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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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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
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to turn around to know the front door is closed
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behind us here in that sudden slam said it all. Anyway,
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the best way I can talk about the inside of
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the Candy House, It's like we're in a creepy old
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house with this weird color lighting up everything, kind of
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like a horror movie with a color grade applied. Nothing
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looks like we're in a haunted house, but we know
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we are. It ain't long before we're catching up to Carter.
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Then he sees us. Man, I was gonna turn around
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and tell all of you not to come in here.
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Ariel growls and smacks Carter's arm. I hate you, Carter Cross.
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You just wait until until you just know. Mona and
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Bailey and me should have been laughing it up, especially
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when Carter and Ariel are holding each other. I think
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we're all too scared to be laughing. A loud bang
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brings them out of their trance. When Carter and Ariel
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00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:43.360
realize they're holding each other. They quickly let go. Ariel's
471
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even looking at us girls to see if we're laughing.
472
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Now that is funny. She still growls and points at us.
473
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I hate you girls anyway. When she turns back to
474
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Carter and slaps his arm again. OW, it's your problem now, princess,
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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
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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
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light of our situation. At least my SPA's mom won't
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find me in here. Bailey gives him a mad look
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00:36:30.280 --> 00:36:34.679
and shoves him a little Oh listen to you. A
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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
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but before she sets him back on his feet, Carter
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00:37:03.239 --> 00:37:11.239
tries the front door. Anyways, Yeah, we're stuck in here.
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Ariel tightens her fists and growls again, looks like she's
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gonna slap Carter's arm hard, but she don't. Then she
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smiles her wicked smile. You want to know how you're
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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
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If we get out of here. We get out of here,
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then you can use King Daddy's royal credit card and
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buy yourself a soda factory. Princess Carter cracks. Ariel's about
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ready to run at him, but I quickly get in
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00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:56.519
between them both. Then I point at Carter, better quit
499
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tempting fate with Ariel, buddy. Now I talk to both
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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
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shoots him another quick mean look. Yeah, she's gonna get
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00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:16.719
him the first chance she gets. Then I turned to
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the others. We might as well look around. Mona points
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at me. Don't even say let's split up, gang Hugh,
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wicked little rodent never even crossed my mind. I tell
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her we ain't got a choice. We gotta look around
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the house, Carter, I just said, we ain't got no
509
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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'm51200:38:51.000 --> 00:38:55.159
just finishing reading it. After some seconds, he clicks off51300:38:55.199 --> 00:38:59.599
the screen. I hate to make matters worse, but we51400:38:59.679 --> 00:39:03.639
don't have unlimited time in here. We only got until51500:39:03.719 --> 00:39:07.719
three to find both Stuart and get ourselves out of here.51600:39:08.360 --> 00:39:13.599
When Halloween ends on the West Coast, Bailey remembers, anybody51700:39:13.679 --> 00:39:16.440
remember what time it was when we came in here.51800:39:17.480 --> 00:39:22.480
Horton looks at his watch. It's almost one point thirty now.51900:39:23.519 --> 00:39:28.360
Bailey quickly grabs his wrist and sees for herself. Then52000:39:28.519 --> 00:39:33.679
she tells us Horton's actually wearing a real watch. When52100:39:33.679 --> 00:39:36.039
she lets go of his arm, she gives him a52200:39:36.079 --> 00:39:40.960
dirty look. Who even does that anymore? Well, we gotta52300:39:41.079 --> 00:39:43.280
use it if we're gonna know when we gotta get52400:39:43.280 --> 00:39:46.480
out of here, I say, soon, we're in the one52500:39:46.559 --> 00:39:50.559
part of the house where there's different directions. You're gonna52600:39:50.599 --> 00:39:54.320
say it, ain't you? Mona demands, pushing me a little52700:39:55.159 --> 00:39:59.079
I ain't saying nothing. I tell her we can cover52800:39:59.159 --> 00:40:03.440
more ground if we split up. Carter says, Stuart could52900:40:03.480 --> 00:40:07.280
be anywhere in this big house. Also, I'm pretty sure53000:40:07.280 --> 00:40:11.360
I saw basement windows when we were outside. Now, Mona53100:40:11.480 --> 00:40:15.239
pushes Carter, it's because of you we're trapped in here.53200:40:16.119 --> 00:40:20.039
Carter turns to her, Hey, how else are we supposed53300:40:20.039 --> 00:40:23.079
to find Stuart? Call a service to go in and53400:40:23.119 --> 00:40:25.719
get him for us. Hugh knew we had to come53500:40:25.760 --> 00:40:30.000
in here, so back off. Mona gives Carter a mean look,53600:40:30.960 --> 00:40:35.840
what do you think, Madeline? Carter asks, I shrug. We53700:40:36.079 --> 00:40:40.559
can cover more rooms if we split up. We stay together.53800:40:40.760 --> 00:40:45.000
It's safety in numbers. Like you said, buddy, we're running53900:40:45.039 --> 00:40:47.360
out of time. I know we don't want to be54000:40:47.440 --> 00:40:51.079
spending the rest of our lives and here. That's for sure.54100:40:52.000 --> 00:40:54.760
We take a vote. Mona is the only one who54200:40:54.840 --> 00:40:57.679
don't want to split up. Guess I got a way54300:40:57.719 --> 00:41:01.840
of influencing people. Huh, there's six of us, so we54400:41:01.960 --> 00:41:07.559
split into twos. Carter and Aeriel obviously go together. Funny thing.54500:41:08.000 --> 00:41:12.400
She quickly grabs and holds Carter's hand. Princess and me54600:41:12.519 --> 00:41:17.159
can look around down here, Carter says. Bailey sighs and54700:41:17.239 --> 00:41:21.760
takes Horton's hand as they head upstairs. Oh man o,54800:41:22.000 --> 00:41:27.239
man o, man o, man o man, Horton groans. Bailey54900:41:27.320 --> 00:41:31.079
shoots him a mean look. You jump into my arms again,55000:41:31.400 --> 00:41:35.679
and I'll just leave you here, got it? That leaves55100:41:35.760 --> 00:41:41.039
Mona and me guess we're going downstairs, I say, She55200:41:41.199 --> 00:41:46.480
points right at me. I am not holding your little mouse, paw.55300:41:47.239 --> 00:41:50.639
I open the basement door and flip the switch. At55400:41:50.719 --> 00:41:53.800
least the lights are working, even if the light itself55500:41:53.880 --> 00:42:00.280
still makes things look creepy. I slowly start downstairs. I55600:42:00.320 --> 00:42:04.280
feel Mona following me. I think we're both expecting the55700:42:04.320 --> 00:42:08.679
basement door to just slam shut behind us and trap55800:42:08.760 --> 00:42:13.159
us in here. But so far, so good. There not55900:42:13.360 --> 00:42:17.760
that we're not already trapped. When we get to the bottom,56000:42:17.960 --> 00:42:21.199
we look around. You can tell things are dated in56100:42:21.280 --> 00:42:24.760
this house. Just looking at the washer and dryer and56200:42:24.840 --> 00:42:28.639
water heater, you just know they're from I don't know,56300:42:28.960 --> 00:42:34.239
maybe the nineteen seventies. Looking at Mona, she's got her56400:42:34.239 --> 00:42:39.760
eyes closed and breathing slowly. She's definitely showing she's scared.56500:42:40.760 --> 00:42:44.639
Then she digs into her pants and pulls out that56600:42:44.800 --> 00:42:48.159
big red gem that she got back at the Carnivosh56700:42:48.320 --> 00:42:53.320
estate in nineteen fifty five. After putting it on, she56800:42:53.480 --> 00:42:57.920
turns and sees me looking at her. What she demands,56900:42:58.559 --> 00:43:02.039
Then she points at me. Don't you dare judge me,57000:43:02.199 --> 00:43:07.239
you wicked little rodent. I shrug. I ain't saying nothing.57100:43:08.119 --> 00:43:11.840
You ready to look around down here? Mona softens up.57200:43:12.960 --> 00:43:17.480
I just feel safer wearing my new heirloom, that's all.57300:43:18.480 --> 00:43:24.599
She takes another breath. Okay, let's look around mouse. When57400:43:24.599 --> 00:43:29.280
I turn and start moving, Mona quickly grabs my little57500:43:29.400 --> 00:43:35.280
mouse paw. Yeah, she's big time scared. She keeps taking57600:43:35.360 --> 00:43:39.880
in breaths, trying to cope. Let's be honest, this little57700:43:39.920 --> 00:43:44.079
mousey's big time scared herself. I think the reason I57800:43:44.079 --> 00:43:47.199
don't lose my cool is because I just keep thinking.57900:43:48.199 --> 00:43:51.800
I think that's always been my coping mechanism. I ain't58000:43:51.840 --> 00:43:55.800
denying screaming when I get scared enough, I also admit58100:43:55.880 --> 00:43:59.440
I'm just as human as the next person. I think.58200:43:59.519 --> 00:44:01.960
At the same time time, I know we got a58300:44:02.039 --> 00:44:06.960
job to do here. Lately, Mary Worth, my ghostly friend,58400:44:07.360 --> 00:44:10.880
