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Blaze The Cat and Silver The Hedgehog, Starring In:

The House of Horrors!

It was Hallow's Eve, spooks galor,

All houses in the Sol Dimension decorated with appropriations of gore décor,

Skeletons, zombies, cobwebs and ghosts,

Solians welcoming the brave-hearted in their haunted homes as devilish hosts,

Our story begins with a StarCrossed pair and their little raccoon tagalong,

Let us dive into this tale of terror of how the time-traveller's night was about to go all wrong,

Marine loved a good haunted house. She couldn't quite explain it, but Halloween was by far her favourite holiday. She enjoyed the spooky decorations, the giggling of little children as they marched from house to house asking for candy, the anticipation of the fright, there was just something about it. It got her excited. And of course, it was always the perfect opportunity to scare the time-traveller lagging behind her. Blaze was at Silver's side. The silver hedgehog was shaking and was clinging to the cat's left arm, his whole person wrapped around her arm. Marine could tell from Blaze's sly smirk directed at her partner that she was enjoying it too.

The Sol Dimension was apparently really big on Halloween; on spooks, and spirits, Blaze's Queendom went all out each year. The surrounding towns decorated their homes with fake cobwebs and spiders in the windows, carved jack 'o' lanterns in the yards, skeletons and witches stationed around like scarecrows. The streets were full of costumers, zombies, sorceresses, werewolves, mummies, some other costumers thought slightly outside of the box; Team Sol on their way noticed a few Eggmen, a handful of Chaos', and some weirdo dressed like Shadow with blue highlights, he seemed to follow the group for a bit before disappearing. They shrugged it of, though both of the partners felt a strange shiver down their spines at that encounter.

Marine proudly flaunted her costume to all her school friends, the young raccoon was a Kraken; a mythic octopus that was large enough to pull down entire fleet ships into the sea, Blaze explained to the puzzled Silver. The feline often forgot that her beloved came from a world without such normal things like water, him marveling over the common and the ordinary was always one of his most endearing quirks that Blaze enjoyed quite a bit. The way his eyes lit up when he first saw snow, or the leaves change colour in Autumn. She knew that was an indicator that he was about to turn to her, mouth agap, about to ask her what he was perceiving. Blaze always gladly informed him on the various wonders her home had to offer, that she took for granted on the daily. She enjoyed conversing on topics that fascinated her, enjoyed explaining things, watching his face entranced, hooked on every word of hers, his eyes growing larger and lighting up. He in turn loved to listen. Fascinated by the wisdom she had to offer. And in love with her powerful yet gentle voice that cooed him into bed and warm slumber every night.

Of course, both being the most awkward being in their respective dimensions, they had not yet disclosed their relationship to the rest of the Solian populace. Blaze couldn't step out of the castle without being swarmed by paparazzi. People were already constructing humours about the two of them as Silver recently officially moved into a spare guest room in the castle. Which led to him being hounded by 'journalists' as well. Something Blaze never wanted, Blaze never wanted to bring that upon him, she knew how his social anxieties kicked up around large gatherings. To reveal the nature of their partnership would be catastrophic for both their personal lives. So they chose to remain silent. It didn't feel good keeping in that secret, but such was their life. But of course, Marine was onto them, she knew, even way before the two of them did. And she never forgot to tease them about it.

Blaze and Silver's costumes were layered, with double meanings. Blaze and Silver couldn't roam the public without being surrounded by hordes of adoring fans and malicious interviewers. That was why Blaze enjoyed visiting and going out in Silver's dimension; nobody knew who she was there, she could be anonymous there, free to spend time with her partner without stress. So, Silver devised a plan to help Blaze feel more comfortable in her own dimension. Disguises! Apparently Silver got struck with inspiration after rewatching his favourite movie for the hundredth time; Superman. Clearly enamoured with Clark Kent's simplistic disguise. At first she seemed sceptical, there was no way that could work, people would definitely recognise their monarch in different clothes and glasses. But Silver seemed really excited about it, so she tried it. He likened it to 'playing dress-up'. Silver dyed his fur yellow, wore new red boots and gauntlets, blue contacts, applied more eye shadow, tied his quills back into a manbun, and Silver The Hedgehog became Venice The Mink. Blaze dyed her fur black and red, cover her mouth up with a scarf, let her ponytail down, and Blaze The Cat became Flare The Ocelot. And... it worked! Who would've thought?

Then there were the costumes they wore on top of their disguises. Blaze wanted to go for something simple, something that looked like it took little effort, she didn't want to show that the stern Princess was actually enjoying the dress-up 'games for kids' as she described it. She wanted something ironic. She thought of maybe going out as a black cat, just adding a headband with cat ears to her costume and calling it a day. When she presented the idea to her team she was met with applause and praise from Silver, as always, he would've liked anything she put on. Marine just gave her a confused look.

"I don't get it." The girl remarked.

"What do you not get? It's-- It's funny. I'm a cat."

"But you're already a cat." Marine replied.

"Yes, bu-- ugh-- that's the joke, you know, it's irony." Blaze explained.

"I think you look great, Blazey." Silver simply remarked with a smile.

"You don't count Silver, you're a biased party! You'd say that about anything she put on."

"That's because she looks great in everything." He said genuinely mesmerised. Blaze gave that small smile, the one that always popped up on her face when enchanted by her partner's words. For a moment they just stared into each others' eyes without saying anything, Marine cut the moment short as she threw a new costume at Blaze's head.

"Nope. Change!"

