Chapter One: The Night Before Halloween

Suri Marrero (0:01)

Shhh, it's starting.

SPEAKER_2 (0:03)

There are kids in this world who are different. Special.

Suri Marrero (0:08)

I think it's a hoverboard.

SPEAKER_2 (0:10)

They look like us and they act like us.

Suri Marrero (0:13)

But they are not us. You're mother nature.

SPEAKER_3 (0:18)

Who wants a selfie with the grim reaper?

Suri Marrero (0:20)

There's a girl, flying in the water.

SPEAKER_2 (0:22)

I'm the treasure.

SPEAKER_3 (0:27)

It's a broken locket.

Suri Marrero (0:29)

Exactly like mine.

SPEAKER_2 (0:32)

GZM Shows. Imagination Amplified.

Suri Marrero (0:45)

It was the night before Halloween, when all through the haunted house, creatures were stirring, especially a zombie mouse.

Genna DuQuesnay (0:53)

More blood, Mina?

Suri Marrero (0:55)

Always Lucy. Not bad.

Genna DuQuesnay (0:58)

An excellent 2008 vintage.

Suri Marrero (1:01)

Yes, a good year. You were right. Adding maple syrup to the fruit punch, I mean, to the blood, definitely makes it thicker.

Genna DuQuesnay (1:11)

Pairs nicely with the chocolate peanut butter spiders too.

Suri Marrero (1:14)

This might be our best graveyard picnic yet, Luc.

Genna DuQuesnay (1:17)

My favorite pre-Halloween tradition of ours. And tomorrow, we get to show everyone our most gruesome costumes yet.

Suri Marrero (1:24)

Undead Bridezilla.

Genna DuQuesnay (1:26)

And Zombie Cheerleader.

Suri Marrero (1:29)

Did it just get a lot colder?

Genna DuQuesnay (1:31)

And foggier?

SPEAKER_3 (1:38)

Hello, girls.

Suri Marrero (1:40)

Grandpa, it's you.

Genna DuQuesnay (1:41)

Hello, Dr. Van Helsing. Did you just get the hearse wash? I did, Lucy.

SPEAKER_6 (1:44)

Thank you for noticing.

Genna DuQuesnay (1:45)

I was being sarcastic. It's covered in mud.

SPEAKER_6 (1:48)

Drats, that's what I get for taking the scenic route.

SPEAKER_3 (1:51)

How was the graveyard picnic?

Suri Marrero (1:53)

Great, Grandpa, but we need to get home to finish our costumes. That was the whole point of the sleepover.

SPEAKER_3 (1:58)

Hop in.

Genna DuQuesnay (1:58)

I'll have you home in a jiffy. Ow.

Suri Marrero (2:02)

Why do you have wooden stakes back here?

SPEAKER_3 (2:05)

Oh, you know, for the garden.

SPEAKER_4 (2:08)

Now, tell me about these terrifying costumes.

Suri Marrero (2:11)

Grandpa, what is it?

SPEAKER_3 (2:13)

Mina, were you girls alone in the graveyard?

Suri Marrero (2:17)

I mean, it's 9:36 p.m. Who else would be here other than the dead?

Genna DuQuesnay (2:23)

Good one, Mina.

SPEAKER_6 (2:25)

Right. Right, of course.

Genna DuQuesnay (2:30)

Are you gonna drive, Dr. Van Helsing? Yes.

SPEAKER_6 (2:33)

Yes.

Suri Marrero (2:34)

Off we go.

SPEAKER_3 (2:36)

Into the fog.

Suri Marrero (2:37)

And once I get you home, it's lights out.

SPEAKER_3 (2:40)

Still a school night.

Genna DuQuesnay (2:41)

I'm way too jazzed to go to bed. Our picnic was 90% sugar.

Suri Marrero (2:45)

Yeah, there's no chance I'm gonna fall asleep tonight.

Huh, why is the window open? Luce, did you open this? Lucy? Oh no, she's gone. Pick up, pick up. Dang it, she left her phone. Reporter's Recorder, entry number 562, Mina's Musings. It's 2 a.m. and... Oh, that means it's Halloween! I'm on the hunt for my best friend Lucy West.

Genna DuQuesnay (3:35)

Lucy?

Suri Marrero (3:36)

Lucy! So far, no trace of her. I tried to put myself in her shoes, but I don't think she's wearing any. Lucy? Lucy! Typically when she sleepwalks, she doesn't go very far, but I've already biked past school and Lucy's house. No luck. Lucy! I'm heading to the graveyard next so I can get a good view of the entire town. We'll report back. Reporter's Recorder, entry number 562, part two, Mina's Musings. I made it back to the graveyard, but it's nearly impossible to see anything because a thick fog has taken over Whitby.

Lucy! She's on the beach! And before I sign off, let the record reflect that I was correct. She is not wearing any shoes. She's coming.

Genna DuQuesnay (5:00)

Lucy?

Suri Marrero (5:03)

Lucy? Time to wake up.

Genna DuQuesnay (5:06)

She's coming.

SPEAKER_3 (5:07)

Where?

Genna DuQuesnay (5:09)

What's going on?

Suri Marrero (5:10)

It's freezing, Luc. Here, take my jacket.

Genna DuQuesnay (5:12)

Mina, why are we on the beach? It's so foggy.

Suri Marrero (5:17)

You were sleepwalking again.

Genna DuQuesnay (5:18)

Ugh, my mom's not gonna be happy.

Suri Marrero (5:21)

She'll understand.

Genna DuQuesnay (5:22)

It's the fourth time this month. How did I get all the way to the shore?

Suri Marrero (5:26)

Usually we find you in the kitchen or in the dog bed.

Genna DuQuesnay (5:30)

It's getting worse.

Suri Marrero (5:31)

It'll be okay.

Genna DuQuesnay (5:33)

How do you know? Did you sleepwalk like this too?

Suri Marrero (5:36)

You mean after my parents died?

Genna DuQuesnay (5:40)

Yeah.