has been encouraging me more and more. I think it's58500:44:10.920 --> 00:44:13.480
because of Mary that I keep moving on when it58600:44:13.559 --> 00:44:19.159
comes to seeing these ghosts and stuff. Then I gasp58700:44:19.840 --> 00:44:28.639
as Mona turns to see what startled me. So you58800:44:28.840 --> 00:44:34.920
can get scared mouse, I shake Mona's hand. No, it's58900:44:34.960 --> 00:44:37.880
because you're putting the squeeze on me. Could you maybe59000:44:38.400 --> 00:44:43.199
let up a little bit? Sorry? Then my hand's feeling59100:44:43.400 --> 00:44:47.599
a lot better. After checking out a few rooms down here,59200:44:47.920 --> 00:44:50.519
we're about ready to turn around and go back up.59300:44:51.679 --> 00:44:58.559
Then I see something? What mouse, Mona asks? I point59400:44:58.599 --> 00:45:04.400
to it. Since when do floors have circular scrapes like this?59500:45:05.679 --> 00:45:09.480
Mona and me come to the same conclusion. She lets59600:45:09.480 --> 00:45:12.000
go of my hand and moves to the shelf to59700:45:12.119 --> 00:45:16.079
pull on it. When she's got it open, she turns59800:45:16.079 --> 00:45:20.320
to me. Good call, mouse. When she finds the light59900:45:20.400 --> 00:45:26.079
switch and turns it on, she gulps, no, bad call.60000:45:27.719 --> 00:45:31.760
What if this is some dungeon or something. I don't60100:45:31.760 --> 00:45:34.920
want to be stuck down here and never be able60200:45:34.960 --> 00:45:40.719
to eat Denoyer's grilled cheeseburgers ever again. You can stay here, Mona.60300:45:41.119 --> 00:45:44.800
I'll go check it out. I say, I'm going in.60400:45:44.840 --> 00:45:50.360
When Mona grabs my shoulders. No, wait, Mona takes my60500:45:50.480 --> 00:45:55.679
hand again. Then we go in together. Ironic, ain't it?60600:45:56.400 --> 00:46:00.760
This new room does look like a dungeon. There's empty60700:46:00.840 --> 00:46:07.039
cages on both sides. Hey, hey, this voice calls out,60800:46:07.360 --> 00:46:13.599
making Mona scream fast. She don't see me, gulpin, Who60900:46:13.800 --> 00:46:20.199
who's there? Mona calls back, yes, over here. The strange61000:46:20.280 --> 00:46:24.679
voice calls back. Mona and me move to it until61100:46:24.719 --> 00:46:28.079
we see this kid looking to be around our age,61200:46:28.559 --> 00:46:32.239
locked in one of the cells. Looking at his clothes.61300:46:32.320 --> 00:46:38.320
He's either wearing nineteen seventies fashion or it's his Halloween costume.61400:46:39.039 --> 00:46:43.519
Who can say. Anyway, he kind of looks like Vinnie61500:46:43.519 --> 00:46:48.280
Barberino from that show Welcome Back Cotter. I know because61600:46:48.320 --> 00:46:52.039
Grandma on Mom's side likes watching all them old shows.61700:46:52.719 --> 00:46:55.320
She's always got one on when the family goes and61800:46:55.440 --> 00:46:59.039
visits her. I just happened to see John Travolta and61900:46:59.159 --> 00:47:04.000
New the kids on his feet and holding the bars. Aw,62000:47:04.360 --> 00:47:07.440
you girls gotta get me out of here, He points62100:47:07.480 --> 00:47:10.880
to the far corner. Keyser right there, Come on, get62200:47:10.880 --> 00:47:13.960
me out of here before those those ghosts come back.62300:47:15.079 --> 00:47:17.960
Mona don't waste no time going and grabbing the keys.62400:47:18.719 --> 00:47:21.920
Problem is, Mona's gotta go through all of them to62500:47:22.000 --> 00:47:25.400
find the right key. Oh, come on, come on, open up.62600:47:26.599 --> 00:47:30.000
It's when the key finally turns his lock that we're62700:47:30.079 --> 00:47:33.639
all here and screaming. We look to see one of62800:47:33.639 --> 00:47:38.679
them ghosts at the secret entrance. It's the man Zachary,62900:47:39.519 --> 00:47:44.760
and he looks real mad. Get away from here, he63000:47:44.920 --> 00:47:48.119
roars in a voice that's sending shivers down this little63100:47:48.119 --> 00:47:53.559
mousey's spine. Don't stop, let me out, the guy cries.63200:47:54.440 --> 00:47:58.599
Mona finishes unlocking the cell. Then she opens the door.63300:47:59.480 --> 00:48:04.559
The guy quickly comes out. Only thing is, how are63400:48:04.559 --> 00:48:06.199
we gonna get past that ghost?63500:48:07.480 --> 00:48:08.239
Ah? Man?63600:48:09.840 --> 00:48:14.800
Mona slaps my shoulder like Ariel keeps saying, mouse, you63700:48:14.960 --> 00:48:19.119
never get scared. I wish I was like you. I63800:48:19.199 --> 00:48:22.679
actually got a smile at that, because it's very rare.63900:48:22.800 --> 00:48:27.639
Mona abels ever gives little old me a compliment. Taking64000:48:27.719 --> 00:48:30.920
a pretty big risk here. But I walk up to64100:48:31.000 --> 00:48:34.440
the ghost. I mean, what else are we gonna do?64200:48:35.239 --> 00:48:37.599
We ain't got no other way out of here except64300:48:37.599 --> 00:48:42.239
through Zachary Haym himself. Now I'm looking right at him.64400:48:43.239 --> 00:48:49.119
What's shaken? Ghost? I barely hear Mona saying you're crazy,64500:48:49.199 --> 00:48:56.000
mouse Zachary's face turns into this hideous skull with glowing eyes.64600:48:56.800 --> 00:49:01.079
Then he points right past me. You I'll never leave64700:49:01.199 --> 00:49:05.639
here with that boy. Being scared is definitely making me64800:49:05.719 --> 00:49:10.440
do some quick mouse thinking. I know Zachary Haym's a ghost,64900:49:10.519 --> 00:49:14.239
but I dropped my knees and quickly scurry in between65000:49:14.280 --> 00:49:18.239
the ghost's legs. When I see how pointless that was,65100:49:18.960 --> 00:49:23.119
I just get up and run away. Sure felt cold65200:49:23.239 --> 00:49:27.599
running through that ghost. When he turns around and sees65300:49:27.679 --> 00:49:32.840
me running, he bellows out all these loud groans and65400:49:32.960 --> 00:49:37.280
comes chasing me down. Problem here is I ain't the65500:49:37.360 --> 00:49:41.400
fastest runner in our group. Ariel would definitely give this65600:49:41.440 --> 00:49:44.920
ghost a run for his money. I think. I end65700:49:45.000 --> 00:49:47.880
up running around the basement stairway a couple of times65800:49:48.360 --> 00:49:52.480
before I'm doing some quick thinking again. I stop on65900:49:52.519 --> 00:49:56.239
the other side and wait for him to appear. He's66000:49:56.280 --> 00:50:02.159
looking right at me. Now, Good Mona, Good Mona and66100:50:02.199 --> 00:50:05.000
that guy are sneaking out and trying to make their66200:50:05.039 --> 00:50:08.400
way to the stairs. I give the ghost a smile66300:50:08.480 --> 00:50:13.400
and start dancing. Don't ask me what style, because I66400:50:13.440 --> 00:50:17.280
don't know and I don't care. The ghosts just looking66500:50:17.360 --> 00:50:20.280
at me like I lost my marbles. And you just66600:50:20.440 --> 00:50:24.000
know Mona's gonna tell Ariel and Bailey the first chance66700:50:24.079 --> 00:50:28.639
she gets. Ah Man, if cousin Aileen or Daisy may66800:50:28.719 --> 00:50:31.800
hear about this, I'm never gonna hear the end of it.66900:50:32.760 --> 00:50:36.079
I know I'm embarrassing myself, but I keep the ghost67000:50:36.199 --> 00:50:38.679
looking at me long enough for Mona and that guy67100:50:38.800 --> 00:50:42.119
to get upstairs. Know when I got a haul keister,67200:50:42.679 --> 00:50:45.840
I stop playing the dance and little mouse and run67300:50:45.880 --> 00:50:50.719
for the stairs. As I'm turning the corner, the ghost roars.67400:50:51.360 --> 00:50:54.559
Feels like a strong winds behind me because I almost67500:50:54.559 --> 00:50:57.639
get slammed up against the wall. I cry out and67600:50:57.719 --> 00:51:01.519
move to the stairs again. You, you meddling kids, have67700:51:01.719 --> 00:51:06.199
no idea what you've just done. That boy must never67800:51:06.679 --> 00:51:10.840
ever leave this house, and that means you won't be67900:51:11.000 --> 00:51:15.000
leaving this house either. I make like a little mousey68000:51:15.400 --> 00:51:18.320
and move up the stairs on all fours. When I68100:51:18.360 --> 00:51:21.519
reach the top, Mona's right there to help me out.68200:51:21.800 --> 00:51:25.559
When we're all here in Zachary roaring downstairs, I move68300:51:25.679 --> 00:51:29.559
to shut the door. Mona screams and the guy gasps.68400:51:29.719 --> 00:51:34.840
When the basement door explodes into splinters and kindling Mona68500:51:34.960 --> 00:51:44.840
never sees it, but my eyes are wide open. Without68600:51:44.920 --> 00:51:49.239
even thinking, we run in different directions. So much for68700:51:49.360 --> 00:51:52.760
us sticking together. Know when I messed up, and knowing68800:51:52.840 --> 00:51:56.400
I can't abandon Mona, I stop in my tracks again68900:51:56.960 --> 00:52:02.559
and turn around. Hey, ghosty, I call out. When Zachary69000:52:02.719 --> 00:52:07.079
turns and looks at me, I get another idea. I've69100:52:07.079 --> 00:52:11.400
been told I look like a little kid before. Grandma69200:52:11.480 --> 00:52:14.599
still thinks I am a little kid, might as well69300:52:14.639 --> 00:52:18.639
act like one, right. I put my thumbs in my ears,69400:52:18.960 --> 00:52:24.400
wiggle my fingers, and stick out my tongue. The ghost69500:52:24.519 --> 00:52:29.159
roars and floats after me for some mouse chasing. Since69600:52:29.199 --> 00:52:31.760
I can't go right out one of them doors, I69700:52:31.880 --> 00:52:36.760
quickly haul my keyster upstairs again using all fours. I69800:52:36.800 --> 00:52:40.599
don't even look and just turn right. That's when I'm69900:52:40.639 --> 00:52:45.079
seeing plenty of doors here in the hallway and decide70000:52:45.119 --> 00:52:48.880
to have some fun, just like I did with Stuart70100:52:49.000 --> 00:52:54.039
Jeeves back in nineteen fifty five long story. I turn70200:52:54.119 --> 00:52:56.760
around and see the ghost at the top of the stairs.70300:52:57.400 --> 00:53:02.039
After giving him another I open the door to my70400:53:02.159 --> 00:53:05.320
right and pull it shut to see I'm in a70500:53:05.400 --> 00:53:10.719
dark closet. It ain't long before Zachary's right outside because70600:53:10.760 --> 00:53:15.000
I can see that eerie glow coming underneath the door.70700:53:16.360 --> 00:53:20.800
When the ghost opens it, eh, I saw you come70800:53:20.840 --> 00:53:26.840
in right here, little girl, he groans. Then I open70900:53:26.920 --> 00:53:30.119
the door behind him. Jee tchi je tu tu tu71000:53:30.199 --> 00:53:35.320
chu jip. The ghost roars and turns around. I quickly71100:53:35.360 --> 00:53:39.360
pull the door shut. He opens the door that goes71200:53:39.440 --> 00:53:43.159
into the bedroom. I'm sure he's looking all over for me,71300:53:43.280 --> 00:53:46.719
but I ain't nowhere in the room now. When he71400:53:46.760 --> 00:53:50.199
comes back out into the hall, he's yelling to know71500:53:50.280 --> 00:53:53.440
where I am. I open the door at the end71600:53:53.519 --> 00:53:58.360
of the hall, right here, buddy. When the ghost turns around,71700:53:58.840 --> 00:54:02.840
I'm smiling, and wait when he starts floating after me,71800:54:03.599 --> 00:54:07.000
I pull the door shut. He opens it to reveal71900:54:07.119 --> 00:54:12.000
a bathroom, but he ain't seeing me in it. I72000:54:12.079 --> 00:54:14.840
know he's gonna check the pantry with the laundry chute72100:54:14.840 --> 00:54:18.920
in it, which is one of two possible places I72200:54:18.960 --> 00:54:23.159
could hide at least after He's also pulling the shower72300:54:23.239 --> 00:54:28.400
curtain at the bathtub aside. Zachary comes back out into72400:54:28.400 --> 00:54:33.800
the hall. You can play your games all you want, Mortal,72500:54:34.519 --> 00:54:39.199
