Oh my… it's quite awkward when the boy you're kinda sorta dating fakes your death and locks you up in a jar.

Wait… so Tahki, you're NOT a ghost anymore?

No… we're both alive-ish! How wonderful it is! I can feel the breeze on my face!

You're in a jar, Evergreen.

Maybe the jar doesn't have a lid? And EEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I love this story!

"Ready." Leafpool ran back to the stair case and began to descend. She heard the shouts of the wizards and the Phantom as they went again into combat with each other. Finally she made it back to the cave where the adventure had begun, but she stopped dead in her tracks. A werewolf was blocking the entrance to the exit. He had obviously waited on her. The brute began to walk towards her, his eyes crazed and mouth foaming. Before she knew what she was doing, Leafpool raised her wand and shouted, "Abra Kadabra!" The wolf's eyes widened, then all at once, there was a loud pop, and there where the beast was a moment before, was a small gray rabbit. It looked up at her with big, scared eyes, then it turned and ran as fast as its legs would carry it through the tunnel and out of the cave.

"YES!" Leafpool shouted with excitement. Before long, she had made it out of the cave and into the treeless circle beneath. It was a war zone. Spells cast by the guests flew every which way, and monsters and ghosts on both sides were locked in combat. Leafpool joined the fray, and fighting her way through the crowd, found Elementgirl. She quickly told her the Phantom's plan.

"Okay, let's spread the word! Good to see you alive, by the way! Elementgirl said. Leafpool laughed.

"Same here!" She responded. She began running through the crowd, finding other guests, and along the way turning the occasional unlucky moster into a rabbit. She saw Cilantro cast a spell, turning a huge troll into a very ugly looking flower; she saw Zoey cast one, setting a hobgoblin's pants on fire. Cockleburr somehow had cast a spell at a vampire, and the poor creature couldn't stop slapping itself. She saw Mudge riding on top of a werewolf, whacking the thing in the head with her wand. Every time she passed someone, she would relay the instructions. Finally, everyone had been informed. Suddenly, she felt something grab her shoulder. She let out a scream, spun around, and was about to turn whatever it was into a rabbit, when she saw the terrified face of Bookworm looking at her.

"Oops! I'm so sorry!" Bookworm relaxed.

"No prob." Bookworm casually flicked her want over her shoulder and a tree sprite that had been about to sneak up behind her was all of a sudden attacked out of nowhere by a swarm of bees. "The monsters ae starting to retreat. Should we pursue or wait?"

"Wait. The Phantom should give us the signal any min-"

"OH MY GOSH, LOOK!" Bookworm yelled, pointing behind Leafpool, towards the temple. Leafpool spun around to see. The Phantom was runnig as fast as his legs would carry him away out of the entrance of the cave to the temple and down the mountain, bright flashes of energy flying over his head. Suddenly, the four wizards appeared from the cave, chasing him.

"BIRD SOUNDS, BIRD SOUNDS! Oh for crying out loud, BIIRD SOOOUNDS!!!" The Phantom was screaming at the top of his lungs, charging down the slope of the mountain to where Leafpool and the others were.

"All right guys, fire your spells NOW!" Bookworm hollered. All of the guests raised their wands and spoke spells simultaneuosly. Bright flashes of light flew through the air. The wizards blocked the first volley of cast spells, and the three did the second volley too, but one of them was hit. Leafpool saw him as his arms and legs snapped together and stayed stiff as though he had been paralyzed. He fell from the air and smashed onto the ground The other three scattered and blasted their way into the crowd of monsters and guests. Leafpool selected one of the wizards and ran at him along with Kitten, Sopranotwo, Kate-the-great, Mudge, Elementgirl, and Lilycat.

The wizard stood to his feet and let loose a blast of blue energy from his hand. Lilycat waved her wand, creating a force field, blocking the spell. Mudge let loose a bolt of red energy, but the wizard blocked it. Next, Elementgirl and Sopranotwo both cast spells simultaneously. Elementgirl fired off another bolt of red energy, which was wizard blocked, but was caught off guard, while Sopranotwo's spell was a powerful energy shockwave like the one The Phantom had used. This one knocked the wizard off his feet. Kate gave her wand a wave, causing the same magic ropes that had bound Willow, Tahki, and the others sprung around the wizard's hands and feet. The wizard fell to the ground. Finally, Kitten waved her wand and shouted "ikant moovikus!" and the wizard's body was paralyzed like his friend's had been. For the final touch, Leafpool waved her wand over his pathetically helpless form and said, "Abra Kadabra!" Lilycat bent down and picked up the confused looking rabbit that took the wizard's place.

They looked around, the battle was over everywhere else. Suddenly, there was a collective explosion of clapping and cheering. Lilycat walked over to where the other three wizards now lay tied and disabled. She gave the rabbit a good shake, making it disoriented, then hurled it over next to the other three wizards.

Leafpool took the vase, which she was still holding onto tightly, over and set it on the ground in front of the wizards. The Phantom walked over, laughing. Behind him, two goblins were walking, dragging a dazed, tied up Jarnen between them. They dropped Jarnen onto the ground.

He turned to face the crowd of guests. "MY FRIENDS, WE HAVE WON!" He shouted. A roar went up from the guests and staff. "Now, let's free our dear friends from their imprisonment, shall we?" The Phantom held his hands up and began to speak. For the last time, the vase glowed brighter and brighter, until there was a loud pop. The four wizards were nowhere to be seen, back in the vase where they belonged. In their place, Willow, Starseeder, Tahki, and Evergreen lay. They sat up and rubbed their eyes, as if they had been asleep.

"Oh, am I awake? Darn, I as having a lovely dream about lasagna…" Said Willow. Everyone burst into laughter and applause. Cocleburr and Joy walked over and helped Willow stand up.

"Now I think we should all go back to the castle and celebrate Halloween night, can I get a second on that? Our friends are safe and unharmed, as are we! AND WE WON!" He was answered by the loudest roar yet heard.

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The Phantom stood on the lawn in front of the castle, watching the last taxicab holding the last guests fly away into the night. The party had been amazing, everyone had a good time, and they even managed to get one last dragon race in. This time, no huge mutant dragon interrupted them. This time, it was Elementgirl that managed to pull off the win. All in all, it was a great slam bang wrap up. The Phantom stood next to one of his ghost staff members, watching the taxi disappear into the darkness.

"Well, that was one of the most successful Halloween stays we've ever had. I mean, aside from the whole take over the world thing." The ghost said with a chuckle.

"I couldn't agree more. I was able to wipe Jarnen's memory of the events though, so she can go back to living her normal life. She had become enchanted by the book's magic a bit too much." Said The Phantom. "I for one am sad to see everyone leave. It was most fun."

"I second that one. Tell you what, why don't we go back inside. For some reason, I want myself some more of those good frog fritters crazy old Jimmy is always ranting about. They ran out of them at the party."

"You know, I've been craving those myself. You go on inside, I'll be there lickitty split."

"Okay boss." Said the ghost, floating back into the castle.

The Phantom looked up at the big, full moon and remembered all that had happened. Reaching up to his hood and pulling it off, Will chuckled to himself. "Happy Halloween." He said.

I had fun with this guys! Thanks so much for joining!       

Ack, sorry! Forgot to check this! And wow! It was amazing!

I'm ALIVEEEEE! And AWAKE! Woo-hoo!

I never died, or was stuffed in a jar!

Ditto to Cilantro!

Anyway, great Ski Lodge, Phantom! 🙂