It was...a surprisingly warm Autumn afternoon, but none of the neighborhood kids were complaining. It was decent Halloween weather, for certain. Of course, no one was excited as much as Cherry as she decorate the house inside and out with the little ones' help, singing the carol she was taught by Hilda and Zelda.

"At least your mother is over her prank phase." Lionel told LJ and Zofia.

"Yeah, who did she think she was, Luan Loud on April Fool's Day?" LJ replied.

Zofia shuddered. "It was nightmarish...though I wonder: in this universe, do the Louds exist as actual people, or as a TV show?" she asked.

"Not that I know of actually, I thought it was just a show." Lionel shrugged.

LJ and Zofia shrugged back. Cherry sang her Halloween carols before giving them some bags to use for trick-or-treating.

"Alright, we got our bags, now we hafta decide on costumes!" LJ exclaimed.

"Be sure to bring everyone else over for our Haunted House!" Lionel advised. "We've been workshopping some stuff beforehand, and I think it's really gonna scare everyone's pants off!"

"Can-do, Dad o' mine!" LJ replied.

"Hmm..." Zofia pondered to herself as she looked in a mirror at her regular clothes. "I need something... Sophisticated... Something that really speaks to me..."

"I remember Lucy van Pelt saying folks should wear costumes that are in direct contrast to their true personalities." Cherry suggested.

"Well, Lucy said lots of things," Lionel replied.

"Contrast, huh?" LJ wondered. "That gives me an idea..." And with that, he quickly scurried off to his room.

Zofia looked to him and went back to her reflection. "What do you think, Mother?" she then wondered.

"I guess you could try Lady Ada Lovelace?" Cherry suggested. "You always loved her poetry when you were a little girl, plus she's also a computer programmer."

"Oh, yeah, didn't Blossom dress up as her once for Halloween?" Zofia asked.

"Yep," Cherry remembered. "That was a strange Halloween with that squash who hated pumpkins."

"Not to mention, it was even MORE confusing when Mojo showed up in the exact same costume..." Lionel added.

Zofia shuddered about Mojo Jojo in an Ada Lovelace costume.

"It'll come to you, it always did for me..." Cherry advised before she soon did a spin and now wore a costume similar to her old friend, Morticia Addams. "Ah, much better." she then said once she was in costume in time for her favorite holiday.

Lionel thought for a few seconds, before snapping his fingers, and giving himself a Sonic the Hedgehog costume. "Way Past Cool!" he exclaimed, giving a thumb's-up.

"Nice one." Furrball said as he passed by the room.

"Thanks!" Lionel beamed.

"Hm, I haven't seen a grown man in a Sonic costume in a long time." Cherry commented.

"Eh, I just thought it would work," Lionel shrugged. "I was feeling low on ideas this time around."

"It's cool," Cherry said. "Makes me think of those old Crash Bandicoot commercials I saw with that one guy dressed like him to promote a new game, mostly with Crash Purple & Spyro Orange. That felt like such a big deal back then."

Zofia soon gave in and came down dressed as her own Lady Ada Lovelace costume to show to her parents.

"Whoa!" Lionel exclaimed. "You look amazing, Zo!"

LJ soon slid down the stair railing, dressed like Prince Adam from the 2002 He-Man cartoon series. "Annnnd...done!" he exclaimed.

"That's a good one." Cherry approved.

"Thanks, Mom!" LJ beamed.

"Also, thank you," Zofia smiled as she looked around her costume. "I guess Lady Lovelace does suit me."

"I'm sure the reference is gonna go over the heads of your friends though." Cherry then said, knowing how that felt.

"Most likely," LJ replied. "Wouldn't be the first time."

"I know it did for me..." Cherry sighed a bit, nostalgically before she went to continue to get ready as she was almost done with the decorations. "Ah, most people are uncultured."

"Speaking of uncultured, you think Drell and Hilda will let Ambrose trick-or-treat with the kids?" Lionel wondered.

"It's hard to say, Lionel, it's hard to say." Cherry replied.