but I'll find you. There's only so far you can run.72600:54:40.239 --> 00:54:45.639
You can't leave this house, and most certainly not after72700:54:45.840 --> 00:54:50.360
three am. When I see him turning back to the pantry,72800:54:50.960 --> 00:54:54.000
I laugh to myself when he's opening the laundry chute.72900:54:54.719 --> 00:54:58.000
Come on, really, I know I'm small and thin, but73000:54:58.519 --> 00:55:01.840
even I can't fit down the sho shoot. I open73100:55:01.920 --> 00:55:06.000
one of the sink's doors and slip out. I shriek73200:55:06.119 --> 00:55:09.360
when the ghost is suddenly right there to scare me.73300:55:10.280 --> 00:55:13.440
I quickly run out of the bathroom, pulling the door73400:55:13.519 --> 00:55:17.480
shut behind me. Yeah, like that's gonna stop a ghost.73500:55:18.760 --> 00:55:22.599
Instead of floating through the door, he levels it before73600:55:22.639 --> 00:55:26.599
coming out. Then he sees me going into another door73700:55:26.679 --> 00:55:31.440
and pulling it shut. I've got you, now, you little rascal,73800:55:32.320 --> 00:55:37.239
Zachary growls with delight when he opens the door. I73900:55:37.400 --> 00:55:41.199
exit at the little closet door by the stairs. While74000:55:41.320 --> 00:55:45.280
Zachary's yelling things, this little mouse he ain't gonna repeat here.74100:55:45.960 --> 00:55:50.119
I pull myself up onto the railing and slide down, quickly,74200:55:50.199 --> 00:55:54.920
put in distance between me and Zachary. Unlike Stuart Jeeves74300:55:54.920 --> 00:56:00.360
back in fifty five, Zachary's still opening doors upstairs trying74400:56:00.440 --> 00:56:03.280
to find me. When I hit the bottom of the railing,74500:56:03.559 --> 00:56:08.119
I stop myself and slowly drop off. Definitely don't want74600:56:08.159 --> 00:56:10.480
to take the chance Ariel might be there for me74700:56:10.559 --> 00:56:14.320
to fly into. When I'm on the floor, I turn74800:56:14.440 --> 00:56:18.679
and tippy toe out of there. I'm trying to be quiet,74900:56:18.719 --> 00:56:21.679
like a little mousie when I'm walking around down here.75000:56:22.679 --> 00:56:25.199
It ain't long before a hand grabs hold of me75100:56:25.800 --> 00:56:29.559
and pulls me into another room. I know it ain't75200:56:29.599 --> 00:56:35.199
no ghost because the hand is familiar. You, okay, Madeline75300:56:35.800 --> 00:56:40.039
Carter asks. He pulled me into the kitchen where the75400:56:40.079 --> 00:56:43.679
others are. Looks like Mona and the guy we jail75500:56:43.719 --> 00:56:48.039
broke made it back to the others too. Yeah, just75600:56:48.280 --> 00:56:52.239
running from a ghost. I tell him. Guess you didn't75700:56:52.320 --> 00:56:57.960
happen to find a way out, he mutters. I sigh, Yeah,75800:56:58.079 --> 00:57:01.320
I wish you know. I didn't fly off of the75900:57:01.360 --> 00:57:04.440
stairway railing and land on Ariel like back at the76000:57:04.599 --> 00:57:08.960
Carnivosha State in fifty five. But she's still real mad.76100:57:09.519 --> 00:57:14.320
She tightens her fists and growls. Then she yells, where76200:57:14.360 --> 00:57:18.559
are you, you, little goober? It's going to take forever76300:57:18.639 --> 00:57:23.199
to find Stuart Bailey complains, this is a big house.76400:57:24.400 --> 00:57:29.159
Then Ariel looks at Mona and me. You two didn't76500:57:29.280 --> 00:57:33.880
see that goober downstairs, did you? Mona and me both76600:57:33.920 --> 00:57:39.199
shake our heads. Then Mona says, wasn't really anywhere that76700:57:39.239 --> 00:57:43.280
little stinker could hide down there. Mousel backed me up76800:57:43.320 --> 00:57:48.079
on that one. She's right, I agree. Then we tell76900:57:48.119 --> 00:57:52.400
everybody what all we found down there. Carter points to77000:57:52.440 --> 00:57:58.280
the kid, Are you Jason Miron? Didn't you disappear in77100:57:58.440 --> 00:58:02.679
this house back in the nineteen seventies? Jason gives him77200:58:02.719 --> 00:58:06.960
a weird smile. Seems like I've been in this house forever.77300:58:09.239 --> 00:58:21.239
It is still nineteen seventy eight, right, we're all looking77400:58:21.280 --> 00:58:25.360
at each other now than Ariel and Carter both shake77500:58:25.400 --> 00:58:30.559
their heads slowly. She tells him the current year. Boy,77600:58:31.239 --> 00:58:35.440
you should have seen the look on his face. You're serious,77700:58:36.159 --> 00:58:40.599
Jason gowks. Then he's sneering and pointing at all of us.77800:58:41.880 --> 00:58:44.360
And how do I know you ain't lying? I mean,77900:58:44.960 --> 00:58:48.039
look at the clothes you're wearing. Those are easily nineteen78000:58:48.159 --> 00:58:52.440
fifties fashions. I know because my parents were still wearing78100:58:52.440 --> 00:58:56.480
them the night I came. Trick or treating here, we're78200:58:56.480 --> 00:59:00.480
out trick or treating ourselves. Bailey quickly answers, for us.78300:59:01.440 --> 00:59:05.400
We went as people from the nineteen fifties. We ain't78400:59:05.440 --> 00:59:08.960
sure whether Jason believes us or not, but that's the78500:59:09.079 --> 00:59:12.960
story we're sticking with. We've got to find our way78600:59:13.000 --> 00:59:17.039
out of here, Horton says, looking at his watch, we're78700:59:17.119 --> 00:59:21.679
losing minutes. We ain't getting out of here. Jason mutters,78800:59:22.519 --> 00:59:24.639
you know how many times I've broken out of my78900:59:24.760 --> 00:59:30.320
cell downstairs and tried to escape. Those ghosts keep finding79000:59:30.360 --> 00:59:34.320
me and putting me back downstairs. If they find us again,79100:59:35.119 --> 00:59:39.360
they'll lock all of you up downstairs too. He sighs.79200:59:40.679 --> 00:59:42.840
Looks like you guys are going to be living in79300:59:42.920 --> 00:59:47.639
this house with me for the long haul. Bailey throws79400:59:47.679 --> 00:59:51.320
her arms up. You act like you want to stay here,79500:59:52.360 --> 00:59:57.280
Jason shrugs. It ain't like we're being tortured or put79600:59:57.320 --> 01:00:01.199
to work. You learn to live on caramel apples and79701:00:01.519 --> 01:00:05.880
Halloween candy and soda pop, but at least you ain't starving.79801:00:07.039 --> 01:00:10.519
Ariel points at him. We are getting out of here.79901:00:11.159 --> 01:00:17.320
You just wait. Yeah, I definitely gotta trust Ariel. Usually,80001:00:17.360 --> 01:00:20.760
when she says her favorite phrase, she makes good on80101:00:20.800 --> 01:00:24.760
whatever it is you're gonna wait for. Suddenly, a cupboard80201:00:24.800 --> 01:00:30.280
door slams open nearby, and this little carpenter comes out,80301:00:30.519 --> 01:00:34.360
making us jump and shriek. All I did was open80401:00:34.400 --> 01:00:38.760
my eyes wide. Ariel growls and points at the little guy.80501:00:39.599 --> 01:00:42.840
I can't believe you came and hear you, little, you,80601:00:43.079 --> 01:00:49.480
little goober. Stuart gives Ariel a mean look, then he80701:00:49.599 --> 01:00:53.119
roars and leaps right down at her. Carter catches the80801:00:53.159 --> 01:00:55.920
little guy before he can land and take Ariel to80901:00:55.960 --> 01:00:59.519
the floor. When he puts Stuart down, the little guy81001:00:59.559 --> 01:01:03.079
turns to him and kicks him in the shin. Hey,81101:01:03.920 --> 01:01:09.119
Carter growls, you little Ariel gets in between him. No,81201:01:09.239 --> 01:01:13.440
you don't, Carter cross. If anybody's giving this little goober81301:01:13.599 --> 01:01:18.159
his just deserts, it's going to be me. Then she81401:01:18.320 --> 01:01:24.119
snatches Stuart to him, and now, you, little goober. When81501:01:24.159 --> 01:01:28.119
Ariel grabs Stuart's arm, the little guy quickly grabs her81601:01:28.119 --> 01:01:34.440
wrist and bites her ow. Then Ariel snatches him again81701:01:34.840 --> 01:01:38.360
as he tries running away. She brings him to her81801:01:38.639 --> 01:01:41.920
as she sits down at the table. I may not81901:01:42.039 --> 01:01:44.199
be your mom, but I am going to give you82001:01:44.280 --> 01:01:47.880
a good spanking. I don't think any of us ever82101:01:47.960 --> 01:01:51.519
heard little Stuart mir and talk. I know. The most82201:01:51.599 --> 01:01:55.119
I ever heard him do was just roar, like just now,82301:01:55.800 --> 01:01:58.760
which is what Stuart's doing when Ariel's trying to hold82401:01:58.840 --> 01:02:04.039
him in place. But Ariel underestimated Stuart again when he82501:02:04.119 --> 01:02:07.880
turns his head enough to bite Ariel's wrist. When she82601:02:08.000 --> 01:02:12.119
cries out, he escapes. That's when I grab him and82701:02:12.239 --> 01:02:15.360
turn him to look at me. Hey, come on, little guy,82801:02:15.679 --> 01:02:19.400
I tell him, why you gotta be so mean? I'm82901:02:19.440 --> 01:02:23.320
wondering if Stuart's gonna try bitin me now. Then he83001:02:23.440 --> 01:02:28.239
points to something in my vest pocket. Oh you want83101:02:28.239 --> 01:02:33.079
my candy bar, I ask. Stuart nods quickly. I give83201:02:33.119 --> 01:02:36.639
it to him without thinking twice about it. Funny thing.83301:02:37.480 --> 01:02:40.679
I enjoy trick or treating, but I ain't really a83401:02:40.760 --> 01:02:41.559
candy person.83501:02:42.480 --> 01:02:42.679
Yeah.83601:02:42.679 --> 01:02:45.000
I might eat a few pieces once in a while,83701:02:45.039 --> 01:02:48.280
but I actually give all my candy to Mom and Dad.83801:02:49.039 --> 01:02:52.360
I know they enjoy it more than me. Also, I83901:02:52.400 --> 01:02:54.440
know Mom will put it out with the food when84001:02:54.480 --> 01:02:59.280
she's having her art gallery presentations. After Stuart finishes the84101:02:59.360 --> 01:03:03.320
candy bar, he's real happy. Now, Believe it or not,84201:03:03.639 --> 01:03:07.039
this would be the beginning of a beautiful friendship between84301:03:07.119 --> 01:03:10.840
me and the little guy. Then I tell him you84401:03:10.880 --> 01:03:15.559
want more candy, Well, you gotta behave okay. Stuart nods quickly.84501:03:16.320 --> 01:03:19.519
Then Ariel gives me this weird look like she's asking84601:03:19.599 --> 01:03:24.320
what makes me so special? Then I get an idea.84701:03:25.440 --> 01:03:27.639
I don't suppose you know how we can get out84801:03:27.679 --> 01:03:32.920
of here, do you, Stuart? Stuart shrugs. He's probably been84901:03:32.920 --> 01:03:35.920
playing around in this house so much he never thought85001:03:35.960 --> 01:03:40.000
about getting out of here. But Ariel ain't giving up85101:03:40.079 --> 01:03:44.800
so easily. She turns Stuart around to face her. You85201:03:44.920 --> 01:03:49.199
got us into this mess, you rotten goober. If you85301:03:49.320 --> 01:03:53.199
know how to Stuart stops Ariel by kicking her in85401:03:53.320 --> 01:03:59.039
the shin. Now Ariel's hoppin' mad. Okay, that is it.85501:03:59.280 --> 01:04:02.760
I've had it with you, Stuart. At first, I'm wondering85601:04:02.800 --> 01:04:06.440
if she's gonna try spanking him again, but she gives85701:04:06.519 --> 01:04:10.000
him her wicked smile. When we get out of here,85801:04:10.280 --> 01:04:13.840
we're gonna leave you behind and tell Aunt Margaret we85901:04:14.079 --> 01:04:17.719
just couldn't find you. That means I'll be free of86001:04:17.800 --> 01:04:22.320
you forever. She lowers herself to look Stuart in the face.86101:04:23.199 --> 01:04:26.000
So go ahead and kick my shins all you want.86201:04:26.960 --> 01:04:31.519
I just don't care anymore. Stuart, tightens his little fists86301:04:31.840 --> 01:04:35.559
and runs at Ariel. I come in between them. We86401:04:35.599 --> 01:04:39.199
