" What were those orange things we saw? " Aria looked at Jazz holoform, both had just returned from the shops for groceries since she had to feed nine extra mouths since they liked experiencing eating human food and consumed fuel as well.

" They're just jack-o-lanterns," she says as she collected the shopping bags from Jazz's back trunk. " What?" he asked confused as the human and Autobot headed towards the house.

"It's a Halloween tradition where people carve faces on pumpkins as decorations. Halloween is usually people dressing up in costumes and going to people's places for candy " she explains as Jazz had a thoughtful expression, " Do you celebrate it Ari?" he asked.

She shook her head as she looked for her house keys, " I'm a bit old for trick or treating but I go to the Halloween Ball at my art collage with Tyler and Lara"

" Your Earth customs are interesting, we usually had a few celebrations on Cybertron but nothing like Halloween" Jazz mentions.

They entered the kitchen to find an interesting scenario going on. The duo found Lara and Sideswipe chattering with an excited smile as Tyler, Sunstreaker and Mirage were listening to their conversation.

Everyone turned to notice Jazz and Aria standing in the kitchen at the entrance. Lara and Sideswipe were staring with grins on their faces which made the pair gulp from their mischievous grin since that usually meant that they had planned something crazy.

Sunstreaker and Tyler sighed at the excited pair as the others watched the scenario in front of them. " Why do I have a feeling that those two planned something extreme for us?"

Lara pulled up her phone, showing a picture of a hunted house experience. Aria's eyes widen looking at the screen, " Since it's Halloween, we could take everyone there for fun" she asked, " And I heard that the hunted house theme is from the clown movie ' It' and apparently my friend fainted last time she was there"

" Nope, nope, NOPE!" Aria rapidly shook her head, " I can deal with vampires, ghosts, and all sorts of other things. But CLOWNS! Why does it gotta be clowns?"

Sunstreaker narrowed his eyes in confusion, he searched through the internet through his processors about clowns and didn't get why they were scary. " What's so scary about a man with a red nose and big, floppy shoes?" he questioned, looking at her.

She shuddered, " Everything about them terrifies the crap out of me"

" Is it really necessary?" Ironhide grumbled as Lara rolled her eyes and looked at Aria with a mischievous smirk, " Well, it would suck a shame to throw away all the candy I brought " she pretended to sigh, " I even brought your favorite"

Aria right eye twitched, ' Is she blackmailing me? Cause it's working' The Asian girl deflated in defeat, her options as do the house challenge and get candy, she cursed her love for candy at this point, " Fine, you win"

Tyler sighed, knowing how Lara knew how to hit Aria's weak spots, watching the excited brunette pump her hands up with the victory. Optimus rubbed his metal chin in thought, " It might be an interesting way to learn human customs and traditions here"

" It's better than doing nothing " Ironhide shrugged, " If Optimus agrees then why not," Ratchet said. Soon everyone was chatting about tonight, Aria could feel her soul escaping, gloomily standing, " I'll be there if you get scared sweet spark" Jazz reassured, patting the human femmes back.

Lara pulled out massive bags, grinning, " I brought costumes for everyone" she cheered, Tyler softly banged his head on the table groaning, remembering the last time they did this, Lara literally forced him into a costume that was embarrassingly a sexy bunny costume he was dared to wear.

" There's no way out of this is there?"

" Nope"

Soon everyone arrived at the hunted house with the Autobots and the others wearing their costumes. Tyler luckily wore a Slytherin uniform instead of the bunny costume as Lara wore a pirate girl.

Ratchet was dressed up as doctor strange which Aria recommended to him and he didn't mind the costume. Ironhide was dressed as a cowboy, holding fake guns though he almost brought his human-sized canons but got told that would be a bad idea if he brought them.

Sideswipe was dressed as Luigi and Sunstreaker were dressed as Mario, much to his displeasure. Optimus wore a blood-stained tux with fangs in his mouth and Bumblebee was spiderman which reminded Aria of someone but she couldn't place her finger on it.

Jazz picked the creepy doll Chucky as Mirage dressed up as an escaped convict but wore a tank top as the jumpsuit sleeves were tied around his waist.

The last two were Johan who dressed up as the guards from squid games and Aria was dressed as the angel from the Romeo and Juliet movie.

" When did you have the time for this?" Mirage asked, gesturing to everyone's costumes. " I brought them just in case for today" she grinned. Sunstreaker fiddled with his hat, " Ugh, do we have to wear this?"

" Well, it's part of the fun and it's only tonight. You guys look good" Aria complemented, unaware of the Autobots staring at her costume, and how angelic she was in her outfit. Everyone gathered up in front of the house, misty smoke was everywhere as carved pumpkins decorated the house.

