Stylish Occult, Pride Ring
October 28th, 20XX
1:26 PM

Halloween was in three days, along with Stella's Halloween party the same time away. Octavia realized that she and Y/n needed costumes, so they were at Stylish Occult looking for costumes. Thankfully, Stylish Occult always made sure to stay in stock, so they weren't low on Halloween costumes.

Octavia: "What do you think of this one, Y/n? Think I could rock it?"

Octavia asked Y/n as she held a mummy costume in front of her body. Y/n, however, just stared at it weirdly, and Octavia sighed.

Octavia: "You don't even know what we're doing, do you?"

Y/n: "Nyah."

Y/n said, meaning "no" but not having it down quite right. He was close, though, so Octavia was fine with it.

Octavia: *sighs* "We're looking for costumes, Y/n. Keep up."

Octavia told the amalgamation, who only tilted their head curiously.

Octavia: "Halloween costumes. This is the one time of the year where you can actually dress up as someone else and not be canceled for doing so."

Y/n looked even more confused for a moment before getting an idea. They grab the beanie from Octavia's head, making her upset.

Octavia: "Hey, give that back!"

Y/n didn't listen as they put the beanie on their head, or more-so on their horns, and pointed at it.

Y/n: "Octahvya."

Octavia only looked at Y/n for a moment before she bursts into laughter. She held her stomach for a moment from how hard she was laughing, but she soon calmed down.

Octavia: "Y/n, you can't go as me. It doesn't work like that. Most of the time. But I'll help you find a costume. Now, gimme that back."

Octavia said as she took her beanie from Y/n's head, making them frown a bit. Octavia just smiles.

Octavia: "Oh, grow up."

Y/n snorted a response and Octavia rolled her eyes. She then looked back at the mummy costume, but decided against it.

Octavia: "Nah, not feelin' it."

She puts the costume back and started looking through the other ones. However, she stops on one and pulls it out to show Y/n.

Octavia: "How about this? You can be Frankenstein's monster."

Y/n: "Frahnkensten mounstah?"

Octavia: "It's something from an old story. It's about a scientist named Victor Frankestein who isolates himself in his house where he makes this monster made of different body parts. However, the thing starts hating his creator and goes to ruin his life by killing the people he's cared for most. But that's a rough summary and there's quite a bit more to that, but--"

Octavia stops when she looks at Y/n again. She then makes a connection.

Octavia: "Holy shit, you're a lot like the monster. That was just a nickname, but shit, you really are like him. Did you kill all of your creator's loved ones, too?"

Octavia asked jokingly, but Y/n's silence unnerved her a bit.

Octavia: "Nevermind, don't answer that. But still, let's get you this. I bet you'll look killer in this costume."

Octavia's POV (1st Person POV)

I gave the costume to Y/n for him to old before searching through the rack of costumes again. I notice Y/n humming along with the music playing on the speakers in the store from the corner of her eye and smile at this. It's crazy how much this super weird demon had changed since I first met them at that abandoned building.

About two weeks ago, Y/n was nothing but some animal that ate people for food, but now they're calm and tamed. They know the basics of silverware, wears clothes, eats normal food, and is getting better at speaking. I'm honestly impressed with their progress and proud of Y/n for how far they've gone.

Y/n: "Octahvya?"

Shit, they caught me staring! Oh, fuck, why is my face heating up?

Octavia: "Y-yeah, Y/n?"

Motherfucker, why are you stuttering?!

Y/n: "Cahshume?"

Octavia: "Right. Um, uh, um..."

I quickly shuffle through the rack of costumes before picking one and pulling it off. I show it to Y/n.

Octavia: "How about this one? What do you think?"

Y/n looked at it, and I wasn't sure if they'd like it. I didn't know if I did, either. It was a bit poofy, but the boots were cool.

Y/n pointed at the accents of the costume, and they looked at me confused.

Octavia: "Oh, that's the color orange. Like the fruit."

Y/n: "Oorhange."

Octavia: "Close enough."

I took another look at the costume and shrugged. It looked alright. Y/n doesn't seem to mind it, but that's not saying much since they don't have a sense of fashion just yet. I'll have to help them with that later on.

