One Hour Later.

Carriage set up, the good old pumpkin horses neighed up a storm, youths looking at her every which way, the Spook Lord Fawn waved at her denizens. Hearing cried whispers and laughs saying, doesn't their lord know that cars were invented like, hundreds of years ago? Guffaws of being an old timer, she put on a wide, but crooked smile. Have a problem with being old? When they reach her age, they'll see the light!

"Shut your traps!" Spider Cracker Birdo cried. "You're all in the presence of your lord right now!"

"She won't be two years from now!" a youthful citizen cried. "Look at this old bag! Get with the times, grandma!"

"Um, can you hurry up, Candy Corn Hare?" Candy Apple Woofer asked. "What's the hold up?" "Squash doesn't want to move," Candy Corn Hare said, sighing. "He's been hard of hearing recently."

"Ha, and even your horses are getting old!" the youthful citizen cried. "Ya'll should just retire! I mean, like, soon, because of our weak old leader, we'll be knocked to the bottom of Satiation Kingdom."

"Oh? Then, you're free to leave and migrate to another kingdom any time!" Chocolate Elf Archduke cried. "Don't you have more important things to do like go help with festival preparations?"

Youthful naysayer running away, Spook Lord Fawn shrugged her shoulders. She had heard it all before. There had been so many people who thought she was nearly six feet under and should retire in that smelly old folks home by now. But, she shuddered at such fact. No way is she checking into Caramel Corn Retirement Home, she still had thousands of years left in her!

Neigh, neigh, neigh.

Gummy Worms Lop getting out of the carriage, she watched as the spry lop's little hip worms tickled her steeds aplenty. Loud neigh whinnying it up, he fell to his knees. Shaking his head in a rapid manner, he soon recoiled, for a moment. Shaking her head, the young rabbit soon stood up. Oh, dear her, she should have known by now her stallions were a rough bunch.

"They're ready to go now, I guess," Gummy Worms Lop said, hopping into the carriage. "But, you know, milord, they're kind of right. It's about time we get a car or truck. Your steeds might not last much longer."

"Nonsense, they've gotten me through thick and thin, and they'll continue to do so!" Spook Lord Fawn cried. "It's time to get going!"

Neigh, neigh, neigh.

Hare guiding the horses nicely, she watched as her citizens had been hard at work for this year's Ultimate Scare Festival. What a time to be alive! Such a thing never failed to make her feel a little younger. Things were going smoothly. By the time she was back from the Skull Candy Chasms, everything would be ready to go, she could feel it in her old bones.

Whinny, whinny, gallop, gallop, gallop.

Equestrian gang speeding themselves up as if they had heard something, bitter pumpkin soup dropped down into Spook Lord Fawn's stomach. Maybe there had been something wrong after all. Well, no matter, it was probably just some youth who needed some reeducation. Nothing she wasn't used to.

Rumble, rumble, rumble.

Soon reaching a pure white gorge with skulls on the walls everywhere, the ground shook from beneath her. Steeds whinnying up a storm, the pumpkin lord had soon become one with the ground. Letting out a hiss, she had been a frozen statue. Dang nabbit, her back wasn't what it used to be. Hand extended, she could feel an insult coming.

"Milord, are you alright?" Candy Corn Hare asked. "That was a pretty bad tremor."

"Um, this is why I thought she shouldn't have come here," Candy Apple Woofer said, voice shaking. "This place isn't safe."

"Nonsense, it was just a little fall!" Spook Lord Fawn cried. "Nothing to worry about!" "Um, if you say so, milord," Candy Apple Woofer said, sighing. "But, um, you know, more demons have been pushing for your retirement lately. Have you seen what people have said about you on the net?"

"Bro, you know our lord doesn't even have a computer," Spider Cracker Birdo said, shaking his head. "Of course she hadn't seen none of that!"

"Could you all stop talking, and get moving?" Chocolate Elf Archduke cried. "You all know we have more important things to be doing today! Hurry up and find where that spy is hiding so we can check up on the festival preparations!" He then turned towards Gummy Worms Lop. "And, you."

