In the ominous, flickering glow of the Titans Tower living room, Raven got ready.

It is time, she thought solemnly as she pulled on layers of material. I must don the ceremonial garb. Tonight, darkness shall creep over the land. Terror will walk the streets. Children will shriek in fear. Her eyes narrowed as she gathered her determination. Tonight we will face our greatest demons.

Now that she was in the appropriate dress, Raven stepped out of the shadows.

She wore a bright pink costume of the winged horse Sparkleface from her favorite TV show, Pretty, Pretty Pegasus. “Happy Halloween!” she cheered, and snapped her fingers.

In a flash of dark magic, Raven decorated the room for the creepy holiday. Black and orange streamers and plastic spiders festooned the room, along with dangling skeletons.

Her fellow Teen Titans barely reacted. They were sitting on the couch, watching TV. Cyborg shrugged his metallic shoulders. Beast Boy’s eyelids drooped. Starfire slumped deeper into the sofa. “Meh,” mumbled Robin.

“That’s it?” Raven protested. “Come on, guys. Halloween!” She hovered beside Starfire. “Look!” She gasped, holding out a tissue-paper ghost on a string. “A scary ghost! Wooo!”

“Your paper ghost is well made, Raven,” said Starfire, “but not scary.”

“Grr!” growled Raven. She jammed a glowing pumpkin carved like her demon father, Trigon, in front of Robin’s and Cyborg’s faces. “I’m a jack-o’-lantern!”

“What a waste of good produce,” said Robin.

Raven grimaced. “Who wants candy?” she asked hopefully. “We can get bags of it tonight!”

“If we want candy,” replied Cyborg, crossing his arms, “we’ll go buy some.”

Raven bobbed in front of Beast Boy, blocking his view. “I know for a fact you love costumes.”

Beast Boy smiled at her, gesturing at his uniform. “We wear costumes every day.”

“What’s going on, guys?” demanded Raven, putting her fists on her hips. “Halloween is our favorite holiday.”

Robin raised a single gloved finger. “Was our favorite holiday,” he corrected her.

“But every year we always have so much fun,” Raven argued.

Starfire shook her head. “Do you not remember last year, Raven?”

Last year, the Titans all had dressed in scary costumes and went out trick-or-treating in Jump City. When they returned to the Tower that evening, they all felt pukey.

“Why did I eat all that candy?” Robin groaned.

Cyborg clutched his tummy. He was at the breaking point.

Beast Boy was entirely the wrong shade of green. What had happened next was not pretty.…