Meanwhile, Drell and Hilda got ready for the holiday while Ambrose begged his parents to let him stay in town for Halloween rather than going to a family gathering since Halloween was a bit of a different tradition for The Other Realm than it was in the Mortal Realm.

"Ambrose, I'm not sure if I feel comfortable about you missing a family evening for your friends." Hilda said.

"Aw, come on, Mom, please, let me stay home just this one year!" Ambrose begged.

"Ah, let the kid have a LITTLE fun," Drell shrugged. "You're only young once, anyways! Well, twice for you, since that time when Enchantra briefly cursed you and Zelda to be stuck as teenagers."

"Pleeeease let me stay..." Ambrose begged. "I won't ask you for anything ever again."

"Of course you will." Drell teased then.

"Dad!" Ambrose complained.

"Well... I guess it would be alright..." Hilda sighed a little before magicking up a special kind of cell phone. "But just in case... Here's a Spell Phone so you can reach us in The Other Realm. There's a 17-digit area code."

"...Okay." Ambrose replied with a shrug.

"Behave yourself, young man." Hilda reminded.

"I will, Mom." Ambrose replied.

"Good, 'cuz you think I'm scary, you should meet 'Darth Mother'." Drell warned his son.

"Oh, believe me, I know," Ambrose replied from his mother's wrath which was always surprisingly scary. "Anyway, it'll be fine. What's the worst that could happen to the Mortal Realm on Halloween Night?"

"You'd be surprised," Drell replied. "Now run, son, run before your mother and I change our minds!"

"Thanks, guys!" Ambrose beamed as he ran to the door and soon put on his costume which was The Wicked Witch of the West, including the ruby slippers and black and white striped stockings as he ran off.

"Are we gonna ignore that he's dressed like a girl?" Drell asked.

"Let him be happy." Hilda told her husband.

And so, LJ and Zofia met up with their friends at their usual meeting place to discuss their Halloween plans: the local park. Chrissy was applying make-up to herself as usual while Kimberly sat on the swing, gently swinging back and forth, Raul looked through a magazine about how to pick up girls, Dib was keeping an eye out for any actual monsters while Gaz played her video game, letting Nergal Jr watch her play, and Martin and Jenny were there on the seesaw to keep busy.

"There they are." Gaz said as she looked up from her Nintendo DS.

"Hey, guys!" LJ waved. "What's up?"

"Nothing much, just getting ready for Halloween," Dib replied. "What're you, Zofia, a librarian?"

"No, I'm Lady Ada Lovelace." Zofia told him.

"She was a computer programmer!" LJ noted. "And I am Adam: prince of Eternia and defender of the secrets of Castle Grayskull!"

"Heh. Good one," Martin chuckled. "Do you have your own sword?"

"Heck, YEAH!" LJ replied, pulling it off of his back. "Pretty sweet, huh?"

"Surprised your mom let you have your own sword," Raul commented. "I pick up a stick and my mom flips out."

"So, you guys have costumes or what?" Zofia asked her and her brother's friends.

"Of course." The group replied.

Nergal Jr then used a special sphere to cast over them and soon, the rest of the group had their own costumes: Chrissy was now Supergirl, though a fashionable version, Kimberly was the fictional book character known as Matilda Wormwood, Gaz was Lenore Lynchfast, Dib was a Ragamuffin's vampire form, Raul was Zorro, Nergal Jr was dressed like his father, and Martin and Jenny were Elisa Maza and a human version of Goliath.

"Whoa!" LJ exclaimed. "You guys...LOOK AWESOME!"

"I'm trying to be a fashionable Supergirl, so glad you like it." Chrissy smirked, leaning up to him a bit.

"Well, it works for me." LJ smiled to her.

"Zo, could you help me with my ribbon though? I'm having a hard time making it stay." Kimberly said, holding out a red ribbon.

"Oh, sure, let me get that." Zofia said before sticking her tongue out as she tied the ribbon into a bow on the brunette girl's head.

"Thanks!" Kimberly replied.