Which was how Blaze, now Flare, ended up with her current costume; a black cape, red bandana covering the top half of her face with eye holes cut out, high leather boots, and a sword at her hip (plastic of course, no need to dirty her real swords, of which she had many); there she stood; Zorro. By her side stood her partner, Silver, now Venice, an astronaut. He was much easier to convince with his love of space. He would've probably enjoyed it if not for the fact that he was terrified out of his mind. Blaze still enjoyed the sight though, he looked so silly.

There were dozens of Haunted Houses set up all around the town, it was sort of an unspoken tradition among the people, and Marine planned on knocking all of them off on her list. She divised a planned schedule of how they could strategically get through all the houses in one night before they closed. Blaze was almost proud. But at this rate, they weren't going to make it to one. Marine turned around frustrated, "Come on slowpokes! I thought you could reach Mach Two?! What's the hold up?"

"Calm down Marine, we're practically there." Blaze remarked. It was true, they were currently on the footpath leading up to the steps of their first Haunted House of the evening. The house was located on top a hill, isolated from the rest of the town, framed by the barren trees, their leaf-less branches resembling claws, grabbing at the full moon behind the house. The picturesque sight brought a tear to Marine's eye. "You know Silver needs... time."

Silver was still firmly wrapped around Blaze's arm, "What? No. Me? I'm-- I'm alri--" A ghost on a stick flipped up from the tall grass at Silver's side. And the hedgehog let out a high pitched shriek. Wrapping his hands around Blaze's shoulder's and burring his face in her chest. Encasing himself and Blaze in a protective bubble made from his green psycho-energy. The ghost flipped down. And Silver was stuck frozen in place, a look of embarassement and realisation readable on his face. Marine fell over cackling, kicking her feet.

"You said you wouldn't laugh!" Silver said, more sad than angry. Marine just continued to roll on the ground laughing, tears streaming down her face. The bubble faded away. He turned back to Blaze, embarassement growing as he realised he was still holding onto her, "Oh, sorry, Blazey. I'm so embarrassed." He began to let go, but Blaze protested by snaking an arm around his back, holding him protectively.

"No, no, it's-- it's alright." She assured with a redness on her face. "We'll get through this together. I have you." Her voice eased all the tension out of his body, a small smile crept up on his muzzle and suddenly he felt more comfortable to lay his head on top her strong shoulder. The embarrassment returned however as the laughter continued from the raccoon girl. Blaze sighed, "Silvy, why do you agree to come along with us each year, knowing fully well what Marine has in store?"

"You know I have major fomo!" Silver exclaimed, perhaps a tad too loudly. He then turned to the raccoon girl, he walked up to her and and picked her up as if she weighed less then a toddler, "And I guess my biggest sin was caring! Huh!? Loving you too much! Wanting to spend time with you?! Huh?!?" He attempted to use his stern voice on her, but he didn't have one.

Marine just continued to laugh as she wiggled her arms and legs in the air, "Hahaha hahaha, I *breath* I'm going to pee HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA." Silver just frowned. "Oh, man, this is going to be better than I thought!" Silver set her down and returned to Blaze's side. Arms crossed, trying his best to be angry, but couldn't be. Marine managed to get ahold on her faculties and pressed onwards, still chuckling to herself occasionally. Blaze and Silver followed close behind.

They made it to the door. Illuminated by green and purple lawn lights. A smoke machine turned on nearby, exhaling clouds of white fog. The door had an ornate knocker at its centre, a demon of some sort holding the door knocker in its mouth. Silver gulped at the sight of it. Marine rubbed her hands together eagerly like a fly. Blaze took hold of her partner's hand and massaged his palm with her thumb, that helped a little, it actually helped a lot.

Suddenly the doors to the house swung open and two scared kids ran out screaming on top of their lungs, candy falling out of their pumpkin-like buckets as they ran madly into the night. That did not make Silver feel better, his pupils contracted and his mouth dried up as if he just bite down on a lemon.

"Do not worry, Snowflake. You fought monsters, mad-scientist, and eldrich horrors. This is nothing." Blaze tried to reassure him, to bring him some courage the way he did for her. Silver never gave up. Never gave in. When Blaze often chose to suffer in silence, and endure things the way they were, Silver was loud and desired to change the world. Always raged against the machine. That courage inspired her. Even though she was the leader of their team. Even thought Silver was usually the one to turn to her for answers, she often was inspired by him, though she never had the courage to admit it.

"Yeah, those things are NORMAL for me! Everyday stuff! This-- This is weird. Skeletal structures jumping out of peoples' bodies and dancing! Mummified Egyptian emperors back from the dead! Spiders! SPIDERS!!! And people just... celebrate it? That's crazy!" Silver flailed his arms about.

"Hehehe!! Don't worry Silver, I'll protect you." Marine popped up out of nowhere as always and mocked the quaking hedgehog.

"That's what you said last time! And then you left me!" He sounded genuinely offended. "Ran away! Abandoned me to the winds, MarMar!"

The raccoon just cackled. She giggled to herself as she reopened the door and entered eagerly, "Come on, enough waiting! Let's do this! Wooooo!" She ran in, arms in the air.

Blaze turned to Silver, "If you're not feeling like it, we can wait out here for her. Star gaze. The perfect night for it." She smiled warmly.

Silver considered it for a moment, but he steeled himself. He took a big long breath in and then out. He was psyching himself up. "No. No. I'm okay. I'm alright. Let's go. Let's do this." He moved to make the first step in. A witch's laugh echoed from inside the house. And Silver was once more clinging to Blaze, his face nuzzled in her neck.

Blaze smiled and murmured to herself, "I love Halloween." as she held her partner closer, and they stepped in.

The End

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