ain't got time for this. When they're both looking my way,86501:04:39.280 --> 01:04:43.360
I tell them we ain't got time period. Three in86601:04:43.440 --> 01:04:46.159
the morning's gonna be here before we know it. If86701:04:46.159 --> 01:04:50.079
we don't get out of here by then, well we86801:04:50.119 --> 01:04:54.400
ain't getting out of here. Get the idea. I think86901:04:54.440 --> 01:04:57.719
I'm speaking for everybody here when I'm saying I know87001:04:57.880 --> 01:05:01.599
I don't want to be in this house for I87101:05:01.639 --> 01:05:05.400
look at Stuart. Now, come on, little guy, if you87201:05:05.519 --> 01:05:07.880
do know a way out of here, could you tell87301:05:08.000 --> 01:05:11.000
us there's more candy in it for you? If you do.87401:05:11.920 --> 01:05:17.840
Stuart points to a nearby door. Aeriel moves and tries it. Nothing.87501:05:18.599 --> 01:05:22.239
The other doors leading out probably won't open either. You87601:05:22.360 --> 01:05:27.199
think I didn't try that already, Jason snapped, These doors87701:05:27.239 --> 01:05:31.199
are sealed tight. We ain't getting out of here. We're87801:05:31.280 --> 01:05:36.639
stuck in here forever. I point at him. Maybe you87901:05:36.800 --> 01:05:39.840
gave up, buddy, but I know I want to go home.88001:05:40.880 --> 01:05:44.320
The others are quick to agree with me. It ain't88101:05:44.360 --> 01:05:48.719
long before the haunting keeps going. We're hearing ghostly groans88201:05:48.760 --> 01:05:53.039
and they're getting closer. It ain't gonna be long before88301:05:53.079 --> 01:05:57.280
those two ghosts find us again. Problem here is, we88401:05:57.320 --> 01:05:59.639
ain't gonna be able to keep running around and here,88501:05:59.760 --> 01:06:04.320
since there's only so many places we can go. Then88601:06:04.559 --> 01:06:07.800
I realize I could have got answers from my other88701:06:07.880 --> 01:06:11.440
friend who ain't here with us at the moment. Soon88801:06:11.519 --> 01:06:14.559
as them ghosts show up, everybody gets all scared and88901:06:14.639 --> 01:06:19.000
runs in different directions again. Now them ghosts are looking89001:06:19.079 --> 01:06:22.239
right at me. I think Ariel must have picked up89101:06:22.280 --> 01:06:25.760
Steward and took him with her, because I ain't seeing89201:06:25.840 --> 01:06:29.960
him here. I give the ghosts a little smile as89301:06:30.000 --> 01:06:36.960
I wave my little fingers. U Hi. When I drop89401:06:37.039 --> 01:06:39.880
my hand, I feel the knob of a cupboard behind me.89501:06:40.719 --> 01:06:44.039
Time to be a little mousey again. I quickly drop89601:06:44.159 --> 01:06:48.159
open the door and get inside. You're not pulling that89701:06:48.280 --> 01:06:53.519
trick on me again, little girl, I'm hearing Zachary say.89801:06:54.440 --> 01:06:56.719
As I hear him open up the other cabinets to89901:06:56.800 --> 01:07:00.400
try and anticipate where I'm likely to pop out. I90001:07:00.440 --> 01:07:03.360
open up the cabinet door where I got into and90101:07:03.480 --> 01:07:07.559
get the heck out of dodge such a wicked, wicked90201:07:07.599 --> 01:07:15.079
little girl, Ava growls behind me. Feet don't fail me now, seriously,90301:07:15.519 --> 01:07:18.320
if my besties are gonna call me mouse, I should90401:07:18.320 --> 01:07:22.039
be able to move just like one. Finally, I move90501:07:22.079 --> 01:07:24.960
into a hallway and quickly slip off to the side.90601:07:25.880 --> 01:07:29.920
Soon Ava floats right past me and don't even see me.90701:07:30.960 --> 01:07:35.559
And that's when I feel my mousey sense my tummy90801:07:35.880 --> 01:07:39.239
talkin' to me. I don't know, I'm just getting the90901:07:39.280 --> 01:07:43.039
feeling something ain't right when it comes to them ghosts.91001:07:44.400 --> 01:07:47.239
When I know it's safe, I tipy toe out of91101:07:47.280 --> 01:07:51.400
my hiding place and move to the nearby door. To91201:07:51.480 --> 01:07:56.440
my surprise, it opens. It takes a minute for my91301:07:56.519 --> 01:08:00.159
eyes to adjust, but I'm seeing now. I'm I'm in91401:08:00.239 --> 01:08:04.320
a garage. There's a couple of cars in here. Then91501:08:04.360 --> 01:08:10.079
I get an idea and open the driver's side door. Drat,91601:08:10.519 --> 01:08:13.960
no keys. I move to the other car and don't91701:08:13.960 --> 01:08:17.039
find him in that one either. I was wanting to91801:08:17.079 --> 01:08:21.279
try and drive a car again, like earlier tonight, I'm91901:08:21.319 --> 01:08:23.880
about to move to find a safe hiding spot so92001:08:23.960 --> 01:08:28.000
i can talk to Mary Worth when I'm suddenly shrieking92101:08:28.079 --> 01:08:32.319
as the garage door is opening up. There's nowhere to run.92201:08:32.359 --> 01:08:45.239
When two hands grab hold of me and pull me outside.92301:08:45.560 --> 01:08:50.039
You I ask not believe in what I'm seeing. What92401:08:50.119 --> 01:08:52.880
are you doing all the way out here, Maddie, Bill92501:08:52.960 --> 01:08:57.880
Chapman's asking me the other guy, Brian Chunk glances at92601:08:57.920 --> 01:09:02.640
Bill and lightly smacks his shoulder. Hey, if Maddie's out here,92701:09:02.760 --> 01:09:05.880
then you know the others are too. Chapman gives a92801:09:05.920 --> 01:09:10.640
quick nod and asks me, is Horton with you guys? Yeah?92901:09:10.760 --> 01:09:14.399
In the house, I tell him. Chunker explains that Horton's93001:09:14.439 --> 01:09:18.600
crazy mom called their houses after he ran off. Even93101:09:18.640 --> 01:09:21.720
though Chapman and Chunker's parents didn't want them going off93201:09:21.800 --> 01:09:24.720
after they just got their kids back from being gone93301:09:24.800 --> 01:09:27.880
for a whole year. They let him head out so93401:09:27.920 --> 01:09:31.279
they could go look for Horton. But how'd you guys93501:09:31.359 --> 01:09:35.359
know Horton was here? I ask? Horton always comes out93601:09:35.399 --> 01:09:37.960
here when he's got to get away from his spaz mom.93701:09:38.479 --> 01:09:41.760
Chapman says he knows she won't come out here with93801:09:41.840 --> 01:09:45.520
the bikers not living too far away. This is where93901:09:45.520 --> 01:09:48.520
we used to have our old clubhouse, back before Chunker's94001:09:48.600 --> 01:09:51.840
dad gave us his old tool shed. What is this94101:09:52.000 --> 01:09:56.199
place anyway, Chunker asks, I ain't never seen this house94201:09:56.239 --> 01:10:01.079
here before. It's the Candy House. Chunker. Chapman tells him94301:10:01.560 --> 01:10:05.800
it's gotta be Dad always talks about this place around Halloween.94401:10:06.880 --> 01:10:10.960
You found it, I assure him. Seeing Chapman and chunkers94501:10:11.000 --> 01:10:14.159
making me do some more thinking here, I point to94601:10:14.199 --> 01:10:17.319
the guys. How'd you get that garage door to open?94701:10:18.279 --> 01:10:22.159
I just opened it. Chapman tells me, you guys didn't94801:10:22.199 --> 01:10:25.600
have to break in or nothing. I ask, give me94901:10:25.680 --> 01:10:29.840
a break, Maddie. Chapman scoffs, we ain't vandals. The door95001:10:30.000 --> 01:10:33.680
just opened when I tried lifting it. We weren't expecting95101:10:33.720 --> 01:10:38.119
to see you behind it, though. Chunker ads, just to95201:10:38.159 --> 01:10:40.840
be sure. I reach out and touch both of them.95301:10:41.800 --> 01:10:45.560
They're real sure enough. I ain't seeing things and they95401:10:45.600 --> 01:10:51.119
ain't ghosts. I really am back outside, and I'm thinking,95501:10:51.359 --> 01:10:55.079
I know what's going on here now. I turned back95601:10:55.119 --> 01:10:58.239
to the open garage. I gotta go back in and95701:10:58.279 --> 01:11:02.840
get the others. Guys, we'll go in with you, Chunker says.95801:11:03.239 --> 01:11:05.520
I turned back and raise my hand to stop him.95901:11:06.279 --> 01:11:09.079
You two gotta stay out here. If you come in96001:11:09.119 --> 01:11:12.159
with me, you might not come back out. Hold it,96101:11:12.479 --> 01:11:16.159
Chapman says. If you were in there, then how were96201:11:16.199 --> 01:11:19.279
you able to come back out again. My old man said,96301:11:19.279 --> 01:11:21.680
if you get trapped in there and don't get out96401:11:21.680 --> 01:11:27.359
by he checks his smart watch. Fifteen minutes, this house96501:11:27.560 --> 01:11:31.920
disappears for another year. Anybody who's in there's gone too.96601:11:33.000 --> 01:11:35.359
I quickly tell the guys what I think I know96701:11:35.479 --> 01:11:38.159
about this house and why I don't want him going96801:11:38.239 --> 01:11:41.520
in with me. Chapman and Chunker look at each other,96901:11:42.319 --> 01:11:45.520
then they look back at me. Chunker and me are97001:11:45.560 --> 01:11:49.560
coming in with you. Chapman says, Horton's been our buddy97101:11:49.640 --> 01:11:52.720
since we was pups. We ain't gonna leave him behind.97201:11:53.279 --> 01:11:55.880
It was Horton's idea for us to go back into97301:11:55.880 --> 01:11:59.159
the village cemetery to keep Abigail Tomlin from taking a97401:11:59.159 --> 01:12:02.319
bunch of kids back to the afterlife with her last Halloween.97501:12:03.359 --> 01:12:07.560
We couldn't let Horton go alone, Chunker ads, so we97601:12:07.600 --> 01:12:10.680
went back into the cemetery with him. You know what97701:12:10.800 --> 01:12:14.279
happened from there. We know you and your friends rescued97801:12:14.359 --> 01:12:17.560
us earlier tonight, but we're not leaving Horton in there.97901:12:18.479 --> 01:12:22.880
I hope you can understand that. I sigh, I know98001:12:22.960 --> 01:12:26.079
what you mean. I do the same for my friends too.98101:12:26.720 --> 01:12:28.680
I know Carter Cross would do the same for me98201:12:28.840 --> 01:12:34.600
for sure. Okay, come on, then we're losing time. We98301:12:34.760 --> 01:12:37.800
go back into the house through the garage when we98401:12:37.880 --> 01:12:41.560
see them ghosts floating and moving up and down, probably98501:12:41.720 --> 01:12:45.079
still looking for me. I talked Chapman and Chunker through98601:12:45.119 --> 01:12:48.880
getting around him and know I'm right about what's going on.98701:12:50.000 --> 01:12:53.279
The three of us find the others upstairs and hiding98801:12:53.399 --> 01:12:56.039
all the way up in the attic. The others are98901:12:56.079 --> 01:13:00.479
surprised at seeing chap and Chunk, especially Horton. I can't99001:13:00.520 --> 01:13:02.640
believe you guys tracked me all the way out here.99101:13:03.159 --> 01:13:06.920
Horton squeaks. It was either that or your mom would99201:13:06.920 --> 01:13:10.520
be haunting us every day from now on. Chunker tells99301:13:10.600 --> 01:13:14.600
him time to work on my plan. Come on, everybody,99401:13:15.039 --> 01:13:17.319
I found the way out of here. We gotta go99501:13:17.399 --> 01:13:21.000
back downstairs to get out. The others are all happy99601:13:21.039 --> 01:13:25.239
here and that except Jason. I couldn't help seeing the99701:13:25.239 --> 01:13:28.439
look of surprise on his face, and I don't mean99801:13:28.520 --> 01:13:32.560
a pleasant surprise. Soon as we're coming out of the attic,99901:13:33.399 --> 01:13:38.239
surprise surprise. Them ghosts are miraculously right there. Then I100001:13:38.319 --> 01:13:41.239
come out and start playing the dancing little Mousie again.100101:13:41.920 --> 01:13:45.600
I even get Mona laughing. When I'm making these singing100201:13:45.760 --> 01:13:49.079
mousey sounds. Them ghosts are looking at me like I'm100301:13:49.119 --> 01:13:53.880
some kind of nut. Bailey turns my way. Are you serious?100401:13:53.960 --> 01:13:57.600
