Happy Halloween

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Title: Trick or Treat Wishes
Fandom: Power Rangers and one BTVS char
Pairings: Tori/Blake, Hayley/Tommy, Jason/Kim and Cam/Dustin (but only after those who have been reduced in age are one again their normal age.) So slash and het.
Rating: Pg-13
Summery: When Chip has a wish granted by a demon he and several other former rangers are reduced to children. The only way to turn them back is to take them trick or treating.
Disclaimer: I own nothing to do with the Power Rangers or BTVS. Neither is my toy box and I’m merely playing.
A/N: First off much thanks to moonlite-n-roses for introducing me to this fandom and discussing this piece with me. Thank you! This is supposed to take place just post the OO team-up 'Once a Ranger' and is before they send Bridge home.



Adam shut his cell phone before he easily picked up Dustin from his lap. He set the youngster on a section of the table that wasn’t littered with cheerios, macaroni, and string. Then he managed to put his phone back in his pocket.

Dustin lifted his partially made necklace and munched off a cheerio before telling him, “Hurry up Dude.”

They’d thought they’d get a break from the constant Dustin holding by sitting him down in front of crafts. No such luck. If they were sitting Dustin wanted a lap to sit on.

The girls had woken up from their nap when Hayley and Tori had been slipping training pants on them. They figured everyone was potty trained, but they weren’t taking chances with accidents. The crafts had been set up to keep them occupied. At first it’d just been macaroni necklaces until Vida had declared macaroni stupid. Thankfully cheerios had calmed her need for actual beads.

Kim had silently watched Dustin’s protests about being put in a chair. When Adam had given in and put Dustin in his lap, Kim smiled. Then she got up, talked Hayley into sitting and then promptly crawled into her lap. Hayley had grumbled about Dustin starting a trend, but had accepted it.

Adam picked up Dustin and sat down. Dustin nodded to himself, picked up a handful of cheerios and shoved them into his mouth.

“You’re supposed to string them Dofus,” Vida told him with a glare.

Dustin’s lower lip quivered.

“There’s half a box left,” Hayley told her.

“And a whole unopened box,” Tommy added.

Vida looked at Hayley and then Tommy before she shrugged, grabbed a handful of cheerios and shoved them into her mouth. She crunched on them happily.

“Chew with your mouth closed,” Madison reminded gently as she strung macaroni mixed with the occasional cheerio.

Adam smiled with a shake of his head. Sometimes the former rangers were definitely little kids, but then one of them would turn around and do something very adult. He caught Hayley’s eyes and pointed to Dustin, “How’d I get first turn?”

“You were the first one to pick him up,” Hayley informed him.

Adam nodded, that made sense at least.

“Who was on the phone?” Tommy asked at the same time that Bridge walked and got a glass of juice.

“Mack. He and the other Operation Overdrive Rangers were offering to come help.”

Tommy groaned his head hitting the table. Kim reached over and poked him with a concerned look on her face. Tommy waved her off as Hayley asked, “They hit a lull?”

Adam shrugged, “Well they did just have a major victory.”

Tommy lifted his head and looked over the growing mess his kitchen was slowly becoming, “I don’t think I can fit anyone else in my house and Jason’s still on his way.”

“You did hear me tell them no right?” Adam asked.

Tommy nodded, then shook his head, “It’s just the thought.”

Kim frowned and patted him on the arm before announcing to Hayley, “I’m done. I want to make another one, but smaller this time.”

Hayley reached for the string and snagged the scissors. She helped Kim decide on length as Adam told them, “They’re sending booster seats and want measurements incase we need clothes.”

Madison looked up hopefully. Kim stopped worrying about sting length and grinned wildly. Vida protested, “I like my clothes!”

“At this point you only have one pair,” Hayley pointed out.

“I don’t want to wear stupid kid clothes!”

“Hey,” Dustin protested, “They’re trying to make you big again, give them a break.”

Vida glared at him.

Dustin stuck out his tongue and giggled.

Vida blinked at him a moment before giggling and sticking out her tongue.

Kim decided on the length of her string as Madison joined in the giggling.

Tommy ran a hand over his face, “Booster seats are a good idea, but we could’ve handled it.”

“Booster seats for twelve kids?” Adam asked.

“Twelve?”

“Apparently that’s why they wanted their weights, they’re sending twelve of them,” Adam told them.

“I don’t even think we have car space for that,” Tommy said with a shake of his head.

