A/N: the songs are ( come little children from the movie hocus pocus) & ( dont let me go-Raign)

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The touch of dawn began to caress the land before it...slowly waking it up from its deep enchanted slumber it had fallen under by Halloweens hand. As the soft glow slowly flowed, a song was heard upon the breeze..its soft melodic voice spiraled through the air..calling to those listening.

  Come little children
I'll take thee away
Into a land of enchantment

Come little children
The time's come to play
Here in my garden of shadows

Follow, sweet children
I'll show thee the way
Through all the pain and the sorrows
Weep not poor children
For life is this way
Murdering beauty and passions

Hush now, dear children
It must be this way
To weary of life and deceptions
Rest now, my children
For soon we'll away
Into the calm and the quiet

Come little children
I'll take thee away
Into a land of enchantment
Come little children
The time's come to play
Here in my garden of shadows

The suns glow stretched towards the castle in the heart of Fangorn Forest...the moment its light touched the stones, it began to fade...melting away into fresh dew upon the wind to reveal an old decayed ruin there.As the ghostly image faded around the sleeping occupants were unveiled to those that were still awake...some were in compromising positions with pants down..literally.

Legolas eyes widened as he watched the fading away of the stony structure ..suddenly he felt a tug upon his hand..eyes moving back to his partner of the entire night...Tauriel Sylvan. She was trying to pull him towards a shadowy area that was out of the suns reach..for now. Legolas allowed her to lead him over into the darkness as the sun touched moments later where they had both been standing...her face filling with a deep sadness.

"Tauriel. Whats wrong, love?" he stepped closer and placed his hand upon her cheek...seeing her stunning green eyes becoming watery. "Please, my love...tell me what is wrong." As he gazed at her in concern, she opened her mouth and softly sung a song of sorrow and lost love.

  Where do we go when we walk on light
Who do we call at the edge of night
Carry me close like the tear drops in your eyes
All I can give you is memories
Carry them with you and I'll never leave
I'll lay my head down
But when I lay my head down

Legolas felt his heart sinking at her words...a feeling of heart wrenching loss began to overcome him and his arms drew her in to hold her tight to him, so she couldnt slip away. He didnt know why she was going , but he knew she was leaving him...he felt her arms wrapping around him to hold him closer.

  Don't let me go

Hold me in your beating heart

I won't let go
Forever is not enough
Let me lay my head down on the shadow by your side
Don't let me go
Hold me in your beating heart  

Legolas could feel Tauriels body getting softer within his arms...he raised his head to look at the beautiful woman there and saw her green eyes gazing back at him. As he gazed at her, he could see a glow forming around her, illuminating her beauty into an ethereal vision.

"Tauriel. I know we just met and dont really know each other well, but none of that matters to me at all, for I truly love you. I am hoping you feel the same ..." he saw tears sparkling upon her cheeks like dew and ...was that the wall behind her showing through her body? " love...what is wrong?"

"Legolas...I..I do love you too...but there is something you need to know. I..." he placed a finger upon her lips that seemed to be getting cooler by the moment.

"Shhh..my lady. What ever it is, we will deal with it. All that matters is that you love me too. Everything else we will deal with..together." she gave him a sad smile and a nod.

"I love you Legolas. Now and until the end of time. You ..for eternity, will hold my heart forever. My love will never fade my sweet lord." slowly she leaned in and placed a cool kiss upon his lips...eyes closing in pleasure at the others touch. The kiss didnt last long enough in neither opinion, but time was slipping away to fast and they had to part. Legolas opened his eyes and suddenly he gasped in shock. Tauriel stood before him, but now she was transparent...almost like a ...ghost. Tauriel worried her lip for a moment in nervousness as she watched his reactions..first shock..then denial..then a sad acceptance of the truth. All night as he danced,laughed and stole small kisses..he was with a ghost..someone who had been dead for a long time. For a moment he didnt know what to feel but as his eyes fell upon those lovely green eyes filling with sadness he knew...no matter what, he loved her..she was what his soul had long sought for all these years. Slowly Legolas reached out to touch her cheek..only feeling chilled air instead of skin there.

"I love you Tauriel and i always will." she gave him a small smile and nodded..then spoke in a voice that sounded hollow.

"If you do love me then come here next Hallows eve. I will be here waiting for you." suddenly the suns rays began to touch upon her and like the castle she began to fade away before his eyes. " I will be waiting...my love."then she was gone..leaving Legolas standing there in the morning sunlight..tears like morning dew upon his cheeks.

"I promise..my love..I will be here."  he knew in his heart there would be no other for as long as he lived...only her..forever.

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Gimli stood in the early morning sunlight, looking around himself in shock, his eyes taking in what shortly ago had been a castle full of people..now it was a pile of ruins with less people there than before. Looking over in one direction he saw two men seated on a mossy stone...both of their pants laid in a pool at their feet..both men were beginning to blink awake from their slumber. Another section was several sets of men, both naked as the day they were born...still blissfully slumbering away in their respective loves arms. Gimli glanced away from the group to give them some semblance of privacy, even though there was none here...and saw his best friend Legolas in the shadow of a stone wall with a beautiful woman. He watched them both as they leaned in towards each other to kiss then suddenly she disappeared the moment the suns rays touched her. Gimlis attention was captured when he heard the clearing of a throat from the deep shadows where the sun had not yet reached..it was the old man who had given his directions to this place.

"You!" the man smiled. "You are the one who led us here! But why...for what purpose?" Gimli didnt like anything to do with the spirit world, it gave him the heebie jeebies  and so he spoke out of fear..the man just smiled calmly at him.

"Well ..it should be obvious Mr. Gimli, son of Gloin...this is a haunted castle and as such it is home to the ancients that lived here once..ghosts you would call us. Oh dont fear...we are not malicious ghosts, we dont feed on your souls or life force to live. We are a special kind of spirit that once a year we feed on the good things that come from you humans , like your happiness, your laughter, your..lust. These things are what sustain us all here all year long. Each year we hold a Halloween party to bring merry maker, such as yourselves, to us and as you celebrate we feed upon your energies till dawns light. Every year it is always a different group..always small..barely enough to sustain us, so by this time we are all starving. This year, thanks to you all, we are fully fed and will make it to next year just fine. Thank you all very much...it was delicious." the ghosts tone made him sound like a connoisseur of fine wines...it was kind of eerie but kind in a warped way. By this point Legolas walked over to them...eyes red from shedding of tears from his sadness of losing of his love..suddenly the suns rays began inching down the wall, dispelling the shadow the man was hidden in. Seeing time was running out for him, he imparted one last thing before he had to go. "My name is Gandalf..Grey, if you were wondering. I am the watcher of Lorien Castle." he gestured to the ruins they all were in." If next year , you are looking for a place to have your celebration, come her. You all are welcomed and we would be most appreciative of the ...company." he smiled and slowly began to vanish...moment before he did Legolas spoke to the vanishing watcher.

"We will..I promise, as long as I can it will be here.." he could hear the sputtering of Gimli, he just ignored him. "We will be most grateful to give you what you need." then the man was gone..an echoing voice could be heard on the wind...dancing through the trees of the forest.

"Happy Halloween...until we meet again our friends."