Hallow’s Eve By: dalaaminmind
                                           Part 1
Onett in autumn, the leaves changing from green to brown and yellow, fires burning inside houses, and of course the town getting ready for Halloween.  Ness loved this time of year, as it made him feel perfectly at home in his little town. The others Paula, Jeff, and Poo were coming over although it always causes a laugh of the group when a local would see Poo in his native garb and say they loved his costume.  Now Ness was sitting at home in front of burning logs after he and his mother and sister had caused the entire house to undergo a metamorphosis from normalancy to a complete costume onto itself.
             After allowing himself some quiet moments to himself, as his mother and sister had gone out to get candy for the coming surge of costumed people, Ness got up. He left his house, pausing slightly on his way out to give King a pat on his sleeping head. After he had left he then gave a slight glance to the Minch house and paused to think of his memories.  His one time best friend had lived there once but now was off and likely doing evils of assorted sorts in order to rule the universe.  But that was the past and with a shake of his head to clear his mind Ness set off.  After a short walk he came into Onett which by now in a buzz of excitement about in the air.
         The time was getting into the first amounts of evening and almost everyone was milling around for candy and costumes.  Ness already had his chosen his, a Hippie with a toothbrush, he felt sure no one had thought that ever.  His first stop was the Restaurant; he had not seen Frank and wanted to catch up to what he had been doing.
           As soon as he steeped inside he saw another he had not spoken to in a while: the infamous Everdred who was speaking with Frank. Ness went to speak with both of them.
“What brings you to Onett Everdred, I had just come to speak with Frank and was surprised to see you here”, Ness said with a questioning look on his face.
“ Well you see son there is going to be some big problems to be facing this little town and I came here to see if there was any possibility for me to stop it,” Everdred said and then looked over to Frank,” and me and Frank here have known each other for some time and so I stopped here.”
“Well hello Ness or whatever greeting you prefer but both of you please come sit and booth, where more explanation is in order from what I’ve already heard”, Frank said already on the way to the booth.
As they sat Frank got a waitress to bring some steak out with bread and fish in different plates out to the booth.
“We’re branching out from hamburgers into higher up stuff food now,” Frank said grabbing some silverware and eating.
The others also started to eat the food and the conversation resumed.
“So what exactly is going on here”, Ness asked Everdred.
“Well remember way back when in Fourside you fought the Mani Mani?  That statue was never really destroyed, that was an illusion in itself. Now, recently I’ve come across this and that the thing is still out there. I believe that somewhere near here it lies hiding waiting to come out again”, was Everdred’s explanation.
“Do you think there is a possibility that it could try to really mess up Halloween and cause this entire place into a real ghost town”, Ness asked.
“Son, yes I do and good you’re here, I could use the help. Them other kids you went off with are they here too”, asked Everdred with his hands under his chin and his glasses hiding his eyes.
“Well one is now”, came a voice from behind Ness.
Ness turned and saw Poo standing near the doorway near the darkening town.  Poo walked to the table and sat with Ness.  “So what is the cause of this little meeting”, he asked as soon as he sat.
         “You weren’t with the group when we were in Fourside so let me explain it all.  After Paula and Jeff joined we soon got the city.  The mayor of the city at that time was a man by the name of Geldegarde Monotoli. Now I know you remember Pokey at the end, well he was an advisor to Monotoli and was either the one who lead him to evil or just came after he went under the effects of the statue.  Now the statue is what we are talking about now, as it was the thing that made Monotoli evil.  Well, back to the point, Jeff and I; Paula was kidnapped earlier, tracked down the statue to a café and while searching for it and were then transported to this alternate world created by this Statue named Mani Mani, but we were lucky and as thought then destroyed it,” Ness said in a flourish. 
“Wow, so what, is it back now”, Poo asked as he looked with disgust as Frank ate what Poo called western “filth”. 
“I believe so”, said Everdred with a sigh as he got of his seat,” you guys plan to help of course, right?”
“I will”, said Ness as he too got up.
“As will I,” said Poo.
“ Sorry to disappoint but I will be unable to”, said Frank as he got up and walked with the others to the doorway which pointed into the now twilight town,” work and all that, just can’t go out and get myself killed, you know.”
“Well we’ll miss you,” said Everdred already walking away fiddling his moustache.
Ness and Poo followed into the darkening city, not quite dark yet but already you could tell that but in a few moments children would soon rule the town getting candy from walking all over and teepeeing and egging houses. While he was walking a thought came to Ness.
“Where are Jeff and Paula at?”
“Well, they probably aren’t going to make it”, came the answer from Poo,” Jeff came down with an illness and Paula is taking care of him in Winters.”
“Too bad”, said Ness,” I would have enjoyed to see them”, he whispered as they stopped at an intersection.
     The sun was by now almost completely gone and the three of them stood and waited. Eventually Everdred smoking from a pipe, a habit recently acquired, spoke to the boys.
 “Well we better get started or else who knows what will happen.”
The town was quiet but they paid it no heed as they walked. Poo spoke next as they walked north out of town following behind Everdred. “Now where are we going to, or is this all just guesswork?”
Everdred spoke as they continued to walk,” I know where to go”, he said.
“Mind telling us”, asked Ness.
“Well this man is someone you’ve known along time, but there is no doubt in my mind that the current holder and slave to Mani Mani is Lier X. Agerate.”
Ness spoke first after a brief silence. “Wow, I knew that he was strange but never evil or anything. It’s very shocking, you know? Now two people that I’ve known almost all my life have both turned to be pretty bad.
“For all we know this could have been a plan set in motion for years. Remember that that statue has plenty of time to come up with anything”, said Everdred. 
By now they had gotten past Ness’s house and were slowly walking up the hill to Lier’s house. Poo looked up and into the sky and sighed. This was turning out to be a very strange day for him. He had a rough idea of what had happened in the group before he came, but no more. But he hoped it would all work out for the best, so he left these thoughts alone. 
         The group slowly made their way up to the house on the hill and the by now dark area shone with a silver tint that was bright enough for them to see quite clearly.  They got up to the door and Ness went ahead of the others and let a light knock fall on the door, when a thought of whether he had it or not crossed his mind. But Everdred said he had good evidence so wouldn’t it all make sense? He didn’t even have time to think this all over as the door opened and Ness felt that he wasn’t even alive.