Having finished his juice and put the glass in the dishwasher Bridge pointed out, “Well there are ten adults, but I don’t count cause I’m from the future so I have no transportation. Udonna’s been teleporting so I guess she wouldn’t count either. I think you said that Cam streaked here so he wouldn’t have a car either, would he? Well maybe he has a car, but ninja streaking would imply that he didn’t drive it here. I’m sure he drives it other places, just not here, if he has a car that is. So that’s seven cars instead of ten. No wait we have some of the kids cars and some of us carpooled so…”

Dustin had crawled off Adam’s lap with wide eyes. He tugged on Bridges pants. Bridge stopped mid-babble to look down at him. Dustin’s hands shot into the air. As soon as Bridge picked him up Dustin poked him,“Open your mouth, Dude?”

Bridge looked at the other three adults in the room. They shrugged and looked at him confused. He obliged to Dustin’s request. Dustin peered into his mouth, “Dude like where are all the words coming from?”

Before Bridge could launch into an explanation on the fine art of babbling Cam joined them, “Udonna’s back and she brought the demon.”

Tommy and Hayley followed Cam back down into the lair. Adam asked Bridge to keep an eye on the kids in the kitchen. Dustin reached out for him. Adam shook his head, “You should stay upstairs where it’s safe.”

“Udonna wouldn’t have brought her here if it wasn’t safe,” Madison pointed out as Dustin latched his arms around Adam’s neck.

“What she said Dude,” Dustin told him.

Wondering if he was ever going to be able to put the four year old down Adam cautiously made his way downstairs to see the others: Tommy, Hayley, Cam, Tori, and Udonna surrounding a woman with brown curls. Obviously the demon had made herself look human.

“You’ll release me at once!” Halfrek demanded.

“When you lift your curse I’ll unbind you,” Udonna told her.

Adam stood in the entrance to the lair doing his best to keep Dustin hidden from view and ready to go back upstairs if it looked he might need to get the child out of harms way.

“No,” Halfrek told them.

Udonna’s lip set into a disapproving line for a moment before she pointed out, “Chip isn’t an abused child.”

“No he’s not,” Halfrek admitted before she shrugged with a smile, “but it is a few weeks until he’s eighteen so technically he still falls under my jurisdiction.”

“Do I need to call D’Hoffryn here and protest,” Udonna started.

“Oh please, protest all you want, it won’t do a bit of good,” Halfrek told them.

“You’re going to change them back,” Tommy told her.

Halfrek stopped glaring at Udonna to look at him. She smirked, “My boss wants a win against you White Hats as much as I do. After what happened with Anyanka D’Hoffryn won’t care that I bent the rules just a bit.”

“Anyanka?” Hayley asked.

“Has she lost her powers?” Udonna asked.

“That happened awhile ago,” Halfrek dismissed.

“Then why take it out on us?” Adam asked.

Halfrek’s eyes snapped around to him. She smiled and moved closer. Udonna put a hand up and Halfrek froze. Halfrek rolled her eyes, but smiled towards Adam as she greeted, “Hello Dustin, remember me?”

Dustin peaked around the rock Adam had him hidden behind.

“You’re that scary lady.”

“No,” Halfrek smiled, “You just haven’t seen me in a long time. In fact you never made that wish.”

Tori stepped in front of Halfrek, “You leave him alone.”

Halfrek smiled at her charmingly, “I’m just trying to help. Anything you want Dustin, anything at all. You just have to wish for it.”

“Chocolate would be nice,” Dustin told her.

Halfrek scowled, “You…”

“Leave the child alone,” Udonna instructed.

“No,” Halfrek told her, “I’ve tried with him I don’t know how many times and he’s never wished for a thing.”

“Oh,” Dustin said, “I know you. I don’t like you, you have shifty eyes.”

“I thought you granted wishes to abused children,” Hayley questioned.

“Obviously you’ve never met his mother,” Halfrek informed.

Cam stood, crossed to Adam and took Dustin from him, moving the two of them upstairs. Adam stepped into the room asking, “Is that what this is about, making Dustin an age where you can influence him?”

Halfrek crossed her arms, “It’s about a victory against you White Hats.”

“What happened to Anyanka?” Udonna questioned.

“Who's Anyanka?” Tommy asked.

“The patron demon for scorned women,” Udonna told him.

“Oh,” Tommy nodded before he sat down, “I don’t get it.”

“Well say you break some poor girls heart,” Halfrek told him, “Anyanka would show up, lend a sympathetic ear and then when that girl made a wish she’d have disemboweled you or something even more creative.”

Tommy paled, “I had to ask.”

“That was of course before a stupid vampire slayer rid her of her powers.”

“There are vampire slayers?” Hayley asked.

“None that I’ve heard of,” Udonna said cautiously.

Halfrek waved her hand, “This was in another dimension. I am an interdimensional demon you know. Well anyway Anya lost her powers and became human. Silly thing, went and fell for the man she’d been sent to curse and then was all upset when he broke her heart. She turned into a demon again, but the poor dear just didn’t have it in her anymore. Spending time with the White Hats and helping them fight evil had changed her. She gave up her demon powers.”

“Good for her,” Udonna approved.