"What about me?" Gummy Worms Lop asked, worms on his body coiling around his waist. "I'm kinda, you know, caught up here. Gummy Worms Virus got me stuck here, and stuff."

"Remind me why you haven't fired this guy yet?!" Chocolate Elf Archduke asked, tone annoyed. "Whatever! By the unripe pumpkin, you're useless. Stay with the horses!"

"Whatevs." He stayed put.

Everyone running ahead of her, the Spook Lord Fawn swore she could hear something explode deeper within the caverns. Ah, what was that just now? Had something gone, as the youth would say, kerplooey? This is why she had this place sealed off in the first place all those centuries ago. No one should be in this dangerous place at all!

Hearing further things knock their caps off, she gazed at everything around her. Oh, dear, whoever had snuck in here, they sure were having fun breaking down old things that were full of hazards. She ought to teach whoever this was that snuck in here a lesson. Shame on everyone using the word spy. It was probably just a impling who didn't know any better that this place was off limits.

But, such had soon, not been the case. Spotting a youthful looking kraken with brown and red hair slithering towards the corner upending every single geyser imaginable, the lord shook her head. How disappointing, this spry little demon was, where were they from? Hmm, they looked like they had come from Sweet and Sour Kingdom. Ah, this was the kingdom she was warned about. This wasn't good. Where was everyone else? Maybe she should act like they look lost.

"Hello, there, dearie, are you lost?" Spook Lord Fawn asked. "This place is off limits!" But, such had been met with a bucket of laugher.

"Hah! It's as I thought! The leader of Pumpkin City is as old as dust!" Chili Dog Kraken cried. "How did a weak, yesterday's news like you reach to the top ten of Satiation Kingdom?" As she said such, she snapped her fingers. "Oops, we blew up one of your towers, by the way!" She laughed as she said such.

Bleep, bleep, bloink.

Alert, alert, a tower has been attacked. Unlawful start to Kingdom Warfare has been initiated.

"Are you kidding me?! This stupid kingdom has that rule, too?!" Chili Dog Kraken cried. "These stupid nonviolent kingdoms, I swear!" She then pointed at the old coot with her tentacle. "Whatever! We declare war on you, Pumpkin Lord Fawn, and we'll win!"

Youth breaking her rules, Spook Lord Fawn cracked her knuckles. Oh, she sees, this girl wasn't a spy at all, just an invader. Why couldn't her team just tell her exactly how it is? Was spy some new fancy codeword they had decided to invent? Man, youths these days. Sighing, she waved her wand. She could feel her magic flow through her for a brief moment. Everyone beside her, everyone's eyes blinked.

"You got your magic back?!" Gummy Worms Lop asked, shaken. "I thought that stuff went away for like, ever!"

"This old coot's still got a few transportation spells left in her," Spook Lord Fawn said, smiling. "Anyway, we've been challenged to war. We need to hurry to our cemetery!"

"Heh, cemetery?!" the enemy cried. "Thanks for leaking where your towers are, bye!" Poof. As she vanished, eyes turned towards her.

"Milord, she's going to destroy all our towers now!" Chocolate Elf Archduke cried. "What are you thinking?!"

"Um, you know they're not allowed to do that," Candy Apple Woofer said, shaking his head. "And?" Candy Corn Hare asked. "You think that's going to stop them? Sweet and Sour Kingdom is a lawless and violent kingdom! That's why we've been trying to ban them from coming here for years now!"

"Bros, chill," Spider Cracker Birdo said, pretzel hands in the air. "If they break the rules, the Apple Cider Vinegar Reaper will stab them in the back. Literally, like, literally."

"Oh, dear, well, let's go before they destroy all our towers!" Spook Lord Fawn cried. "I still have one last transportation spell in me." As she said such, she lifted up her wand. "Let's go!" Poof.

Blinding light engulfing her and her carriage in the corner, she could feel heat emanate from her. Ah, she had forgotten what it was like to be able to transport from one place to another. That's what age did to demons sometimes. Cemetery almost before her, she cracked her decrepit knuckles.

It's time to teach these youths a little lesson.