No Trick-or-Treating! (Anne Marie version)

It was Halloween night, and everyone at the Strife household was all dressed up for the occasion.

Princess Sally Acorn was dressed up like Princess Peach from Super Mario Brothers. Cosmo the Seedrian was dressed up like Princess Daisy from Super Mario Brothers. Amy Rose was dressed up like Belle from Beauty and the Beast. Sonic the Hedgehog was dressed up like Mario from Super Mario Brothers. Miles "Tails" Prower was dressed up like Luigi from Super Mario Brothers. Knuckles the Echidna was dressed up like Prince Adam from Beauty and the Beast. Bunnie Rabbot was dressed up like Tinker Bell from Peter Pan. Marine the Raccoon was dressed up like Thumbelina. Rouge the Bat was dressed up like Crysta from Ferngully: The Last Rainforest. Cloud Strife was dressed up like Dracula. Aerith Gainsborough was dressed up like a fairy. Squall Leonhart was dressed up like a waiter. Boo Boo Bear was dressed up like a turtle, and Anne Marie was dressed up like a zombie whose body parts could be served at horrifying restaurants.

"Oh, you guys look great!" Squall exclaimed.

"So you're a waiter?" Aerith asked.

"Yes, I am," Squall said. "Would you like to look at our special tonight?" He lifted the lid, revealing Anne Marie inside the table. Her head was on a plate.

"Boo!" Anne Marie said. It made Sally, Cosmo, Amy, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and their three aunts laugh.

"Oh my goodness, it's my favorite dish, Anne Marie face!" Aerith exclaimed. She ran up to Anne Marie, grabbed her face, and kissed her on the forehead. "You know what, dear, it's a little chilly out. Would you run upstairs and grab your sweater?"

"Wow, Aerith," Cloud said. "You look great!"

"Oh, why thank you, Cloud," Aerith smiled sweetly. "You do, too. And you too, Squall."

"Really? It's my wedding tux. It still fits." Squall said.

"Like a paint job." Cloud said. Then he noticed Sally dressed up as Princess Peach, Cosmo dressed up as Princess Daisy, Amy dressed up as Belle, Sonic dressed up as Mario, Tails dressed up as Luigi, Knuckles dressed up as Prince Adam, Bunnie dressed up as Tinker Bell, Marine dressed up as Thumbelina, and Rouge dressed up as Crysta. "Hey, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, my dear young men!" he said. He picked up the echidna and gave them hugs. "This is your seventeenth, eighth, and sixteenth Halloween!" Then he looked down at Sally, Cosmo, Amy, and the Three Mobian Girls and asked them, "What are they?"

"Aren't they handsome?" Sally asked.

"They're Mario, Luigi, and Prince Adam." Cosmo said.

"Mario, Luigi, and Prince Adam?!" Cloud asked, not believing his daughters.

"I mean Pauline's ex-boyfriend and Princess Peach's husband, Mario's brother and Princess Daisy's husband, and a beast." Bunnie said.

Cloud faced Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles again. "Oh, good! That's better!" he said. He, Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles hugged each other.

As soon as Anne Marie grabbed her orange-and-vermilion-striped sweater, she stopped at the railing, waiting to jump around.

Squall glared at her. "Don't even think about it, Anne Marie!"

Anne Marie glared back at him. "*Don't even think about it!*" she said in a mocking tone.

"Baby!" Boo Boo said.

"Boo Boo, that's not a nice thing to say to Anne Marie." Aerith said.

Squall didn't believe her. "You don't think I mean it?" he asked, "Just try me! I am the head of the household here! I am the boss!"

"*I'm the boss!*" Anne Marie mocked him.

"You're nothing but a baby!" Boo Boo said.

"Boo Boo, stop calling your sister names!" Aerith scolded lightly.

Sally, Cosmo, Amy, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Bunnie, Marine, Rouge, and Cloud just gasped at Anne Marie's insolence, and Squall was losing patience.

"You are really getting on my nerves, young lady!" he scolded, "Don't you DARE jump off the step!"

Anne Marie was being willful. "Make me!"

"You're such a baby!" Boo Boo said.

"That's enough now, Boo Boo." Bunnie told him.

Anne Marie jumped off the last three steps.

"ALL RIGHT!" Squall yelled, "THAT DOES IT, I WARNED YOU! NO TRICK-OR-TREATING!" Sally, Cosmo, Amy, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Bunnie, Marine, Rouge, Aerith, and Cloud gasped in shock.

Anne Marie glared angrily at Squall and yelled, "YOU'RE AS EVIL AS MR. CARFACE!" She then stomped off to her room, where her pet dogs, Charlie Barkin and Itchy, are standing at the foot of her bed, waiting for her.

"So just Sally, Cosmo, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, our three aunts, and I are going?" Amy asked.

"Yes, dear." Aerith said.

Sally, Cosmo, and Amy became so happy. They said, "YAY!" They then ran to their own room with Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Bunnie, Marine, and Rouge following them.

"Squall, what was that all about?" Aerith asked.

Squall shook his head guiltily. "I don't know," he said. "I was so mad it just came out. But *you two* saw her; she's totally out of control!"

"But it's Halloween," Cloud said. "It's trick-or-treating!" Unfortunately, he didn't realize the doorbell rang.

"Cloud, I've begged, I've pleaded, I've given her spankings, I've given her time-outs, I've washed her mouth out with soap! None of them worked! I had to do something." Squall said.

"But you don't take away a religious holiday!" Cloud said, "Think of Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Sally, Cosmo, Amy, Silver, Charmy, Angel, and the Lost Boys."