Halfrek’s eyes narrowed, “She fought in an apocalyptic battle and lost her life. We were hoping to sway her back to our side, but now there’s no chance of that.”

“Look, I’m sorry you lost you’re friend,” Tommy told her, “but she chose the path that she wanted. You shouldn’t take it out on us if that wasn’t what you wanted for her.”

Halfrek rolled her eyes, “You think I’m stupid enough to permanently curse Power Rangers? It’s temporary. Take them trick or treating and they’ll turn back.”

“All we have to do is take them trick or treating?” Tori asked.

“Isn’t that what I just said?” Halfrek asked before she turned to Udonna, “so get with the lifting of that binding spell.”

“Once they change back I’ll let you go.”

“Fine,” Halfrek growled as she headed for the stairs. She found herself unable to move very far.

“You’re not going near Dustin,” Udonna told her.

“But…but…”

“No,” Tommy told the demon.

“Well that’s just not fair,” Halfrek pouted as she sat down in the nearest chair.

Shaking his head and trying not to laugh at the sight of a pouting demon in a human guise Adam went back upstairs to inform the other adults.

“I want to be a witch,” Madison told him as Adam told Bridge.

“I want to be a cowboy!” Rocky decided when Adam told Xander and Kira.

Then Rocky told him, “You should be a cowboy too.”

“I’m not trick or treating,” Adam told him.

“But you’re coming with us right?” Rocky asked, “We can get you a hat. Please Adam, please?”

Thankfully there was a knock on the door. Adam told Rocky, “I’ll think about it.”

Then he walked to the front hall, opened the door and greeted a very anxious looking Jason. Kim squealed past him and attached herself to Jason’s leg. She grinned up at her husband, “Hi.”

“Hi,” Jason greeted back. He gave Adam a confused look.

“We’re going trick or treating!” Kim informed him as she set herself into a happy spin, “and I’m going to be a fairy princess.”

Kim stopped to clarify, “A pink fairy princess.”

Jason knelt down to talk to her, “You are, are you?”

“Yep,” Kim told him with a nod, “And then I’ll be big again.”

Jason looked up at Adam, “The cure is trick or treating?”

“Apparently, at least according to the demon that cursed them.”

Jason shook his head, “This is weird.”

“Oh!” Kim exclaimed as she took off the necklace she’d made earlier and settled it over Jason’s head, “I made you a necklace. I’m making myself one right now!”

Jason reached up to touch the macaroni, “That’s um, it’s…”

There was a scream from the living room. Adam rushed in, Jason carrying Kim close at his heels.

“No! No! No!” Conner yelled at Rocky as he threw his arms around Ethan, “He’s my best friend and you can’t have him.”

Rocky’s hands were on his hips, “I have best friends!”

“Then stay away from mine!”

“You two have to stop fighting over Ethan,” Kira told them.

“Adam’s my best friend,” Rocky told Conner.

“He doesn’t count, he’s big!” Conner shot back.

“I think another time out is in order,” Xander attempted to interrupt.

“We just got out of time out!” Rocky wailed.

“If you’d stop fighting they’d stop putting you in time out!” Ethan told them trying to shrug off Conner, “Lemme go!”

“No, you’re my best friend. You can’t be friends with Rocky.”

“A person can have more than one best friend,” Kira tried.

Ethan pulled away from Conner and stomped his feet, “I don’t wanna be friends with either of you. You’re mean to each other.”

“Naps!” Xander told them as he tried pick up Conner.

“Tommy’s room is full, try the spare room. We can move some of the other boys into there I think,” Adam told him.

“No!” Conner yelled, “there were girls in there. Girls are gross!”

“We have to separate Rocky and Conner,” Kira said as Ethan started crying and Rocky started yelling at Conner again.

“I’m not taking a nap,” Ethan sobbed, “I don’t want to be around either one of them and…and there are two more reds in there and they’ll just start fighting too. I’m tried of being fought over.”

“Ethan,” Kira attempted to sooth.

Conner stopped yelling, “I’m sorry.”

“Me too,” Rocky agreed.

“You can’t be sorry, I was sorry first!” Conner told him.

“I can too!”

“Stop.” Adam told them forcefully. The two little boys’ mouths snapped shut.

“Xander, take Conner to the spare room. Then get Chip and put him in there too. Rocky you’re sleeping in the other room. You two are taking a nap and we’ll talk about this fighting later,” Adam told them.

Kira picked up Rocky and followed Xander carrying Conner out of the room. Ethan sniffled and swiped at his tears. He sat down, “Red’s are stupid.”

“They are not,” Kim protested as she wiggled to get down.

Jason shook his head, “Don’t.”

“You’re not stupid,” Kim pouted.

Ethan blinked up at them, his eyes taking in Jason. He burst into tears again, “I hate reds!”