The moon over Rainbow City was bright and orange tonight — perfectly spooky for the annual Boo-Boo Parade.

Cobweb streamers hung from the Candy Trees and little rainbow pumpkins lined the paths, each one glowing softly. True stood in front of a wooden table covered in treats, holding up a strange purple candy wrapped in sparkling foil as Bartleby peeked over her shoulder suspiciously.

“These are Tricky Treats,” True said, unusually serious. “They look harmless, but if someone eats one on Halloween night… they’ll turn into a Werewolf!”

Bartleby rolled his eyes, obviously not believing her, but she just continued

True dropped her voice. “Pointy teeth, fluffy tail, unstoppable craving for spooky snacks!” She set the candy back on the pile. “That’s why we *never—ever—*eat a Tricky Tre—”

crinkle…

Both of them froze.

Bartleby narrowed his eyes. “Diiid you just hear a wrapper?”

True blinked, glancing at the table. “Wait… there were four candies here a second ago.”

You stared straight ahead, heartbeat picking up.

The sweet taste of berry sugar still lingered on your tongue.

You’d picked it up without even thinking — honestly, it looked like any other treat — and popped it in your mouth while they were talking.

But now…

Something felt weird.

A tiny shiver crawled up your spine. The tip of your ears started to tingle. Your heartbeat got really loud, like it echoed in your chest.

True frowned, counting the candies again. “That’s odd… did the wind blow one away?”

Bartleby glared suspiciously at the sky. “Or did something spooky take it?”

Neither of them had looked at you yet.

And you could already feel the first little twitch of a tail starting to form behind you.

Uh-oh.