Twisted Events

Scary Monsters! ~Screaming Halloween Show~, Part 4

(Author's note: Thank you so much to my dear friend, Lightgail25 for creating and providing this beautiful picture.)

The group walked inside the library, but when seeing the venue. There wasn't much to look at. Aside from the many floating jack-o-lanterns around with the books, the library seemed pretty normal in comparison to the other venues. They looked around the library before Ortho hovered over to greet them. "Welcome to the Ignihyde Halloween experience!" Ortho announced with a cheerful laugh. "I hope you all have lots of fun here! Now beginning the screening."

"What? A screening? What's starting?" Deuce asked. His question was soon answered as the lights of the library had dimmed down and soon lights of eerie purplish black and green lit up the library. Rising from the shadows, a giant, dark, frightening shadow of a monstrous pumpkin with a long, thin, stick-like hand reaching up. As if it was preparing to grab the first person it set its sights on. Large jagged cracks were ingrained in the ground, looking like they were moments away from splitting wide open and swallowing the group whole. One of the lanterns that was floating near the bookshelf suddenly sprung to life and zipped across the room. Spooking the group.

"Whoa! A jack-o'-lantern just jumped off the shelves!" Cater shouted. He brought his two club members close to him for comfort and/or to possibly use them as a shield for whatever was going on. Whichever comes first. Suddenly, the sound of an owl echoed throughout the library and the small rustling of a breeze blew in. Some of the Representatives, jumped as they felt the wind chill at their skin. "The library is a foggy forest... Even I've never seen magic like this." Malleus said to himself. He was entirely impressed.

"It's not magic." Ortho said. "It's projection mapping that everyone in Ignihyde worked together to make. We use special devices to project image data over solid objects like buildings."

"It's like we are in an unfamiliar land!" Deuce exclaimed in awe. Ortho giggled at his response. "Heh heh. Fitting considering Ignihyde's specialization in techno-mantic engineering, right? But wait, there's more!" He floated away and spread his arms to give way for Idia to show off their dorm's theme.

"'A pumpkin is a pumpkin, but what do you call a pumpkin that can't be eaten?'" A voice sounded like it echoed off the walls as it grew closer. Coming out from the darkness, a figure stepped forward. His footsteps were loudly thumping harshly against the floor of the library and his arms stiffly swayed at his side. His body was covered head to toe in a black suit of armour. Armour that was best suited for a powerful, honourable knight with a ghostly blue light emitting from the emptiness of the armour. However, instead of wearing a traditional helmet, the figure was wearing a large, greenish-black jack-o-lantern on his head with a tuff of blue flame sprouting out of it.

"'The answer is ME! The tragic monster, Pumpkin Knight!'" He introduced himself.

"WHO ARE YOU?!" Everyone shouted as they stared at the Knight with wide eyes. Any amount of confidence that the Knight had to show off had quickly withered away and died. The Knight slumped his shoulders and stared at the others. "What do you mean, who? It's me. Idia Shroud. Who ELSE would show up with a setup like that?" He questioned.

"Given that utterly irritating way of talking...I'm certain that is indeed you." Vil sighed as he crossed his arms.

"Hee hee! Surprised? As you can see, my Halloween costume is..." Idia began to laugh. Regaining his confidence and struck a valiant pose once more. "Pumpkin Knight!"

"Oh, of course! Pumpkin Knight!" Deuce exclaimed. "...Who's Pumpkin Knight?"

"Dude, are you seriously telling me you've never heard of the legendary horror movie "Pumpkin Hollow"?" Idia shouted in horror.