October 29th, 11:58 am

The late bell gave a shrill screech that echoed across the school grounds. Students took seats while others rushed to make it in time. I slid into my desk by the window and waited for the teacher to start instructing. "Good morning students," an unfamiliar woman greeted as she took a seat on Mr. Moore's desk.

"It's afternoon!" came a sarcastic back of the room comment. The class snickered.

"True," the woman's blood red lips stretched into a smile. She pulled a folder off of the desk and flipped it open. "I'll be your substitute for Mr. Moore today yada yada yada... so on and so forth. I'm sure you get the drill." Her matching red heels clicked against the floor as she slid off of the desk and began moving about the room.

Licking her index finger, she pulled apart a worksheet and laid it across a student's desk. "Your lovely Spanish teacher left each and every one of you a worksheet to translate." She began as she passed the worksheet around the classroom, "He said that he wants it completed by the end of class-"

A chorus of groans filled the room.

A worksheet was placed on my desk and I looked down at the dizzying amount of Spanish that covered the page. I sighed. This was going to take awhile.

A few minutes later I was daydreaming while staring blankly out of the window. It was my favorite pass time and I often did it during Spanish because all of my friends had different classes.

Something moved on the school grounds below, catching my dreaming mind's attention. I leaned closer to the pane of glass to get a better look. A ghostly form was slowly floating across the campus. The form turned its head toward me.

Long straight hair fell around ghastly eyes, hollow cheekbones and a narrow face. The person looked vaguely familiar-

"Ms. Collette!" the substitute snapped beside me.

My gaze shot to her face, ready to make up any excuse needed. The color drained from my face. Long straight blonde hair, light blue eyes, high cheekbones, and a narrow face. The sub stared back at me with the same face as the one I had just seen outside the window. Both women looked exactly the same.

My eyes darted back to the window. The woman was gone.

The sub's eye were narrowed on me when I looked back to her. Her eyes flashed purple, as if in warning, and then settled back into their natural blue.

My blood chilled at the unnatural sight. People's eye colors didn't just change like that.

Another student called the sub over to them. The strange woman gave me a final suspicious glance before going to the student's desk.

My mind was whirling and my pulse raced. I didn't know what was happening. First, I had seen a man turn into a child, and now, I thought that I had seen my substitute teacher's eyes turn purple after seeing a ghost of her outside the window. Maybe I was losing my mind.

For the rest of class I kept a watchful eye on the substitute, making sure she didn't do anything else out of the ordinary. The bell rang and all of the students, myself included, scrambled from the room. I could feel the woman's eyes burning into the back of my head as I left.

***

October 31st, 7:36 a.m.

Dust moats floated in the early morning light streaming through the opened curtains. The smell of sizzling bacon and fresh toast drifted to my nose from the kitchen. I peeled my eyes open with a contented sigh. Breakfast.

I dragged myself out of bed and, without bothering to change out of my pajamas, headed toward the delicious scent of food.

The kitchen tiles were cold against my unprotected toes when I stumbled into the room. Mom was at the stove, with her back toward me, cooking. "It's about time you rolled out of bed sleepy head." she greeted sweetly.

She was alone. "Where's Dad?" I asked. Mom and Dad always cooked breakfast together. It was our family tradition.

"He and Rubi went to the store to grab some last minute Halloween candy for the Trick or Treaters." she replied while turning away from the stove. I caught a flash of her eyes before she looked down at the plate of food in her hands.

A feeling of panic and dread filled me as I froze to my spot.

Purple.

My mom's eyes were purple.

My mind flashed back to the substitute teacher and my eyes widened in fear. Mom smiled, "Do you like my contacts?"

"Contacts?" I breathed.

I noticed she was wearing a floor length black vintage gown. "I thought it gave my witch costume the little something extra it needed." she explained in a secretive tone.

Breathing in deeply, I tried to calm my racing heart. It was only a costume,'I told myself, nothing to be afraid of.

The front door opened. "We're home!" Rubi's voice called. Her and Dad entered the kitchen, each hefting an armful of grocery bags. "How much candy did you get?!" Mom gasped when she saw all of the bags.

"As much as possible, you know how the Trick or Treaters get," Dad answered seriously. We all knew he wanted to eat the candy, that was why he got so much.

Mom sent a fake glare his way before taking a seat at the table. "Come eat some breakfast, Candy Man." she teased.

Dad had a pout plastered on his face when he sat down next to Mom. "How'd you know?" he questioned like a child.

Cracking a smile, Mom patted his arm comfortingly, "I just know these kinds of things, sweetie." She sent a wink Rubi and I's way.

I felt my own mouth stretching into a smile in return. I loved my crazy family.

***

October 31st, 9:19 p.m.

"Does my costume make me look fat?" Rubi asked while turning back and forth in front of my full body mirror.

I rolled my eyes, and without looking said, "Nope, you look fabulous." I straightened the skirt of my gypsy costume and added a touch of natural makeup. And... done!

My phone buzzed with an incoming text. It was from Georgia, aka @TheNerdyWonder, and read 'Gurl! Where r u?!? We gotta break Allison outta jail!! Remember??'

I quickly texted back, 'We're still doing that?'

Not two seconds later the reply came back, 'YES!!!! NO WOMAN LEFT BEHIND!!'

I gave a small laugh and sent back, 'Fine! I'm on my way.'

'Roger that!' was the replying message. "So.... you're breaking someone out of jail." Rubi said as she leaned over my shoulder. I really needed to hide my messages from her.

"No, it's just Allison and it's a code word for her house." I said while standing up and grabbing my keys and jacket.

I headed towards the front door, Rubi trailing behind. Stopping at the living room, I yelled to our parents that we were going to a movie.

"Bye! Be safe and have fun!" our mother yelled back as we exited the house.

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A/N

Why thank you for your input, Sherlock. ;) Lol I'm so lame... please someone help me...

Hope you enjoyed the chappy and have a good day! :)

SONG: Right Here by Ashes Remain

P.s. Just like the last one, the song attached is a character song, but this one is Rubi's.

XD (had to but this face in here somewhere)

~Alexis :3