Octavia: "Alright, I think I'll settle with this. Looks like we got our costumes."

Y/n: "Frahnkensten."

Octavia: "Yep. Frahnkensten."

I laugh a bit when I say that. I can't believe I said it like they did, but it was kinda funny. And then something happened! Y/n smiled! Like, actually smiled. This is the first time I've seen them give me an actual smile. It was... really cute.

I felt my face heating up at this. No, no, no! Get that thought out of your head, Octavia! They're smile is just nice and that's it! Just shake it off!

Octavia: "A-alright, let's go-go pay, shall we?"

I laughed nervously and walked towards the check-out, making sure to not make eye contact with Y/n right now. Why is everything like this now?!

(3rd Person POV)

Octavia made it to the check-out counter with Y/n right behind her. They set their costumes on the counter, next to a bowl of candy, as the cashier was on her phone.

Imp Cashier: "Alright, give me a sec, I'm almost done with--"

The Imp briefly looked up from her phone, only to yelp when she sees Y/n and drop her phone. She immediately becomes nervous and starts sweating as she puts her attention on them.

Imp Cashier: "I-I mean, I'll take you now!"

The Imp said with her whole body shaking. Octavia simply raises a brow at this, confused at the sudden change in attitude. She looks at Y/n who just shrugs, and she shrugs in return.

Octavia: "We want to purchase these, please."

Imp Cashier: "O-of course! Ca-cash or credit?"

Octavia: "Uh, credit."

The Imp nodded and began scanning the costumes to get them rung up for payment. However, she glanced over at Y/n who was staring at the bowl of candy on the counter. She nervously gulped and pushed it towards them.

Imp Cashier: "Take-take one, their fr-free."

Y/n looks over at Octavia for confirmation and she nods.

Octavia: "Yeah, go ahead. I don't care."

Y/n snorted out a response and grabbed one of the wrapped candies from the bowl. They unwrap it and pop the candy into their mouth. Octavia gets her own and does the same before offering her credit card to the cashier. The Imp took it and scanned it before handing it back to Octavia, her hand nervously shaking.

Imp Cashier: "Here ya-ya go, miss. Have a-a wonderful d-day."

Octavia: "Uh, yeah. You, too. Come on, Y/n."

And with that, Octavia and Y/n grabbed their costumes and went to leave the store. As they do, the Imp cashier reaches underneath the counter and pulls out a bottle of alcohol. She opens it and proceeds to chug it down as Octavia looks at Y/n.

Octavia: "What the fuck did you do to her, dude?"
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The Goetia Manor, Pride Ring
October 31st, 20XX
3:47 PM

It was officially Halloween, and Y/n was in the room they were gifted when they first started living with the Goetias. With them were some of the Imp servants of the manor helping the amalgamation with their costume, which was indeed Frankenstein's monster. The servants were helping them make sure the clothes fit and were doing the makeup for them so their skin could match that of a cold, dead body.

Imp Servant #1: "There. All finished. Have a look."

Y/n huffed a breathe out before turning around to face a mirror that was in their room. They looked at their reflection, and were shocked at what they saw. The amalgamated demon barely recognized themself. Their skin was was now a cold blue color, similar to a cold corpse, thanks to the makeup the servants applied, but didn't cover up the stitch marks across their skin. They wore a dark blue suit, the jacket with three sleeves unbuttoned to show a white shirt underneath with a red necktie and black shoes.

Imp Servant #2: "What do you think, young master?"

Y/n stared at themself in surprise for a few more moments before turning to the Imps and smiling at them. The servants know Y/n can't necessarily speak well, so they know that they mean something good when the amalgamation smiles at them.

Imp Servant #3: "Come now, young master. The party has already begun. We don't you to miss out, now do we?"

Y/n snorted out a response and followed the Imps out of their room. The servants lead the amalgamation down the hall and to what seemed to be a ballroom. It was huge, with dozens of bird-like demons in a variety of costumes.

Imp Servant #2: "Enjoy your time, young master. We will be seeing you around. Call to any one of us if you require anything."

