Though summer had begun, Halloween Town still looks the same. The boys spotted Molly but, she ran pass them. They follow her down the spooky road.
"Molly, what's the rush?!" Mum wonder.
"Today is a very special day for me! I'm finally going to see my brother! They all stop and stared at each others.
"Wow, that is special." Spook replied.
"But Molly, if you want to go to the human's world, why don't you travel by graves?!" Molly explained how this worked.
"Just like me, I'm going to teach you how to make dark portals so you can visit previous human world locations!" Jack explained to her.
"You mean I can finally see my brother?!"
"Yes. Many of us use graves to access their world. But as you are half human and a little girl, it could bring attention to the livings! This is the safest way for you to do so. But since you are at beginner level, You can only use it once a mouth. And if you stay longer than midnight, a portal will appear and bring you back. I advise you to use it before time is up and out of the mortal's eyes."
"Such a limited caught, but I'll take what I got. Please teach me!"
"And that's the story. To be honest, it was one of the easier spells in learned."
"Wow! It must be great to be a witch!"
"I guess. All I have to is move my wand slowly around in a circle. think about my location I had been before and the portal will appear! Even the portal will check for people in sight!"
"Say, Molly? Can we come?!"
"Mum, I don't know Have you ever been to the Human's world?"
"Once, I think. But please! I promise to behave!"
"I guess to can. But Mum, you must wear something that it won't show you're a mummy. That goes for you too, Spook."
"I know my war around the human world."
"But, you were a human before!" Spook shook his head.
"Okay, now lets go!" She created a dark purple, as they all stepped inside.
They all appeared in front of her old grandmother's house, with clear blue sky and green grass.
"It feels like forever since I see a normal sun!"
"I think it's too bright for me!"
"Mum, then why you come?"
"Because I need a break from all the dim colors!" Spook rolled his eyes.
"I hope Matt is home. Better change into a more suitable clothing." With that, she changed into the same outfit from the day after that one sleep over. "So long since I been in normal clothing! But now, it's our turn! Presso Changeo!" She gave Spook a long sleeve purple shirt, black pants, sneakers, black gloves and a black cap. She gave Mum a gray sweater, with sleeves that goes over his mittens like hands, gray pants and white sneakers.
"These sleeves are too long!"
"Deal with it, Mum! Spook, try to not to make it look like clothing floating in mid air! And wear this mask when out in public!" She gave him a black and white mask with a smiley face. "Now, we're going to meet my brother. Please act normal around him!"
"But, what is normal?"
"Mum!"
"Okay, I'll follow your lead."
Putting her wand in her bag, she reach the door. Sigh, she rings the doorbell. He opens the door with a surprise face.
"Molly?" She nodded. They hugged each other in tears."
"You kept your promise!"
"I told you I will see you again!" They step back. "Brother, you grow taller!"
"What about you?! you're the same size since I last saw you!" She sigh.
"That's because my witch's powers keep me from aging." Matt Sigh too.
"You're okay with this?!"
"Not a first, I'll learn to get use to it. But, I'm still your same sister you knew your whole life."
"I guess it's fine. But, welcome back! Oh, are those your Halloween friends?" Molly invited them over.
"Yep, you remember Spook and Mum." Spook tried to shake Matt's hand, only for his glove to come off. e nervously chuckle.
"Sorry, I'm not use to wearing clothing that came with my ghostly body."
He took back his glove.
"Hey, Molly's brother! Remember me?! I'm the funny mummy!" He waved his long sleeves around. Matt seems puzzled.
"Don't mind them, They're not use to life outside of Halloween Town. However, Spook is more experience but, not as a ghost."
"Well, a friend of Molly is a friend of mine! Please, come inside!"
They head to the living room. Mum looked around at the 'normal objects' as Spook tried to make sure he doesn't break anything.
"Just to remind you, I'm here only for one day."
"I figure that. I would like to learn about your new Halloween life! I know a great place, But I would like to show you something first."
"Sure, I'm sure they'll be fine down here." She followed him upstairs, to show her old room.
"Wow, it's exactly how it was from the night on Halloween!"
"Yep, I told grandma that we won a trip to Canada for two months, to explain our absents. And told her that you stay to live with a friend. She totally bought that, with no curious questions!"