Right now? Bailey and Horton gotta make Mona come with him,100501:13:57.840 --> 01:13:59.760
and Chapman and Chunker are leading them to the way100601:13:59.760 --> 01:14:03.520
out out. Yeah, they know my plan. They even knew100701:14:03.560 --> 01:14:06.800
not to say nothing to Jason Miran about it. I100801:14:06.920 --> 01:14:10.840
keep dancing around and around and making my little singing100901:14:10.960 --> 01:14:14.640
mouse voices. I'm half wondering if a cane is gonna101001:14:14.640 --> 01:14:16.920
come out of the side somewhere and yank me away101101:14:17.560 --> 01:14:21.560
like a cartoon character being yanked off of the stage. Nope,101201:14:21.600 --> 01:14:25.920
I'm still playing the dancing and singing little mousey. Oh man,101301:14:26.600 --> 01:14:28.439
I ain't never gonna hear the end of this one.101401:14:29.520 --> 01:14:33.239
Of course, I gotta get out of here myself first. Still,101501:14:33.600 --> 01:14:37.159
even after everything I'm doing, those ghosts still ain't making101601:14:37.239 --> 01:14:40.760
any attempt to touch me. I remember passing right through101701:14:40.880 --> 01:14:45.239
Zachary and feeling cold for a little bit. I could101801:14:45.239 --> 01:14:48.119
probably do it again, but I want them to try101901:14:48.159 --> 01:14:51.760
touching me themselves. It ain't long before I stop with102001:14:51.840 --> 01:14:55.560
my act and run away. Them ghosts are chasing me102101:14:55.640 --> 01:14:59.000
around again. I'm keeping him up on the second floor102201:14:59.039 --> 01:15:02.039
with me. Gotta give everybody enough time to get out102301:15:02.079 --> 01:15:05.159
of here. I'm about ready to move into a door102401:15:05.239 --> 01:15:07.520
and do my Now you see me, Now, you don't102501:15:07.520 --> 01:15:12.119
trick again. I stop when I see Jason Mirn just102601:15:12.199 --> 01:15:15.439
at the top of the stairs. Now he knows I'm102701:15:15.479 --> 01:15:18.439
looking right at him. That's when he comes away from102801:15:18.479 --> 01:15:22.439
the top step and heads to me. How long have102901:15:22.520 --> 01:15:25.720
you been here, buddy, I ask him. I know you've103001:15:25.720 --> 01:15:28.359
been in here since you disappeared that Halloween night back103101:15:28.399 --> 01:15:31.279
in nineteen seventy eight. What I really want to know103201:15:31.439 --> 01:15:34.640
is how long have you been hanging out here? I mean,103301:15:34.800 --> 01:15:37.640
you ain't aged none, so I know this house is103401:15:37.760 --> 01:15:41.239
keeping you young and everything. When the ghosts continue to103501:15:41.239 --> 01:15:44.520
float in front of me, I sigh, So cut the103601:15:44.600 --> 01:15:47.319
act already. I know it's you who's got to be103701:15:47.319 --> 01:15:53.199
making him appear somehow. Jason Miron's showing a wicked smirk.103801:15:54.560 --> 01:16:04.199
You think you know everything, little girl. I know enough103901:16:04.199 --> 01:16:07.640
to know what real ghosts do and don't do, I say,104001:16:08.159 --> 01:16:10.880
And we already had to deal with enough ghosts tonight,104101:16:11.520 --> 01:16:15.960
So come on, what's the real story here? Just then104201:16:16.079 --> 01:16:20.720
Mona suddenly appears right next to me. Mouse, Jason, we104301:16:20.840 --> 01:16:23.920
can get out of here. The garage is wide open.104401:16:24.840 --> 01:16:28.520
I quickly point behind me, Mona, you gotta get out104501:16:28.520 --> 01:16:31.640
of here. It's Jason. He's the one behind all of this.104601:16:32.760 --> 01:16:36.520
Before Mona can ask me what's going on, Jason raises104701:16:36.560 --> 01:16:39.840
his hand and makes the door slam right behind Mona.104801:16:40.680 --> 01:16:43.359
Now she's giving me that look, telling me she knows104901:16:43.399 --> 01:16:48.920
I'm right. Now we're both looking at Jason. He chuckles.105001:16:49.600 --> 01:16:52.479
It was so easy to learn both the mirroran ways105101:16:52.600 --> 01:16:56.119
and the family magics, But there's only so much you105201:16:56.159 --> 01:16:58.960
can do when your parents are always hanging over you105301:16:59.000 --> 01:17:01.840
and telling you what to do all the time. I105401:17:01.920 --> 01:17:05.520
had to get away from them. Halloween night was coming up,105501:17:06.079 --> 01:17:09.760
the perfect out for me. Mom and Dad took me105601:17:09.840 --> 01:17:13.600
by this house while trigger treating. When some friends came along.105701:17:13.920 --> 01:17:17.319
They helped me more than they could ever imagine. All105801:17:17.359 --> 01:17:19.840
I had to do was just go inside this house105901:17:19.920 --> 01:17:24.760
with them. Who could resist fresh caramel apples and name candies? Right?106001:17:25.640 --> 01:17:29.079
Except I never came back out. I hid in one106101:17:29.119 --> 01:17:31.960
of the cupboards, just like that little kid did earlier.106201:17:32.840 --> 01:17:37.000
Little did I realize just how vindictive. My parents could be.106301:17:38.520 --> 01:17:40.840
I don't know what all happened, but I know the106401:17:40.880 --> 01:17:44.680
house was being torched. I stayed out of sight and106501:17:44.840 --> 01:17:47.640
used my powers to steal the souls of Zachary and106601:17:47.680 --> 01:17:51.119
Ava Haim. You could say I saved them as this106701:17:51.199 --> 01:17:54.399
house was burned to the ground, while the spell I106801:17:54.600 --> 01:17:57.279
used allowed me to remain safe and unaged in this106901:17:57.399 --> 01:18:01.800
house all these years. The drawback is you can never107001:18:01.920 --> 01:18:07.720
leave here, unlike you two, I'm stuck. Mona remembers Carter107101:18:07.920 --> 01:18:11.079
telling the legend of this place and points at Jason.107201:18:12.079 --> 01:18:14.479
So you were the one taking the kids who'd come107301:18:14.479 --> 01:18:20.439
in here, correct, Jason answers, they're still in this house107401:18:21.039 --> 01:18:26.239
with me today. In fact, they're right below you in107501:18:26.279 --> 01:18:30.279
the basement. But Mouse and me only saw you in107601:18:30.359 --> 01:18:35.279
the basement. Mona disagrees. The kids I abducted were in107701:18:35.359 --> 01:18:40.159
those cages. I assure you, Jason says, I put a107801:18:40.199 --> 01:18:43.920
cloaking spell on them. You two kids only saw me,107901:18:44.760 --> 01:18:47.359
then you saw the ghosts come when you let me out,108001:18:47.840 --> 01:18:51.840
which was exactly what I wanted you to see. Couldn't108101:18:51.880 --> 01:18:56.520
have you suspect me, right? And that was how you108201:18:56.560 --> 01:19:00.600
gave yourself away. I tell him. My buddy told all108301:19:00.640 --> 01:19:05.000
of us the legend many kids disappeared here. Kind of108401:19:05.039 --> 01:19:09.159
strange that we only found one. So what you want108501:19:09.199 --> 01:19:14.600
with all them kids? Jason tightens his fists. Being stuck108601:19:14.600 --> 01:19:17.199
in this house and never aging doesn't mean I don't108701:19:17.199 --> 01:19:21.079
get lonely. Having those kids here with me means I'll108801:19:21.119 --> 01:19:24.880
always have company. And once you two stay in here108901:19:24.920 --> 01:19:28.479
with me, then you'll just be two more little girls.109001:19:29.119 --> 01:19:33.159
There definitely aren't enough girls here. Mona goes for her109101:19:33.279 --> 01:19:37.119
ruby amulet. Something tells me she's gonna try using her109201:19:37.159 --> 01:19:41.680
birthright as a carnivoche again. Something also tells me she109301:19:41.720 --> 01:19:44.399
ain't gonna make her magic happen like she did back109401:19:44.439 --> 01:19:49.159
in nineteen fifty five. Jason anticipated this because he uses109501:19:49.199 --> 01:19:52.760
his magic to knock Mona down, taking the wind out109601:19:52.760 --> 01:19:55.800
of her sails. She's grown, and while she's flat on109701:19:55.840 --> 01:20:02.600
her back, run Mousea to say. I gotta do what109801:20:02.720 --> 01:20:06.079
she says, but I ain't leaving her here. My mousey109901:20:06.199 --> 01:20:08.840
sense is telling me there ain't much time left till110001:20:08.880 --> 01:20:12.039
three a m. No way, Mona and me are staying110101:20:12.119 --> 01:20:15.960
here till next Halloween. You can run all you want,110201:20:16.000 --> 01:20:20.439
little girl, I hear Jason behind me. I love playing110301:20:20.520 --> 01:20:25.239
hide and seek. I run back upstairs, since I seem110401:20:25.319 --> 01:20:27.840
to be able to make quick plans while I'm scared110501:20:27.880 --> 01:20:31.399
and under pressure, I remember where the bathroom is and110601:20:31.560 --> 01:20:34.479
run that way. I quickly get in there and dig110701:20:34.520 --> 01:20:38.039
into my pocket for my compact. Then I see the110801:20:38.079 --> 01:20:43.720
bigger mirror over the sink and quickly move to it instead. Meryworth,110901:20:43.920 --> 01:20:49.000
Merry Worth, Marry Worth, the face of my ghostly friend111001:20:49.159 --> 01:20:51.920
takes the place of mine in the mirror. When I111101:20:52.000 --> 01:20:55.239
reach out for her, she reaches out for me. When111201:20:55.279 --> 01:20:58.319
our hands meet, she comes fully out of the mirror111301:20:58.760 --> 01:21:02.960
and into me. Soon, Maryworth has taking my place here111401:21:02.960 --> 01:21:05.600
in the mortal realm while I'm seeing everything through her111501:21:05.640 --> 01:21:10.840
eyes or my eyes. When Jason appears at the bathroom entrance,111601:21:11.319 --> 01:21:14.079
he ain't expecting to see Mary Worth waiting for him.111701:21:15.000 --> 01:21:20.159
What is this? He exclaims, who are you? I am111801:21:20.239 --> 01:21:24.199
here to save those children whom you have taken against111901:21:24.239 --> 01:21:30.800
their wishes, Jason miron, Mary tells him. Jason gets real112001:21:30.880 --> 01:21:35.640
mad now never he tries in casing Mary in his magic.112101:21:36.720 --> 01:21:40.079
I captured the souls of the Hames their mind to112201:21:40.159 --> 01:21:44.720
command you never should have appeared here ghost, Now I112301:21:44.800 --> 01:21:49.399
can claim you as my own. But what Jason, like112401:21:49.920 --> 01:21:53.720
most everybody else, fails to see is that Mary ain't112501:21:53.760 --> 01:21:58.800
your normal ghost. She's actually an astral projection. See when112601:21:58.840 --> 01:22:01.640
Mary was about to be earned at the stake years112701:22:01.680 --> 01:22:05.279
ago during the Salem witch Trials, a mirror was brought112801:22:05.319 --> 01:22:07.960
before her. It was supposed to be for her to112901:22:08.000 --> 01:22:11.720
see how evil she truly was before she burned up.113001:22:12.720 --> 01:22:15.680
Mary simply used the power of the white Light and113101:22:15.920 --> 01:22:19.760
escaped from her body and into the mirror. She's been113201:22:19.800 --> 01:22:22.000
living in the part of the afterlife known as the113301:22:22.039 --> 01:22:25.560
Mirror Realm ever since, at least till she and I113401:22:25.680 --> 01:22:30.119
met and became friends. Then I let her possess me113501:22:30.239 --> 01:22:33.399
so she could come into the mortal realm when she's needed.113601:22:34.399 --> 01:22:36.960
Oh the look on Jason's face when he sees his113701:22:37.079 --> 01:22:40.079
powers ain't working on Mary. Guess he don't like that113801:22:40.159 --> 01:22:43.439
she's moving in on him. Then she casts a spell113901:22:43.479 --> 01:22:47.279
of her own to make a glowing field around him. No,114001:22:48.039 --> 01:22:52.760
he yells, no, release me right now. Mary ignores him114101:22:53.119 --> 01:22:57.039
and lowers herself through the floor. See that's what got114201:22:57.039 --> 01:23:00.600
