"So you'll join us?" Dory shouted excitedly, smiling ear to ear while her faux tail seemed to twitch with excitement, though that could also just have been a product of her bouncing on her toes.

"I never said anything like that... I said, and I quote, "I could be convince to go trick or treating with you". You've yet to actually do anything to convince me." Alfa said back, quietly sewing a tear in his jeans with a needle and thread. "You know, you'd think with all the Pokémon we've discovered, we'd eventually discover one with a love for sewing or something."

"Don'tcha think you should let one of the adults do that, Alfa?" Clawdia inquired, pausing from playing with a toy Rattata on a string.

"I worry that they wouldn't do it the way I like it." Alfa says with a shrug.

"Well, how DO you like it?" Ray piped up.

"...The way I do it." he muttered in reply, blushing a little. This earned him a cacophony of groans from his adoptive siblings.

"Alfaaaa, c'mon. You don't gotta do everything yourself anymore. You've got adults and Pokémon who can help you out." Dory placed a hand on her hip as she puffed her cheeks at him.

"You can't conjure lightning from your face anymore than Ray can shoot a high-pressure jet of water from his mouth or Clawdia can spontaneously conjure Pokédollars from her forehead." Alfa teased.

"Oh sure, lord the fact that you're half-Pokémon over us some more." Ray taunted back, smirking.

"Touché. Anyway, I know you're just trying to use this as an excuse to get me into some kind of Pokémon themed costume like you and Clawdia. So what's in it for me?" Alfa says, glancing back at his siblings.

"Aside from a night of free candy and spooky decorations?" Dory pouts.

"I have to admit, that's tempting. But I'm not about to get all dressed up and walk around for hours just for some free candy when I can walk for 10 minutes and just buy some from the store, no costume needed."

"What about a Pokémon battle?" Clawdia offered, smiling. "Winner gets to decide what to do with the loser."

"I mean, Harley is asleep, but she's never shied away from battle before-" Alfa begins to say, before Dory raises her finger up, interrupting him.

"No no, we challenge *you*, Mr Half-Pokémon~ You against Sis. You win, you don't have to come trick or treating with us. I win, and not only do you have to come along, but I get to choose your costume."

Alfa looks over at Sis nearby, who gives him a smug look as her cheeks spark with electricity.

"Your move, dork~" she says with a snicker. "Did Dory mention that I've been practising Rain Dance with a chance of Thunder?"

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"Alfaaa, c'mon, you've been in there for like, an hour!" Dory shouts through the door.

"It's been 10 minutes, and you know that. I'm almost done." he shouts back from beyond the door.

Dory pouts and sits next to her siblings as she waits impatiently for her big brother to return. Ray fusses with his costume a little, while Clawdia gently pats his back.

"It'll just be for a few hours, Ray, then you can take off that costume and enjoy your bounty~"

"Ugh, I knowww... I just can't believe I let you two convince me to wear a full body costume like this..." he grumbled softly.

Just then, the door to the bedroom opened and out stepped Alfa. The three of them stared at him with wide eyes and open mouths while Alfa just quirked an eyebrow behind his rose-tinted glasses.

"...So? What do you think?"

"It's... detailed." Ray replies.

"It's so well-made!" Clawdia purrs.

"It's... PINK!" Dory quips, giggling behind her hands. "What? You didn't wanna go as a Shiny Lurantis?"

"...I couldn't find that much yellow-green fabric on such short notice." Alfa mutters, putting a hand on his hip. "So are we going, or what?"

"Yeah, let's go!" Dory shouts happily, and the group of them hurry to the door, only getting to the sidewalk before Tracy calls after them.

"Hey! And where do you all think you're going so quick?" Tracy says with a disapproving frown... before Espeon comes out from behind her, levitating a camera. "Without letting us take a picture?~" She says with a grin, giggling.

The Crispen Kids all gather up with their buckets and pose together, letting Espeon get a few good snaps before they hurry off into the night.

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This was a very very lovely commission from  littleraccoondemon, featuring some familiar faces from  terastas's series Soviet Pokemon.

Please be sure to favorite the original artist's upload here, and please be sure to read both Tera's fics, and if you're interested, my fan-fanfic of Soviet Pokemon, Alfa's Alolan Adoption~