Raven's Home

Eighty years ago, on a stormy Halloween night,

a lonely girl named Eliza Crane was playing on the roof

of our apartment building,

when she was struck by lightning!

Now, every Halloween her spirit returns,

haunting all who live there.

That is the fakest ghost story I've ever heard!

The only thing your building's haunted by is your farts.

That's just crass.

Look, Travis, you don't know everything about ghosts.

Yes, I do. My dad's a ghost hunter.

He hunts ghosts.

No, your dad's a dentist. He hunts cavities.

Whoaaaaaa...

Oh, come on, don't listen to him.

Booker's just making up a ridiculous story to get attention.

Oooooh.

No, I... I'm serious, it's true.

I got it from a very reliable source.

You know what, if you don't believe me,

why don't you come over and check it out yourself?

Unless you're too scared.

Ooooooh...

We're not... We're not doin' that no more?

Fine! Maybe I will, Booker.

And I'll bring some of my dad's ghost hunting equipment, heh!

Hope you're ready to look like a fool.

- Tss! - I was born ready!

Wait! You told Travis you were born ready to look like a fool?

Well... Well, it didn't sound like that when I said it.

Yes, it did.

Well, when Travis sees that the ghost girl you told me about

is real, he's gonna look like an idiot.

Someone's gonna, 'cause I made that up.

What? Why would you mess with us like that?

It's how I show love.

When I stop messing with you, that's when you should worry.

Yep! That's us.

Tess! This is bad!

Travis is coming over because I said there's a ghost in our building.

But there's no ghost!

You have to help me!

I wish I could, B,

but I'm hangin' with Nia tonight.

For the girl with chicken pox on Hollowween

There's nothing worse than that.

Hah... Well, except for your thing.

Great. Travis is never

gonna let me live this down.

He's gonna have the whole school laughin' at me.

Yeah. Maybe we should start walkin' to school separately.

Ghost! Stay away from me!

Help!

That was weird.

I just saw Travis getting scared by a ghost.

But our building isn't really haunted.

Well, it is Halloween.

Maybe he saw someone dressed up like a ghost.

That's it! One of us can dress up like the ghost girl

and scare Travis!

Which one of us?

We'll figure it out.

You.

Happy Halloween!

Argh! Where be your candy?

Are you gonna talk like that all night?

I was thinkin' about it,

but then I realized my throat hurt so bad.

Why aren't you guys dressed up?

It's Halloween, it's time to go trick-or-treating!

- Yeah! - Sorry. We can't go.

What? Honey, it's our first Halloween

since we moved in together.

Yeah, but we already have plans.

No, no, you don't have plans.

You have an idea. It's not a plan till you ask me.

But Mom, we have this jerky kid from school comin' over

so we can trick him into thinking our building is haunted.

A Halloween prank? I love Halloween pranks!

Okay, who we are prankin' and how are gettin' him?

- Mom. - Hm?

I'm in sixth grade now. I'm practically a man.

And a man pulls his own pranks.

Come on, Levi, let's go put you in a dress.

Levi in a dress? That's a good prank.

Yeah. Cute.

Bye, Mom. Great badger costume, by the way.

Can you believe Levi thought I was a badger?

I mean, come on, I'm a sloth.

Isn't a sloth just a slow badger?

Yes.

Ugh...

Hey, it's me.

No! No, you can't come in here!

You're gonna catch my chicken pox!

Chill, I already had 'em when I was five and nine and ten.

You can only get them once.

Really? Then what'd I have the other two times?

Apparently, an unidentified rash.

I can't believe it's Halloween and I'm stuck

in here wearing socks on my hands

so I don't scratch.

Hey, it's cool. I'll stay and not scratch with you.

You know, of course I don't itch, so it'll be easier for me.

No, no, you can't miss Halloween.

It's the best!

You don't wanna be stuck in here with Dr. Pox-N-Socks.

No. Wouldn't be any fun without my girl

to go trick-or-treating with.

Thanks, Tess.

I'm gonna go take an oatmeal bath.

It's supposed to help with the itching.

Take some brown sugar.

Does that help with the itching?

Nah, but it'll help your bath taste better!

Come on, Levi! Nobody's even up here,

just come out!

Are you sure it's lightning that killed Eliza Crane,

or she just die from looking ridiculous?

Come on.

You hide in there, and when I say,

"Eliza Crane, show yourself,"

you jump out, and this'll happen.

Pretty cool, huh?

Whatever, let's just get this over with

before my curls drop.

Aw, man, my gumdrops melted.

What was that?

Aah!

All right, Chels, I gave Nia all the oatmeal we had for her bath.

I hope that's enough.

Oh, I think we still have some grits in the pantry.

It's an anti-itch bath, Chels. Not a gospel brunch.

Ooh, it's our first trick-or-treaters of the night!

Remember, Chels, start with the candy we don't want.

Happy Halloween!

My dad's a dentist, and he says sugar is bad for your teeth.

And for the record, sloths don't have enough muscle strength

to stand on two legs.

Oh, I think the words you're looking for, honey,

are "trick-or-treat" and "thank you."

Why, hello, Travis.

Booker.

Ohhh...

this is the kid you don't like

but you're still hangin' out with.

Yep.

I don't like that kid.

Rae... he's your son.

Booker, my dad and I have a list of every haunted building in Chicago,

and this isn't one of 'em.

Sshh! You need to be extremely quiet.

Why?

Because I hate the sound of your voice.

Did you feel that?

I think a spirit is nearby.

Eliza Crane, show yourself!

Eliza?

Where's your ghost, Booker?

Just one second.

Eliza?

Levi!

Levi?

Um, why are you askin' for Levi?

I thought we were waitin' on the ghost girl.

Admit it, Booker, you made this whole thing up.

No, I didn't, Tess did.

Ha! Ha ha ha!

I knew this was a fake story.

Wait, were you guys gonna pull some sort of trick on me?

Yeah, but only because you are the worst.

Booker! Help me!

Levi!

Levi, where...

Where are you?

I don't know. It's really dark in here.

Did you hear that?

Whoa, my spectrometer is going nuts.

Wh... What's that?

Ew, it looks like alien snot.

There's no such thing as aliens.

This is ectoplasmic portal goo.

I'm glad it's not alien snot.

Hurry up, I'm scared.

Booker, I... I think a dimensional doorway opened.

Levi must be trapped in the spirit realm.

Is that possible?

Help!

Don't worry, Levi. We'll get you back!

And if you see my dead goldfish, tell him I'm sorry.