this little mousey thinking ghosts are supposed to be able114301:23:00.600 --> 01:23:04.000
to move through walls and stuff. Okay, I know I114401:23:04.119 --> 01:23:08.439
moved through Zachary Haym's ghost earlier, but Zachary and Ava114501:23:08.600 --> 01:23:13.720
never once moved through the walls. Also, Zachary either blew114601:23:13.800 --> 01:23:16.760
the doors up or opened them the way I would.114701:23:17.560 --> 01:23:21.279
Ghosts don't need to do that. Guess Jason didn't think114801:23:21.319 --> 01:23:24.640
about that when he was controlling him, or he thought,114901:23:25.479 --> 01:23:28.960
like most people, I wouldn't know anything about real ghosts.115001:23:29.800 --> 01:23:33.520
Mary lands in that secret room in the basement. She115101:23:33.640 --> 01:23:38.680
waves her arms and cancels the cloaking spell. WHOA, Jason115201:23:38.800 --> 01:23:43.000
was right. There's lots of kids down here. Judging from115301:23:43.000 --> 01:23:46.239
the different costumes, they look like they all come from115401:23:46.279 --> 01:23:51.640
different times. When the kids see Mary, they ain't even afraid.115501:23:52.199 --> 01:23:55.760
They're begging and pleading for her to help them. Mary115601:23:55.880 --> 01:24:00.520
casts another spell to make the cages disappear. Follow me115701:24:01.119 --> 01:24:06.279
to your freedom, Mary tells them. Then she stops and115801:24:06.359 --> 01:24:11.800
casts another spell to make a portal appear through here children.115901:24:12.720 --> 01:24:16.760
Mary waits till they're all through before she closes the portal.116001:24:17.720 --> 01:24:20.079
I tell Mary, we still got to get Mona out116101:24:20.079 --> 01:24:25.239
of here. I am aware of Mona Madeleine. Mary tells116201:24:25.279 --> 01:24:29.560
me we float up through the floor. However, the others116301:24:29.680 --> 01:24:32.800
risk coming back inside, and we're able to get Mona116401:24:32.880 --> 01:24:42.880
back out. Suddenly the doors close. It's three am. Mary,116501:24:43.600 --> 01:24:47.399
We're trapped in here now, I think to her, we116601:24:47.439 --> 01:24:51.159
ain't getting back out of here till next Halloween. Don't116701:24:51.239 --> 01:24:57.920
be so sure, Madeleine, Mary replies optimistically, Remember who I116801:24:57.960 --> 01:25:03.760
am and where Irine. Mary floats to a nearby bathroom.116901:25:04.479 --> 01:25:07.800
I understand Mary's plan as soon as I'm seeing the mirror.117001:25:08.840 --> 01:25:12.439
We go into it, and before I know it, Mary's117101:25:12.479 --> 01:25:16.560
got us right back outside. I laugh a little to117201:25:16.640 --> 01:25:19.680
myself when I see we came back out through the117301:25:19.720 --> 01:25:25.000
mirror on Horton's bike. The gasps and shrieks nearby tell117401:25:25.119 --> 01:25:29.039
us everybody got out. Yeah. They still ain't used to117501:25:29.079 --> 01:25:34.760
seeing Mary Worth appearing from time to time. Hey, where's Mouse,117601:25:35.479 --> 01:25:39.760
Ariel yells. She points to where the candy house used117701:25:39.800 --> 01:25:44.479
to be. The house is gone and mouse isn't here.117801:25:45.920 --> 01:25:51.359
Before Mary Worth can answer Ariel, two ghosts appear. Zachary117901:25:51.439 --> 01:25:55.199
and Ava float over to Mary and thank her for118001:25:55.319 --> 01:25:59.079
setting them free. After that, they go up into the118101:25:59.119 --> 01:26:04.439
sky until they're long gone. That gives Mary enough time118201:26:04.520 --> 01:26:08.279
to float over to where the others can't see. Mary118301:26:08.359 --> 01:26:12.319
brings out my little compact and returns into it to118401:26:12.359 --> 01:26:15.880
give me back my body. She's gonna go see the118501:26:15.960 --> 01:26:19.439
kids that she saved now. I know Mary and me118601:26:19.560 --> 01:26:23.159
gotta talk about things later, but I can't keep the others.118701:26:23.239 --> 01:26:27.039
Wonderin and make my way over to em. Bailey's the118801:26:27.079 --> 01:26:30.640
first one to see me and quickly taps Ariel's shoulder.118901:26:31.600 --> 01:26:36.039
Over there, Mouse is okay. When Ariel sees me, she119001:26:36.159 --> 01:26:41.600
gets mad fast and marches right over. Where were you? Mouse?119101:26:42.560 --> 01:26:45.800
I quickly make up something. I thought the rest of119201:26:45.840 --> 01:26:50.119
you were right behind me. Ariel growls and tightens her fists.119301:26:50.840 --> 01:26:54.079
I hate you, Mouse. You just wait until our next119401:26:54.119 --> 01:26:59.079
sleep over. OW. Little Stuart came over and just kicked119501:26:59.079 --> 01:27:02.840
her in the shin. Ariel grabs his shoulders and is119601:27:02.880 --> 01:27:06.319
ready to give the little guy what for. Stuart's ready119701:27:06.319 --> 01:27:09.560
to fight her too. You'd swear these two were an119801:27:09.600 --> 01:27:13.239
actual big sister little brother combo, the way they act119901:27:13.279 --> 01:27:17.359
around each other. I come in between em. OK, OK,120001:27:18.000 --> 01:27:22.520
we're done here. Let's get Stuart back. My phone rings.120101:27:23.119 --> 01:27:25.479
I pull it out to see Adrian Miron on the120201:27:25.520 --> 01:27:29.720
caller ID. I programmed the number into my contacts. After120301:27:29.800 --> 01:27:33.640
Ariel's mom called earlier, I unlocked my screen and hand120401:27:33.680 --> 01:27:37.760
the phone to Ariel. The rest of us don't listen much,120501:27:37.840 --> 01:27:40.680
since we know Ariel and her mom are yelling at120601:27:40.720 --> 01:27:45.000
each other. I know Stuart's name keeps coming up. The120701:27:45.079 --> 01:27:48.720
conversation ends with Ariel yellin she'll bring Stuart right back120801:27:48.760 --> 01:27:52.000
to the house. When she hands me back the phone,120901:27:52.600 --> 01:27:57.560
she gives me that look. Something tells me Ariel's gonna121001:27:57.600 --> 01:28:02.840
be Ariel again. How about you take that little goober121101:28:03.159 --> 01:28:09.159
back to my house, mouse, U, I utter. She quickly121201:28:09.159 --> 01:28:12.680
puts her hands on my shoulders. If you do me121301:28:12.800 --> 01:28:16.640
this favor, I'll owe you a big one. I still121401:28:16.680 --> 01:28:19.840
don't want to talk to mom right now, I shrug.121501:28:20.800 --> 01:28:25.439
You gotta return home sometime, Ariel, and I will. She121601:28:25.600 --> 01:28:29.800
raises her finger when both our Halloween night is officially over,121701:28:30.439 --> 01:28:34.399
and when I'm good and ready, she lowers her finger.121801:28:35.479 --> 01:28:41.039
How about it, mouse, I sigh, fine. Then I raise121901:28:41.119 --> 01:28:44.399
my own finger. But you know your mom ain't gonna122001:28:44.520 --> 01:28:48.600
like this. Ariel rolls her eyes. I don't care what122101:28:48.640 --> 01:28:51.760
mom thinks tonight. She can yell and scream at me122201:28:52.000 --> 01:28:55.600
until she's blue in the face. Once I do get home.122301:28:56.640 --> 01:28:59.760
I go and get on my bike. Then Stuart comes122401:28:59.760 --> 01:29:02.840
over to me. I let the little guy climb up122501:29:02.880 --> 01:29:06.319
and sit on my handlebars. Hang on tight, little buddy.122601:29:07.399 --> 01:29:10.760
Hold up, Madeline. I'll come with you, Carter tells me.122701:29:11.640 --> 01:29:15.239
Once Carter's back on his mongoose, the three of us122801:29:15.359 --> 01:29:19.359
ride away from where the candy house was and head122901:29:19.479 --> 01:29:24.319
toward the mere and gated community. Stuart's keeping himself secure123001:29:24.399 --> 01:29:29.560
while I'm riding. He's actually having fun. It takes us123101:29:29.560 --> 01:29:32.439
a little bit to get to the main gate. I123201:29:32.520 --> 01:29:36.119
punch in the gatecode and see it still works. Carter123301:29:36.239 --> 01:29:39.159
and me enter and ride our bikes out to Capital Court.123401:29:39.880 --> 01:29:43.000
I'll wait for you out here, Carter says. Once we123501:29:43.119 --> 01:29:47.119
reach Ariel's mansion, I wait for Stuart to climb down123601:29:47.159 --> 01:29:50.920
before getting off my mongoose. Then we walk to the123701:29:50.960 --> 01:29:55.000
front doors. Sure feels strange to be coming to Ariel's123801:29:55.000 --> 01:29:59.279
house on any other night, but Friday speaking, a Friday123901:30:00.159 --> 01:30:02.239
going to be long before I'll be coming back here124001:30:02.560 --> 01:30:06.359
for another one of Ariel's sleepovers. Before I can ring124101:30:06.399 --> 01:30:10.560
the doorbell, the porch lights suddenly come on and one124201:30:10.560 --> 01:30:15.800
of the two doors opens. Fast boy, if Adrian Miren's124301:30:15.800 --> 01:30:19.319
looks could kill I think she wants to yell at me,124401:30:19.439 --> 01:30:24.720
but she stops herself and sighs. Madeline, I believe I124501:30:24.760 --> 01:30:30.720
said I wanted Ariel to bring Stuart home. I shrug, sorry, ma'am,124601:30:31.520 --> 01:30:35.600
Adrian growls, reminding me she's a bigger and older look124701:30:35.600 --> 01:30:39.720
in version of Ariel. Then she sees Carter waiting for me,124801:30:40.319 --> 01:30:43.920
but doesn't say nothing to him. He just simply waves124901:30:43.960 --> 01:30:48.279
to her, ignoring him. She steps aside, come in here,125001:30:50.199 --> 01:30:53.880
Carter and me gotta I start to say I said125101:30:53.960 --> 01:31:00.720
come in here, she repeats in a sharper tone. Oh boy,125201:31:07.800 --> 01:31:11.319
Stuart and me go into the house. I can see125301:31:11.359 --> 01:31:13.880
the buffet tables in the dining room that were set125401:31:13.920 --> 01:31:17.439
up for the gathering earlier, before Ariel and me jail125501:31:17.479 --> 01:31:22.800
broke into our big Halloween adventure. I can also see125601:31:22.800 --> 01:31:26.960
some stains on the floor, probably from when Stuart made125701:31:26.960 --> 01:31:31.640
the mess. Once Adrianne closes the door, she turns to125801:31:31.760 --> 01:31:34.840
us and folds her arms in front of her. I125901:31:34.880 --> 01:31:38.479
don't know why you continue to let my daughter push126001:31:38.520 --> 01:31:42.560
you around like that, Madeleine. I suppose I am to126101:31:42.640 --> 01:31:47.079
blame since I myself taught her the mirror ways. She126201:31:47.199 --> 01:31:51.199
unfolds her arms and points at me. But you need126301:31:51.239 --> 01:31:54.319
to learn to start telling Ariel no when she wants126401:31:54.319 --> 01:31:58.880
something from you. Then she glares at Stuart and you126501:31:59.399 --> 01:32:03.039
are in there's so much trouble. She's really pointing at126601:32:03.119 --> 01:32:07.920
him now, and don't you dare kick my shins? And126701:32:08.119 --> 01:32:12.079
just when Adrian's really letting Stuart have it, that's when126801:32:12.119 --> 01:32:18.640
the lights start flickering. Adrian's annoyed. Now, oh, are you serious?126901:32:19.399 --> 01:32:23.920
It ain't long before we're all getting a very sudden surprise.127001:32:24.800 --> 01:32:28.520
When the lights stop flickering, the swinging door going into127101:32:28.520 --> 01:32:34.239
the kitchen whips open. Stuart's got wide eyes and I'm127201:32:34.319 --> 01:32:38.840
gasping when we see Jason Miron come into the room.127301:32:39.720 --> 01:32:44.960
He's still wearing that Vinnie Barberino outfit from before. Jason's127401:32:45.000 --> 01:32:48.720
pointing right at me. Now, did you really think you'd127501:32:48.720 --> 01:32:53.000
get away from me, little girl? What is the meaning127601:32:53.039 --> 01:32:57.680
of this? Adrian demands, I did not invite you into127701:32:57.720 --> 01:33:02.560
