --> 01:48:51.079
for having us over aw anytime, Ariel. I tell her

1489
01:48:51.760 --> 01:48:56.199
drop by whenever you want. You're always welcome. Ariel hugs

1490
01:48:56.199 --> 01:49:00.720
me again before she turns to Stuart. Okay, you little goober.

1491
01:49:01.279 --> 01:49:04.239
You ready to go home now? And for the first

1492
01:49:04.239 --> 01:49:09.680
time ever, Little Stuart takes after me. His eyes are

1493
01:49:09.720 --> 01:49:15.720
open wide when he goes gulp. Yeah. He don't want

1494
01:49:15.760 --> 01:49:20.720
to face Adrian either. After seeing Ariel and Stuart out,

1495
01:49:21.199 --> 01:49:25.560
I closed the door. After cleaning up the pizza boxes

1496
01:49:25.600 --> 01:49:30.000
and what few soda cans are lying around, I realize

1497
01:49:30.039 --> 01:49:34.039
I am very tired now. That this Halloween is finally

1498
01:49:34.239 --> 01:49:37.520
come to an end for this little mouseie. It's time

1499
01:49:37.560 --> 01:49:41.279
to head upstairs and go to bed. I'm sure mom

1500
01:49:41.319 --> 01:49:44.680
and Dad'll be back home when I get up. We

1501
01:49:44.800 --> 01:49:49.000
sure had a heck of a Halloween adventure, huh. First

1502
01:49:49.079 --> 01:49:52.800
was the cry Baby Bridge in Abigail Tomlin. Second, we

1503
01:49:52.880 --> 01:49:56.199
ended up going back to nineteen fifty five and spending

1504
01:49:56.279 --> 01:49:59.680
a whole week at the Carnivosh estate and facing down

1505
01:49:59.720 --> 01:50:04.319
you at Carnivosh herself. Then we finish it off with

1506
01:50:04.439 --> 01:50:08.000
the legend of the Lone Candy House. Talk about a

1507
01:50:08.039 --> 01:50:13.880
seemingly never ending Halloween night right. Just then, there's a

1508
01:50:13.960 --> 01:50:18.720
knockin on the back door. It's Mona. I let her

1509
01:50:18.720 --> 01:50:21.479
come back in. She looks at me for a second.

1510
01:50:22.159 --> 01:50:26.159
I raise my finger. Oh right, I'll go get your

1511
01:50:26.159 --> 01:50:30.840
book back. I tell her, no, Mona says, stopping me.

1512
01:50:31.960 --> 01:50:35.680
Then she takes the ruby pendant off and hands it

1513
01:50:35.720 --> 01:50:41.039
over to me. Between you and me, mouse, she's shaking

1514
01:50:41.079 --> 01:50:46.239
her head slowly. I ain't ready for this. I don't

1515
01:50:46.239 --> 01:50:49.199
want to be a Carnivoche. I just want to live

1516
01:50:49.279 --> 01:50:54.239
my life and be me. Here. Take this, I don't

1517
01:50:54.279 --> 01:50:57.159
care what you do with it. Or the book, hide them,

1518
01:50:57.239 --> 01:51:01.079
bury them, burn them. I don't care. I don't want

1519
01:51:01.119 --> 01:51:04.920
nothing to do with it, any of it. I really

1520
01:51:04.960 --> 01:51:09.640
don't know how to tell Mona no, but fine, I'll

1521
01:51:09.680 --> 01:51:13.279
take care of him. Then I accept the pendant from Mona.

1522
01:51:14.800 --> 01:51:17.800
After she and I say goodbye again, I let her

1523
01:51:17.880 --> 01:51:21.880
back out. Then I head up to my room. For now,

1524
01:51:21.960 --> 01:51:25.520
I put the pendant with the spell book. I'll figure

1525
01:51:25.520 --> 01:51:29.159
out what to do with these later. Having done that,

1526
01:51:29.439 --> 01:51:32.960
I promise you this is the true end to this

1527
01:51:33.119 --> 01:51:37.479
Halloween for our group. But don't worry, though. You can

1528
01:51:37.479 --> 01:51:40.079
bet you we're going to be back with some more adventures,

1529
01:51:40.680 --> 01:51:44.600
because remember, trouble always seems to have a way of

1530
01:51:44.600 --> 01:51:50.439
finding us. And so good night everybody, and of course,

1531
01:51:51.760 --> 01:52:06.960
happy Halloween, and that my Spookyes was the legend of

1532
01:52:07.039 --> 01:52:11.520
the Lone Candy House. But don't get too cozy, because

1533
01:52:11.560 --> 01:52:16.439
tomorrow we're heading to Gloverville, South Carolina, where a quiet

1534
01:52:16.560 --> 01:52:20.560
night at Valley Video turns into a blood soak nightmare.

1535
01:52:21.159 --> 01:52:25.600
It's Deadly Rental by Charles Campbell, and it's one you

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01:52:25.720 --> 01:52:30.560
won't forget and remember. All through October. Weekly Spooky is

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01:52:35.199 --> 01:52:38.800
thirty one Nights of Chills, candy and creatures that go

1539
01:52:38.920 --> 01:52:42.479
bump in the night. So keep that pumpkin lit and

1540
01:52:42.600 --> 01:52:45.960
keep listening, and Friday we'll be back talking about the

1541
01:52:46.079 --> 01:52:49.880
nineteen nineties horror film Candy Man and why it still

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As we're about to wrap up our sixth year of

1561
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Weekly Spooky. But now it's time for me to get

1562
01:53:50.520 --> 01:53:53.319
back to it. So for myself, for my executive producers

1563
01:53:53.399 --> 01:53:57.560
Rob Fields and Bobbletopia dot com, for my producer Dan Wilder,

1564
01:53:57.600 --> 01:54:01.359
and my composer Ray Mattis, Well, avoid the lone Candy

1565
01:54:01.439 --> 01:54:04.560
house unless you're not hungry for candy so much as

1566
01:54:04.640 --> 01:54:10.319
hungry for ghosts. And I'll talk at you tomorrow. Thank

1567
01:54:10.359 --> 01:54:11.520
you for listening.

1568
01:54:11.199 --> 01:54:15.319
To make sure to find your way back next week.

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But for now you are safe, trust me.