A Bountiful Halloween

In the afternoon, after Muya finished her meal, she asked Shalian to spray fake blood on her bandages. Then she put on a white dress and applied pale, deathly makeup.

She went outside and saw Hagrid still decorating the hallway with lights and ornaments. "Hagrid, do you need any help?"

"Ah!" he yelped, startled, nearly dropping the decorations in his hands.

"Sorry, I'm Mya Mu, Hagrid," Muya apologized, then giggled as she walked up to Hagrid.

"Oh, it's Mya Mu! This outfit is great. You really startled me, hahaha. Can you help me hang these decorations on the lights?" Hagrid chuckled, holding his belly, then handed the decorations to Muya.

"Sure!" Muya eagerly started working.

Hagrid left the task to Muya and went to another area.

"La, la, la!" Muya hummed a creepy nursery rhyme as she hung the decorations.

"Ah! A female ghost! Master Malfoy, let's not go this way!"

"Yeah, I wonder if that ghost eats wizards!"

Two unfamiliar voices came from the doorway. Suddenly, the door was pushed open, and Muya turned her head to see several figures. Uh... two figures had fallen to the ground.

Muya squinted and recognized Draco and Theodore among the other three, plus one she didn't know.

She waved at them, "Hey, Draco and Theodore, good morning!"

"Mya Mu?" Draco, dressed as a vampire, asked.

"Bingo, it's me." She walked up to them. Although she hadn't scared them, she had scared the two on the ground. Muya used the Levitation Charm to make them sit against the wall.

"Good morning, Mya Mu," Theodore said, wearing casual clothes.

Muya looked at the dark-skinned boy next to them. Just as she was about to introduce herself, he spoke, "I'm Blaise Zabini, hello, Miss Muya." He even bowed.

Muya thought he was just being formal. Should she do the same? Wait, he already knew her name, so was there any need for her to introduce herself?

"Hello, Blaise." Never mind, a greeting would suffice.

Blaise raised an eyebrow. He wondered if all Easterners were this open, calling people by their given names so readily.

In reality, Muya just found their names too long and decided to use the first part.

Seeing Blaise raise his eyebrow, Draco quickly asked, "Mya Mu, what are you doing here?"

"I'm helping Hagrid decorate. I just finished, and these are extras," Muya said with a smile, shaking the decorations in her hand.

Muya suddenly remembered the purpose of her costume. "Can I have candy now?"

"Hmph, not just anyone can get candy from this young master," Draco said, but he still put a few pieces of candy into Muya's hand.

"Here, Mya Mu," Theodore also gave her a few lemon sherbets.

Then Muya turned her gaze to Blaise. "Blaise, we just met, so you don't have to give me any, right?"

Blaise smiled and took out a few candies. "How could I not, Mya Mu?"

Muya happily put all the candy into the cloth bag she had prepared for it. She was now ready to find her next "victim." "I'm going to find others for candy. Goodbye, everyone!"

The three also bid her farewell. After Muya left, Goyle and Crabbe, who were leaning against the wall, began to stir.

Muya decided to start with the person who would be the hardest to get candy from: Professor Snape's office!

"Professor Snape, are you there?" Muya knocked on the door and called out again.

Just as she thought Snape wasn't in the office and was about to look elsewhere, the door opened.

Muya looked up and met Snape's frowning face, smiling guiltily.

"Miss Mu, are you perhaps missing detention so much that you've come to disturb your professor's rare holiday?" The Potions Master began to spew venom. Muya was used to it.

"Professor Snape, I've come for candy." She looked at him with wide, innocent eyes and smiled.

Snape was silent for a moment. "Wait," he said, turning and going inside. When he returned, he gave her many kinds of candy.

"Wow, Professor Snape, are you giving me all of this?" Muya looked shocked at the suddenly enlarged bag, then continued, "What about the other little wizards who come to ask you for candy?"

Snape snorted. "They wouldn't dare ask me for candy." He glanced behind her and said to Muya, "Miss Mu, I've given you what you wanted. I hope you do better in your Potions class with Miss Abbott next time."

"I will, Professor Snape!" Muya said goodbye to Snape and prepared to find other professors.

When she entered Quirrell's office, she accidentally startled him. After apologizing, Muya explained her purpose, and Quirrell gave her a handful of candy.

When Muya went to Professor McGonagall's office, she was writing her lesson plans. A large bag full of candy was on the floor. Professor McGonagall told her to grab a handful. After she did, she saw Hermione and the others entering.

They greeted each other, marveling at how Muya had managed to get so much candy. Muya explained that more than half of the bag was from Snape, which made them even more surprised.

The remaining professors also gave Muya some candy. Now she was a major candy hoarder. On her way back to the common room, she ran into Fred and George, gave them some candy, and asked for a few of their newly invented prank candies, putting them in her pocket separately.

Then she met Susan returning from the owlery, and Shalian and Hannah returning from the library. They laughed and walked back to the common room together.

"What! You actually went to ask Professor Snape for candy! And he gave you this much!" Hannah looked at the bag Muya had placed on the dormitory floor in disbelief.

"Oh yes, Hannah. He also told us to do better in Potions next time," Muya said, picking up a candy, unwrapping it, and popping it into her mouth.

Outside the dormitory, Cedric and the other two also gave them candy. Sean even said Muya's costume looked really cool.

That evening was the Halloween feast. The food on the tables looked rather spooky, but it tasted good. The decorations around the Great Hall created a terrifying atmosphere, accompanied by spooky music. Everyone was wearing what they considered a frightening outfit.

Muya was pulled by Fred and George to get more candy. Tonight, everyone probably knew about the bandaged, blood-splattered little ghost.

After Muya had scoured the castle for candy, she suddenly remembered that there was still candy to be had outside the castle. That merman she had only met once. I hope I can scare it and get some candy, Muya thought.