Y/n nodded and the servants walked off to do their jobs. Y/n then snorted before walking forward to join the others in the ballroom. However, their nose caught the smell of something good nearby and followed it to a table with food on it. Y/n's eyes widened a bit and their urge to just grab it to stuff it in their mouth. However, thanks to Stolas' teachings, Y/n has manners now and knows to use one of the little plates that were on the table. So that's what they did and grabbed one of the plates before getting some food to put on it.

???: "Holy fuck, man, sick costume. Where'd you get that shit?"

Y/n's ear perked up and they turned to look at an Imp... that was surprisingly tall. He wore some sort of blue clothing with a black cape and... are Imp teeth usually that sharp? Wait, why is there an Imp here not wearing the standard servant clothing?

Y/n: "Who?"

Y/n asked the Imp with a curious head tilt who only just chuckled.

Blitz: "Call me Blitz, kid. Stolas invited me here with my daughter."

Y/n tilted their head again. How did this Imp get invited by Stolas?

Blitz: "Right, uh, me and Stolas... know each other. Let's keep it at that, shall we?"

Y/n simply shrugged in response and went back to getting food for their plate. Blitz just raised a brow in curiosity because of it.

Blitz: "How good is your metabolism, kid? Jesus Christ."

Y/n huffed in response and finished getting food, finally starting to eat it one at a time. Then they offer the plate to Blitz to see if he wanted any, but he waved his hand "no".

Blitz: "Hard pass, kid. Hard to eat with these fangs."

Blitz said as he poked the fangs in his mouth, which were now confirmed to be fake. Y/n nodded, understanding what the Imp meant and popped another table food into their mouth.

Blitz: "How do you know Stolas?"

Y/n: "Via."

Y/n answered, finding Octavia's nickname to be easier to say than her actual name right now. Blitz nodded.

Blitz: "Cool, cool, cool. She's actually friends with my daughter... I think. You could be friends with her. She needs 'em."

Y/n tilts their head in question.

Blitz: "Oh, she's that Hellhound over there. Next to Octavia."

Y/n perked up at Octavia's name. They looked over to where Blitz was pointing and indeed saw Octavia talking with a Hellhound in a bloody white dress and holding a fake chainsaw that was also covered in fake blood.

(By Silicia on Twitter. Credit to artist)

Octavia, however, was wearing something else. She wore a witch's attire with orange at the rim of her hat, on her sleeves, and at the ends of her skirt. She also had a broom in hand.

(By Sequoia on Twitter, I think. Credit to them)

Blitz: "Yeah, so if you're friends with Octavia, I think you'd make great friends with-- And you're gone."

Blitz says as he watches Y/n walk away to Octavia with their tail wagging excitedly. They walk towards her and Octavia notices them, waving them over as the Hellhound looked over at them.

Octavia: "Y/n, you look great!"

Hellhound: "Killer Frankestein costume, dude."

Y/n: "Frahnkensten mounstah."

Hellhound: "What?"

Octavia: "They're not good with words right now, but they're trying to say that they are Frankenstein's monster and not Frankestein himself."

Hellhound: "Ah, okay. Let me guess, you told them that?"

Octavia: "Heheh. Yeah..."

Octavia said as she rubbed the back of her neck. She then turned to Y/n.

Octavia: "Y/n, this is Loona. Loona, this is Y/n."

Loona: "Sup, dude."

Y/n: "Looooonhaa."

Loona: "Close enough."

Octavia giggled at this and saw the plate of food in Y/n's hand.

Octavia: "Ooh, can I have some?"

Y/n nodded and offered the young princess the plate. She wiggles her fingers before taking a mini brownie and a sushi roll from the plate. Y/n also offered the plate to Loona who shrugs.

Loona: "Why not?"

She grabs a cookie and a chocolate fondue, popping both into her mouth in one go.

Octavia: "How do you just do that?"

Loona: *mouth full* "Do what?"

Octavia: "Just stuff your face like that. Y/n does the same. How do you not gain weight?"

Loona: *swallows food* "It's called working out."

Y/n: "Meetabhism."

Both Loona and Octavia looked at Y/n in confusion.

Loona: "What the fuck are you saying?"

Y/n: "Metahbalissm."

