(This Halloween one is late because I thought of doing these after Halloween.)
HALLOWEEN SPECIAL:
Fatefeed: This is ridiculous. I can't believe I let you talk me into this.
Xyzfeed: Will you relax? This'll be fun! And that's something you don't have enough of!
Fatefeed: But I feel weird about this. It isn't like me at all!
Xyzfeed: Well, that's the whole fun of Halloween: you get to be somebody you're not!
Fatefeed didn't say anything else. The two twins continued to make their way to the center of town, where the big Halloween party was going to be held. Xyzfeed was looking forward to having a good time, but it had taken a bit of convincing in order to get his brother to join him.
After a while, the twins reached the city square, where they had agreed to meet their friends before the party. Four of them were already waiting in the grassy patch set as the meeting point: Valfeed, Yangfeed, Valfeed, and Starfeed. Each of them was wearing a Halloween costume for the event. Valfeed was dressed as an Angel, Yangfeed had two extra pairs of fake arms so she could be a spider, Valfeed was dressed as a Valkyrie, and Starfeed was wearing clothing made from candy wrappers to imitate a piece of candy.
Yangfeed was the first to notice Xyzfeed and Fatefeed approaching. As soon as she saw them, she grinned broadly and ran over to the blue twin.
Yangfeed: Xyzfeed! You made it!
And then something odd happened: Xyzfeed laughed. It was the first time he had ever thought Yangfeed running to meet him was funny. But, strangely enough, the reason he found this amusing was funnier still.
Xyzfeed: I told you she would do that!
He whispered to Fatefeed, smiling.
Fatefeed, however, did not find the matter funny at all. The reason he didn't share Xyzfeed's amusement... was that he didn't like people touching him, much less hugging him. Yangfeed had greeted the wrong twin, and she didn't even realize it.
An hour earlier, Xyzfeed and Fatefeed had been working on their own costumes for the party. The costumes they were currently using had been Xyzfeed's idea; he thought it would be funny to play a trick on his friends. He had picked up some hair dye in two different colors, blue and purple - and brought it with him when he went to get Fatefeed. The two twins had then each dyed their hair in the other's color, switched clothes, and covered their cheek symbols with the others’. By the time they were finished, each twin was looking at the other... and seeing a mirror image of themselves.
Xyzfeed continued to laugh as he watched his admirer hugging his friendly rival. Fatefeed then shot him an irritated look, and Xyzfeed knew he would have to intervene. Fatefeed did not handle irritation well.
Xyzfeed: Yangfeed...
Stifling his laughter, Yangfeed turned to face the speaker. At first she didn't notice anything strange; she thought she greeted Xyzfeed and looking at Fatefeed. So Xyzfeed tried again.
Xyzfeed: Yangfeed, it's me!
Yangfeed squinted at the purple haired twin for a moment, trying to decipher the meaning of his words. His voice was a bit different, and he was standing with his arms open and a smile on his face. This was not like him...
Yangfeed: Fatefeed?
Fatefeed: Nope.
This time the speaker was the blue haired twin Yangfeed greeted, but his voice seemed somehow more annoyed than usual. Yangfeed looked back at who she thought was Xyzfeed... and then she saw it.
It was the one physical detail that Xyzfeed and Fatefeed could not change about themselves. Looking closely, Yangfeed noticed that the blue haired twin had purple eyes. Turning to the purple haired twin, she also noticed that he had blue eyes. But that wasn't possible, unless...
Yangfeed: You dressed as each other?
At this, Xyzfeed burst into laughter once more, and Valfeed, Valfeed and Starfeed giggled along with him. Xyzfeed had been right; this was kind of fun.
Just then, the remainder of the group of friends arrived in the square: Alufeed and Zynfeed. Alufeed had powdered her skin all over and put on dark eye shadow to make herself look like a ghost, while Zynfeed made his skin green to imitate a zombie.
The two walked over to the grassy patch where their friends were waiting. Once they reached it, they greeted Valfeed, Yangfeed, Starfeed and Valfeed. Alufeed then noticed the twins standing behind the others.
Alufeed: Hi Xyzfeed! Hi Fatefeed! Where are your costumes?
Valfeed: They are wearing costumes! Look closer.
So Alufeed did. She looked at the blue twin, and saw he was staring back with a straight face and one hand on his hip. Alufeed then looked at the purple twin, and saw he was standing with his arms crossed and a sly smile on his face. After a minute of quiet observation, Alufeed finally noticed that they had somehow switched eye colors. No... they had switched everything except their eye colors!
Alufeed: Xyzfeed?
The disguised twin turned to face Alufeed, then, despite his amusement, managed to put on a straight face.
Xyzfeed: I'm not Xyzfeed, I'm the stubborn twin.
At this, Fatefeed stopped laughing. He stared directly at the mirror image of himself, and spoke in his normal, irritated tone.
Fatefeed: I don't sound like that.
Everyone else looked carefully from one hedgehog to the other. They all knew Xyzfeed had a tendency to attract trouble and laugh in the face of danger, no matter what form it came in. Xyzfeed ignored Fatefeed's comment, crossing his arms and sticking his nose up in an exaggerated conceited attitude, and continued his impersonation.
Xyzfeed: Xyzfeed! You have our mother's recklessness and none of dad's brains!
Xyzfeed's friends all turned their attention to Fatefeed, waiting to see how he would react.
Fatefeed: OK, that does sound like me.
Zynfeed: Well, what are we waiting for? The sun is setting! We should be getting to the party now!
His friends all agreed, so they left the grassy patch in the square and made their way to the local clubhouse, where the event was just starting. The group of friends passed through the doors of the building towards the music that was playing loudly inside.
Before entering the room filling up with people dressed in costumes, Xyzfeed looked subtly at Fatefeed, smiled, and winked at him; Fatefeed, giving in to the fun of being somebody different for one night, smiled back at Xyzfeed, and followed him into the party.
All of the friends were certain they would have a good time tonight, even Fatefeed. It was going to be a great Halloween.