"Sure thing." Zofia smiled.

ZOOM! something soon flew above their heads. Ambrose chuckled as he was soon shown on his own broomstick as he came to join the others.

"Whoa! Is that Ambrose?" asked Raul.

"Yep!" Ambrose smiled as he soon came down on the ground with his broomstick.

"Ambrose, don't you have to go to The Other Realm with your parents for Halloween?" Gaz asked.

"Ah, good question, my dear Membrane, but nope!" Ambrose smirked. "I talked them into letting me stay in this realm for the night so I could hang out with you guys," he then rolled his eyes. "And not listen to Aunt Zelda's boring stories."

"Lemme guess; Wicked Witch of the West?" asked LJ.

"Yup!" Ambrose nodded proudly.

"Uh, Ambrose, I don't know how to tell you this, but you're dressed like a girl." Chrissy said.

"Oh... I know..." Ambrose said bashfully.

"...You WANT to be dressed like a girl?" Chrissy asked him.

Ambrose bit his lip sheepishly. "I kinda have a secret about that."

"Alright, let's hear it." LJ replied, sitting next to him.

Ambrose looked around and looked back to his friends, knowing he could trust them before mumbling.

"What?" Jenny asked.

Ambrose repeated, though mumbled a little louder.

"What?" Martin asked.

Ambrose sighed as he mumbled yet again.

"What?!" The others asked.

"Ugh! I like to wear women's clothes!" Ambrose then spit out.

"Really? That's it?" asked LJ. "I'm a little baffled by that, but I'm otherwise okay with it."

"You... Wear girl's clothes...?" Chrissy asked.

"Sometimes, but... It just feels right to me..." Ambrose replied. "I'm kinda nervous about it."

"Hey, I get what you mean," LJ replied. "But that doesn't mean we see you any differently!"

"I didn't think you guys would mind, so that's why I dressed as Elphaba." Ambrose said.

"Elphaba?" The others then asked.

"Yeah, that's the Wicked Witch of the West's name," Ambrose replied. "My dad said so."

"Ohhh..." LJ replied. "And here I thought her name was her title. Still, just cuz you like to dress in women's clothes, we still think you're pretty great!"

"Yeah," Martin agreed. "You're still the same Ambrose, dress or no dress!"

"Heh... Thanks, guys..." Ambrose said bashfully. "Even if I do get a girlfriend, it might be weird."

"You ever get a girl?" Kimberly asked.

"Well, at MY school, I tried to make it work with Veralupa, but... It didn't really work out..." Ambrose shrugged. "Plus there's those twins, Londa and Zonda, but... Same story."

"Dude, our whole lives are weird," Zofia replied. "This is pretty minor in comparison."

"So, where are we trick-or-treating THIS year?" asked Ambrose.

"I was thinking Endsville," Dib said. "Guys, I know it's crazy and bat crap insane with the supernatural stuff and the idiocy of half of the town, but I've heard stories about someone down there named Jack O. Lantern."

Ambrose's bi-colored eyes widened. "Jack O. Lantern?" he then repeated.

"Yes?" Dib blinked to the young warlock.

"My dad knew that guy." Ambrose crossed his arms a bit.

"He sounds like a major troublemaker." LJ remarked.

"Oh, he was... He has a special story..." Ambrose said as they went to get their trick-or-treat on. "But right now... Candy."

"Right." The others agreed as they went to get going.

"Oh, but guys, before we go, we gotta go to my mom's haunted house," LJ told them. "She's cooking up something really good this year."

"Really now?" asked Martin. "Then we might as well bring Billy and Mandy over for it. Those little pukes could use a good scaring!"

"I don't know how Mother's going to top other haunted houses, but she seemed pretty eager about this year, so maybe that would be a good idea." Zofia smiled almost maliciously.

"Most definitely!" LJ snickered, a bit deviously. "Anyways, we got a couple hours until the Halloween time begins, so we might as well chill before Mandy and Grim show up at our houses."

"Right." Kimberly gave a small smile.