Octavia: "Metabolism?"

Y/n pointed at Octavia, basically saying that she was correct.

Octavia: "How do you even know what that is?"

Y/n: "Blitz."

Both Loona and Octavia groaned at the mention of the Imp, making Y/n tilt their head in confusion.

Loona: "It's... my dad."

Octavia: "And the guy who sleeps with mine."

Y/n looked at Octavia in confusion, wondering what she meant. She, however, just waved her hand around dismissively.

Octavia: "You're too young. I'm not gonna explain it to you."

Loona immediately howled into laughter at this while Y/n became even more confused. What did Octavia mean by that?

Before anything could be said by that, music begins playing in the ballroom. Everyone looks around before deciding to dance with one another, and Loona just shrugged and looked at Y/n.

Loona: "Wanna dance?"

Y/n: "Dahnce?"

Octavia: "Uh, actually... I wanted to dance with them."

Octavia said nervously with a small blush. Loona looked at her for a moment before she smirks at her.

Loona: "Aaah, okay. I see what's goin' on here. I'll leave ya to it then. Have fun~"

Loona left with that, leaving Octavia a blushing mess and Y/n confused. The amalgamated demon turns to the young Goetia in confusion.

Octavia: "So, uh... you wanna dance?"

Y/n: "Dahnce?"

Octavia groaned when she realizes what that meant.

Octavia: "Right. You've never danced before have you?"

Y/n: "Dahnce."

Octavia groans again.

Octavia: "This was probably a bad idea. Maybe we should just--"

Octavia doesn't get to finish what she was saying when Y/n grabs her by the waist to pull her close. Her face immediately erupted into a red blush as Y/n places their other two hands on her shoulders.

Octavia: "Y-Y/n???"

Y/n begins moving, dancing with Octavia which caught her completely by surprise.

Octavia: "H-how do you know how to dance?"

Y/n: "Stolhas."

Octavia: "My dad taught you? When the fuck did this happen? And how are you good?"

Y/n: "Stolhas."

Octavia: *laughs* "Of course. He was always persistent in teaching things."

Y/n smiled at Octavia, making her smile back in return. They danced together, with Octavia obviously being better than Y/n who was stepping on Octavia's feet a few times. Octavia really enjoyed it, and couldn't help but just stare at Y/n the entire time. She was happy with this moment together with Y/n. Content, even.
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The party had been going on for some time now. A few hours have passed and Y/n had actually enjoyed themself. They mainly hung around Octavia, of course, but they easily befriended Loona and really like Blitz. So it looks like this amalgamation actually has some kind of social skills that even make Octavia impressed since it was Y/n's first social event. Blitz also really liked Y/n, which was cool, but they didn't get to meet his employees since they had their own plans for Halloween.

(😏)

Now, however, has come the big finale for Stella's big Halloween party. Stolas and her had been teasing it and hyping it up the whole party, and it was finally here.

Stolas: "Everyone, everyone, please calm down! May I have your attention?"

Everyone turns to Stolas who was on the ballroom stage, and wearing what appears to be a reaper costume. He clears his throat and pulls a purple book forward with his magic.

Stolas: "Goetias, family, and friends! The night is almost over, but we have decided to end this off with a bang!"

Stolas declares as he waves his hands around, and the roof to the ballroom vanishes to reveal the night sky. Y/n looks up in shock and Octavia giggles at this, and Stolas continues.

Stolas: "Happy Halloween, everyone!"

And with that final declaration, the Prince of the Ars Goetia shot his hands into the air and magic sprung forth. Brilliant bursts of color exploded into the sky, giving everyone at the party a beautiful display of magically-conjured fireworks.

Loona: "Oh, shit. That's actually really cool."

Octavia: "Definitely. Y/n, what do you thi--"

She turns to Y/n, only to see them staring at the fireworks with wide eyes. Octavia noticed their hands slightly shaking, which caught her completely off-guard. She's never seen them shake before.

Octavia: "Y/n, are you okay?"

There was no response. Y/n didn't even hear her. They were too busy remembering. The explosions... the fires... It was all coming back.