my home. Jason gives Adrian a mean look. Do I127801:33:02.680 --> 01:33:07.279
look like I even care what you say? Before Adrian127901:33:07.399 --> 01:33:10.920
can come at him, Jason unleashes a huge burst of128001:33:11.039 --> 01:33:16.279
power that knocks her down fast she ain't moving, meaning128101:33:16.760 --> 01:33:21.920
she's knocked out. That leaves little Stewart and me. Now128201:33:23.239 --> 01:33:26.239
there's a bangin at the front doors. Carter must have128301:33:26.319 --> 01:33:31.399
seen that flash from Jason's magic, Madeleine, Madeleine, you okay128401:33:31.439 --> 01:33:35.960
in there. I quickly grab Stuart's shoulders and turn him. Run,128501:33:36.000 --> 01:33:40.880
little buddy. We turn and start running around inside Ariel's mansion.128601:33:41.800 --> 01:33:46.600
You can run, but you can't hide, Madeline. Jason calls out,128701:33:47.640 --> 01:33:50.960
he might be right. Like I said earlier, I ain't128801:33:51.000 --> 01:33:54.520
a very fast runner, even though everybody calls me mouse.128901:33:55.399 --> 01:33:58.399
I cry out when Jason's shooting his magic right at us.129001:33:59.239 --> 01:34:02.640
Fortunately he ain't hitting us. If I didn't know better,129101:34:03.439 --> 01:34:07.159
I think Jason's going crazy here. How did I get129201:34:07.239 --> 01:34:12.159
here and out of the Hamhouse? Jason calls out, I129301:34:12.319 --> 01:34:17.199
simply followed that ghost into the mirror. Unfortunately I couldn't129401:34:17.239 --> 01:34:21.000
remain there. It's any wonder how that ghost herself can.129501:34:22.079 --> 01:34:26.119
Now that I'm back on mirror soil, there's no stopping129601:34:26.199 --> 01:34:31.239
me now here. I have limitless power, which I'll use129701:34:31.319 --> 01:34:38.239
to destroy you, Madeline. You ruined everything, Jason screams in anger.129801:34:39.000 --> 01:34:42.319
Then my mousey sense is telling me to turn I129901:34:42.399 --> 01:34:46.439
grab Stuart's shoulders and turn him around. Once we're in130001:34:46.479 --> 01:34:52.079
the other room, the magic blast just barely misses us. Yeah,130101:34:52.399 --> 01:34:56.039
I call over my shoulder. Kidnapping children and keeping him130201:34:56.079 --> 01:34:59.359
with you all them years was wrong. Someone had to130301:34:59.399 --> 01:35:02.960
call you out on it. Stuart's getting the idea and130401:35:03.079 --> 01:35:07.560
turning and running into different rooms. Problem is, even little130501:35:07.600 --> 01:35:12.000
Stuart runs faster than me. Funny huh. I can ride130601:35:12.039 --> 01:35:17.399
a bike real fast, but I'm slow on foot. Ah man, Now,130701:35:17.439 --> 01:35:20.199
I remember how Ariel was easily able to catch me130801:35:20.319 --> 01:35:23.680
back in nineteen fifty five when I tried running from her.130901:35:24.760 --> 01:35:30.079
I gotta do something or Jason's gonna exterminate this little mouseie.131001:35:30.199 --> 01:35:32.439
I got to dip into my bag of tricks one131101:35:32.439 --> 01:35:36.039
more time. I give Jason the run around until I131201:35:36.079 --> 01:35:38.680
make it into the kitchen. I open a door that131301:35:38.800 --> 01:35:43.520
leads downstairs. Soon I step in and see Jason coming,131401:35:44.239 --> 01:35:48.199
so I quickly pull the door closed. When he opens it,131501:35:48.760 --> 01:35:53.079
he don't see me nowhere. What the You couldn't have131601:35:53.079 --> 01:35:57.199
gotten downstairs that fast. That's when I open the pantry131701:35:57.239 --> 01:36:00.760
door and tippy toe out of the kitchen. I'm on131801:36:00.840 --> 01:36:04.319
the move again and run around until I remember that131901:36:04.479 --> 01:36:08.479
first night at Ariel's sleepover, just after the school year started.132001:36:09.159 --> 01:36:12.399
I run down the hallway and into the bathroom. I132101:36:12.479 --> 01:36:15.119
close the door and see how brightly lit the sink132201:36:15.159 --> 01:36:18.800
and mirror are, with the two pillar candles at the sides.132301:36:19.720 --> 01:36:25.079
I sure love the forest smellin here. Suddenly Maryworth appears132401:36:25.079 --> 01:36:29.520
in the mirror. Do not waste time, Madeline. Jason Miren132501:36:29.520 --> 01:36:33.279
shall be upon you at any moment. Mary. Don't need132601:36:33.319 --> 01:36:38.199
to tell me twice marry Worth, Merryworth, merry Worth. Mary132701:36:38.279 --> 01:36:42.119
comes out of the mirror and into me again. Geez,132801:36:42.199 --> 01:36:44.680
how many times do I have to call on Mary tonight?132901:36:45.720 --> 01:36:50.000
Quite a bit, for sure. When Jason destroys the bathroom door,133001:36:50.600 --> 01:36:51.640
he ain't believe in his.133101:36:51.680 --> 01:36:59.520
Eyes you your reign of terror ends here, Jason Miron. Mary133201:36:59.600 --> 01:37:04.119
tells how Loween shall continue to be safe for children133301:37:04.760 --> 01:37:09.199
so long as I am around. Jason roars with anger133401:37:09.479 --> 01:37:11.600
and tries to use his magic to get rid of133501:37:11.680 --> 01:37:17.600
Mary again. He forgets Mary ain't no normal ghost. Now133601:37:17.640 --> 01:37:20.800
Mary and Jason are locked in a heated magic battle.133701:37:21.720 --> 01:37:24.239
Boy is Adrian ever gonna be mad? When she wakes133801:37:24.319 --> 01:37:29.399
up and sees her mansions been trashed? Then I remember133901:37:29.479 --> 01:37:35.439
something Jason said, Mary. He said something about having limitless134001:37:35.479 --> 01:37:41.039
powers on mirr and soil. Interesting madeleine. Mary thinks back134101:37:41.079 --> 01:37:46.439
at me, I shall make use of your information. Mary134201:37:46.600 --> 01:37:50.560
utters a spell as she floats to Jason. That's it,134301:37:50.680 --> 01:37:55.800
ghost come to me, Jason goads Mary, You're just making134401:37:55.840 --> 01:37:58.920
it easy for me to claim you. I'll steal your134501:37:59.039 --> 01:38:02.359
soul the same way I did the Hams before you.134601:38:02.359 --> 01:38:08.119
Your arrogance shall be your undoing, Jason mirin, Mary tells him.134701:38:08.680 --> 01:38:12.680
But when Jason tries to claim her, that further proves134801:38:13.039 --> 01:38:16.479
she ain't an actual ghost. I'm gonna have to learn134901:38:16.520 --> 01:38:22.199
the real differences between ghosts and astral projections. Suddenly Mary135001:38:22.279 --> 01:38:25.960
takes hold of Jason. Now we're outside the gated community.135101:38:26.680 --> 01:38:29.960
In fact, we're far enough from it to where I135201:38:30.039 --> 01:38:33.880
can just barely see any lights over the wall. When135301:38:33.920 --> 01:38:39.640
Mary lets go of him, his look of glee quickly disappears. No,135401:38:40.520 --> 01:38:43.039
he cries out, what have you done?135501:38:43.880 --> 01:38:48.119
Mary? And me watch Jason try to run. Even before135601:38:48.159 --> 01:38:51.000
he turned away, I could see him starting to grow135701:38:51.079 --> 01:38:55.800
and change. His clothes are ripping too soon. He's a135801:38:55.840 --> 01:39:00.119
full grown man. But he don't stop there. He keeps135901:39:00.119 --> 01:39:04.960
getting older and older. I had a feeling, Jason said,136001:39:05.000 --> 01:39:07.720
he stayed a kid being in that house all them years.136101:39:08.840 --> 01:39:12.600
He stops growing old. Now, he was probably around my136201:39:12.720 --> 01:39:15.079
age when he did what he did back in nineteen136301:39:15.159 --> 01:39:18.760
seventy eight. Now he'd be about in his mid fifties136401:39:19.399 --> 01:39:23.560
and his clothes are tatters. Boy, the way he's looking136501:39:23.600 --> 01:39:28.399
at Mary right now, I can still finish you, Jason136601:39:28.520 --> 01:39:33.159
says in his older voice. He'll pay for what you've done.136701:39:33.199 --> 01:39:37.319
But before he can use his powers again, Mary finishes136801:39:37.359 --> 01:39:41.199
her binding spell and causes his wrists to come together.136901:39:42.319 --> 01:39:46.279
Then Jason glows bright for a little bit. When the137001:39:46.319 --> 01:39:51.840
glowing fades, Mary releases the binding spell. Jason falls to137101:39:51.920 --> 01:39:57.760
his knees. That all you've got, Jason snaps. He gets137201:39:57.800 --> 01:40:03.279
back to his feet and utters another devilish spell of137301:40:03.319 --> 01:40:18.560
his own. What Jason utters in disbelief. He tries the137401:40:18.640 --> 01:40:24.399
spell again with the same results. Do not bother, Mary137501:40:24.520 --> 01:40:29.119
tells him, in your weakened state, I placed a binding137601:40:29.319 --> 01:40:34.000
spell upon you, removing your powers and preventing you from137701:40:34.079 --> 01:40:40.600
using magic. You are finished now. Jason keeps trying to137801:40:40.720 --> 01:40:44.760
use his powers. When he finally realizes Mary is right,137901:40:45.399 --> 01:40:48.880
he tightens his fists and screams up at the night sky.138001:40:49.720 --> 01:40:53.640
Then he points at Mary. You'd better just finish me138101:40:53.720 --> 01:40:57.279
off right now, ghost, because if you let me live,138201:40:58.119 --> 01:41:01.640
I'll find a way to get my power again. Then138301:41:01.680 --> 01:41:05.520
I'll return and get revenge on every last one of you,138401:41:07.279 --> 01:41:13.920
especially you. But Mary is finished here. Your mortality has138501:41:14.079 --> 01:41:17.960
finally caught up with you. You should just live the138601:41:18.000 --> 01:41:23.760
rest of your life while you still can. Jason's fists138701:41:23.800 --> 01:41:28.399
are still tightened when he screams at Mary again. When138801:41:28.439 --> 01:41:34.079
he finishes, he turns and storms away. This little Mousey's138901:41:34.119 --> 01:41:37.319
old enough to have seen this kind of thing. Being139001:41:37.479 --> 01:41:41.000
he's a mirror, he ain't gonna stop until he makes139101:41:41.039 --> 01:41:46.000
good on his promise. I'm sure Mary knows this too. Still,139201:41:46.960 --> 01:41:49.600
she's a white witch and ain't the kind of person139301:41:49.640 --> 01:41:54.319
who'd hurt anybody. Mary brings us back to the gated community.139401:41:55.159 --> 01:41:59.399
We're just outside Ariel's mansion when we're hearing Carter Cross139501:41:59.520 --> 01:42:03.880
calling out to me. Perhaps you should see your friends,139601:42:04.800 --> 01:42:09.880
Mary advises me. She produces my compact and opens it.139701:42:10.560 --> 01:42:14.279
She returns back into the mirror realm and gives my139801:42:14.399 --> 01:42:17.800
body to me. I move around the house and go139901:42:17.920 --> 01:42:21.479
up the steps the front door's still open. When I140001:42:21.560 --> 01:42:25.520
go in. It ain't long before I find Carter and Stuart.140101:42:26.359 --> 01:42:30.800
Carter's just getting Adrian Mirn to come around. She's moaning140201:42:30.880 --> 01:42:33.600
and letting Carter move her to where she can sit up.140301:42:34.600 --> 01:42:37.960
Just then Stuart comes out from behind the couch where140401:42:37.960 --> 01:42:41.560
he had been hiding. When Adrian shakes her head and140501:42:41.600 --> 01:42:44.439
gets her bearings back, it don't take her long to140601:42:44.479 --> 01:42:49.439
get real mad, real fast. She pushes Carter away and140701:42:49.560 --> 01:42:53.039
gets up. When she sees what's happened to her house,140801:42:53.640 --> 01:42:58.439
she growls just like Ariel. Now she's looking right at140901:42:58.520 --> 01:43:04.359
us when she starts yelling bye golly, she's doing worse141001:43:04.439 --> 01:43:07.920
than what Jason Mirn did a little bit ago. And141101:43:07.960 --> 01:43:13.159
then she suddenly stops. She growls again as she's looking141201:43:13.199 --> 01:43:19.119
