Howling Halloween Ⅱ: Harrowing Halloween

Mansion of Toys

"So, what are we doing today?" Ben asked.

"I got this invitation to a toy festival at the haunted house," Hook said. "It says I can take my friends with me."

"Ooooh, a toy festival looks fun," Elly said. "I wonder if they sell toys there! I want a doll. A pretty one. A doll just as pretty as Gabby Gabby!"

"Youre still thinking about that doll?" Ben asked. "You've been thinking about it since we watched Toy Story 4™!"

"Of course! She's so pretty!" Elly said with a dreamy look on her face.

"How far is the haunted house, and, more importantly, will there be snacks there? I want some voodoo chips!" Ben said.

"I am sure there will be some kind of concessions, Ben," Hook said with a mild eye-roll. "Let's head out, it's not far away!"

Terissa, Dolia and Cosmo said goodbye, they had to go to dinner with their parents. Lilly d'Inky, Ben, Elly, Jib, Jab and Hook all strolled down the street a few blocks and came across an old hotel, the Andrew Jackson hotel.

"Hang on a second," said Lily, "I have to meet with an old friend, he's a ghost." She went into the hotel for a couple of minutes, and came out with two little kid ghosts, one a girl with short hair and a dress and another a boy with long hair and a little suit jacket. "These are my friends, Pierre and Patricia. My client, the hotel's vampire owner, Dark Sky. Dark Sky told me they were interested in toys and wanted to come to the toy festival."

"The more the merrier!" said Hook with a smile.

They walked to the garden district and Hook led them to a huge, old mansion with a pair of weeping willows in front. "That place is definitely haunted," Ben said. "I would be scared to bits if I werent here with you guys." He gave his friends high-fives. "But I am not scared of ghosts any more!"

"Good, because this place is gonna be full of us!" said Pierre with a sly grin.

There was a huge banner that said "NOLA Undead Toy Expo" hanging over the door of the massive mansion ("NOLA" stands for New Orleans Louisiana).

"Are the toys undead or are we?" said Jab as he stood on his head. He actually stood on his head; he took his head off, put it on the floor, and put his feet on top of his hair.

"Stop it, you goof!" laughed Hook.

They entered the mansion and there was an information desk in the foyer. There was a map indicating different rooms. There was a doll room, a construction toy room, an action figure room, a baby toys section, an antique toys section, a model train section and a puzzles and board games section. "Oh, oh let's go to the train section!" said Ben. "I want to see the crazy train. 'I'm going off the rails on a crazy train!'" he sang or hummed that song for the rest of the night.

"Or maybe we can go to the dolls section!" said Lily.

"I want to see the action figures," said Jab.

"Oh, me too, pew pew pew," said Jib, as he faked laser gun sounds with his mouth.

"Well, maybe we can split up?" offered Hook. "I am pretty interested in the antique section. I love antique stuff and stuff from when my grandmum was just a wee bairn." She did an accent like someone from Scotland.

"Ok, let's split into two groups. Lily, Elly you two go to the dolls section. Jib and Jab you guys go to the action figures and the construction toys section. And Ben and I will check out the trains and then the antique toys," suggested Hook. "Let's meet right here in one hour."

"Um, wait, what the heck is a construction toy?" said Jib.

"Think 'LEGOs'!" Jab said as he mimed a brick shape with his hands.

"OH I LOVE LEGOS!" said Jib. "I'm going off the rails with a lego train!" he started singing Bens song with different lyrics.

"You guys are out of control!" Ben said. "Here's $5, if you see any cool legos, you can get me one."

"Can you give me some money, too? I want a doll. And I am your sister!" Elly said.

"Fine, here's $7, Ben gave her. "I've only got $11 left now."

"Well, thats more than I have!" said Jab, this time standing on his head again.

"Fine, you know what, I'll give you $1 to stop standing on your head around me!" Ben said. "It creeps me out!"