" Okay guys, let's begin the night of terror " Lara cackled excitedly, as they walked in. Aria grabbed the nearest person's hand which was Ratchet's. They were all walking through a random corridor, it was really silent which scared Aria a little.

" What are you scared Sideswipe?" Jazz teased, seeing the nervous look on his face.

" Shut up " Sideswipe mumbled and glared at Jazz. Soon a person covered in blood was screaming hysterically which resulted in scaring the scrap out of everyone and causing chaos.

Everyone scattered around in the chaos which resulted in everyone getting spilt up. Aria ended up with Optimus and she was at least thankful that she ended up with them. They walked into a room where a clown with a red balloon which Aria shrieked and hid behind Optimus.

He could feel her scared form shaking as he wrapped his arms around her protectively which caused a massive blush to erupt from her face, almost forgetting the jump scare that happened.

" Thanks, Optimus, I just really hate clowns" she mumbled, embarrassed that she clung onto the Autobot leader like that. " It's alright, we're nearly out " soon they made it out of the house, seeing everyone beside three people missing.

Some of them looked a little shaken, " I guess you guys are finished" Ironhide called out.

" It was entertaining seeing everyone scared," Mirage said but Aria noticed that Jazz, Bumblebee, and Sideswipe were missing.

" Where's the rest?" she was referring to Sideswipe, Jazz, and Bumblebee. " I lost Sideswipe when we ended up splitting apart in there," Sunstreaker said, he didn't mind the house though he enjoyed the reaction of the scarers and the actors being scared of his glare, despite him being in a Mario costume. Everyone could hear the screams of three men inside and it didn't take a genius to find out who they were.

" AHHHHHHHH!!" Bumblebee, Sideswipe, and Jazz were screaming when a child wearing a bloody raincoat appeared out of nowhere and scared the living sparks out of them.

They ended up in one of the rooms, but the same clown with a red balloon appeared out of nowhere, Sideswipe shrieked as he jumped into Jazz's arms. All three of them, Sideswipe still in Jazz's arms were running. Another killer clown appeared, Bumblebee shriek louder and continued running until they saw the exit.

Bumblebee looked at the two in disbelief when they made it outside, " We made it..."

" Yeah..."Sideswipe and Jazz replied with the same look.

" THANK THE ALL SPARK WE'RE ALIVE!!" They cried, huddling together when they heard chuckles which they turned around to see Aria and everyone else watching them. Sunstreaker, Lara, and Mirage were laughing their heads off as the others chuckled at the trio's antics.

They broke apart from their hugs as they blushed in embarrassment.

" Now since I have that saved for memories, let's watch a horror movie and eat candy until we vomit," Lara said, putting her phone away after she filmed the hilarious reaction.

They all made it back to Aria's home and settled in the theatre room. Soon everyone settled, as everyone was enjoying eating candy which Ratchet was slightly grumpy about, learning about the sugar quantities in the human body but giving in to the treats at the end.

The movie started, and Aria noticed Ironhide stiffen beside her. Her eyes widen slightly seeing fear embedded on his face. She gently grabbed his hand, and he slightly jumped but noticed that it was her he grabbed hers as well for support.

Sunstreaker was fine, he looked like he was enjoying it as Ratchet tried to look tough and unbothered and Optimus just sat there, slightly tense when they were scary scenes.

Aria latched onto Mirage for comfort and he used the opportunity to hold her close, Johan silently glared at the Autobot spy for being physically close to his sister.

Since Lara had seen this movie before, she had an idea and knew what scene was coming up. She looked at Sideswipe who looked like he could break at this point, she mischievously grinned and inched her hands at his sides. Then as soon as the Anabelle doll appeared out of nowhere, she grabbed his sides and shouted in his ears ' Boo!'

" HOLY MOTHER OF PRIMUS, IT GOT ME!" Sideswipe screeched, jumping up and running off. Everyone except Optimus, Ironhide, Aria, and Sunstreaker ran along with him.

Lara and Sunstreaker were laughing their heads off, seeing their reaction as Aria clung onto Optimus and Ironhide as if her life depended on it. Optimus shook his head as he looked down at Aria whose head was buried between his and Ironhide's arms.

Johan stood up, surprised that they managed to scare Ratchet and Mirage. He left the room to find Sideswipe, Bumblebee and Jazz cuddled together under the dining table, shaking in fear, the hunted house still embedded in their minds.

A/N: Hey guys, sorry it's been a while since I post a chapter on this story, just struggling to find inspo and motivation to write this book. This is supposed to be a Halloween chapter but since it's a bit late, I decided to write it anyway. 

The picture above is Aria's angel costume.

Thank You for reading, commenting and vote! Hope you enjoy this Bayverse fanfiction