at the three of us. Where is Ariel? She hisses,141301:43:20.880 --> 01:43:25.479
not here. Carter manages to say, she points right at141401:43:25.479 --> 01:43:30.119
me phone. Now I know I ain't telling her no,141501:43:30.800 --> 01:43:33.640
and I give it to her. She gets Ariel back141601:43:33.680 --> 01:43:37.960
on the phone using FaceTime. Carter and me just look141701:43:38.039 --> 01:43:41.680
at each other. When mother and daughter really really get141801:43:41.720 --> 01:43:47.800
into it, Adrian's demand an Ariel come home immediately. I'll141901:43:47.800 --> 01:43:50.399
come home when I'm good and ready to come home,142001:43:51.000 --> 01:43:56.239
Ariel declares, I'm finishing my first ever Halloween, and that142101:43:56.680 --> 01:44:01.600
is that. Yep. Adrian death put a lot of herself142201:44:01.640 --> 01:44:05.079
and Ariel for sure. I know if Carter and me142301:44:05.199 --> 01:44:08.159
talk to our moms like that, we'd be in so142401:44:08.359 --> 01:44:12.199
much trouble. Anyway, the two of them are having a142501:44:12.239 --> 01:44:18.560
stare off. Now. Adrian finally gruffs, fine, finish your Halloween,142601:44:18.760 --> 01:44:22.199
get it out of your system, and mark my words,142701:44:22.439 --> 01:44:26.880
little one, this will be your only Halloween. Next year,142801:44:26.960 --> 01:44:31.760
you're going to be right here watching little Stewart. She142901:44:31.880 --> 01:44:35.840
gives Ariel a wicked sneer. Now, as long as you143001:44:35.960 --> 01:44:42.840
live under this roof, Hugh belong to me. I managed143101:44:42.880 --> 01:44:48.239
to see Ariel rolling her eyes whatever. Then she hangs143201:44:48.359 --> 01:44:53.800
up just like that. Oh does that ever make Adrian mad?143301:44:55.000 --> 01:44:58.880
Oh you did not just hang up on me, little one?143401:44:59.720 --> 01:45:06.119
Why you cover your ears? I quickly tell Carter and Stuart.143501:45:06.840 --> 01:45:10.640
Soon as we do, Adrian gives us her version of143601:45:10.680 --> 01:45:13.760
not getting her way. Instead of a blood curdle and143701:45:13.840 --> 01:45:19.720
scream like her daughter's, she just roars like a beast.143801:45:20.439 --> 01:45:24.479
Let's get out of here, Madeline, Carter says back, but143901:45:24.600 --> 01:45:30.119
Stuart grabs my hand. Wow, the little guy don't want144001:45:30.119 --> 01:45:33.960
me to go. Then he's running in place while pointing144101:45:34.000 --> 01:45:37.960
to himself, and then the door. That's when I get it.144201:45:39.039 --> 01:45:42.920
Soon as Adrian's done rorin, she points right at us.144301:45:43.600 --> 01:45:46.560
If I can't have my little one back home, then144401:45:46.600 --> 01:45:49.319
I'm going to have you three.144501:45:51.199 --> 01:45:51.359
Uh.144601:45:52.760 --> 01:45:56.039
I quickly grab Stuart. Then Carter and me are out144701:45:56.079 --> 01:45:59.880
the door. Adrian is really going ballistic when we're on144801:46:00.119 --> 01:46:04.119
our bikes and hauling our keysters away from there. Ariel's144901:46:04.159 --> 01:46:07.039
gonna be mad when she sees we're bringing Stuart. But145001:46:07.760 --> 01:46:10.880
we can't just leave the little guy with Adrian like that.145101:46:12.199 --> 01:46:15.600
As for the rest of our Halloween night, we finally145201:46:15.680 --> 01:46:19.000
get to gather in in my living room. At first,145301:46:19.079 --> 01:46:22.760
Ariel was a little miffed at seeing Stuart, but I145401:46:22.760 --> 01:46:25.560
think she kind of understood when Carter and me told145501:46:25.560 --> 01:46:29.600
her what had happened with Adrian. And for the record,145601:46:29.720 --> 01:46:32.920
I did invite Horton, Chapman, and Chunker to the house145701:46:33.000 --> 01:46:37.239
for movies. They couldn't come over because Chapman and Chunker145801:46:37.319 --> 01:46:41.880
originally came out to find Horton and bring him home. Also,145901:46:42.000 --> 01:46:44.239
they would want to be with their families again too,146001:46:44.359 --> 01:46:49.680
which was totally understandable. The stories of them coming back home,146101:46:49.760 --> 01:46:52.279
along with those of the kids we saved at the146201:46:52.319 --> 01:46:57.399
candy House, are going to make the Strickfield Journal tomorrow morning. Also,146301:46:57.479 --> 01:47:01.880
it turned out Horton and Bailey op phone numbers because146401:47:01.880 --> 01:47:06.239
they're texting each other right now. Horton's mom was glad146501:47:06.239 --> 01:47:09.680
to see her son back home and couldn't stop apologizing146601:47:09.720 --> 01:47:13.359
to him enough glad to know Horton, Chapman, and Chunker146701:47:13.439 --> 01:47:17.359
are okay. We'll see our new friends at Strickfield Junior146801:47:17.479 --> 01:47:22.319
High on November two. Remember, Strickfield law says there's no146901:47:22.439 --> 01:47:27.359
school on Halloween or November first. Also, I ain't gonna147001:47:27.399 --> 01:47:30.600
rehash the same end and again, so let's go with147101:47:30.680 --> 01:47:35.439
this one. We finally get pizza delivered. Yep. Some of147201:47:35.479 --> 01:47:39.359
the places stay open all night on Halloween in downtown village,147301:47:39.880 --> 01:47:43.800
much like Strickfield Video and Big Ed Soda Grill. We147401:47:43.880 --> 01:47:47.680
watched all the videos Mona and Bailey rented. We finished147501:47:47.680 --> 01:47:50.800
with my new four K of Veranda Queen of the Night,147601:47:51.439 --> 01:47:56.079
watching the director's cut just for Carter. It's almost noon147701:47:56.159 --> 01:47:59.800
on November first, when we're finally done and decide to147801:47:59.840 --> 01:48:04.079
call everybody thanks me for a fitting end to Halloween.147901:48:05.359 --> 01:48:09.319
Ariel's the last one to leave. Suddenly, she pulls me148001:48:09.359 --> 01:48:15.239
into her arms and hugs me tight. Thank you, Madeline,148101:48:15.319 --> 01:48:19.640
she says, gratefully, since it's just me and her. She148201:48:19.800 --> 01:48:25.119
also says, you really are a true friend. When we148301:48:25.199 --> 01:48:28.960
hear a noise, Ariel lets go of me and sees148401:48:29.000 --> 01:48:32.920
Little Stuart is still here. She takes a deep breath148501:48:33.039 --> 01:48:37.319
before turning back to me. At least my little cousin148601:48:37.520 --> 01:48:40.680
likes you. He didn't trash your house or cause any trouble.148701:48:42.239 --> 01:48:46.520
I mean it. You really are a true friend. Thanks148801:48:46.520 --> 01:48:51.079
for having us over aw anytime, Ariel. I tell her148901:48:51.760 --> 01:48:56.199
drop by whenever you want. You're always welcome. Ariel hugs149001:48:56.199 --> 01:49:00.720
me again before she turns to Stuart. Okay, you little goober.149101:49:01.279 --> 01:49:04.239
You ready to go home now? And for the first149201:49:04.239 --> 01:49:09.680
time ever, Little Stuart takes after me. His eyes are149301:49:09.720 --> 01:49:15.720
open wide when he goes gulp. Yeah. He don't want149401:49:15.760 --> 01:49:20.720
to face Adrian either. After seeing Ariel and Stuart out,149501:49:21.199 --> 01:49:25.560
I closed the door. After cleaning up the pizza boxes149601:49:25.600 --> 01:49:30.000
and what few soda cans are lying around, I realize149701:49:30.039 --> 01:49:34.039
I am very tired now. That this Halloween is finally149801:49:34.239 --> 01:49:37.520
come to an end for this little mouseie. It's time149901:49:37.560 --> 01:49:41.279
to head upstairs and go to bed. I'm sure mom150001:49:41.319 --> 01:49:44.680
and Dad'll be back home when I get up. We150101:49:44.800 --> 01:49:49.000
sure had a heck of a Halloween adventure, huh. First150201:49:49.079 --> 01:49:52.800
was the cry Baby Bridge in Abigail Tomlin. Second, we150301:49:52.880 --> 01:49:56.199
ended up going back to nineteen fifty five and spending150401:49:56.279 --> 01:49:59.680
a whole week at the Carnivosh estate and facing down150501:49:59.720 --> 01:50:04.319
you at Carnivosh herself. Then we finish it off with150601:50:04.439 --> 01:50:08.000
the legend of the Lone Candy House. Talk about a150701:50:08.039 --> 01:50:13.880
seemingly never ending Halloween night right. Just then, there's a150801:50:13.960 --> 01:50:18.720
knockin on the back door. It's Mona. I let her150901:50:18.720 --> 01:50:21.479
come back in. She looks at me for a second.151001:50:22.159 --> 01:50:26.159
I raise my finger. Oh right, I'll go get your151101:50:26.159 --> 01:50:30.840
book back. I tell her, no, Mona says, stopping me.151201:50:31.960 --> 01:50:35.680
Then she takes the ruby pendant off and hands it151301:50:35.720 --> 01:50:41.039
over to me. Between you and me, mouse, she's shaking151401:50:41.079 --> 01:50:46.239
her head slowly. I ain't ready for this. I don't151501:50:46.239 --> 01:50:49.199
want to be a Carnivoche. I just want to live151601:50:49.279 --> 01:50:54.239
my life and be me. Here. Take this, I don't151701:50:54.279 --> 01:50:57.159
care what you do with it. Or the book, hide them,151801:50:57.239 --> 01:51:01.079
bury them, burn them. I don't care. I don't want151901:51:01.119 --> 01:51:04.920
nothing to do with it, any of it. I really152001:51:04.960 --> 01:51:09.640
don't know how to tell Mona no, but fine, I'll152101:51:09.680 --> 01:51:13.279
take care of him. Then I accept the pendant from Mona.152201:51:14.800 --> 01:51:17.800
After she and I say goodbye again, I let her152301:51:17.880 --> 01:51:21.880
back out. Then I head up to my room. For now,152401:51:21.960 --> 01:51:25.520
I put the pendant with the spell book. I'll figure152501:51:25.520 --> 01:51:29.159
out what to do with these later. Having done that,152601:51:29.439 --> 01:51:32.960
I promise you this is the true end to this152701:51:33.119 --> 01:51:37.479
Halloween for our group. But don't worry, though. You can152801:51:37.479 --> 01:51:40.079
bet you we're going to be back with some more adventures,152901:51:40.680 --> 01:51:44.600
because remember, trouble always seems to have a way of153001:51:44.600 --> 01:51:50.439
finding us. And so good night everybody, and of course,153101:51:51.760 --> 01:52:06.960
happy Halloween, and that my Spookyes was the legend of153201:52:07.039 --> 01:52:11.520
the Lone Candy House. But don't get too cozy, because153301:52:11.560 --> 01:52:16.439
tomorrow we're heading to Gloverville, South Carolina, where a quiet153401:52:16.560 --> 01:52:20.560
night at Valley Video turns into a blood soak nightmare.153501:52:21.159 --> 01:52:25.600
It's Deadly Rental by Charles Campbell, and it's one you153601:52:25.720 --> 01:52:30.560
won't forget and remember. All through October. Weekly Spooky is153701:52:30.640 --> 01:52:34.800
dropping a brand new show every single night until Halloween153801:52:35.199 --> 01:52:38.800
thirty one Nights of Chills, candy and creatures that go153901:52:38.920 --> 01:52:42.479
bump in the night. So keep that pumpkin lit and154001:52:42.600 --> 01:52:45.960
keep listening, and Friday we'll be back talking about the154101:52:46.079 --> 01:52:49.880
nineteen nineties horror film Candy Man and why it still154201:52:49.920 --> 01:52:53.600
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As we're about to wrap up our sixth year of156101:53:48.039 --> 01:53:50.479
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back to it. So for myself, for my executive producers156301:53:53.399 --> 01:53:57.560
Rob Fields and Bobbletopia dot com, for my producer Dan Wilder,156401:53:57.600 --> 01:54:01.359
and my composer Ray Mattis, Well, avoid the lone Candy156501:54:01.439 --> 01:54:04.560
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you for listening.156801:54:11.199 --> 01:54:15.319
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