One Piece, Many Hearts *Luffy x Harem*

Halloween Hijinks Part 1

When hinges creak in doorless chambers,

And strange and frightening sounds echo through the halls.

Whenever candlelights flicker where the air is deathly still —

That is the time when ghosts are present, practicing their terror with ghoulish delight!

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"Horororo! It's here! It's finally here!"

In the eerie part of town, in the small sector of Thriller Bark Road, there was a large mansion that screamed haunted house. No sunlight shone, a fog covered the area, and moaning sounds of the dead were heard. Yes, it was inside this mansion where a young girl in her second year of schooling was prancing around her godfather's house. The mansion itself was decorated with swords and red roses with the occasional ghost plush from the girl.

This girl had unusually big, round eyes, and long, light pink hair that she keeps tied into two pigtails with black and white flower hairpins. She wears a red crown with a black cross on her head, as well as red lipstick and a thick layer of black eyeliner. Her school uniform was a white blouse with a purple ribbon on the front, dark purple skirt with cobweb outlines, long black and white striped stockings, and black flats that had cat ears. Under her arms was a scary zombie bear plushie wrapped in bandages.

As she entered the kitchen area, her godfather looked up from his morning paper and took a long sip of his coffee. He was a tall lean man with black hair, a short beard, mustache and sideburns that point upwards. His strangely colored red eyes which resemble a hawk's eyes was filled with a spot of happiness at his goddaughter's delight. He wore an open white shirt with a ruffled neck, black dress pants, and a red and black cape on his back.

"Perona," His voice made the girl stop dancing for a second and sit down at the table in front of him. "What could be the cause of you prancing around my house for?"

Perona giggled, handing him the letting in her hand. "This Hawkie! I got invited to Whole Cake Academy to help prepare them for their Halloween festival! They want me to write and direct their Halloween play!"

Mihawk scoured the letter, smirking when he noticed that Akagami Shanks was helping with the preparations as well. "Whole Cake is that fancy girl school that Akagami's nephew attends. Surprised they let him in despite the controversy it causes."

"A boy going to an all girls school? This is perfect for my play idea then!" Wasting no time, she grabbed a box of Count Chocula from the cabinet and kissed him on the cheek. "I need to catch the bus to the school. Headmistress Shakky said she's going to let me attend for awhile to help set things up."

Mihawk sighed, taking another sip of coffee. He wondered where she got all this energy from since she mostly dwells in darkness and shadows for most of her life. Halloween was the only time of year where she was at her highest happy.

Between her and Zoro, they were the only two whom he showed care for.

"Wait Perona, I'll drive you to school. It's close to my job."

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"Magical Halloween Theater Show?"