"Oh grandma, always a gullible idiot. I wonder how she became a professor anyways" They both laughed.
"She's even too lazy to move your stuffs."
"Well, you can do whatever you want with it. I already made a room like this back in Halloween Town, with my spells of course."
"Well then, I'll just leave it all here, So I can think of this room as a memento."
"Thanks, Matt." She blush and stared at him. Suddenly, a clash.
"Mum! you broke a lamp!"
"Sorry, I was testing if they grows fangs or not!" Molly rolled her eyes as she goes downstairs, followed by her brother.
Smooth Soul was a juice diner where, they use to go and relax. Coming back brings out old memories. Molly's friends left the siblings talk in private, as they sat near the counter, Mum had his hood up and Spook with a mask.
"Do you have monster slime or worm sweats?" The waitress was gross out. Spook covered Mum's mouth.
"My friend, he likes to mess around."
"Why are you wearing a mask?!"
"Skin protection!"
sitting in a booth by the window, they both ordered mango drinks. Molly sat across from Matt.
"I remember how we use to come here after school. It's nice to drink and chat here again!" He nervously agreed, as he stir his drank with the straw.
"So, Molly, I_"
"Why don'i I start first, How is your life without me?" He sigh.
"It feels strange, waking up each day, eating breakfast, going to school, and coming home to an empty house, without you by myside." She grew a bit sad. "But, don't worry about me! I'm becoming a man. I know how to handle this loneliness. In better news, I got a part time job as a junior mechanic assistant at a local auto shop!" She smiled.
"Oh, that's great! You always were fascinated with working on cars!"
"Yeah, 10 dollars a week! Not bad for a kid my age. With enough practice, I'll be a pro car fixer professional by sixteen!"
"I'm proud of you. how the others?"
"Albert barely leave his house. Despise being humiliated by the Halloween ghouls, he still trying to become a top supernatural expert. He's currently away at some computer camp, or I think he is."
"Well, he got what he deserved. He's not going to mess with my emotions again. How's Billy?"
"He recently joined a dodge ball club. In his way, knocking out players with rubber balls keeps him from and fistfights."
"Seems like the same old Billy to me." She took a drink of her mango.
"Okay, Molly. Your Halloween life must be more interesting than mine."
She took a deep breath and began.
"It's not as horror as you think! It like our world, though the people are strange looking, bleak coloring, the nights are bumpy, nothing is normal, but if you get around it, it doesn't seem too bad. Each day are full of surprises!"
"Must be. I remember you were scare of non cheesy supernatural things."
"Yes, I know. But I learn to adapt to it all, plus I can defend myself with my powers! And my friends!" She points at them. Spook laughing at Mum, who mistaken a green beans smoothie for slime. She laughed, as Matt sighed.
"I'm glad you seems to enjoy yourself in that Halloween world. But, what about him?" A tight knot form in her stomach.
"Who are you referring to?"
"That really tall, sharp dressed skeleton! is it he who looks after you?"
"Yes, that is true. Like I explained to you on that day, he founded my sick body and helped nurse me back to health. Believe me, Matt. At first, I wanted nothing of him. I had never felt my heart race fast before. But his kindness and gentleness out weight his creepy side. He does live up as a fine caretaker. What I'm saying is, you know we were mostly raised by babysitters and nannies a lot more than our parents and grandmother combined! Matt, we'll always have our sibling love. But this skeleton gave me a love that I have not ever had my whole live, a fatherly love. It's strange, a nearly ten feet tall ghostly skeleton who job is to scare off the living, has a time to be a father to me! It's hard to believe, but it's all true!"
"Molly, I always believe you. If you say that some super creep makes a good guardian to you, I'll believe you. Can't say I fully trust him myself. You sure he's not the one who caused the Christmas Crisis?"
"Look, Matt! He maybe a ghostly skeleton, doesn't mean he's the one who almost ruin that one Christmas! He saved my life, gave me my powers and if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't save you, remember?! All I'm asking is to respect more and give him a chance!"
"I guess you can't judge a book by it cover. Alright, I'll believe he's not the one behind the crisis. I'm happy for you anyway."
Molly made had lied about the Christmas crisis. She wants to protect her guardian's name. If he did, she know that it was all in the past. She continued to have her drink with her brother,