Octavia: "Y/n, what's wro--"

Octavia goes to place a hand on Y/n's shoulder, but she only gets pushed away and into Loona which makes them both fall to the floor. This also sends a few others stumbling back and even toppling over, not expecting it at all.

Loona: "Ah, what the fuck, Via?!"

Octavia: "I-I'm sorry, Y/n just--"

Octavia caught Y/n running away in the corner of her eye, shoving past the other guests and eventually running on all fives again. Octavia quickly gets back up onto her feet and runs after them.

Octavia: "Y/n, wait!"

Octavia chased after Y/n as fast as she could, but due to the amalgamation's freak speed she was too slow to catch up to them. She could only follow and assume where they went if they took a turn that was too fast for her to keep track of.

Octavia: "Y/n, where did you go?!"

Eventually, Octavia found herself running alone in an empty hallway. She stops for a moment to catch her breathe, resting her hands on her knees as she sucks in air.

Octavia: "Oh, man, it's really hard to run in this fucking thing..."

Octavia eventually got her energy back and went to start running again, but some crashing sounds caught her attention. She followed the sounds to a door she recognized that belonged to one of the many studies in the manor. So she opened it, and to her surprise she saw Y/n climbing and jumping around frantically. The amalgamated demon leapt from one shelf to another, making them topple over before falling from another and crashing onto the floor. Octavia panics as she runs inside.

Octavia: "Holy shit, Y/n!"

She runs up to them and pushes the shelf off of their body. It was obvious that there was something fractured or broken, but she knew Y/n's healing ability would fix it any moment now. Right now, all Octavia was worried about was why Y/n was acting so crazy.

Octavia: "Y/n, are you alright?! You ran off and--"

Y/n pushed Octavia back again and scrambled away, only to run into the wall and fall to their side. The amalgamation then begins to cradle itself as they press their back against the wall, their breathing becoming heavy and inconsistent.

Octavia: "Hey, hey, hey, Y/n! Look at me! It's fine!"

Octavia called out to her panicked friend as she walks up to them.

Octavia: "Everything's fine! Look! Look, it's me!"

Y/n did as told and looked at Octavia, and Octavia saw they their eyes were full of panic. What caused them to suddenly act out like that?

Octavia: "Everything's fine, okay? Just look at me. Ignore everything else."

Octavia told the amalgamation as she got down onto the floor and kneeled down next to them. Y/n looked at her, and listening to her voice calmed them down a bit. Octavia made sure to smile to make sure they stayed calm.

Octavia: "There ya go. It's all fine. Now, why'd you go run off like that? You made me worry!"

Y/n looked at Octavia in the eyes, having not much to respond with. So they just held themself and leaned onto her, catching the princess by surprise.

Octavia: "Y-Y/n?"

Y/n: "F-fire..."

Octavia: "What?"

Y/n: "F-fire... bad."

A firework went off and Y/n flinched, leaning further onto Octavia.

Y/n: "Fire bad... Via g... good."

Octavia didn't have a response to this, so she hesitantly wrapped her arms around Y/n. Said amalgamation flinched back a bit, but eased into her hold and didn't fight it. Did Y/n run away because of the fireworks? Why didn't they like them? Did they... remind them of something bad? Why didn't they like fire?

Octavia: "It's okay, Y/n. There's no fire. You're not gonna get hurt here with me."

Y/n: "Y-Y/n... safe?"

Octavia: "Yeah, Y/n. You're safe. I'm making sure of it."

The two just sat there, with Octavia holding Y/n in her arms. She has never seen them like this before, and wondered what exactly happened to Y/n to make them act like this. She would have to find out, but not tonight. Right now she had to make sure Y/n felt safe, and that was enough for both of them.
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IT'S HERE! THE FINAL INSTALLMENT FOR THE HALLOWEEN SEGMENT! FUCKING FINALLY! Why did the writing have to take so long?! It's the longest chapter so far!

Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed this and I'm sorry it came out so late. I honestly expected to finish this chapter and upload it hours ago, but I guess not. I'm just gonna go to bed now since it's almost midnight where I am.

Have a good day/night, people, and I'll see you in the next chapter. Again, apologies for it being late. Buh-bye.