Raven read from her ancient tome, “‘Since the dawn of time, the Halloween Spirit terrorized the land, feeding on the fear of children.’” When she flipped the page, the scary illustration of the specter made her teammates cringe and whimper.

“Get it together,” she scolded her friends. Raven kept reading. “‘Finally, the people had enough. They would fight fear with fear, and the Halloween Spirit was banished. From their victory, our Halloween traditions were born.’”

She closed the heavy covers of the book, and it vanished in a poof.

“We can stop it again!” explained Raven. “But we’re going to need three things: costumes, jack-o’-lanterns, and candy. Let’s do it.”

As funky music blasted through the Tower, the Teen Titans ran around pulling together costumes and getting dressed up. By the time the song ended, they were ready for Halloween. They lined up in the living room.

Raven inspected her costumed friends. Robin was dressed as a vampire. Cyborg was a pirate. Beast Boy wore a red demon costume. Starfire was a fairy princess, complete with a tiara.

Raven nodded. “You guys look…spooktacular.”

Starfire looked at Robin. Robin looked at Cyborg. Cyborg looked at Beast Boy. Beast Boy looked at Starfire. They all yelped, scared by one another’s costumes.

Raven pulled out an armful of chunky pumpkins. She tossed them at her teammates, who cowered away in fear. “Carve them!” demanded Raven.

On command, Robin flipped into the air and attacked his pumpkin with a blizzard of karate chops and kicks.

Starfire blasted a pumpkin with a flash of sizzling power from her eyes.

Cyborg aimed the laser in his mechanical arm at a pumpkin, cutting it up with hot light.

Beast Boy transformed into a cat and slashed his pumpkin with sharp claws.

The carved pumpkins fell into an orderly line across from the Titans. Raven examined their creations.

Robin’s jack-o’-lantern had a traditional design, with a gap-toothed grin. “Classic,” Raven declared.

Starfire’s pumpkin had an evil smile and pointy eyebrows. “Scary,” said Raven.

Beast Boy’s design was a bit haphazard, with off-center eyes. “Competent,” said Raven.

Cyborg’s pumpkin had an intricately carved baby face. Raven smiled at it. “Aw, cute.”

Then Raven hovered in front of the pumpkins, opening her arms. “What do you guys think?” she asked.

They all blinked at the pumpkins. Then they shrieked in horror at their scary handiwork.

Raven nodded, pleased. “Now we just need candy. Lots of it.”

“Where are we going to get candy at this hour?” asked Cyborg.

The answer was obvious. They headed into Jump City and went door to door, trick-or-treating!

The Teen Titans had collected bags of candy. They gave one another high fives.

But soon the Halloween Spirit rose above Jump City, using its mystical powers to awaken monsters. Skeletons, zombies, vampires, ghouls, and other lumbering beasts crawled out of the earth. The monsters shook off their dirt and wandered the streets, terrifying trick-or-treaters and chasing the screaming citizens through the city.

The Teen Titans watched the rampage, their eyes wide with horror.

“What were we thinking?” cried Robin, trembling. “We’re too scared to fight that thing!”

“I’m too scared to even look at you!” Beast Boy told Cyborg, shielding his eyes.

“I’m too scared to even look at you!” Cyborg replied. He peeked at Beast Boy and shrieked.

Raven heaved a deep sigh. “The only reason you’re scared is because I cast a spell to put you back in the Halloween spirit,” she admitted.

“Why would you do that?” asked Starfire.

“Because Halloween was the one day of the year we all looked forward to,” explained Raven. “Pumpkin carving, trick or treating, haunted houses. I was just trying to get all that back.” She bowed her head, feeling sorry. “Instead, I ruined Halloween.”